Her thirty-third birthday was in a month and she wondered if she could skip the hoopla. She did not want to celebrate this year. Her parents were selling the house and moving away. That meant her main focus was finding her own place to stay, so she focused all her extra time on that. Plus her storefront was opening in a week. It had been delayed after the shooting and she did not want to keep delaying it.

So work was crazy, her personal life was crazy, there was no need to do anything for her birthday. All her free time was used house-hunting and last-minute preparation for the store opening. She spent late days at the office and in the retail space. She was going to have a big Grand Opening and she was anxious about it.

Maybe no one would attend. Maybe no one would buy anything. Her online sales were through the roof, they couldn't keep up with the sales. Nowadays people did more online shopping than in-store. Maybe this was not the right time to open a brick and mortar. It was too late now. She went over her projections daily, hoping to at least meet her bare minimum in the first six months. She knew within a year, if she did not turn a profit, the whole company could go under.

While she was so busy with work and house-hunting, she did not have much time for Hook. She did not want him to keep driving forty minutes out to her parent's house and back, just to see her for two or three hours. That was not fair. He seemed okay about it. They talked every day. They did not bring up his baby on the way. She wanted to keep that in the back of her mind. Anytime it flashed in her mind, Hook holding his newborn child in his arms, her heart broke a little.

A new baby. With another woman.

Long as she stopped thinking about it...

"Zup baby step momma," Jared said, walking into her office with a stack of dresses in his arm.

She looked at him and rolled her eyes. He was trying her and she was going to ignore him.

"Hook coming to the Grand Opening?"

"Yes, why wouldn't he?"

"Because you're funny acting like that," he said, laying the clothes on the table. He looked around the office. "Where's Shay Shay?"

"Downstairs checking the store. What's all that?"

"I don't know, was hoping she could tell me." He walked to her desk and sat in a chair. "Did you talk to Hook about..."

She waited for him to finish the sentence, when he did not, she frowned at him. "I talk to him every day, is there something I should be talking to him about?"

"Ain't my business," he said.

"It is your business if you're bringing it up. And what do you know about my man that I don't know about?"

"That man is being a man, is all I have to say," he said, standing up. "Anyhoo, I need to find a date for the Grand Opening."

"It's not a party! It's the opening of a clothing store."

"Yes, that I want to bring a date too and show off my bestie doing big things. Don't worry, I may be single, but not for long," he said, walking out.

She wondered what Jared was hinting at. She picked up her phone and dialed Hook. She was not too concerned when he did not pick up. He was at work, and he could be on a tow or under a car. He would call her back when he could.

Sure enough, he called her thirty minutes later.

"Hey babe, I was just thinking about you," he said. "Wanta have lunch with me?"

"Uh, sure." They never had lunch together in the middle of the day, both too busy to take a break. She mostly had something delivered and ate at her desk. "Want to meet somewhere or-"

"I'll pick something up and meet you at your office if that's okay."

"Perfect. I'm really busy with this opening, so that works."

"See you in a bit."

She finished what she was doing and made sure Shay would not be coming back to their office soon so they could stay there and eat, maybe even get a quickie in on her desk. She grinned, remembering how they'd had sex in his office. It was only right they bless her place. At least her office was bigger, with no windows and more private.

Hook showed up and she met him downstairs. She wanted to give him a tour of the retail space but she was pressed for time anyway, and he would see it at the grand opening. They went up to her office. He had Wingstop wings and fries with drinks. He knew her so well. She was craving chicken.

"How do you do it?" she said, wrapping her arms around him.

"Do what?"

"Know me so damn well," she said, kissing him. "Like you hear my stomach talking to you."

He laughed. "You know you're not hard to please when it comes to food."

"Okay, you got me there. If I can eat my cooking, I can eat anything, huh?"

"You said it, not me."

They spread out the food on her desk and she immediately went to town. The only thing that was said between them was her grunts of satisfaction. Hook did not even touch his food.

"Aren't you hungry?"

"Not really," he said, setting down his wing.

"What's wrong?"

"I have a lot on my mind."

Of course, he did. A whole new kid coming along. He probably was thinking he did not have time for a girlfriend and that they should take a break. He probably wanted to get back with Shareeda, Kaleeda, whatever the heck that girl name was. She would not blame him.

"About the baby?"

"Huh? No, babe, not that," he said. "Well, somewhat...no...I just..."

"Hook, I've never seen you this tongue-tied," she said, taking her napkin to wipe her mouth and fingers. "Whatever it is, just tell me."

He rubbed a hand over his bald head. Grimaced like it was about to hurt him to say whatever it is he was about to say.

"I was wondering if you could uh...look over my business and help...with marketing or promotion, or whatever it is I need to do to grow my business."

Well, she was not expecting that. She smiled.

She jumped on him, straddling him in the chair, and gave him a long passionate kiss.

"I would love to baby! I thought you would never ask."

"What? Really?"

"Yes! Since the first day I was at your business I just saw so much I could do for it, but it wasn't my place to say. Oh Hook," she said, kissing him again. "It means a lot that you asked me. I know how hard that was."

"It was," he said. "I still feel some way."

"Why?"

"I'm the man-"

"Oh shut up with that! You work cars, I know business. Let me do what I do."

He grinned and licked his lips. "Now you on me like this girl, that only means one thing."

"What?" she said, kissing his neck.

"You want some dick."

"Well..."

"Is your sister going to barge in on us?"

"No, I told her to stay far, far away," she said, sliding her hand up his shirt. "Afternoon quickies are always the best."

He slipped his hand between her thighs, moving her panties aside as his fingers slipped inside her.

"Why you so wet girl?"

"Because your dick is hard and on my thigh," she said, sucking on his neck. "Stop playing and give me that dick."

She undid his pants and positioned herself so she could slide him inside of her, rocking her hips on him as he grasped her ass and thrust his hips up to meet hers. She moaned and bit down hard on his neck, rocking herself up and down on him.

"Fuck, you're so hard."

"Baby, that feels good, keep doing that," he said, throwing back his head. "Damn. Uh, shit!"

"Don't you dare come that fast."

She grabbed either side of the chair and kept slamming her hips down on him, moving around in circles on him, hitting an orgasm but still kept working on him.

"Oh fuck baby, I'm about to bust."

"I already got mine, lemme get one more."

"Girl," he said, holding her waist and then picking her up. He sat her on the edge of the desk and started pounding in her hard. She screamed out and hoped none of her employees heard her, but she didn't care. She came hard on him as he exploded inside of her.

He leaned her back on the desk and kissed her. "That was good baby."

"One more," she said, "You're so fucking sexy!"

"We both have to get back to work," he said, fixing his pants.

"Okay, but leave the food here," she said, fixing her dress. She was going to have to change her panties and clean herself up or else smell like sex all day long.

"Of course, feed you and fuck you," he said. "I should take offense to that."

She wrapped her arms around his waist and smiled up at him. "You know I love more than that about you Hook. You're a great guy. I don't know what I would have done these last few months without you. How you protect me. How you love me. Now you trust me with your business. Hook, it really means a lot."

"I know I hurt you with the whole Shereefa and baby thing...we'll get through that, right?"

She nodded, still unsure about that but she didn't want to lose him either.

"I probably won't see you again till your store opening this weekend."

"That's fine. I have so much work to do. In fact, let me get back to it. I will call you tonight, okay," she said, giving him one last kiss. "Send me everything about the shop and I will try and get started on that as well."

"No babe, why don't you just wait till after your opening."

"It's fine Hook, send me whatever you have, any ideas you have, I'll fit it in. It'll be great."

A/N: Soooo... they just going to have sex on the desk like that? Right near the food? At least there are no windows like in Hook's office. Afternoon quickies are the best.

Angel and Hook working together on his business. Let's see about that.

XOXO
Kimberly