Emancipation

forty eight

"You know he's going to be okay, right?" James start as I hover over his desk in the home office.

"What?" I ask, a little lost in my own thoughts as I frown at him. "Who's going to be okay?"

"Jeremy. He's a little on the fun side, but you know he can be responsible." He reminds me and I sigh, nodding.

My brother is supposed to leave for New York tomorrow and just five minutes ago I Facetimed him, where he was almost done packing all his stuff. He sounded excited, and Joan was with him, of course. She's not leaving tomorrow; her flight is next week but both of them have been really looking forward to this part of their life.

"Yeah, I'm not worried." He offers me a look that says cut the bullshit so I put a little more weight on the desk, sighing. "He has never lived alone, he can be such a mess if he's not continuously reminded to get his shit together, I think I'm more nervous for Joan than him, because she's going to have to bear his annoying ass."

He smiles amusedly at my words, "That girl can handle him, trust me. I know how close the two of you are, but we can always visit him. New York's just a flight away."

"We'll see. I bet his ass would be down here every three months, he's a Momma's boy." I shrug and he nods at me before looking back at the file. "Your nose is always in the work, Mr. Clark. What do you do for fun?"

He chuckles, looking up as he meets my eyes, "I do you, love. Trust me, it's the best fun I've ever had in my life."

The words make blush rise to my cheeks as I roll my eyes at him. "Apart from that."

"I'm a very simple man, Lil. In high school, I was a dick, in college days, I had some fun, I remember doing pretty much everything anyone can think of. I loved to travel, I went on an entire Europe tour during a summer break, and not expensive hotel shit, but cheap motels. You should bring that up on table tonight." He smirks, clearly hiding some good part.

"That does sound like you, to discard the luxury and instead choose that for the sake of experience."

I slide his files a little more to the side, taking a seat on the desk properly as I remove my sandals and place my feet on his thighs and he arches his eyebrows.

"Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Clark?"

I move my feet up a little, more towards his groin and his emerald eyes darken a little. I shrug at him, smiling innocently as I bite on my lip to not get amused by how his body has suddenly frozen over. The best part about having sex so often is that we've gotten to know each other's bodies pretty damn well.

"Just trying to have some fun." I grin at him and his face splits into a huge grin, shaking his head.

"How do you always manage to surprise me?" He cocks his head a little to the side.

His hand moves down to hold my calfs before moving upward, underneath my dress as he grazes the back of my thighs and I move my feet over his erect member, pressing it down as a low growl leaves him.

"Some things I've learned from you, babe." I tease and his face conjures up with amusement while his eyes twinkle with desire.

"You do know you've started a game that you're going to lose, right?"

"Mmm, I think your definition of losing and mine are very different." I grin as I curl up my toes around him and he closes his eyes. "In this game, we both win."

His hands move further up my dress as one goes right to my core while other fumbles with the waistband. Just as he's about to pull it down, the doorbell rings and I groan loudly.