by T. N. King
Her mouth popped open as her face looked a bit pale.
Jacob chuckled and reached across to close her jaw gently with his fingers. “You look a bit pale there. Maybe you need a touch up.” He grinned at her and turned to walk away.
“Oh, you got me there, yes you did, Jacob Cooper!” she yelled then laughed loudly.
He chuckled and did feel a bit better as he headed to the hair salon as they called it.
Chapter Sixteen
“Pictures Up!”
“Check the gate,” the director called.
The camera man looked up confused.
“Just in case. This will be a one take wrap,” he stated with confidence.
The camera man checked his viewer and raised his thumb.
The cameras swung around.
The boom lowered.
They were outside. On an outdoor set. This was supposed to be outside the bar Eve owned.
Jacob had already known this as he’d studied the Shot list. Hell, he hadn’t even needed to. This scene had loomed in his mind more than once. The lines he had to say were all too similar to the way he already felt.
“Quiet on the Set!” the AD called out next.
Clapboard rose up and snapped. “Final scene Brilliant 37, take one,” the clapper called out.
Snap!
The clapboard shut.
“ACTION!” the director called out.
Jacob stood outside, facing the parking lot. In the last scene, Dade had just stormed out after having a run in with Eve and her father. So he’d had it with the whole damn place. He was about to skip town and he could not get her to see that he had to.
Eve steps out. Looking panicked and running after him. “Wait!” she calls out.
Dade turns and takes a long slow look at her, like it might be his last time. From below her, he stands at the base of the steps. He gazes at her legs, up to her waist, then to her breasts, memorizing every detail, then his gaze rises to her face.
Eve looks upset. “Please don’t leave me again? You promised. You promised!” Tears form in her eyes.
Dade strides across the space between them and steps up a few steps, grabbing her up off the top step. He hefts her down and over his body rubbing her over his hard planes as if she was a towel and he was using her body to dry himself off. It is slow, sensual and somewhat desperate as well.
Gasping, Eve is breathing hard by the time he has her at face level to his.
“If I stay I will die here,” he whispers to her lips.
Eve is crying now. “You said we’d be together this time. That we wouldn’t—?”
Dade kisses the words from her lips.
Her arms wrap around him as she presses herself tightly against body.
Jacob delved his tongue in, hard and deep tasting Anna for all he was worth as he reached down, grabbed her ass cheeks with both hands, and squeezed. Such a fine ass. Pink and sweet when spanked. No, this cue wasn’t in the script. This was him and Anna. His hands roamed all over her body as he thrust his tongue into her receptive mouth, in the same way he wanted to fuck her with his now very hard cock. This too—wasn’t in the script. He raised his hands up and passed them along her body as her feet lowered to rest on the steps. He used his hands to memorize every curve, every indention, like a blind man with braille under his fingers. All while kissing her breathless with everything he felt.
Pain, loss, love. Sexual intensity.
Finally, Jacob grasped her face and sucked on her lower lip then cinched it lightly with his teeth before pulling away.
Looking flushed and definitely breathless as her body trembled badly, Anna stared into Jacob’s eyes. Hers looked crystalline blue, a bit hazy and filled with tears.
Eve now says, “You aren’t…” She has to pause in order to swallow hard. “…you can’t leave me.”
Dade lowers his forehead to hers and meets her nose with his own. “Come with me. Leave all this behind. I want to have you there every day. Good or bad. I want a chance to make you feel like a queen. Give you all that I have…all that I am. Live together, be together. And I won’t ever leave you, not till I take my last breath.”
Eve is breathing fast and hard as she nods against his forehead.
Dade smiles to her lips. “Yes?”
She nods again, and as if she cannot actually get the word out, she gasps out with, “Yes,” in a mere whisper.
Dade grabs her up and carries her to his motorcycle. He kisses her sweetly then sets her on the back.
“Evie!” a big burly man calls from the door of the bar. “You get back here!” It’s her father.
She refuses to look back or acknowledge this at all.
Dade swings his leg over the bike and starts it up.
“God damn it!” the father yells but it is washed out by the load roar of the bike.
Dade revs it and takes off.
Evie leans her head back and lets’ out, a “WHOO! HOO!” as they head down the road lined with Green screen.
Jacob was laughing as Anna held on to him. He just kept riding past the buildings and towards the gate.
“Jacob?” Anna called to his ear.
“Yeah?” he called back.
“What are you doing?”
He laughed and skidded to a halt as he turned the bike off. Then he set the bike stand down, got off and stood next to it. “Was that fucking great or what?”
Anna laughed. “It was. Fuck yes, it was. I thought I was going to cream my jeans when you grabbed my ass. God damn it, Jacob that wasn’t a cue!” She smacked his chest.
Gazing at her, he felt…Fuck it. He dragged her up against him and planted his lips over hers. He didn’t care who saw, he only wanted one more kiss with Anna…AS Jacob.
Her arms wrapped around his neck and she kissed him back, breathlessly, intently and with her body rubbing against his.
Glorious, just glorious.
He finally pulled his lips from hers and put a little space in between them.
Her eyes looked a bit dazed. “God damn it, can you kiss.”
Jacob smirked as he raised that dark brow at her. “I had lessons.”
She laughed as he got back on and turned the bike around then headed back to the set.
The crews were all out wandering along backlot street as if they’d been looking for the stars.
They all cheered as they saw them ride back up.
He could hear Anna’s laughter and all the, “Way to go!” chanting from the different crew members.
The director placed a hand on either side of his mouth as a proud looking AD stood next to him. “THAT IS A WRAP!”
Everyone stared over at him. Then they all erupted into cheers.
For once, Jacob knew exactly what he felt in this moment. Elation, a sense of perfection, and a bit of sadness. Yes, he could detect every single nuance of these feelings for probably, the first time ever in his life.
Chapter Seventeen
The wrap party had started. For once, Jacob wasn’t the first to arrive, no in fact, he might have been the very last. He hadn’t really felt like coming. Emotionally, he had shut down. It was his mechanism, after all.
The crew all cheered when he showed up. The set had been transformed with huge posters of the two stars and the Brilliant title over the top. It had the bike, a sunset in the back drop. It was beautiful. He hadn’t seen these before.
Everyone wore those silly flowered leis around their necks like it was a luau. He smiled at this. Good thing he smiled, as everyone in the place was staring at him. He shook hands with many people and got hugs from most. He saw Lynn and grabbed her lifting her up high.
She placed her fist up and mimicked Eve’s last line, “WHOO! HOO!”
The crowd all laughed and he set her down. Then he looked up and caught that blue gaze. It met his and he could’ve sworn her eyes had turned cobalt. He smiled at Anna.
She raised a glass in toast to him and smiled back.
Knowing everyone had their eyes on him and h
er, he just nodded, broke eye contact and took a glass someone handed him.
The music got loud and the party goers got sloshed.
Jacob sipped at his drink. He drank very little in his life. His father had been an alcoholic and he never forgot what it did to his own life. Plus, he always needed to be in control. Always. Only he didn’t feel in control any more. He knew he needed to get out of town and quick.
He signed autographs for some of the crew members and laughed at jokes. He’d made his appearance and he needed to leave. If he didn’t, he would look for Anna and naturally gravitate to her. He couldn’t do that, he wouldn’t. He needed to clear up this Airi mess, if he could. Then he might have a chance but he only had till tomorrow, so it looked like he would fail at that.
He glanced up and saw Anna staring at him.
She motioned her head, then turned and walked down a hallway to the next studio.
Did she want him to follow her? She did, but should he? It couldn’t hurt. They would talk and maybe even make a toast. It would be a good way to leave this.
He slowly made his way through‒casually and on obscurely‒he hoped.
Finally, he came out on the other side of the room and made his way down the hallway. Well, how the hell was he supposed to know where she went? He made his way almost all the way to the end.
Then the door there clicked open.
His steps halted and he peeked in.
“Come on!” she whispered from somewhere inside.
He stepped in. It was sort of dim inside and he stepped forward. He heard the lock turn behind him and he spun around.
Anna stood at the door with her hands behind her back.
“Anna?” he asked.
She giggled.
“What is going on?”
Stepping forward, she raised up something she held in her hands.
He squinted in the low light and took a step closer.
Anna held masks in her hands, a gold one, and his silver one. She held them aloft, side by side. His and hers.
His eyes swung up to hers.
Her baby blues were huge and looked hopeful.
Oh, shit. He was in trouble. He paused.
She waited.
He didn’t pause for longer than a minute. Jacob knew what this meant—she wanted him. Well, he sure as hell wanted her. He reached out and plucked the silver mask from her hands and placed it over his face.
She let out a long relieved breath and donned her glittery gold mask.
No, he couldn’t keep her but he wasn’t going to pass this up.
She took a step closer.
For once in his prolific life, Jacob had no words. He didn’t need them. He reached across the space and grabbed her up tugging her to him. He lowered his mouth and whispered, “Are you sure?”
Anna nodded. “As anything…ever.” Her sapphire eyes shimmered up at him.
He then kissed her and it wasn’t just a kiss, Jacob ravaged her mouth and devoured her. Her flavor just as sweet as the last time he kissed her, this afternoon in fact. Her lips were just as soft. He could smell her scent. It was heady and made his blood sing. She made his cock hard the minute he touched her. He raised her up above him and looked up at her.
They did not speak. There were no words he supposed. He lowered her down then unbuttoned his shirt.
Anna was beating him to the mark as she lowered her dress in like a half second and stepped out of it.
Jacob hurriedly shucked his pants. No long, slow stripping, they just needed to be naked and fast. He grabbed her up and gazed around. He saw an empty desk, large and just high enough. He wanted to lay her over it and fuck her to heaven.
But first…
He grabbed her up and carried her over then gently sat her down. Spreading her thighs like she was a gift he wanted to open on Christmas morning, he just stared at her beautiful pussy. He lowered his fingers to her clit and stroked it. No preamble, no prepping needed he wanted to touch her, have her…make her scream his name.
She sucked in a deep breath and nearly panted as her breathing was already accelerated.
He laid her back, then opened her folds and lowered his mouth latching onto her entire labia.
He heard a muffled gasp, as she must have covered her own mouth. No, she didn’t want them to be heard. They were actually doing this right in the studios.
Smiling even though he was already sticking his tongue into her sweet pussy, he fucked her with his tongue as she moaned and squirmed. Oh no, she wasn’t getting away, he held her down. He then brought his other hand up and thumbed her clit with relentless precision.
She panted and whimpered as her body jolted and with a helpless moan, she came into his mouth.
Jacob lapped her up like she was the last sustenance he would ever have. This may be the last time he tasted her and he intended to savor it. Her body trembled in his grasp, but before she could come down from her orgasm, he grabbed her again and swung her around planting her over the desk as her bare ass could be seen enough in the low light. He lowered his hands to caress her sweet cheeks.
Her body jumped at his touch.
He smiled, as she was still so sensitive to everything he did. She made him feel supreme every time he touched her. He slowly spread her cheeks and stuck his finger in. Yes, wet and ready. He then lined his cock up. “AS I fuck you,” he repeated what he’d said to her once as he thrusted into her sweet warmth and slapped her ass cheek.
Sucking in a deep breath, her body shuddered. “Ohh, Jacob,” she whimpered in a helpless reverence.
God damn, the sound of that made him even harder as he delved in deep. Giving no quarter, he fucked her hard and fast, plunging in and sliding out. Then he smacked her other ass cheek. He was storming her gates and he intended to crash all the way through.
Anna trembled badly and moaned. “Oh, oh—I’m g-going to…” Her breath caught as he thrust upward and slapped her other cheek.
Pulling his hips back, he pushed all the way up to the hilt and held it there.
Anna’s body grew rigid and it sounded like she couldn’t catch her breath. She then came hard as she arched her body with her orgasm. Her moans then were muffled by the wood of the desk as he pressed her face against it.
Jacob felt her pussy clinch his cock tightly. He thought he was in control but he came right then, before he could even decide to hold off. He held onto her as he lowered his face to her back and kissed her neck. “You are the most beautiful woman I have ever had,” he whispered to her ear.
Gasping and panting, she let out a shaky, breathless laugh. “And you are the most beautiful man I have ever had.”
They both laughed.
Then he stilled. “Oh, shit.”
She raised up a bit and asked, “What?”
“I didn’t wear one.” He was of course, speaking of a condom.
She laughed. “Well, that Pandora is out of the box already.”
He stilled as he grinned. She remembered his line from the solarium. “Cute, very cute.” He pulled out of her, though he really didn’t want to.
She turned around and looped her arms around his neck. She leaned down to rest her head on his shoulder the same way she’d done in the solarium a few times.
“Anna?”
“Hmm?” she asked while sounding sated and happy.
“Why did you change your mind?”
Raising her head to look at him, she blinked her eyes. “About what?”
“Sleeping with me again.”
Anna lowered her head as her gaze left his. “Damn it. I have wanted you for months, Jacob. I have had fantasies, wet dreams…” Her voice fell away as if she realized how much she’d just said. “Our barn scene? Oh, my god, I almost came! In fact, afterward, I was a sloppy wet mess between my thighs. You really should have cut a girl some slack, you know?”
Jacob felt good hearing this as he chuckled. “Well, don’t feel bad. I have envisioned fucking you in every part of my house. The floor, the garden tub, hell ov
er my kitchen table I once almost climaxed imagining you there like some feast waiting to be devoured by the beast that I had become while wanting you.”
Anna looked happy now as she stared at him. “So now, we can date, right? I mean fuck the paparazzi. Let them gawk.”
Oh, crap. He wished—he wanted it so much. He would take her out to a hot club and bend her over in front of them all, then kiss her as the cameras clicked rapidly. Proud to do it.
“Right?” she asked in a small voice as her arms fell away from his neck and her eyes looked fearful.
“No.”
She took a step back. “B-but why?”
“Something has happened and…” He shook his head.
She looked so hurt. Tears formed in her eyes.
God, it hurt to see her like this and to know he had brought it. “No. Anna. I want you in my life. I do!”
She stared at his face. “But…”
He sighed. “But I will…I might be…”
“What Jacob? You might be what?”
“In a huge ugly scandal.” There he said it, now she would get it.
“W-what kind of scandal?”
“Well, you know what I said about my housekeeper?”
She stilled and stared at him.
“Someone showed up from her past. Well, I guess she is from Airi’s past? Then she threatened blackmail.”
Anna looked confused. “I don’t understand.”
Jacob stepped forward. “That is just it. You will not be able to understand. Just believe me. You want no part of this or me.” He walked past her and grabbed his clothes to hurriedly put them on.
“Then why? Why did we just do this?”
He put his pants on and was now buttoning his shirt. “I-I wanted you. I still want you. Hell, Anna, I think I will always want you.” He put his shoes on and looked over at her. “I won’t drag you in. No matter what I really want.” He then unlocked the door and without a look or another word, he slipped out.
Fuck! That was hard. Almost unbearable. His chest felt tight. Is this what pain and heartbreak felt like? If so, he wanted no part of this either. He hurried out a side door, so he could avoid the party completely.
He then wandered to his car and stopped to catch his breath. Why did he need to catch his damn breath? He hadn’t been running. Or had he? He gazed up at the smoggy sky of LA above him. Then with slow robotic movements, he took out his keys and got into his car.