by Mina Carter
"You're not fucking her."
"What if she wants to fuck me?" he asks. "You gonna tell her no? I'm pretty sure you'd give her anything she wanted."
"Shut the fuck up," I grumble.
"You didn't answer my question."
"No, I didn't." Because I don't want to admit the answer. What could I do if Hope wanted to fuck him? I don't have any claim to her even though I wish she was mine.
“I bet you a grand she’ll beg me to fuck her.”
“Whatever,” I scoff.
"We had a nice little chat today. Very educational," Heath says with a smirk, knowing I won't like that one bit.
"What? When?" I demand.
"Around lunchtime in the kitchen. Ginger One and Ginger Two are pretty damn cute, right?" he asks.
"Stay away from Riley and Noah. You're a bad influence that they don't need at such a young age."
"Why do you give a shit?"
"Because Hope's protective of them. She's had to raise them on her own since the asshole who knocked her up hasn't ever been there for them."
"Ha!" he barks out a laugh. "Got that right."
A knock on the door thankfully interrupts our idiotic bantering. I jump up to walk across the spacious room to open it for her.
"Hey," I say, instantly letting go of all my anger and annoyance when I see her beautiful, smile.
"Hey," she says in return. In nothing but a short cotton sleepshirt I can see her tight nipples taunting me, knowing I want to touch them and taste them. "Can I come in?" she asks after I stand there staring at her like a teenage boy with his first dirty magazine.
"Oh, sure." I step aside to let her through before shutting and locking the door again.
"Hello, darlin'," the jackass greets her with a lecherous grin. He does a few more pull-ups, flexing for her since she's watching him closely.
"Hi, Heath. You been practicing using a few words other than fuck, ass, hell, and bitch?"
"You know you can't wait to have my filthy mouth on you again. And here's a secret," he says before landing on his feet in front of her and lowering his voice. "I don't need to bite you for my mouth to make you come."
"Stop talking," I order and he growls at me because that's all he can do. "So how do you want to do this?"
"That's up to you, but I'd really like to have both of your mouths on me at the same time," Hope says, pulling her nightshirt over her head, leaving her naked. The only thing covering her is the long, wavy strawberry-blond locks streaming down her ivory shoulders. "Or my mouth on your cock while his mouth is on me."
Fucking. Hell.
Before I can respond, she's in front of me, kissing me for all she's worth before she hits her knees. Yanking my sleep pants and boxer-briefs down, my raging boner springs free while I stand there naked like an awkward virgin.
"I love a woman who doesn't waste any time," Heath mutters as he comes closer.
Hope's warm mouth manages to swallow my hesitancy of having him watch right along with my entire thick length.
"Goddamn," Heath groans, watching Hope's head bob faster and faster. "My cock is so fucking jealous right now."
Kneeling behind her, Heath grabs her hair and holds it up off her neck, unfortunately making Hope pause her incredible suction.
"Well, don't stop, darlin'. If I can't fuck you then I want to watch you suck him off while I suck you off," he tells her and her green eyes look back up at me before she resumes blowing my mind. She reaches for my sac at the same time, making me groan. "Oh yeah. He likes that. I bet he'd love you sucking on him right there, too."
"Oh fuck!" After Hope’s mouth moves lower, sucking on my balls while her hand keeps stroking my cock, my eyes close as I shout unintelligible words.
When I look back down, Heath is licking his tongue around Hope's neck, causing her to shiver. His eyes stay on mine when he reaches around and cups her breasts, daring me to tell him to stop.
"You ready for me to bite you, Hope?" he asks her permission even though that's the reason he's here. After she nods, he chops down on her neck, making her stiffen before moaning around my cock. I'm so damn close to the edge and it feels so fucking good. I'm so blissed out I don't even get pissed when I see Heath's hand move between Hope’s legs. "You didn't say I couldn't touch her," he points out when he's done biting her.
"Do you want him to touch you?" I ask. Her body shaking and rapid moans are my response. Of course she does, and why should I be the one to stop him from making her feel good? Once her tremors ease she looks up at me and goes back to applying even more suction to my cock.
"Ah, fuck yes. So close," I warn her and she doesn't dare let up until I explode down her throat with a guttural roar. While I'm trying to recover, Hope's mouth releases my cock and turns around to cover Heath's lips. He doesn't seem the least bit bothered about tasting me on her. His hand grips the back of her hair tightly, holding her to him when he pulls her down to the floor on top of him. After that, I can only stand and watch, entranced as Heath's hands frantically jump from her ass to her breasts and pussy while she straddles him, grinding on his hard cock through his jeans. Hope's ass cheeks tighten when she gets off again by dry humping the bastard. Her hand quickly moves under his waistband into his pants where she starts jerking him off.
It's all happening so fast that I'm not sure how I feel about it. Can't say I'm pissed or even jealous. According to my cock that's fully engorged again, I'm pretty sure I'm aroused, like incredibly turned on. There's a live porno taking place in the middle of my bedroom floor and it’s insanely hot. Listening to the moans and other sounds the two are making, seeing Hope's naked ass riding him, and even his hands making her come have gotten me all worked up.
"Oh God. Too dry," he mutters, sounding in distress. "Lick your hand. Get lube. Oh fuck."
"Suck his cock," I say, surprising myself. No one second guesses the order. Hope unzips his jeans and gets busy blowing him while he cries out various obscenities.
Stepping out of my clothes that are still around my ankles, I fall to my knees behind her. Straddling Heath's legs, I reach around and grope her heavy tits while rubbing my hard cock against her ass. I'm definitely not expecting the stinging bite on my arm or the sudden pleasure it brings. It's been awhile since I've been sucked on—or sucked off, rather—by a vampire, and the instant orgasm is even better than I remember. I can't hold in the grunts or curses when the fevered ecstasy causes my cock to spontaneously erupt all over Hope's ass.
"Holy fuck," I hear Heath groan between pants while I'm trying to recover. "Ah, that's good. Ahh!"
I finally get up from the floor to get a washcloth from the bathroom and bring it back to clean up the mess I made on Hope's back.
"Goddamn, woman," Heath says, raising himself up until his lips are covering hers. "We both owe you a thorough pussy licking after that. You're a fucking cock sucking pro. No wonder King Cunt keeps you around."
"She is a pro," I mutter. I hate the reminder of how many men she's been with before. Any man that was willing to pay up. That's all I am and will ever be to her or any other woman. A big ass dollar sign. That realization pisses me off and it also reminds me that I haven't paid her anything since she's been here. I haven’t even pleasured her since the first night. I'm fucking selfish for using her body just like all the other men.
So what's the current tally of what I owe her? One fuck and about three blowjobs? I pull my pants and boxer-briefs back on and then head for my wallet beside the bed. After counting out all I have on me, about two thousand, I toss the stack of hundreds on the bed.
"Hope that's enough," I say before walking out of my bedroom and slamming the door behind me.
Chapter Seven
Hope
I jump when the door slams shut and try to blink back the tears threatening to escape the corners of my eyes.
"I'm sorry," Heath says and that's all it takes to push the moisture right over the edge of my lashes. His arms go around me, holding me against his bare chest. "What the
hell was that about?"
"I'm a whore," I tell him.
"What?"
"Until the other night I worked for Simon at Heaven."
"Oh," he says simply. "But you were just trying to take care of Ginger One and Ginger Two, right?"
I nod against his shoulder.
"All because that asshole knocked you up and then wasn't around to help you support them."
"He didn't know..."
"Well, he should now."
"No!" I say, pulling away from him and finally getting to my feet to cover myself back up. "Don't you dare." Behind me, I hear Heath stand and the sound of his zipper being raised. Once my sleepshirt is on, I head for the door.
"Where are you going? I'm not done with you yet. I was serious about licking your pussy."
I laugh but shake my hanging head. "Not tonight, but I'll take a rain check."
"What about the money? There's a shitload of it."
"I don't want it."
"Well, too bad. Your boys need it," he says, and when I turn around he's gathering it up into a nice, neat stack. "Think of it as Eric's first child support payment."
I shake my head and reach for the door handle, but Heath grabs my upper arm to stop me. "Could I maybe stay with you tonight? I have scary nightmares," he says with warm and sincere chocolate eyes. "No funny business I swear. Scout's honor." He holds up the peace sign instead of the three finger salute.
I smile. "Fine," I agree. "But around my boys you better disappear."
"I'll jump out the window if I have to," he assures me.
"Good. I'm going to hold you to that," I reply.
…
I sit straight up in the bed, startled awake with my heart racing out of my chest. "Heath" is the only word I get out of my mouth before I'm thrown to the floor so hard the wind is knocked out of me. I get to my hands and knees, gasping for oxygen before I can finally take a deep breath.
I hear curses and thuds, glass breaking around the room before I finally realize there's someone in here and Heath's fighting them.
"Guards!" I scream.
The sudden bright light causes my eyes to squint until they can adjust. When they do, it's just in time for me to see Heath snap a bald man's neck. Men dressed in fatigues form a semi-circle around Heath with their guns aimed at him.
I jump up from the floor and run to the next room, bursting through the door, my body still shaking from nerves and adrenaline. I don't hear anything or see any movement in the darkness, but I still turn on the lamp to be sure. Noah and Riley are sound asleep, back to back. Noah's thumb is in his mouth since he still hasn't outgrown the comfort, while Riley's hands are both tucked under his head. After I check the closet and bathroom to ease my worry, I turn off the light and pull the door shut again.
"So who is that?" I hear one of the men in black ask when I return to my room. The guns have all been lowered but are still out and at the ready.
"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to ask him while he was trying to kill us in our sleep," Heath replies sarcastically, pushing his hand through his blond locks. "You're welcome to try now, but the better question is how the fuck did he get in here? Were you slackers sleeping on the job? I can't wait to tell King Cunt."
"Tell me what," Eric says when he appears in the doorway, looking tired in nothing but the pajama pants from earlier. He looks at Heath in just his boxers and then over at me. I can tell when his jaw ticks that he's making all sorts of assumptions.
"These worthless fucks were snoozing while Hope and I almost got murdered in our sleep," Heath explains.
Eric shoulders his way farther into the room. The other guys snap to attention and move quickly away from him like they're nervous. It's the first time I've noticed that Eric's larger than all of them, thicker and more muscular, which seems odd for bodyguards to be smaller than the person they're supposed to protect. I guess their guns are the advantage.
"Vampire?" Eric asks Heath, who nods. "Convenient of you to kill him before we could question him."
"What the fuck?" Heath squares his broad shoulders, bristling at the insinuation. "He had a gun with a silencer and my first thought was that I don't want to get fucking shot tonight or risk her getting hurt. Don't you think she's the one he came for? It was pure luck that I was in here with her or she'd be dead right now!"
"Luck," Eric scoffs. "Bullshit. What the hell were you doing in here anyway?"
At that question a few guards clear their throats and lower their eyes before hightailing it out of the room.
"Why do you give a shit? You made it perfectly clear exactly what she is to you," Heath challenges with his hands on his narrow hips.
"Yeah, and it's perfectly fucking clear what I am to her, too," Eric says, picking up the stack of money on the dresser and fanning it.
"I grabbed the money and brought it in here because she wouldn't!" Heath yells "She deserves every penny for having to put up with you."
"Whatever," Eric mutters, throwing the currency back down. "I'm using her for sex, she's using me for money. What about you? Are you using her to get back at me for Vanessa?"
Vanessa? Who the hell is Vanessa?
"Unlike you, I wouldn't be an asshole and steal my best friend's girl!" Heath yells, which answers that question.
"I didn't steal her!" Eric exclaims. "She threw herself at me. She came and found me all the way up in New York, crying and telling me that you broke things off with her. I believed her because I had no reason to think she'd lie about that shit, especially since it sounded like something you'd do!"
"You could've asked me first before you fucked her!"
"Did you ask me before you fucked her?" Eric barks while pointing at me.
"I haven't fucked her yet, but since you've broached the subject, do you mind if I fuck your girl? Excuse me, your paramour?"
"Did you fuck her tonight?" Eric asks slowly and deliberately with a deep, almost growl.
"No."
"And you won’t without my permission! Do you know who that is?" he asks, pointing to the dead man still on the floor.
"No, asshole, but I'd bet my left nut that daddy dearest sent him based on what Hope told me."
"Are you working for him?" Eric asks in that slow and deliberate cold tone again.
"Hell no! And your Jedi mind trick would be better put to use on your slackass guards."
Jedi mind trick?
"I plan to, even though they're all going to be punished. You're going to stay in my room from now on," Eric turns to me and commands. He looks angry and threatening with his face flushed, bristling bronze jaw clenched tight, and bare chest rising and falling with his rapid breaths. I don't care if he is angry, he's not going to boss me around just because he's jealous.
"No, I'm not," I reply coolly, taking a seat on the edge of the mattress.
"Ha!" Heath barks out a laugh. "That shit doesn't work on her. I bet you hate that so much, someone telling you no."
"Why not?" Eric asks me and I hear his teeth grind against each other from across the room.
"I'm staying close to the boys."
"Oh," he says, his shoulders lowering as if his anger has somewhat deflated. "Then I'm staying in here. The guards are fucking worthless."
"Yo, King Cunt. I'm more than capable of watching out for her. As proof, I offer you, Exhibit A," Heath says with a kick to the dead man still on the floor.
"Stop calling me King Cunt. If you utter those two words together again I'll cut your tongue out of your mouth and shove it up your ass."
"You're just pissed because she'd rather have me in here than you!"
"If you allow even a scratch on her, I'll kill you," Eric threatens him, clenching his fists like he's about to lunge at the surfer boy.
"Why?" I finally speak up and ask Eric after hearing enough of their pissing contest. "I'm just your whore. It's not like you can't afford to buy another one. Honestly, I'd rather you both sleep in the twin's room since no one but me seems to give a shit about them! What if
he'd gone in there instead of here?" I ask before a sob breaks free at just the thought. I bury my face in my hands, trying to scrub away those horrible images. I can't imagine anything happening to my sweet boys, especially not because I put them in danger.
"I'll sleep in there," I hear Eric say quietly. "But you're wrong, Hope. You're not just my whore. I'm not paying you for sex. I'm paying you to stay here with me because now that I've found you, I don't want to lose you again."
…
Eric
"Sir?" Charles asks from the office door.
"What?" I practically growl at him. He's not the one I'm pissed at. Hell, I'm not even really upset with Heath. If it wasn't for him...I don't want to think about what could've happened to Hope. I'm just tired after barely sleeping on the uncomfortable cot in the twins’ rooms, knowing he was in her bed. I'm stressed the fuck out.
This is all my father's fault and I'm angry at him for his stupid heir requirement and at Bron Drake for killing him. I know it was that son of a bitch. A medical examiner that just flew in today from Boston is exhuming my father's body, so that he can run all the tests to determine what really caused his death.
"Sorry, sir. I'll come back later," the old man says softly.
"No, Charles. Sorry. What do you need?"
"Well, I had a suggestion-" he starts. Great, another one. It'll be the hundredth of the day and it’s only eleven o’clock in the morning.
"Let's fucking hear it."
"Ah, well, while the twins seem to enjoy playing with your G.I. Joes and Transformers, I heard them ask their mother about their cars. I assume they're the rather inexpensive Matchbox cars, and thought you might want me or Ms. Moore to purchase some new ones for them or go retrieve theirs?"
I relax at his request, but am embarrassed that I hadn’t even thought of the small act of kindness.
"I'll do both. Get me her address and keys. I'll go by to see what they already have before adding to it."
"Very well, sir," he says before he leaves.
An hour later, my driver, Derek, pulls up in front of a rundown, three story apartment building. Window unit air conditioners that I haven't seen in twenty or more years jut out of some of the apartments. Shady, tatted up guys stand around talking out front. I'd almost bet my family’s fortune that they're all packing heat. If I didn't have four armed guards with me, I might even be concerned.