“Hi, Mr. King,” Rose said as she opened the door.
“Hello Rose,” Ryan humored her.
“Jennifer, Mr. King, is here,” Rose yelled.
I had retreated to my room and came back out when she called after me. I tried to play it cool, but Rose did everything she could to embarrass me.
“Thanks, Rose,” I said as I made my way to the door. “Should we get going?” I said to Ryan.
“Yes, Mr. King has classes to teach tomorrow. He can’t be out late.” Rose teased.
I just rolled my eyes and made my way out of the apartment in front of Ryan. I knew Rose liked to tease, but I didn’t know if Ryan would take it as the joke that it was or not.
“Rose, I hear Mr. Simmons is single. Maybe you should ask for him to be your supervisor,” Ryan said and winked at Rose as we walked out of the apartment and made our way down to his car.
I couldn’t help but laugh. It was funny to think of Mr. Simmons with any woman and especially not a girl like Rose. She was younger than him, of course, but Rose was much wilder than Mr. Simmons. On the other hand, maybe the two of them would be a good fit. I laughed to myself.
Ryan opened my car door and I slid into the Tesla.
The leather was better quality than any leather I had ever sat on, even better than Ryan’s Range Rover. Each seat was carved perfectly to fit your body and there was a huge electronic screen between the two front seats.
My hands moved up and down the leather and I let the feeling of the rich material entice my fingertips.
“Mmmm this feels delicious,” I said to Ryan as he got into the car.
“I agree,” Ryan said as he let his hand rub up and down my thigh.
I froze as the feeling of his fingers on my body sent every single nerve into overdrive. I swallowed hard as I tried to concentrate on saying something back to him. But nothing came out. I couldn’t find my words. This often happened when I was around Ryan. His touch sent my body into overdrive and I couldn’t get my brain to work the way I wanted it to. My brain needed more warning in order to think of quick-witted things when I was around Ryan.
***
The new restaurant Champagne was much nicer than I had expected. I was really glad I had worn the black lace dress that Rose had given me. I felt like it fit in very well with the other nicely dressed people in the restaurant. It was nicer than most of the clothing I had.
“You look fantastic,” Ryan said as he put his hand at the base of my back and guided me to our table.
It surprised me that we were able to get a table at this new restaurant on such short notice. But then I remembered who Ryan was and the chef came out to greet us shortly after we sat down.
“Hello, Mr. King. It is a joy to have you here. Tonight I will serve you my house specialty if that suits you?” The chef smiled and shook Ryan’s hand.
“Of course, Jerome. We would love to try anything you have.”
The two men continued with some small talk and I looked around the restaurant and took in all the lavish decorations. It was designed like a French home with a Chandelier over many of the tables and several small rooms separating the entire restaurant.
I was enthralled with all the decorations and hadn’t noticed that the Chef at left the table and we were alone again.
“Do you like French food?” Ryan asked me.
“Like French fries?” I said with a smile.
“Yes,” Ryan smiled back.
Ryan looked at me with his blue eyes and it didn’t think I could look away. His stare was intense and I felt like he was thinking about dirty things he wanted to do with me. It was the first time in the last couple days that the old Ryan seemed to be back.
His eyes penetrated through my lace dress and I felt my body reach to him. The warmth of my desire for him quickly made its way into my black lace panties and I squirmed a little in my chair.
“I’m glad you decide to come with me,” Ryan said.
“Me too.
I couldn’t help but wonder what he was thinking about. I wanted to see inside his thoughts and figure out what it was that he really wanted. Did he just want to fuck me? Or was there a deeper desire to be loved that Ryan searched for?
Our dinner was delicious and as we walked back out to Ryan’s car, I noticed several people stood around and looked at it. The Tesla was one of those cars that people didn’t see much and they all stopped to look at it as we got in and drove off.
“I’m going to take you back to my place,” Ryan said.
He didn’t ask, it was more like a statement. I could have said no, I certainly felt like that was a possibility. But I wanted to be with him in his bed again. I wanted to lay on his silk sheets and feel the softness as we made love.
We pulled into Ryan’s driveway and he opened my door and led me into his house. I froze instantly as I saw Roberto Calvertino smile as he walked toward me.
I had forgotten that Calvertino was staying at Ryan’s house. I don’t know what had come over me, but I had forgotten.
“Ms. Roy, what a delight it is to see you again,” Calvertino said as he pulled my hand up to his lips.
I pretended the best I could and smiled.
“It’s so nice to see you too Roberto.”
He smiled as I made a point to look him in the eyes. He knew I was on a date with Ryan, there was no doubt about it. Certainly he wouldn’t try anything with me now that he knew Ryan and I saw each other.
“Ryan, can I speak with you in the study for a moment,” Calvertino said.
***
I lay on the couch in the main sitting room and waited for the two men to finish talking. But they never did. I finally gave in to my sleep filled eyes and drifted off into a blissful, wonderful dream world.
“Jennifer, come with me,” Ryan’s voice woke me up from a deep sleep.
I looked up and saw Ryan standing there and Calvertino was behind him. I sat up straight and looked at the two of them.
Ryan had his hand outstretched and Calvertino was a few stops behind him.
“Where are we going?” I asked as I woke up from my deep sleep.
“To my room,” Ryan smiled and winked at me.
His eyes darted back and forth from me to Calvertino and I felt like he was trying to tell me something that I just couldn’t figure out.
I grabbed his hand and followed him up the stairs toward his bedroom. When I looked back, Calvertino was only a few short steps behind us.
“Why is he following us,” I whispered to Ryan.
Ryan just looked at me with a look that told me to shut up. His eyes were wide and I thought I saw fear in them. I had never really seen the fear in Ryan before and it scared me. I didn’t know if Calvertino had a gun or had threatened Ryan. I didn’t know what was happening, but I did as he asked through the look in his eyes and I stopped asking questions.
When we got to his bedroom, Ryan brought me over to his bed and started to undress me. I looked over at Calvertino, who stood in the doorway and watched us. His eyes were filled with lust as he watched Ryan pull the black lace dress off my body.
I searched Ryan’s eyes for a reason why he would allow Calvertino to watch this, but I got nothing. I couldn’t see any answers in Ryan’s eyes.
Ryan pulled the black slip dress off of me and turned me around to face Calvertino as I stood there in my black lace bra and panties.
I looked down at the ground. I couldn’t look Calvertino in the eyes. The lust that filled them made me afraid that he would kill Ryan or force him out of the way so he could have his way with me.
Ryan unhooked my bra and let my breast be exposed to Calvertino. His hands wrapped around me and played with my nipples and his lips kissed my neck. I continued to look down but finally closed my eyes to avoid making any eye contact at all with Calvertino.
I didn’t know why he wanted to watch this so bad and I didn’t know why Ryan had agreed, but it was my choice.
Ryan slipped one hand into my lace panties and started
to play with me. I couldn’t help but get excited. His touch had a power over me like I had never felt before.
His lips on my neck, one hand on my breast, the other on my clit; I couldn’t take it. My moans came out and I couldn’t stop them. I leaned back against Ryan and enjoyed his touch on my body.
“Fuck her King, enough with this shit.” I heard Calvertino yell from the door.
I looked up at him and our eyes met. I saw his power at that moment. He was in control and Ryan wasn’t. It was something I was entirely unfamiliar with. I didn’t know why Calvertino had control over Ryan, but I felt bad for him. I twisted around to look at him and he leaned down to my ear with his lips.
“I’m going to fuck you hard. Scream for me baby,” Ryan said.
I swallowed hard and took a deep breath.
Ryan bent me over the side of the bed and slammed his cock into me so hard I reacted with a scream. It felt good though, I liked it and I was surprised at how aroused I was. I knew Calvertino was watching us and I didn’t care. It was hot as hell.
I screamed out with each thrust and put on a good show for Calvertino. If he wanted to see me get fucked, then I was going to let him see a good show.
I purposefully thrust my body hard back against Ryan with each thrust of his body. I continued to moan and scream as loud as I could.
“Oh god…. Yes… mmmm…oh yes.” I said as he moved inside of me.
I couldn’t see Calvertino from my position, but I hoped the show we put on for him was enough.
Ryan continued to thrust hard and I felt his body tense up as he got ready to cum.
“On her face,” Calvertino yelled out.
“No,” I said as I twisted around to look at Ryan.
“I’m sorry,” Ryan mouthed as he pulled out of me and pressed me onto my knees.
He grabbed my hand and wrapped it around his cock and then put his hand around mine. He moved my hand roughly on him until his white pleasure squirted all over my face.
I was angry. Angrier than I had ever been at Ryan.
I stood up and stormed out into the bathroom. I locked the door behind me. I wasn’t about to come out of that bathroom until Calvertino was gone and Ryan had apologized.
Chapter 16
Jennifer
After I took a shower and wrapped myself in one of Ryan’s large bath towels. I fell asleep in the corner of the bathroom as I sat by the door and listened to see if Ryan and Calvertino had left the room yet.
I had planned to come out and grab my clothes and leave, but I had fallen asleep instead.
As the sun rose, I awoke to a gentle knock at the door.
“Miss Jennifer. It is Salina, can I please come in?” Said Ryan’s housekeeper.
I stood up and opened the door. I saw Salina dressed in her uniform with a tray full of breakfast. She brought it over to a table in the corner of the room and laid out some clothes that she had brought into the room as well.
“Mr. King had to leave, he sent his apologies and asked me to take care of you and make sure you got to class today.”
I tried not to take my anger out on Salina, but I couldn’t hold back. How dare he leave me alone in his house with Calvertino? What a jerk! Well, I wasn’t technically alone, Salina and Andrew were probably around, but still. Didn’t Ryan care if Calvertino tried to have his way with me? Didn’t Ryan care at all?
“So he just left me here? He didn’t even try to see if I was alright.” I said as I looked at the clothes Salina had brought me.
She had a cute pair of jeans, a white bra and panties and a white fitted t-shirt. They all still had tags on them and they were all my sizes. I didn’t know how she had gotten these close and I wasn’t going to stick around to figure this all out.
Ryan was too much for me, Calvertino was too much for me, I didn’t want to be part of any of this.
When Salina left the room, I got dressed and grabbed my purse to head downstairs. I moved quietly and tried to get out of the house without running into Calvertino.
I had just made it to the front door when I felt an arm wrap around my waist and pull me back.
It was Calvertino.
“If you were mine, I wouldn’t let another man tell me how to treat you,” he whispered in my ear.
I froze in fear as his arm held onto me tightly. His mouth was only an inch away from my ear and I could hear each breath he took. I hated this man. I didn’t want his hands on my body. I knew he had said something to Ryan or threatened Ryan, that was the only reason Ryan would have behaved that way. I didn’t want to hear anything that Calvertino had to say.
But I also knew that he was a powerful man, and being on his good side was much better than getting murdered. I could play his game if that was what he wanted.
“If I was yours?” I asked him as I let my body press back against him.
I could tell my response surprised him. He had expected me to yell or try and get away from him. He had expected my hatred. But what he didn’t expect was that I could see his plan, I knew he was trying to get free and was willing to take anyone and everyone down with him if he had to.
“Oh yes, I would treat you like a Queen if you were mine,” Calvertino said as his hands caressed my breasts over my t-shirt.
“Mmmmm,” I whispered quietly as his hand felt around my body.
“You will see. Your man is not so powerful as you think. He is controlled by money and that power is easily taken away from someone.”
Calvertino flipped me around and pressed me up against the front door. His eyes looked deep into mine as he searched for a desire within me. I tried to fake it, I tried to pretend like he aroused me. But it was a futile effort, he saw right through me and stepped away.
“I need to get to class,” I said as I grabbed my bag from the floor and turned to open the front door.
Calvertino didn’t say another word. He just watched me as I walked out of the house and down the driveway to the nearby street.
I didn’t turn around, but I felt his eyes on me until I had turned the corner at the end of the block.
It was all too much for me. I didn’t want to get on Calvertino’s bad side and I didn’t want to be on his defense case. I needed out of this whole situation right away.
***
I didn’t go to supervision and I did everything I could do to avoid seeing Ryan on campus for an entire week.
I didn’t care if I failed out of school. I couldn’t even look at Ryan after what had happened at his house with Calvertino. I did my class work and worked ahead on some projects for the semester. I cleaned my apartment and even looked into getting a part-time job. I sent every call from Ryan to voicemail and when my voicemail got full, I left it that way so he couldn’t leave any more messages.
I was done with the whole situation. It didn’t matter how Ryan made me feel when we were together. I didn’t want to deal with Calvertino and if that meant giving up Ryan, then that was what I would have to do.
I went to classes as usual and tried to be a regular college student. During lunch, I sat with my friends and laughed about stupid stuff. At night, Rose and I sat and watched old television shows and laughed and drank wine.
My mind was made up, I was done with Ryan for good. I didn’t need to be involved in whatever he had going on and he was an adult and would just have to deal with the consequences of whatever he had gotten himself into.
My brain was strong and I knew what had to be done.
The only problem was my heart. I had started to have feelings for Ryan, I had started to have a lot of feelings for him. It was my heart that finally got in my way when I wanted to forget about the whole situation.
Finally late one Friday night, I listened to my voicemails from Ryan.
“Jennifer, I know you’re angry. I just need to see you in person so I can explain things.” “Jennifer, please answer your phone or call me back.”
“Jennifer, I’m serious you have to call me back.”
“Jennifer, he will co
me after you if you disappear. You can’t just disappear; he will think you have gone to the police or something.”
“Jennifer, I know you are angry with me, but you have to come back to my house and pretend nothing is wrong. He is getting suspicious.”
With each message, Ryan’s voice seemed to get more and more desperate. I actually started to get scared for him. He sounded panicked and I felt my heart bulge with fear for him. If anyone was going to get hurt in this whole thing, it was going to be Ryan. He had gotten himself in way too deep with Calvertino and he couldn’t get himself out, that was apparent.
I clicked the button to call Ryan back.
“Jennifer?” He said as he answered.
“Hi,” I said as I sat quietly on the other end of the phone.
I wasn’t really sure why I had called him, except that I felt bad for him. Which was a weird feeling for sure? Ryan was a powerful man who had more than I could ever hope to have. I didn’t know how or why he got himself mixed up in the situation. I probably didn’t know even half of what was going on, but I did know what I heard in his phone message. Desperation, I heard a man desperate for me to answer his calls.
“Jennifer, I’m coming over right now. Stay there,” he said and then hung up.
I looked around my room and quickly shoved things into the closet. As much as he wanted to believe I was some sort of sophisticated lawyer. The truth was I was simply a twenty-one-year-old college student and I lived the life of one when I wasn’t around Ryan. My room was a disaster.
I ran to the bathroom and brushed my teeth and put some deodorant on. I brushed my hair too and then looked out the window as I waited for him to get to my house.
***
When Ryan arrived, I brought him into my room quietly so I wouldn’t wake Rose up. He closed the door behind me and threw me down onto the bed. Then he jumped next to me and laid with his hand propping up his head. He looked like a college kid himself as he lay there.
I laughed.
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