by Bowles, Jan
With the pile of money between them, she glanced at him. Just wearing a pair of jeans, he looked so sexy and masculine. When he closed his eyes, she let her gaze drift across the hard contours of his chest. The slight smattering of hair caught the light every so often as he breathed.
In a flash, he pulled her down next to him.
“Are you admiring me or the money?” His eyes flew wide open, and she felt her stomach coil in anticipation as his gaze connected with hers.
“I’ve never been this close to half a million dollars before,” she teased. There was no way she would admit that she’d been staring at him.
They rolled on top of the money as he pinned her underneath him. He brushed the hair from her eyes. “Mmm. I think otherwise. You look so fucking sexy laid out on a blanket of money.”
He stared at her for a moment, focusing on her lips, and then her eyes, and back again. He let out a long slow breath and then rolled away.
“Christ, what a fucking mess. I can’t take advantage of you anymore, Maddie. I don’t even want the rest of the money back. In fact, I insist on it.”
“Why, Keaton?”
“Call it compensation. Whatever you want. I saw the tremendous courage you showed with your sister. I know it couldn’t have been easy for you. I’m just sorry that we started out on the wrong foot, but hindsight is a great leveler.”
“I want to pay everything back, Keaton. Otherwise it will make me feel like a—well, you know.” No need to mention the word “whore.” Keaton knew exactly what she meant.
“Maddie, believe me when I say I don’t think that of you.” She heard the sincerity in his voice and saw it in his eyes. When she nodded, he continued, “Then how are we going to resolve this?”
“I honestly don’t know.”
He smiled and patted her hand. “I’ll let you think about it. I’m going to have a shower now, preferably cold.”
As she watched him walk toward the bathroom, Maddie realized they’d come to a fork in their relationship. Two paths existed. One included Keaton. The other didn’t. Did she want the safe route? Or did she want the path filled with sexual excitement and fulfillment? Only she could choose. Now that the money had been returned, she knew Keaton would never take their relationship for granted. Yet if she chose with her heart, would it be over too quickly? Surely, the time had come to take a risk. One day, one week, one month. Did it really matter?
Finally, she made her decision. Her heart won out, and she headed for the shower. It was large enough for both of them.
* * * *
Keaton leaned back against the shower wall, letting the water cascade over his body. He felt tired from lack of sleep, but he still buzzed from the effort it had taken to get the money back. At least he had most of it here. His mind drifted to Maddie. He had to admire her spirit and determination, in spite of her sister, who he considered to be a bit of a loose cannon, even mentally unstable. Maybe Simone was a victim of the drugs, but she had dragged Maddie into her own personal hell, too, with her selfish and manipulative behavior. And he could never forgive her for that.
He looked up when he heard the shower door slide open. “Room for one more?” Maddie stood naked in the doorway with a sexy smile on her lips, and he knew then that things would be all right between them.
“Only if we stick together.”
She yelped with excitement as he took hold of her hand and pulled her into his arms. Her body clung to his as the water plastered the hair to her head and ran seductively down her body. He traced the rivulets with his fingers, feeling her respond to his touch. Their kiss felt tinged with regret as their mouths and minds met.
He touched her cheek and caressed her lips with his thumb. “I wish things could have been different between us, Maddie.”
She stared into his eyes. “We can’t change the past. We can only change the future. I don’t regret what happened between us, Keaton, just the circumstances that led us to it.”
Keaton cursed under his breath. “Damn your sister to hell and back.”
“It gives me great satisfaction to know that she’s probably in hell right now as she goes cold turkey. Perhaps, she’ll finally learn her lesson.”
“One can only hope, Maddie.”
He kissed her lips. All those years of inadequate sex, and, finally, here was a woman he wanted to make love to just to please her. He smiled and massaged shampoo into her hair as she covered her body in shower gel. Maddie was perfect in every respect—a great body and a pleasing temperament. He had to know what she thought of him. When all the suds had washed away, he nuzzled her neck with his lips. “Tell me what you want.”
“I want you, Keaton. However long it lasts, I want you.”
She sounded desperate now, and she clung to him. He had never felt so wanted in his entire life. Slowly, she moved down his body until she knelt in front of him. When she looked up into his face, he knew then that she was the only woman he would ever want, or need.
His cock was hard, and she stroked the shaft, the light touch of her fingers arousing him. When her tongue lashed over the end of his prick, he heard his own sharp intake of breath and grasped hold of her hair as she took his entire length into the warmth of her mouth. He couldn’t help but arch into the exquisite sensation, enjoying the pleasure of her intimate caress, as she drew him hard inside her mouth. Her lips boldly bobbed up and down as if she sucked on a Popsicle.
Then something glinted in her hand as she raised it to him. The key nestled in her palm. At that precise moment, his heart swelled with love. The key had always been a symbol of his dominance over her. Now, Maddie wanted to be his submissive by choice. Taking the key, he attached it to the chain around his neck and then took on the role of her Dom.
“Have you left that money unattended, Maddie?”
She slipped her mouth from his cock. Her eyes immediately went to the chain around his neck. He saw the look of satisfaction as she turned her gaze to his.
“Yes, Master. I’m sorry, Master.”
“Do you think you should be punished?”
“Yes, Master.” At that moment, she looked the perfect submissive.
“Then turn around and kneel on all fours. You need a lesson you won’t forget in a hurry.”
She complied.
“I’m going to fuck you right here.” He knelt behind her, and rubbed his hand into the peachy crease of her ass. He slipped his fingers into her pussy, enjoying the sound of her aroused breathing. “But I’m not going to fuck your sweet wet pussy. Oh, no. I’m going to spread your ass and fuck that instead. Maybe next time you’ll take more care of my money. Do we understand each other?”
“Yes, Master, I’m sorry, Master.”
He heard her muffled protest as he moved his fingers to her puckered hole. Immediately, she clamped her ass cheeks in resistance. He slapped her butt, and she whimpered out loud.
“Every time you resist, you get a slap. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Master,” she gasped. This time, when he ran his hand over her anus, she just breathed in deeply and lowered her head.
“Good, you learn quickly.” He reached over to the side of the shower and opened a bottle of baby oil. He poured some onto his hand and down the crease of her ass. “You ready?” he asked, holding his finger against her back hole.
“Yes, Master.”
As soon as she spoke, he pushed one finger inside her anus. He knew she wanted to resist by the way she gasped and tried to pull away. He also knew that it turned her on, too. He held her firmly around the waist with his other hand, and this time, he inserted two fingers, working the muscles until the pressure eased.
“Relax.”
“I can’t, Master.”
“Relax, I'm ordering you.” He slapped her butt hard, and the stinging sound echoed around the tiled shower cubicle.
“Yes, Master. Sorry, Master, I won’t disobey you again.”
He squeezed more baby oil onto his hand and then worked three fingers inside her butt. W
hen he thought she was sufficiently stretched to not hurt her, he positioned the tip of his cock against her puckered hole.
“Breathe in now.” Holding her steady, he pushed inside her. The tight muscles of her ass gripped him like a vice as he buried himself to the hilt. He waited for her breathy pants to lessen before pumping slowly back and forth inside her. Christ, she was tight. “Lean back,” he ordered. When she did as he commanded, he inserted the fingers of one hand into her pussy and rubbed her clit with the other. He knew the combination of sensations would prove hard to resist.
“Master, it stings,” she said, her whisper barely audible.
“You’ll be fine in a moment, once the lube is nice and deep. Now I’m going to stroke your clit. I want to know if you remember your last lesson. If you come before I say you can, I will have to punish you severely, understand?”
“Yes, Master.”
When she squirmed from his intimate touch, he commanded, “Keep still, or I will double your punishment.” Immediately, she froze, her whole body now completely under his total control. Her breathing became more ragged as she fought the slow caress of her clit with his fingers. Having this much command over her was what really turned him on. When her cries became even more intense, pleasure pulsed through his body like never before. He pressed his fingers deeper inside her pussy, feeling the tight grip of her inner muscles clamping down. With her ass impaled on his cock, he controlled her every move, her every thought, her every feeling at that precise moment. He dominated her, and they both loved it.
“Please, Master,” she begged, “I won’t be able to hold out much longer.”
“You’ll do it,” he urged. “Otherwise, there will be serious consequences.” He enjoyed the feel of her feminine juices flooding his hand, as he finger-fucked her closer to the edge.
Her whimpers became more vocal as she tried to hold back the inevitable. “Master, please…”
Eventually, he relented. “Come, now,” he commanded. “I’m giving you permission to climax.” He knew that his words would send her over the top. It made him feel incredibly sexy and powerful.
Her whole body spasmed and bucked as her cries of ecstasy filled the shower cubicle.
He kissed her head, holding her against his chest as her breathing slowly returned to normal. Maddie had given him a gift he could share with her, time and time again. The gift of her submission was priceless to him. He breathed in, and although he hadn’t found release yet, he’d never felt so satisfied.
Chapter Fourteen
Keaton carried her from the bathroom and laid her on the bed. When he pushed the money aside, one of the bundles broke free from the band and spread like confetti over the bedspread. He didn’t seem to mind that she was still wet from the shower and that the money stuck to her skin.
He took the chain from around his neck and laid it down beside them on the bed. Then he covered her body with his own. The hard contours melded perfectly against hers, as he nestled his weight between her legs.
He took her hand in his and kissed her fingertips. He smiled down at her. “I want you to come and live with me. I’ve a penthouse in Chicago. It will be ideal while we’re both working there.”
“Oh, Keaton, how can I work in Chicago after all that has happened?”
“I’ve been thinking about that. We can tell everyone that it was a security exercise, to test the systems that we have in place.”
“You’d do that for me?”
He stroked a hand into her hair and rubbed his thumb over her lower lip. “Of course, I’d do that for you. We’re perfect together, and with you as my new personal assistant, we’ll make a great team.”
Her heart swelled. Keaton didn’t want it to end yet. “Say that again. I’m not sure I heard right.”
He smiled. “Your hearing is not very good is it, Maddie? That’s not a very desirable attribute for my new personal assistant. So I’ll say it once more.” He took her hands in his and stared into her eyes. “Maddie, you’ve a wealth of knowledge that will be invaluable to me. I really can’t do without you.” His gaze scanned over her naked body beneath him, and she felt her breathing increase at the intensity in his eyes. “So, now I’ll show you exactly how I feel about you.”
He showered kisses down her stomach then raised her butt off the bed with his hands as he kneeled in front of her. Her legs spread open as his mouth devoured her aching pussy. His tongue licked her slit over and over until he sucked her clit into his mouth.
“Oh, Keaton,” she panted, a feeling of utter helplessness as just her shoulders came into contact with the bed. There was nothing she could do but accept the pleasure he gave her.
With her ass still glowing from the sex in the shower, she fisted her hands into his hair, pulling it hard as his teasing tongue stroked her closer and closer to ecstasy.
“Oh, my God.” Tight bands of tension coiled low in her stomach, vice-like in its entirety. A spasm jarred her whole body, and she bucked and writhed as wave upon wave of intense pleasure battered her body into submission. He kept going, lashing her clit onto his teeth with his tongue, until she screamed out his name, “Keaton.” Her whole body writhed in ecstasy as she fought for breath.
“You must realize how much you turn me on, Maddie.” As he kneeled on the bed, he gently pulled her upright so she straddled him. She wrapped her arms around him, never wanting to let him go, as his cock slid deliciously inside her wet wanton pussy.
She stared into his eyes as she rode his entire length, the pleasure intensifying with each powerful thrusting movement. They kissed, and she threaded her hands into his hair once again, enjoying the feel of it as it fell through her fingers. They’d come a long way in the last four weeks. It felt like a lifetime they’d shared together.
Holding her around the waist and shoulders, he leaned forward, cradling her as he thrust harder and deeper inside her.
“You like that?” he murmured, his gaze devouring her arched body before him.
“Yes.”
“And that?” Harder, still.
“More, Keaton, more.” This felt raw and passionate. “Fuck me harder.”
“You’re mine, say it.”
“I’m yours, Keaton.”
“Again.”
“I’m yours.”
“Again.”
His cock glistened with her womanly juices as he pushed it in and out of her. She felt her whole body tighten around him, and she arched like a bowstring.
“Breathe, breathe,” he whispered against her ear as he nuzzled into her neck. He kissed her cheek. “Hold it back as long as you can.”
Throwing her head back, she panted, trying to stop the tide that threatened to burst through at any moment.
“Help me, Keaton, please.”
“You can do it. Breathe. That’s it, look at me.”
She stared into his eyes, knowing this was the only man she could ever want. Her boss, her lover, and her Dom, all rolled into one fantastic, sexy package. For as long as their relationship lasted, she was willing to give herself to him unconditionally.
“Oh, Keaton, I’m coming…” The monumental force of her orgasm astounded her as it crashed through, making her pussy tighten around his shaft as the most intense orgasmic pleasure coursed through her body, spasm after delicious spasm washing over her until she was done.
“Little one, I will never get tired of you.” He pulled her hard against him, wrapping her in his arms, as he, too, succumbed to ecstasy with a deep-seated growl.
* * * *
Three months later
It was Christmas Eve, and Maddie clutched her last minute shopping in her hands as she rode the elevator up to the ninety-second floor and Keaton’s penthouse apartment.
As she walked down the carpeted hallway, she marveled at how the last three months had changed their lives completely. Her beloved house might be gone, but that seemed insignificant to what she had gained.
Keaton.
Her love for him grew stronger by the day, a
nd although they’d never really expressed that love verbally, she knew deep down that it existed between them. When a relationship was built on complete trust, it had to. Every time they made love she surrendered unconditionally to Keaton’s complete control. Now that took trust on a massive scale. Strange to think that it had all started with a whole lot of mistrust. She shrugged. That was all just a distant memory. They had managed to overcome the lies, to find something deep and meaningful between them.
There had been a few raised eyebrows at Goldstein Rivers upon their return, especially from the board of directors. Her heart swelled with pride at how Keaton had turned that to his advantage. “You must expect the unexpected,” he had told them at the first board meeting that she attended. “This exercise has proved that our systems are robust, even for the most devious of criminals, but we must do better. That money should never have left Goldstein Rivers in the first place.” The board had then voted in favor of a more vigorous system to be implemented. In future, no one would be able to move such large sums of money without prior authorization.
Recently, Simone had made front-page news. Since coming out of rehab, she had gotten her life back on track. It had boosted her career to no end. They would never be close after what had happened, but then they’d never been very close before. It was just one of those things. Sometimes siblings just didn’t get along. Well, she wouldn’t force it. They both had their own lives to lead now.
She smiled to herself as she approached the large mahogany door. Keaton had said he had a surprise waiting for her, and that she shouldn’t be late. Her stomach coiled in anticipation as to what it might be. He always managed to add an extra level of excitement to everything he did.
When she opened the door to the penthouse apartment, the aroma of strong coffee greeted her, and she called out, “Keaton, I’m home.” There was no answer. She continued into the large living area and walked over to the Christmas tree sparkling decadently in the corner of the room. Quickly, she placed the parcels she held, under the tree.