Heart of Ice

by Jalissa Pastorius

  Sitting in his chair in the den he poured himself a stiff drink. What was that just now? He must’ve ate something bad. Yeah that was it. There was nothing wrong with him.

  Christina looked at the spot where Matt had been laying. Something must’ve hurt him badly. She ached to make him feel better. The scared look on his face compelled her to get up and to go to him. She found him in his den.

  “What are you doing here,” he grumbled at her. Christina didn’t answer him; instead she came around the desk and took the drink from Matt. She grabbed his face in her hands. She was so close that their noses touched. She watched as his eyes darted around.

  “Shh,” she hushed him. She went to kiss him on his lips but he beat her to the punch. Matt invaded her mouth with his tongue. He dominated every aspect of the kiss, leaving no room for her to breathe. Biting down on her lips Christina gasped at the sudden pain.

  “Matt this isn’t the way,” she tried to talk but he swallowed her words with another kiss. Pulling her shirt off, he pushed her onto his desk. Christina’s back was towards the desk and she rested on her forearms. She watched him approach with her heart in her throat. When he stripped out of his shirt she started to sweat. Someone needed to help her, Six feet five inches of pure muscle stood in front of her. What was he thinking about? He was trying to tell her something. The devilish smirk that spread across his face was enough to make her forget her name and who she was.

  She struggled to bring some awareness to her mind, sadly her body was in control and it was stronger than her mind.

  “What’s the matter baby? Ready for me to kiss your second pair of lips,” he murmured huskily into her ear. Instantly, Christina’s face felt scorched. Her body temperature skyrocketed. She was sure she was in space as the beauty of the cosmos blinded her and left her in a subliminal state.

  “Matt don’t talk like that,” she said attempting to hide. He didn’t give her a chance. He made quick work of her jeans, before kneeling between her legs. She was going to combust at this point. Was it possible to feel hotter than the sun?

  “Matt no!”

  “You know you want it,” he whispered before he dove into her. He had her legs bent and hiked on the desk. Her mind filled with pleasure. Suddenly two fingers invaded her as he latched on to her neck. He bit down earning a groan from her. She chanted his name over and over again. She ignited, everything was set ablaze and she thought every atom in her body was going to explode into tiny particles drifting along the cosmos. Christina squealed as he pull her to the edge of the desk. He turned her on her side.

  “Matt,” she called out with uncertainty. Once her side, he parted her legs and violently drove into her. This time Christina couldn’t help the scream that spewed from her lips. His thick hot member stretched and pierced her, filling her completely. He thrust into her at a vigorous pace. Her whole body trembled and stars danced in front of her at her released.

  When Matt felt her release he roughly pulled out spilling his seed all over her, he panted heavily as he gazed at the woman who was becoming the center of his world. The woman was going to make him crazy. He needed her like fire needed oxygen, like an addicted looking for his next fix. He wouldn’t ever survive if she left him. He picked her up and carried her to their bedroom.

  “Christina,”

  “Hmm.”

  “Care to explain these.” Christina had her eyes closed, but his voice had an odd tone. Curiosity piqued she sat up and turned towards him.

  “Gah!” she scream trying to run. The hot pink dildo imaged was seared into her mind. He jumped on her crushing her with his body.

  “Collum had a point my little angel is a devious devil. Is that it? You want to play?” he asked her licking her ear. Christina was going to kill Sarah. It was her fault. She would never have had those things if Sarah hadn’t dragged her to that sex store. Clearly, someone had taken a blow torch to her face because it was on fire.

  “I…I don’t” he cut her off.

  “I like these best.” He said holding up the object. Christina stared on in horror. That wasn’t what she thought it was. They didn’t pick that out together. Sarah that whore! She was going to kill her. She attempted to wiggle from up under Matt.

  “Perfect,” he whispered. He caught her ass in his grip before place the beads in her butt. Christina muscles clamped down on the foreign object.

  “Matt take it out.” She whined.

  “You know you love it. Dirty girl. I wonder; what does this button do?”

  “Matt Dallas you better not!” she squealed as he hit the button anyway. The vibrations had her trembling stimulating the muscle, hot liquid seeped from her. He left her on her hands and knees. He knelt in front of her on the bed. Christina watched as the blood rush through his member and he shoved it into her mouth without further ado. She soon experience her second orgasm of the day and swallowed as he spilled into her mouth.

  “Don’t worry baby, I’m going to have every hole plugged next time.” He whispered darkly into her ear. Christina didn’t know if her body would be able to handle much more. It was like her darkest fantasies were coming true. Still as she drifted off to sleep she realized that Matt used sex as a means to hide from the truth. She was no closer to figuring out what happened to him. He was broken and she wanted to fix him. Did that make her stupid? What could a twenty-one year old woman do to heal him? She fell into a fretful sleep.

  Matt watched her sleep. She was completely spent. Her lashes fanned her face and that wild curly hair spread across the bed like silk. His heart thumped every time he looked at her. Dammit. Collum was right. He had it bad. He tried to not be so domineering, but he couldn’t help himself when it came to her. She walked around with those large grey eyes, looking at him with all that naiveté. He lied down next to her, pulled her close against his chest and fell into a peaceful sleep.

  ***

  Collum rolled over and picked up his phone as it vibrated on the table. Who the hell could be calling him at this time of night?

  “It’s me.”

  “Talk.”

  “You remember that file I pulled for you.”

  “Yeah.”

  “The girl Christina Moorehead—child genius.”

  “Go on,” Collum said.

  “She was involved in a double homicide.”

  “What?!” Collum sat up completely alert. Had he’d been wrong about the girl. His instincts had never been off. There had to be a reason.

  “Look, I don’t have all the answers. It so much red tape around this shit.”

  “Do you know who it was?”

  “Yeah, her father and another unidentified victim.”

  “Find out whatever you can and get back to me as soon as possible.” Collum hung up the phone. Why? Why? But why? He hadn’t realized he was shouting. Looking around he got up out of bed. He needed a smoke. This just got dangerous.

  Chapter 15

  Christina shifted in her sleep. It was warm, secure and safe. Her eyes flew open, Matt was still asleep. His lashes fanned across his face and there was a vulnerability to him that she usually didn’t see when he was awake and moving about. She lifted her hand in stroke his hair. Something happened that hurt him. She wanted to know, it reminded her of own horrors. No, she wouldn’t think about it or go there. She eased away from Matt and went to take a shower.

  The hot water pounded her back and it felt great. Thinking about Matt made her heart pound. She couldn’t imagine a life without the man. She loved him. She couldn’t believe it. How could she fall so hard for someone like him? Her body trembled at the thought. The man had the power to break her. She knew she shouldn’t have stayed away. What if he…no. She wasn’t going to allow it. She was safe and secure. Taking a deep breath she got out of the shower. She would cook him breakfast, it was her turn to dote on him. Getting emancipated at an early age she had to learn to be an adult early on, so cooking was something that she was accustomed to. She cooked hash, pancakes, sausages, and eggs for him. She had
coffee ready for him as well, arranging it all on a serving tray she took it to him.

  Matt woke as the smell of food drifted in the air. He sat up and noted that Christina was no longer beside him. Stretching he made a move to climb out of bed when she walked into the room. He sat, completely stunned as she made her way to him. Her hair hugged her body, she wore a grey silk robe that highlighted her stunning grey eyes. She was delectable and he couldn’t wait to taste her again.

  “Good morning,” she said blushing. Matt’s heart raced in his chest. He wouldn’t ever get tired seeing the blood rushing beneath her skin.

  “Morning sweetheart,” he said as she approached him. She leant over to give him a chaste kiss, but as always he wanted more. He deepen the kiss before plunging his tongue in between her lips. He chuckle as she leant glassy eyed away from him.

  “What have you got for me,” he mumbled inhaling her hair.

  “I brought you breakfast, and coffee.”

  “God, you are heaven sent. Coffee.”

  Christina giggled as she gave him the tray with the cup of coffee. She watched as he made his coffee. He took it with two teaspoons of sugar and a one spoon of creamer.

  “I may be six feet five but I can’t eat all of this alone,” he said smiling at her.

  “Of course not silly, some of it is for me.” She climbed into bed with him. Matt chuckled as he cut into the pancakes; he speared it on a fork before turning to feed her.

  “C’mon. You’re not scared are you?”

  “Matt your devious, you better not try anything,” she said looking at him suspiciously. She cautiously leant forward with her mouth open. He placed the pancake in her mouth. Christina chewed it. It was good. She had added a bit of cinnamon to it. Suddenly, Matt licked the corner of her mouth.

  “Eep! I knew it.” She said backing away of him.

  “C’mon, sweetie, you’re not going to let me starve, are you?” Christina looked at him. Was he pouting? Oh no. She giggled. Fine, she scooted closer to him and they fed each other. Their morning consisted of tantalizing touches, massages and of course hot rigorous sex.

  “Christina,”

  “Yes.”

  “You’re mine.”

  “Of course,” she said sitting up and looking at him. Where was this coming from?

  “Good. It’s official. We are in a monogamous relationship.”

  “Are you trying to say I’m your girlfriend?” she asked. She watched in surprise as his ears turned red. Christina started to giggle. Was this his way of blushing.

  “Tickle attack!” he said pouncing on her. Christina howled with laughter.

  “Stop it! I can’t take anymore!” she screamed trying to catch her breath.

  “Very well.” He scooped her up into his arms. She fitted perfectly in them. He gazed into those large eyes.

  “Matt? Are you okay?”

  “Yeah.” He gave her a quick kiss before setting her on her feet.

  “I got to do some work; I’m going to head to the office.”

  “That reminds me mister; you can’t just take over my life.” She said angrily. How the hell did she forget about that? Oh yeah it was those magical hands of his that always managed to put her in a catatonic state. Damn the man and all his hotness.

  “Well, I need you.”

  “You need me?”

  “Who else can I trust to keep the company on track?”

  “But Matt, I didn’t want to go into finance anymore. I don’t know.”

  “You’ll be fine. Your first day of work starts tomorrow,” he said giving her a kiss on her head. She watched as he got ready. She was uneasy about this. There was a reason why she didn’t ever want to work for corporate America anymore. She didn’t want to think about it. She took a deep breath to shake off the anxiety.

  “Have a good day,” she told him. It was Sunday she needed to give Sarah a call to check on her. She’d been acting weird since the incident with Collum.

  “Sarah,”

  “Hi Chris.”

  “Whatcha doing?”

  “Nothing.”

  “You want to come over.”

  “Sure.” Christina breathed a little easier knowing that Sarah was with her. At least she had some familiarity. When the doorbell rang she launched herself in the taller woman’s arms.

  “I’ve miss you.”

  “It’s only been one day silly. What’s wrong with you?” Sarah looked at Christina with a critical eye.

  “Nothing why would you ask that?”

  “Nothing, what’s for lunch?” she asked looking around.

  “You want to do pizza and a movie?” she asked Sarah looking around. There was bound to be a media room somewhere around this place.

  “Sure.” Sarah said digging around in her purse.

  “What are you looking for?”

  “I think I left my pain meds at home. I’m cramping like a bitch.”

  “I’ve got some.” She left Sarah in the kitchen to grab the pills from the bathroom. She reached into the medicine cabinet, and grabbed the pills. She grabbed her cellphone, just in case Matt called. It was then she checked the app on her phone.

  Oh god the app said that she was a week and half late. It wasn’t true. The app was a little janky anyway. She would give it a few days. There’s no way she could be pregnant. When she went into the kitchen Sarah had a drink ready for the both of them. She could kiss her friend. She had no idea how much she needed a drink. Wait a minute. Should she be drinking? What if she was pregnant? Oh god, stay calm, cool and collected.

  “I’m going to pass today. I’ve been doing way too much drinking,” she said leading Sarah around the house.

  “Wow! Look at this place Chris!”

  “I know. It’s massive. It’s basically a home theater in a freaking house.”

  “You’ve done well young grasshopper,” Sarah said.

  “I’m not dating him for his money, and this isn’t the next karate kid,” Christina said exasperated.

  “So are you dating? I want to know all the latest gossip.” Sarah said, making herself comfortable. Christina popped the movie in before sitting in the theater seats next to Sarah.

  “He did ask me to be his girlfriend this morning. It was so funny, when he started blushing,” she chuckled.

  “Are you telling me that beast of a man blushes.”

  “Yep.”

  “Wow, he must got it bad.” Sarah said looking at Christina.

  “I think something or someone must’ve hurt him in the past. We had a very tender moment, and he jumped up like a corner animal and ran for the hills. I want to fix him.”

  Sarah looked at her friend; if that was the case there was no question that a woman hurt Matt. She wondered how long ago it was. She didn’t want her friend to be the rebound chick. She would not let that man hurt Christina. Then again, she realized that it was too late as she watched at her friend.

  “You love him!” she said to Christina.

  “I do.” Christina didn’t know what it was but suddenly she was very emotional. It wasn’t the hormones dammit!

  “It’s okay Chris. You’ll be fine.” Sarah said. She needed to find out about his past, and that meant an inevitable date with the player was necessary. It was time to prepare for war.

  Chapter 16

  Christina was nervous. She stood in the front of the mirror and observed the woman reflected in it. She was dressed in a charcoal business suit, her hair was in a bun and the only makeup she applied was a nude color lip stick. Black sleek business shoes adorn her feet. She was ready. Matt had wormed his way back into her heart when he had her baby—her car delivered. She couldn’t believe that he had it flown from Tennessee, the man needed to find better ways to spend his money. Not that she was complaining or anything. All she wanted to do was keep a low profile. After the mess that happened when she was kid, she didn’t want anything to do with finance or working for corporations.

  Still she did it for Matt. The stupid man had won her o
ver. Damn him. Grabbing her keys she got into her car and headed to the office. She entered the busy corporate skyscraper building. Taking a deep breath, she watched as security greeted her. She signed in and once validating her story they welcomed her to the company before telling her to take the elevator to the top floor.

  Cliché elevator music played in the background as she made her way up. Geez, how many floors did this place have? When the door opened she was greeted by a woman. She had a tight smile on her face and her eyes were cold. Christina dealt with her types before. She scanned the woman from head to toe. The first two buttons of her blouse were undone, and she wore a short pencil skirt with black three inch heels. Christina found herself hoping the woman would fall and break her neck. Whoops, that wasn’t nice.

  “Since you’re new here, I’m just going to let you that he’s mine.” Christina felt her eyebrows rise to hairline. She didn’t realize who this woman was talking about, but she knew it was best to put her in her place, before it became a problem. Mustering up her snobbiest tone, Christina gave the woman a look of superiority.

  “It’s clear why the company needs someone of my caliber here. It’s falling apart with all the intellectually inferior people here. I hadn’t realized you were a present day courtesan masquerading as a simple receptionist, seems you’re only meant to serve your superiors. How fitting. Now be a good little bitch and go sit down.”