by Z. Stefani
“No.”
“Then it’s your word against Ms. Deville and her two witnesses.” Ayden finished.
“Fine.” Lila raised her chin in frustration.
“This matter is settled?” Ayden demanded an answer, already knowing what Lila was capable of after her jealousy over Julian spawned into her trying to sabotage him years ago.
“It is.” she huffed, wanting to take criminal action against Heaven, but with the two witnesses signed statements accusing her of shoving Heaven first, she knew it was a possibility she could end up in a lot of trouble.
“You let Sevigne know everything is settled,” Ayden told his son, “I will be by to see her before the day is over.” he said before he headed to his office.
Julian walked straight to his office and saw Heaven sitting behind his desk, her eyes narrowed in rage. He sat the bags of food on the table then walked over to her.
“What was that about?” Julian asked her and she raised an eyebrow.
“Lila Strain is an incompetent attention-junky with whorish tendencies who accused me of being your little slut and sleeping my way to the top.” she answered him.
“Then it’s a good thing you smacked her for It.” he grinned. “Two of the secretaries that were there said that after a verbal assault, Mrs. Strain attacked you first.”
“Did they?” she asked.
“They did. Did she attack first?”
“Verbally.” she answered honestly.
“Did she hit you first?” he continued questioning her.
“She didn’t even touch me.”
“Good girl.” he grinned coming closer to her.
“I know you had sex with her.” Heaven said accusingly, putting her hand out to hold him back and they stared at each other silently until he finally answered.
“I did.” he admitted, “When I first started working here.”
“You’re such a slut!” she yelled, standing up and ready to throttle him, “how could you? With Lila Strain? I have to look that woman in the face every day and know the two of you had sex! You never think Julian!” she yelled and stormed into the bathroom, he went after her but the door was locked.
“Let me in.” he said.
“No!” she said with her back to the bathroom door, thinking about how normal her life had been before the contract, it all seemed like a dream now. “I let you in once! I will never let you in again.” she said and he realized she wasn’t talking about the door. He leaned against the door, his forehead resting on the cool wood. “I asked you about Lila!”
“You never asked me if we had sex you asked me if we dated.”
“You’re so tricky! I should go have sex with one of our co-workers so you know how it feels.” she cried.
“Don’t you even think about it!” he warned her hitting the door with his fist.
“Why not? How come you get to have sex with every woman you want but I can’t be with anyone else? That’s not fair!” she opened the bathroom door angry and ready to challenge him. “If you expect me to be monogamous then you have to be too.”
“It doesn’t work that way.”
“Fine,” she raised her chin, “then it doesn’t work that way for me either.” she reached for the ring on her hand.
“You better not take that off.” he warned her.
“I’m done with your double standards,” she slipped it off her finger and laid it on the end table near her, “you think I‘m going to let you have sex with Lila then try to have sex with me?” she turned to leave and he grabbed her.
“I haven’t had sex with Lila in years and I haven’t been with another woman since the contract started.”
“You’re such a liar!”
“When would I have the time, I spend all of my time with you, think about it Heaven.”
“She said the two of you have had a lot of sex.”
“She lies.”
“She made everything worse, now I look like a jealous slut with a nasty disposition. They are going to think I’m jealous of her, or worse they will compare me to her.”
“You’ve always had a nasty disposition, but there is no way they would ever compare you to Lila.”
“And why not, we’re both female attorneys who have had sex with the same man.”
“And that is all you have in common with her, you’re a genius, one of the best lawyers I have ever met. And stop saying you’re a slut, I’m the only man you have ever had sex with.”
“Yeah, but all the women you have sex with are lumped in the same whorish category.”
“Not you, that’s why I put that ring on your finger.” he reminded her and she looked at him for a moment before she spoke.
“I want you to stay away from Lila.” she demanded.
“Consider it done.”
“And I don’t want you to have sex with anyone else but me.”
“I don’t want to have sex with anyone else but you.” he grinned then bent his head to kiss her. “Now if you don’t put that ring back on your finger I am going to beat you in front of all of our co-workers.” he grinned.
“After that tape I’m sure nothing would surprise them.”
“Then I’ll drive you home, tie you up and take you down to the basement then beat you.” he said and she could not stop the smile from spreading across her face as his words sent a thrill down her spine and a tingle through her sex.
“In that case, I absolutely refuse to put that ring back on.” she stood on her tip toes and leaned in close to his mouth, then slid her tongue up his bottom lip before taking it into her mouth.
“You better stop before I bend you over my desk.” he murmured against her lips before kissing her.
“Is the door locked?”
“Yes.” he answered and she slid her skirt up to her waist.
“Then why stop?” she asked leaning over his desk.
Julian felt the pre-come forming before he had a chance to undo his pants. He yanked her panties own, positioning himself at her opening before sliding into the hilt. Heaven moaned as she arched her butt, her face pressed to the desk as Julian lay down over her, one hand clutching the side of the desk while his other hand held her hips. He kissed the side of her face before she raised up enough to kiss him back, his tongue sliding deep into her mouth as he continued to slam into her from behind.
She felt his fingers gripping into her hip as she felt the tingling in her sex begin to rupture, she arched her back, trying not to cry out as she felt the orgasm explode through her sex then shoot through her body like electrified ice chips. She felt Julian tense up then felt his ejaculated seed spread through her like warm honey. They laid there for a moment, thoroughly spent and unable to move, he still managed to continue kissing her.
“Don’t ever take that ring off again.” He whispered.
“I won’t.”
“You better not.”
“I feel much better.” she whispered feeling as if the weight of the week’s events had melted and exited through her vagina.
“I’m glad to have helped.” he grinned as he finally stood up then slowly slid his member from her sex. He watched it pop out as his seed leaked from her pulsing pussy.
“I couldn’t have done it without you.” she giggled and stood up, then looked down as to see their combined juices running down her inner thigh. He grabbed a box of tissue from the end table and went down to his knees to slowly clean her up, he slid the tissue across her sex and she felt her knees wiggle at the intensity. Without another word, he picked her up and sat her on his desk, removed the panties that were still down around her ankles then spread her legs. She watched as he tossed the tissue then ran his fingers own her spread flesh, the muscles in her legs involuntarily jumping as he neared the sensitive nub. He began to circle it and she felt herself going back to the desk, unable to hold herself up any longer as he focused on her clit. His fingers were relentless in their quest to make her come and within moments she cried out as she felt it begin again. He quickly bent over
to kiss her and take her cries into his mouth, his fingers working her flesh until her body stopped moving and she was shoving his hand away.
“Now how do you feel?”
“Now I’m ready to take that trip to the basement.” she whispered unable to even lift her arm she felt so drained.
***
It was almost time for everyone to leave for the night and Heaven ran to grab a pack of miniature chocolate chip cookies from the vending machine in the break room. She was smiling to herself thinking about what Julian would do with the cookies and oblivious to the person silently entering the room.
“Did you let him win?” she heard Ian’s voice from behind and turned to see him, irritated that he had once again snuck up on her.
“What did you just say?” she asked, instantly on defense against such an outlandish accusation.
“Did you let my brother become partner?” he clarified himself.
“I will give you one minute to rephrase yourself Mr. King before I take serious offense.” she warned him.
“I’ve seen this so many times before, I’ve seen women give up everything for him.”
“I’m not one of those women.” she retorted.
“Then how did he win?”
“Did you ever stop to think that maybe it’s because he’s that talented?” she asked, “Your brother is one of the most talented lawyers in the firm.”
“My brother is too busy wallowing in cesspools and mingling with filthy whores to be talented.”
“And you’re a sneak wallowing in the shadows, trying to destroy him behind his back.” she snapped at him, angry with him for speaking of Julian in such a negative manner. She could tell by the look on his face that he never expected her to defend Julian and he looked a little sad for a moment. “You know something else, you’re a real shitty brother.” she frowned then turned and left the break room, almost running into Julian on her way out.
“You ready?” he asked.
“Yes.” she nodded her head then walked next to him to the elevator. As they stood there alone, she turned to him. “Did you hear anything before I walked out of the break room?” she asked and he was silent for a moment before he turned to her.
“Do you mean did I hear you call Ian a shitty brother? Or when he asked you if you let me win?” he grinned and bent to kiss her forehead. “Let’s go to my place tonight.”
“Alright.”
***
Early the next morning, Heaven was sitting at her desk when one of the guys from the mailroom delivered her a small brown box with no return address. She opened it and inside saw the ruby necklace Julian had purchased for her. All of the stones had been removed, and the platinum necklace that the gems had been attached to was broken into small chunks. She called her secretary and asked her to send for Julian immediately and in record time, Julian was walking through her door.
“What’s the matter?” he asked walking over to her desk, looking into the open box on her desk. “Is that the necklace I bought you?”
“Yes.” she answered and he looked at the actual box, seeing no return address. Heaven’s name and the firm’s address were spelled out in tiny stickers. “And this.” she held up the CD. Julian grabbed it and shoved it into her computer, when the footage started it was someone holding the camera and walking through the woods then Heaven gasped when she saw her house come into view.
“That’s the night of the robbery.” he said seeing them and the officers that were there that night all talking in her front yard.
“The person was right across the street, watching us.” she thought back to that day and remembered the strange feeling she kept getting, like someone had been watching her. She had assumed it was because she had just been robbed and felt vulnerable as well as violated, but now she knew why she was so uncomfortable standing in the front yard.
***
Ayden and Fritz sat on the couch in Ayden’s office watching the tape that had been sent, the broken necklace spread out on the coffee table before them.
‘This person is getting bolder each time.” Fritz said.
“I know, that’s what worries me.”
“We need to find this person immediately, if they continue there is no telling how quick this will escalate.”
“I have a bad feeling about this Fritz, I don’t know what it is but I know something is coming.” he confessed and Fritz nodded in agreement, feeling the same way.
***
Heaven saw Julian talking with his father and headed towards the cafeteria. The moment she walked in a hush fell over the room and all eyes turned to look in her direction if not at her directly. She took a moment to look around the room in disgust, her head held high as she looked down her nose at her co-workers. The secretaries were all hovered at their usual table, she noticed Gloria and Reese were smiling at her but, but Juliette had a scowl on her face trained on Heaven. Lila sat on the opposite side of the room, seething with anger and staring at Heaven through narrowed slits, looking as if she was willing the ceiling to drop down on Heaven’s head.
Instead of making another scene and confronting them all for staring, Heaven walked over to get a fresh cup of coffee. She had no more then set her cup down when Julian walked in and went straight to her. He was focused only on Heaven and oblivious to the looks that some of the women in the room were giving him.
“Fritz is looking into where that letter was sent from.”
“Did he talk to the mailroom staff?”
“Yes, the package arrived with the rest of the mail, nothing suspicious other than the missing return address.” he said low enough for only her to hear. “Let’s go eat.”
“Alright.” Heaven said unable to avoid seeing the death looks she received, she saw the look of pure hatred on Juliette’s face but that was nothing compared to the look Lila was giving her. Heaven saw the jealousy in their eyes, plain and simple, they wanted Julian and they didn’t want her to have him. Heaven was sick of these cowardly sluts and needed to let them know who really had rites to Julian, so without another thought she turned to Julian, grabbed his face then kissed him straight on the lips. She heard the loud collective gasp blast through the room and smiled to herself, happy to have shocked them. Heaven tried to pull back, but Julian grabbed her face and deepened the kiss for a moment before letting go.
“Finally.” he smiled with pride.
“Thank you for the ring.” she held up her hand to dramatically look at the large diamond.
“Thank you for saying yes.” he grinned then grabbed her hand, glad that she would not pull it away. “Come on let’s go eat.” they walked hand in hand out of the cafeteria, leaving everyone in the room to look after them in utter shock.
“No.” Lila could not stop the word from bursting from her mouth nor the tears pooling in her eyes. Everyone in the room turned to stare at her, her face was so red with rage she looked like she would burst into flames at any moment. Instead she turned on her heal and stormed out of the cafeteria.
“I cannot believe that just happened.” Adele was horrified. Gloria sat quietly at the table watching Juliette having a silent nervous breakdown, she could actually see her fighting her emotions under her blank face. Juliette looked like she could not take anymore, like she was ready to burst at the seams, and who was Gloria, if she was not there to help her to the edge.
“I think it was an act.” Gloria said and all the secretaries looked directly at her.
“You mean them being enemies?”
“It’s possible they have been seeing each other all along.”
“No, way, they really did hate each other.”
“Then how do they like each other so much now?” she asked glancing at Juliette, “He seems to really care for her.
“He does not!” Juliette yelped, standing up from the table. “It’s just sex, just like every other woman he’s ever been with, it won’t last.”
“Then why did he buy her a ring?” Gloria’s smiled, obviously delighted by Juliette’s
misery.
“It’s just a ring! It doesn’t mean anything! “Juliette yelled then stormed out of the room, leaving the secretaries to snicker at her.
Juliette stormed down the hall to the break room. She looked around the room to make sure that no one was looking, then she opened Gloria’s locker, grabbed the platinum bracelet she had brought just to show off and yanked it until the clasp broke. Then she went to Adele’s locker and took out the expensive bottle of perfume she had been using sparingly and then sprayed it in Gloria’s locker. She then hid the bottle of perfume in Gloria’s purse before going straight to the bathroom to wash the horrific smelling odor off her hands.