Rescue Me by Teri Fowler

her, and he knew she was
close.   Seth pushed harder, faster,
intensifying his efforts.
    Don't tell her you love her. Not yet. It's too soon.
      "Seth!   Oh, God..."  
    She began to come just when he thought he could hold out no longer,
moaning low in her throat as her pussy convulsed around him. The way her sweet
body surrendered to his and the sound of his name on her lips sent him tearing
into his own orgasm.
    Seth lost the ability to breathe, to think, to do anything other than
mindlessly push his cock into her over and over again as the pressure in his
balls increased until he ejaculated harder than he could ever remember. He bit
on his lip, almost growling as he held back the words he wanted to shout, over
and over.
    I love you, Maya.
    His ability to see, hear, feel, or sense anything but her came back
slowly. Seth rolled away from Maya when he realized he must have collapsed on
top of her and she was bearing most of his weight. She didn't rush to cover
herself when he moved, and he took advantage of a rare moment to commit the
image of her like this to memory. Her body was slick with perspiration and
glistened in the gentle glow of the warm afternoon sun.   She lay with her lips open and her eyes
closed as her breathing slowed, her hair splayed across the pillow behind her.
Seth reached for a strand that was stuck to her cheek, intending to pull it off
her face, but Maya pulled away as soon as she felt his touch.
    His stomach clenched.   Somewhere
deep down, he'd known nothing had really changed. He'd caught her at a weak
moment. That was all. He'd been a fool to convince himself it was something
more.
    "You okay?"
    "Yes, thanks. Just tired."   She laughed.   "And hot."
    Seth rolled out of the bed, eager to do anything but lie and watch as
Maya built another wall between them to keep him away.   "I'll turn the air conditioning back
on."
    He grabbed his running shorts from the floor and took a moment to
freshen up in the bathroom. When he walked in to the bedroom minutes later, the
bed was remade, and there was no sign anything had happened at all. Seth felt a
breeze and turned to see the patio doors were open wide. He found Maya out on
the deck, leaning against a rail, her back to him.   She'd put on a beach dress made of a shiny
white material that covered her from her neck to her knees in a glittering
shroud of fabric.
    Seth watched her. He knew what she wanted, but he just couldn't
disappear without at least trying to find out if she was upset.
    "What time is it?"
    Maya's back stiffened at the sound of his voice, but she didn't turn
around.   "About three, I
think."
    He ploughed on, struggling to keep his voice neutral. "That
explains why I'm so hungry. I've missed lunch. You wanna go grab something to
eat?"
    She turned to face him, her eyes hidden again by a huge pair of
sunglasses. "No, I've got work to do. You go ahead."
    He smiled and tried to reach for her hand. "Come on now, surely
you're not gonna make me eat alone?"  
    Maya folded her arms and walk past him to go back inside her room,
sliding the door almost closed behind her. "Seth, please just go. I'm
sorry. This should never have happened."
    Seth grabbed the lip of the door, stopping her from sliding it closed,
and followed her in to the room.
    "What the fuck is your problem?"
    Maya spun on her heel to face him. "Don't swear at me. Do I have to
remind you, I'm your boss?"
    Seth grabbed her shoulders, stopping her from walking away again.
"So who was it in bed with me just now? Was it my boss, or the woman who
has driven me crazy for two months and can't make up her damned mind just what
it is she wants?"
    Maya put her hands on his chest and shoved him away, letting out an
angry grunt from the effort of moving him. "What I want is for you to stop
messing with my head and my life and stay the hell away from me."
    "I was staying away. After you cut me down to size on our first day
here, have I so much as spoken to you or bothered you even once?