Falling For My Playboy Boss
Chapter 48

Collin's POV

I woke up from a good night's sleep, which was weird because I finally came to check on Cora around 2 am because I couldn't sleep hearing her in here crying softly. I had been worried about her. She seemed like her old self for 80% of Thursday and then at the Bistro, after I gave her a bite of my food, she changed and stopped eating and was ready to go. Most women liked getting to eat some of my food. I couldn't figure out what I had done. I decided to go down and work my frustrations out in the gym. I try to go at least 3 times a week. I have a full gym at home, and I like to utilize it. It seemed like I was making headway when I caught her checking me out in the kitchen yesterday morning. She was impressed and I could see she was having a hard time taking her eyes off of me. She gave me a wide berth, coming around me and getting her own coffee, and then not turning around to look at me again once she had it. It was cute her doing that and it made me laugh a little at her. Then that girl, Chloe, ended up being kind of mean to her and then taking her chair. I got mad when I realized that half the room was now checking out my PA's legs instead of listening to the man giving the report. That made me angry, and I even caught a few of them winking at her when she made eye contact with them. That really made me angry. So, when she got mad at me for counseling her on her skirt riding up, she let me know she wouldn't have had it even happen if Chloe hadn't taken her chair. I checked and sure enough, Cora's name was on the card next to my chair, and I spoke to someone about why my PA's chair got taken by Chloe? Chloe was sent back to her area and Cora got her seat back, but while I was getting that taken care of, I looked over and saw Cora speaking to a man that I believe is their V.P. of Finance, Gabriel Dubois. He was standing way too close to her and then had the nerve to kiss her hand. I went straight over to get her at that point, as soon as I got the chair situation fixed, because I needed to send that message that she was with me and was not going to be available to them. I lean forward and take a deep breath of her hair. It smells great, and she smells great. Her hair is beautiful and long, falling all over the pillow and down her back onto the bed. I had woken up with my arms around her waist and touching the bottom of her breasts. Apparently, during the morning, sometime I had gotten cold, and I got under the blankets too. I am right up against her, and I could wake up like this for the rest of my life. I felt comfortable, warm, and comforted when I was with Cora. I hope she feels safe with me too. Then I realize that my d**k is also happy in this position and is now pressed into Cora right between her thighs like it is trying to burrow into her heat. I am going to have to try to get unstuck from being wrapped around Cora before she wakes up and realizes that I am under her covers and certainly before she realizes that my d**k wants to be her new best friend. I pull my arm that is under her out first, as that is the trickier one, and when it is free, I go to pull the one on top of her back, when she snuggles her a*s, backward towards me, right into my d**k, and I almost moan out loud. I have got to get out of here before I embarrass myself. I turn over as carefully and quietly as I can and then start tiptoeing out of the room as if she sits up now. There will be no hiding the hard- on that I have in my sweatpants. I got to the door when I heard Cora shyly say, "Collin, thank you for staying with me last night". I told her, "You are welcome. I am going to get my shower and then we can head out to go shop wherever you want" and I have never been more thankful for a door being there, as it blocks her view of my hard-on. I need to go take a shower and take care of this first thing. I strip off as I cross my bedroom and head right for the shower and after the water warms up, I go on in. I get a handful of soap and start working on my problem with long pulls and allow my mind to wander back to Cora. How her heavy breasts felt against my arms and how I could feel her hard n*****s when I went to get my arms loose. I thought about how good she smelled and wondered what type of shampoo she used because I loved it. I remember her moan when she tried my food before she stopped having a good time at dinner last night. I think about getting her out of that cute little sleep outfit and letting my mouth roam all over her. Leaving no spot untouched, and making her fully mine, capturing her moans in my mouth as I kissed her as I continued to slowly move inside her. I am harder than I have even been thinking about this and I need to go ahead and finish this as my balls are tight and full right now. I think of her beautiful full lips taking my d**k inside them and that does it. I came all over the tiled wall, and I came hard. I am shuddering and my knees give a little from the force of it. Holy s**t, if I came that hard just from imagining what I wanted to do to Cora, imagine how it would be for the real thing. I want her so badly. I need to start playing for keeps with Cora. I will not let another man step in and try to take what I know is mine. I will tell her sometime today that I would like to date her. I can take it slow. For Cora, I can wait until she is ready for me. I finish washing up and rinse the wall off, before drying off and getting dressed. I see Cora is already sitting in the living room waiting for me and I see her hair is still a little wet from the shower. I smile at her and ask where she would like to eat. The driver was there already, as it was 8 am, and she said that she wanted to go shopping on the Seine and try to replace a place to eat around there for breakfast. We arrive there at 9 and she is excited just to take pictures of the river. Then she sees the ad for a sightseeing cruise, and a huge smile comes across her face, and I already knew that we were taking the cruise.

A half-hour later, we had bought our tickets and we had an hour before we were set to leave, so we went to replace somewhere to eat. Cora is very excited about the breakfast, and I have to say I have never had better croissants. Cora spends about 20 minutes window shopping to get ideas of where she wants to go when we come back from the cruise. I have never seen anyone get excited about having croissants before. She is perfectly content with just having breakfast and the river cruise. She even wanted to buy her own ticket, but I already had the money out to cover the tickets. All my former girlfriends that I have come here with, wanted me to spend a couple thousand on them and were still wanting more from me while doing it. But Cora was content to enjoy the view, soak up the sun and take pictures to remember it all with. She is obviously very different from my previous girlfriends.

Wait, did I just call her my girlfriend? What am I thinking? I really shouldn't have taken on Cora, if I truly hadn't let my dream of dating Shea go. I thought I had, but seeing her on the runway last Saturday, I just wanted to get to meet her and replace out about her. I still want Shae, and that is the worst part of it. I want to sleep with Shea, and I just need to wait for Cora, now that I am thinking clearer than I was this morning in the shower. I will get around to Cora, after I have had fun with Shea, and gotten her out of my system. It is probably going to take a while to woo Cora anyway, as I am certain now from how she behaved in the kitchen the other day that Cora is indeed a virgin. I crushed both my brother and Cora to break them apart because I couldn't take being jealous of the two of them together, but even while Cora is still recovering from it, I am sitting here and still fantasizing about Shae. So, my new plan is that I will get a hold of Thomas Grady, my investigator, and I don't know why that hadn't occurred to me before. Thomas used to be a Detective for New York until he retired to go into the private sector. He was the one who found Sadie and Reed for Michael. I will get him to replace Shea for me. I can date her for a while and then go back and get Cora. I will just keep an eye out for anyone getting close to her and nip that in the bud too. I mean, if I could do it to my own brother, I would block anyone else from trying as well. That includes Dalton and Nicolas if I need to.

I saw Cora looking at me and realized that she had been talking to me.

"I am sorry, what did you say," I asked her.

"I was asking if you were having fun, you were smiling a little while ago, but now you look like you are upset, are you OK?" Cora asks me.

"I am fine, thank you, I was just trying to solve a problem in my head, but I have it all sorted now, thank you," I told her.

Yes, I have it sorted. I had it all planned out, what I needed to do. I feel better about this as I know my end game needs to be Cora, but I still want to have a bit more fun, before I have to settle down. I sat back in my seat and put my arm around the back of Cora's seat and just looked up towards the sky with my eyes closed to get some sun on my face and I felt at peace and relaxed. I didn't realize how much pressure was on me until I got to sleep last night in bed with Cora. She has a way about her that helps keep me calm. I didn't realize how much better my sleep could be, and then I had a tiny little bit of doubt. Cora didn't take the opportunity to snuggle into me like every single woman before her has. In fact, she is leaning towards the side of the boat, away from me. The words of my sister come popping back up about how she, and others too, were of the opinion that they don't want to follow in the footsteps of so many of the girls that I have dated. Could she have been talking about Cora? Was Cora so disgusted by my previous behavior and girlfriends, that she might not want to date me now? How could I have missed that? I remember going back to where Cora walked in on me, and Maddie and the shock written all over her face that was as clear as a bell. Catherine had told me that she went into the office to drop it off then because she wanted to avoid seeing me after I slept with Celeste earlier in the day because she was embarrassed. Oh damn, I just figured out what my sister was trying to tell me, and I just didn't get it. She knew I liked Cora. I thought I had forever, but I don't. Cora allowed me to stay with her last night because, with her back to me, she could pretend I was Michael. I am so stupid. I have to decide right now before I get back to New York if I want to pursue Cora, and give up on Shea, or if I just need to decide to be with Shea and give up Cora. Because if I decide to go after Shea again, or especially Maddie, that something tells me I can kiss Cora goodbye, without having ever getting to actually kiss Cora.