s*x with a Vampire

Different

I wake up to the smell of bacon. I rub the sleep from my eyes and walk out to the kitchen. Eli is topless in just his boxer briefs flipping something on the stove.

I stare at in him awe. His back muscles ripple with every movement. My gaze go lower to his slender waist. His strong, muscular thighs and his firm butt makes a pool of wetness collect between my legs.

If I didn't have to go to work, I would jump his bones. This man is perfection. Every line on his body is sharp and precise.

"You can go take a bath and stop staring at me. I made you breakfast and lunch since you didn't make anything yesterday." He doesn't turn to look at me. How did he know I was here?

"How did you know I was here?" I ask confused.

"I can always tell when you're around. My body wants nothing more than to hold you." He responds throwing me a smile over his shoulder.

I walk up behind him and hug his waist. "I can get use to this," I kiss his back and rest my head on him.

"Go and get ready, love. You can eat in the car." He untangles my hands from around his waist.

"Huh?" Did he just say I can eat in the car? What car? "Are you driving me to work?"

"Yes." He says simply. "I'm going to speak to HR as well so no one gives you a hard time about our relationship."

I nod slowly. This is not how I wanted things to go but I guess there is no turning back now.

I go get dress and walk out to meet Eli in a suit. "Where did you get that from?"

"I always keep spare clothes in the trunk of the car." He replies, fixing his cuff links.

I look him up and down. How did I get so lucky? I kiss him. He freezes for a while before smiling at me.

"Let's go my love, " he grabs my food and walks me to the door. I lock up and walk towards the car.

I eat breakfast as Eli drives, careful not to spill anything to make a mess. His car is so fancy, I'll hate to destroy it in any way.

I get to work in no time. Eli parks in his designated spot and I get out before he can walk around to open the door for me.

He tells me he has to head up to HR first. He kisses me and leaves me in the parking lot.

I take a deep breath before I gather the courage to walk around the building towards the front doors. I know the security team already saw me in Eli's car but I doubt they'll say anything.

I walk through the doors and walk up to the counter to check-in. I'm not sure but I'm slightly aware that everyone is looking at me. I ignore it as a figment of my imagination and take the elevator to my floor. I step out and down the hall towards my section.

"Hmm," I see the design douche standing at his department door. He looks me up and down. "I always wondered what you would be like. I guess since you manage to nap a billionaire, you must be that good."

I stare at him in shock. What does he know? I don't say anything as I quickly enter my own department.

Everyone is sitting at their respective cubicle. It's not quite 8 am yet but they all seem to be busy watching something.

"Good morning," I say as I place my bag at my desk. Gary and Joe returns my greeting. I look at Harvey and Garth in their corner and my heart starts to ache.

I decide to try one more time to talk to them and get them to see reason. I walk over to their cubicle and Garth gives me a death stare. I stop in my tracks, unsure if to proceed.

Come on Sam, don't let anyone scare you. You have a voice, use it. I continue walking even though my legs are trembling.

"Hi guys." They don't even look at me. "How are you doing Garth? I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean for any of that to happen. He thought you were hurting me and he just reacted."

Harvey shakes his head. Garth just ignores me. His nose is in a bandage. His lip is busted and his face is purple and blue in some areas.

"Garth, please, I know you're upset but can we just talk this out?" I touch his shoulder but he shoves my hand away and gets up.

He towering over me with a menacing look on his face. "Don't touch me."

"I'm sorry." I apologise. I step back to give him some space. I look to Harvey but I know I'll get no help from him. I've lost them.

I walk back to my cubicle. Gary gives me a sad smile and goes back to his laptop. I take my own laptop out and get ready for work.

"Guys, we have to head to the auditorium. We have an impromptu meeting." Joe says. I see his eyes falls on me before he turns to get his phone.

I watch everyone walk out before I follow behind them. When we get to the elevator, they all hop in but I have to stay since some folks from the design department are already in there. I watch the elevator go up and my stomach sinks.

I can do this I tell myself. I did nothing wrong. There is nothing to be ashamed of. I didn't know who he was. I shouldn't have to feel bad for who I fell in love with.

I can feel eyes on the back of my head. I turn slightly to see more design employees behind of me. They're whispering and I know they're talking about me and Eli.

I'm not sure how everyone found out so quickly but it's fine. It was bound to come out. Everything will be just fine.

The elevator opens and I get in along with the people behind of me. No one says anything. I can still feel them staring at me.

I walk out and take a seat at the back of the auditorium. My chair is the one closest to the exit. I'm not trying to hide but I didn't want to be around anyone.

They finally start the meeting and the CEO takes the stand. He starts to talk about professionalism and conflict resolution. I have no idea where he's going with this.

Then a picture is shown on the projector screen. I think I'm about to puke. There is a picture of me with the caption, 'My favourite position is to be on top'. Then a picture of Eli's head is between my legs.

The people in front and at the side of me looks from me to the screen and back. I want to run away.

Who would do such a thing?

They used an old picture of me from last year's company retreat. I'm wearing a one piece bathing suit and shorts.

I look to the door but there are guards there.

Why are guards by the door?

I want to run away but I don't want to make a commotion. I try my best to swallow my tears and look straight ahead.

Eli looks at me. His eyes are telling me to be strong but his face is looking quite neutral. I know he's angry. His posture is stiff and he's barely blinking. He's in his head.

"I would like to encourage the person who did this to make themselves known before the end of the day. This is not the type of company that encourages behaviour where an employee seeks to trample his fellow colleague." The CEO continues. "If this is the type of person you are, there is no place here at Mega for you."

Eli stands and the CEO steps aside.

"This absolutely saddens me to see this. One, because this is not the type of company I envisioned Mega to be. And two, we chose our employees based on their attitude towards their fellow man and their eagerness to make life easier for everyone." Eli scans the room. His voice is loud and powerful. "I'm also disappointed that someone would stoop to such low levels to satisfy their inadequacy. Do we judge and shame others based on what we perceive they have over us? No, we don't. We should seek truth first before we decide to ruin two people's lives. Because not only have you embarrassed and judge someone falsely, you have also embarrassed yourself and caused us to judge you by your own measuring stick."

I hear someone laugh and whisper, "He's really pissed off someone attacked his plaything." The group laughs and tears start to roll down my cheeks.

I hear another whisper. "Geez, what did he see in her anyways? He could have done so much better."

More people are whispering amongst themselves but I can hear some of them.

"Do you think that's how she got the job. Maybe she'll get the Senior dev opening next and then she'll be manager."

"Oh, whoever did that is disgusting. What does her relationship have to do with the job. It's always some nobody who wants to bring people down."

"Oh, wow. Why are we even here for this. This shouldn't be company news. I hope they fire who did this."

"I wonder if they're really together. I've never seen them outside of the office. Maybe she's just a mistress."

"We're only here because some nobody f****d the owner of the company. I bet if it was anyone else, this would have gone unnoticed. Don't tell me she's not already getting other privileges."

I want the ground to open up and swallow me now. Today was just supposed to be a simple day of letting HR know about us. Not a huge display of me for everyone to judge. It turned out completely different than I thought it would.

I put my head in my hands and cry. This is absolutely horrible. Whoever did this is a jerk.

"Is she crying?"

"Oh my gosh, she's crying."

I hear commotion around me but I don't respond. I just want the day to end now. I feel a hand on my back but I don't move. I hear hushed whispers before I feel a familiar presence.

I look up to see Eli standing above me. Next to him is a security guard. Eli stretches out his hand and I take it. He brushes my cheeks, wiping my tears. He leads me outside the auditorium.

We walk towards the bathroom and he pulls me inside the female bathroom and locks the door.

"I'm sorry, Sam. I'll find out who did it and I'll have them fired." He clenches his jaw and takes a breath.

I shake my head. "Please don't. Everyone is already talking about me having special privileges. I don't want to add to that. I don't want the person to lose their job."

"I'm sorry Sam but that's how it has to be. When everyone joined they signed a non-bullying contract. They broke it. It's not about your privilege." Eli states. "Though I want to hurt them. The contract will take care of it."

I sigh. "So what now? Do I pretend like I'm fine and go back to work?"

"You don't have to stay. And I'm not saying that as your partner, I'm saying that as the owner of the company. If you need to take a personal day or a mental health day, take it." He rubs my arms and kisses my forehead. I feel strangely calm.

"No, I'll stay. I've done nothing wrong. I won't run." He smiles and kisses my lips.

"If you need me, just call okay? I'll be back to pick you up this afternoon." He turns to leave but my questions stop him in his track.

"I tried your phone yesterday, it didn't work, remember? Then I returned a missed call and a Celeste answered. Do you know her?" I see him sigh before he turns to look at me.

So he does know her.

"Yes, my phone is broken, I forgot. I'll get a new one and send you the number." He responds before turning around again.

"And Celeste?" I ask impatiently.

"What about her?" He's beginning to annoy me now.

"Who is she? Why did she call my phone?" Eli sighs again and runs his hand through his hair. I wonder why he's annoyed.

"She's an old friend. You have nothing to worry about." I know he's lying.

"I never said I was worried but now I think I should be if you had to say it." I cross my arms over my chest and stare at him. "Why did she call me?"

"I don't know. I'll have to ask her. She must have been curious. She knows about us." He holds eye contact with me, his eyes never wavering.

"And she's just a friend?" I confirm.

"Nothing more." He answers. He kisses my forehead and I feel a pang of sadness. I desperately want to believe him. I'll hate for us to end due to my stupidity.

I grab his face and kiss him. When we pull apart he gives me a mischievous wink and I laugh.

"Give them hell today my love. The world is yours to burn." With that, he takes his leave.

After washing my face I make my own exit. The auditorium has been cleared out. I walk back to the elevator and go down to my floor.

I walk through the hall confidently, passing some coworkers on the way to my section.

I grab my notepad and head to the meeting room to join my team. No one says anything. Joe only nods and proceed with the week of tasks.

I take note of the things that would be assigned to me. We only have three working days this week as Christmas is in two days.

We finish the meeting quickly and we all head back to our cubicles to start working.

"Gary, do you see me differently as well?" I don't know why it mattered but I still needed some support from my team.

He looks at me and smile. "What you do outside these walls are none of my business. Once you're not hurting anyone or yourself, I'm okay."

He pats my hands and I feel a bit better. I was worried my whole team would be against me. I didn't want to be defined by my choices. I am more than the choices that I make.