Business: Phoenix #1

by Danielle, Zoe

  Watching her now, I’d like nothing more than to peel those jeans off and bend her over that bed. Just the thought of it is making my cock throb. Casey glances over her shoulder and gives a small smile. She seems fragile. I will make her feel safe; my needs can wait.

  "Are you going to tell me where we are going yet?" She stands and looks at me, her hands on her hips. Lips tightly pressed together.

  "Nope, it's a surprise sweetheart." I smirk at her and she crosses her arms across her chest and raises an eyebrow at me.

  "Matthew Jackson. You're up to something and I want you to know I’m onto you." I can't help it; her stern voice always makes me laugh.

  "I wish you were on...to me or on top of me, hell even beneath me. I’m not a picky man." I wink and she throws a cushion off the bed at me and misses by miles.

  When she eventually finishes packing we load Casey’s Merc up. It’s a good thing we took the more spacious car. She’s packed enough for a small family. I open the door for her to climb in and once she is in, I walk round to the driver’s side. I glance around, slide my Maui Jim sunglasses on and start on our journey.

  I checked Google maps last night and again before the journey so I knew exactly where to go. It's not too far and should only take around two hours.

  ~~~~~

  Casey

  I have no idea where Matt is taking me, he told me to pack a case for a long romantic weekend.

  A mixture of emotions are currently running through me, happiness, anxiety, excitement but all of them are over ruled with the love I feel for Matt. It gets stronger and stronger every day.

  I'm watching the road whilst softly singing to the radio, one of my favorite songs is currently playing, Lifehouse - falling even more in love with you. The song is perfect for me and Matt right now.

  "I'm falling even more in love with you, letting go of all I've held onto." I sing and I notice Matt glance at me sideways before smiling.

  ~~~~~

  Matt

  Hearing her sing is the best thing that has happened in the past few days, she is smiling and she finally seems to be happy. She is everything. .

  She's happy.

  She's healthy.

  She's here.

  She's with me.

  And I'm complete.

  That’s all that matters.

  If somebody told me this time last year that I would end up soft and committed to a woman I would of laughed at them and called them an ass.

  But it's true, I've gone soft. But she is worth it.

  ~~~~~

  Casey

  I see the sign for Saltburn by the Sea and it takes me a few moments to realize. I look at Matt and he is waiting for my reaction.

  "Oh my God!" I shout. I can't control the excitement. "How did you know where to come?"

  "Andrew helped me." He says as he pulls onto the driveway and parks up. He switches off the ignition and turns to look at me.

  "You spoke to Andrew? How?"

  "I've told you before, I'm a millionaire and I can do anything I want. And what I want is to see you smile, sweetheart." I love the playful tone in his voice and his cocky grin.

  I'm overwhelmed and the tears flood down my cheeks. I can't believe he has arranged for us to come to my parents and he hasn't even met them.

  "Thank you so much Matt. I love you." I kiss his cheek and jump when I hear somebody knocking on the passenger side window. "Mum!"

  I open the door and throw my arms around her. It has been so long since I have seen her and I have missed her dearly. "Hi Case, it's lovely to finally see you!"

  My dad is standing behind her and I make my way over to him and hug him. I didn't notice Matt get out of the car but he is introducing himself to my mum and she seems to be impressed. He kisses her on the cheek and I notice her get flushed. Yep, he has the same effect on me too mum.

  "About blooming time and all!" Hannah appears with Andrew closely behind her.

  "You! You were in on this weren't you?" I laugh and she shakes her head.

  "Nope, I only found out the other day. Jackson organized this one all on his own." She nods and smiles at Matt before looking directly at me.

  We carry our bags to one of the guest rooms and finally get a few moments alone before lunch. I place my bag on the double four poster bed and turn and wrap my arms around Matt.

  "Thank you so much. You don't realize how happy I am right now."

  A small smile spreads across Matt's lips. "That's all that matters to me."

  I know for a fact, that I am going to spend the rest of my life with this man.

  After dinner Hannah and I share a bottle of wine with my mum on the patio. The men have a few glasses of whiskey and beer whilst watching the football in the lounge.

  "Well he definitely gets on with Andrew and your father." Mum smiles, obviously speaking about Matt.

  "See, he fits right in to our family!" Hannah winks at me. "He's a keeper Case."

  My cheeks are starting to hurt from the smile that has been plastered across my face since we arrived here earlier.

  "So, is it serious?" Mum takes a sip from her glass.

  "They're going to get married." Hannah and mum laugh together and I shake my head. Although, that does sound a good idea....

  "Well, we've told each other that we love each other...” I tell her.

  Mums smile matches mine - big and wide stretched across her face.

  "I'm glad honey; dad and I were starting to think that you were a lesbian." She jokes.

  "Oh ha ha, very funny." I raise my eyebrow playfully. "We just need to get Andrew a nice girlfriend now." I say as I turn to face Hannah. Her cheeks flush pink.

  "I thought he had a girlfriend?" She asks.

  "Oh, they finished a while back. I only met her once or twice; there was nothing serious going on between them." Mum explains.

  "It's because he has his eye on somebody else." I like watching Hannah squirm; she does it to me plenty so it's interesting to see her reaction when the shoe is on the other foot.

  Mum realizes what I am up to. "Oh, he definitely does." She looks at Hannah and I wiggle my eye brows.

  "Oh shut up! That's old news." She laughs.

  "You knew?" I ask, surprised.

  "Yep. All along." Hannah winks.

  "You're quite intelligent for a blonde Hannah." I joke.

  Once we finish the first bottle of wine mum grabs another from the cooler and we join the men in the lounge. Mum sits beside dad and passes him another beer she grabbed him from the fridge.

  Hannah sits next to Andrew and I notice the look they exchange.

  I take a seat beside Matt and he puts his arm around me.

  I look at all six of us sitting here and it is a perfect family night in.

  Chapter Thirty-five

  Casey

  We decide we’re ready for bed just after 11pm; we asked Hannah to stay since it was late and she had a drink and couldn't drive.

  I follow her to her guest room and sit on the bed.

  "There's something more to you and Andrew that you’re letting on. Isn't there?" I question her.

  She doesn't say anything, she just nods.

  "I knew it!" I grin at her.

  "We've been seeing each other for a while, it's been hard with the distance but when we don't see each other we call, text and Skype." She explains sitting next to me. "I really like him Case."

  "Just think, we could really be sisters if things worked out between you two."

  "Woahh, slow down!"

  ~~~~~

  I walk to the guest bedroom where Matt and I will be staying and find him laid on top of the bed, only wearing his underwear, his arms bent behind his head. My eyes hungrily run down his torso to his shorts where I see he is even more excited than I am. Seeing his naked chest thrills me, the way his shorts hang on his hips, abs of steel. I don't think I could ever get tired of looking at him.

  I go to the bathroom to change for bed, a short nightie with no panties. I'm sure this
will drive him crazy.

  I walk out of the bathroom and he stalks me until I get into bed beside him.

  It isn't long until he takes me with his mouth, consuming my mouth, ravaging me and I don't fight it. I give myself over to him; letting him take me anyway he wants to.

  With each demanding move he makes, I let him take a little bit more of me as he teaches me how my body should be adored and worshipped. How I should be taken and dominated. Like I am some sort of play thing. His play thing. Like I was simply made for his pleasure and how he was made for mine.

  He licks and kisses me until I feel senseless. Like every muscle in my body is relaxed. He makes me come numerous times and each time I worry that my body will be able to take it. How many rippling orgasms can I take?

  He still pushes through and gives me different orgasms each time. He has given me orgasms that rip through me violently and orgasms that softly roll through me.

  He is everything I need in a lover - confident, experienced and he knows my body like the back of his hand.

  After numerous orgasms pass through us we both collapse onto the bed.

  My body feels boneless and I feel exhausted.

  It doesn't take us long to drift to sleep.

  ~~~~~

  A stream of sunlight pouring through the window wakes me up earlier than normal. Mum doesn’t have black out blinds in her spare room since it doesn’t get used too often, but I think I may buy one anyway, just in case.

  I squint at the clock on the night stand, six-twenty three.

  I blink several times, adjusting my eyes before turning to look at Matt. I watch him dreaming for a while. Thinking how beautiful he is, inside and out. Reminding myself how lucky I am. Remembering the numerous orgasms he gave me last night, how the touch of his hands sends shivers up my spine.

  "I know you are watching me sleep Case." He says groggily.

  "I can't help it, you're so cute." I laugh as he opens an eye to look at me.

  "Cute? Just cute?" He raises an eye brow at me, both of his eyes open and fixed on me.

  "Just cute until proven otherwise." I tease.

  In a flash he is on top of me, his body covering me. He laces his hands in mine and raises them above my head.

  "Would somebody who was 'just cute' have you in this position?" He asks.

  "Oh definitely. It's a safe position isn't it?" He licks his tongue along my lips as I speak.

  "A safe position?" He questions and as if he takes it as a challenge he pushes inside of me with one swift movement and I cry out.

  "A safe position." I confirm in between moans as he pulls in and out of me.

  His pace slow and steady, making sure he is fully inside of me and then pulling out completely. Each time he pulls out my body craves him inside again.

  My orgasm comes quickly and Matt pushes into me harder and faster to draw my climax out longer.

  He holds my legs apart wider and begins a punishing rhythm as he chases after his own release.

  He tips his head back and moans as his hotness fills me.

  Chapter Thirty-six

  Casey

  "Aw Matt, look at this little guy." I say as I bend down to stroke the black and white Spaniel dog through the bars. The dog licks my hand and looks at me with big brown eyes.

  "He's lovely isn't he?" Matt also strokes the dog. "Hey look at the next one, it's a Lab." We move onto the next dog and again make a fuss over him.

  Matt said since we were in my home town that he wanted to do exactly what I would be doing if I was here alone. He told me he wanted to get to look into my life further, to get to know me better. So I decided to bring him down to the local animal shelter. Before my win, I was here every weekend spending time with the homeless animals. I used to volunteer to walk them and bought them treats and toys. So far he seems to be enjoying it and is an animal lover like me.

  Before we came we stopped back at the local pet store and spent a fortune on toys, treats and clean bedding to donate.

  I could take every one of the animals home with me, whether it was a dog, cat or rabbit. I love them all.

  I have always said that animals are better than people an animal gives unconditional love. They don't care if you have had a bad day or look like crap and I have never been able to understand why people neglect them.

  "The hardest part is leaving them." I explain to Matt. "I used to stay here right until the very last minute and when I left I worried about every single one of them. Hoping that they aren't too cold, scared or lonely."

  Matt watches me intently, listening to my every word.

  "There was a local shelter which couldn't afford to keep above a certain number of dogs, so they had a period of time to try to rehome them, something like two weeks I think and if they couldn't rehome them they put the dogs down. When I came into money I paid for the shelter to be extended to stop healthy animals getting put to sleep."

  "You have a heart of gold Casey." Is all he says, his eyes studying my face.

  "I just love animals. When I decide it's time to stop working, I want to open my own sanctuary." I laugh slightly, knowing that I probably will never give up working.

  "We'll do it together." He bumps my arm playfully before bending back down to stroke the next dog. I watch him give each dog attention and love. I watch the dog’s reactions to him and they love him just as much.

  When it's time for the dog walking we volunteer, walking each dog for at least half an hour before returning for another dog. We spend the afternoon walking and talking. Just me and him hand in hand and a dog each.

  Our last walk of the day is with two playful cross breeds Max and Jasper. When we get to the deserted path we have walked down at least seven times today there is a man walking the opposite way to us, the first person we have passed on this path all day. The man is small with long messy dark hair which is covered by a cap and I can't really see his facial features as he has a cap pulled down.

  When he passes us, I offer a friendly smile which he returns with a chin nod and continues walking.

  We take the dogs back to the shelter and set off back home.

  ~~~~~

  Hannah

  Andrew and I have had a lovely day; we spent the day together.

  As it was a nice day we decided to walk along the beach – I don’t really get the chance to do that often with living in Newcastle. When we lived in Saltburn we were forever on the beach, in summer we would go early in the morning and not leave until late afternoon.

  We spoke about everything we could, I updated him on the stalker situation, I haven’t heard from them myself but I know Casey has been plagued by emails and phone calls. She’s also been worried about Julie. She’s called her repeatedly and hasn’t heard from her. She’s beginning to fear something bad has happened. That was the reason Matt decided to bring her home for the weekend, to give her time away. She hasn’t told me whether or not she has heard anything over the past couple of days but I presume that Matt has told her to keep her mobile switched off. I haven’t seen her with it anyway.

  Andrew told me how his working life is going, he loves the garages he runs and he works with a bunch of great guys, he tells me amusing stories of the men and all that they do. There is one prankster who he keeps speaking about – a guy called Mark and I can tell Andrew really thinks highly of him.

  We stop and sit side by side on the sand and watch the waves. I tell him how I miss being home when I am back in the city and now that Casey has got Matt we don’t see each other as much as we used to, I feel lonely. I’m not pissed that Matt has come along and stolen my best friend, I’m not like that and I am really happy that she has finally found somebody who will treat her right. I’m just not used to spending too much time alone.

  We never used to really spend too much time together at work, just lunch time and whenever she needed something doing, so we used to catch up on an evening, she would either come to my place or I would go to hers and we would share a bottle of wine and a takeaway
. Because of Casey’s status she was invited to different parties every other weekend and I would go along with her.

  After our short break we continue walking, we walk until my legs start to ache and I realize that we have walked all the way to Redcar beach. We find a local café and Andrew orders us both a drink – a coffee for him and a strawberry milkshake for me.

  We sit for a while, my legs grateful for the rest. I most definitely deserve a week off from personal training and running next week for this.

  Then we set off back to Saltburn.

  Andrew comes to my mum’s house with me and we stay there for a couple hours.

  ~~~~~

  Casey

  “Shall we go out for a meal tonight?” My mum smiles. “Possibly the Italian place in the town, we haven’t been there for a while.”

  “Oh I love that Italian!” I grin and look to Matt “What do you think?”

  “Definitely. Sounds fantastic.”

  “I’ll text Hannah and Andrew to see if they want to come along.” I smile at mum and Matt and as I reach into my bag to pull my mobile out I realize I don’t have it and I remember Matt’s no phone rule. As if Matt can read my mind He smiles down at me.

  “I’ll text them sweetheart, don’t worry.” He looks down at his phone and starts to type a message.

  I leave mum, dad and Matt downstairs and go shower.

  The few days break have really relaxed me, I think if I stayed at work and let myself take the emotional stress and read all the hate mail the stalker was sending me I was definitely heading for a break down.

  Matt has been a fantastic support in this horrendous time and I am so thankful he has stuck around. I’m pretty sure most men would have run a mile by now. But not him.

  Once finished in the shower I wrap my hair in a towel turban and start to dry myself down, pulling on my dressing gown. I make my way into the bedroom and start to blow dry and straighten my hair.