I bet you probably did not expect to see this update show up! It's been a crazy few months with work that left me little time to write, or even be inspired to write. I appreciated all of the messages I received that kind've helped me get writing again! I've been playing around with other story ideas (and have drafts of like 5 of them) but I do want to make sure I finish this story. Hopefully if anyone is still reading, you enjoy this chapter. It's a little x-rated.

Thanks again, everyone! Please let me know what you think. I promise not to wait another 6 months before I publish the next chapter. :)


After nearly 48 hours of no sleep, Nike was a success. Finn and his team were emotionally and physically exhausted but it was all completely worth it. Outside of Will's company, this would be their biggest client. They desperately needed this account if they were going to fend off the likes of Sue Sylvester.

Jenna, the Nike rep, was so impressed with what they put together in such a short period of time, that she quickly proceeded to hire them for their upcoming campaign. Finn was sure it would turn into more projects - they always did. All his team ever needed was a foot in the door.

"Again, I am really sorry that I wasn't at the first meeting, but I really thank you for giving us a second chance." Finn told Jenna at the end of their meeting, as he sat across from her desk.

Jenna smiled at Finn, closing the folder in front of her. "Well I appreciate that. We really are impressed with what you guys have done so far. I hope to be working with you more in the future."

Finn smiled back at her and nodded. "Totally."

"I just need to get my boss to sign off on the contract and everything will be set. I can drop it by at your office at the end of the day, if you'd like?"

"That sounds awesome, you really don't have to do that though. I can get someone to pick it up." Finn said.

"It's fine, honestly. But...while I'm there anyway, maybe we should have some celebratory drinks? I can tell the team really went all out for this one." She suggested, pushing some of her hair behind her ear.

Finn pressed his lips together before nodding. It didn't even phase him anymore when his female clients hit on him. He knew his looks and charm were part of the package of his closing.

"Uh, yeah - I know the team is excited for this as well. Why don't we all get together after work or something?" Finn countered.

The look of disappointment quickly showed on her face before she hid it with a smile.

"Sounds good." She smiled. "I guess I'll see you guys later."

Sam glanced back and forth between the two. It's like he wasn't even there.


Finn and Sam walked out the Nike office, heading to Sam's car. Sam contemplated his next words, but figured with Finn and Rachel at odds, it was worth saying.

"Don't fuck this up..." Sam said to Finn the moment they reached the parking lot.

"What!" Finn responded innocently. "I didn't do anything!"

"You think your girlfriend would like knowing just how charismatic you are with the ladies?" Sam smirked, getting into the car.

"It's not like that...it's just business." Finn shrugged.

"It's always just business, Finn." Sam sighed, turning on the car.

"Speaking of your girlfriend...have you spoken since that dinner?" he asked Finn.

Finn groaned, as he looked through the messages on his phone. "Honestly? I've been avoiding her. She's called a bunch and left me some messages but I know she's probably super pissed...I just don't want to deal." he sighed.

"That's rough, dude." Sam shook his head. "But I'm also going to guess she's not going to like you going for drinks with another woman."

"You make it sound like I'm cheating or something. It's a group of people going out for drinks dude. Chill. I'll call her soon. I just wanted to get this out of the way..." Finn told him.

"You realize you've got a meeting with Will later today, right?" Sam said, causing Finn to immediately groan.

"Well I guess soon is sooner than I thought...what are the chances I can avoid her when I get there?" Finn asked.

Sam chuckled. "Probably about the same chance we're expecting to see snow in L.A."


Finn arrived to Will's building right on time for their meeting, dragging Puck and Mike with him. After all, the two of them were the main designers on Will's project. It makes sense that they'd be there, and it would help him avoid any type of awkward conversations with Rachel. They were nearing the end of this project, and this meeting was just a final check-in to get the designs approved.

But of course, Rachel was the one in charge of the project. She'd need to give the final approval.

The three walked into the building and just before Finn was about to walk into the conference room, he caught a glimpse of a tall blonde standing in Will's office. Curiosity getting the better of him, he turned towards Mike and Puck. "You guys go on in and get started, I'll be there in a few."

The guys nodded before Finn turned around, heading towards Will's office.

"William - it's been a pleasure, as usual." A familiar voice said as Finn approached Will's office.

"Hudson, how funny to see you are." The blonde woman smirked, watching Finn enter the office.

"Sue." Finn responded curtly. His stomach was in knots. What the hell was Sue Sylvester doing here? Did she know about his Nike deal?

"Finn!" Will said, somewhat surprised. "I wasn't expecting you." It almost seemed like he looked guilty.

"We literally have a meeting scheduled for this exact time." Finn said.

"I'll leave you boys to chat. Will - I'll call you, buddy." Sue said, walking out of the office, but not before giving Finn a wink.

Finn waited for her to leave before closing the door behind her.

"Giving up on me, man? We're not even done with your project yet." Finn said, not even trying to hide the tone of betrayal in his voice.

"Finn." Will said in a precautionary tone towards him. "It's not what you think."

"Hey - you've got every right to meet with her. Did you like her?" Finn asked, crossing his arms across his chest. "She's got a huge building with her name on it. Basketball court and everything."

"It was just an initial meeting. She's been hounding me non-stop and I figured one meeting wouldn't hurt if it meant getting her off my back." Will told him, before resting a hand on Finn's shoulder. "I'm not going to go with her. We've been working together for so long, I hope you know that I wouldn't do that to you." Will told him.

Finn nodded a little, feeling a little silly for doubting Will. "I just don't want you to feel obligated to stick with me. We've always produced quality work and my team has literally lost sleep trying to hit our deadlines."

"I know." Will told him. "You think I can just call her and brainstorm these crazy ideas I come up with like I do with you? Frankly, I'm a little scared of her!" Will laughed. "She did tell me, though, that apparently you've been shacking up with one of my employees."

Just great. He knew Rachel was already pissed at him, and now...he couldn't even think about how upset she'd be if she found out Will knew about them. Finn glanced over at him, seeing the smirk on Will's face.

"Will..."

"Hey, once it's not affecting the work, I'm fine. I should have known that's why you recommended her to me." Will said, shaking his head. "But perhaps you should be a little more careful with the details of your personal life? Don't let it ruin what you've built, son."

Finn smiled a little - because truthfully, as crazy as Will could be, he really was a great mentor for him. Will believed in him and saw something in him. Rachel's dads on the other hand...had no issues making assumptions about him.

"I'm serious Finn. There's going to be tons of Sue Sylvester's out there. You have something extremely unique to you. Heart. You don't give up and you don't give in. You make every client a priority and it never seems like you're giving out some commercial, re-used designs. It'll take you a long way. Don't lose it."

"Well thanks. I appreciate it." Finn smiled.

"Now can you get the heck out of my office and make sure your boys aren't fucking up my company?" Will joked.

Finn laughed. "Yeah, definitely. Thanks again, Will."

Will nodded his head in acknowledgement before Finn walked out, closing the door behind him, letting out a deep breath that he didn't even know he was holding.


Finn walked into the room just as Mike and Puck were going over some final details with Rachel and Blaine. It looked like they were almost done approving all of the designs.

Rachel turned towards the door, her body stiffening up at the sight of him. He locked eyes with her before she turned back to Mike and Puck, ignoring his presence.

"So with these changes here, and final touches on these...it looks like we can have everything up on your website by Monday." Mike told them, Puck nodding in agreement.

"That's perfect!" Rachel smiled. "Everything looks really great. Blaine, we should start developing some content to distribute out to announce the re-branding we did."

"Ooh, we should have a countdown on the website, get the hype up just a little more." Blaine said to her, writing down some notes for himself. "I'm on it."

"Alright - we'll get back to work on these and have it ready by Monday. It's time for some drinks!" Puck said, as Rachel looked at him curiously.

"We landed Nike today!" Puck exclaimed. Finn watched her expression turn from surprise into sheer happiness for them. She knew how big this was for them.

"We've been so stressed out the last few days just trying to close that account, and still stay in scope with this project...it's been insane. We've basically been sleeping in the office." Mike chimed in.

Rachel glanced at Finn before turning back to the guys. Blaine beat her to it, yelling out congratulations to the guys.

"You guys should come out for drinks with us! Some pre-emptive celebrations for your rebranding?" Mike said.

"Count me in! It's already 4...I think I'm done for the day anyway." Blaine said, a little too excitedly. Finn wondered if anything progressed between him and Kurt, but figured he'll just ask Kurt about it later.

Rachel smiled politely, but didn't respond to the invitation. Luckily, Mike and Puck were already gathering their things, talking about where they should go for happy hour.

"Thanks again, you guys." Rachel said. "Great work on these designs!"

Bypassing Finn completely, she walked out of the conference room and headed towards her office.

The remaining three shot Finn an expectant look.

"I'll meet you guys at the car, just give me a second." Finn sighed.

Finn followed behind Rachel towards her office, but immediately came to a halt once Brody appeared right in front of him, blocking the entrance to her office.

"Look, I need to speak with Rachel." Finn said to him. He was not in the mood to deal with this guy.

Brody shrugged, continuing to block Finn's way into the office. "Rachel's busy."

Finn could clearly see Rachel from his view, and it really didn't look like she was doing all that much at the moment.

"I'm pretty sure she can make some time for me." Finn said.

"Yeah, that's going to be a no." Brody said.

Rachel walked over to the door, seeing the two men in conversation.

"Brody?" Rachel said.

Brody turned around, his body language immediately changing. "Yes, Rachel?"

"I'll be busy for the rest of the afternoon. Please hold any calls or any unscheduled meetings..." she said, completely ignoring Finn's presence, but clearly referencing his visit to her office.

Brody nodded, and Rachel walked back into her office, closing the door behind her.

Brody turned towards Finn, smirking. "See? She's busy."

Finn sighed. Well this was going to be harder than he thought.

For now, he'll at least celebrate with his team and worry about Rachel later.


Finn was already a few drinks in at the bar when someone tapped his shoulder. He turned around and saw Jenna standing there, dressed completely different than what he saw her in this morning. She was supposed to meet them at the office but called last minute that she was running late and she'd drop the contract off at the bar.

"Hey, Finn!" She smiled, and boldly made a move for a hug.

"Hey Jenna." He smiled, hesitating before also reciprocating a small hug.

"Thanks so much for inviting me. It's nice to get away from the office sometimes..." she said.

"Ha, yeah. Trust me...the guys on my team do not play around when it comes time to celebrate." Finn said. He didn't want to bring up the fact that she basically came up with the idea for drinks. No need to piss off a new client before the ink has had time to dry.

Jenna laughed. "Can't blame them. You guys were really awesome today..." she touched his arm.

He gave her a small smile. "Thanks again. So uh...what are you drinking? I'll get you a drink." He offered.

"Sure - I'll have a gin and tonic."

Finn nodded and proceeded to catch the bartender's attention to order her drink.

He looked around - seeing everyone else letting loose and having fun. Blaine, Kurt and Sugar were just a few tables away, laughing up a storm. Puck, Mike, Sam and Artie were in the middle of a beer pong game, clearly enjoying themselves.

He tried to get comfortable and engage himself in conversation with Jenna, but his mind just kept drifting back to Rachel. She looked so...disappointed when she saw him. Then she refused to even see him! Shouldn't he be the one mad? She should be trying to apologize to him for her asshole fathers.

Then again, maybe she tried.

He didn't respond to any of her calls or texts the past few days. It wasn't even fair the way he treated her...but saving his business came first, right?

"Finn?" Jenna said, trying to capture his attention again. He totally forgot he was just talking to her! She looked pretty annoyed as well.

"I'm sorry Jenna. I just have something on my mind...I uh...can you excuse me a second?" Finn said.

"Um, sure..." but Finn was already gone before she got the words out.


Finn knew there was a chance Rachel might still be in the office. Before he left the bar he had Blaine double check that she was still there just to make sure. Maybe it was the fact that he had a couple of drinks in him, or maybe it was just seeing her again today that he knew he had to try to fix things.

He walked into the building (also thanks to Blaine's access card) and headed to her office. There were barely any other people in the building. He walked past Brody's empty desk and straight into her office, not caring that her door was closed.

"Finn?" She said, both surprised and confused. She was just getting ready to leave the office and was gathering her things to head home.

Without saying a word, he closed the door behind him, walked straight over to her, cornering her against her desk. He gently grabbed her face with his hands and kissed her deeply.

"Finn..." she gasped for air when he pulled away slightly but he continued his assault of kisses all over her lips.

"I'm sorry" he mumbled through his kisses, moving his hands to her hips and gently lifted her up to the desk.

Rachel finally got a grip of herself and pressed her hands to his chest, slightly pushing him away.

"Finn." This time, her voice was firm. At least, it was trying to be.

He looked down at her, his hands trailing towards the hem of her dress.

"Rach." he whispered back, staring at her.

"What...what are you doing...I'm at work!" She was slowly unravelling again with his touch.

"No one's even here...I'm just saying sorry for ignoring you the past few days..." his hands traveled underneath her dress, inching up her thighs.

"This...this is how you apologize?! You also walked out on me for dinner...with my parents! Did you forget that?"

Finn paused, letting her continue to speak. The way her lips pouted with every word she said, the frustration expressed in her voice and facial expression...it was really turning him on. The moment he walked into the building and saw no one else around, Finn put his plan to work.

"Maybe you are just too young for me. Ignoring me? Acting like a complete jerk to me? I thought you were so much mature than this!"

Finn leaned down and kissed her lips gently, taking her words in. She didn't fight back against his touch. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.

"Is this mature enough for you?" He asked.

"What?" Her face was full of confusion.

His hands, still placed on her thighs, traveled up her dress, reaching for her panties and pulled them down, causing her to lift her ass up off the desk.

"Finn...what are you...oh my god." She gasped.

Before she even knew what was happening, Finn was on his knees, in between her legs, his tongue running across her lower lips.

Rachel unconsciously opened her legs wider, forgetting she was mad at Finn...forgetting she was even at work.

Finn dove in deeper, his hands cupping her ass as his tongue explored every inch of her. From the sounds of her muffled moans, Finn knew she was enjoying herself.

He replaced his tongue with two of his fingers, pushing them in and out of her. He stood up, his hand still going to work on her, and looked at her lust-filled eyes.

She snaked her arms around his neck, pulling him even closer to her in a deep kiss. Her moans traveled through his mouth, all through his body. She couldn't even believe how strong of a hold he had on her. No one has ever, ever made her feel this way before.

With his free hand, he undid his pants and let them fall down to his ankles. Rachel moved her arms down to his boxers and pushed them down. He removed his fingers from inside of her, and pulled her ass a bit more off the desk. He slid himself into her and paused for a second after he was fully in.

He moved his hands to cup her face and began kissing her deeply, murmuring in between breaths of air "I missed you."

She moaned into his mouth as he began to move himself in and out of her. He lifted her off the table, causing her to wrap her legs around his waist, not wanting to lose contact.

Finn bounced her up and down on him effortlessly, moving her faster and faster. He felt himself ready to explode and really couldn't believe it's only been a few days since he was last with her.

Her lips were all over his neck, kissing and sucking on his skin. He groaned as he grabbed her ass even tighter, stilling their movements as he came.

They were both out of breath when he gently pulled himself out of her, but still held her wrapped around his waist.

"Finn..." she started to speak, but he cut her off with a kiss.

"I'm sorry I've been such a jerk. I had a lot going on...with my company and the last thing I needed was your dad's judging me that I wasn't good enough for you."

"They weren't very nice to you...I know that. But I don't understand why you didn't tell me what was going on with you...I still don't even know." she said.

"I know. I'll tell you everything I swear..."

"If this is going to work Finn...we have to be open and honest with each other."

He nodded, pressing a small kiss to her lips. She slid down his body, straightening her dress and pulling back on her panties.

Finn also redressed, smiling to himself.

"What's that smile about huh?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to resist me." He grinned at her.

She immediately turned red, almost embarrassed. "So you thought you'd just be able to walk in here, have your way with me and think things are automatically great again?"

"No...no Rachel, that's not what I meant." He mentally kicked himself, before reaching out for her hand, kissing the back of it gently.

She stared at him, expecting another response, but he just stared at her sheepishly, eating his words.

"You're on thin ice, Hudson." She said rolling her eyes.

"Can I make it up to you with dinner?" he asked.

"Hmm...fine. But I thought the guys were celebrating. Do you want to go meet up with them?" she asked. "I think Blaine is with them."

"They're probably done by now." Finn shrugged. "I'll text them and see where they are though." He reached for his phone, sending Sam a quick message.

Rachel laughed, as she reorganized her desk and grabbed her bag. "Those guys done celebrating at 8 pm on a Friday? Yeah, I doubt that."


Finn and Rachel met up with the whole crew for dinner, which now included Tina, who joined them for drinks after work to celebrate with Mike.

Finn sat next to Sam on one side, with Rachel sitting on the other side of him so she could sit next to Tina.

While she was engaged in conversation with Tina, he turned towards Sam.

"Did Jenna seem upset that I left?" Finn asked.

Sam shook his head. "Don't worry dude. She left shortly after. After you left I made my way in there and took care of things. She knows you've got a girlfriend, and that I'm completely single and available." Sam grinned, patting Finn on the back.

Finn chuckled. "What would I do without you?"

"Don't worry, you'll never have to find out." Sam said. "So I see things went well at the office?"

Finn nodded. "Still on thin ice but uh...I think we're okay. I'll spend the weekend making it up to her, I'm sure."

"That's what you want, right?" Sam asked.

He nodded again, a small smile appearing on his face. "She is exactly what I want and need."

"Once you're happy, I'm happy for you man." Sam told him, before calling over the waiter to get more drinks for the table.

They all spent the dinner rehashing details of the sale, getting Rachel and Tina updated about the drama that they went though.

"Wait." Rachel said, turning towards Finn. "Someone was trying to buy you out? Your business was in jeopardy?"

Finn hesitantly nodded. "I didn't want you to worry. It's not a big deal - we took care of it." He turned towards everyone else at the table. "I really couldn't have kept this dream of mine alive without any of you."

Puck rolled his eyes, not one for the dramatics. "Yeah yeah, we've been with you from the start. We weren't gonna let some fuckin' weird ass lady just buy you out."

"Nice, Puck." Kurt said, shaking his head.

Rachel rested her hand on Finn's leg under the table, squeezing it lightly. Making eye contact with her, Finn knew this was her saying she wanted to hear more about this later, but obviously was not going to harp on it now during a celebratory dinner. He nodded in acknowledgement, resting his hand on top of hers.

"Well I for one, am certainly glad that didn't happen either. I am a bit sad this project is about to be over though." Blaine said.

"Who knows...maybe you'll have some more work for us in the future." Kurt said to him.

"Yeah and who said we ever needed work as a reason to hang out?" Artie chimed in.

"You're always welcome to hang out." Kurt followed up...maybe a little too quickly.

Blaine chuckled, looking over at Kurt. "Well I mean, I know we'll hang out."

Kurt's face immediately turned red as the rest of the table, in the most childish fashion, all "oohed" Kurt.

"Oh grow up, you big babies!" he said.


After dinner, some of the group decided to continue the night with more celebrations. Finn and Rachel decided to take the evening back to her place, since they definitely had some catching up to do.

They were perched up on her couch, Rachel sitting with her legs crossed, facing him, listening intently as he explained his initial meeting with Sue.

"All this time I just thought it was a client stressed you out. I had no idea that this woman was trying to buy you out. Why didn't you say something?" she said.

"Honestly, I don't know. I've dealt with people like Sue before, but this time...it just seemed like an actual threat. She's way more established than I am. Do you know how hard it is to be one out of a hundred options people can choose from? Why wouldn't they go with someone with more money?"

"I get it...but you still should have something, Finn. I wouldn't have forced you to go to dinner with my dads...I would have understood."

Finn shook his head. "You would've been disappointed. But I guess it can't be any worse than the way it is right now...your dad's must hate me."

"Who cares?" Rachel said. "I love you Finn, and it really doesn't matter what they think."

Finn paused for a moment before looking over at her. "What?" he smiled.

"What?" she said, eyebrows scrunched in confusion.

"You said you love me." he said, pulling her into his lap.

"I did? Well...I do. I love you."

"I love you too, Rachel." He pulled her closer and kissed her.

"I mean it though Finn...it doesn't matter what my dads think. You are...just so beyond your years. Excluding your behavior from these last few days of course." she said.

"You think so?" he asked.

She nodded. "You don't even know just how smart and caring you are. You worked your ass off to make sure your dream stayed alive and that everyone else still had jobs...and you didn't give in to some bullshit conformist idea of what other people think you should be."

"Wow, Rach. Did you just curse?" He raised his eyebrow.

"Hey! I can swear."

"Very rarely. It's hot though. Especially when you're defending me." he smirked.

"Only because I love you." she smiled at him.

"I like the sound of that...say that again." he said, moving some of her hair away from her face.

"I love you, Finn."

He leaned in, kissing her deeply.

She kissed him back, sighing contently.

Everything was just back to being so perfect for them.


The weekend went by faster than Finn imagined. He spent the full time with Rachel, making up for the few days they missed. He didn't even realize until they were together again just how much he missed being around her. She just seemed to make everything brighter.

Psyched to get started on this Nike project, Finn arrived to work bright and early on Monday morning. He walked into the office, turning on the lights being the first one there.

He put a pot of coffee up in the kitchen and headed towards his desk.

He glanced curiously at the brown envelope on his desk. It was labeled with his name, but nothing else. No return address, no postage, nothing.

He opened the envelope, eyes widening at the content. His heart started racing faster than he could even process what was in front of him.

There were countless photos of him and Rachel in her office from Friday night. He dropped the photos on the desk and read the letter accompanying the photos.

This is your last chance. Sell me your company or these photos get released everywhere. You have two days. - S.S.