by Xyla Turner
“Right. They signed on to endorse it and it’s going for a good cause,” Travis explained.
“Wow, I guess I can’t call you the arrogant jerk like I used to.” I laughed.
“You can but I only answer to a couple of names. Daddy being one…” He was cut off.
"Travis?" A tall woman in a skin-tight leather dress that showed every curve of her Coca-Cola shaped body stood on five-inch leather heels and was smiling at Travis.
His eyes brightened and the nudging in my heart amplified.
"Onyxx, sweetheart." He rose and kissed her on both cheeks. "It's so good to see you again."
"Surprised to see you in the district," the woman said as she patted his chest.
"I'm sorry," the woman purred and looked in my direction. "I'm Onyxx."
"Ah, sorry. This is Bianca." Travis waved towards me.
"Hello, Onyxx," I greeted her back.
"She yours?" the exotic woman asked with bright eyes.
"Yeah, she's mine," Travis said and smiled at me.
"You must stop by. Be sure to bring her too." The woman smiled at me then turned her focus on Travis again. "See you around."
"You will."
She turned on her heels and gracefully made an exit. It was then I noticed the dress was backless with leather straps crisscrossing her back.
"She seems very mysterious," I smiled. "New girlfriend?"
Travis laughed and said, "No, that's another conversation for a later time."
"So, you're going to run your business from New York? Looking to traveling back and forth?" I asked.
He laughed and said, "Sorry, there's so much happening right now. No, I moved to D.C. a few weeks ago. As soon as I came back from Indulgences, I started putting the plan in place. I have a condo over in the North East, an office not too far away and I've been pitching to every agent in the DC area."
"Ah, that's right. I'm sorry." I laughed. "Your pitch. What are you proposing?"
"Well, I'm so glad you asked." Travis straightened up and said, "I'm proposing that I take you out on some official dates. We get to see each other outside of the Indulgences Island, in everyday life, with the stressors and everything. I have this gut feeling, what I see is what I get so I'm content either way. We explore each other, mentally, physically and emotionally. I'll make you cum every day if you want. I'll show you all that love has to offer and more. You can just be you as we live out life in bliss and indulge in one another."
My mouth was wide open and for the life of me, I couldn't close it.
What in the actual hell was happening?
"W-what?" I managed to mutter.
"I know it's weird and out of the blue but we had something special back on Aragon island. We have something here. I still feel it." Travis touched his chest. "You want to know what the doctor said? He said I had anxiety. I don't get fucking anxiety, ever in my life. I work out, I eat right when I'm not on vacation, and I'm healthy as a horse. He said, get this, I was love sick."
I laughed out loud and so did he.
"Funny, right." Travis nodded his head. "Well, Kenderly had me doing some more crafts where I had to concentrate on something and not the love of my life. I felt fine. But, when I think of my love, the weird feeling starts. I don't focus on her and I'm good. I focus on her, I feel like I'm about to have an anxiety attack."
He was still nodding his head as if to say, that wasn't the end of the story.
"I come back to the island and Kenderly is waiting for me. She tells me that my love has departed but all hope isn't lost. She wouldn't give me your number but she gave me your full name and that was all. I looked everywhere for you under the name that was provided but didn't realize what name you were going by and was having the hardest time until Neilson & Graham made the announcement that Bianca Norman would be rejoining their company and voilà."
My heart was warm, my palms were sweaty and I swear I probably sweated my hair out.
"So, you're stalking me?" I quipped.
"That would be a yes," Travis replied. "The same friends who distanced themselves from me after Justine left, made the independent and no other motive decision to try to connect with me, now that my name is being spoken to some key clients. You won't believe this, my ex-fiancée, the one who was going to put a restraining order on me, apparently lifted the block on my phone number to text that she was glad I was doing okay."
"That bitch," I hissed.
"Yeah, I said the same thing." Travis laughed. "So, some crazy lady who fought with me on the plane, jumped on me the first night and stole my shrimp then turned out to be my catalyst for my plan b. I moved here to start over but I moved here to see if we could actually start something new."
Goddamn it.
My eyes had water leaking from them and I couldn't do anything to stop them.
"So," I sniffed. "You think you can just come into town, sweep me off my feet and I'll just fly away with you?"
Travis raised an eyebrow, leaned forward and replied, "You're fucking right. You stole my heart, think you're going to just go back home and leave me behind?"
We stared at each other for what seemed like minutes until I backed away and said, "For the record, I didn't steal your heart first, you took mine, like you bogarted my shrimp. Therefore, I had to take some of what took mine."
Travis’ face smirked before he burst out laughing.
"Fucking crazy ass woman," he said as his head shook.
The waiter chose that time to come and take our orders and just like the man said, he ordered two servings of coconut shrimp.
"You haven't answered me," Travis mentioned once the waiter left.
"Well, I wasn't sure if there was a question in there somewhere. You told me all the things you've done and would like to do, but I don't see where what I want fits in," I answered honestly.
Having a man, even one that loved me was no reason to give up my new-found freedom. Instead of being upset, the side of his lips turned up before he said, "That's why."
"What?" I asked in confusion. "What's why?"
"That's why I love you. You don't mince words. You cut through the bullshit and you don't compromise. Not sure how that ass-hat got you to begin with and I don't care," Travis admitted. "I want you to keep doing what you're doing. My plans are adjustable as long as you're in my life. I'm just asking if I can tag along and be your partner. That's my pitch in a nutshell, sweetheart."
"You don't have some grand plan that you want me to be a part of?" I asked. "Something that will require me to..."
"No," Travis interrupted me. "My only hope is that you'll say yes to my hand in marriage one day and give birth to our children."
His hands went up along with his eyebrows.
"That's all I want."
My heart was beating faster than a race horse and my tongue seemed to be sticking to the roof of my mouth. Quickly, grabbing the water I took a gulp before I said, "I'll need to think about this pitch."
He nodded his head.
"Of course. Of course," Travis agreed, then he leaned forward and whispered. "You're coming to my place tonight and you can think all you want with my mouth on your clit, fingers in your tight, wet pussy and that will be for the first time you cum. The second time, you'll be riding me like the cowgirl you are. The third, well...that'll be me rubbing you continuously as I take you from the back. Your ass on display for me to fill you up with nothing but me."
The moist feeling was gone; my panties were now drenched.
"Talk is cheap," I countered with a lift of my eyebrow. "As a matter of fact, we could make this wager interesting to see if you could make me cum right here in this place."
I had lost my damn mind because Travis was no Charles. The man stood up, scooted me over in the booth so we were at the bottom of the U and put his hand under my skirt.
"Ready?"
Shit.
"Travis," I warned.
"Oh no, you threw down the gauntlet. You’re gonna say my name in this restaurant."
His fingers inched up as my legs spread wider for him.
He positioned me so I was leaning on him with my back to his chest. My head was on his neck and his mouth was positioned near my ear.
"Fuck," I muttered as his fingers rubbed the fabric of my nylon covered crotch.
The next sound I heard were my stockings ripping. Travis' fingers were in my panties before I could take my next breath.
"Oh, Travis," I murmured. "Please."
"Please what?" he whispered in my ear. "Want me to make it feel all better?"
"God, yes," I uttered as he started to rub my clit and I begin to drown right there under his spell.
"I missed you so much," he whispered in my ear. "I've been aching for you, day and night and here you are, in my arms, whispering my name and cumming for me."
"Shut up," I murmured.
"Oh, fuck that," Travis pinched my nipple causing me to yelp. "Can't wait until tonight when you're able to scream how much you miss me. How much you want me. How much you love me."
At that last sentence, I started to cum but pushed my face into his neck and moaned out my release as he muffled it with his arm around my neck. Of course, our waiter picked that time to come back with our food. He probably thought I was crying or cumming, I didn't really care.
"What time do you get off?" Travis said as he wiped my forehead with a cloth napkin.
"Five," I muttered as I looked around the restaurant feeling slightly embarrassed.
"I'll have a car come and get you after work." Travis was wiping my neck but his eyes were on my lips.
"Okay," I agreed.
"Let's eat, sweetheart. We're going to need our energy."
We finished our food, exchanged numbers, went our separate ways and I returned to work, only to rip the stockings off and think of all the crap I had to do before I saw him again. Therefore, I sent him a quick text, asking if the car could come at six instead of five, because I had to run an errand or two. He said that was fine and at five, I ran to get a pedicure and my eyebrows waxed.
When six rolled around, a limousine pulled up in front of the building and a guy poked his head out from the driver's side and asked, "Bianca Norman?"
Travis must have been doing great for himself to have a limo on call to pick up others.
"That's me," I said and waved.
The driver opened the door for me and he said, "Ma'am."
My head nodded and inside was the handsome man I'd seen earlier, but with his jacket off and a smirk on his face.
"Travis," I called and sat down. "This is nice."
"I got absolutely no work done." Travis pulled me onto his lap so that I was straddling him. "Been thinking about you all day."
"Same here." I kissed his scarred eye. "I like your hair like this."
He laughed, then said, "I thought of you when I got it cut. For some reason, I didn't really give a shit what anyone thought of my scare anymore because it never bothered you."
My fingers mussed through his hair as I stared at him. "No, I liked your surly, brooding ass. You made me like you and everything that came with you."
Travis banged on the door and yelled, "Mark, hurry up man. Got to get my girl home."
We made it to his place which was a nice, modern condo that oddly enough had four rooms, a balcony, and access to a park.
"This does not come off as the place of a bachelor," I quipped as I put my things on the counter.
"Because it's not." Travis pulled me into him. "This is for a family. The one I'm hoping to build."
To hell with reservations, ambitions and fear. I grabbed his ears and kissed him hard and long. His arms wrapped around my thighs, effectively picking me up and carrying me to his bedroom.
This man was a man of his word because in the order he listed at the restaurant, Travis did everything and three times I came screaming out his name.
The phone rang and I turned to look at Travis. He read my face because he said, "Don't know who the fuck that could be."
"All the more reason to answer it," I replied with all sorts of fireworks going off in my mind.
"Hello?" Travis said with his forehead scrunched up. "I'm sorry, excuse me?"
Oh shit.
Undertones: Chapter 8
Travis
Who in the hell could be calling me at midnight?
Holy fuck. If this messed up anything with Bianca, I would kill them.
"Hello," I said again but highly irritated.
"Hello Mr. Salvatore. This is Kenderly and Antonio." The woman's soothing voice seemed to calm my nerves. "Can you put us on speaker so Bianca can hear us too?"
How in the hell did she know?
Wow.
"You're good." I laughed and put the phone on speaker. "Sweetheart, it’s for both of us."
She was looking at me like she was seconds away from pouncing out of the bed. I pulled her close and said, "We're here."
"Hey Bianca, it's Kenderly and Antonio from Indulgences." Bianca's face calmed a bit. "Sorry about the time difference but we wanted to wish you both great success and get your feedback on the fulfillment of your fantasies."
"What?" Bianca asked. "I left...."
She looked at me and laughed. "Oh, my God."
I kissed her forehead and said, "We're doing well. Both of our fantasies, well our real fantasies, have come true and is really just the launch of what's to come."
"We're glad to hear it," Kenderly said with a smile, I was sure.
"We are booking our guests almost a year out now, so we wanted to make sure that you had a place, if you chose to come next June," Antoine spoke. "You both would be free of charge as Kenderly has assured me you both have other fantasies you'd like to be fulfilled."
Bianca smiled at me and nodded her head.
"Let's reserve the last two weeks in June to commemorate our anniversary." I kissed her forehead.
"Perfect," Kenderly said. "We'll be celebrating more than that. You two have a good night and congratulations on the job Bianca and your new endeavor, Travis. We are so proud and happy for you both."
"Thank you," Bianca murmured because she was on the verge of tears.
"Thanks and good night," I said before I hung up the phone.
Her wide eyes looked up at me before she said, "Do you believe that? I have chills."
"Yeah, sweetheart. Indulgences is a fantasy island." I nodded my head as my finger combed through her hair. "I've heard of another one that's closer. We can go there in December."
"Really?"
"Yeah, a friend of mine, Lady N owns and operates Hidden Treasures," I informed her.
Bianca's eyebrow went up when she said, "Is she friends with that woman, Onyxx? She looked like her title should be Lady something."
I laughed at her assessment of Onyxx. "Yeah, she's a Dungeon Mistress at Taboo. We're going there soon. There, we can play in the style we talked about."
"Oh, you're going to bring out the naughty girl in me, huh?" She laughed.
"Woman, you brought out the man in me." I kissed her nose. "The least I can do is explore our boundaries together."
"Travis Salvatore, where have you been all my life?"
"Waiting on you."
The End.
Thank you for reading June Indulgence. For more of the Indulgence Series, please visit www.induilgenceresortsbooks.com.
To learn more about Hidden Treasures, Fantasy Island, look out for Y.M. Sheree's new release.
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Xyla
Indulgences Series Book List
Here is the list of the Indulgence books and the authors.
Indulgences, Prologue, Hildie McQueen
Hearts Adrift, January Indulgence, C. Knight
A Game of Hearts, February Indulgence, Tigris Eden
Watching Mia, March Indulgence, Olivia Gaines
Yours for the Weekend, April In
dulgence, Lana Williams
Cowboy in Paradise, May Indulgence, Hildie McQueen
Undertones, June Indulgence, Xyla Turner
Summer In Paradise, July Indulgence, J.D. Monroe
Double Jeopardy, August Indulgence, KaLyn Cooper
Take Me Away, September Indulgence, Allie K. Adams
Midnight’s Kiss, October Indulgence, Victoria Zak & D.L. Roan
So Great A Love, November Indulgence, T.M. Cromer
Hired Heart, December Indulgence, Elizabeth Rose
About the Author
Xyla Turner is an award-winning, bestselling romance author. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, an avid reader of romance novels and a sucker for sassy women and dominant males. She is a high school educator and an awesome Auntie. Outside of reading, Xyla likes to spend time with her family and friends and travel. She writes different genres, but her favorite is romance.
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