no control

• thirty six •

elijah

"Oh, my god. This is the best I've ever had."

Clenching my jaw, I glanced over at my angel in the passenger seat. She slurped loudly on her frappe as she scrolled through her phone. Her eyes flit up to mine as if sensing my disapproving glare. She flashed me a smile around the straw between her lips.

"Don't be jealous," she teased.

She had no idea. I wanted to punt the green plastic mermaid across the highway.

Even though we'd crossed the line several times already, I had to be resolute with her. The time to fuck would come. We were just days away now.

My dick hardened just at the thought of her sweet pink pussy, all tight and ready for me.

"Thanks for driving me in. And for the coffee. I really would have been fine with home-brewed, though, just so you know."

"You wouldn't have had time for home-brew coffee. I could hardly get you out the door as it was."

"I haven't seen society in days. I want to look presentable."

"You looked presentable just as you were."

"My hair was in literal knots, you animal."

"Sexy knots."

She rolled her eyes but smiled. Her hair was now curled and tamed down with different sweet-smelling products. Only, I liked her hair as it was, all voluminous and wavy and silky.

My angel also wore makeup, which I hadn't seen on her for several days now. Her bare face was sweet and unassuming. The aggressive swipes of eyeliner and dark eyeshadow gave her emerald eyes a wildness to them that made my loins burn.

She was too goddamn sexy and I didn't want a single other pair of eyes on her other than mine.

"You're going into the office today, I presume?" she asked with a coy arch in her brow.

I nodded.

"Have you hired a new assistant to replace that other one yet?"

The mention of Briar made my hands clench around the wheel. She'd tainted the trust between me and my angel. Then, last night, Gladys pointed out a drawer of sex toys I'd forgotten about. I hadn't touched them in months. But the point was that Gladys saw them and now there was an image in her mind she couldn't erase.

Just as I would have cut someone's tongue out than see a male even breathing too close to her, I never wanted her to even consider me being with another woman.

Given that my thoughts were always consumed with my angel, I hadn't thought once yet about replacing Briar.

"Maybe my intern could fill in," I said.

Gladys turned sharply towards me. "No. I have finals to take."

"Not all day," I pointed out. "What time are your exams today?"

"Elijah, you promised."

"I didn't promise anything, princess. This is an opportunity to grow your resume. Now, what time are your tests at?"

She huffed. "I have physics at noon. That's it. For today, anyway."

Smirking down at her, I turned off the highway and started across town towards my office.

"Elijah," she groaned. "I was going to use my time beforehand to study. I'm going to fail. Is that what you want?"

I chuckled. "You're going to do fine. I've seen your grades and I've watched you study."