14 Nico Laura laughed. It didn’t matter what she was laughing at, she was laughing. She was enjoying herself. She talked and laughed and teased me. God, how she teased me. Not just with her words, but with her body and her smiles and her eyes. I was not going to push for more after our date, but I wasn’t going to say no if she asked. I’d been hard since the moment I took her into my arms on that dance floor. I was sure I would blow at some point, but I just kept getting harder. f*****g hell, the woman was intoxicating. Better than any drink. Better than anything. “I think you should show this side to the rest of the staff,” Laura said. “They’d love to see you relaxed.” “I’m not feeling very relaxed right now,” I admitted. “You know what I mean. You’re always tense and barking at us.

