Hello everyone. I apologize for the delay. I went back to work from vacation and my week was hectic. I'd like to say some of you are an absolute mess when it comes to asking for updates and I love it! It pushes me to write. If nobody was asking and eager for updates, I wouldn't have a reason to write. So I Thank You all for that.

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Danny startled Lacey with his confession and with his nothing less than attack on her when he leaned forward and grabbed her and then laid her down on his sofa before he planted a huge kiss on her. This time they were both able to enjoy the kiss because neither one of them stopped. When they finally came up for air, they just looked at each other briefly before Lacey grabbed his neck and pulled him back in for another kiss. Those two kisses made up for the two that Lacey broke both times. Lacey really settled her body into his sofa and Danny relaxed on top of her. The more they kissed, the more aroused Danny got. Lacey could feel his bulge press against her mound. After what seemed like an eternity, they finally stopped kissing and opened their eyes to stare at each other.

"So, this was your way of cheering me up?" Lacey questions.

"Yes and no. I have more that I want to do to cheer you up." Danny says as he smiles at her while still on top of her.

"I really shouldn't have engaged in your tactics to pull one over on me. You got me here under false pretenses and you said you would behave like a boy scout." Lacey says.

"What can I say? It worked. I'm sorry I was never a boy scout." Danny says in an amused expression. He pulled himself from on top of her into a seated position. He grabbed her foot and unzipped her boot and took it off. He did the same with her other foot as Lacey watched him with a wide-eyed expression on her face. He reached for the button on her jeans and opened them.

"What are you doing?" Lacey asks in a soft tone.

"I'm undressing you." Danny says as he then unzipped her jeans. He smiled and got excited when he saw the black lace panties that he could see through. He really liked what he saw.

Lacey tried to sit up when he went to tug on her jeans. Danny lightly pushed her back down and continued to slowly tug on her jeans. "I'm not sleeping with you, Danny." Lacey says with assurance though she isn't really sure if she means it.

"You don't have to." Danny says as he smirks at her and tugs her jeans down further. They are now at her mid-thigh and Danny has to control himself to not just snatch them off of her.

"I know I don't have to. But why are you still undressing me then?" Lacey asks.

"I'm still undressing you because I want to." Danny says as he slowly pulls her jeans down some more. They are now at her knees. He then startles her by just yanking them from her legs.

"What makes you think I want you to undress me?" Lacey asks.

"Because you haven't told me to stop yet. So I'm assuming you want me to undress you." Danny says as he tugs on her arms to pull her up and then takes her tee-shirt off.

"I said I'm not sleeping with you, Danny." Lacey says again. She hopes she really means it. She was fighting an internal uphill battle with the contradicting thoughts running through her mind. She said she wouldn't sleep with him and she wants to stick with that. She also wants him to hurry up and take off her undergarments and take off his clothes so they can have sex. Who will win in this battle? My mind or my body? Lacey thinks to herself.

"I know." Danny says as he leaned forward and kissed her while reaching behind her back to unhook her bra. He did it so swiftly, Lacey didn't realize he had unhooked it and took it off until she felt the cool air touch her breasts.

Lacey's judgement started to get cloudy. She could have just relaxed and went with the flow, because his seduction tactics were working on her. She still felt the need to ask questions and reaffirm her stance on not sleeping with him. She wanted to will him to stop, but she couldn't form the words. Maybe her reluctance would turn him off and he would be the one to stop it because she doesn't think she can. "Then why are you still undressing me?" Lacey asked once she pulled away from the kiss.

"I'm still undressing you because it's part of my plan to cheer you up." Danny says as he smirks at her seductively. "Besides, I've been dying to see you naked for years." Danny says as he starts to kiss her neck. There must have been arrow pointing to her spot because that's where he started to nibble and suck. He then slowly and softly laid her back down on the sofa. He then went for he panties and slowly removed them. She was now completely naked in front of him. He just sat and stared at her in silence for a moment. "You look even better than I imagined." Danny says sincerely.

"Thank you. Now I need to get dressed and leave because I'm totally cheerful now. Mission accomplished." Lacey says as she tries to get up.

"You're very welcome, but Lacey I'm not done yet." Danny says as he lays her back down.

"Danny, you really should be done. I'm as cheerful as can be, thanks to you. Now I feel like this is more tor your benefit than mine. I'm the one that's completely naked. You're getting more out of this than I am." Lacey says as she eyes him suspiciously.

"Are you sure about that, Lacey? I haven't even finished yet." Danny says as he rubs her leg.

"Yes, I'm sure. I'm just laying here in a compromising position and you're getting your jollies from it. If you aren't aware of this, I'm completely naked and exposed to you." Lacey says.

"Do you want me to get naked too? Because I can." Danny says as he smiles at her.

Yes! Lacey immediately thinks then she changes her mind before answering. "That would make it fair, but I don't trust that if you take your clothes off, you'll stick to the plan. I told you I'm not seeping with you, so if that's part of your plan to cheer me up, it's not happening." Lacey says. She hopes that if she says it enough, they will both understand that they will not be sleeping together.

Danny smirks and lightly chuckles. "How many times are you going to say that? Who are you trying to convince, me or yourself?" Danny asks.

"As many times as it takes. I'm only trying to convince you because I'm completely sure about not sleeping with you." Lacey lies.

"Ok, Lacey. I believe you. Can I finish now?" Danny asks in a indeterminable tone.

"I guess. I just don't understand why I have to be naked for you to cheer me up." Lacey says.

Danny ignores Lacey's last statement. "We need to move to my bed because I think you'll be more comfortable there." Danny says.

Lacey laughs and shakes her head. "I'm not falling for that trick. I'd rather stay right here." Lacey says.

Danny stands up. "How did I know you were going to say that?" Danny asks as he pulls the sofa from the wall. He pulls up the bottom part of the sofa and the back drops immediately turning the sofa into a bed. Danny enjoyed the expression that came over Lacey's face. He knew she wasn't expecting that at all. He really wanted to give himself a pat on the back for a job well done. He had accomplished the first part of his plan. He sat down on the sofa that was now a bed.

"I see you're playing hard ball. Go ahead and finish with your little plan of cheering me up because I see that you're not going to let me leave unless I do. I have to leave soon so that I-" Lacey rambles on until Danny interrupts her.

"Lacey?" Danny says more as a statement than a question.

"Yes?" Lacey asks.

"Shut up." Danny says and surprises her by grabbing her thighs and opening her legs. Lacey didn't have a chance to protest before he dove his head between her legs. His tongue made immediate contact with her clitoris. She felt him move his tongue around it a bit before he started to suck on it. Lacey had a million thoughts running through her mind at once. Oh my god! I can't believe he's eating me out. If this was his way of cheering me up then I need to be sad more often. Oh my god! He's extremely good at this. It feels so good. I think I could fall in love. I am in love. I'm in love with his mouth. I hate Danny though. I think I hate Danny. I think I might love Danny now. Wow. Oh my god Danny has his head between my legs. I can't believe he's doing this to me. He's good. He's really good. Archie isn't this good at this. Lacey didn't mean to start thinking of Archie but she had no choice. He never made her feel like this. He definitely lacked in that area. He was stingy when it came to that, so she was stingy as well. She only went down on him if he went down on her. She didn't want to feel like she should have to ask for that in a relationship. And now here Danny was eating her and she didn't even have to ask. Lacey stopped thinking of Archie and his shortcomings and focused on the matter at hand. He was completely devouring her and she was loving it. She was really loving it. She continued to feel his tongue on her clit and then what must have been his thumb went inside of her and moved it around. He changed his approach and then Lacey felt his tongue slip inside of her. That's different. Oh my god. It's really different and I like it. I really do. Lacey thought. He went back to licking and sucking on her clit and digging in her with his thumb until Lacey felt like she couldn't take anymore and tried to back away. She felt like it was too much for her. Danny stopped what he was doing and looked up at her try to scoot away from him. He gave her a smirk she had never seen prior to that before he literally put his arms around her thighs and pulled her into a bear hug by pulling her closer to him. He had a hold on her that she couldn't get out of if she wanted to.

"Danny...Danny...I...it...feels...I...oh my damn...Danny." Lacey manged to get out. She knew she probably didn't make any sense but she couldn't think clearly at a time like this. Danny sucked a little harder on her clit and Lacey lost it. She felt her juices flow and felt like she was flying and in a state of pure bliss.

Danny finally released her from his grasp and rolled over on his back. "I did a pretty good job of cheering you up, don't you think?" Danny says as he puts his hands behind his head.

Lacey really can't function that well at the moment. She still feels like she's on cloud 9. "What?" She asks. She knows she heard him ask her something, she just doesn't really know exactly what he asked.

Danny turns and props himself up on his elbow to watch her. She looks so beautiful to him. It's not even the fact that she's naked, it's that he's really starting to feel things for her. He loved the euphoric look on her face that he put there. He was extremely aroused and wanted to take off his clothes and get inside of her, but he also wanted to respect her wishes and her stance on not sleeping with him. He would accept that for now. He knew it was only a matter of time before they did actually have sex. "I asked if you thought I did a good job at cheering you up."

Lacey moaned a little. "Is that a trick question?" Lacey asked breathlessly.

"No. That was a legit question." Danny replies.

"Then yes, you did an excellent job of cheering me up. Can't you tell?" Lacey asks.

"Yes, I can tell." Danny sits straight up. "Well, my job is done. I think you should get dressed and go home before it's too late. We do have to work tomorrow." Danny says as he looks over at her and smiles. He waits.

Lacey sat up. "Are you seriously kicking me out?" Lacey asks.

Danny smiles at her. "No, I'm not kicking you out. But you said you wanted to leave when you were cheered up. I'm just respecting your wishes." Danny says as he stands. "I have to go to the bathroom, so you can get dressed in private."

In private? Is he serious? He just had his face buried between my legs but he wants to give me privacy? What the hell? Lacey just looks at him weirdly for a moment. "Are you serious?" Lacey asks incredulously.

"What's wrong?" Danny asks as he tries to contain his amusement. He has her right where he wants her.

"You really think I need privacy after what just happened?" Lacey asks in a smart tone.

"I guess I just assumed you would want to get dressed in private. I'm trying to be a gentleman, Lacey." Danny says in a sincere tone.

Lacey scoffs at his answer. "I guess you're right. You can leave me alone now." Lacey says.

"You're not upset are you?" Danny asks.

"No, not at all." Lacey lies.

Danny bends down to kiss her on her cheek. "Good. I'll see you downstairs." Danny says before he practically runs down the steps and goes into his bathroom. He again waits.

Lacey let out a sigh of exasperation. She was mad as hell at Danny. She was fuming actually. She just got up off the sofa/bed and dressed in a hurry. Lacey walked down the stairs and went to sit on his sofa. She quickly changed her mind about waiting for him to enter his living room. She put on her jacket, grabbed her purse and left without a word.

Danny came out of his bathroom expecting to find Lacey waiting on him. He felt a sense of dread and disappointment when he realized she was gone. Perhaps kicking her out and acting distant wasn't a good idea. He started to feel sick thinking that he may have went too far with trying to play his game of seduction with Lacey.

Lacey drove home feeling like an idiot. She fell for Danny's trick and she was mad at herself for letting things go that far. Then she started thinking she shouldn't feel bad at all. He played himself. Yeah he saw her naked, but that's a small thing. She knows her body is amazing and isn't ashamed of it in any aspect. Yeah she let him do something that was extremely intimate to her, but so what. She didn't return the favor. She stuck to her guns about not sleeping with him. However, if she's being totally honest with herself, she knows she would have had he not acted like a dick. So not only did he go down on her he screwed his way out of sleeping with her. So the joke was on him.

She heard her phone ringing and she knew that without a doubt, it was Danny. She could have put her blue tooth in and answered, but she didn't feel like saying anything to him. She let it go to voicemail. If he left a message, she was deleting it without even listening to it. Moments later, she heard her phone chime altering her that she had a text message.

"Fuck you, Danny. And to think I was really about to do just that you asshole." Lacey says out loud. She needs something to help her get her mind off of the shenanigans she was just a part of. No matter how good his mouth felt on her, she was mad enough to spit fire. She turned on Rihanna. Rihanna's level for not giving a fuck exceeded most people's and Lacey admired that. But Lacey wasn't feeling Rihanna. She had to turn on the chick she was feeling and that chick was Nicki Minaj again. She turned on "Looking Ass" because she was mad as hell. In less than 24 hours, both Archie and Danny had disgusted and disrespected her to no end. She didn't appreciate that crap at all. She wasn't a damn toy. They both played with her feelings and emotions. Somehow she felt like Danny had done more to manipulate and deceive her. She let her guard down and actually started to like him. What a fool she was. He sucker punched her with his "Let me cheer you up" tactic. And she fell for it. So she shouldn't blame him. She's a grown woman. She knew he would try to pull something slick when she entered his house. Cooking for her and being the perfect gentleman. Damn prick. She was back to square one with Danny. She would pretend that this crap didn't just happen between them. She would go back to hating his guts.

Lacey reaffirmed her stance on hating him repeatedly on her way home. Once she entered her house, she went straight to her bedroom and undressed. She almost ran to her shower. She felt unclean and needed to wash Danny away. She just kept telling herself how glad she was that she didn't sleep with him. She would feel worse. Then she had to go back to thinking that she didn't have anything to feel bad about. She had a moment of weakness and let him do that. It didn't happen as far as Lacey was concerned. But it did happen and it was wonderful and awesome. It made her weak in the knees just thinking about it. She got out of her shower to turn in for the night. She was putting her nightshirt on when her phone rang again. She checked it and sure enough it was Danny. She pressed 'ignore' and turned her phone off. She turned off all her lights and climbed into bed.

"Damn him." Lacey said aloud before she pulled the covers over her head and hoped she would get a good night's sleep.

After she cried.

Danny felt like a complete fool for toying with Lacey. He was so used to playing games with women that he forgot that that crap doesn't work on all women. Lacey certainly wasn't all women. She was truly special and unique to him. He should have known she wouldn't fall for that cold and distant shit. She left without a word to him. Now she was ignoring his calls. He wished he knew where she lived because he would have went to her house and apologized in person. Danny had to face the fact that he went too far with Lacey. Not with what he did to her, but his actions after. Hell, he'd please Lacey in that way again. That wasn't the issue. He felt like he hurt her and he didn't like how that made him feel. Not that he's the kind of man who loves and gets off on hurting women, he knows that he has toyed and played with a lot of women's emotions and feelings in the past. And not that he's heartless, he just didn't dwell on hurting any of them. Now, he truly felt bad about what he did. He had made a lot of progress with Lacey, and now it all seemed like he hadn't gotten anywhere. He had his work cut out for him. But he would make it up to her. He was willing to put in the work to have Lacey not hate him any more. He would be diligent in doing that when he saw her at work the next day.

Lacey awoke groggy from a restless night of sleep. She tossed and turned pretty much the whole night. She finally went to sleep right before her alarm went off it seemed. She cursed and got out of bed and headed to her bathroom to begin her normal morning ritual. When she chose her outfit for the day, she wanted to wear all black because of the mood she was in. She then decided on a black pinstripe dress and black pinstripe pumps to match. She hoped it wasn't too much. She of course looked stunning in the figure flattering dress. She felt ugly though. If she was really in her emotions, she would stay the hell home. But that project had to be completed. If it wasn't for that, she would have taken a sick day or two. Then she had to be in the same confines as Danny. After what happened. Great, just great.

Why didn't you just resist him, you fool? Why did you go to his house? You knew he was up to no good. And you fell for it. Shame on you. Lacey's internal thoughts seemed to have a critic. She just kept replaying the night before over and over again repeatedly in her mind. Even the good parts. She hated that crap. She wanted to forget and move on. Having him in her face would prove to be a challenge. But they were both professional adults that shouldn't let a stupid decision they both made after work affect their job.

Lacey got in her car and let Jill Scott soothe her as she drove to work. She made a stop at Dunkin' Donuts and got her a breakfast croissant and her coffee. She needed fuel for energy. She had no energy to fake it. She wasn't in the mood for faking it any way. Danny should know how she feels. Hopefully the cocky asshole would leave her the hell alone. She prayed what happened stayed off the table as a topic of discussion. She didn't want to discuss it. She thought about it enough. Damn him.

She parked her car in the garage and almost sprinted to her office. She got there a little later than she normally would so she hoped everyone had gone about their business. She did not want to run into anybody. Especially Danny. She got her wish when she got on the elevator and went to her office. She ate her sandwich and drank her coffee in peace. She was going in to bitch mode for the rest of the project, starting now. She would go back to treating Danny like the man whore he was.

After prolonging it as long as she possibly could, Lacey reluctantly gathered her things and took the long walk to his office. She felt like she was marching to her punishment. Like she was walking the plank or turning herself in to the police for a crime she committed. It seemed unfair.

When Lacey made her way to Danny's office, she overheard Danny talking to Cole as usual. She didn't want to eavesdrop but she had no choice.

"Did you catch the game last night?" Cole asks.

"No. I missed it." Danny says.

"Did you have a hot date or something? You missed an awesome game." Cole replies.

"Not really a date, but something like that." Danny answers.

"Who is she? Just one of your notches?" Cole asks.

"No, not even that. She's no one important. My night was a disaster and I hate to even think about it." Danny says to change the subject.

No one important. Disaster. Right. Lacey thinks as she puts on a fake smile and appears in his doorway to knock. "Good morning." Lacey says happily though she feels the exact opposite of jovial.

Danny turned at the sound of her voice. He stared at her longingly, remembering the night before. He was glad she seemed to be in a good mood. "Good morning, Lacey." Danny says as he smiles and stands.

"Good morning." Cole says. He couldn't help but notice that the atmosphere changed when Danny and Lacey looked at each other. He wondered what that was about. "Well, I guess that's my cue to leave. See you guys later." Cole says as he walks past Lacey to leave Danny's office.

Lacey walked over and grabbed files from the box, sat down, and got to work without a word. Danny watched her every move. He seemed to be in a trance or hypnotized by her. He shook the vivid images of her naked body in front of him from his mind. Danny got up and walked over to his office door to shut and lock it. He walked over and grabbed the files he intended to go over and sat down at his desk. He sat and watched Lacey for an unforeseeable amount of time. She seemed to act like he wasn't even in the room.

"Lacey?" Danny says and Lacey doesn't even budge. "Lacey please talk to me. I'm sorry." Danny says as he looks at her with a woeful expression on his face. She still didn't acknowledge him. Danny got up from his seat and walked around his desk over to her. She gave him no reaction. He reached out to touch her and she flinched. He touched her anyway. She just took her hand and removed his hand from her body. Danny sighed in aggravation and frustration. "Lacey, I'm sorry I was an ass, ok? I shouldn't have played with you like that. I really like you, Lacey. Even if you hate me. I only told Cole you weren't important to keep him off my back. You are important. It was only a disaster when you left without saying anything. I'm sorry about last night. I'm sorry if I went too far. I'll do anything to make this right." Danny says sincerely and hopes that is enough to make her stop being mad at him.

Lacey stops what she's doing and just stares at her papers in silence for a moment. She then just looks up and locks eyes with him. "Anything?" Lacey asks as she smiles at him.

Danny smiles down at her. "Yes. Anything." Danny replies.

Danny really didn't have any idea just what 'anything' meant.