James Hathaway watched as she left the room, her hips moving elegantly from side to side in a hypnotising fashion. The way she had just given out at him and his boss should have made him angry, upset even, but it had done the complete opposite. He wanted her.
"Ay lad, don't let her catch you staring at her like that or she'll be back for round two and I don't know about you but I have heard enough from her for one day." Robbie exclaimed, clearly irritated about being told off like a naughty school child. "You definitely need to find yourself a woman, if you had one of your own it might stop you staring at every woman you come across, especially the married ones!" Robbie grinned at him and raised his eyebrows, the enjoyment from mocking his sergeant suddenly replacing the annoyance he had felt just moments before. To be honest, he didn't stay annoyed for long at all these days. Nothing or no one could bring him down from the cloud he found himself floating on morning, noon and night, the cloud that she had put him on just by being in his life. Her smile first thing in the morning and last thing at night was enough to make him unbelievably happy and not even the sharp tongue of DCS Innocent was enough to shake him from that happiness.
"I wasn't staring at her, I just didn't sleep too well, I'm tired that's all, it was an aimless stare at nothing in particular." James replied defensively. Robbie smiled again, "a woman I tell you, I'll give it some thought" he said as he picked up the car keys and left the room.
James leaned back in his chair and exhaled deeply. Damn, he was getting careless at hiding the way he felt about his boss, Robbie catching him like that was a near miss and how many of those could he afford before suspicions were raised. The situation was becoming harder each day. Since they had begun their affair things had become increasingly more dangerous. At the start they had established clear ground rules and agreed not to cross them, but slowly they started to bend each one, just slightly at first, but now... a quick fumble in her office after hours, gentle touches under the table when they were out for drinks or dinner with friends and he had even had to make a dash out of her back door as Richard Innocent was putting his key in the lock of the front door. He knew that they were on dangerous ground, both personally and professionally, but the way he felt about her, and the way she made him feel when they were together made it all worth it.
Rising from his chair, and shaking himself from his thoughts, he walked towards the door intending to continue with his part of the investigation, before changing his mind and walking back towards the office to find his boss.
"Come in" she said airily, "James, what can I do for you?" in a tone reminding him that she was so much better at being ever the professional than he ever would be. He closed the door behind him and assessed the situation, staring into the eyes which made his heart melt on a daily basis. Seeing her mood lighten a little, he decided he was safe to bring the conversation away from work for a moment or two. "Will I see you after work?" he uttered, lowering his voice. "Will there be an after work James? If we don't get some results soon the Chief Constable will be..." He had moved to the far side of her desk and before she could finish the sentence he placed his finger carefully on her lips to silence her. "Shhh, darling we will get to the bottom of it all this afternoon I'm certain of it, we have some new leads to follow up and I don't want to see you getting an ear bashing from your boss, anymore than Robbie wants to be getting one from his boss. Me on the other hand, I do find you rather sexy when you are angry." The way she raised her eyebrows at his last remark made his heart race and he couldn't help but lean down and kiss her. She indulged for a few seconds before pulling back and regaining her professional composure. "You solve this case James and yes, you can see me tonight. My husband is away overnight and so it could be fantastic for both of us. On the other hand it could be the longest most tedious night of work that we have had in a long time." He smiled at her "Now that's an incentive to solve a murder investigation quickly if ever I heard one."
"Hi ya pet, listen do you have those post mortem results handy? There's something I just wanna check." Laura Hobson loved hearing her man's northern voice at any time of the working day and she smiled into the phone as she replied. "I'm not in the lab right now Robbie, I'm actually upstairs looking for you, or James, but I seem to be out of luck. I'll try Jean, I was only going to pass on some..." She stopped mid-sentence as her eyes caught sight of something through the small gap in the blind of the window on which she was leaning against. "Robbie, I...I need to call you back" she said quietly.
to be continued...
This is my first Lewis Fanfic attempt, reviews would be great. Thanks!