“I need to take care of the condom.”
Easing off his length, she pointed in the direction of the bathroom. Tucking hair behind her ear, she made her way to her own room. She heard him in the spare bathroom that she usually let Clara use. Staring at her reflection in the mirror, she wondered what the hell she was doing.
Cleaning between her thighs, she let out a breath before going back to her kitchen. She could get through this.
James joined her in the kitchen, kissing the back of her neck. She put him straight to work, peeling potatoes as she made up the chicken and biscuits. Every now and then she forgot about who he was and thought about him being more. He wasn’t a boyfriend or even a lover. Was he a friend?
Glancing over at him, she knew he was. James was a friend who happened to be an escort and whom she fucked. Crap, this is getting out of hand.
When her door was knocked on, she was pleased to be getting away from her own thoughts. “Excuse me.”
She opened the door to find Clara waiting.
“I’m sorry. Okay. I’m an awful friend, and I don’t ever want to argue with you again. I was wrong.” Clara launched herself at Haley.
Chuckling, Haley held onto her. “I hate arguing, too.”
“It’s the worst. I used to watch it on the television thinking it was funny. It’s not. Girl, I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve missed you as well. Come on, there’s someone I want you to meet.”
She closed the door, taking Clara’s hand. James had already walked out of the kitchen, wiping his hands on a towel.
“Clara, I’d like you to meet James. James, this is my friend, Clara.”
“Fuck me. No wonder you’re an escort.” Clara slapped a hand over her mouth. “Just ignore me. I can’t talk properly.”
“I’m an escort, but I’m not in service at the moment.” He gripped the back of Haley’s neck, pulling her close. “I hear you’ve got a problem with us.”
She watched Clara swallow.
“You’re an escort—”
“Well, you see, Clara. I’ve got a problem with you. First, you advise your friend to use an escort agency to get rid of her pesky virginity, and then you argue with her because we’re dating?”
Haley tensed up. This was all news to her. She couldn’t deny the happiness that came over at him mentioning them dating.
“You can’t be dating her. You’re an escort.”
“So? I’m not fucking any other woman right now. I’m not taking money from Haley to be dating her. In fact, Haley, I wired the money you paid for me on Friday back to your account. I don’t consider what we have a job, an act, or a chore.” He dropped a kiss to her lips, staring at her intently. “I’m not going to hurt Haley. I’m going to do everything I can to take care of her. Do you understand?”
“I don’t want her to lose her heart to you. Your profession is not one that women accept,” Clara said.
“My profession is between Haley and me. You’ve got nothing to say about it. I’ll take care of Haley. Don’t interfere.”
Haley was shocked. She’d never known her friend to back down from a fight. James and Clara shook hands, standing down from their little fight.
“Okay, so who wants dinner?” she asked.
Chapter Ten
One week turned into two, two weeks to three, and before James knew it he’d been with Haley over two months. After the second week, she took a pregnancy test to discover she wasn’t pregnant. He was really disappointed about her not being pregnant, but there would be time for that later. In all of his life he’d never been with a woman longer than a couple of days, even before his escort days. He liked spending time with her. She was fun to be around, exhilarating even. James liked making her laugh, seeing her eyes twinkle when he did something special to her.
They could be walking through the park, holding hands, and he’d kiss her, which would bring about the sparkle.
“This can’t go on,” Eliza said. She sat opposite him at their office as they’d entered their third month. They had a lot of angry women calling asking when he was going to start offering his services again.
“I’m not starting up again.”
“James, this isn’t how our world works.”
He dropped his gaze as he was unable to look her in the eye.
“What is it about this woman? What makes her different? She’s the same as all the others, and she uses you. She pays you for sex.”
“No, she doesn’t. She’s not paying me, Eliza.” He stood up so that he was staring into her eyes. “She picked me, okay. Haley, she picked me. She was a fucking virgin, but she picked me and she likes to spend time with me. It doesn’t even have to be about the fucking sex. She likes me.” He’d started yelling, and he slapped himself on the chest. “When she looks at me she doesn’t see how she’s going to get off, or how much it’s going to cost her to get me to do something else.” Running fingers through his hair, he rounded his desk to face Eliza without any space between them.
“Fuck me, James, you’re in love with her.”
He stopped to look at Eliza. The shock on her face was clear to see.
“Yes, I’m in love with her.” The moment the words left his mouth, James felt this great wave of relief lift from his shoulders. “I’m in love with her.”
“This is bad, James.”
“No, it’s not. It’s downright fucking brilliant.”
“You’re an escort. Haley, she started out as a client. You can’t do this.” Eliza touched his arm, giving him a little shake. “This isn’t meant for us.”
“I’m not giving her up.” He couldn’t give her up even if he wanted to.
“Think about this.”
“I’ve thought about it. The business is in profit. We’re running a respectable business. I don’t need to be one of the men. I can’t even get it up for another woman, Eliza. How do you expect me to continue?”
Eliza opened her mouth then closed it.
Several seconds passed where neither of them spoke. “You’re really going to do this? Put yourself on the line like that?”
“I’ve not got a choice. I love her. I can’t live without her. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life wondering what would have happened if I just gave it a shot. Haven’t you ever just wanted to take a chance?”
“My chance ended long ago, James.” She smiled at him. “I’m glad you’re happy.”
She turned on her heel and made her way out of the office. Rounding his desk, he fired up the website and removed himself from the escort service, deleting his profile. The moment he hit delete he was happier than he had ever been. This was one part of his life that he’d never regret, yet wouldn’t look back with yearning. He’d fucked hundreds, if not thousands of women, learned everything he needed. Now he was ready to move on, to find some peace in the world with Haley.
He paused, thinking about his woman. She was the first woman he’d ever considered a future with. First he’d need to find out what she thought of him. Gripping the edge of his desk, James was overcome by a wave of fear. What if she only saw him as an escort? Someone to use but not actually have fun with? Shit, now he was sounding like a pussy, and he never sounded like a pussy.
Grabbing his cell phone from the desk, he dialed her cell phone.
“Hello,” she said, sounding breathless.
“Hello, beautiful.”
“James, how are you this morning?”
He heard the smile in her voice over the line. “I’m fine. Missing you.” Leaning back in his chair, he heard the sound of David’s office in the background. “Did you just get your morning coffee?”
“Yes.”
“Those jerks giving you trouble?”
“No, you were right. The moment I called them out on their crap they left me alone. I’m happier for it. What about you? How’s work?”
He stared at his computer screen that had the website up. His image was no longer there.
“I did something radical today,”
he said.
“What?”
The pinging of the elevator came across the line.
“I deleted my profile from the website. I’m no longer listed up.”
“Really? Is that good?”
“It means I’m not taking on any clients. I’m out of the business, Haley.”
She was silent on the line.
“Are you still there, baby?” he asked.
“I was talking to Clara. She told me you broke all of your rules. Is that true?”
Rubbing at his temples he nodded his head then realized she couldn’t see him. “Yes.”
“Why would you do that?” she asked.
“We need to talk, Haley. A real talk.” An idea entered his head. “I’m going to pick you up from your place tonight. I want to take you somewhere.”
“Where?”
“It’s a surprise. We’re going to have a little fun, and then we’re going to talk.”
“O-okay, I’ll be ready.”
“Dress sexy, Haley. I want you to wear a dress, no panties.”
She hummed her agreement on the phone. He wondered if she was still alone or if she had company.
“I’ll pick you up around seven.”
He said his goodbyes then quickly dialed David’s number.
“I know you don’t actually work properly, but some of us have real jobs.”
“I’m in love with someone, and I’m going to ask her to marry me. I don’t even know if she loves me or not,” James said, speaking fast to his friend.
“Wait, what?”
“You heard me.”
“Fuck, James. I didn’t even know you were dating.”
“Long story short, I met a client, she was a virgin, I broke all the rules, and now we’re dating. I’ve not been with another woman since I took her. I’m in love with her. I don’t want to lose her, David.”
Again with the silence. Why was it such a shock to everyone that he was in love? He was getting pissed off with their reactions.
“Okay, wow, that’s a lot to process in a few seconds of talking. Not that I did any talking.”
“She works in your building.”
“This is getting weirder by the minute. Am I being pranked?”
“I’m being fucking serious here, David. Her name’s Haley Ronald.”
David groaned over the line. “I know who you mean.”
“You know her?”
“Yeah, she works as a secretary here, but I know her family. They’re coming to my wedding, James. The Ronalds are very powerful people. They were pissed when she refused to marry some kind of tycoon. This is going back a few years.”
“I know what happened. She told me.”
“Her family was even more pissed to learn the grandfather had given her everything in his will. Pissed a lot of them off.”
“Why are you telling me this?” he asked.
“Just because Haley’s not been around her family, you turning up with her at my wedding, it’s going to create a buzz. I’m warning you. This could hit the mags.”
“I’m not interested in that shit, David. I told you. I’m past it. My only interest is in Haley. If she accepts will you be my best man?” He was putting a lot on the line right now.
“You don’t even know if she loves you?”
“No, I don’t.”
“You’re willing to put your heart on the line for a woman who paid you to have sex?”
“Yes, it’s more than just sex with her.” Even though the sex was off the charts as far as he was concerned.
“Fine. I tell you what, you get her to agree to marry you and we’ll have a double wedding. I never liked the Ronalds anyway. It’d be amusing to see them sitting there watching their daughter marry you.”
James didn’t take offence. He’d gotten the bad reputation all on his own. “Thanks, man. You better order a bigger cake.”
He hung up the phone, smiling bigger than he ever had in his life.
Tonight was going to be the night to tell her.
****
“Wear something sexy, he said. What is sexy? Some men find jeans sexy, but there’s no way I’m wearing jeans with no underwear.” Muttering to herself, Haley looked through her wardrobe settling on a red cocktail dress that Clara made her buy on one of the sales.
She showered quickly, taking careful attention to shave her legs. Once she was done, she blow dried her hair so that it was straight and tied it up on top of her head with some hair spilling out. She decided against makeup, settling for a natural look. After all, she hated makeup.
When she was done she wriggled the dress up her body, and doing up the zipper with the use of a hanger and a locking mechanism she’d learned at fairs with her grandpa. When it was over, she stared at her reflection. Her heart was pounding inside her chest, trying to escape.
“You can do this, Haley.”
James always made her heart go aflutter when he took her on dates. They were actually dating, but that wasn’t what had her heart going rapidly tonight. No, he’d removed all of his details from the Pure Filth website, and he’d called her at work to tell her about it. This had to be the next step in their relationship. There was no way someone would call for nothing.
Haley knew she was in love with him. Clara’s fears had come about. She loved spending time with him, getting to know the man he usually kept to himself. He took her to the gym where he worked out, showing her the tight regime he kept. All she did was sit and watch him with a soda. He didn’t want her working out there anyway, too many men. The only place James hadn’t taken her was to his office.
She didn’t mind. Over the past couple of months he’d given her a part of himself, which she was sure was more than most women got. When Clara told her about his strict rules that were written on the website of his page, she hadn’t believed it. She’d looked that up herself before he removed all data of himself. He had three rules, and within one night he’d broken them all for her.
They had a connection, a connection that was more than anything she’d ever felt before in her life. She didn’t want to lose that.
Someone knocked on her door, and she blew out a breath, running her hands down the dress to work out any wrinkles. “Here we go.”
She opened the door to find him looking sexy in a suit.
“Hello, beautiful.”
At first she’d hated it when he called her beautiful, but now she loved it. It was part of him, and she loved the fact only he ever called her that.
“Where are we going today?” she asked, grabbing a jacket from the sofa.
“It’s a surprise. Another learning curve and then we’re going to talk.” He held out his hand. “Are you willing to come with me?”
A shiver worked up her body. She wondered if this was how Eve felt when the snake offered her the apple. James wasn’t any kind of snake. Placing her hand within his, Haley knew she was willing to follow him anywhere.
He took her hand and waited as she locked her apartment. “I missed you today.”
“I missed you, too.” She rested her head on his shoulder. These moments were the most natural to her when she was around him.
Within minutes they were inside his car, driving toward their mystery destination.
“This place you’re taking me, have you taken other women?”
“This place is somewhere I’d visit alone. It’s intense, and I’ve never wanted to share it with a client. You’re not a client, Haley. You’re my girl.” He took hold of her hand, pressing a kiss to her knuckles. Her heart flipped over. She was his girl? It seemed so surreal to her.
She smiled, glancing out of the window at the passing city.
Her heart raced at what was coming this night. She didn’t have the first clue what the talk was going to be about.
“If at any time you get uncomfortable, tell me. We’ll leave immediately.”
He pulled into an underground parking facility. Glancing behind her, she watched the gate lock behind them.
“Where are we?”
“We’re at a sex club, Haley. I’ve been a member for some time now. It’s something I want to show you.” He parked up and turned toward her. “I’ve never brought a woman here, but I’ve hooked up with a few here when I’ve arrived.”
“I don’t understand. Are we going to some kind of orgy?” she asked.
“We’re going where people enjoy watching. You know I like to watch, and I’m going to share it with you.” He climbed out of the car.
Her heart was pounding now.
“Am I allowed to come here?” she asked.
“You’re my plus one. Don’t talk about what you see here, and everything will be fine.” He took her hand, leading her toward the entrance of the building.
Did she want to be part of this? Did she want to take this next step? She loved it when they went to his room with all the mirrors, but surely this was taking things a little too far? Her nipples budded against the fabric of the dress, and her pussy was slick with arousal.
They were taken up to the floor, and as the elevator opened the throng of sexually driven people hit her. Bodies, semi-naked and naked, filled the room. Moans, cries, and screams all filled with promise were heard over the music. No one stopped them as James took her hand.
He tugged her into the only available secluded corner in the room. She stared up at him, unable to deny the need clawing its way up inside her.
“I’m not sharing you with anyone. I don’t want any of these women. I only want to fuck you and watch others fuck, Haley.” He leaned in close, kissing her neck. She gasped, arching up into his touch. Haley wanted his touch. She was on fire with need.
He took the zipper and lowered it, easing the material past her breasts. She didn’t try to cover herself as he revealed her skin to his gaze. James lowered his head, sucking her nipple into his mouth as he stared back at her.
Biting her lip, she couldn’t hold back and stared out at the room.
Had he picked this corner on purpose? She saw so much going on. They had entered and joined in the energy of the room. There was a woman close to them on a sofa, and she was being fucked by three men. Haley saw her taking one man in her pussy, another in the ass, and she sucked the third man into her mouth. James stood up to kiss her lips. His fingers brushed the inside of her thigh, and she cried out when he grazed her clit.
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