Love and Business
Chapter Two: Access Denied
"Alright, Woman! What's going on in that head of yours?" Rin asked, her grin widening at Kagome's tinkling laughter through the phone.
"A little eager are we?"
"Now that's an understatement…" Rin mumbled while rolling her eyes.
"First thing's first," Kagome began in her most business like voice, "I think we should start off with something simple. Something that will definitely get his attention at the very least."
"I'm listening." Rin, said when Kagome did not continue right away.
"It might not be easy for you either Rin, but you must not give in. Do you think you're up for the challenge?" Kagome teased, unable to resist tormenting her friend.
"Just spit it out already!" Rin snapped back in mock anger.
"You shall deny him The Sex. If he wants you, he has to work for it. No more kinky office sexy time during or after hours."
"You deviously brilliant woman!" The ex-reporter praised her sneaky friend. "You've got this whole thing planned out, don't you?"
"That I do. Listen to me and you'll have Sesshoumaru eating out of the palm of your hands before you know it." Rin desperately hoped Kagome was right. "He needs to know what he is on the verge of losing. Besides, I occasionally deny InuYasha sex to get what I want."
"Does it work?" Rin asked, slightly skeptical. It seemed so simple, perhaps too simple. She was also slightly upset she hadn't come up with this herself.
"'Does it work,' she says!" Kagome clucked her tongue disappointedly. "Rin, Darling, you have a lot of learning to do, and so little time to do so…"
The next day at the office Rin decided she would put phase one of Kagome's plan into action. To be honest, she was a little nervous. She didn't know if she could deny Sesshoumaru's advances.
It wasn't easy when you loved someone so much it hurt. Sometimes just thinking about the man made her heart ache.
She didn't like the idea of hurting him, for one thing. And for another, she hadn't ever been able to say no to him before. How was she ever going to start now? He was her weakness, and sometimes Rin felt like he knew it all too well.
On the other side of things, she desperately needed to know where she stood in Sesshoumaru's eyes. If not… They would have to part ways.
Rin hadn't told anyone, not even Kagome, but she had been offered another job. This was another reason why she wanted to know if she did have a future with her ice tempered boss.
Apparently someone had seen her PR work for Sesshoumaru was very impressed. They were offering her an awful lot of money, and while Rin wasn't one to make a decision based solely on monetary gain… This simply wasn't an opportunity she could just refuse—at least not without ample consideration.
But like with anything, there was a catch—the gig was in Australia. Rin had always wanted to spend time there, and this was probably one of the main reasons she was considering the job so heavily.
She had two months to make her decision and get back with them, and Rin wasn't going to waste what little time she might have had left.
If she took the job, the young woman didn't want to have any regrets. She wanted to be certain that she had tried everything and given it her best shot.
So when Sesshoumaru finally showed up for work that morning looking as hot as ever, Rin was bound and determined not to fail. She owed it to herself and to Sesshoumaru—whether he realized it or not.
The dark-haired woman had purposefully worn one of her favorite form-fitting black pencil skirts paired with her favorite white blouse. Rin had also learned early on, it was a favorite of Sesshoumaru's as well.
He came in, sent one long look at her and headed straight for his office. Rin knew Sesshoumaru well enough to know that he'd definitely noticed and appreciated her choice of wardrobe for the day.
Rin's first opportunity came in the early afternoon.
It happened when she had gone into his office to tell him she was taking her lunch break. She should have expected it, but for some reason he had managed to catch her off guard.
"Sesshoumaru—" Her back was forcibly slammed against his now closed office door as his lips met her in a heated frenzy.
He whispered her name so seductively that it sent shivers down her spine.
"Rin… I've been waiting for you…"
His tongue forced its way into her mouth, as Rin was unable to resist tangling her hands in his silver locks. She pulled his body more firmly against her, needing to feel his desire against he heated flesh.
His clawed hand expertly, tugged at her shirt in an attempt to pull it out of her skirt. Liquid heat pooled at Rin's center, sending pleasant shudders through her petite frame. It wasn't until She felt Sesshoumaru's hand snaking up under her blouse that she was jostled back to reality.
What was she doing? Rin knew this wasn't going to be easy, but damn! She was on the edge of handing him her body on a silver platter!
Still dazed, and with great effort she didn't even know she had, Rin managed to shove Sesshoumaru back a few paces.
Confusion evident on his face, Sesshoumaru's chilly voice almost unraveled her again. "Rin, what is the meaning of this?"
She allowed herself a few moments to regain her composer, to straighten her tousled clothing and slow her heavy breathing.
"I'm just not in the mood today, Sesshoumaru. You can't just jump me whenever you please and expect me to bend to your every sexual whim."
"Hn." Sesshoumaru's golden gaze bore dangerously into her. Rin's resolve almost shattered.
"Where is this coming from? You have never been so keen to turn this Sesshoumaru down before." With one dark eyebrow raised he began to advance towards her again.
Rin stopped him with a firm hand on his chest. "I'm just not in the mood." She answered, trying to keep her voice from shaking.
"That's not what your body tells me." Sesshoumaru shot back calmly.
Curse this man and his highly sensitive sense of smell!
"I don't care what that nose of yours is telling you." Rin snapped, embarrassed at being caught, but also determined not to let him win. "I'm not in the mood and that's that. I just came in here to tell you I'm taking my lunch break and I'll be back in an hour."
And with that, she exited his office hastily. Any second longer and Rin knew she would have caved.
Sesshoumaru watched her leave, his face betraying nothing of the internal struggle going on the inside. The silver-haired man wanted to run after her and demand to know what was going on. How dare she do such a thing to him! He was the male in this relationship not she! How dare she push him away! How dare she!
His fists clenched tightly, as he stared at the place Rin had been only moments before. A growl threatened to break from his chest the longer he stared.
Never before had Rin denied him. Sesshoumaru was more than confused and could not for the life of him remember what he could have done to upset her in such a way.
"Shot down. Damn, that must hurt."
Sesshoumaru's golden stare shifted to that of the man that had somehow come to stand beside him without his awareness.
"I suggest you keep this to yourself if you know what's good for you, Miroku."
The head of his security team gasped dramatically, placing a hand over his heart. "But Great Employer, I am only trying to help! Perhaps I can offer you assistance! I am, after all, an expert in wooing women! Take my wife for example!"
Sesshoumaru chose not to comment and instead headed back into his office, hoping the man would take the hint. He was sorely mistaken.
"I charmed her into accepting my proposal of marriage and look where we are now! Happily married and—"
"Houshi," Sesshoumaru snapped, choosing to punctuate his irritation by addressing the man by his family name, "If you do not leave my office within the next two seconds you will find yourself without employment."
Rin's behavior had already stirred his anger to the surface; he was not in the mood to allow this ex-womanizer to add to it.
His face now pale, Miroku made a rapid retreat. "Oh, well, if you change your mind you know where to find me!"
Rin returned to the office promptly an hour later and went back to work.
Not easily deterred when he truly wanted something, Sesshoumaru continued to test just how serious Rin was in her denial of him. Much to his disappointment and annoyance, each time Sesshoumaru made any attempt to initial extracurricular office behavior, Rin turned him down flat-out.
The business mogul did not understand why this was happening. Not once had it occurred in the past, and the genetically engineered man didn't understand what was the cause of this now. After all this time… he had thought things were going so well between them.
But now, he wasn't so sure.
The whole situation was beyond frustrating and leaving him in a state of complete and utter discomfort. He couldn't help himself! Rin was most definitely an attractive woman… and for him to feel this way towards any female was a new experience for him.
This feeling… this ache in the pit of his stomach was not making matters any better. He didn't understand why Rin's refusal of him bothered him as much as it did.
Sesshoumaru always believed himself to be a practical man. He didn't need a woman to complete him. They were simply more work than they were worth. And not once did he yearn for the attention that only a female could bestow…. until Rin came along.
She was sassy and strong-willed, and not once did she let him get away with anything. Sesshoumaru found himself impressed with her dedication and worth ethic, as well as her trustworthiness. The woman had miraculously wormed her way deep inside Sesshoumaru's one believed to be cold heart.
At his wit's end over the entire situation and unable to concentrate on anything work related, the usually confident man found himself doing something he had never once thought he'd do…
He sought out his brother for advice.
"InuYasha."
"Arrogant Bastard." InuYasha said by way of greeting. "Why are you here in my office when you usually take great pains to avoid me?" InuYasha leaned back into his desk chair, his head resting in his hands.
It wasn't often the man he grudgingly called his brother came to see him. If it wasn't to bark out orders or yell at him for taking to long to get paperwork signed, Sesshoumaru usually kept to himself.
Hell, they even shared the same house, and yet the bastard still barely acknowledged his existence!
"I need your counsel on a small matter." Sesshoumaru responded coolly. Too coolly, InuYasha noticed, even for Sesshoumaru. The man was the king of not showing emotion.
"Oh? What's troubling ya?" InuYasha asked, now completely interested. He sat forward on his desk at full attention.
"It's Rin… Several times today, she denied me. I was wondering if she had spoken to your mate about something I had done to upset her." Sesshoumaru questioned carefully. He was trying to seem like he wasn't too interested, when in actually he needed answers.
"What? No office sex today? Damn! What did you do?" InuYasha made no effort to hide chuckle that bubbled up from his throat. The whole office knew about these two. As far as anyone was concerned, they had it bad for one another.
"This is not laughing matter! If you cannot take that seriously, Brother…"
"Sorry." InuYasha interrupted, not really feeling any remorse. "But no. Kagome never said anything to me about Rin being upset with ya. I suggest you go out and get the woman some flowers or something and apologize for whatever it is you've done. Otherwise you can expect a severe case of blue balls for a long time."
"Hn."
Flowers. Was the solution to his problem really that simple? Sesshoumaru headed out of his brother's office in search of the best flower delivery service he could find.
Later that night…
"Kagome! You're not going to believe what happened today at the office!..."
The young mother smirked before turning back to her phone call. "Rin, I'll have to call you back."
Woohoo! Sorry for taking so long to update! I apologize and have no excuse other than I found myself busy this summer with work, and family time, and then found myself without a computer for over a month…
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