“Wait a second. I need to see what that is you have there,” Drake exclaimed as he used his hands to cover himself.
“Nope,” Victoria put the device behind her and clicked it off so the buzzing stopped.
“You expect me to trust you with my manhood?” He laughed.
“Yes, I do. Now close your eyes and move your hands already. We don’t have all day.”
Victoria pushed Drake’s hands out of the way and looked up at him while she waited for him to close his eyes again. He reluctantly did as he was told. But the trepidation was high as he grimaced at the thought of whatever she was about to put on him. The last thing he wanted was some hurtful device wrapped around his cock. It could pinch him, or shock him, or any number of other things. He was not comfortable at all with how things were going.
“I’m trusting you here. Please remember I want to have children someday,” Drake said reluctantly.
“Oh, be quiet. I’m not going to hurt you. It’s going to feel great.”
“Says the woman without a penis.”
Victoria couldn’t help laughing at how nervous Drake was. He looked like he was about to turn and run out of the room as she wrapped her hands around his cock and slid the silicone ring onto the base of his shaft. When she flipped the button to turn the device on, Victoria also took Drake’s body into her mouth.
Her eyes looked up at him as he let out a delicious moan, and she knew he was happy with the choice she had made. Slowly she moved her mouth around him, and Drake leaned back and held onto the dresser for support.
“Shit, that’s crazy. It feels amazing,” Drake softly said through deep breaths.
“It’s got a little buzzer up top for me to slide onto you; are you sure you don’t want to test it out?”
“Um … I think we better not … it’s a long day … I don’t want … I don’t think … um. No, we better not,” Drake finally managed to get his words out.
Victoria had her mouth wrapped around him and moved up and down his shaft firmly as the buzzing device played with him. Drake knew there was going to be no turning back if she didn’t get that thing off of him. His body was throbbing and ready to explode already. He desperately wanted her to slide on top of him. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to fuck her. Drake just didn’t know who he was going to pick, and he didn’t want to be a jerk to her.
“Do you like it?” Victoria said between filling her mouth with Drake’s body.
“Fuck yeah, you should turn it off before I explode, though.”
“That’s exactly why I’m not turning it off. You need a good release for today.”
Drake’s mind spun with his own morals. Was it still sleeping with her if she gave him oral sex on the day he was choosing someone? What if he picked someone else? Was that woman going to be really angry at him for what he was about to do with Victoria?
With all the questions whirling around in his mind, Drake couldn’t think straight, and his body took over. There would be no stopping what was about to happen as Drake closed his eyes and let his hands grab onto Victoria’s hair.
Her mouth moved up and down his shaft one last time before he released all the stress he had pent up for the day. It felt like exactly what he needed, yet he couldn’t help feeling like he probably shouldn’t have done that with Victoria. Suddenly, as all was said and done, Drake didn’t think Victoria was the one at all.
All he could think about was how Scarlett would think he was disrespectful if he chose her. Certainly Drake didn’t know if he was going to pick Scarlett, but he didn’t think she would approve of what had just gone down, and that made him worry. Drake wanted Scarlett’s approval. He wanted her to be so head over heels for him that she fought and wouldn’t let any of the other women have him. As Victoria was down on her knees in front of Drake, he knew she wasn’t the right one.
Even though Drake knew that Victoria wasn’t the right one, he absolutely wasn’t going to tell her it was time to go after she had just given him a blowjob. Instead, they cleaned up and walked back out to the patio to sit and talk with everyone else. Drake still wanted to talk with Cynthia, but he needed to take a break.
Being alone with Cynthia scared Drake a little bit. She was a wild one, and he knew Cynthia was going to try something with him on their last one on one time together. But then again, he hadn’t thought Victoria would have tried anything at all, but she very much had. Maybe Drake didn’t know the women as well as he thought he did.
Chapter 5
“Finally, my turn to have you alone,” Cynthia said with a bit of a growl in her voice.
Drake liked the zest that Cynthia had for everything she did, but he was pretty sure he was going to let her go. Of course, he wanted to give her a chance to talk so she didn’t feel like he had made his decision lightly. But Drake was on a roll, and he felt like he was getting closer and closer to his final woman.
“I’m glad we get a few minutes alone. It feels like the tension is getting pretty intense out there.”
“Yeah, I think poor Robert needs a raise. Every time one of the women makes a snarky comment, he’s coming to the rescue and trying to calm things down.”
“Robert’s a good man indeed.”
There was an awkward silence as Drake and Cynthia sat in the living room. Cynthia was quieter than usual, and Drake felt like he didn’t have much he wanted to say. He knew he had to give her some of his time, though, so he turned to the business world. Drake knew he could always talk about business.
“I bet your employees are eager to have you back. Do you think they managed alright without you?”
“Yeah, I’m sure everything went fine.”
“Do you have assistants or vice presidents that take over when you’re gone?”
“I’ve got department heads, and they manage very well. My partner is there, and he’s excellent at running things. I could take a month off if I wanted to.”
“Wow, I don’t think I could take a month off every year,” Drake said as he admired her business set up. “I need to do a better job of preparing everyone to run things when I want time off. This week has shown me that for sure.”
Cynthia started to move closer to Drake, and he knew exactly what she was up to. Drake couldn’t let her take things there, though. The spark between them wasn’t nearly as strong as it was between him and a couple of the other women. Drake needed to let Cynthia go.
“I’ve really enjoyed getting to know you,” Cynthia said as she stood up, straddled Drake and sat back down.
“I’ve enjoyed getting to know you, too.”
“I’ll always remember our day together.”
Cynthia leaned in and kissed Drake. He couldn’t exactly pull away without being rude, but his heart wasn’t in it at all. Drake didn’t want to lead Cynthia on, and he finally pulled his lips away from hers. The look in her eyes said she knew exactly what was going on.
“Will you grab my things with me?” Cynthia said softly.
There were no tears in her eyes. She was much tougher than that. Cynthia didn’t need a man; sure she wanted one, but she wouldn’t lose sleep over losing Drake. It had been a wonderful experience, and she felt like her hard shell had cracked just a little bit. Perhaps when she finally met the man of her dreams, she wouldn’t be so tough around him and would be more willing to give in and show her softer side.
“I’ll always remember our day together. Getting to know you was very special to me.”
“Thanks, Drake. Whoever you choose is a really lucky girl. Who is it?”
Drake had to smile at the inquisitive nature of Cynthia. She was already wondering who had beaten her out in the contest for Drake. The problem was, even Drake didn’t know who he was going to choose.
“I’m narrowing it down in my mind. It’s difficult. I care about you all. There isn’t a right or wrong thing that anyone has done, I just want to find the woman that will fit best in with my life.”
“Best of luck to you, Drake. I think your wife is probably
among these women, and I hope I get an invite to the wedding.”
“Well, I don’t know about a wedding. But I do think there’s a woman here for me.”
Drake grabbed Cynthia’s bags for her and walked with her back downstairs where they were met by Scarlett. As he looked at her standing at the bottom of the stairs, his head flipped around like there was a frog jumping around in it.
Scarlett was wearing a beautiful white sundress with her hair left down. The brown curls wrapped around her ample breasts and Scarlett looked like she was right out of a magazine or something.
“Hey, Samantha is back, and we are going for a walk. Just didn’t want you to worry that I had taken off again.”
“Is everything alright?” Drake asked.
“Yep, just bored and thought it would be something to keep my mind busy.”
“Okay, I’ll come out and talk with Allison in a minute; could you let her know before you guys leave?”
“Sure.”
Scarlett made her way back to the backyard and Drake followed Cynthia out to the front of the house. Cynthia didn’t want a hug, or a kiss good-bye. She climbed into the car and waved at Drake as it quickly pulled away. There didn’t seem to be any love lost between Cynthia and Drake, she looked ready to move on without a worry in the world.
“See you later,” Scarlett said as she and Samantha walked right past Drake and out to the sidewalk in front of the house.
“Enjoy your walk,” Drake hollered after them.
He half expected some sort of snide comment from Samantha, but she didn’t even turn to look at him. There was some serious girl talk about to happen, and Drake suspected some of it was going to be about him. Or maybe they were just going to make out; he chuckled to himself.
After everything that had gone on throughout the week, Drake was surprised Allison hadn’t been more on his mind. She lived right there in Los Angeles, had a kick ass body, and was sweet as could be to him. She worked with children who had disabilities even! On paper, Allison was the perfect woman. Drake just wasn’t sure if she was the perfect woman for him.
His next pairing was going to be Allison against Scarlett. Things were starting to get real for him now. With only four women left in the house, Drake was making progress on his goal of picking one of the women. He knew that there would be such tremendous relief after he finally finished out the day. It was practically the main purpose he kept moving forward. The tension he was feeling was very uncomfortable, and he needed it to go away.
Allison, Lauren, and Victoria sat out by the pool and looked like they were in the midst of a very deep conversation. Instead of walking straight out to them, Drake watched them through the glass window. He felt proud that he had been given the chance to get to know the three women sitting out there. If he hadn’t come up with the strange idea of having seven women come stay at his home, he never would have met the women that he did.
It made him think about life and chances and how people actually connected with each other. What would have happened to him if he had never actually met these women? Would he have wondered around single for years and years to come?
Drake assumed he was going to find the woman he would stay with out of the group he had, but there was still the possibility that whomever Drake picked wouldn’t be the right match for him either. Then what would he do?
Drake had to laugh at the philosophical dilemma that was playing out in his mind. He had never worried so much about his love life in all of his adult years. Maybe it was the concentrated effort of having all the women in his house at once? Or perhaps Drake was just feeling like he was getting old and needed to start making some changes, but he did want a woman in his life and hoped that whomever he picked would be the one that matched with him in the long term.
It would be nice not to have to date anymore. Sure, Drake knew that even once he found his match, he would still go out on dates with them. But he wouldn’t miss the dating scene at all. There was a constant feeling of what might be around the next corner. No one ever wanted to be happy with the person that was in front of them; instead, they pushed good people off to the side while they felt out the market to see who else might be single and looking.
Drake would be more than happy to be out of the dating scene for good. Well, that was assuming he ever actually picked his final date out of the women in the house. He took a deep breath and walked out to the patio so he could pull Allison aside and talk with her.
He really had no idea if she was going to be the one he picked or not. Their date had been a hilarious comedy of events with paparazzi, gay lovers, and a charity event. It wasn’t possible that Drake would soon forget that evening with Allison.
The day was certainly starting to wear on Drake, though; he caught himself yawning as he thought about the rest of the afternoon. Certainly things would get better when he was able to finally make his decision, but Drake couldn’t see that far ahead. For the moment, he needed to just sit down with Allison and see if things were still clicking.
Chapter 6
“What are you girls up to out here?” Drake said when he finally made his way out to the pool where the women were sitting.
It was late afternoon, and the sun had moved behind some of the taller buildings in the area. Drake loved that time of day normally, but it was just a reminder that he needed to make some decisions before dinner time came around. It was going to be a very awkward dinner if Drake hadn’t made the decision about who he wanted to date by then.
“Just girl talk,” Victoria said with a smile.
“You know, you girls don’t have to stay out here. It’s alright if you want to go inside or go into the pool house. Whatever you would like. Samantha and Scarlett are out for a walk if you want to join them as well.”
“Thanks, Drake,” Lauren said.
“Well, I think I should pull Allison away from you two if that’s alright?”
“Of course,” Victoria said.
“Should we call the paparazzi?” Allison joked. “I think they are probably just dying to know where we have been all week.”
“I think you are right. How about you and I get some dinner started. I let chef go home for the night. Just too much going on for one evening.”
“Sure, I’m game.”
Drake led Allison into the kitchen where he started to pull out ingredients for the dinner he had in mind. Drake certainly wasn’t the greatest of cooks, but he was able to whip together a dinner when he had to.
“Pasta sound good?” Drake asked.
“Sounds delicious to me.”
“Have you kept up on the paparazzi story about us? Anything interesting?”
“Well, last I heard, you were involved in a gay orgy, and I was forced to come watch.”
They both laughed at the preposterous nature of the paparazzi and the stories they came up with. It was very funny how the media liked to make stories up when they couldn’t find a story that was interesting enough. Drake had been the subject of a few stories over the years but not nearly as many as Allison had. It was nice to see that she took things in her stride and didn’t stress out too much about them.
“Well, that’s an interesting one, at least. I’m sure they sold lots of newspapers.”
“Yes, I’m sure they did.”
Allison grabbed her hair and pulled it back into a ponytail as they got ready to start cooking. She was such a down to earth girl; it was hard to remember that she was actually a celebrity.
Drake watched her as she expertly started to work with the meat they needed to cut up and brown for the pasta. Her hands managed the knife like she knew exactly what she was doing. It was obvious that she didn’t let others cook for her all the time; Allison was very familiar working in the kitchen.
“Are you just going to stare at me or are you going to help,” she teased Drake.
“Sorry, I was distracted.”
“With my ass.”
“Yes,” Drake said as he came up behind Allison and slapped her as
s playfully.
Allison had one of those bodies that only celebrity women could have. She was thin but also had muscle tone that defined her curves perfectly. Drake couldn’t help leaving his hand on her ass as he looked over her shoulder and watched her cutting the meet.
“You’re an expert with that meat.”
“Oh, I’m very good at playing with meat,” Allison said seductively.
There was a comfort level between Allison and Drake, but Drake realized that he didn’t want to know much more from Allison. He didn’t have a deep-seated need to ask her about her childhood, or what her favorite kind of coffee was, there was something missing in the energy between them. That small missing piece was enough for Drake to know that he was going to let Allison leave.
As they continued to prepare the meal, Drake went through the decisions he had made so far. He knew that both Victoria and now Allison were going to leave so that only left Lauren and Scarlett. He drew in a deep breath at that realization because he had no idea which woman he wanted more. They were so different, yet he enjoyed his time with both of them very much.
When dinner was ready, Drake rounded up Victoria and Lauren from the pool area. They would just have to start without Scarlett and Samantha since they weren’t back from their walk yet.
The table already seemed so empty with just three women and Drake sitting around it. The level of energy in the house had already calmed substantially throughout the day, and it was now a much more somber feel. The girls ate their dinner without much discussion, and Drake couldn’t find anything reasonable to say.
All Drake could think about was how he was going to tell Victoria and Allison that it was time for them to go. He didn’t want to be rude, but it needed to happen. Once Drake made up his mind, he didn’t change it.
“I really want you all to know that this week has been so much fun for me. And I don’t mean the intimate stuff; I have enjoyed getting to know you all. Just think about it, if we hadn’t had this experience, none of us would have ever met each other. I think that’s pretty amazing.”
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