***
Kathryn sighed with contentment. She had spent most of the day pampering herself with the various things the hotel had to offer, and now she was relaxing in her jacuzzi on her balcony. It was a beautiful night, and she had decided to get in to enjoy the evening. She had a glass of champagne in her hand and leaned back in the jacuzzi, closing her eyes and letting herself enjoy the moment.
When there was a light knock on the glass door, she looked up with surprise. Hawk was standing there with a smile, and he held up a key card. “You forgot this in my room.”
“How did the meeting go?” she asked as he set the card on the edge of the pool.
He sighed. “Good, I suppose. We are going to take the deal that he is offering us and start working together again, but that’s going to take time and paperwork. In a nutshell, I don’t know yet if I am staying or going.”
They both looked out over the city lights, and she took in a deep breath of the warm air. “I’ll be going tomorrow, regardless.”
“I know,” he said. She looked up at him in surprise, and he smiled. “You were talking about it last night. Kind of upset about it, actually.”
“I’m going to miss this place. This vacation was exactly what I needed, and I’d be perfectly happy to continue life this way,” she said with a wistful look. He leaned forward and smiled at her.
“Was it Vegas, or was it someone you did in Vegas?” he asked with a charming look. She couldn’t help it any longer. Rising up in the jacuzzi, she put her hands on either side of his face and pressed her lips to his. For the first time since they had started sleeping together, they shared a passionate kiss that wasn’t filled with lust.
At that moment, she could feel that there was something deeper between them. Kathryn didn’t know what it was, but she knew that it had to be there. The longer she kissed him, the more her desire grew, and the more she had to have him once more. Hawk had his hand in the water, already traveling over her body. She was moaning already, allowing him to explore her as much as he wanted.
With a sudden pull, she had him in the pool of water on top of her—her barely in a bikini and him fully clothed. He laughed when he sat up, drenched to the skin. They were both consumed with lust for each other, however, and he had to get his clothes off as quickly as possible. With her help, he was soon completely nude in the water with her.
Of course, he wasted no time in getting her stripped down to the same level of nakedness that he was, grabbing her bikini and pulling it off, both the top and bottom. Their wet clothing sat in a puddle on the balcony, but Kathryn didn’t care. She scooted over to Hawk, sitting down on his lap with him facing her. He was already aroused, and in the wet of the pool he easily slid inside her.
She gasped as she always did when he entered her, but this time, it was a subtler gasp than usual. There was a greater sensuality between them. She put her hands on his shoulders and began rising and falling on his cock, letting the full length of him slide in and out of her. Kathryn closed her eyes, leaning back and enjoying the feeling of his massive cock sliding between her legs, filling her until she felt as though she was going to tear in two, then leaving her and causing her to beg for more.
As she leaned back, Hawk supported her butt with his hands, and he took the chance to once again bend forward and indulge in her breasts. He buried his face in them, licking and sucking them, biting her nipples, and biting at her breasts themselves. He loved sucking them as hard as she would allow, just barely before she would have marks from him.
The heat of the pool combined with the coolness of the air was almost more than Kathryn could stand, and she felt as though he’d launched her into a whole new world. She continued to lean back as she rode his cock, moaning loudly each time she slid down the shaft and settled in on his lap. His hands were all over her body, and she could feel herself drawing near to climax.
When she felt she was about to finish, she leaned forward and pressed her lips to Hawk’s as hard as she could. His mouth parted, and she thrust her tongue into his mouth. She played with his tongue using her own, massaging him and teasing him. She took his bottom lip as she sat back, letting it go when she knew she was just to the point of causing him pain.
Kathryn knew by the way he was moaning that he, too, was close to finishing, and she quickened her pace. He was using his hands to help her, and together, they climaxed in the middle of the jacuzzi. She leaned back, taking him in at his full length and thriving on the feeling of him filling her with his load. She loved the warmth that spread over her every time he did that, and at that moment, she wanted nothing but to have him inside her at all times.
He gasped when he came, and she knew he had come hard. His cock was still throbbing inside her as she slowly and deliberately rode up and down on the shaft, sending shivers of excitement through his body. He leaned forward and began sucking on her breasts once more, and Kathryn closed her eyes.
She put her hands around his head and held him as he kissed her boobs, burying her face in his hair. With his pulsing cock inside her and his face buried in her tits, she felt that they were closer than they had ever been in their lives. She desperately wanted to whisper that she loved him, but she knew that it would ruin everything that had happened between them that weekend.
Slowly, she let herself rise off his cock, and part of her felt empty when he pulled himself out of her. They lay together, sated for a time, before climbing out, but Kathryn couldn’t rid herself of the sadness she felt welling up inside her. Though she could say that Las Vegas was the best thing she had done in a long time, she knew that it wasn’t the city that had made a difference in her life.
She was going home tomorrow, but the thing that she didn’t want to leave behind would once again end up in the same city as she—but she would be unable to touch him or to have him.
This was the last night she was spending with Hawk, and the sex had been mind-blowing. Tomorrow, she would go home and move on with her life, but she wasn’t going to forget about this.
It would be impossible if she tried.
Chapter Seventeen
Hawk
“Whoa! Whoa! Wow. Wow,” Hawk gasped. He slapped Kathryn’s ass once more and pulled himself out of her, doing his best to keep his footing on the floor. He had her pressed up against the dresser, having climaxed hard inside her from behind. She, too, was gasping as he pulled out, and he could see his white load running down her leg, and though he wanted to apologize, he found it very satisfying.
Kathryn didn’t seem to mind. She grabbed a tissue and began cleaning up, and Hawk laughed as he started for the bathroom. The sex had started as it always did between them—slow at first, then faster and harder until they were both screaming each other’s names. He had thought the night before was going to be the last time he would be able to thrust his cock inside her, but that morning she had woken up just as horny as he was, and they’d indulged in their lust once more.
“I need to call a cab!” Kathryn called out as he closed the bathroom door. He knew she was going to be going to the airport soon, and he felt bad. It was so rough traveling on commercial airlines, especially being the beautiful young woman she was. Anyone who ended up in the seat next to her would either hit on her, take up more room than they ought, or cause her life to be miserable in some other way that he wanted to fix.
He hated the thought of her having to travel like everyone else. And he hated it more that she was going to have to go back to a home without any real assurance of what was going to happen next. As far as he knew, her father still had her cut off from the rest of the inheritance, and she wasn’t going to have any access to the trust fund for any reason.
Knowing Mr. Wellington as he did, it was unlikely that he would ever change his mind with his daughter unless she were to bend to his will and marry the man of his choosing, and quite frankly, Hawk didn’t want her to do that. She was too smart and too beautiful to be married off to someone because he was rich, and he didn’t like the idea at al
l of her having to go through with it for the sake of producing a male child.
It sounded so old fashioned, and he hated it. They were living in the year 2017 and such things should not exist. But, they did, and there was nothing he could do about it. As he brushed his teeth and shaved, he could hear her on the phone with first the cab and then Dana. Dana would likely be the one who would pick her up from the airport, and he could only hope that she would keep her mouth shut about the things they had been doing for the past week in Vegas.
The last thing Hawk wanted was for his brothers to find out about the way they had been hooking up. If Berkshire were to get wind of that news, he would be the face of another scandal before anyone could think twice. To think of it, the youngest Parker brother hooking up with women in Vegas when he was supposed to be down there on business. The thought of it was ludicrous, but he still didn’t want to deal with it.
Hell, if he hadn’t cared about what his brothers thought, he would have sent her home on the Parker jet. It was much faster, it would be free, and, best of all, it would be completely private. She would be given the first-class treatment without having to share it with anyone. It would be the most ideal situation for everyone, and even better if he could go along with her.
Hawk had always wanted to fuck someone in the air, and now that Kathryn had been in his life again, he imagined what it would be like to do her. His dick was still throbbing with the pleasure of the sex that they had just had, and he didn’t think he would ever be able to get tired of it. There was something so fresh and exciting about her all the time; he could have sex with her multiple times in one night and feel like he was doing it again for the first time in the morning.
Hawk heard Kathryn hang up her phone, and he opened the door. Although he knew that it was coming, he knew it was going to be difficult to say goodbye to this woman. It wasn’t just a goodbye because she was going home separately from him—he was cutting the ties they had started once more in Vegas. It was saying goodbye not to just what was and what they had been having, but what they could have had as well.
It was a life that just wasn’t meant to be. He knew it, she knew it, and both of them accepted it. There was nothing they could do about it, and that was the end of the matter.
***
Hawk flicked on the light to his apartment and sighed. It was good to be home in many ways, and it was even better to be off the jet. But there was something empty about the house that he couldn’t put his finger on. He had spent much of the flight home thinking about the apology he was going to require of his brothers when he saw them again.
He had not messed this up, and he had actually brought about change to the company that was positive for once. There was nothing the papers could have on him—and he could just let all Vegas slip out of his mind. At least, almost all of it. He set his things down and walked through the house, looking at all the familiarity and being glad to be home, but also being unable to place why he was feeling so empty. There had to be some reason, he knew, but he didn’t know what it possibly could be.
Everything was clearly where it should be, and he knew that no one would have been in there in his absence. Sure, one of his brothers might have stopped by to check on the place while he was gone, but there was no reason for him to feel as though something was off. But he did.
Then he realized what it was. He absentmindedly checked his phone. At first, he didn’t know what he was checking for, then he realized—he was looking for a text from Kathryn. He smiled to himself. Of course there wouldn’t be any messages from her, and why should there be?
She was home now, and so was he, and that was the end of it. But deep down inside, he knew he was looking for something from her for some reason and he realized what that was, too. He missed her. The time that he had spent with her in Las Vegas had been fun, but he didn’t want it to end. He didn’t even want to have sex with her at that moment. He just wanted to see her, to hold her, to spend time with her even if they kept their hands off each other.
The apartment felt empty because she wasn’t in it—and to his knowledge, she had never been inside this one. He shook his head, irritated with himself for allowing himself to fall in love with the woman. Through the years, he had thought that he’d been in love with various others off and on, but now he knew he’d been fooling himself. He hadn’t known enough to love Kathryn when he should have, back when they were college kids just fooling around. And now that he did love her, it was too late.
He went to bed, thinking that would help him get her out of his mind, but it only made the situation worse. As soon as he closed his eyes, her face was all he could see. After an hour of tossing and turning in bed, he went back to the kitchen and grabbed the whiskey, taking a few drags off the bottle. He didn’t care what it took—he needed to get some sleep, and dreaming about the woman wasn’t going to do him any good.
Even with the whiskey in his system, he still tossed and turned for an hour before sleep finally claimed him, and he felt some relief. If he couldn’t have Kathryn in his arms, it was some relief to sink into an inky bliss. At least then he didn’t have to feel anything. Not horniness, not loneliness, and best of all, not love.
***
Hawk woke to the sound of someone banging on his door, and he shot straight up in bed. When he realized he was home, he leaned back with a groan. He had only been home a few hours and there was already someone who couldn’t wait to see him, and by the sounds of things, it wasn’t going to be anyone he wanted to see in return.
When the pounding continued, he walked over to the door and looked through the video intercom. Both his brothers stood outside, and he rolled his eyes. With a quick motion, he unlocked the door and both pushed their way inside, closing it tightly behind them.
“What the fuck, man? You had one job!” Cole said as he walked in. Hawk looked at him in surprise, wondering what he could possibly be upset about.
“I know, and I think that I did it quite well, considering. You two bastards thought that I ought to come home, but thanks to me, we have actually landed a better deal than we had in the first place.” He ignored their looks and walked over to the kitchen, pulling out ingredients to make a Bloody Mary.
“Are you crazy? I don’t give a shit about the contract with the hotel! This is what we care about!” Blake stepped forward and slapped the tabloid he had under his arm on the table, patting it with his hand to prove the point he was making. Hawk didn’t look at it, he just laughed.
“Come on, I didn’t do anything when I was down there! You can’t tell me those losers thought that there was a way I could end up on the front of the tabloids, do you?” He shook his head with the same amused smile on his face, but Blake slid the paper over to him.
“Read it, asshole,” he said. Hawk gave him a look and picked up the tabloid, and his eyes immediately widened.
There, on the cover, was a photo of him and Kathryn making out in her jacuzzi. Though it wasn’t possible to see the nudity or that they were having sex, there was no denying who he was or who she was, or that they were at least sticking their tongues down each other’s throats.
“Kathryn Wellington, huh?” Blake sneered.
“You know I’ve always like her,” Hawk said defensively as he slid the tabloid back across the table. Blake laughed as he threw his hands down to his side. It was obvious he was furious with his brother and wanted to hit him, but he was going to handle it with as much decency as he could, considering the circumstances.
“Do you realize that we are on the brink of a scandal with the whole thing that went down with Jones and Perry? Now here you are, lip locked with the estranged daughter of one of the richest men in the world? What do you think is going to come of this?” Cole asked.
Hawk gave him a look.
“You knew she was down there!” he shot back.
“I didn’t tell you to stick your dick in her!” he sneered.
“Enough of this. What happened, happened, thanks to Hawk. Now we are go
ing to try to fix it.” Blake walked back and forth in the apartment, and both his brothers looked at him. Though Hawk was angry with the tabloids—and that he had gotten caught—and the fact that his brothers were mad at him for what he had done, he was curious about how they were going to fix the problem.
He knew that it really would turn into a scandal Berkshire would use against them, possibly as a way to get the company out from under them. They were on the brink of losing the industries as it was; he didn’t want to know what would happen when they got a hold of this.
“So what do you want me to do?” Hawk asked. His tone was a mix of question and defiance, and Blake turned around, looking at him with a dirty look.
“One, I want you to start keeping your junk in the trunk. But, if this is going to work, that is going to happen anyway,” he said. Hawk looked at him with the most hatred he could muster, but both his brothers ignored him. Blake was too busy piecing together the plan.
“Clearly, you are going to have to make this look like it wasn’t you fucking some girl in Vegas. You are going to have to make it look like the two of you have something serious going on, or we are going to end up in the headlines again. And I swear, if we lose the company over this, I am going to have your head,” Blake threatened.
Hawk couldn’t help but smirk at the threat. Though they were adults, they still bickered as though they were children, and there were times he found the situation humorous. Both Cole and Blake ignored him, however, and turned to go. Hawk didn’t bother walking either of them out. He finished making his Bloody Mary, then he walked back over to the bed and sat down heavily.
His mind was spinning. He had had no idea they were down there looking for him in the first place. He had thought if he was going to end up on the front of some magazine, it would be because of some drunken fight he got into when he was in a bar. Not making out with a girl who he had feelings for. He shook his head. This was going to present a whole new set of problems.
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