Temptation Haven: Dirty Little Secrets

His Simple Rules

**ONE WEEK LATER**

Lily stood dutifully behind Mr. Ashford in the conference room, taking notes while the board meeting continued.

That nervous girl who had walked into her interview weeks ago was gone. In her place was a shameless, insatiable woman who craved being used and degraded by her boss.

After the heated night at Vance's party, where both Vance and Damien had taken her at once, she had f****d the two men a couple more times.

Those encounters had brought her to a clear conclusion. She didn't want Damien as much as she needed Vance. For the past week, she had been carefully avoiding him.

When the board meeting finally ended, the rest of the directors filed out. Vance remained seated, loosening the knot of his tie.

"What other appointments do I have for today?" he asked.

"Nothing else, boss. Your schedule is clear," Lily replied. She already knew his schedule by heart.

"Sit. There's something I want to discuss with you."

Lily slowly pulled out one of the executive chairs and placed her iPad on the long glass table.

"What is it?" she asked, a slight tension in her voice at the seriousness of his expression.

"I want you to stop f*****g Damien," Vance said.

Lily's brows knitted slightly, her fingers resting on the table.

"Why?" she asked. "I thought you were okay with our little arrangement."

She had already decided she would no longer sleep with Damien, but she still asked the question. She wanted to hear his reason.

Vance stood and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city.

"Damien and I have been friends since high school. I know him better than anyone," he said, not looking back at her. "The man can be... sketchy. I wouldn't like it if he decided to turn this into some kind of game and you got hurt in the process."

Lily felt her heart skip a beat. Did he really care about her that much?

She didn't want to sound like she was giving in too easily. She nodded slowly.

"I'll think about it."

"Good," Vance replied. "I'm meeting my ex-fiancée in about twenty minutes. Can you wait for me once I'm done with her? I'll drop you off at your apartment."

Lily nodded as she stood. "I'll be waiting by my desk."

She exited the conference room and returned to her desk.

Shortly after, the sexy blonde woman; whom she only recently learned went by the name Tessa walked past her toward Vance's office, barely sparing her a glance.

Lily always felt slightly intimidated whenever she saw her.

Unlike Lily, the woman had larger breasts, and it seemed Vance was very much into that. Still, Lily felt she had the upper hand. She didn't think Vance would ever reveal the side of himself that he had shown her.

To his ex-fiancée, and to everyone else, he was the calm, cold billionaire. But with her, he showed his rough edges, every last inch of it.

After sitting there waiting for about twenty minutes without either Tessa or Vance coming out of the office, Lily got tired and decided to go check them.

She wondered what was taking their conversation so long. She picked up her bag and phone and headed toward Vance’s office.

A message from Damien popped up on her phone, but she barely glanced at it.

She pushed the door open and stepped in.

When her gaze came up, and she came to an immediate halt, eyes widening.

One of Vance’s arms was locked around Vanessa’s waist, one of his hands tangled in her hair, while he kissed her hungrily on the lips.

As though noticing her presence, his eyes slowly opened and he looked at her. Then, very slowly, he pulled away from Vanessa.

Lily’s heart sped loudly in her chest. It felt like a hammer had been slammed into the organ that pumped her blood.

She turned and left, taking the elevator down without a word. Outside, she caught a taxi and headed straight back to her apartment.

She couldn’t get the image out of her mind.

Of course she had always known that she and Vance weren’t exclusive. They could both have anyone else they wanted. But seeing him with Vanessa—his ex-fiancée—made it hit differently. It felt insane. It hurt.

She clutched her chest as she dropped her bag onto the floor without even turning on the lights.

The realization that she had begun to fall for Vance gnawed at her, and she had no control over it.

Now it wasn’t just her p***y aching for her boss. Her heart wanted him too, just as much as her body did. She needed him.

When had this gotten out of hand?

She had always been infatuated with him, but she had simply taken it as a simple crush.

Falling in love with him was something entirely different. Something that scared her to the deepest marrow of her bones, because Vance had explicitly warned her after they recently started f*****g that no feelings could be involved in their relationship.

The exact words he had used echoed in her head.

"We are f**k partners from today on, and don't expect any romantic feelings to come out of this. I will respect your boundaries you respect mine." he had said those words to her, while balls deep inside her as she moaned and rode his c**k, creaming him in his office.

"Lastly, we aren't exclusive. f**k whomever you want, Lily." He added, before sucking on one of her t**s.

Lily's brain memorized those simple rules, but her heart clearly didn't care what her brain heard and understood.