Mountain Man's Secret Baby

by Lauren Wood

  “You’ll have to forgive Benjamin for acting like a Neanderthal. He’s here for my protection, but sometimes he tends to go overboard in the course of his duties. I do hope that you are okay. I would hate to think that I had anything to do with taking that smile from your face.” He put his hand on her cheek, letting his fingers linger on the softness and the warmth of her skin. “I do believe that they are playing our song. Would you do me the honor of accompanying me onto the dance floor?” He was being charming and felt a sort of longing that came from being subjected to only four walls. He had to be careful and there were those out there that were still looking for him. He wasn’t making it easy. Anytime that he felt their hot breath on the back of his neck, he would make sure to stay quiet and not attract their attention.

  “How can I possibly refuse an invitation like that?” Natalie purposely pushed up against him and made it look like she had stumbled on her high heels. One of those heels had broken by design and with just enough pressure she was able to become that damsel in distress. She pitched forward and landed into his arms. “It seems I’m nothing but a klutz these days. You might have to lead on the dance floor, unless of course you want me to break your toes. I do hope that your bodyguard won’t be joining us. You know what they say about three’s a crowd.” Her hair had red on the tips. She felt his arm encircle her and he dragged her with no effort onto the dance floor.

  Natalie had learned that there were five golden rules. One of those was not to rush into anything. She had taken her time over the last two weeks to get to know Mr. Foster intimately down to the minute detail. She found some things that were quite enticing. It had her touching herself in the middle of the night. “I’ve seen him in my dreams, but it’s so much better when it’s personal and in a more one on one situation. I thought that I would be immune, but he really is spectacular. He could easily carry me to the bedroom and have his way and I would gladly give into my carnal cravings. Why shouldn’t I be able to mix a little business with pleasure? It was obvious from what my mother said that she was expecting me to go above and beyond.”

  Marcel put his arms around her and was enjoying the fact that she was not like all the others. The socialites dieted needlessly and he had always been more attracted to those that were comfortable in their own skin. “I’m guessing that you already know my name, but I’m afraid that you have me at a disadvantage.” He had learned how to work the room and seduction was mere child’s play for a man with his obvious character and age.

  “My name is Natalie Wells. I believe that you might know my family. I supposedly died in a boating accident, but reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” The Wells family was known for their generosity. It didn’t take much to get them to play along with her as their long lost daughter. It was good fortune that their daughter was named Natalie, but the rest was fictitious. “They found me in an Indian hospital. I had no name and was in a coma for almost a year before I finally came to. I know that it sounds ridiculous and most likely something of a plot from a soap opera.” “Touching him is like being in front of a raging fire on a winter’s night with a bearskin rug splayed on the floor for obvious intimacy. Touching his hand is making me aware that I have been denied the touch of the opposite sex for too long.

  “I do believe that I have heard this story, but it was mostly in passing. I try to keep up with the day to day events, but sometimes it’s a little depressing. We seem to have a knack for killing and a day doesn’t go by that somebody doesn’t fall victim. I pity those that stick their head in the sand and hope that their lives are never touched like that. I’m sorry for being so depressing, but sometimes my passion gets the best of me.” Marcel dipped Natalie, making her gasp which gave her chest the arch that he was looking for. He could easily see her nipples and the silver dollar tips were not exactly easy to forget.

  Natalie was happy that things had progressed nicely, but now she was breathless with anticipation for the first kiss. They were looking at each other with more than just friendship and suddenly they were hot and heavy. His tongue wiped across the surface of her teeth. He was trying to gain entry. She was letting him believe that he was the one that was in the driver’s seat.

  He lifted her to her feet and turned away like he couldn’t quite believe that he had done such a thing. “I’m sorry. I’m usually not that forward. I do hope that you will forgive my behavior. That was certainly not becoming of a gentleman. I assure you that I’m not like all the other guys that you’ve met in your life. I respect women and I know that they are the backbone of our society. They may not get the credit, but their influence is felt in everything that we do.” Marcel was a study of human nature, but this time he felt a little out of sorts. He couldn’t explain it, but the obvious chemistry between himself and Natalie had gone off the charts. “I’m sure that you heard this line before, but I really am not like any other guy. I don’t believe that just because I shower you with gifts that you have to give something in return. I’m not one that thinks with the head between my legs. I admit that I find you alluring and I would like to spend more time getting to know you. Perhaps you will join me for brunch on Sunday at my estate in the Hamptons. I do believe I have a drink with your name on it.” This was the first time in almost a year that he had invited anyone to his personal haven away from the real world.

  “I’m guessing from your expression that this is not a common occurrence. I guess I should feel honored that you would present me with this option. I also would like to get to know you better and I’m not talking in the Biblical sense. You would be one hell of a one night stand, but I really have more respect for my body than that. I’ve been widowed for the last two years and his death came when I was not there to hold his hand on his last breath.” She was pulling out all the stops and doing what she could to pull at those heartstrings. “I learned everything I can about Natalie Wells and everything that I’ve said can be verified with one phone call or even a global search.

  “That kind of loss cannot be easy to get over, Natalie. I grieve for you and my heart breaks to know that you will never see the one that you love again. Everybody should take time to smell the roses and you never know when your time is up. Life is so fleeting and if you don’t take a hold of it then it can be gone in the blink of an eye. It’s good to see that you’re brave and standing after everything that you have gone through. You stand in front of me and I see your every breath as a gift.” Marcel had other women vying for his affections, but he never really had any interest in going any further than a chaste kiss.

  After the dance, they enjoyed about an hour together, before Natalie feigned that she had something that she had to do. She promised that she would be in touch and even scribbled her cell phone number on his palm like some cheesy romantic notion from one of those movies. “I don’t know if you are serious about having me for brunch, but I’ll be more than happy to show up.” “One step at a time is the order of the day. I was getting closer to learning if he truly is more than these people can see. I’m kind of hoping that he’s not. For some reason I don’t want anything to happen to him. I’ve only met him this one time, but it was something that I will remember.”

  Marcel took her hand and did the exact same thing to the palm of her hand. “I figure that one good turn deserves another. Be at this address and my private helicopter will be there to escort you the rest of the way. If you’re thinking that this is something that I do for everyone, then you are sadly mistaken. I am more selective than that.” They separated and mingled among the masses. When he turned at the end of the night she had disappeared like that of Cinderella in one of those fairy tale stories.

  Chapter 3

  “I want to go on record to say that this is a huge mistake. Her coming here is wrong and you know that I need to vet each and every one of those people that come here. You’ve given me no fair warning and these last couple days I have scrambled to find out everything I can about her. It hasn’t been easy, but I have compiled a dossier. I know tha
t you have perused everything that I have come up with. Don’t you think that there is reason for alarm?” Benjamin was weary of strangers and couldn’t understand why Marcel was allowing this interloper to see into the inner sanctum. He was wearing a white shirt with a black tie and blue suit to match. He had on his customary sunglasses to show mystery. That would instill a little fear into those that had come across him in a dark alley.

  “You really do have an ugly disposition, Benjamin. You don’t trust easily and maybe that’s a good thing and something that I need in my life. I understand your trepidation, but maybe you need to dispel your disbelief. You’ve already seen that moment and you were scared at first, but then things changed when I showed you the dollar bills. I think that I’ve been more than generous and believe me I had to fight and scratch for everything that I have. I came here with nothing, but I learned how to manipulate the markets in my favor. Becoming a billionaire didn’t take more than a couple of weeks and then I had to stop to formulate an identity.” Marcel was wearing white pants with a red shirt with the collar undone. He looked like an evil genius. He was sitting on the patio with the trees behind him being buffeted by the wind.

  He turned to see that the helicopter was circling over the lush green lawn. It came in for a perfect landing.

  She emerged with her hand over her head, wearing an oversized pair of sunglasses and a white dress that left very little to discern. “I’ve played hard to get and it was not an easy feat. I wanted to hear his voice again, but I didn’t want to appear too anxious. That alone would raise his suspicions and maybe being aloof was a good way to lull him into a false sense of security.” She could see that he looked very relaxed and he had every reason to think that he was safe. She’d already counted five sharpshooters in the trees and on the house. The Security System was the best that money could buy. She wasn’t at all surprised to see that Benjamin was standing by his side like the loyal foot soldier.

  She walked on sandals, until she was standing in his presence. He motioned for her to sit down and she gladly accepted the invitation. “I’m sorry that I’m fashionably late, but I didn’t have a thing to wear. I went shopping and you imagine what kind of hardship that might’ve been on me.” She felt his hand and then his soft lips touching the back of her hand. She felt her heart stop for a second and then she reminded herself that this was only a job. This was not a date and there was not reason to be nervous.

  “I’m pleased to see you again, but I was slightly taken back on how easily you rebuffed my continued attempts to communicate. I thought that we had something, but then you made me think that it was one sided. I’m hoping that you were just busy and walking in your social circles can’t be easy.” Marcel had read the dossier and had found her accomplishments to be legendary. After returning from supposedly the dead, she had thrown herself into a humanitarian effort to make other lives better. He admired her desire to do the right thing. “I do hope that I didn’t do anything to ruffle your feathers.” He swallowed hard at the way that her bosom was glistening with the noonday sun above. They were magnificent mounds and he was hoping to plant his flag in between.

  “I didn’t want to come on too strong. Everybody knows that you are that reclusive billionaire. I was kinda wondering why you would even be interested in somebody like me. I think that I’m a catch, but there are guys out there that wouldn’t even look at me with a sideways glance. I certainly wouldn’t cause an accident and make a man run his car up a flagpole. I do have an amazing asset and I shudder sometimes at those that ogle them without even looking into my eyes. The only reason why I’m giving you a chance is because you did me the honor of keeping eye contact the entire time that we were dancing. I thought that was refreshing, but now I might be mistaken.” Natalie was only teasing, but it was obvious that his gaze had lowered a few inches below her chin.

  Marcel cleared his throat and turned away to see that steam was coming out of his mouth. He had never been in this situation before and was now a little shaken by that feeling building inside. Benjamin came forward, but he dismissed him with a wave of his hand. “You can go back to the house, Benjamin. I really don’t need you hovering over me like an expectant parent.” Marcel was trying to keep those tendencies to himself, but it was very difficult with a woman like Natalie drawing that other half from where he had pushed it back down. One wrong move and those looking for him would be able to find him. He couldn’t allow that to happen and their intention would be to enslave this world.

  “I don’t mean to be an alarmist, but you don’t seem like yourself. I know that we haven’t known each other long, but I do have a strong shoulder that you can lean on.” Natalie put her hand on his and the warmth that he had projected the other night was even more so now. “You can be your own furnace. That must mean that you have hot blood running through your veins.” “I had to say something and to say nothing would only make him wonder why I didn’t say anything. It feels like his temperature has risen. I don’t know why that has happened, but maybe he’s about to reveal something that he was never intending.

  “I don’t know what’s going on and maybe we should cut this short.” Marcel was short of breath and his skin had flushed with what most would consider embarrassment. “I’ll make sure to call for the helicopter and have the pilot take you back immediately.” He pulled his phone out of his pocket only to see that his fingertips were now burning through the material. He dropped it and it shattered into a million pieces at his feet. He looked at her and the way that her nipples were calling to him and he suddenly lunged and pulled down her dress to admire those special globes.

  “Oh my… I didn’t expect anything like this.” Natalie felt the straps break and felt a little overwhelmed by his dominance. “I was hoping that you would be a gentleman, but maybe I was expecting too much.” She tried to cover herself, but she was doing a poor job of it. She was making sure that he was seeing how being with him was affecting her. Her nipples were erect. His leering gaze and the light breeze had only made things more pronounced. “I think that you might be right and it’s time for me to…whoa… that’s not something that a girl can say no to.” “His mouth sucking on my nipple and pulling it with his teeth is making it awfully hard to sit still and do nothing. I should be more objective and I could easily succumb and do what I was trained to do. I could show him a good time, but mostly it would be clinical. It wouldn’t be like he would know, but I think I would have a problem with it.”

  “I can’t seem to stop myself. You’re so damn irresistible and there’s something about you that makes it impossible to make idle chitchat. You are amazing just as you are.” His lips felt that certain heat and he was trying to pull back, but it was virtually impossible. “I hope that you know that I would never ask you to change. You don’t even have to ask me how you look and I will tell you that you look spectacular.” He was lying over top of the table in a not so gentlemanly way. He’d never felt so overcome and it was hard to remain cordial. This was uncharted territory that he was willing to explore for the sake of curiosity.”

  “I have to say that I wasn’t ready for this, but maybe deep down this is what I really want.” She cupped his head to her chest and let him suckle on her tit. It felt like she was doing something wrong but she could justify it by convincing herself that this was part of the job. “Holy fuck… what are you…doing to me?” His hot breath had sensuously traveled down over her skin; tickling those tiny hairs and making them stand on end. She tried to push him away, but could see that he was beyond being chained like some kind of feral dog. “I don’t know how it’s possible, but my whole body seems to be on fire. If I didn’t know any better, I would say that I had just stepped into a sauna and was blasted with a heat that took my breath away. I know what he is, but feeling it and knowing it is two different things. I see that his eyes have changed to a more translucent yellow. His skin is this deep dark shade of red. At first you could mistake that for excitement, but I think it goes beyond that.”

 
He could feel her hands on the back of his shirt and his spine was now contorting into something that wasn’t human. He was doing his best to keep things in check, but this woman had a way to drive it out of him. “I need you and I know that you love having this secret rendezvous. I know that we shouldn’t, but we are going to do this.” He scrambled across the table, knocking the glasses onto the ground with the glass scattering around them. He pushed her chair back, tipping it slightly and almost up ending her and causing serious harm. He was beside himself with the heat that was now expanding from his groin outward.

  Natalie could feel his fingers on her knees and then felt herself spreading to invite him to take a closer look. She wasn’t wearing panties and her bald mound was craving more than some buzzing apparatus. She saw the bulge and it had nothing to do with his excitement or arousal. It was straining against the fabric of the shirt and she could hear the rip of the material. Something was definitely happening and she thought that it would take a lot more to draw him from his shell, but apparently it was all just a little too easy. “I have to say something, but I don’t know if I even have the words. He’s amazing and I need somebody and he’s right here for the taking. I just have to say one word and they will swarm this place like a bunch of locusts. I don’t want to do that, until I have satisfied my sweet tooth.”