by Anna Hartman
He fucked her really hard until she came and then trembling with pleasure rested her head on his shoulder, he was still pumping her until he was ready to come too.
For a long moment they just stayed still, her still with her legs wrapped around his waist him supporting her weight with one hand under her bottom and the other around her waist. Then slowly they started kissing, the crazy urgency and hunger now subsided into tenderness.
Brockley picked her up and carried her on the bed, caressing her body and removing her clothes one by one. Now that they had satisfied the instant urge to have each other, he wanted to take the time to explore and enjoy her body. He pulled off her knickers now wet with their juices, pulled down her skirt, took of her halter neck top whilst kissing her bare shoulders and finally liberated her breasts from the strapless bra that made them look a lot smaller than they actually were in all their naked glory, he took a pink nipple between his lips, first kissing it gently , licking and playing with it until it was hard, he sucked harder and caressed the other breast with his hand. Rosalind was sighing with pleasure, not feeling shy or ashamed of her nudity. Brockley was still fully clothed apart from his undone trousers, She felt his head starting to go lower in her body, kissing and nibbling her stomach and waist, moving down his hips and nibbling her thighs. When he eventually reached her pussy he lightened the kisses, so they were barely touching her and tentatively he licked the her, first gently then with more force and she felt like she was going to come again.
“Oh, oh my god”
He licked her harder, his tongue now inside her.
“mmmmm”
“I want you inside me” she pulled him up from between her legs, licked her own juices off his face and urgently started to pull down his trousers ready to take him inside again.
Rosalind flipped them over and now she was on top, she rode him and Brockley caressed her breasts while they were bouncing and tried to catch a nipple between his lips. She was so hot, just so sexy and she clearly was loving fucking him as much he loved it.
They came together and exhausted sweaty Rosalind collapsed on Brockley’s naked body and fell asleep.
She woke up when her mobile was ringing, it has started to get darker outside.
Brockley was still sleeping. She clambered around trying to locate that phone and finally saw her bag by the door where she had dropped it when they stumbled into the room a few hours earlier. She slipped out of the bed and picked up her bag from the floor
“mmm, babe where are you going?”
“My phone just went, it’s probably Charlie wondering where I am, I’m supposed to be meeting her for dinner tonight”
“Stay”
She was so tempted to stay but she had promised to herself to be more self reliant and not change plans over men.
“I can’t”
“I’m your boss, you can”
“That’s exactly why I can’t” but she could feel her resistance fade away and she took his hand and Brockley pulled her back into bed.
“You wanna star in a live show?” He asked and pointed to the window
Rosalind blushed furiously of the thought “Maybe not, but I’m happy to watch you perform”
“I only perform for you” He kissed her softly on the forehead and pushed her hair back with his hand
Rosalind drew herself away reluctantly “I got to call Charlie at least”
“Ok, tell her something came up and that you’ll see her for breakfast instead”
“Ok, but you’ll be quiet now so I can call her”
Rosalind pressed the call return button and Charlie picked up immediately
“Hey what time are we meeting?”
“Charlie, would you mind terribly if we cancelled tonight and did breakfast tomorrow morning instead, you’ll be jet lagged anyway and up before dawn!”
While she was on the phone Brockley was running his fingers softly on her inner thighs and she struggled to keep her voice steady.
Charlie didn’t sound hugely disappointed.
“Ok, I’m actually pretty tired so why don’t you come to my hotel for breakfast at 7. I’m staying at the Standard”
“Oh, me too” Rosalind said before she realised what she was saying.
“What? Why are you in a hotel?”
“no I meant I’m really tired and really looking forward to seeing you tomorrow morning”
“Ok”
By the time she hung up Brockley’s fingers were playing with her clitoris, rubbing in gently and making Rosalind want to explode with desire.
So now she needed some clothes for tomorrow morning, she decided to call Abigail in case she was still in her apartment and she’d ask her to bike something over.
“Hmmm” Abigail picked up the phone
“Did I wake you up?”
“Oh, it’s you, well no, I’m awake but I am still very much in bed. Your bed in fact”. She said with a cheeky laugh.
“And not alone I guess”
“yeah”
“Well be my guest and stay there all night, Maybe just change the sheets before you go. But I need some work clothes for tomorrow morning. Could you pack my white aubade set, a slip and the navy wrap dress and navy pumps and the white Marc Jacobs bag and my makeup bag from the bathroom, just make sure it’s got all the basics in it”
“Sure, where shall I send them “
“The standard, room 875 under the name Graham”
“The Standard?”Rosalind could almost hear Abigail raising an eyebrow. “Well, aren’t you adventurous. I’ll send it straight over.”
By the time she hung up the phone Brockley had made sure she was ready for him and just slid inside her, making her gasp with joy with every thrust.
Afterwards, they ordered room service and by the time Rosalind’s clothes arrived they had finished their meal and a bottle of wine and feeling pretty frisky again.
“You’ve got a good stamina for a middle aged man” she teased him
“That’s because you are the hottest and horniest woman I’ve even met”
They didn’t sleep much that night, mainly dozed in between making love and exploring each other, the way new lovers did. When everything is so exciting and you want to make sure your fingers will remember every inch of your lovers body and all you want to do, is to give the other person as much pleasure as humanly possible.
At 6:15am the alarm went off and reluctantly Rosalind pulled herself out of bed, slipped into the shower only to feel the cool breeze when the shower cubicle door opened and a naked Brockley stepped under the hot stream of water. Pressing his body to hers, taking the shower gel and lathering it between his hands before washing Rosalind, then moving on to wash her hair.
Still by 7am Rosalind was downstairs in her navy dress, looking fresh and glowing despite the lack of sleep and having had only 10 minutes left to get ready after the shower. When you are young enough and madly in love, a night spent awake in your lover's arms will invigorate you and replenish you with energy and vitality that no amount of sleep and espressos ever could. If only you could bottle that.
Charlie was already sitting in the restaurant, drinking her third espresso
“I’ve been up since 4:40, bloody jet lagged”
“I know its’a killer” she kissed her boss and friend on the cheek and sat down.
“Wow, you are glowing, what’s going on here?”
“Nothing much, just been working really hard and enjoying New York in my spare time”
“You look like you’ve been doing someone else very hard too”
Rosalind blushed furiously.
“And I was right?”
“Mmm. But let’s talk about work”
Charlie laughed.
“Well I hear wonderful things about you, from the team here. You’ve done a great job. Not that I ever doubted that you would, but it’s always a risk to let somebody new take charge of a new high profile project. Now I think the world is your oyster, we of course wish you'd sta
y with us for a long time to come”
“I’m glad you are happy with my work. But I need to talk to you about something. I have really loved working on this project and working with you and the team, but spending all this time in New York has reminded me of what it was that I originally wanted, a career as a fashion designer. To have my own brand”
“So what are you thinking of doing?”
“Well I would like to finish this project and then maybe if possible, work part time in the New York office while I finish Parsons and then I don’t know. Find a job in fashion over here, London or even Paris.”
Charlie looked surprised and when she spoke there was thinly veiled disappointment in her voice.
“Well I must say this was the last thing I expected you to say. I don’t know if we have a part time role available, as I think the team here needs somebody fully dedicated to this project. So I don’t know how it would work. I will have to speak to Brockley and Alice about this and see where our resources are most needed”
“I understand, you are the first person who knows about my plans, so could I please talk to Brockley before you speak to him, after all I was his hire”
“And his lover I hear…” Charlie raised a well groomed eyebrow
“Well, it’s not what you think.”
“What is it then?”
“We are in love, it’s not just sex. But how did you know?”
Charlie gave a sad smile.“I’ve known from a start. It takes one to recognise one. I was once his protégée and lover for a while”
“What?”
“Yes a long time ago, before he married Alice”
“And you stayed on after he dumped you for her? Why? With your talent you could have gone to work anywhere!” Then a thought dawned on her “Oh, is there anybody else in the company he’s slept with?”
Charlie laughed “Not that I know of, just me, his wife and now you, maybe some intern or supplier at some point but nobody who’s still there, he’s been around the block for a few times our Brockley. But just for the record he didn’t dump me for her, I ended it.”
“You did?”
“Yes, I wanted to take my career seriously and become respected for my work not for my skills in the bedroom. And I stayed because I like working for him, we’ve always shared a vision. BG Hotels is a unique company, there aren’t many like that around and, now I’m in the position to work on very high profile projects and I have built a name for myself in the industry.
If I wanted to, I could work for any hotel company or set up my own consultancy. But as long as BGH keeps giving me the opportunities they do and make sure I am well compensated for my efforts, I can’t see a reason to leave.
But seriously Rosalind, our fling was a long time ago and he has changed. I have never seen him so infatuated with anybody as he is with you”
“Not even Alice?”
“Alice was different, they were and in many ways still are, two peas in a pod, they are very very similar in the way they think and work and I think in Alice he found a partner in crime, probably confused it for love, but as business partners they are a match made in heaven, as husband and wife not so much”
“Does Alice know about you two?”
“Yes”
“And she was ok to work with her husband's former lover, she doesn’t strike me as the type?” Rosalind was tempted to tell Charlie about the scene at the Four Seasons on Friday night but decided that Alice would probably be mortified if anybody knew, so she kept quiet.
“It was difficult for a while, I took on a job with a competitor but they brought me back after 6 months as their head of design. Both Brockley and Alice are very driven and business focused and are willing to sacrifice a lot of personal stuff to succeed.”
“So you are not telling me to forget about him”
“Look, Rosalind you are a grown woman and have to make your own decisions in life. I know how charming, wonderful and sexy he is. Brock is a very special man in so many ways and I do believe that one day he’ll meet the woman who’ll tame him, it wasn’t Alice and it most certainly wasn’t me or any of the starlets he dates, but could it be you? Yes, why not. Are there guarantees? No, there never is in love. You will always have to take a risk. Besides, I’d say working in a different industry would probably help the longevity of the relationship with Brockley.
He is not a bad man, he is just very career focused and comes from such a dysfunctional family that he has no example of a good relationship, but it doesn’t mean he couldn’t change. I believe in his heart he wants to settle down and have a family with somebody wonderful who not only understands him but grounds him. You are a great girl Rosalind. My main concern is that you are still quite young and would probably have more fun and an easier life with someone your own age”
“I don’t want anybody else”
“Well that’s your answer then. The one piece of advice I’d like to give you is to love him with all your heart but have your own life, your career, friends and interests outside him and keep that going even if you are married and have children.
But we better head to the office, we have a lot of work to do” Charlie squeezed Rosalind’s arm encouragingly and they walked out to the sunny July morning.
CHAPTER 16
At 9am the office was already buzzing. Everybody had received an email telling them to meet at the boardroom at 2pm sharp. Even the London office would be joining in the the meeting via a video link. The staff were gossiping and trying to guess what was going on, had Brockley sold the business or was he bringing in some major changes.
But they all had work to do. Rosalind and Nick who looked a bit sheepish after the previous days drunken shenanigans and having spent the previous day and night in Rosalind’s bed with her best friend, needed to talk Charlie through the project before the meeting. They ordered sandwiches to eat whilst working and made plans to go and visit the site in the afternoon.
Everybody piled into the boardroom at 2. The catering team were setting up silver trays covered with champagne glasses and bringing in coolers with bottles in them. Alice was looking triumphant and for the moment there was no sign of Brockley.
When he walked in wearing a navy Savile row suit with two men Rosalind assumed where his lawyers, he didn’t even acknowledge Rosalind. She felt a pang of loss, maybe she had taken his words too literally and she was indeed just a casual fling for him. Rosalind sat next to Nick and Charlie waiting for Chantelle to get the connection to London working so they could start the meeting.
“Right, I’m glad you all could make it in such a short notice. I wanted to tell you first hand about some changes we are making in the business.
As of today Alice Graham will be a partner in the business and the managing director of BG USA, this mean she will have more power and doesn’t need to get authorisation from me for everything but can actually make most of the decisions on the spot, I believe this will make our business more efficient and nimble. I will continue to head up the London office for the time being but ultimately I want to be focusing on a CEO role and have other people running the to day to day operations.
Charlotte Schrer has also been offered a partnership in the business which she has accepted. Charlie has worked for BG Hotels from the start and her hard work, dedication and vision has been pivotal to our success, so we are happy to acknowledge it publicly and make sure she’ll stay with us. She will continue her role as the head of design.
Due to Alice’s new role there will be some re-structuring in the US business, some promotions and a couple of new roles which which we would like to fill as soon as possible. And just to nip the wings of any gossip, Alice and I are officially now divorced, so if anybody wants to ask either of us for dates please pluck up the courage to do so.” He winked at Rosalind’s direction when he said that and there was a lot of laughter around the room.
“Please join me to congratulate both Alice and Charlie. We are looking forward to grow the business and become the top player
in our market.”
As Brockley finished people flocked around Alice and Charlie to congratulate them. Alice was looking very smug but when her eyes met Rosalind’s she features changed into a sheepish and apologetic smile as she obviously remembered the scene she had caused at the Four Seasons on Friday night.
Rosalind sipped the glass of champagne given to her by the catering staff and congratulated Charlie.
“You sneaky madam! Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I was sworn to secrecy, and it did come a bit out of the blue. Yes I have suggested it to Brockley in several occasions over the years but he has always wanted to be in control of the business by himself. I suppose as he was making Alice a partner he had to make me one too”
“Well you fully deserve it Charlie. I’m very happy for you.”
Rosalind excused herself as she saw Brockley walking out of the room.
She needed to speak to him about her plans, now.
“Can we talk?”
“Are you going to ask me for a date?”
“Maybe”
“Come, let’s get out of here.”
They walked to the coffee shop downstairs and sat down in a quiet corner table.
“I’ve decided to return to my fashion degree, finish it and start my own label”
“What? Here in New York? When did this happen?”
“I’ve been thinking about it for a while but decided last week”
“And when were you going to tell me?”
“I’m telling you now”
“So you are not returning to London?”
“Not for another year”
“I also wanted to ask you if I could continue working part time at BGH NYC to fund my studies and collection”
“Well, yeah you need to speak to Alice. Rosalind, I really wished you would have talked to me first before making this decision. But you don’t need to work, I’ll finance your studies and make sure you get to fly to London once a month”
“That’s not what I want, I want to do this on my own”