In his grasp 2

First day of work

Once I had woken up in Joe’s bed, I realised that yesterday wasn’t a dream at all. Ryan had betrayed me, I chickened out of telling Joe about my concerns of being pregnant and I’m in his grasp once again. I managed to get out of bed and get to the bathroom without waking Joe up. I sorted my hair out and my make up. It was my first day at the centre and I wanted to look my best. I put on some comfy clothing and grabbed my keys from the table as quietly as I could. 

“Good luck baby girl” Joe said and I turned around to find him sitting up on his forearms, grinning at me mischievously. I smiled at him as I realised he was awake the whole time. 

“Thanks” I said and turned to leave but Joe had interrupted once again. “Baby girl!” He called out. I turned back to face him and he was sitting up properly this time, the sunshine that broke through the curtains highlighted the dips in his abs. “Yeah?” I replied and his face turned serious.

“Going to take you out for dinner tonight”. I blushed at the thought of us going on a date like a proper couple. 

“What for?” I asked him and he shrugged. “To find out what you have been so frightened of telling me” he grinned childishly at me before laying back on his pillow. I tried to act normal by saying “I wasn’t scared to tell you anything... I wasn’t trying to...” I stuttered. Smooth Lauren, so believable. 

“Mmmhmm” he hummed with his back to me. “Have a nice day baby girl” he said and I exit the room shocked at how he actually heard me amongst the lust last night. 

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My first day of work was pretty interesting. I was shown where the different departments were for the animals. They had different stages of the rehabilitation program. You have the department for all of the animals who need to be triaged and processed to see what the problem with them is. Then they are brought to the second department where they receive treatment for whatever problem they have. Once they have been through the first two departments they are sent to department three which is the recovery department. The animals have this department to recover from the treatment that they have been given. The final department is the waiting department where they are on a waiting list to be taken back to their natural habitat. Some fish live in the shallow reef by the caves and some live further out to sea where the water is deeper and colder. Each group of animals are taken together and separated from the other species to prevent any fatalities due to their place in the food chain. For example we didn’t want to take the rehabilitated sharks with the catfish because the sharks will just eat them once they are freed into the sea.

I was shown all of the storage containers that hold the food given to different species and also any supplies that are needed to maintain the work that is undertaken throughout the day. Finally Mrs Austin gave me my uniform and some wellies that reach half way up my calf. Not very flattering but I couldn’t wait to get stuck in as I absolutely love sea animals. She also explained to me how the paperwork is filled out and informed me of the routines of each department. It was a lot to take in but she said I would get it as the weeks went on. We have a vet that enters the centre to ensure that the animals health is checked every other day. We have their emergency contact number which is to be used in an emergency. 

The day went quickly as I was too busy being educated about the job and thoroughly enjoying every moment. 5pm came around and it was time to finish up. Mrs Austin was extremely impressed with how much I had taken in when she was walking me round. She also admired the knowledge I had on marine animals. 

Once I had left, I headed towards the apartment but thought I should tell Joe that I was back. I knocked on the door and he asked me to enter so I did. His facial expression went from stressed and exhausted to happy and excited. “Baby girl!” He said as he raised his head from his paper work.

“Everything okay?” I asked him as I noticed he seemed troubled when I entered. “No baby girl, not really, I’m exhausted from all the work I have going on and then my fathers business to sort out on top of that” he explained and I felt like he was about to cancel dinner. I wanted to beat him to it so he didn’t feel guilty if he was. “Did you want to leave dinner for another night?” I asked him and he looked slightly upset. “No way, it’s the only thing that has got through my day” he explained and I walked up to him and stood behind his chair he was sitting in. I placed my hands onto his shoulders and massaged them slowly. His head tilted back as the stress begun to dissolve from his body. 

“Oh baby girl, that feels amazing” he said and I rubbed them with more enthusiasm. He groaned at the feeling and I couldn’t help the warmth appeared in between my thighs. He sounds so sexy when he moans and it always arouses me. 

“Can’t have you all tensed up for our dinner tonight now can we?” I said in a s****l tone. He twisted his chair to face me and held my cheeks as he pressed his lips against mine. “Mmm, baby girl” he grunted and slapped my bum. “Get up to the apartment before in devour your entire body” he snarled and I smiled at him. “You will spoil your appetite” I teased and he smirked at me. “Get out of my sight” he joked and but his lip.