As time passed, Jill realized that Andrew had not only helped her regain her confidence, he’d brought it to new heights. Just before the holidays, the entire Sutton Capital team spent the night in New York City at a fundraising event. The event raised money for a charity sponsored by one of the companies Sutton Capital had a big hand in starting. Jill put her newfound confidence to work to turn the tables on Andrew.
She excused herself from the large round table in one of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel ballrooms where a group of them were eating, and headed to the ladies’ room. Moments later, she walked back across the ballroom, with the small red thong panties she had been wearing under her silk gown balled up in her fist.
As Jill found her seat again, she brushed a kiss across Andrew’s cheek and pressed the scrap of lace and silk into his hand under the table. He shot her a puzzled look and then looked down and opened his hand.
Jill kept a small, polite smile on her face as she talked with Kelly and Jennie, but she saw the look on Andrew’s face when he processed what she had handed him.
As their entrees were served, she slipped her hand under the table and let her fingers trail up his leg. She paused on his thigh, letting her fingers trace back and forth. Then they strayed upward…and found Andrew hard and ready for her under the table.
He leaned close, his lips brushing Jill’s neck as he whispered in her ear. “You’ll pay for this, sweetheart.”
She tilted her head and turned an innocent smile to him before returning to the conversations around the table. She never would have tried anything like this when she was with Jake.
Heaven knows, Jake wouldn’t have been able to come up with a response that sent shivers of anticipation up her spine the way Andrew’s words had.
If anyone noticed that Andrew was a little distracted during dinner, they didn’t say anything. She had a feeling their friends knew what was happening when Andrew took her wrap from the back of her chair just after dessert was served. He stood and took hold of her arm, her wrap strategically draped over his other arm to cover the results of Jill’s dinnertime torment.
She laughed when he didn’t even try to come up with an excuse for the group. “Goodnight, everyone,” he said as he pulled her from the room and steered her toward the elevators in the hall.
Chad laughed as he watched Andrew lead Jill from the room, clearly intent on hauling her upstairs for a more private party of their own.
His laughter was interrupted when he felt Jennie’s hand on his arm. Chad followed Jennie’s gaze and cursed under his breath when he saw what Jennie spotted. Theresa stood stock still across the room watching Jill and Andrew exit the ballroom. The look on her face was pure rage. Seething, undisguised and unrepentant rage.
Chad needed to speed this up and get her out of the company and away from his friend. Fast.