Filthy Desires: A Romantic Suspense Collection

by Parker, Kylie

  “Wipe that smirk off your face,” she muttered as she rolled her eyes.

  “Never,” I said lowly.

  She walked towards me as I held out her glass for her, and when her fingers brushed up against mine that same jolt of energy cascaded up my arm. This woman was ruining me. I had no idea why or how, and I would ask every question in the book she would let me ask just so I could find out–

  – Just so I could figure out why the hell I couldn’t get her off my mind.

  12

  I don’t know if he felt it, but I did: the jolt of fire whenever our skin happened to brush against each other. My employer’s words kept echoing in the back of my mind, but all I could do was hold my breath while we sat on the couch. I sipped my wine delicately while he talked about his business and the building of his career, and I found twinkling stars bursting in his eyes every time he smiled.

  “What about your family?” I asked.

  I saw his shoulders tense at the question before he brought his drink back up to his lips.

  “What about yours?” he shot back.

  “I asked you first,” I smirked.

  “Ladies first,” he winked.

  “If you don’t want to talk about it, just tell me.”

  “I don’t want to talk about it.”

  My eyes hooked onto his face as I watched his jaw clench. His entire body seemed to wrench away from mentioning anything about his family, and all it did was pique my curiosity. But I knew better than to press because I wasn’t about to become personal about myself just to know a little more about this spoiled-rotten playboy sitting in front of me.

  Except… the spoiled rotten playboy that greeted me at the door that morning was not the current man sitting in front of me.

  “When is your birthday, Madeline?” he asked lowly. His eyes were trained towards the window, no doubt taking in the view of the city skyline against the black backdrop of the dancing stars in distant solar systems.

  “December second. Why?” I asked.

  My view was already in front of me, and I kept my eyes hooked onto the profile of his face while the cogs behind his eyes slowly began to turn.

  “Just… trying to learn more about you,” he murmured.

  “What brought you to New York in the first place?” he asked. He turned his head towards me, and this time it was my turn to lock up. I felt my shoulders roll back as the wine in my throat suddenly caught, and it caused me to cough it back up into the delicate wine glass I was holding before I could even catch what I was doing.

  I felt a large, strong hand descend between my shoulder blades before someone took the glass from my trembling hand. The hand rubbed my back soothingly before a handkerchief came out of nowhere and covered my mouth, and before I could cough up the rest of the wine, I felt another hand smoothing the hair back from my reddening face.

  His touch was warm, and intentional. Every stroke had a purpose and every touch had a mission, and I could feel the pads of his fingers fluttering across my skin as he deliberately tried to calm my body as it wracked itself with coughs.

  I finally started breathing in deeply without pain and sat back up onto the couch. As involuntary tears poured from my eyes, he hooked his mesmerizing stare into mine before his hand traveled to my shoulder. I felt the heat of his body cascade down my chest before he raised his hand to cup my face, and it was then that I realized how closely our bodies had moved to each other on the couch. I could smell the tinge of scotch on his breath while the pad of his thumb slowly caressed my tear-drenched cheek, and I swear I had to tell myself to keep breathing as I watched his eyes dance in between mine.

  “That good of a reason, huh?” he smirked.

  I rolled my eyes and pulled back from his touch before I brought the handkerchief up to my eyes; but it wasn’t long before I felt the heat of his body lingering elsewhere as I continued to clean up my face.

  He had laid his hand down onto my knee, and I was painfully aware of how wonderful his touch felt.

  “If you don’t want to talk about it, just tell me,” he repeated.

  “I don’t want to talk about it,” I whispered.

  His thumb continued its soft circles on my knee, and I had to begin breathing deeply in order to keep the shivering of my body at bay. My mind was pulsing with the rules of my job, but my body was slowly caving to this man –

  – This man, who had hired me to take care of his daughter.

  He was an enigma, this one: a master of sarcasm and wit by trade; owner of a ruthless business by day; and an enchanter of women by night. He threw his money around in a metaphorical dick-measuring contest with those around him, and he never once backed down from a challenge. He was strong, sure of himself, and knew he could have anything he wanted if he snapped his fingers loud enough.

  Was that what he was doing to her?

  Snapping his fingers?

  My eyes grazed back up his body before I took in his position, and when I locked my eyes onto his lips I realized just how closely he had leaned in towards me. My body was drawn to him, like a magnet to its metal counterpart, and the pulsing of his scotch-tinged breath on my lips sped up my own breathing. I could feel the hair on my arms standing on end as he ran his hand from my knee all the way up to my waist, and as our lips connected, I felt my back slowly being laid onto the couch.

  Desperation combed over me so that my hands flew into his hair. His honey blonde tendrils curved their way naturally around my fingers, and his tongue plundered the corners of my mouth. My legs willingly fell apart, accepting his body as his hips began rolling into mine. I could feel his growing length in between my trembling legs. Thick and veiny, I imagined it dripping for me while I ran my tongue up its length.

  My appetite became voracious, and I raked my teeth across his bottom lip, eliciting a growl from him that could only be considered evolutionary. His chest was strong and the nails of my fingers raked down his shirt, frantic to claw away the pieces of fabric that separated his taut skin from the pads of my fingers.

  His hand let go of my face and ricocheted down to my breast, massaging it rhythmically before my nipple stood at attention between his fingers. He rolled the pert little bud against his skin, and the moan that dripped from my lips caused a grin to break out on his cheeks.

  He was proud he could elicit that sound from me –

  – Just like he probably had so many other women.

  If there was one thing I knew about myself, it was that I was better than the lot of them. I might have dropped out of school, grieved the loss of a child that wasn’t mine, and lived two ticks above squalor just to get by, but I was better than being some rich guy’s flavor-of-the-night conquest.

  I deserved better for my life, and it was time I started demanding that.

  “Mr. Blake,” I breathed as I put my hands on his chest.

  He stopped in his tracks and hooked his dark, gluttonous stare onto my face before I fluttered my eyes open to meet his.

  “I really should be getting to bed,” I whispered.

  I saw his jaw clench in frustration, and I knew I had made the right decision. Whether Mr. Blake saw me as another notch in his belt, or whether he saw me as a challenge, this job was financially changing my life.

  So I had to keep it long enough to make sure it continued to do just that.

  He sat up and took my body with his. His arm was strong around my waist: a part of me wanted to melt back into his arms; a part of me wanted to straddle his lap, feel his large hands cup my ass cheeks before picking me up, taking me to his room, and sinking me lustfully down onto his mattress;

  a part of me wanted to scream his name.

  But I had to keep thinking about my future.

  I scrambled off the couch and resituated my clothes. I fluffed my hair and smoothed my palms down my shirt. Before I could reach for my wine glass on the table his soothing voice stopped me in my tracks.

  “I’ve got it,” he said lowly.

  I flicked my gaze his way a
nd caught his stare one last time before he stood to go. Gone was the look of darkened lust and wanton gluttony. Gone were the predatory stare and the confident stature. In its place, however, was a look I couldn’t quite place.

  It was a look I’d never seen on Der – I mean, Mr. Blake – before, and before I could question my actions and second-guess my decisions, I allowed my feet to carry me as fast as they could out of the room and into the dark confines of mine.

  Distance was what we needed… and distance is what I would keep.

  13

  Fuck.

  All I could think when I woke up that morning was “fuck.”

  I’d had her. I’d had her right where I wanted her: worn down from the long day; loosened up with wine. And just as I could imagine what her legs would taste like on my tongue, she pulled away.

  Why would she do that? I set everything up so well! I cooked dinner, Clara was asleep, the moon was full, and the stars were twinkling. There were no honking horns and the wine tasted especially ripe that night.

  Fuck!

  I groaned before I rolled over in bed and I closed my eyes while the satin sheets of my bed slowly slipped off my body. The cool morning air felt wonderful on my skin; there was nothing like sleeping naked to wake you up in a wonderful mood. I kept my body in shape just so I could go naked… but who the hell said I had to wake up alone?

  Three fucking weeks, I worked on this woman.

  I was due back to work the next morning, and all I could do was replay the night before: how her eyes sparkled easily with the reflection of my own; how her body curled so instinctively into mine when I laid her on my couch. I envisioned how her body would have rolled into mine, how her legs would have trembled at every flick of my tongue. She would have lost control and I would have slurped her up, and I could have taken her on every surface of my home –

  – My dresser –

  – That shower –

  – The wall –

  – My bed –

  – Her bed –

  – All the beds –

  Damn it, I would’ve put her anywhere so long as she’d let me inside.

  I felt my chest heating up and my pelvis burned with a frustrated fury. I reached down and wrapped my hand around my throbbing length, angry from the night before. My balls hung low with unfiltered need, and I knew this was the way I was going to start my morning. I closed my eyes and envisioned the voluptuous breasts underneath those conservative shirts she always wore. I imagined her thighs squeezing my head as my hand began to pump my thick cock, and the only thing I could think was that she was missing out. Every woman threw her head back in pleasure when they sat on my lap, and I knew I could fill her completely –

  – Fill her wholly –

  – Fill her in all the right places.

  My hips began to thrust off the bed. My mind imagined her tongue licking down my chest. I imagined her fingernails raking across my back as I pounded her into the wall of my home. I clenched my teeth as I felt my balls rise up into my body, and my jaw peeled open with a silent cry that was begging to yell her name.

  I yelled her name in my mind while her breasts pressed into the full-length windows of my penthouse.

  I’d expose her to the world with me buried between her legs if she’d let me.

  Anything to let everyone know she was mine.

  My hot spurting seed shot out so far it hit my neck, and my back tumbled to the bed recklessly before my chest began to heave for oxygen. Silver streaks burst in my vision, and it took me a while to right myself before the wonderful smells came wafting in from the kitchen.

  She was up and cooking…

  … and I wanted to see her now.

  I grabbed some clothes and slipped into the bathroom where I proceeded to clean myself down. I tried to rid myself of the fact that I had to go to work tomorrow and I decided to take a quick shower. The steam filled the room while I washed down my neck, and I couldn’t help but continue to think about last night. I had finally gotten my skin against hers, and it felt like she had burned a lasting imprint into all the places her skin had come into contact with mine.

  She was fire, and I was ice, and slowly she was melting parts of my skin that hadn’t ever been exposed to the heated elements of lust in quite some time.

  Sure, I’d had trysts. I’ve got urges just like everyone else, and trust me… there’s no hand that can compare with the sweet, silky, throbbing insides of a woman’s body. There’s nothing quite as soft as pulling a woman’s body next to yours at night, and there sure as hell was no substitute for a woman’s taste: salty, silky, smooth, and sweet.

  Madeline would taste just like that and more, I just knew it.

  I felt my groin churning again with desire at the mere thought of her presence, and I leaned my head against the shower wall before planting my feet firmly into the ground. She stirred feelings in me that was primal; feelings that no other woman had stirred in me. All of those other girls – those names I couldn’t remember – they were just warm bodies for the night. Prizes for every client I nailed and birthday presents for every year I got older.

  But Madeline: she was a challenge; a treat after being thrown life’s biggest curveball;

  a saving grace when I didn’t know what the hell I was supposed to do.

  I wrapped my hand around my growing cock again and began thrusting into it. My hips pounded into my hand and I couldn’t help but imagine the slapping skin being my hips thrusting into hers. My balls would surely smack that tight ass of hers, and I knew I’d be able to render her speechless with the things I’d do to her body.

  I’d tweak her nipples with my fingers while her legs were thrown over my shoulders. I’d slap her ass from behind before teasing her asshole with a finger. She’d clench, but I’d slip it in anyway, and she’d lose her head in a mind-blowing orgasm.

  I bet she’d squirt.

  God, they always do with me.

  I choked out another orgasm, hoping I could stifle my sounds. By myself, I had sounds: roaring sounds; thunderous sounds. I enjoyed growling in a woman’s ear and telling her all the things that were to come. I enjoyed watching her skin tingle as she envisioned the beating her body would take before she would cry mercy.

  But I never gave them mercy. I wracked their bodies with orgasms until tears poured down their faces.

  I bet Madeline would look beautiful with her chest glistening with tears.

  I slumped down into the shower and panted, trying to regain my footing before finishing my shower. The smells from the kitchen were dissipating, and that meant she was probably already washing it down from breakfast. God knows how long I’d been in the shower, and I knew that if she had any plans with Clara today, she’d be out the door in the next few minutes.

  So, I turned off the shower and quickly stepped out.

  When I emerged from the shower, I was still drying my hair. My t-shirt was clinging to my still-damp chest, and the jeans I’d picked out meant I probably wasn’t planning on going anywhere. I would never step out in jeans; that just wasn’t something I did.

  This meant maybe, I could convince Madeline to stay in with me.

  I dropped the towel onto the couch and strode through my home. The kitchen was silent and I didn’t hear Clara. My stomach dropped at the realization that maybe they had already left. But, before I got to the kitchen, Madeline was slowly slipping out of Clara’s room. She slid out gracefully before she shut the door, and when she turned around she ran right into me. She face planted into my chest and her hands flew into the air, while a bright grin spread across my face before she slowly panned her gaze up to mine.

  If her eyes had been brilliant and bright in the darkness, they sure as hell glistened in the morning.

  “Morning, Mr. Blake,” she whispered.

  “Clara’s already asleep?” I murmured.

  “She’s been up since four, so I’d say ‘yes’,” Madeline nodded. “Um… breakfast is in the kitchen still, if you’re hungry.”
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  “Thank you,” I said lowly.

  We stood there for a while, just looking at each other. Part of me wanted to pin her against the wall and part of me simply wanted to wrap my arms around her body. I could tell by the bags under her eyes that she hadn’t slept well last night, which meant I probably drank too much pity scotch before I passed out last night.

  But then, the words she uttered that broke the silence had me captivated.

  “Mr. Blake… about last night…”

  I watched her intently as she tried silently to formulate the words she wanted to speak.

  “Well, I–... there’s just–... I don’t want–...”

  It was cute, the way she stumbled over her words. Every time she paused her nose would crinkle up, as if she smelled the light scent of dirty laundry and couldn’t quite place from what part of the house it was coming. Her eyes darted around and her fingertips tapped the sides of her thighs, and everything she was projecting told me she was uncomfortable.

  I always looked for those types of cues in business meetings to exploit; to make a potential client feel as if they needed me in order to ease their anxieties.

  I wanted her to need me… to beg for me…

  … But I didn’t want to exploit her in order to get it.

  I was the king of exploitation, and I didn’t want to exploit her.

  Huh.

  “I hope you won’t fire me for last night, Mr. Blake,” she finally said.

  I furrowed my brow deeply before I crossed my arms and leaned against the wall.

  “Why would I do that?” I asked.

  “The first rule of our business is to never get… involved,” she answered lowly.

  “Involved…” I trailed off.

  “And last night was –”

  “– involved?” I finished.

  “Yes,” she breathed. “So, you understand?”

  “Of course,” I nodded.

  The sigh of relief she allowed to escape through her lips shivered my arms.