CHAPTER 264: CHAPTER 264 DAILY COFFEE

Ava’s POV

After I agreed to have coffee with Joseph to help Antonio out, something unexpected happened. What was supposed to be just one coffee turned into a daily routine. Joseph started showing up every day during my breaks, always with that charming smile and some excuse to walk to the little coffee shop at the corner of the mall.

Today, he was waiting outside the store when my break started. He looked amazing in a black suit.

"Don’t you have a multi-billion dollar company to run?" I asked as he guided me toward our usual table.

"I have excellent time management skills," he replied with a wink that made my stomach flutter.

We settled into our corner table with coffees. Joseph leaned forward, his eyes focused on mine.

"When are you going to let me take you on a proper date?" he asked.

I raised an eyebrow. "We’re having coffee together every day. How is that not a date?"

"This?" He gestured around the mall coffee shop. "This isn’t romantic. I want to show you what a real date feels like."

I couldn’t stop myself from being sarcastic. "Oh, I see. It’s only a real date if it ends with us rolling around in your bed?"

Instead of being offended, Joseph’s eyes darkened.

He reached across the table and took my hand. His thumb rubbed my palm in slow circles that sent shivers up my arm. Before I could pull away, he brought my fingers to his lips and kissed them softly.

"Joseph," I warned, but my voice came out breathier than intended.

He kept eye contact as he took my index finger into his mouth. He ran his tongue along the sensitive pad before releasing it with a soft pop.

"I’m very good with my tongue," he murmured, leaning close to my ear. "In many ways."

Heat flooded my body, and I felt a blush rising in my cheeks. My body was responding to him in ways that scared me.

I snatched my hand back, pretending to be outraged. "That’s inappropriate behavior for a public place, Alpha Joseph."

He leaned in closer, his hand resting on my waist, his voice so low I had to strain to hear it."I promise you’d enjoy me much more than that vibrator and butt plug collection you bought"

My mouth fell open in shock, my face burning with embarrassment.

He still remembered that the adult toys I left behind had been shipped to his mother.

"I need to get back to work," I stammered, gathering my purse.

Joseph caught my wrist gently.

"I’m sorry," he said, looking genuinely sorry. "That was over the line. Please stay. We still have fifteen minutes."

Something in his expression made me hesitate. There was a vulnerability beneath the confidence. It made me slowly sit back down.

"Fine," I said finally. "But keep your hands and comments to yourself."

He smiled, raising his coffee cup in a mock toast. "Deal. For now."

I rolled my eyes but couldn’t completely suppress my own smile.

But I didn’t expect that when I got home that evening, he would call me directly on video chat. It really proved that his "for now" was temporary.

After taking a long shower, I had just settled into bed when my phone lit up with an incoming call.

Joseph’s name flashed on the screen, sending an unexpected flutter through my chest.

I took a deep breath before answering. "Hello?"

"Look who’s taking deep breaths now!" Joseph said playfully.

"Joseph, you’re kind of cheesy!" I said.

"My Goddess, love is cheesy!" he replied without hesitation.

"Oh, really!" I rolled my eyes. "How was your meeting?"

"Boring!" He sighed dramatically. "I really wanted to be with you."

"Yeah, you’re already messing me up today."

"Not yet, but when I do, you’ll love it," he promised, his voice dropping lower.

"You really think highly of yourself, huh?" I challenged, trying to ignore the warmth spreading through my body.

"It’s not that I think highly of myself, Ava, but I trust my talents." I could hear the smile in his voice, the Alpha confidence that was both annoying and attractive.

"I can see that." Despite myself, I was enjoying his playful talk. Joseph had a way of making me laugh with his silly lines, breaking through my carefully built walls.

"Seriously, Ava, do you have any idea how many times you cross my mind in a single day? It’s a lot, woman!" Joseph sighed dramatically, making me laugh again.

"Are you in bed?" he asked, his tone shifting slightly.

"Yes."

"And what are you wearing?"

I felt a rush of boldness. "I’m not wearing anything." Joseph’s groan was immediate.

I laughed, enjoying the power. "Just kidding! I’m in my pajamas."

"I want to see." His voice was huskier now.

"Don’t be naughty, Joseph!"

"I am. Come on, show me."

"Only if you show me first."

"Fine."

There was some shuffling as Joseph propped his phone against something and knelt on his bed. My breath caught in my throat. He was wearing nothing but white boxer briefs that perfectly outlined his impressive anatomy. His body was incredible. He had sculpted muscles that spoke of power and strength, the body of an Alpha in his prime.

"Like what you see, Ava?" His smile was knowing, confident in a way that only an Alpha who was used to admiration could be.

"I could do laundry on those abs every day." The words slipped out before I could stop them, and I clapped a hand over my mouth in embarrassment.

Joseph’s smile turned positively wicked. "I can take everything off, so you can appreciate better."

"Joseph, you’re such a show-off!" I smiled despite myself, and he returned it with a grin.

He left his phone propped up and lay back down, positioning his arm behind his head like some underwear model in a fancy advertisement. The view gave me a perfect glimpse of his chiseled abs down to those indecent boxers that were struggling to contain a considerable bulge.

"Come on, Ava, your turn," Joseph demanded.

"I’m not showing you my pajamas."

"Oh yes, you will, because you want to." His certainty was maddening.

"Who told you that?"

"If you didn’t want to,If you didn’t want to, why haven’t you hung up yet."

Well, he got me. Today at the coffee shop he was obviously seducing me. He even brought up my sex toys, and I’m not the type to let someone tease me without fighting back.

Since he called to flirt with me, I’ll show him what real desire feels like.

"You’re so full of yourself!" I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Ava, I’m not full of myself, but I know you’re not indifferent to me. Come on, let me see your little pajamas..." His playful insistence was so typical of him.

"Fine." I sighed, propping my phone against the bedside lamp and kneeling on the bed as he had done.

I watched as Joseph’s breathing quickened, his mouth falling open, that confident smile disappearing completely.

I was wearing a light pink baby doll I’d impulsively purchased today. It was all delicate lace, clearly see through, with tiny shorts that revealed the lower curves of my bottom. The lace camisole top had cups that barely covered my full breasts.

"Damn, Ava!" Joseph’s voice was rough with desire as he rose back to his knees on the bed. I could see the growing bulge in his underwear.

"You’re driving me crazy! I want to see the back."

"But I haven’t seen your back," I teased, enjoying the power I held over this powerful Alpha.

Joseph moved off the bed and out of the camera’s focus, turning his phone toward a armchair.

When he reappeared, he was facing away and completely naked. His back was a canvas of rippling muscle, his buttocks firm and perfectly sculpted. This was the kind of physique that came from both his wolf’s genetics and dedicated training. He turned around slowly to face me, completely unashamed in his nakedness.

"Now you’ve seen everything." He calmly sat in the armchair, his hand moving to stroke his already erect member. "Come on, Ava, I want to see too."