unconditionally. **completed**

#6 pancakes

on Monday my alarm went off early and I woke up taking a shower before waking up joesline. letting the water cascade down my body easing the tension and worry from the weekend. i won't lie. he is incredible in bed but I have responsibilities that I can't just ignore. having a daughter means putting her needs before mine. drying off and getting dressed I pulled on a pencil skirt that went above my knees and a button up blouse. optingnfor flats, like usual, I rushed to get my princess out of bed. her little face scrunched up in protest not wanting to get out of bed. " I know baby girl. mommy hates mornings too! come on let's get you dressed." I couldn't help seeing her dad in her. the way she moved and her beautiful face. I couldn't help but wonder how different our life would be if he had survived. he would have loved seeing her grumpy face in the morning. tickling her awake and reading to her at night. he was always such a great dad. he wanted more kids amd we had talked about it. I suppose it was for the best. not sure how I could survive two of these running around on my own. finally we are headed out of the apartment and off to daycare and work.

I just need to keep my head on and not do anything stupid. what happened can not happen again no matter how incredible it was. I was so deep in thought I didn't even realize it until it was too late and I ran into a wall of a man knocking myself to the ground. I let go of joseline so I eohldnt pull her down with me. " I am so sorry!" I was trying to apologize when a man's hand came down to help me up. looking up to the person I smacked into I see him. crap! I can't catch a break. " Mr stone. I'm so sorry."

"Emma, please call me Josh. I wasn't paying attention. I'm so sorry. " I watched him lean down towards joseline smiling from ear to ear. he held his hand out to her " my name is Josh. you must be joseline. your mommy has told me so much about you." she looked at him curiously. I expected her to hide from him. she really wasn't much for strangers but she surprised me when she smiled and leaped into his arms hugging him.

" I love pancakes. you should come have pancakes with me and mommy." I stared at her in complete disbelief. she has never invited anyone else to pancake breakfast. it was something special only her and her father did. I took up the tradition after he passed away but she never accepted anyone else into our pancake circle. Josh must have noticed my mouth drop open.

he looked straight into her eyes as he spoke like she was the only person around." hmm, I love pancakes also, how about we skip work and get some right now?"

" Mr ston...I mean Josh, you have two meetings today with the Brower group and Indica group."

" pancakes are much more important. push them to the afternoon please. "

joseline grabbed his hand and they both looked at me waiting for a reply. I was trapped. " yes sir." I paused hesitant to finish my words and a little struck by the fact rhat joseline had so willingly invited him to breakfast. " sir, she has never invited anyone to pancake breakfast before. not since her father.... just please." I'm not sure entirely what I was trying to say to him. don't hurt my child's heart? please don't act like you are going to be in her life? or perhaps don't make this more than what it is or was? my mind was racing and he just stood there smiling at me holding my little girls hand waiting on me.

" it's pancakes. everyone loves pancakes. are we going to go?" I coukd see how excited joseline was getting and I knew I wasn't going to be breaking her heart today. I nodded taking her other hand and gesturing to the dinner downnthe road.

" Annie's is her favorite. we go every Sunday. her dad took her there for pancakes every morning. when he passed I started doing it. she has never let anyone join before." we walked towards the little dinner joseline never letting go of his hand. this was going to be very awkward. excruciatingly awkward. when we got to the dinner Josh opened the door for us letting us walk in first. the plump waitress came over smiling at us.

she was our usual waitress and she was surprised to see me walking in with joesline and Josh. I smiled as casually as I could. " Emma and joesline! what a pleasant surprise on a Monday! and who might this be?"

I knew what her smirk and question was suggesting and I knew I couldn't deal with rumors. " this is my boss Mr stone." I said quickly. did he just frown at that? I'm probably reading to far into this. I looked away smiling at the waitress. she shrugged and turned around showing us to our seats. setting the menus down in front of us she grabbed some crayons for joseline like she did every Sunday.

" what can I get you all to drink?"

" coffee with cream for me and princess joseline a kids milk."

the waitress looked at Josh to order next. " coffee would be great. thank you." he smiled so genuinely i had to look away. he wasn't as scary as everyone made him out to be. it probably helps that I know how incredible he was in bed. I need to not rhino of that. it can't happen again. we scratched that itch and it's time to move on he is my boss. it was definitely incredible though.

" did we want the usual?" I nodded my head and Josh looked up at her.

" I will get the same " he said it so matter of factly. I'm definitely regretting this. this can only lead to disaster. we waited patiently for our pancakes to come. sipping my coffee as joseline talked away to Josh. she might possibly have a slight crush on him. he treated her like there was no one else but her. she loved the attention. once we were done eating he paid for the breakfast.

joseline grabbed his hand and tugged at it. " can you take me to school now?" He smiled at her and then looked at me. f**k me! he nodded at my little princess and helped lead her out the door." I can't wait to have pancakes tomorrow with you josh!"

I stopped dead in my tracks unsure of how he would take this. he opened his mouth to answer her but I intervened quickly so he wasn't put on the spot. " honey Mr stone.... ummm Josh, is very busy and probably won't be joining us for pancakes anymore. but princess make sure you thank him for today. it was a lot of fun."

she looked at him with those puppy eyes that always got me. it was how she got me every time she wanted something. that cute little face was irresistible. she nodded at me her sadness written on her face. " thank you Josh. " she started pulling him towards her day care.

he leaned back at me and whispered. " she should come to the board meetings. I think she coukd be a serious closer on a lot of deals." I laughed at him and a snort came out. I snorted! he chuckled at me and picked joseline up off the ground walking her towards her daycare. I stopped in front of the doors reaching for her to bring her inside. he shook his head at me. " nope, I told her I would bring her inside." he opened the door and I followed him in. she really was good. she could definitely see her daughter closing deals. she got everyone to do what she wanted. there was even a little boy at school who followed her around carrying her things because she told him she was a princess and he was to do what she wanted. so he did. my princess was cunning and cute. her adorable dimples worked like a charm.

walking back out the door and rushing towards work I studied Josh for a bit. he was handsome no doubt about it but he had a side to him very few people got to see. the way he was with joseline was soft and caring. it was a huge difference from the Josh at work. " I can feel you burning a whole in my back. what's in your mind?"

" nothing. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about today for not breaking her little heart. I'm not sure how much more heart break that little girl can take. thank you."

he pushed the button to the elevator and swiped his badge to get to our floor. the doors closed and he leaned in. " I just really like pancakes." he smiled at me. s**t I think I'm horny and all he did was have breakfast with my child and talk nicely to her!

" well Mr stone. ibreally appreciate what you did."

" josh"

" nope, we are at work. it's Mr stone." the doors opened and I stepped out heading toward smy desk to prepare for the meetings today and everything else that picked up on my desk since we were now late. ibwas bending over pulling out the files he would need and I felt him brush by me grazing my ass through my skirt. I shot up quickly looking at him nothing him smirking as he walked by. crap this was not going to be easy! he just felt me up in the office. I would love nothing more than licking the warm syrup off his chest instead of these mergers but at work I needed him to know it had to be professional and nothing more. I got all the copies together and bound and set up in the two conference rooms for the back to back meetings then went to bring a few files to Mr stone's office with his coffee. he was on the phone so I came to the other side of the desk placing the files in frontnof him and the coffee off to the side when I felt his hand snaking up my inner thigh. stopping on my ass and massaging my cheek. a finger slid my under to the side and he pressed inside of me. I knew he could feel how wet I was already. there was no doubt this man turned me on but this was his office. this was my job!

he inserted another finger and I reached out grabbing his desk as a moan escaped my mouth. he pushed a button on the phone filling the office with the other voice as the man on the other end droned on about acquisitions and he stood up from his desk with his fingers still inside me. getting behind me and leaning in he whispered in my ear. " shhhh " and I could feel the cool breeze as my skirt lifted over my hips. I wanted to walk away. I wanted to say no but the feeling pf pleasure was causing my brain to haze over and all I wanted at that point was more of whatever he was doing. he knelt down behind me sliding my panties down and lifting one leg then the next tossing the lacey panties to the chair he once was sitting in. he kissed my cheeks as he parted my legs and I coukd feel his tongue on me licking me as his fingers moved in and out. my hips moved with a mind of their own chasing the ecstasy he was giving me. taking a finger and rubbing my clit I coukd feel the pleasure building inside me. the man in the phone still going on about something I'm not even sure what he was saying anymore. I was trying to be quiet as the need to release grew to great I felt him slide up behind me and at my entrance. before I knew it he was filling me as I gasped out whispering his name and he started moving in and out of me my head slumping forward and my eyes closed as the intensity grew the deeper he went. his hand closed over my mouth as I felt him starting to throb inside me as I finally released everything on him in a mind blowing orgasm. he pumped in me as I chased the waves that poured over me causing my body to shudder. I felt him tighten inside me then he released inside me as his erection began to pulse. I could feel him smirking on my skin as he kissed my back. he pulled out slowly and whispered in my ear once more. " I couldn't help it. you are so f*****g sexy."

the man on the phone was still rambling off and I pulled my skirt down and looked around for my panties so I could go clean up before the meetings. there he sat with my panties in his hand. I went to go grab them from him and he shook his head and put them in his drawer. f**k! those were my favorite. I placed my hands on my hips and he smacked my ass. I knew I couldn't argue with him in that moment so I straightened up and went to the restroom on this floor to clean up. it looked as though I was going commando for the board meetings. asshole! incredibly sexy one for sure.