“Damn it,” Daniel muttered wondering why he didn’t hang the ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on the door. She was breathing heavily as she cursed silently. Daniel was still hovering over her. She opened her eyes and looked up into his eyes. “Maybe if we wait, whoever it is will go away,” he said. But almost as soon as the words left his mouth, there was another loud knock on the door. She smiled at him as he got off the bed. “Hold that thought,” he said. She got up and put on a bathrobe as he put on his pants. She walked back to the bathroom as Daniel opened the door. “Mel…what? How did you know where to come?” he asked when he saw his sister standing outside his door.
“You did tell me what suite you were in, remember?” she said with a smile.
“Yes but we were supposed to do brunch and aren’t you tired? Or jet lagged?” Daniel asked. She looked at him and shrugged.
“I slept on the plane,” she said before she took a step into his suite.
“Well, come on in. Why don’t you?” Daniel said sarcastically.
“So where is she? I’m dying to meet her,” she said excitedly.
He looked at her and smiled.
“She is in the shower,” he said as he walked to the minibar. He took a bottle of water and opened it. As much as he loved having her around, she was really a handful. He watched her as he downed the water in big long gulps.
When Erica got out of the bathroom, she dried off and oiled up before she walked into the room.
“Erica, baby. This is my sister, Melanie,” Daniel said before taking another long sip.
“Melanie, hi. I’ve heard a lot about you,” Erica said as she walked towards Melanie. She had her hand stretched out to shake Melanie’s hand but Melanie wrapped her arms around her excitedly. She pulled away and looked at Melanie.
“You are gorgeous!” Melanie said excitedly. Erica looked at Daniel and then shifted her gaze back to Melanie and smiled.
“Thanks. You are a very beautiful woman too,” she said.
“So, now that you are both here. I need to talk to you about why I am really here,” Melanie said. Daniel walked towards them and raised an eyebrow over the other.
“Should I be in here for this, really?” Erica asked.
Melanie looked at her and smiled.
“Trust me, I need advice on this from a woman as well as from my brother,” she said. Erica looked at Daniel and smiled as she and Melanie walked to the couch. They sat down and Daniel walked over to where they were and sat down on the table in front of them. “So, it goes without saying that Danny here is the only person who knows that I am married. And I will need help breaking the news to mom and dad,” she started.
Daniel looked at her confused. “What?”
“Yeah and he is here, in Belize. He came out here a few days ago and….” Melanie continued before Daniel held his hand up and looked at her surprised.
“What do you mean here? What would he be doing all the way out here?” he asked.
“He came to deliver a few paintings,” Melanie said before turning to Erica. “He’s an artist.” She added. It was at that moment that Daniel noticed the big rock on her sister’s finger.
“Is he Van Gogh or something? That thing looks like it cost a fortune,” he said.
Melanie blushed.
“That’s the other thing I need help with,” she started. “Art is just a hobby for him. He is actually supposed to be running his father’s business but…you know how it goes,” she added shrugging. Erica couldn’t help but smile. It felt like she was in a real life soap opera.
“So, who is he?” Daniel pressed.
Melanie took a long breath.
“Patrick Sullivan,” she finally said. Erica watched as Daniel’s eyes grew big.
“I don’t understand. Who’s Patrick Sullivan?” Erica asked.
“My father’s worst night mare,” Daniel said.
Melanie rolled her eyes. “Come on, that rivalry thing they had was way back in college.”
“Is that why you haven’t told him you married his nemesis’ son?” Daniel asked.
“Come on, babe. You are happy for her, aren’t you?” she asked. He looked at her and then took his sister’s hand in his hand. He looked at her for a long minute before he pulled her into his arms. There was no way he could be angry with her. Suddenly, the room went from being tense to being uncomfortably loud. Both Daniel and Melanie were laughing as they hugged. He pulled away and looked at her.
“I cannot believe you got married and before me no less,” he said.
“Hey, don’t pressure my future sister in law,” Melanie said with a smile. “Unless of course you are joining me in the bandwagon soon,” she added looking at Erica.
“That would be right. No pressure here,” Erica said. Daniel looked at her but Melanie went on talking.
“And I also have to come out here to personally let you know that you have to be there next week for the board meeting,” she went on.
“Oh come on, did Julian put you up to this?” he asked.
Melanie shook her head.
“The whole thing with our uncle made us a little um…liable to shareholders. So there is no way we can have a board meeting without being present,” she explained. She was still talking when she heard her phone vibrating. She looked at it and smiled. “Well, he is here. I have to go guys.” She stood up and Erica looked at her.
“Didn’t you come in this morning?” Erica asked raising an eyebrow over the other.
“Yeah,” Melanie said as she stood up.
“Aren’t you tired?” Erica asked.
“I slept on the plane,” she said. Erica smiled. “I have to go and I know we were supposed to hook up for brunch but maybe we can do dinner instead?” Melanie asked. Erica looked at Daniel and then at Melanie.
“Sure,” she said. Melanie squealed excitedly.
“Okay. I guess I’ll see you later. Right now, I have to go get my husband,” she said as she got up from the couch.
“Wait, the whole thing about your job and the lawyer,” Daniel started making Melanie look at him over her shoulder.
“Oh it was true. I kind of need a new lawyer soon,” she said before she walked out leaving the two surprised.
“Your sister is interesting,” Erica said laughing. “And what is this legal stuff she is talking about?” Daniel ran his fingers through his hair.
“Something about her contract. Long story…so what exactly was that about the whole marriage thing?” he asked.
Erica looked at him and shrugged. “What do you mean?”
“Don’t you ever think about getting married someday?” he asked.
Erica raised an eyebrow over the other.
“Where is this coming from, Daniel?” she asked as she looked at him.
“We were talking about marriage and you couldn’t avoid that topic quickly enough,” he said.
“I don’t need to get into this right now,” Erica said as she got up and walked to the bedroom area. He looked at her and followed her there. “Seriously, Daniel. I don’t want to talk about this,” she said again as she got dressed. She had her back to him as he talked to her. She put on a pair of panties and then put on a dress without a bra. He held her hand before she fastened the long strings around her neck. She turned around and looked at him. “I’m serious. I don’t want to talk about this,” she said as she looked at him. He looked at her and held her face in his hands.
“Do you want to tell me that you never want to live the rest of your life with someone you love? Someone like me?” he asked.
“I do, I really do,” she said in a sad voice. “But there is the fact that I found my fiancé cheating on me and …” she never got a chance to finish her sentence. He looked at her, in his eyes was all the truth he needed to tell her.
“I am not Eli, baby,” he said in a soft voice. She closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. “You know that, right? You can trust me,” he said and she nodded.
“I know,” she said in a whisper.<
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“I would rather die than ever hurt you babe,” he said. He took a step forward and pressed his lips to her forehead. She was sobbing at this time. She looked at him and he brought his head down and kissed her softly. She closed her eyes and another tear rolled down her cheek. “I would never hurt you,” he said again as he used his thumb to wipe off her tears. She looked at him and he brought his head down to kiss her again.
“I love you,” she said in a soft voice. He pushed back a strand of hair from her eyes.
“I love you more,” he said before he kissed her again. “Now, I believe that we got interrupted earlier,” he said as he smiled at her. She looked at him and smiled. He was looking into her eyes as he held her waist. She was breathing hard as she looked into his eyes. Her eyes were slightly swollen. He leaned forward and kissed each eyelid before he kissed her deeply.
She brought her hands up and took fistfuls of his hair as his mouth pressed against hers. She felt feverish as his tongue brushed against hers He was consuming her, he was ready to devour her. She gasped into his mouth when he took her in his arms and slowly pushed the dressed down. He pulled away as the green dress gathered around her ankles like green petals. She looked up at him and noticed something she had never seen before. He was breathing hard, so hard that it almost seemed like he was seeing her like this for the first time.
“I want you. I want to feel every part of you,” he said in a gruff voice. She looked at him and he pushed her back on the bed. He got on top of her and pressed his body against hers, crushing her into the mattress. She curled her fingers into his hair when she felt his hand on her breast. Her other nipple was inside his mouth and he was sucking her and licking her. A consciousness swept through her body and she let out a small whimper.
Daniel pulled away from her breast and looked at her. “Don’t hold back baby. I want to hear every sexy sound.” He was murmuring against her skin, sending vibrations all through his body. The way he was caressing and using his tongue on her was making the muscles in her groin tense up.
Erica’s body was craving more of his touch. She wanted him inside her, deep inside her. She went from whimpering to moaning as he used his mouth to handle her nipple, tugging and nibbling on it. It was so good that she was writhing under him. She could sense his desire and adoration as he went on treating her body like the goddess she truly was. She bit her lip when he teased her with his fingers. Her nipples were getting harder with every dexterous touch. She closed her eyes when he slipped his fingers into her panties and ran them against the wetness of her sex. She arched her back and moaned out loud as she tried controlling herself as best as she could. She raised a leg and pushed her pelvis against his hand. Her arousal was at an all-time high.
“My God, Erica. You are so fucking wet,” he said in a whisper as he went on rubbing her, fingering her. He wanted to get himself so deep inside her. She raised her head and looked at him. Her pupils, like his, were dilated with desire.
“I want you,” she said in a whisper. “I want you so much,” she moaned as he brought his head up. He claimed her lips in a long perfect kiss. She could taste his voracious need for her. He moaned softly as he held her, caressed her. She had never felt this needed, this wanted, not even with Daniel. There was something new, something different about this. A sort of hungry desperation. And somehow, the thought that she had this kind of effect on him was turning her on so much. She let out a purr when he slipped a finger into her. He pulled his hand out of her panties and brought it to his lips. He inhaled deeply before he took his now wet finger into his mouth.
“You taste so good,” he said in a whisper. He pulled down her panties and then took off his own clothes. She was breathing hard as she spread her legs open for him. She wanted to have him inside her so much but instead of hovering on her, he held back. “I want you to ride me, baby. I want to look at you,” he said in a soft tone. He took her hands in his and pulled her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he laid back on the bed with her on top of him. Looking into her eyes, he guided his cock to her pussy and she closed her eyes as she felt herself slide down his massively erect pole. She gasped as she felt the base of his cock against her ass. That felt wonderful. She possessed him and he possessed her. It was the perfect match. He exhaled loudly as she began moving on him. She felt his muscles tense up when he flexed his muscles, bucking his hips so that he could meet her. She let out a gasp as he suddenly stretched her out. He held her hands as she began moving again. She didn’t even know what got into her because she was suddenly squatting on him, getting him as deep as she could. She was bringing her hips down over and over making him moan loudly. She could see the beads of sweat forming on his forehead as he received everything she had to offer.
“Damn baby, you feel so good,” he moaned as she went on raising and descending on him. When she could not hold herself up anymore, she straddled him and he held her hips before he began thrusting upwards sharply. She shrieked and a smile played on his lips.
“Yes, baby. That’s what I want to hear,” he said as he thrust into her again. She threw her head back and moaned softly as he took complete control. She was completely lost in his glory as he went on thrusting into her over and over, bringing her so close to exploding. “You are mine, Erica,” he moaned and she looked down at him. “All mine.” He went on fucking her. He filled one of his hands with her breast and she looked down at him.
“Yes, all yours,” she moaned. Those were the words she needed to hear before she felt him tensing up inside her again. He closed his eyes and let out a loud moan.
“I love you baby,” he moaned as he exploded inside her at around the same time she came undone. He held her tightly as she shivered on top of him, her pussy engulfing his cock with a new kind of heat. She brought her head down and rested it on his chest as they laid there in each other’s arms, panting. He smoothed down her curls and held her shoulders. She looked up at him and kissed him softly. “How did I ever get such a perfect woman?” he murmured. She looked at him.
“Aw, you think I’m perfect,” she said in a low voice.
He laughed. “How did you ever manage to keep a straight face in court? I just don’t picture it.”
“And I had a very high closure rate, if I must add.”
He looked at her and smiled before he planted a kiss on her forehead.
“You are just the epitome of perfection, Erica Hayes,” he said as he felt his cock slipping out of her making her gasp. He felt a hot fluid trickling down one side of his thigh and his cock was slowly getting hard again. She felt his hardness pressing against her.
“Is that…is that what I think it is?” she asked as she looked at him. He slipped a hand under her and guided his cock back inside her. She gasped when she felt his complete girth deep inside her. He rolled them over, getting on top of her. He looked down at her and kissed her softly before he began moving again…
Chapter 14
Lunch with Melanie and her new husband went better than Erica had expected. She had to admit, Melanie had found her perfect match. He was as outgoing as she was, as free spirited as she was and as fun as she was. By the end of lunch, Melanie had come up with a genius plan to break the news to the rest of her family. She changed her relationship status on Facebook to ‘married’ and she even listed Patrick as her husband. Daniel was looking at her and shaking his head.
“This is a bad idea, Mel,” he said.
“What? They are going to find out eventually. I might as well just rip off the band aid and let it scab,” she said as she looked at him.
“You know, babe. She is kind of right,” Erica shrugged.
Daniel shook his head again.
“I am a dead man,” he said as he ran his hand through his hair.
Erica looked at him and smiled. “Relax, babe. It can’t be that bad.”
“She broke my mother’s favorite Chinese vase. It was an antique and I got grounded,” Daniel said. Melanie looked at Daniel and gave him a guilty smile.<
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“Well, it’s not like I pointed the finger at you or anything,” she said.
“You didn’t exactly tell her that it was not me either, did you?” Daniel said.
Patrick kissed Melanie softly and looked into her eyes when he pulled away.
“Did someone get her brother in trouble?” he asked in a soft voice. Melanie smiled at him and shrugged.
“And then there was the golf clubs incident, remember that little sister?” Daniel asked again. Melanie smiled and frowned.
“That was kind of my fault,” she said. Erica looked at the two of them wondering what was going on.
“What is this golf club incident?” she asked.
Melanie leaned forward and pushed her hair behind her ear.
“Let me tell this one,” she said. “So my dad had just got this quote unquote amazing golf clubs from some auction and I had my friends over. So one thing led to another and we were having fun. Before we knew it the clubs went flying down to the marble floor and it goes without saying that most of them were broken or bent…it was weird,” she said.
“And I got blamed for that too,” Daniel said as his phone rang loudly. “Shit,” he said under his breath.
“What?” Erica asked.
“It’s my mother and if it’s almost three over here, it means that it is just after six at home. Which means that she has got to be pissed about something,” he said.
“Come on, bro. Pick it up. You have got to do it sometime,” Patrick said. Melanie looked at him and then looked at Daniel and shrugged.
“He is right you know,” she said.
“Why doesn’t she call you?” Daniel asked. Erica took the phone from him and answered it before she handed it to him. He looked at her and exhaled a hello over the mouthpiece.
“Danny, what is this I hear about your sister being married to the Sullivan boy?” Eleanor asked. Daniel almost rolled his eyes. This was so typical. She would have just as easily called Melanie. He was staring daggers at Melanie as he talked.
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