Dangerous Beauty: Part One: Destiny

by Michelle Hardin

  “Are we interrupting something?” Nathan said with a smirk on his sexy face.

  Nathan, Kyle and Benny stood behind the couch looking at the girls with amusement in their eyes.

  “Hey, Jenna. We found this guy down stairs, he says he’s your boyfriend and that he loves you. So Nathan told him that he could come up here and wait while we call the psych ward to come and pick him up,” Kyle said pointing his thumb at Benny.

  Nathan hit Kyle’s arm. “I did not, you asshole,” Nathan said and Kyle laughed and walked to the kitchen toward the heavenly smell of food.

  Buzzed out of their minds, the girls squealed and scrambled off the floor excitedly. They jumped over the couch and into their boyfriends’ arms.

  The guys caught them and laughed as the girls rained kisses on their faces.

  “What has gotten in to you?” Nathan asked through a laugh.

  “Hey Nate, I think I found what’s gotten into both of them,” Kyle called and Nathan looked in the kitchen at Kyle.

  Kyle held up two empty bottles of wine and Nathan chuckled. “Are you drunk, Carterina?”

  “Buzzed… not drunk. It would take a lot more than wine to get me drunk Naaathan.” She popped a kiss on his lips.

  “Uh uh, Carter,” Jenna said looking over at Carter while leading Benny over to the couch. “Don’t let him get away with his web of lies just because he looks really sexy in those suit pants and that red button down shirt,” she said pointing over to him.

  “Hey, what the hell?” Benny said and Jenna turned to him.

  “Shh, Benny.” She turned back to Nathan and Carter. “We’ve uncovered your little secret, Zeus, and don’t think you’ll get away with it just because you’re really good in bed.”

  They all heard Kyle chuckle from the kitchen. “Damn,” he said while eating a chicken wing.

  “Okay, seriously what the hell?” Benny asked and Jenna rolled her eyes pulled him on the couch.

  Kyle laughed from the kitchen. “Damn, Nate. What did you do?”

  Nathan frowned and looked at Carter. “What did I do?”

  Carter gasped in outrage remembering her exchange with Julia in the elevator and attacked Nathan. Her motor skills were a bit impaired, due to her semi-intoxicated state, so her usually fierce fighting moves, were reduced to a series of girly slaps against Nathan’s big, hard chest.

  Nathan looked down at her small hands hitting his chest repeatedly then up at the adorable scowl on her face, as she focused on her attack. He walked them both to their bedroom while she continued to attack him. “We’ll be right back. I think my love and I need to have a little chat,” he yelled out to everyone as he walked down the hall with an angry Carter still locked around his waist. Once they made it to the room Nathan closed the door and sat on the bed with Carter straddling his lap.

  Smack!

  Carter smacked him right in the face. The sound of the slap was much more serve then the actual slap. Nathan’s eyes opened wide in shock.

  “What the hell was that for?” he asked through a chuckle, still shocked that she slapped him.

  “How could you?” she pouted and crossed her arms over her chest.

  Nathan tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. He knew what she was talking about. Reno had already called him and told him about what happened in the elevator with Julia. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, baby,” he lied. He wasn’t going to say her name. He knew Carter would probably slap him again if he did.

  “Julia, Nathan,” she whined. “That stupid, arrogant, blond, tall, beautiful model that lives in the damn building. She’s desperate for you. I saw it in her stupid brown eyes.” She pouted and punctuated each sentence with a slap against his chest “And she’s tall. And pretty. And she’s a model. And she has perfect clothes. And pretty shoes. And pretty shopping bags.”

  Nathan kissed her lips softly, then her cheek, then her neck. Carter took a deep breath and gripped his shoulders. “Your shopping bags are prettier than hers,” Nathan teased, kissing her neck.

  “Nathan, stop trying to distract me. I’m mad at you,” she moaned, letting her head fall back, giving him more access to her neck. Her body betrayed her, she couldn’t help it. She pressed her body against his. “Why didn’t you tell me about her?” She closed her eyes and enjoyed the sensations Nathan created kissing her neck while his hands roamed her body.

  Nathan’s hands slipped under Carter’s shirt and he cupped one of her breasts and squeezed. Carter moaned.

  “You want the truth?” Nathan asked pressing his lips against her ear. Carter nodded, unable to speak. Nathan smiled against her ear. “Because I forgot about her,” he said truthfully. He was being completely honest. The first time he thought about Julia was today when Reno called and told him that Carter found out about his past with the woman. The truth is, that for the past five months Nathan’s thoughts and time have been completely consumed by Carter and work, the two most important things in his life, in that order.

  “Nathan, stop kissing my neck like that. You’re going to start something and we have guests.”

  “So what, they can wait,” Nathan said, not letting up. He brought his mouth to hers and captured her lips in a fervent kiss.

  Carter grabbed his face with both hands and moaned, feeling heat engulf her body. But the knowledge that people gathering in the living room made her break the kiss. “Nathan we shouldn’t, we should get back in there,” she said weakly. Really, she wanted him as badly as he wanted her.

  “Carter, baby, they’re fine. We’ll be quick, I promise.” Nathan lifted Carter’s shirt over her head. He unhooked her bra, and tossed it and her shirt to the side.

  “Nath—“

  “Don’t fight me, baby. I need it,” he said, a small plea in his voice, before capturing her lips again. Honestly, he did need her because he was so close to losing his mind it wasn’t funny. Nathan was exhausted. The extra hours at the office handling his work load, as well as his father’s, had really been taking a toll on him. Nathan had been taking on more work since Mitchell’s mysterious disappearance, while his father focused on the search. Nathan has been working non-stop keeping things in order and running things smoothly while his father searches for Mitchell as well as the reason for his abrupt disappearance. But Nathan didn’t want to think about any of that right now. What he needed at this moment was to be wrapped up in his beautiful Carterina. He needed to surround himself with her love, warmth, and he needed it now.

  Carter could see in his eyes that he needed her and heard it in his voice too. She knew Nathan had been stressed lately, and she wanted to do anything she could to take some of that stress away. She hoped the hot meals and massages she had waiting at home for him every night helped him. But right now she could see he needed to feel the closeness that he only felt with her and that she only felt with him.

  Carter broke their kiss, jumped off his lap, and pushed her shorts and panties down her hips. Nathan made quick work of his belt, pushed his pants down, and sat on the bed as Carter straddled his lap once again.

  Nathan gripped her waist as she reached between their bodies and gripped his length. He moaned and bit down on his bottom lip when her soft hands wrapped around him, and stroked him softly. This is what he needed, time with his perfect Carterina, enjoying the feel of her beautiful body.

  Carter positioned him at her entrance and slid down on him. They both moaned as their bodies joined and Carter began to move up and down, tightening her inner muscles around him.

  “God…Carter,” Nathan groaned. “Just like that, baby.”

  Carter bit down on her bottom lip hard, trying to contain the cries of pleasure threatening to escape her as she rode him. She didn’t know if she could keep quiet for much longer, especially when Nathan gripped her hips tighter and took control of their movements.

  He held on to her tight as he thrust his hips upward at a quicker pace. Carter held on to his shoulders for dear life, digging her nails in every time he hit her g-s
pot. She wanted to scream, it felt so good. And right when a loud cry nearly escaped her lips, Nathan captured her mouth in an earth shattering kiss, silencing her as he continued thrusting in and out of her body. He brought his free hand up to grip a handful of her thick soft hair and broke their kiss. Pressing his forehead against hers, he looked into her eyes as he continued to pump mercilessly into her body.

  Carter whimpered. “Oh God, Nathan, I’m going to scream,” she whispered breathlessly. One loud moan escaped her lips. “I’m gonna come…” And God was she going to come…hard!

  “Come for me, baby. I’ve got you.” Nathan jerked her head back softly and bit down on her neck hard.

  Carter erupted.

  Nathan’s hand quickly covered her mouth, muffling her loud cries, just as she clung to him tightly surrendering to a soul crushing orgasm.

  It wasn’t long before Nathan went over the edge himself. After three long hard thrusts he exploded inside her, grunting against her neck.

  He fell back on the bed and held Carter tightly in his arms. “I love you so much, мое красивое Роуз.”

  “I love you too, bubby.” Her arms tightened around him as they lay in each other’s arms, too exhausted to move. Carter rested a moment before speaking again. “I missed my doctor’s appointment for my birth control shot last week because I’ve been so busy, and we’ve been having unprotected sex, Nathan,” Carter said against his chest.

  “Are you frightened we may have conceived a child?”

  “Aren’t you?” she asked.

  “Do you want me to be honest?” Nathan asked. It took Carter a minute but she eventually nodded yes. “No. I would love for us to have a child. Honestly, Carter, I would rather you be at home with our children, safe, then out cleaning up messes with Mickey.”

  “I know,” Carter whispered against his chest. She knew Nathan would rather her be home every day waiting for him, but she loved working with Mickey. It gave her purpose, she felt needed whenever Angelo gave her a new situation to handle and Carter loved feeling needed. It was better than feeling empty like she used to feel before she met Nathan. “You can’t want a baby just to keep me home, Nathan,” Carter said.

  “I don’t want a baby for that reason, Carter. That’s just a nice little bonus for me,” he said kissing her forehead. “I wouldn’t mind if you were pregnant because I want a family with you. I know it would be fast, but so what, everything with us has happened fast, honey. I told you I loved you the first night I saw you again after nineteen years. You had to know I would put my son in you soon after that,” he teased.

  “How do you know we would have a son?”

  “Just a gut feeling. My gut feelings are always right,” he said confidently.

  “Well, I’m not having your son until you marry me, bubby. So next time we have sex, bring a condom. I don’t have another appointment until next week.”

  “I haven’t asked you to marry me yet?” Nathan said feigning surprise. “Damn, I was sure I did that on the beach too.”

  Carter giggled. “No, you didn’t,” she said, playfully hitting his chest.

  “Well, I guess that’s just one more thing to add to the old to do list,” Nathan said through an exaggerated sigh.

  Carter chuckled. “It’s nice to know I’ve been added,” she said dryly.

  Nathan kissed her forehead. “Isn’t it?” he teased.

  They lay there for a moment in silence before Carter spoke again

  “Can you do me a favor?” Carter asked as she placed a soft kiss on his chest.

  “Anything,” he replied stroking her hair.

  “Can you make Julia move out?” she asked.

  Nathan laughed, a soft deep laugh that vibrated against Carter’s face as she lay on his chest.

  “Yes, honey, I can,” he said kissing her forehead. “But are you sure you want to kick the woman out of her apartment. She will be living here much longer then we will be.”

  Carter lifted her head and looked at Nathan. “We’re moving?” she asked.

  “Mmm hmm,” he replied nodding his head yes.

  “When?”

  “Sooner than you think.”

  “Where?” Carter asked curiously. She didn’t know they wouldn’t be living in the penthouse long.

  Nathan kissed her lips softly. “Home,” he said looking in her eyes.

  19

  Home

  Carter leaned against Nathan’s arm flipping her butterfly knife through her fingers as they rode to work together. It had been a long time since her and Nathan had actually gotten to leave the house at the same time. She was both surprised and happy that Nathan slept in with her this morning. She knew he needed it, he works way too hard. She had actually started taking less work so she could go home earlier and be there when Nathan got home, just so they could spend more time together before he passed out sleep.

  She also needed the extra time to help Jenna pick out new furniture and decorations, since her and Benny announced that they’d decided to move to Manhattan just a couple of days after her and Jenna first talked about it. When Carter first got the news of their move she and Jenna screamed over the phone for about ten minutes. They would have kept screaming if their voices didn’t get tired and scratchy, and if Nathan didn’t yell in the living room telling her to shut up.

  But all in all, the past week had been a great one for Carter. Nathan had been extra sweet since their epic maybe baby discussion a week ago. That thought reminded Carter that her appointment for her shot was today. She would have to remember to tell Angelo she was leaving early. She was working with him today helping him go over a few numbers since she was practically a math genius. She also needed to make sure she called her and Nathan’s personal shopper. Nathan wanted steak tonight for dinner so she figured she would incorporate it in his favorite pasta dish. She needed to call the cleaners and make sure Nathan’s suits were going to be delivered, she didn’t want to bother Gianni with that task, and she had time. She needed to make sure she was home in time to get those so the cleaner wouldn’t have to leave them at the front desk. She really needed to call and ask the maid why her damn curling iron was broken in two when she got home.

  Carter’s to do thoughts were cut off when she actually focused on what was happening around her. “Umm… Nathan, honey, where are we going?” she asked looking around and seeing that they had left Manhattan and were being driven to heliport. She wasn’t even aware she had zoned out that much.

  Nathan looked down at her face. “Home,” he said then he kissed her lips.

  Their doors opened and they both got out. Nathan grabbed Carter’s hand and they climbed into the helicopter. Carter eyed Nathan suspiciously. She had no idea what he was up to, or why they were getting on a helicopter.

  “What are you up to, Nathan Salerno?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.

  Nathan chuckled. “I have no idea what you’re talking about, Ms. Stone, or is it Steele this week?” he teased.

  Carter giggled. “We’ll go for the legal one this week,” she replied.

  “Ahh, so Ms. Stone it is. Well then, Ms. Stone, do you mind joining your dear boyfriend in a game of hooky for the day?” Nathan said with the most charming smile Carter had ever seen.

  His gorgeous dimples were showing and Carter wanted to kiss him, so she did. “I would love to,” she said with a smile on her face. “Now tell me what you’re up to and where we are going.”

  “I already told you where we’re going, Carterina. As for what I’m up to, well that’s a surprise, love,” he said with a sly smile.

  ***

  “Nathan, I can’t find you!” Carter yelled giggling and running through the immense breathtaking garden that went on for miles. “This isn’t funny you jerk, you left me. Nathan! Where are you?” she yelled turning yet another corner on one of the many trails in the garden.

  Carter was sure she had just gotten lost in the incredibly large garden at her and Nathan’s future home. Carter stopped and admired
the assorted flowers and beautiful manicured grass.

  Home, my home.

  She still couldn’t believe it. It was like a dream, and she never wanted to wake up from it.

  After their helicopter ride they landed on a heliport at private airport in an area Carter faintly remembered from when she was only three years old. She remembered looking out of the window and seeing all of the tall trees. She remembered holding her father’s hand as they were escorted to a car and were driven to the breathtaking mansion where she stood now.

  When they first arrived to the property, Carter was blown away by the stunning beauty of the landscape surrounding the colossal stone and brick mansion. The vast property was surrounded by a high stone wall and an iron security gate. Carter wondered as they drove up the long curved driveway how many people it took to keep the land as perfectly manicured as it was. The inside of the enormous seven bedroom, six bathroom mansion was completely empty, except for a large king sized bed in the master bedroom. When Carter looked around the empty mansion she couldn’t contain the giddy feeling building up inside her, especially when Nathan informed her that this mansion would be their home.

  It was the mansion Nathan shared with his mother until her tragic death. When he turned twenty-one, his father gave it to him and told him to do with it what he pleased. Nathan told him he was going to sell it, but he couldn’t bring himself to let go of the home and garden his mother loved so much. And a month after he met Carter he had the inside stripped and remolded. He put the majority of the things in storage and got rid of the useless items. Nathan told her he hadn’t even been to the house since his mother’s death, but he knew that this place was perfect for them.

  “It’s the perfect place for us to start our family whenever we decide to, Carterina,” he said tenderly as they stood in the middle of the large living room. Nathan stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and leaned close to her ear. “There’s a sweet little town a little distance away called Pleasant View, good schools, plenty of space, and completely safe. I have security surrounding the area with trained guard dogs, nobody knows about this home. The only men that have ever been here are Dante, Lucca, Mickey, Kyle and their fathers.”