In Between Lies

by Hill, Shawna

  “Ha, ha, very funny. I see you got jokes…I will fix you a plate. I’m not hungry now. Besides it’s too late for me to eat.”

  He could hear the disappointment in her voice. “I said I was sorry. I should have called,” he said as he removed his shirt completely and got relaxed at the table. “I will make it up to you.”

  Savannah fixed his plate and sat beside him while he devoured its contents. “So did you get things taken care of?”

  “Yes, it’s all good now. But now that I am here, let’s not talk about working. Let’s talk about us and what we are going to do.” He took the last bite of food.

  “Do about what?” she questioned.

  “Besides, I know you didn’t go through all of this…” he waved his hand towards the burning candles then looked back at her… “to talk to me about work.” He flashed another smile. His clean shaven head glistened and his diamond earring sparkled as he tilted his head, giving her his infamous newscasters smile. He continued to eat, and finished while she watched.

  “The food was great and you are absolutely beautiful,” he said as he pulled her close to him. They laid there on her sitting room floor on a plush area rug in front of her lit fireplace.

  “Thanks. Speaking of food…are you ready to meet my family? You know our dinner is tomorrow night.”

  “I am ready if you are,” he answered. Propping himself up on his elbow, he cupped her face in his strong palm. “But right now, I’m ready to enjoy you. The family will be there tomorrow. I need you tonight.”

  Savannah quickly forgot what she was going to say as he removed his briefs and positioned himself over her. Heat rose past her throat and into her face as she eyed his lust filled eyes. Arching her body to meet his, she ached in anticipation of his entrance. His hot tongue and mouth encased her breast, leaving her breathless as he used the tip of his tongue to bring her nipple to a hardness that threatened to explode. She sighed, took a deep breath and pulled him down on her while wrapping her legs around his waist.

  “Kevin, quit teasing me,” she said as she rolled him over and lay on top of him.

  He looked up at her, smiled and removed his hands from her waist. “That’s what I’m talking about,” he said. “A take charge kind of woman. Baby, go for what you know.” He clasped his hands behind his head and she positioned herself perfectly for his entrance, then slid her mouth down…slowly at first, circling the tip of his hardness with her tongue. He shuddered and moaned with complete pleasure as she began to move faster, manipulating him with her mouth. Her hot breath and warm mouth accommodated him perfectly.

  He palmed the back of her head as if he was her teacher and she was his obedient student, and pressed her firmly down on him so that he could be wholly consumed. She hesitated, relaxed her throat muscles, and took him all in with a little more ease.

  Surprised at herself because she was not usually aggressive as far as sex was concerned, she inwardly smiled knowing that she had been opened up by this man. At his gentle urgings she’d become less automated and more free in her sexual experiences and was completely enjoying it.

  In the midst of his hazed thoughts and mind, a gentle buzz vibrated next to him. Glancing down at Savannah, then to his pants that were laying there beside them, he pushed them away towards the couch.

  “Okay,” he said, “my turn,” he rolled her onto her back and spread her while he stared into her eyes. He lowered his head and probed her with his tongue. Completely in awe, she thrashed her head back and forth, trying to hold herself from exploding in such a short time. Although it turned out that he was an expert at controlling when he and how he came, she still had yet to gain that control. She believed he got a kick out of bringing her to the exact point before she exploded then stopped, only to restart the whole process all over again. That absolutely drove her crazy and she loved every minute of it.

  After getting his fill of her taste, he raised himself up over her and went for the grand entrance. He throbbed in anticipation. She willingly opened herself up to him, inviting him without hesitation. In fact, she pulled him down into her, not wanting to waste another minute in sweet agony. Both throbbed and moved wildly in unison expecting to climax together. Shortly thereafter, Kevin brought her to the edge, took one last thrust and they both were spent. They laid together in silence, Savannah rubbing his chest and face lovingly while he heard the faint reminder buzz that shook the cell phone just across the room.

  Chapter 9

  A throbbing headache interrupted her hazed, early morning sleep. She lay there drifting in between worlds of dream and reality. Naomi, crossing over the limp lump that Richard now had become, drug herself from her bed and headed towards the kitchen for her morning coffee. Passing the bathroom on the way, she stopped mid stride, remembering that she’d forgotten to take her birth control pill last night. Popping her pill without water, she continued. Now that she’d gotten herself in tip top shape, there was no way that she wanted to become pregnant and lose the beautifully toned body she now had.

  Once in the kitchen, she grabbed her phone and redialed the number, only to get the same result…voicemail after several rings. The fact that the phone rang so many times let her know that the phone was indeed on and charged and either he was ignoring it or it was quite possibly on vibrate and he just didn’t hear or feel it. Either way, she was not getting through to him. Kevin had not showed up last night as he’d promised. She could only guess why he didn’t show. He was still the same player, she thought. He was just older and a little more tactful with it this time around.

  Never one to just sit around alone since he didn’t call or come over, she decided to give Richard a call instead. He was great company to her and she found that she did like him. Besides, she didn’t want to be alone and they had forged a symbiotic relationship. He filled the voids that Kevin left when he wasn’t there and made her look and feel beautiful in her photos and in person as well as treating her like a respectable woman. In turn she gave him what he wanted. He wanted what all men wanted from her…sex. He was a temporary fix until the real thing showed up. Kevin did not show up. That old cliché rang through her mind…what one won’t do, another one will.

  She dialed the number once more while she poured herself a cup of flavored coffee. This time she decided to leave a voicemail. “Hey, I just wanted to make sure you are alright. You didn’t stop in last night like I thought you said you would. Hope things are ok. So just give me a call as soon as you get the chance. I am going to a casting call this afternoon and will be free after that.”

  She headed back to her bedroom and found Richard awake and waiting for her. “Did I hear you talking in there? Is someone here?” he asked.

  “No, I was just leaving a voice mail message for a friend of mine. That’s all.” She bounced back on the bed and kissed him on the forehead. “Last night was great,” she whispered. “But I need to get myself together for the casting call.”

  “So what are you saying? You want me to leave? What, no breakfast or anything?” he questioned.

  “No, I’m sorry, but I really don’t eat breakfast, and I don’t have any breakfast food in the frig, unless you would consider last nights leftovers a suitable breakfast.”

  “Ok, I get the picture. So what do we do next?”

  “What do you mean?”

  “I mean, we have been seeing each other for a good minute now and I have been trying to get into your head. You won’t let me.” Richard stood and pulled his pants on. “I mean, what is up with you? We have a good time together and seem to vibe, but there is a side to you that you won’t let me see. I know there is. I can feel it.”

  “I’m sorry you feel that way, Richard. But I don’t know how to respond to that. Yes, we do have a good time and I appreciate your company and how you make me feel. But-“

  “But what?” he interrupted. “You don’t want to see where this could lead?”

  “No, I’m not saying that. I am just saying that I want to take my time, that’s all. I
am trying to pursue my career and I don’t want to ruin a good thing with you by complicating things.”

  “Complicated? What is making it complicated? I like you, you like me… what are you talking about?” he threw his hands up in the air. Disturbed, he was having a hard time zipping up his pants, then he just gave up.

  “I thought that we were just fine like this.” She smiled and stood behind him, circling her arms around him. “I will see you later, okay?”

  “Yeah, whatever.” He walked off. “I will see myself out.”

  After a few minutes, Naomi walked to the door, looked out and locked it. She did have to admit that she liked Richard and didn’t really want to hurt his feelings, but she wanted Kevin back…and that was what she was here to accomplish. Nothing more, and nothing less. She was determined to win his heart no matter what it took. After she thought about it, she was never sure if she had his heart to begin with. Actually, she remembered how hesitant he was to even get re involved with her in the first place and how she’d enticed him. Now that she’d gotten him back in her realm, she wanted to make sure she kept him there.

  Naomi slid into her sleek black Lexus and headed for the casting call. Along the way, she’d concentrated most of her thoughts on Kevin and the obvious way he’d been dodging her calls lately. Now that she’d wormed her way into his bed, she’d have to find a similar way into his head. She figured she’d studied him before and got him so she’d study him again.

  Just as she was pulling into the drive way of the studio, her phone rang.

  “Hey, it’s me. Sorry about last night. Something came up,” Kevin said. He’d just slid into his own car and was leaving Savannah’s house.

  Naomi smiled. At least he was thinking enough of her to call now. Never mind that he didn’t return or respond to her call the night before. She decided to take it for what it was worth.

  After his apologies to Savannah last night for being late, he’d planned on just spending a little time with her and not the rest of the night. She looked so good and he couldn’t resist staying and tasting her. Although Naomi was much more his speed, he had gradually felt a little something for Savannah and really did want to see where it would lead. But he also wanted Naomi as well. She had what it took to tame his lustful desires and quenched his thirst in every way imaginable.

  “Who is she?” Naomi asked. She couldn’t resist asking.

  “Excuse me? What are you talking about?” Kevin cleared his throat, obviously caught off guard with her to the point question.

  “C’mon Kevin, baby, I know you…remember?”

  “I told you something came up, not someone,” he countered.

  “Ok, whatever. If that is what you say, that is what you say,” Naomi said, not wanting to stir him up or agitate him anymore than she knew she did already. “So what are your plans for today?” she asked to change the subject.

  “I want to see you later, if that is alright?” he asked.

  “You can see me anytime you’d like, but on one condition…” she added.

  “And that is?”

  “That I get you for the whole weekend…starting tonight.”

  “Umm, that sounds nice. Look, right now I am headed to work, so I will catch up with you later, baby. Ok?”

  “How much later?” she insistently asked.

  “I will call you as soon as I leave the station.”

  He made no promises, but that was enough to hold her for the moment.

  “Ok,” Naomi hung the phone up with the nagging feeling that she wouldn’t hear from him. Not only for the day, but the entire weekend. The station, she thought. That would be a good place to start.

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  “What time is dinner?” Jazzy asked. “And do I need to bring anything besides my appetite?” Jazzy rubbed her stomach. “Girl, I deliberately didn’t eat this afternoon because I knew Big Momma has done some big things in the kitchen…especially with the ribs and greens.”

  Savannah closed her laptop while Jazzy continued to jabber her mouth about food. Her mind was mainly on the month end closing numbers. She was just a couple of accounts under her given quota and knew the exact reason why she hadn’t hit her mark. Actually, the team she was over was right on pace. It was just her that missed it. Kevin had monopolized her very being and she knew that was the cause. In light of that, she’d reasoned that her time was well spent with him. She’d regained a new and fresh outlook on life and was happy now that she was with him.

  “I just have to make some last minute calls to a couple of clients. Then I will be ready to head out. You riding with me or following me?”

  “I can roll with you if you just wait for me to swing by your house. We can both change there.”

  “That’s fine. Of course, you know I will be waiting for Kevin.”

  “Good, because I will be waiting on Gio. I can tell him to meet me at your house. Now that I think about it, I will go home and just meet you at Big Mommas’ house. Who knows, you might want to get you a little piece before you get there,” Jazzy smiled. “Nothin like a quickie.”

  “You are too much,” Savannah laughed, thinking that wasn’t a bad idea at all. She’d love to have another quick sample of Kevin…anytime, she thought.

  “See you later on then.”

  The ride home was uneventful, though Savannah’s thoughts danced in and out about what she would wear, but mostly how she was going to introduce Kevin to the family. He was just a friend, she thought….a very good friend. A friend with benefits? A boyfriend? What exactly was he? Now that they had been intimate on a regular basis, didn’t that make them a couple? Unspoken, but known maybe? “Hmm, that’s a good question,” she whispered aloud. “One that I guess I need to ask him.”

  Naomi sat outside across the street from the station in an empty parking lot waiting for Kevin to emerge. Mentally, she was reliving the last time they were together. How he made love to her…so demanding and rough, just the way she liked it and the way she knew he liked it. So it was a puzzle to her as to why he was playing her so hard when she knew he wanted her. Or else he wouldn’t have come through to her on a regular basis to satisfy his needs and hers for that matter. She knew there was something more there other than just fulfilling his needs... she just needed him to know it as well as she did.

  In mid-thought her cell phone rang.. “Hey, are you still upset with me?” he asked.

  “Richard, I was never upset with you, it was the other way around.”

  “What are you doing? Can I come over there and talk to you? We need to talk and clarify some things.”

  “What things, Richard? I told you things are fine just the way they are.”

  Just then, she saw Kevin come out. His profile was strong as was his swagger. “Look, I will call you when I get home. Gotta go.”

  “But what about?” She’d cut him off and hung up before he could finish.

  Naomi drove back a few cars behind Kevin as he made his way through the traffic. In the meantime, her cell continued to ring, but she refused to answer for fear of taking her eyes off the road and his car and losing it. Her hands trembled as she followed, in anticipation of where he was going. He’d stopped at a convenient store, then a flower shop and purchased a huge bouquet of white and yellow roses which she no doubt knew were for the other woman that she was sure he was preoccupied with when he wasn’t with her. She planned on changing that soon.

  His last stop was his home. Naomi stopped about a half a block from him and yet again waited, then decided to call him. She got voicemail. He didn’t bother to answer the phone. Upset, she slammed the cell down, clasped the wheel and put her head against it. Taking deep breaths, she calmed her nerves and waited a little longer for him to come out. He did.

  Her doorbell rang loudly as she stepped from the shower. Savannah quickly emerged, soaking wet. Draping a towel around her wet hair, she grabbed the robe hanging on her bathroom door.

  “Hi!” She moved to the side and allowed Kevin to
enter. “Those for me? They are beautiful!” Grabbing him by the waist, she kissed him lightly on the cheek.

  “Uh, no, I have something for you later. This is for your mother. You think she will like them?”

  “She will love them! Let me grab a vase out of the kitchen for you to put them in. She is going to love you. You always have the right thing at the right time. I will be ready in a minute. I just got out of the shower, obviously,” she laughed and pointed to her towel wrapped head and dripping body.

  “And you look like it,” he answered. But you look good enough to eat. Maybe we can skip dinner and go straight for dessert. I was thinking pecan pie.” He pinched her behind as she walked away.

  “Don’t start something you can’t finish.”

  “Oh, baby, I can finish.”

  “Promises, promises. You look nice too, by the way. I will be right back.”

  The thought of laying with him wasn’t a bad idea. She thought of Jazzy and was sure that she was getting her groove on…probably at this very moment, knowing her. It would mellow out her jittery nerves. She wanted Kevin to make a good impression on the family. Big Momma so wanted her to be happy, but had warned her to be careful. She wanted her to see that with Kevin there was nothing to worry about.

  Slipping on her jeans and a nice beige sweater, she finished towel drying her hair and pulled it back into a casually neat ponytail. She applied her eyeliner, a few strokes of mascara and some lip gloss and was ready to go. As she came down the stairs, she’d seen that Kevin had made himself comfortable at the bar area. He’d pulled off his shoes and had poured himself a drink.

  “You want one?” he asked.

  “No. Knock yourself out.”

  She grabbed her coat and said, “Ready to do this? Let’s go.”

  Kevin gulped down the last of his drink.

  “Is there anything I should know about your family before we get there?” he asked. “Any deep dark secrets that you are hiding?”

  “Nope, and none.” Savannah clasped his right hand as he drove with his left. “I did want to talk to you about something, though.”