by Amy Brent
But I was intrigued. I hated that I was, but it was the truth.
I was intrigued as to the kind of time I might have with the Mason Baker.
I woke up Thursday morning incredibly nervous. I wasn’t really sure what I was nervous about, but getting through my show was a nightmare. I had to diffuse lavender into my room and drink chamomile tea just to calm my mind down. I was interviewing an elderly couple who had opened up their own bar right in the heart of downtown Dallas and was pumping out their own original cocktails and crafting their own wines. It was a heartfelt interview, and I could see the love radiating between these two.
They didn’t make people like them anymore. Women were too wrapped up in how they looked, and men were too wrapped up in the legs of other women to see the prize that could be a hardworking, independent woman anyway.
But once the interview was over, I found myself rushing back home to get ready.
I’d never been this nervous going out on a date with someone before. I was always confident, and I always knew what I was getting myself into. I prided myself on my ability to read people, and Mason Baker was as topical as they came. Playboy. Rich. Flaunted his money and had no issues talking to the press. He loved the attention, the glamor, and the women he attracted with his money. He was just that type of person.
That type of man.
But then there was the tension. The sexual tension that permeated between the two of us when I was interviewing him. The sly, barely-there winks and the underhanded sexual comments that had me deep breathing while he was answering my questions. My attraction to him was purely carnal. A blood-in-the-nostrils affair. But there was that one looming issue.
The issue that I didn’t trust men.
Maybe it was the fact that my exes had all driven me into the ground. Maybe it was the fact that I was ripped from my family when I was twelve years old because my father was peddling drugs out of our garage. Maybe it was the fact that every single man I ever thought was supposed to love me only ended up doing things to drive me away in the end, showing me I was always second-best to something else, to someone else, to anything else.
“Calm down, Sarah,” I said to myself in the mirror. “You’re not getting serious with this guy. It’s just a date. It’s just dinner, something to get your toes wet again and see how it makes you feel.”
I smoothed my hands down my dark green dress before I slipped into my heels. I hung my sparkling earrings from my ears before I piled my black hair on top of my head.
“If it goes well, make it a fling. You could use the stress relief, and you know he’s packin’,” I said to myself in the mirror.
The idea of seeing what was underneath those clothes sent a shiver cascading down my spine.
Right at seven, a buzz rang out into my apartment. I knew that was the front desk alerting me to the fact that Mason was here, and I didn’t even think about meeting him outside. I lived in a complex that was known for its privacy, but the people coming in and out of the complex didn’t have to abide by the same rules.
“Yes?” I asked.
“You have a visitor downstairs,” the front desk said.
“A male visitor?”
“Yes, ma’am. Shall we send him up?”
“Tell him I’ll meet him at his car.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
I took one last look in the mirror before I grabbed my purse and locked the door behind me. I took the elevator down and scurried across the lobby, trying to avoid people’s gazes as I looked around for Mason.
There he was, in all his swagger and cocky confidence, leaning against his beautiful red convertible with that dastardly grin on his face.
“When I said breathtaking, Miss Williams, I didn’t mean in a deadly way,” he said.
“Uh huh. Flattery gets you nowhere,” I said as he opened the car door for me.
“Ah, but it’s so much fun to watch your milky skin color with that telltale blush.”
My eyes widened. He had seen it during the interview. He chuckled as he shut my door, and I watched as he walked around and got in. He rode us out of town before he dropped the top of the car, and I took my hair down so it could blow away in the wind. I sat there with my eyes closed, breathing in the scent of the countryside as we traveled up the barren highway that skirted along the farmland.
“Where are we headed?” I asked.
“You’ll see.”
We pulled into this little shack of a place that sat right on top of a rolling hill. Not a soul was in sight except for a waitress who sat us at our seat and a chef in the back. A bartender was sitting at the bar, waiting for our drink orders, but all I could do was gawk at the view from our seat.
It was nothing but grass, trees, rolling hills, and sky, and I was absolutely mesmerized.
“I found this little place while I was joyriding my first day in Dallas,” he said.
“I had no idea this place existed. It’s incredible.”
“Wait until you try their steak,” he said, grinning.
There were two glasses of red wine set in front of us, and I quickly picked it up and put it to my lips. I felt like he was trying to peel back my layers with nothing but his gaze. I knew his end game would be sex. It always was with men like him.
The question was, though, was that my end game, too?
“So, where do you go after Dallas?” I asked.
“Ah, here and there a bit. We’re almost done with the interview part of this process.”
“What process?”
“Rehabilitating my image or some such nonsense,” he said. “But enough about me. Have you always lived in Dallas?”
“Yes,” was all I offered.
“Is your family from around here?”
“Yes. Where’s your family from.”
“Oh, here and there,” he said.
He was being guarded, and it was painfully obvious. He wanted to know all about me without offering up a bit of detail about his life. I was not about to break down my walls for some playboy and tell him my own personal sob story while he sat there and tried to be some sort of shoulder while my emotions poured forth from my broken soul.
I wasn’t playing into that hand tonight.
The dinner was pretty stunted with neither of us opening up to one another. The conversation was light, painted with topical conversations like the weather and places we wanted to visit someday. Apparently, he didn’t want to visit anywhere. He wanted to buy an island and make it a place people visited.
Fucking shocker there.
But at the same time, there was this overwhelming desire. Even though I offered up absolutely nothing about myself personally, his eyes sparkled every time I spoke. His foot kept scooting closer and closer to mine like he was trying to get as close as he could. Maybe it was my third glass of wine talking or maybe it was how lonely I realized I’d been for quite some time now, but I realized what my end game was.
I realized if he offered up his home, I’d go back with him.
“Tell me, do you have plans after this dinner?” he asked.
“You mean going home and sleeping so I can prepare for tomorrow’s interview? Yep.”
“Sounds so boring. You don’t strike me as a boring woman,” he said, grinning.
“What did you have in mind?” I asked.
“Well, I wondered if you would reconsider my offer.”
“What offer?”
“The offer to accompany me back to my house,” he said.
He was leaning forward like he was anxious for my answer. I lost myself in his piercing green eyes and his chiseled jawbone. I could cut glass on the slope of his cheek, and suddenly, I couldn’t take my eyes off the veins bulging in his neck.
“I think I would enjoy reconsidering that offer,” I said, grinning.
“Wonderful.”
Chapter 6
Mason
I had her right where I wanted her. It took a damn bit of work, but I finally got her to cave. I took her to my vacation hom
e in Dallas that I kept off the radar from the press, and I could tell she was shocked the moment we pulled up to it.
“Wait a second, I thought you were visiting Dallas?” she asked.
“I am. I don’t live here permanently. Our headquarters is stationed in Los Angeles.”
“So, whose house is this?” she asked.
“Mine,” I said, grinning.
“So, you have a house in a place you don’t frequent much?” she asked as I opened her door for her.
“Who says I don’t frequent much?”
“Quit with the shit. Why are you staying in a hotel when you have a house here outside of Dallas?” she asked.
“It’s a newly acquired home. I’ve always enjoyed Dallas. I’ve got a bit of family in the area.”
“Really? Who?” she asked.
“Well, we’re estranged now, but I bought this home in the hopes of trying to repair things between us. Consider it a hope-based purchase.”
That was all I offered, and it was more than I’d offered over dinner. The curious look she sent me told me she was wondering what might’ve happened to my family, who they were and why I was estranged from them.
I ushered her through the front door of my country home, and she took it all in as she entered. It looked like most of the plantation houses in the area. White with dark shutters. A wrap-around porch. The hardwood floors were new, but a lot of the old character of the place had been preserved delicately.
“It’s a beautiful home,” she said.
“Only because you’re in it.”
She whipped around at the sound of my voice and I nodded for her to follow me. I was holding two wine glasses and a very expensive bottle of red wine. I knew it wasn’t smart of me to have any more alcohol, but I wanted to relax her as much as possible before the festivities began.
“Care for another glass?” I asked.
She sat down next to me on a cozy little couch near a window that overlooked the backyard. Sprawling acres of land draped heavily in the darkness of the Dallas countryside. The stars came out to play, twinkling as I pressed a full glass of wine into the palm of her hand.
“To good times with beautiful sights,” I said.
“To reparations with families that don’t deserve us,” she said
We clinked glasses, and I studied her intently. I crossed my leg over my knee as my eyes danced all over her body. She kept her sight trained on the window, probably wondering why in the world I had a couch facing it. But I was more interested in her toast and where the statement had come from.
“I drink my coffee on this couch in the mornings. At least I will, when I’m here more often,” I said
“Have you not stayed here yet?” she asked.
“Nope. I’m breaking it in now,” I said, grinning.
“I take it the sunrise is calming over the trees?”
“The sun doesn’t actually rise on this side of the house, but it does set over here.”
“You drink coffee in the evenings?” she asked.
“Doesn’t everyone?”
We giggled together, a light sound that filled the stale corners of the house. I found myself wanting to know more about her. About her family. About her upbringing. I wanted to know what she was like as a kid. If she ever had aspirations this great. I wanted to know what her five-year-old self wanted to be. Maybe a ballerina or a princess.
“Does your family not deserve you?” I asked.
“What?”
“Your toast. I have a feeling you weren’t just talking about me,” I said.
I could tell she was pondering the statement or pondering whether to answer it truthfully. I sat there and watched her, hoping she would simply cave in.
“I’ll answer if you answer,” I said.
“No, they don’t.”
“Why’s that?” I asked.
“My father was dealing drugs out of our garage, and instead of my mom leaving him to come get me, she let the foster system raised me.”
“Funny how some moms do that,” I said.
“Do what?”
“Abandon their kids.”
“Is that what your mom did?”
I paused as my hold on my glass tightened. For a split second, I thought I was going to break it. I thought the glass was going to shatter all over the couch, and the red wine would stain the fabulous suit clinging to my body.
A body I saw her eyes quickly stealing glances at.
“She left when I was sixteen. We had a falling out when she married a man I hated and had a daughter I hardly talk to.”
“You have a half-sister you don’t speak with?” she asked.
“Yep. Every time we talk, she just wants me to reconcile with Mom. Not my train to start. She’s the one who left.”
“Why did she leave your father?” she asked.
“No clue. Figured he might’ve cheated or something, but he swears he didn’t. My Dad’s a good man. A hardworking man. She had no reason to leave him.”
“Sometimes, for women, it isn’t always that easy,” she said.
“To give up something that could be so good for you?” I asked.
I could tell that question cut farther than I meant it to, and she took a very big gulp from her wine glass. It was obvious she was done with this conversation and all the avenues it could possibly take. And I didn’t blame her. I was delving into territory I wasn’t comfortable talking about, either, so I decided to turn the evening down toward the track we both knew this was going to take.
You know, if she didn’t slap me against the face first, but that was a chance I was willing to take to feel those legs wrapped around my body.
I watched her as she slowly turned her head toward me. I reached out and took her wine glass from her, setting them both on the ground away from our bodies. I watched her, seeing if there were any indications she was giving me that told me she was done and ready to go home.
But all she did was cock her body toward me, and that was all the answer I needed.
I leaned in to kiss her, feeling her plump lips rest on top of mine. She tasted of wine, the warmth of her body already cascading through my bones. She kissed me back, pressing her lips into mine as my hand reached up to curl around her cheek, and the moment my large hand cupped her rosy little cheek, she pushed herself into my lap.
Her tongue raked across the roof of my mouth as she straddled my lap. My hands smoothed out down her back, rounding the globe of her beautiful ass I was definitely going to make jiggle later on. I picked her up, smirking as she squealed with delight, and I carried her all the way up the stairs before I dumped her onto my king-sized bed.
I started pulled her clothes off as she tugged at my tie. We ripped each other’s clothes off our bodies and tossed them onto the floor, revealing each other’s skin to one another as her beautiful curves settled in the palms of my hands. Her creamy white skin was flush with her desire for me, and I could already see her juicy pussy glistening between her legs.
I wanted to sink between her legs and devour her. I wanted to lap up her juices until she came on my tongue. I wanted to take my time and run my tongue over every dip and valley her body had to offer.
But as her hands wound into my hair as my lips ghosted against her tits, there was a carnal desire that rose up in my gut and completely took over my mind.
She pulled something from within me I hadn’t felt in a very long time.
“Do we need condoms?” I asked.
“No,” she said breathlessly. “I take birth control.”
“Perfect.”
I lined my thick cock up with her dripping pussy as I dipped my face into the crook of her neck. I slid in, feeling her walls flutter around me as she moaned and whimpered with the intrusion. Holy fuck, she was tight. Her ex was an idiot. If this woman had been mine at my side, I would’ve fucked this pussy so hard, no one would’ve wanted to touch her afterward.
“Shit,” she whispered.
I could feel her fingertips digging int
o the muscles of my back. I slowly slid in and out of her, pressing a bit deeper each time I went in. I gave her time to adjust, time to get used to the long, thick cock penetrating her body. The way her face twisted up was absolutely beautiful, and I had to capture her lips in one more kiss as I bottomed out to the hilt.
“Fuck, yes,” she whispered into my lips.
Slowly, I began to move my hips. Her body undulated with mine as she clung to me. Her desire poured from her, warming my body and growing my dick against her walls. I picked up the pace, slamming into her as her tits bounced against my body.
Faster and faster I pounded, bouncing her on the mattress as I took what I wanted. Her creamy skin was flushed, the blood rushing through her veins as her lips parted with desire. I pulled my cock from her and flipped her over, wanting a beautiful look at that ass while I thrust into her from behind. She raised up onto her knees and wiggled it for me, taunting me in a way that made me groan internally.
Fuck, this woman was beautiful.
I shoved my cock into her before I slid my hands up her back. I moved my hand into her jet black hair, pulling from her a sigh that shivered my core. My dick twitched inside of her, and I had to bite down on my lip, keeping myself from coming way too early.