Pregnant For The Ceo

Blooming ship

Kathlyn closed the door behind Adam and sucked in a deep breath before letting out a sigh. She squared her shoulders and turned to look at him in a questioning manner. After letting him in, she realized she should not have. She had just disobeyed one of her rules. Never be in the same room as Adam. He walked to her couch and placed the bag which he held in his right hand on the couch.

“What are you doing here, sir?”

“You were not at work today” He said unbuttoning his dress shirt. “Jess said you are ill.” Kathlyn swallowed and looked anywhere but at him.

“You came because of that?”

“I was worried” He confessed. She looked up at his 6’2” frame and nodded.

“Sit, please. What would you like to have?” She attempted to walk past him but he pulled her back.

“Nothing. Can I have a word with you?” Her heart thumped in her chest and she nodded. He settled on the couch and she sat on the one opposite him. She crossed her legs over each other and straightened her back as much as she could to exude confidence.

Adam cleared his throat and adjusted his shirt. “Look, I apologize for making you uncomfortable on our trip. It is unlikely of me. Asides being under a lot of pressure, it was a bit difficult being in the same room with you especially after your confession. I wanted to tease you. It was never my intention to harass you.”

He avoided eye contact with Kathlyn as he spoke. Instead, he looked around the room and back at his shoes. A small smile made its way to her lips but she managed to push it away.

“It is totally all right, sir. I apologize too for accusing you of harassing me. I did not mean it that way. I was just getting uncomfortable and decided to say.”

“Great” Adam said. A relieved sigh escaped his lips and he rubbed his palms together. “Now that that is settled, how do you feel?” Kathlyn swallowed the lump in her throat and averted her gaze again. This was the question she had been dreading. She did not want to have to respond to any of his questions pertaining to her health. Lying to people over the phone was something she did perfectly but when she could see them, it proved extremely difficult.

“I am so much better now, thank you really much.” Adam hummed in response. They remained in silence for a couple of minutes, each person avoiding the other’s eyes while reeling in their thoughts.

Adam cast side glances at Kathlyn, taking her smooth legs in. He felt the urge to place his hands on her legs and trail her skin but he suppressed the urge. His urges were one of the things which put him in this situation. He knew that Kathlyn was not ill. He had not expected her to come to work and he would have granted her permission to stay at home if she just asked. She did not have to lie.

It hurt him when Jessica walked into his office earlier to inform him that Kathlyn would be absent. If he was a child, he would have thrown a tantrum but he sucked it up. How was he going to explain to anybody that he felt uncomfortable and sad because an employee of his did not come to work? Only thing was that, she was not just an employee anymore.

The past two nights had him wondering and thinking about what he felt for Kathlyn. He realized that it was beyond attraction. It was something which he thought he did not have the ability to feel. Was it not too early to feel something like this for her? He had known her for how long? Three weeks? How was it possible that he was neither able to take his mind nor eyes off her?

He cast a furtive glance her way and looked back at his shoes. He was losing his composure and his god-damned mind. Why was he being affected by her presence? She was his employee. Someone who until the interview he did not know existed.

“I will get a bottle of wine” Kathlyn said breaking the unnerving silence. Adam offered her a small smile and nodded in response. He watched as she made her way to the kitchen, admiring her round, shapely ass and straight legs.

“Get a hold of yourself, Adam” He chided feeling the stir in his groins. His trouser was becoming tighter in his crotch region. He shuffled on the seat and tried to find a comfortable position which would not expose his erection. She returned with a bottle of red wine and two glasses. She dropped them on the table and went back to her seat. Adam took the memo and picked up the wine bottle. He uncorked the bottle and poured the wine into two glasses.

He gave one glass to her, and took a sip from the second. Their eyes met and he offered her a small, unwavering smile which Kathlyn returned.

“Why did you break your former boss’ nose?” He questioned taking another sip from his glass. Kathlyn laughed suddenly causing wine to splutter out of her mouth.

“I’m sorry” She apologized. She dabbed around her lips with the back of her palm before dropping the glass on the table, her cheeks reddening in embarrassment. She crossed her legs over each other and tilted her head to the side. “She called me a slut.”

“That? That was the reason you broke her nose?” He asked incredulously.

“That was one of the reasons. She accused me of sleeping with her husband.”

“Okay. That is deep” Adam said in a light tone. Kathlyn laughed softly and shook her head. She pushed her hair behind her ear exposing her long neck making Adam swallow.

“Besides, I had been searching for a good reason to break her nose. She presented one to me and I took it.”

“At the expense of your job?”

“My dignity was being questioned. I could not bear it” She said with a shrug. Adam watched her, studying her expression and admiring the way her eyes darted when she felt shy. She continuously twisted her slender fingers in an attempt to avoid his eyes and he found it extremely cute. One thing he noticed too which he was certain she had no idea she was doing was the way she bit the inside of her cheek when she was nervous.

“Did you grow up in France?” He asked.

“I did. I have spent most of my life in France. My mother was a popular author back in our small town whereas my father was a lawyer. They both still live there. I went to New York for college but returning here to look for a job” She explained. Adam listened attentively to her words, admiring the obvious excitement in her eyes as she spoke. Perhaps she had no idea about how her eyes glinted when she was excited. He wanted to see more of that.

“Why not New York?” He asked referring to her choice of location for a job.

“Too busy for me” She said with a shrug. Adam nodded in understanding. “What about you? Were you always in France?”

“I want you to keep talking. We can talk about me some other time” He said in a husky tone. He had not intended for it to come out that way but it did instantly making him feel like a creep. Suddenly, the tension returned. Kathlyn rubbed her neck softly and bit the inside of her cheek. She ran her tongue over her bottom lip before staring up at Adam through long, straight lashes. She had the longest lashes he had ever seen. They covered her small eyes perfectly making her a spectacle for sour eyes.

“It won’t be a conversation then” She managed to let out. Her breath was beginning to get raspy while her eyes moved from one part of the room to the other. Her fingers itched to touch Adam’s face and trace down to his Adam’s apple but she kept her stray thoughts in check.

“I don’t want a conversation. I want to hear you talk” He insisted. Her breath hitched as she dared herself to look at him. Their eyes met and she felt jolts of electricity travel through her. His gaze was intense. He watched her like a predator, watching and studying every movement she made.

From the way her lashes fluttered to the way her lips parted when she sucked in deep breaths to the rise and fall of her chest. He watched the gentle manner in which her fingers tapped on her laps to the way she bit the inside of her cheeks and how she tapped her feet softly.

The tension in the room was getting more intense and Adam knew it was only a matter of minutes before he would lose total control. He had to leave. If he did not leave now, he would never be able to.