Knock. Knock.

"Hey, Jen." Lori stood on the other side of the door.

"Come in."

She greeted me with a smile and sat beside me on the edge of the bed.

"Did you hear what happened while you were gone?"

I shook my head.

"Jesse is pissed at you and wants you fired. Felton and her got into a huge argument over it, and he called her a bitch and left. He didn't return until you came back."

"I… I had no idea."

"You should watch out, Jen. Seriously. Felton has never treated any of his girls the way he treats you. He's always been all business. If you get in too deep with him, Jesse will fire you. She has the legal right, and boy is she pissed. Oh my god. You should have heard her screaming at him. I've never heard her use that tone. Everyone was home, too. It reminded me of my parents before they got a divorce."

"Why is she so upset?"

Lori looked at me, dumbfounded.

"Wait. You don't know?"

I shook my head.

"Jen. She has been in love with Felton for years. Since she became his right hand woman."

"That's against the rules," I protested.

"One must first admit he or she is in love and then act upon it," Lori said as if she were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

"Have you seen the way she looks at him? It's kind of the way he looks at you," she said.

I had no words. I never noticed the way she looked at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Jennifer. He looks at you like you are, like… you're the sunrise in the morning. The light of his day that greets him from the darkness."

"Always so poetic."

"Just watch out, okay?" She stood and hugged me. "And please try to have fun when you have sex for the first time."

"Okay."

"Promise me."

"I promise. Hey, Lori?"

"Yeah?"

"Will it hurt? You know, when I finally do it."

"You'll be fine. I think you'll enjoy it, you little sex kitten. You're ready."

She winked at me and gave a tight squeezed hug. When Lori left the room, she left me with a mind full of questions.

I pushed open the window and let the cool night air kiss my skin.

Greets him from the darkness… Her words echoed in my mind.

The next morning I woke to curtains being ripped open and sunlight being forced in.

"Time to get up." Finn seemed aggravated.

I rustled in bed, throwing my arm over my face. He ripped the covers from me, and I gave him the dirtiest look I could muster.

"You are so annoying," I mumbled.

"Stand up."

I did what I was told, but didn't want to.

"What will we do today, sir?" I asked so calmly, so sweetly that he almost smiled, but didn't.

"Don't call me that anymore."

"Yes, sir." I batted my eyes in his direction. He lightly grumbled, and I saw his body slightly loosened.

"You will be going shopping today. Luketon agreed that Friday would be perfect for him. He has a big night planned for you, and you need to be ready."

I moved closer to Finn, not taking my eyes from his. Once closer, I rubbed my hands down his arms and ran my lips across the outside of his.

"Stop that. Do you think you can just wake up one morning and do whatever the fuck you want?"

With force, he grabbed my wrists and lifted my hands above my head then slammed me against the wall. My breathing increased as he parted my legs. With light nibbles up my neck, he kept my arms tight above my head and whispered in my ear. "I told you not to call me 'sir' anymore. So don't fucking do it again."

He slammed my wrists against the wall, taking his anger out on me.

"You have to listen to me, Jennifer."

He stressed between gritted teeth. His breathing increased as did mine.

"What will you do to me if I don't, sir?"

"You don't know how to fucking listen, do you?"

Finn bit his bottom lip, and tightened his grip on my wrists as he held my arms up with one hand. With the other, he ran his fingers through my hair and then popped the buttons from my shirt and ripped my panties off my body. The slight pain felt good. He parted my legs wider, and I leaned my head against the wall.

"Can I tell you what I want you to do to me, sir?" Each time I said it, he tightened his grasp. I could feel his hardness against my body, and I knew he wanted me, and that alone gave me great satisfaction. To know that I was in control and that he still wanted me, sexually. I didn't struggle, I wanted him to take me, and if he wouldn't, I would drive him just as crazy as he drove me. Payback was a bitch.

With two fingers, he ran his hand between my legs and felt the wetness.

"Mmm. You're enjoying this aren't you?"

"Only if you want me to, sir."

My eyes rolled in the back of my head as he touched my magic button. I tried to hold back a moan, but couldn't.

"Do you want me to like it, sir?" I whispered as I traced the bottom of his ear with my lips.

He continued to pin my arms as he loosened his tie, and unbuttoned his shirt. Muscles. The shirt dropped to the floor.

"I do," he said, and released my arms.

He undid his belt and unbuttoned his pants. His hardness wanted me just as I wanted him. As I reached to unzip his pants, he grabbed my wrists and slammed them above my head again.

"No. No. Luketon wouldn't like if his virgin no longer had a cherry for him to pop. And if you start this, I can't guarantee I would fucking stop."

I laughed.

"Not you. You would never lose control, sir."

My words were soft, sensual, pure sex.

"You must not know me very well. Not very well at all."

Then his lips crashed into mine and our tongues wrestled with one another. Aggressive lips kissed me with such intensity; I barely caught my breath. He broke away, his pants fell to the floor and he stood in front of me in only boxers. I grabbed the bottom of his lip with my mouth and our lips mingled with one another again. Kisses. Kisses I so desperately wanted and needed. Forbidden kisses that could get me fired quicker than a heartbeat.

Finn slid his thumbs under the elastic band of his boxers. I leaned back, smiled, and waited to see him naked for the first time, hoping that I finally would get to feel him inside me.

"Oh, Jennifer. I've…" Finn hesitated.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Jesse stood in the doorway.

"Fucking hell," Finnley said coldly as he pulled up his pants and adjusted his belt.

"Get dressed, Jennifer. We have to prepare you for Friday," Jesse said, and then glanced at Finnley. He was the only reason I didn't get my ass chewed up and spit out.

Our eyes met, and I could feel the raw lust pulling us together like a magnet, hoping we finally would snap together. He clenched his jaw and stormed from the room. Jesse gave me a "you're a dirty little whore, and you're fired" look simultaneously with pursed lips. I opened my mouth to protest, but she held up a hand and went to Finn. The unfinished sentence that he started would haunt me for the rest of the day.

"That can never fucking happen again," Jesse yelled in the kitchen. "Never. Now I have to bring her fucking shopping when I should be firing her ass!"

I walked into the room and saw Finn leaning against the counter with his arms crossed. Paisley stood beside him. Once we made eye contact, he left without a word. Fucking fantastic.