Acquiring Hearts

by S. Donahue

  Gia, I just want to let you know that I had a really great time on our first date. I could sit and watch you sleep all night, but I wanted to give you privacy. I want to see you again soon. I’ll call you tomorrow to check on you. Sweet dreams, baby. Talk to you tomorrow.

  Chapter Five

  The sun shined brightly through the living room window casting its rays right on Gia’s face. She opened her eyes groggily, trying to gain her composure. How did she end up sleeping on the couch all night?

  Oh shit, Brad. What the hell happened? I fell asleep!!! What kind of date am I?

  She turned to get her phone to check the time. It was 10 A.M. Damn. She slept like she had never slept in her life. She didn’t normally get up this late. She was an early bird. She had three text messages. Two were from Rachel and one was from Brad.

  The texts from Rachel were from this morning. The first one asked about my date.

  Hmm… I’ll let you know when I know.

  The second one said to call her ASAP. In Rachel terms that was just an ordinary text. She returned her text and said “I’ll call you later. I just woke up”.

  It’s too early to deal with her.

  Then Gia opened the message from Brad and read it. He was such a sweet and caring guy. She wondered what the future held for them. He seemed interested but it was somehow too good to be true. It made her a little nervous since she had not been serious about anyone since Jesse. It was one date. She replied:

  “Hey, thanks for charging my phone. I can’t believe I fell asleep. You should have woken me up. I had a great time last night considering I passed out, lol. Did you fall asleep too?”

  “Hey baby... Hope you slept well. I know I did, thinking of you. I did fall asleep and when I woke up, I didn’t want to disturb you. You looked like sleeping beauty.”

  “AWWW Brad, you make me blush.”

  “It’s true… Oh, I can make you blush if you want me too!!”

  “Haha”

  “What are you doing today? If you’re not busy, do you want to go swimming in my pool? I can cook a mean barbeque, too.

  “Now this I have to see,” Gia quipped.

  “I can send my driver to pick you up.”

  “I have a car. I can drive over.”

  “I’d feel safer if my driver picked you up.”

  “You’re a smooth talker. Lol. If you insist, I’ll take the driver.

  “I’m not a smooth talker. I don’t ever want anything to happen to you.”

  “Hmmmm... What time should I be ready?”

  “He’ll be there at 2 P.M. His name is Gary.”

  “Ok. See you then. By the way, I may need to bring my laptop to do some work while we lay out and catch some rays. Is that ok?”

  “Sure, whatever you want, baby. See you soon.”

  Gia couldn’t believe she was going to see Brad again today. She wasn’t expecting him to invite her over to his pool. She needed to get out her hottest bathing suit. Not that she was trying to seduce him or anything.

  Yeah right, don’t lie to yourself.

  She picked out her black strapless bikini. The bottoms tied on both sides, and the top tied in the back. She threw a black and silver strapless cover-up dress over her bikini and slid on her silver and black thong sandals. Thankfully, she had her hair and nails done yesterday, so she wore her hair down.

  She packed her Coach carry-on bag, with a change of clothes. She gathered some toiletries to put into her bag. She was as ready as she was going to get.

  She carried her bags downstairs and put them by the front door. It was only one thirty so she decided she had plenty of time to call Rachel.

  “What’s going on? Where have you been? How was the date?” Rachel asked in lieu of hello.

  “Hi, to you too,” Gia sarcastically responded. “The date was good. It was crashed by Sheila, but I put that bitch in her place. After dinner, we went and sat by the river. Then we came back to my place. I fell asleep. He left this morning. He invited me to his house to swim in his pool and eat barbeque. That about wraps it up.”

  “Back it up. What happened with Sheila?” Rachel was pissed. This woman just wouldn’t stop. She’d been telling Mr. Roberts for weeks that this chick was crazy. Whatever. He could do what he wanted, but if Sheila touched her sister, it was on.

  “Basically she called us hired help. I handed her my card and told her she may need to call me if she didn’t stop stalking Brad.”

  “OMG! No you didn’t. Was she mad?” Rachel was laughing but she was also so proud of her baby sister.

  She ripped up my card and went stomping off. “Eventually you will come back to me,” Gia said in an irritating Sheila-esque shrill response.

  “HAHA, said Rachel laughing. She better not call the office again.”

  Gia didn’t want to put her sister in a bad mood but she wanted to give her time for her issues. “What’s going on with Vinnie? Are the boy’s home?”

  “He is at his mom’s house. He keeps begging me to let him come back home, but I can’t forgive him. I finally stopped crying.”

  “Well that’s a good thing.”

  “Yeah. Now, I’m just angry and bitter. The boys are still with Mommy and Daddy. They’re going down the shore for the week. They should be ok. They have summer work for school and mom has stuff planned for them to do all week.”

  “That sucks. Do they suspect anything? Do you think you will forgive him? Do you think he means what he says?”

  “I don’t know. We’ve been together so long, but I feel like I can’t trust him. The kids don’t know anything. His mom is giving him hell for doing what he did.”

  “Absolutely. She thinks you’re the best thing that happened to him and you’re her grandsons’ mother. Give it a couple days and don’t rush into anything. At least you’re free all week with no pressure.”

  “I think I might call out tomorrow. Oh, you didn’t hear that, future wife of my boss.” They both laughed loudly.

  “Get out of here. You’re crazy, we had one date.”

  One amazing date.

  “It seems to be moving kind of quick,” Rachel said slyly.

  “Whatever. Don’t start,” Gia warned.

  “I’m just saying.”

  “We’ll see what happens. I have to get going. I’m being picked up at two by Gary, the driver.”

  “Whatever, I’m just going to sit here and watch depressing Lifetime movies all day.”

  “You’re so dramatic. I gotta go, bye.”

  As they hung up the phone, Gia hoped everything worked out for Rachel. She felt bad for her and hated seeing her like this. She knew what it was like because she had been through it before. The only difference was she wasn’t married with two kids, and walking away had been easier.

  The knock at the door pulled her from her thoughts. It was Gary. She was surprised to see that he was actually a really good looking guy in his early forties. She expected an older distinguished gentleman like the guy from the The Princess Diaries movies. He placed her bags in the trunk and then opened the door for her to get in the back seat.

  “How are you doing today, Miss Coppi?” Gary asked politely. Gia didn’t feel he needed to use formalities.

  “Please, call me Gia. I’m doing well. How about yourself?”

  He smirked, “I’m pleased to meet you, Gia.”

  They sat the rest of the way in silence. Gia played the game Candy Crush Saga on her cell phone, her secret addiction.

  They pulled onto a long road about a half hour later. Then they turned down another path and eventually the car pulled onto a long driveway.

  Brad lived in a frigging mansion. She was in awe. It was so beautiful. It actually looked historic but modern at the same time.

  He was waiting at the front door. She felt like her chin must have been on the ground. He had on navy blue and gray striped swimming trunks that were hanging low on his hips and a gray Gap tank top that showed off his chiseled muscles. Her body was betraying her at that mom
ent, and she hadn’t even moved out of the car yet. Brad walked over to the car and opened the door for her, while Gary retrieved her bags from the trunk.

  Brad was staring at her when she got out of the car. “If you look this good just to swim in my pool, I can’t even imagine what you would look like if we were swimming on a private island. Are you blushing a little there Giavonna?”

  Her face was turning different shades of red and pink. He knew how to make her blush, which was very hard to do. “Oh Brad, stop flirting and give me a tour of this magnificent house.”

  He grabbed her hand and escorted her into his home. The inside was even more alluring than she could have imagined. There were several guest bedrooms, along with the master suite, which made her heart race when they were alone together in there for the tour. There were two living rooms, a main dining hall, and a small informal dining room. The kitchen looked like something out of a five star restaurant. She could only dream of cooking in a kitchen like that. Brad showed her the rest of the house which consisted of the pool, a tennis court, basketball court, theater and a six-car garage. Gia felt like she was on an episode of MTV Cribs.

  Gary placed Gia’s bags on the sofa in the living room. He advised Brad to call him when he was ready for him to come back and drive Gia back home. They spoke in the hallway for a few moments and then Gary left.

  “Gary’s going home for the evening. I told him that I could drive you home when you’re ready. Let’s go out back to the pool. I have the food set up and ready for us to eat.”

  The table was set with plates and silverware. He had made Grilled chicken, grilled vegetables and baked potatoes, which were already on plates and wrapped up with plastic. He also had a bottle of wine on ice and candles lit in the center of the table.

  Brad’s so perfect. A guy that can cook is a keeper. The fact that he’s hot too, is an added bonus.

  “You thought of everything,” remarked Gia in surprise.

  They sat down at the table to eat and talk. Brad asked about Gia’s relationship with her sister. He also asked about her parents and family life. The conversation was flowing nicely. He divulged information about his family life and his father’s death. He also mentioned how his mother remarried a doctor from the hospital she worked at. He felt like he didn’t need to hold back any information from her.

  After they cleaned up the dishes, they decided to sit by the edge of the pool to finish their conversation. They brought their wine with them. It was getting so hot and muggy out. Gia decided she was going to take a dip in the pool while Brad was still sitting on the edge. She swam over to where he was at. He reached down and playfully pulled her hair, while trying to pull her towards him with his feet.

  He couldn’t take it anymore, so he decided to jump in the pool because the vision in front of him was causing a reaction down below. He reached out to her, their wet bodies touching.

  “I don’t know how much more I can take, looking at you in that bikini. You make me so hard, I feel like I am going to burst.”

  With that being said, Brad kissed Gia with an eagerness that he couldn’t control. She wanted it just as bad as he did. She gasped from the burning that she was feeling inside of her stomach. He moved his tongue across her face, down her neck and back up to her ear.

  He whispered, “Are you ok?”

  She could only moan.

  Speak for goodness sake...

  “If you don’t continue, I may die.”

  He moved his hands through her hair and then down her back. He moved them lower to her ass and pulled her body harder into his. He didn’t want to have her like this in the pool. He grabbed her by the hand and told her to follow him. He led her up the stairs to his bedroom.

  When they reached their destination, he laid her down on the bed and started planting mini kisses on her stomach. Gia was so turned on that her bathing suit was getting wet and not from being in the pool. She was creating a pool of her own.

  Brad kissed her again and this time he moved his tongue in between her breasts. He untied her bikini in the back and slid it off. He took her right nipple into his mouth and sucked it until she could no longer take it. He then moved on to the left one, increasing her need for more. He moved his mouth back up to her right ear; sucked and bit her earlobe. “You’re so beautiful when you are being pleasured by me. I want you all to myself.”

  “Well, here I am. What are you going to do with me?” She invited seductively.

  “I thought you’d never ask?”

  Brad traveled down south and ran his tongue along the material of her bikini bottoms. He could feel the heat trying to penetrate through. He untied both sides and pulled the bottoms from underneath her. She was completely naked in front of him.

  Her body was exquisite, like a masterpiece. He brushed the tip of his tongue from one thigh to the next, teasing her, making her want more. She was so wound up. It wasn’t going to take much to put her over the edge.

  “Please, Brad… Don’t stop. I need more.”

  Led by her words, Brad inserted his finger into her hot passageway. She was oozing with fluids caused by him. At the same time he teased her with his tongue near her entrance.

  Gia could no longer take it anymore. Her body was convulsing as if an exorcist was taking over her body. With his fingers still inserted in her as she climaxed, Brad inched back up to her face, kissed her cheek and edged her on.

  “Cum for me, baby.”

  Gia cried out his name in pure pleasure and knew at that very moment, she could never have another man touch her body the way Brad did.

  She couldn’t believe that he could make her body feel the way it just did. He was amazing. She could do that all night long.

  “Thank You.”

  “Don’t thank me yet because I’m not done with you.”

  “Oh, really?”

  Brad pulled her naked body on top of his. He was still rock solid. Gia leaned forward and gave him a kiss on his lips then proceeded to remove his tank top. She ran her tongue along his muscular chest. She then pulled his swimming trunks off and tossed them onto the floor. They were now flesh to flesh. Thoughts starting coming into her head: should she do this? Was it too soon? What will he think of her? She didn’t want to be a tease and back out now.

  He rubbed his tip over her entrance, taunting her. She wanted to take precautionary measures because she was not on birth control pills. There was no reason for her to be on them. She was not having active sex and the pills did not agree with her.

  “Do you have a condom?” He reached across her and retrieved one from his nightstand.

  “I hope it’s efficient, it’s been in the drawer a while.”

  “Well that’s good to know.”

  “It’s going to have to work because I need you right now.”

  She rolled the condom over his massive rock hard cock. He grabbed a hold of it and pushed himself against her walls. She tightened herself over him moving gently up and down. She started to move faster as Brad was moving his hands up and down her stomach. He grabbed a hold of her breasts and was rubbing them vigorously. It was driving her wild, making her go faster and faster. The words he was saying to her, were increasing her intensity.

  “Baby, you feel so good. I love being inside of you. I feel like we have a connection.”

  He sat up and took her breasts into his mouth and sucked on them. She leaned backwards as she continued to ride the wave. When she finally was pushed over the edge, Brad was about to relinquish his control as well.

  “Oh Gia, I’m going to explode inside of you.”

  “Oh My God… Brad.”

  When they both reached their point of satisfaction, Gia collapsed on top of Brad’s chest; they both were a sweaty mess. He had both his arms wrapped around her.

  “You’ve made me so happy these past couple days. Thank you,” Brad gushed.

  “Don’t thank me, I feel the same way.”

  They laid there in each other’s arms listening to their hearts beating,
no longer feeling lonely.

  Chapter Six

  A couple hours later, they decided to get dressed and go downstairs to the living room. It was getting late and Gia would have to leave soon. She had to be in work early tomorrow because she was due in court and Brad had an early morning meeting. They sat in the living room with their laptops and checked their emails, stealing kisses from each other every chance they could.

  “I really need to get going. I have to be up early. Maybe you should call Gary to come take me home.”