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by Ann, Pamela

She seductively brushed her lips on my neck, whispering, “Promise me you'll think about it. If you come to me tonight, you'll have my vote.”

  Appalled, I frowned at her gorgeous face. “You're blackmailing me.”

  “I learned from the best,” she said before her lips parted, gasping as my cock stretched her to capacity. “Harder. Give it to me. Punish me. Rock my world, babe. Fuck me like you mean it.”

  My cock throbbed as I covered her mouth with my hand, clamping it shut while I fucked her as she demanded.

  “Come inside me, I need to feel you, please.”

  “Kitten,” I roared into her neck as my orgasm shook my entirety. I lost it when she begged me to spill my seed within her womb, a common courtesy of our lovemaking before, but not once did she beg for me to do so. Her plea was primal, as if she wanted to connect with me however else she could.

  Gisele clung onto me, euphoric. “Let’s finish up here, go back to the house, and continue this on our bed. I'm far from satisfied. I need you all night long.”

  Sex was mind-blowing; there was no question about that. But it ended here…mainly because I didn’t trust myself with her. “No, Gisele,” I reiterated my rejection, hoping this time it would pierce into her haze-filled mind.

  She gave me the typical horny Gisele look, head resting against the wall, half-closed lids, lips parting while her tongue toyed with her bottom lip and her cunt muscles’ activity massaged my girth to full attention. “Do you still love me?” she randomly asked, catching me off guard.

  My hungry eyes roved over her face, basking in her beauty. “If I answer you, will you forget about divorcing me?”

  She shook her head, denying me everything.

  My nostrils flared, trying to not appear quite as affected by her continuous rejection. “Then there you go.”

  “Come to me tonight...my promise stands.”

  “For how long? Up until you're done playing with me?” This was all a game. A sick, twisted game of her being out to hurt me.

  Her cheeks flushed. “No, it’ll stand for as long as possible.” She painstakingly kissed me, and I didn't have the strength to pull away from her. I needed her like I needed air to breathe. “I'll wait for you tonight.”

  “This wouldn’t be a good idea, Gisele.” I wanted her, but as my wife, not just some random fuck, and yet, this was all she was willing to offer me. Before I had fallen in love with her, this wouldn’t have bothered me, but things had shifted since then.

  “I'll make it worth your while. I’ll be sure to touch myself before sleep so I'll be wet and ready for you.”

  “You're so cruel,” I halfheartedly groaned, quite weakened at the thought of her readily available to cater to my needs.

  “You won't regret it.” The seductress wasn’t letting up.

  I hardly doubt that, I thought as I pulled out of her. Lost in our thoughts, we straightened ourselves up before we resumed, with our respective lawyers reoccupying their positions.

  Before we parted, Gisele strode over to me and kissed my cheek. “Don't take too long, husband.”

  My chest burned. Everything in my body did. Much more so, my cock. I was left to wonder if I could truly resist the very woman who owned me.

  Chapter 34

  Jared

  It began to occur every hour since I left the lawyer’s office building. Gisele would send naked images of her. But the last one was a full-frontal with a caption “ready when you are,” and it had gotten me so hard in the middle of a bloody fucking meeting.

  I furiously reddened, choking on my saliva before I gulped water as the rest of the core team worriedly inquired if I needed a moment to myself since I’d been short-fused as of late. If they only knew about my divorce and how my soon to be ex-wife was tormenting me with lurid images of her wet gorgeous cunt…

  Anxiously, I slipped my phone into my pocket, not willing for it to distract me any more than it already had. However, even though I honed my focus to the matter at hand, the provoking image hadn’t left my thoughts, leaving my cock in a continuous hardened state.

  It was fifteen past nine when I found myself exiting the building, my mind heavily weighing my options. It was even wrong to ponder, but it couldn’t be helped. She felt too good, so I wondered, if I indulged in one more night, would it be so detrimental? We had already shagged earlier, so it shouldn’t matter, right?

  With my mind still undecided, I found myself at the hotel’s bar, drinking my woes away. A pretty lithe redhead sat next to me and ordered a drink. In no time, she and I were heavily flirting. Her green eyes were mesmerizing, but when she incessantly dropped hints to come resume the fun in her room, I had a moment.

  Declining her invitation, I found myself hastily exiting the bar, but instead of going upstairs to the presidential suite, I strode towards the valet, jumped into my car, and headed straight towards the compound, distractedly needing one more whiff of my addiction.

  Upon arriving, I drastically parked in the driveway before rushing indoors. It was midnight, and the house was calm and quiet as I climbed the stairs two steps at a time. It didn’t take long until I reached her bedroom. And just as she promised, her naked figure glistened in the candle-lit room. She was fast asleep, beautiful as ever.

  Making love to her would’ve been divine, but at the same time, the need to simply hold her held more appeal. So, I did just that. After stripping my clothes off, I slid into bed naked and pulled her right against my body, holding her. Nostalgia hit me full-on.

  This was home, and the sad realization made me tighten my hold on her. “I love you, kitten.” Kissing her neck, I’d never felt more alone than right at this moment.

  I basked in her presence until sleep finally caught on, temporarily releasing me from agony.

  * * *

  It was some time in the early morning when something pulled me out of my subconscious. A vacuum-like suction flooded my system, pounding a heady rush of blood towards my cock. A pleasure groan escaped me as I gently thrust my pelvis into the ungodly force drawing me into its mighty pressure. “Christ Almighty, Gisele!” A reverberated sound grumbled from my chest as I savored each lick, each deep stroke of her mouth. I had definitely missed being woken up like this. Damn and fuck.

  My overeager hand reached out to the back of her head, pushing her throat deeper, making her take more of me before she choked and immediately let go of me with a loud popping sound. A feline-like smile gleamed as she enthusiastically crawled on my body.

  Gisele situated herself on top of me, ensuring her cunt lips sat in between my engorged length before leaning over to passionately kiss me. “Good morning, babe.” Her hips undulated, toying with my manhood as her lips erotically parted. She slowly rocked me, one hand pressed against my chest as she leveled herself, the other squeezing her luscious tit.

  I was mesmerized. This was how she made love to me, arousing us both to the point of madness before she’d lower herself down on my pole. Meticulously watching our rubbing sexes, my slit continuously excreted pre-cum. Letting my thumb wipe off the excess liquid, I then smeared it on her pink button before bringing it to her lips to suck on.

  “Fuck me, Gisele,” I lightly demanded just as her phone rang, making her pause.

  Biting her lip, she hesitated before she shrugged and mumbled something about forgetting about a call. It was six-fifteen in the morning. Who the bloody hell was calling her at this time? Irked at her sudden abruptness, the moment I saw her grasp the phone, I instantaneously snatched it from her. Dexter Berg, it said.

  Gisele’s eyes bugged out before yanking it out of my hold. She then grabbed her robe and pressed the accept button as she hastily slid into the damning robe before stepping out on the balcony.

  I might be the only man she had promised to have sex with, but it was rather obvious she was entertaining more than one. It was too much of a coincidence that she had persisted in not signing the contract in regard to her votes. Again, I had succumbed to my urges before thinking it through. Now I was pa
ying for it.

  Boiling with unbridled rage, I swiftly gathered my clothes that lay abandoned on the floor before carelessly changing into them. Grasping my keys in hand, I then sprinted out of her bedroom, down the stairs, and then out of the front door. Just before I closed it, I could faintly hear Gisele coming after me, yelling my name.

  The car was where I left it in the driveway. Hastily pressing the unlock button, I instantly yanked the car door open before sliding inside. It was right before I was about to step on the gas pedal when Gisele emerged and stood a couple of feet away from the car, earnestly trying to stop me from leaving.

  “Don’t go,” she yelped, begging as her lips wobbled, imploring.

  I locked my jaw, quite determined not to be swayed with her wiles. This wheel of madness wouldn’t stop until I put a halt to it. After all, given the opportunity, Gisele would take advantage of the situation. And since I was quite emotionally unstable where she was concerned, staying away would be the best course to take.

  Throwing her one last death stare, I shifted gears and reversed the Aston on the circular driveway before maneuvering it towards the winding driveway and out of the gates. I felt nothing. She had stolen whatever warmth was left the moment she had abandoned me for the likes of Dexter Burg.

  With profound resolve, I called my assistant, Audrey, informing her I wouldn’t be coming in today but would be working from the hotel. She repeatedly reminded me I had a five-thirty fundraising black-tie event, and since my formal clothes were back at the compound, I was required to have a new tailored set sent to me by four. Audrey was efficient and worked seamlessly without needing to bother asking for little details.

  In no time, I arrived back at the hotel. I let out a long, drawn-out sigh the second the door was secured behind me. My heart thudded loudly against my ribcage. It ached; it burned; it stifled me like never before.

  “I’m done.” Shaking my head, I shut my eyes as I willed myself to squash the debilitating emotions trying to overwhelm me. “Get to work. Don’t think. Just work.” Running a hand through my hair, I strode towards the bar and gulped down a chilled bottle of water. The cold liquid eased some of the tension off me, and in no time, I resumed to where I left off, back to where I was in my element.

  Work consumed me, and apart from taking a quick break when room service delivered lunch, I didn’t let off until my suit was promptly delivered at four.

  Shutting the computer systems off, I strode to the bathroom to shower. It was thirty to five when I emerged out of the hot spray. In my rotten state, the last thing I ought to be doing was attending parties and socializing. But at the same time, I was pressed to resume my old life and carry on as though Gisele’s rejection hadn’t nearly demoralized me.

  Taking my time to shave, I was quite preoccupied until a sudden rap at the door halted me from continuing.

  If this is Audrey ready to inform me the suit wasn’t the correct size, I’ll go truly ballistic. Not due to her mistake but simply because nothing was going right in my life whatsoever.

  “One moment!” I hollered as I speedily tugged a towel before cautiously securing it around my hips. Striding out of the bedroom and out towards the living room, my eyes quickly glanced towards the time before wrenching the door open.

  “Hi, do you have a moment?” Gisele timidly stood outside my door, seeming unsure as she warily eyed me. Gone was the woman who manically taunted me yesterday at the lawyer’s office. Dressed in jean shorts, a loose white shirt, and flats, she looked every bit of a college student and not the bitchy heiress from yesterday.

  Shocked at the sight of her, it took me a full minute to finally find my voice. “I have to be somewhere soon.”

  She shifted her feet, seemingly shy all of a sudden. “I won’t take long…I promise.”

  Damn. What did she want? The question daunted me, but at the same time, I had an obligation to her. If this was an emergency, it was my job to ensure everything was going to be handled without delay.

  “All right, come on in.” Stepping aside, I widened the door to let her pass.

  She slowly halted her steps just before the sofas. She then spun to face where I cautiously stood a good ten feet away from her with my lips pressed together and hands planted on my hips. I wasn’t necessarily aiming for hostility, but somehow, my attitude came off this way. After this morning, maybe her visit was just too premature.

  “I’m waiting, Gisele.”

  She slid her purse off her shoulder before pulling out a folder and carefully placing it on the coffee table. “I came to apologize, but it seems I caught you at the wrong time.”

  My eyes bore into the folder before scowling at the woman. “What the bloody hell’s in it? Are you personally handing me my resignation paperwork?”

  She threw me a wounded look, as if she couldn’t believe what had just come out of my mouth. But given how erratic she had been, one couldn’t be too sure where Gisele was concerned.

  “Don’t be too harsh. I know I’ve been acting crazy lately, but I wouldn’t go that far to hurt you.” Her voice trembled as she threw me a pleading look.

  “Then what the bloody hell is it?”

  Her fingers linked, her thumb dug into her forefinger, flinching apprehensively. “It’s our divorce,” she chokingly stated. “I’m handing it to you. Whether you want to file it or not, it’s solely up to you.”

  My body stilled. My world stopped. The functionality of my brain froze as my scowl deepened to a full-scale horrified expression. “What are you playing at here, Gisele?” I was beyond livid. “Do you think you can toy with people like some bloody yo-yo while you get to control and dictate my life! Do I look like a fucking puppet to you! You are a vile, vindictive, soulless person, and I’m quite ashamed I fell for your tricks!”

  “That’s not true!” she loudly objected as tears threatened to spill from the rim of her eyes. “You left! You didn’t even wait for me to grasp the entire situation. You just fucking left! It’s as if it’s that easy to just drop me and you fucking go on living your life as if you didn’t ruin mine!” she somberly stated. “Do you know how it feels every time you walk out on me? Do you? Not only did Rose chip away at my guilt, but she also managed to make me jealous. I was consumed by it. But instead of trying to talk me out of it, to help me heal from the pain she caused, you just up and left again. I’m of so little value to you…” She started crying—hard, deep, racking sobs. “You’ve hurt me so much. You terrify me, but I just realized I’m so terrified of fully losing you that I’m willing to risk you never talking to me. I hope it’s not too late to work things out. I want to stay married to you, and if Rose is in the picture and if she’s pregnant…If you still love me, I’m willing to accept your child as a part of you, too. I’ll love the baby as if it’s my own. So, please don’t judge me too harshly…I am learning and making countless mistakes. But here I am, ready to make amends, baring my heart to you, hoping you’ll love me again.”

  Her lengthy explosive confession tilted my axis. Not only was I speechless, but I was rather dumbfounded that she had bloody convinced herself I was having a child with Rose. Her imagination sure worked overtime. And as for the rest, I loved her, but she terrified me, too. But as she pointed out, maybe it was the wrong decision to walk out on her when she was obviously in pain that night. I was reeling from her divorce announcement, so consumed by pain and anger it was impossible to see past all the agonizing haze our confrontation evoked.

  “Gisele, I don’t know what else to say…This is all too much…”

  Fresh tears renewed, and she shuddered as she wiped the tears away. “It’s okay,” she hiccupped. “It’s okay. You’re busy and all, so I should get going.” Her eyes flickered towards the folder before she gripped her purse and sprinted towards the door.

  “That’s it?” I yelled after her, stopping her from taking another step.

  Ever so slowly, she turned to face me. “What do you mean by ‘that’s it’?”

  “After all you’v
e just said, you then decide to leave?”

  Gisele grimaced. Although the heavy stream of tears had halted, moisture remained in her sullen gray depths. “I’m giving you space. You look so affronted. I don’t know if you hate me or if you still love me or are just indifferent, or maybe I’m just saving us from another awkward goodbye.”

  My eyes trained on her as I progressively meandered over to her frozen form, contemplative. Stopping my tracks upon reaching her, my eyes ablaze as I gazed down on the woman who had wrung me dry. “Do you mean that, Gisele? About loving my child as your own?”

  She meekly nodded. “With all my heart.”

  “And what of Dexter?” I warily asked, eyes holding her firmly, never letting her off. “Where does he fit in this?”

  “You totally misconstrued what happened this morning. I left him a voicemail the other day, asking if I could interview him. It’s for school. He’s a lawyer, in case you’d forgotten…There’s nothing going on, Jared.” She paused, closing the gap between us. Placing her palm on my chest, she then gazed up at me, beseeching. “I’m not a soulless person. I care about the people I love. I want to keep them, to protect them. As for being vindictive…I never considered myself that way until you came along. I’m appalled I’ve stooped so low, but loving you isn’t an excuse to turn into a despicable person. I’m sorry for that. Like I said earlier, I’m learning. Take a chance on me. I won’t disappoint you.”

  I’d given her an opportunity to take it all back yesterday, but it seemed she hadn’t come to her senses until this morning. I was glad she had before everything was set in motion. Was I relieved? Beyond words. Was I wary? Quite. But we both were at fault here. We had begun this relationship without intending for it to be real. But here we were, falling in love with each other.

  “I wish I could take it all back, erase it all away, but wishing for the impossible wouldn’t solve anything. There is no baby, no Rose. I’m fucking in love with you, Gisele. I do…with all of me…with everything in me. I passionately love you. I’m ready to be the man you deserve to have. I’m ready to be your lover, your best friend, your champion, but above all, I’m ready to be your husband. We’ll give us a chance. We’ll give our marriage one last try—just you and me like it was supposed to be from the start. No more other people. No exes…just us working it out, fighting, making love, compromising, and hashing things out. If loving you means dealing with all of this, then I want all of your crazy. I’m ready, kitten.”

 

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