"Aren't you glad you didn't listen to me and settle?" Ron asks, with a grin, as we walk back to the office.
"You gave me great advice, Ron," I tell him. "I know that settling would be the prudent thing to do. But no one has ever accused me of being prudent."
Once we're on the partners' floor, I nod to Ron and Asher one last time.
"Thanks for helping me win," I tell them.
"Nothing I like more than basking in the glory of a big win," Asher says, grinning widely. "And thank you. Because I couldn't have done it without you."
"Oh, honey," Madilyn says, playfully swatting his arm.
"Bye Madilyn, bye Ruby," Katie says, giving both of them kisses on the cheek. "Thanks for all your help too."
"Any time, Katie," Ruby says, with a wink. "I know I've been an excellent role model to you."
"But I'm the one who got this whole thing started," Madilyn says, and everyone laughs.
"You're certainly a real trend setter," Katie says.
Then they leave for their own respective offices and it's just Katie and me, alone, like the very first time we were together.
Katie
"Turn around," Damien says, when it's just him and me alone in his office, with the door locked.
I do it, a chill running down my spine. He still makes me feel a mixture of fear and excitement. Just like the very first time I met him.
"Lift up your skirt," he tells me.
I do that too.
"Your ass is beautiful but it's not red enough," he says. "I'm going to have to change that."
"Yes, Boss."
He slaps me and I flinch, standing up straighter.
"Do you want to spank your ass again?" he asks me.
"Please, Boss."
He does it, in the same spot as before. My pussy drips for him and my ass aches for more of his spankings.
"More, Boss," I beg him.
He spanks me hard, several times in a row, to the point where I start to wonder if other people will hear us.
Then he pulls me close up against him.
"I'm going to take your ass," he says. "Will you let me?"
"Yes, Boss."
He reaches into his desk drawer and takes out some lube. He lovingly slathers it all over my ass hole and reaches up inside with his fingers.
"There you go. Now I can take your little ass without it hurting too much. Just the right amount."
He slides his cock in my gently at first, and I tense up, feeling pain.
"Do you like that?" he asks.
"Yes, Boss."
I turn around and look as I realize he's not wearing a condom. He pulls my hair back a little, not too hard, and bites me gently on my neck.
"That's right," he says, "I'm claiming you. I'm going to come in your ass. And then I'm going to start coming in your pussy. Because you're mine and I want to mark you as mine."
"Yes, Boss," I tell him, thrilled that we've reached this level in our relationship.
He pushes his cock all the way inside me so that it feels up my entire ass. I had no idea it could feel this good. I want him in every part of me, taking it and claiming it.
He reaches around and plays with my clit while pumping his cock in and out of my ass. With his other hand he pinches and twists my nipple.
"Oh my God," I groan. "That feels so good. I'm coming."
I feel his cock throb and pulse inside me.
"I'm coming too," he tells me. "Inside you. Without a condom."
I feel his cum gushing into me and then after a little while he rubs it around my asshole and pussy, looking down at it and saying, "I marked you as mine. You're mine."
I sit down in his computer chair, panting and exhausted.
"It's been a long day," he says, leaning against his desk to steady himself.
"Yes it has."
"But I'm so glad you won your trial," I tell him. "And I'm glad we get to end it this way."
"End it?" he says. "I think we're just beginning."
"What do you mean?" I ask him.
He reaches into his desk drawer again and then gets down on one knee.
What the…?
"Katie Finnegan," he says, looking up at me and smiling. He's holding up a box with a very big, shiny ring in it. "My life has been amazing since I met you, and I don't ever want to let you go. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
"Yes," I nearly scream, not even caring who hears me now.
He takes the ring out and hands it to me. I put it on my finger but I barely have time to admire it because I just want to celebrate with him.
I jump up and he picks me up in his arms. He kisses me and says, "Now you see why I didn't think the condom was necessary. I don't think we need it."
I kiss him back and laugh.
"And why's that?" I ask. "Because we're going to get married?"
"That, and I think maybe we should have a baby," he says.
I look at him.
"You don't think that's a good idea?" he asks. "I know you feel like our parents kind of did a number on us, and that's true. But I think we'd be good parents. I know how to make toys, anyway. And I'd like to have a baby with you. What do you say?"
"No," I tell him, burying my head in his shoulder.
"No?" he asks, seeming genuinely hurt. "You really don't want to have a baby with me?"
I shake my head very solemnly, but my grin still peeks through. I can't stop myself.
"Oh," he laughs, getting it now.
"Not just one baby," I say. "He or she will need a sibling."
"Two babies?" he asks, swinging me around in a circle in his office.
It's only his office for tonight; he won't be here tomorrow but wherever he goes, I'll follow him. And I'll still stay in touch with Ruby and Madilyn of course, even if I no longer work here. I can't get rid of those two, because they're not only fellow members of the Sugar Daddy Central society but they're also two of the best friends a girl could ask for.
"You don't want to have a baby with me because you want to have two babies with me, don't you?" he asks, in a happy, singsong voice.
I smile, still shaking my head. Then I shrug.
"Or more, Boss."
He kisses me and says, "Now that's more like it. Let's go tell everyone about all the big decisions we just made today. I love you, Katie Finnegan."
"I love you too, Boss."
"Forever and ever? As much as you've ever loved anyone?"
"And more, boss."
THE END.
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Jensen: A Military Bad Boy Romance
Chapter 1
“Hey pretty lady, what are you doing here?”
An inmate in an orange jumpsuit presses himself up against the bars in front of his jail cell as he spits this question at me. Then he spreads his index and middle fingers across his mouth and wags his tongue at me through them.
I try not to grimace as I recoil at his leering gaze. Then I quickly turn my head away so as not to display my disgust and fear to the man’s face.
But
the prisoner’s question is valid, and one that I’m asking myself right now in fact.
What am I doing here?
I’m not the kind of lawyer who works in a jail. Correction: I wasn’t that type of lawyer.
Yet the fact remains that here I am walking into a gritty prison complex instead of a fancy high rise like I have for the past four years of my legal career.
I’m supposedly an up and coming lawyer at the law firm of Holt, Mason and Davis. My goal has been to make partner within the next couple of years. And I think I’ve achieved my goal so far, since I’m not only on the partnership track but according to my bi-annual evaluations, I’m doing sprints around all my fellow associates.
Except for my fiancé Brian, of course. But he doesn’t have to make much of an effort, considering that he’s the son of the firm’s founding partner Jack Holt.
Brian doesn’t think I should be volunteering here, but he doesn’t understand what’s at stake if I don’t.
“Ms. Morrell, keep following me, this way please,” says Tim McDonald— or is it O’Donald?— as he leads me through the prison complex I’d never before entered. “We’re almost there.”
He must know that I’m strongly considering turning around and leaving. Maybe Brian was right— I don’t need to go to these lengths to impress the firm. There has to be something I can do that doesn’t involve trips to the local jail where I’m accosted by lecherous criminals.
But ever since my latest performance evaluation at the firm, Jack Holt’s words have been ringing in my memory.
“Your billable hours are great, your work is solid, your networking is as expected,” he’d told me. “But your pro bono hours are not on track with the other associates’, and the only misgivings expressed by any partner have related to your fit here with the firm.”
“My fit?” I’d asked, squirming in the oversized leather chair in the large conference room occupied only by Mr. Holt and myself.
I’d wanted to ask how I was supposed to find time to do pro bono hours— volunteering to represent clients for free— when I already billed more hours than any other associate, year after year. But I assumed he expected me to figure that out on my own.
And I was intrigued— if not dismayed— by his use of the word “fit.” I needed to fit in at the firm; I needed to make it work. My parents had spent a lot of money on law school and would be furious at me if they knew I didn’t make partner because I didn’t “fit in.”
“As you know, Riley, this firm has a strong and proud military tradition,” Mr. Holt had continued. “And you’re the only associate who doesn’t have some tie with the military.”
I’d thought about it and realized he was right: many of the partners had served in the military before going to law school, and many of the associates were in the Reserves. There were lawyers who had gone to West Point, the Air Force Academy, who had been in JAG before being hired by the firm, and who regularly volunteered at the VA, helping with disability cases or access to health care.
Except for your son, I wanted to point out to Mr. Holt, because Brian was the only other associate with absolutely no connection to the military. But, again, Brian doesn’t count. The normal rules and expectations don’t apply to him.
Mr. Holt rarely speaks of my relationship with Brian at work, but when he does, it’s to tell me that he’s glad his son hooked himself to a rising star: that I’m good for Brian and can keep him focused on the expectations at work.
But the only real expectation of Brian when it comes to work is to show up at the office once in a while. He’s expected to go to happy hours and golf tournaments with the partners, not slave away as a billable hour drone like the rest of us.
And apparently he doesn’t need to have any military connection, although everyone else, including me, has to meet that requirement. Which I’d only just recently learned was a requirement.
So it’s no wonder Brian doesn’t understand. When I began calling around to military legal service organizations where I could volunteer, the Veterans’ Legal Alliance was the only one that responded immediately. So I jumped on the opportunity to obtain a pro bono gig as quickly as possible.
Tim had explained to me that the VLA organization provides all types of legal services and representation to military veterans, including representation in criminal trials. It’s a totally different world than I’m used to, but I’m open to anything that will help me become partner at the firm.
Now, Tim leads me to an open meeting room or visiting room of some type. A handful of inmates stand around speaking in hushed tones to each other, while others sit quietly by themselves.
“These are some of the men in our program, who are waiting to meet with their lawyers or be transported to the hearing room for their cases to be called,” Tim explains.
He sits down on a bench at one of the tables a few feet away from the men. I follow his lead and sit down at the bench on the other side of the table.
One of the prisoners catches my eye and I can’t help but stare. While the rest of the men have short, buzzed, military style haircuts, this man has a gruff, outdoorsy look: long hair and a long beard.
His short-sleeved jumpsuit reveals muscular pecs covered in tattoos. I can’t take my eyes off of a Día de los Muertos/ Day of the Dead tattoo on his right arm: it’s a colorful skull full of flowers and a cross.
The stranger returns my stare, his eyes the color of dark coal. I feel them burning into my pale blue eyes as if I’m Lot’s wife looking back on Sodom in a rebellious, forbidden act. I tear my eyes away from him and force myself to look at Tim, hoping that I won’t turn into a pillar of salt.
What in the world was that? I wonder, as a scourge of electricity curses through my veins. I cannot possibly have felt attracted to that… criminal. He’s not even my type.
I like nerdy, intellectual guys, not long-haired convicts covered in tattoos. And I’m engaged, I remind myself, almost as an after- thought. But I can’t seem to stop staring at this guy’s luscious brown hair, mysterious dark brown eyes, and seemingly constantly flexed muscles.
“It’s amazing how many military personnel are arrested while serving or shortly thereafter,” Tim is explaining, handing me a thick binder full of information.
Veterans’ Legal Alliance, Inc., it reads on the front cover, and then: How to represent a service member or veteran charged with a crime in state criminal court.
“I’m not really knowledgeable about…” I begin, but Tim holds up his hand and smiles kindly at me.
“We know you don’t have criminal law experience,” he says, easing my fears. “But since you routinely handle complex commercial litigation and white collar crime- type fraud suits between business partners and the like, I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it quickly. These kinds of cases are more difficult in some ways but the basic procedures will be a cakewalk for you. And we are here to train you and provide you with all the support and resources you need.”
“‘We’ being…?” I ask, looking around the room and noting the lack of any other lawyers.
I suddenly feel a presence immediately behind my right shoulder and jump, realizing that Mr. Not My Type is standing directly behind me. I’m not sure how long he’s been there. I feel goosebumps spring up all over my body, and it’s not because I’m cold.
It’s not even because I’m afraid. There’s something undeniably attractive— rather than repulsive— to me about this particular criminal.
“Myself, as director of the organization,” Tim continues, “and all other staff and attorneys. I must admit we run a slim ship, which is due to the lack of willing personnel, but those that do help are incredibly passionate and talented at what they do.”
“I see,” I say, trying not to blush and hoping that Mr. Not My Type can’t tell what an inexplicitly powerful effect his presence has on me.
The inmate clears his throat and says, “Mr. McDonald?” in a polite yet bold tone of voice.
There’s something about his
voice that makes me shiver. In a good way. It’s as if he’s whispering in my ear, even though he’s not even talking to me.
“Yes, Jensen?” Tim responds, with a smile. “Call me Tim. And this is Riley Morrell. She might be volunteering temporarily with our organization. Riley, this is Jensen Bradford.”
“Hello, Riley,” says Jensen, extending a well-built forearm in my direction. There’s something about the way he says my name that sounds so foreign and new, as if I’ve never been called it before in my life. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too,” I say, reaching out to meet his grasp.
He shakes my hand like a lumberjack and I wonder how tall he is. Definitely quite tall. But his eyes remain focused on Tim’s.
“Mr. McDonald,” he continues, dropping my hand and leaving it to feel suddenly completely empty. “I’m wondering if Dylan is here? He said he’d talk to me about my arraignment hearing before it starts, and that’s relatively soon.”
“I believe he was held over in court,” Tim answers. “He has a busy docket today. But I’m sure he’ll be here soon.”
“All right, thank you sir,” Jensen says. “I’m glad to hear it because I’d really like to talk to him.”
He returns to the table on the far side of the room without so much as glancing back at me, and I feel slighted, even though I have no idea why I want this prisoner to talk to me, as eloquent and polite of a prisoner as he may be.
Sure, he’s tall, athletic, muscular, and gorgeous. But that doesn’t mean I should have an instant crush on him, I remind myself.
I’m engaged, even if that fact is easy to forget these days. After protesting against my choice of pro bono work, Brian didn’t even bat an eye this morning when I told him I’d be late to the office because I was meeting Tim McDonald in the jail first.
In fact, I don’t know if he even heard me, even though I’d repeated myself. I have to admit that ours has always been a relationship built on politics and convenience more so than on passion or romance, but lately Brian has become more distant than ever.
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