“Oh, thank you. I might just take you up on that.”
“Of course! It gives me a reason to get out of the house, and then we can get to know one another a little better without the men in our lives hovering,” she says.
“Hey now, we don’t hover,” Leo pipes in.
“You hover,” she insists, patting his cheek.
“I’ll show you hovering.” He smirks, pulling her in for a kiss.
“Don’t mind them, they might have been together for years, and married for the last seven, but you’d think by the way they act sometimes that they’re still in the honeymoon phase.” Nathan Says.
“Nothing wrong with that,” Leo states. “I’d rather be in love with my wife than in a miserable relationship.”
“Exactly. There’s no reason to settle.” I add.
“So, does that mean that you aren’t settling to be with me?” Nathan asks, but only loud enough that I can hear him.
“Never. I love you and I hope that we’re that way years from now,” I tell him, before he pulls a Leo and kisses me.
“Please tell me this isn’t going to be a kissing fest,” Rose states, walking in on both couples kissing. “Because if it is, I’m leaving now.”
“We’ll behave!” Nathan calls out. “Grab a drink and join us, the food should be out soon,” he tells her, and she does just as instructed.
“Nice to see you again,” I greet Rose. She leans down, giving her brother a half hug, then her sister-in-law, before she takes a seat next to me.
“Nice to see you again. Is this guy treating you right?” she asks, motioning to Nathan.
“He is,” I tell her, and can feel my cheeks heat with a blush. He’s done a very very good job taking care of me, but I’ll be keeping those details to myself.
Mark brings over the appetizers, setting them out on the small table in the center of all of us. We dig in as we fall into a fast-paced conversation. I tell them all about my bakery and life back in Sweet Valley, and they tell me all about their lives. I quickly see how Leo and Nathan became such good friends. They’re such easy-going guys, you’d never guess just listening to the way they talk that they’re billionaires. Neither one of them has that snooty attitude I associate with rich powerful men.
“Dinner is ready, if you’d like to take a seat at the table,” Mark tells us.
We all make our way over to the table and that is when I notice he’s been joined by a server. She helps him bring the perfectly plated food, and my mouth waters at the thought of my first bite. The appetizers were all amazing, so I can only imagine how good the main course will be.
“You outdid yourself,” Leo tells Mark when he comes to check on us after we’ve all had a chance to dig in.
“Thank you.” He accepts all our praise. “I’ll let you all finish up, and I’ll be back a bit later with dessert.”
“Thanks, Mark,” Nathan calls after the man.
“Your friends are all so nice,” I gush once everyone has left for the night. We’re still sitting outside. The sky is clear, but I can’t really make out many stars due to the amount of light the city makes from all of the streetlights. It is nothing like being home and the way the stars pop in the dark sky.
“I definitely lucked out when I met Leo,” he states, coming up behind me where I stand at the railing looking out over the city. He pushes my hair off one shoulder, exposing my neck to his lips. Goose bumps immediately form as he kisses along the newly exposed skin. “I’ve wanted to do this to you all evening.” He spins me in his arms, crashing his lips to me as he pulls me tightly against his body. There is no missing the erection in his pants as it presses against my belly.
He lowers his hand to cup my breast overtop my clothes. Even with the fabric in the way, I can feel my nipples hardening at his touch. “I need inside of you now,” he rasps, his lips ghosting across mine as they start to trail over to my jaw and down my neck.
“Yes,” I moan. The amount of need I have coursing through my body right now has me feeling like a bomb that is about to explode. All it will take is my pin being pulled and I’ll be exploding.
He pulls back, looking me square in the eye. “Do you trust me?” he asks, catching me slightly off guard.
“Yes, why?” I ask, a little nervous why he’d ask that now.
“Because I don’t think I can wait until we make it into the bedroom. I want to take you out here. In the open sky. Before you ask, no, no one can see up here. There are cameras up here for security, but they aren’t pointed in the direction of the sun bed over there, where I plan to take you,” he tells me, motioning over to the other side of the pool where a large, covered bed is.
“Okay.” I give him my approval. He sweeps me up into his arms, closing the distance between where we’d been standing and the bed. He sets me down on my feet, and just as quickly, pulls my shirt and bra off. He drops to his knees, kissing from my collar bone, down between my breasts, and further down my torso until he reaches the top of my shorts.
He kisses back up, nipping his way around as he maps every inch of exposed skin to him. I cry out in pleasure as he wraps his lips around my left nipple, sucking hard as he rolls my right one between his fingertips. I don’t even realize that he’s opened my shorts up, enough to slip his other hand inside them, until he slides two fingers inside of me. The amount of pleasure I feel between his mouth on my breast and his fingers inside me has that pin almost popping.
I slide my fingers into his hair, holding his head tight against my breast, losing myself to the extreme amount of pleasure he’s giving. I can’t hold off any longer, and let go to the orgasm that comes crashing over me. “Nathan!” I scream his name as I fall.
“You’re so sexy when you come,” I hear him say, my eyes now closed as his fingers work overtime, pumping into me. He abandons my breasts, his other hand tugging at my shorts until they fall away from my body, my panties following closely behind them. With the added freedom of having no clothes restricting my stance, he helps guide me to lay down on the bed behind us.
My back bows up almost immediately as his mouth connects with my still-pulsing sex. Nathan flicks my clit with his tongue, teasing it before he sucks on it, causing another orgasm to quickly ripple through my overly sensitive body. “I could feast on you all night,” he says, looking up at me from between my thighs.
“Give me a minute,” I tell him. My overly stimulated body needs a little bit to rebound.
“I’ll give you forever, how does that sound?” he asks, sliding up to lay next to me.
“Perfect,” I tell him, rolling into his side. It’s then that I realize he’s still fully dressed. “I think you’re a little overdressed.”
“That’s easily solved.” He smirks and rolls off the bed. I watch as he stops, his cock bouncing against his rock-hard abdomen as it’s freed from his boxers and shorts. My mouth waters and I want a taste of him almost as much as I want his cock inside of me.
“Keep looking at me like that and I’ll keep you locked in my bed forever.”
“Is that a promise or threat?”
“It’s whatever you want it to be.” He smirks, sliding back into bed next to me. His warmth immediately warming my now-cooling skin.
I pull his face closer, stopping only once we’re mere inches away. “I need you to make love to me, Nathan.”
I don’t miss the way his eyes dilate as he rolls us so that he’s hovering over top of me. My legs fall apart on instinct as his hips lower between them. I moan at the feeling of his crown sliding through my folds and over my clit a few times as he teases me. I gasp the moment he lines up with my opening and thrusts home. I lift my hips, wrapping my legs around his hips, which allows him to slide in deeper. He’s so far inside me, I don’t know where he ends, and I begin.
“Fuck, Harp,” Nathan moans as he pumps his hips. His lips find mine in a punishing kiss. He breaks the kiss and pushes up onto his outstretched arms, hovering over me while never breaking the rhythm we’ve found. He move
s to holding himself up with one hand – which is extremely impressive – trailing his other hand down my chest, along the exposed skin of my torso, and down to my mound. He circles my clit with his fingers, not giving me the pressure I so desperately need to crest over the edge of my third orgasm.
“Nathan,” I cry out his name. “Please,” I pant. “Make me come.”
“Almost there,” he grits out, pumping a little more frantic. I can feel him swell; his own orgasm ready to detonate. In an instant, he pinches my clit between his fingers, and I lose all control. My orgasm overtakes me as Nathan’s hips snap one last time, burying his cock so far deep inside of me, I didn’t even know he could be so deep. “Fuck!” he yells as he empties every last drop of cum inside of me.
We lay on the bed, the air cooling my overheated and sweaty skin. Both of us panting hard as we attempt to suck air into our lungs. Nathan gathers enough strength to pull from me and roll onto his side. I immediately miss his body on top of mine, and his cock filling me. He tugs at a throw blanket I didn’t even realize was tossed near the top of the bed, covering us to help hold off the cold that comes now that we’re no longer connected.
I slide right into his side, the blanket covering both of us. My eyes flutter closed. I could easily fall asleep here, basking in the hormones coursing through my body, and the arms of the man I love so deeply holding me close.
17
Nathan
The past week flew by way too fast. I’m not ready for my time with Harper to come to an end in just a few more days. I took today off from work, hell, I’ve taken most of the week off, only popping into the office for an hour or so each day to make sure nothing was going to fall apart without me there.
I’ve got the next forty-eight hours planned out until I have to take Harper back to the airport so she can return to Tennessee on Sunday. In one hour, a town car will be picking us up and whisking us away to a beach house I rented. We’ll have a private beach to go out on and enjoy the water, as well as the town to walk around if we want to get out and see the sights.
“Good morning,” Harper’s sleepy voice greets me.
“Good morning, did you sleep well?” I ask, passing Harper the cup of coffee sitting on the table next to me, where I’ve been working for the last two hours while she slept in.
“I could get used to this kind of service.” She smirks, sipping at the hot liquid. The little moan she lets out has my cock perking up. Down, boy, we’ve got to leave in an hour.
“Move here and I’ll make sure that isn’t the only kind of service you get used to.” I smirk. She doesn’t blanche at my direct suggestion that she move here, which I take as a good sign. Maybe, just maybe, I can convince her to come be with me all the time. I know that means giving up her bakery, or at least the day-to-day hands-on part of it. I know she’s been impressed with how well things have gone this week. She’s talked to Lacey every day to check in, and things have gone smoothly the entire time. I’m not surprised about that, as everyone working there is competent and knows what they need to do.
“When are we leaving?” she asks, setting the cup down on the table.
I flick my eyes to the time on my computer. “Our car will be here in about fifty-five minutes. Do you need more time? I can call them and delay, if needed.”
“No, that should be fine. I’ll go jump in the shower now and be ready by then.”
“Sounds good. Need help in the shower?” I ask, tugging her into my lap.
“No, if you join me, I definitely won’t be ready in that amount of time,” she states, the last few words coming out on a moan as my hand slides up her bare legs. I don’t stop until I’ve reached her pussy, my thumb sliding back and forth over her clit.
“I’d be okay with that.” I nip at her lips and she opens to me. I devour her mouth, my thumb never stopping its caress of her clit.
“Later. I need to shower and eat,” she states, stopping me from moving this any further. Too bad my cock is already hard and ready to bury himself inside her sweet pussy.
“If you insist,” I pout.
“I’ll make the wait worth it.” She winks, standing up and walking back to the bedroom. Just as she reaches the doorway, she stops and looks over her shoulder at me. My eyes bore into her, never leaving her body the entire time she walked away. She flashes me a wink and bites at her bottom lip before disappearing into the bedroom. I can’t hold back the moan that escapes my mouth, as I can only imagine what she’s got up her sleeve for later.
I get distracted by the chime on my computer, alerting me to a DM from the office. I read over the message from Leo and dive in to answering his question while I wait for Harper to shower and pack for our mini trip.
“I’m ready,” Harper says, pulling me from my computer. I look up to find her standing a few feet from me, a sundress covering her body and showcasing her tanned legs.
“God, you’re beautiful,” I tell her, wanting her to never believe differently.
“Thank you,” she says, closing the distance between us. She bends over, my eyes flicking to her cleavage as the movement gives me a glorious view of her breasts. “Ahem, eyes are up here, mister.” She chuckles and I flick my eyes back to hers.
“You can’t blame a man when his sexy-as-fuck girlfriend bends over in front of him, flashing him her tits, that he’s going to look,” I state, smiling at her as I pull her in for a kiss.
“I guess,” she whispers, rolling her eyes as if she’s annoyed, but I know she isn’t. “I need to grab something to eat, quick, before we leave.” She stands, making her way into the kitchen. I type a quick message to Leo, and then Rose, letting them both know I’m shutting my computer down and will be leaving soon. They both know that if they need me, they need to call my cell.
Once my computer is shut down, I head for the kitchen, finding Harper eating some avocado toast. “Find enough to eat?” I ask, stealing a small bite from the piece she’s holding up in midair.
“Yes, plus, with it being so late, I’ll be fine until lunch,” she replies before finishing off the toast.
My cell rings, and I fish it out of my pants. “This is Nathan,” I state, answering the call. “We’ll be right down,” I tell our driver.
“Car is here,” I relay to Harper. We both grab our overnight bags, and head for the elevator.
The drive down the coast is just beautiful. It only takes about ninety minutes to reach the beach house I rented. Our driver drops us off, and after dumping our bags inside the house, we head down the beach in search of one of the seaside restaurants to grab some lunch.
We find a little place and get seated at one of the outdoor tables they have. From the looks of the place, they have way more outdoor tables than indoor, and I’m sure that is because when people are here, they want to be outside enjoying the beauty of the beach. The waitress takes our order, then disappears.
“What are you thinking about?” I ask Harper, snagging her hand to hold in mine. With our time quickly coming to an end for this trip, I crave to touch her anytime I can.
“How I don’t want Sunday to come. How will I ever return home and go back to my regular life and schedule. How will I ever get another good night’s sleep without you holding me all night, without kissing me goodnight, or rolling over to your hard body knowing that when I need you, you’re right there just as desperate for me as I am for you.”
“I don’t want it to come, either. But we’ll figure it out. I won’t lie to you; I hope we can figure out a way for you to move here. I want you with me always, but at the end of the day, I need to be here. I know that’s not completely fair to you, but it is what it is. I can more than take care of you and give you everything you’d ever need here. If you want to open a bakery here, I’ll make it happen, you just say the words. If you want to never work another day in your life, that’s fine with me, as well. As long as I have you by my side, I’ll be the happiest man alive.”
“I don’t want another bakery. I’ve sort of enjoyed not havin
g to wake up before the sun does this week, but I also don’t know if I could switch to not working. I’d go insane with so much free time.”
“You’d be surprised how easily you can find things to fill your time. I swear, Candace has always got things going on. Leo never knows where she’ll be one day to the next.”
“Maybe, but I don’t know if that lifestyle is for me,” she states. “Candace was so nice when we got together this week, I could really see her becoming a good friend, but I also don’t see myself getting involved in everything she does.”
“And no one says you have to,” I state as our server returns, setting down our plates. “Just think about it, will you?”
“I’ll think about it. But isn’t it also kind of fast? We’ve only been together for a few weeks, Nathan.”
“Harper,” I state, making sure I have her full attention. I shift my seat so I can face her better. I grab both of her hands, holding them in mine. “I’d ask you to marry me today and take you straight to the justice of the peace if I thought you’d say yes. I love you with all of my being. I want you, mind, body, soul. I want your good moments and bad ones, the grouchy PMS ones, as well. I want it all with you. We’ve known each other for all of our lives. I let way too much time pass, I’m not about to let any more pass by without taking my shot and putting it all out on the line this time.”
I can tell I’ve shocked her by my admission. So, I let it all set in as I dig in to my lunch.
“I love you, too, and if I’m really honest with myself and you, I want all of that, too. I just need some time to adjust to that, okay? Can you give me a little time?” she asks.
I can’t help the smile that fills my face. Knowing that she loves me as much as I love her, and that in the end, she wants everything that I do, I’ll give her all the time in the world to catch up. “Of course,” I tell her before leaning over and stealing a kiss. “I can’t promise I won’t ask you multiple times a day when I can move you out here, but I’ll do my best to behave,” I state, then press one more kiss to her lips before I pull back so we can get back to our food.
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