Blue was pressing sweet kisses on his neck. Zack grinned in delight.
“Did you find it?” she murmured into his neck.
“Oh, yeah,” he groaned. She writhed beneath him, their naked bodies entwined with each other.
“Oh, good,” she whispered hoarsely.
“No, I want to do this,” she said, stopping him. She propped herself up on the bed, while he moved off her and she hurriedly ripped open the package while Zack watched her with delight, a devilish look on his face. She was so eager, she fumbled with the condom. He also figured she was nervous as hell. He slid his hand up her smooth skin on her arm and she trembled. “You okay?” he said in a low deep voice.
“Yes, I’m…very okay,” Blue said, finally freeing the condom from the packaging. She lowered herself to him, eyeing him salaciously and licking her lips while she held his still hard erection in her hand and rolled out the condom, sliding it over his long shaft.
“Oh,” Zack moaned in his throat. The more Blue touched him, the more aroused he became. He couldn’t wait to have his throbbing manhood inside her.
She glided her hand over his smooth muscles on his chest and then wrapped her arms around his neck, lowering him down to her, while they pressed their lips together in sweet loving harmony.
“Take me, Zack,” she purred into his ear, the warmth of her breath on his skin caused him to react.
Zack lowered his head to her breasts and sucked on her nipple, swirling his tongue over her hard tips, teasing them as she arched her back. He loved the feel of her skin.
“God, you’re so beautiful, Blue,” he moaned with pleasure, while he worshipped her body.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, while he repositioned himself over her, kissing her on her lips again, swirling his tongue inside her sweetness.
Blue writhed beneath him causing his senses to go into overload, the softness of the hairs on her mound touching his as they entwined, moving and grinding their hips together in delicious motion, he slid inside her, her walls tightening around him, so hard he thought he would explode.
He thrust himself inside her, back and forth, first slow and then faster and harder, as she cried out his name, digging her fingernails into his back. Her legs wrapped tighter around his waist and she had an incredible orgasm, exploding, trembling in delight. Soon after, Zack came incredibly hard. His whole body trembled and shuddered until they both collapsed into each other’s arms.
Panting and breathing hard, he could hear their heartbeats in their chests, pounding against their ribcages.
The magic of the moment was phenomenal.
Zack had never felt this satisfied with a woman. What was this? Was Blue really the one for him? He was often told by experts, that a man could tell when he found that special woman.
Blue was different. He was already addicted to her sweetness, to her body, to her soul. He was addicted to Blue. Good God! Was he in love with her?
Blue lay on the bed, in a dream state. It was in the middle of the night. She was still feeling a bit sore from all that wonderful love making. Her body was on fire—in a good way. She was throbbing, feeling magnificent, her body tingled from her head to her toes. Zack was a master lover. There was a connection she felt to him, being so intimate. My God, he’d seen every inch of my body. He pleasured every part of me.
She reached over to his side of the bed but was stunned to see Zack wasn’t there. He was sitting up in the dark on a chair by the window. The moonlight from outside the window illuminated his handsome, dark features. He looked as if he were deep in thought. He was gazing in her direction.
“Zack, wh-what’s wrong?” she whispered, still hoarse.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
Blue propped herself up on the bed. “Tell you what?”
“That you were a virgin!”
CHAPTER TWELVE
“I…I was…”
“Please don’t try to lie to me, Blue. I have enough experience to know these things.”
Blue got herself up out of the bed and grabbed the top sheet to cover herself. She moved over by the window and sat on the windowpane bench by Zack’s chair.
“Zack, I…”
“Blue, I would never had done those things with you tonight. Not for your first time. It’s supposed to be special.”
“It was special, Zack. Oh, my God!” Blue grabbed her hair on top of her head. “It was amazing!”
“I thought you had a serious boyfriend before me.”
“He was…well, we just didn’t go all the way. That was one of the problems. I wasn’t ready yet,” she said bitterly. She bit down on her lip. “I found out that the reason he was so patient was he was…with some of the other women at work.”
“I’m very sorry to hear that, Blue. You deserve better. I’m glad you didn’t…go all the way with him. A decent woman should only give her precious self to man who treats her well, loves her, respects her and honors her. Nothing less,” Zack pressed, his tone serious, deliciously deep and commanding.
His words reverberated inside her. She hugged herself and tried to push the thought of Elliot out of her mind. She was with Zack now. Or was she? What exactly was Zack saying?
“What about you?” she asked, softly, looking out the window, trying to avoid his dark, sexy gaze. “Do you…honor and respect me?”
“More than you’ll ever know,” he said in a low, soft voice.
“That’s good to know,” she murmured.
“Real men are respectful. Real men treat women with the utmost respect they deserve. What few realize is that respect is always a two-way street. You want respect, you give respect. Yeah, I’ve made a few stupid mistakes in the past but I’ve always been upfront and open. No deception.”
Blue smiled and nodded her head thoughtfully. The man was deep. She had a good feeling about him all this time and now she realized she was right.
“Come here,” he said, stretching out his arm to her, a boyish grin on his lips. She walked over to him and sat on his knees. Feeling cozy, comfortable. A wide grin on her face now. “I’ve never been with a woman I respected more than you, Blue. You mean a lot to me.”
“I do?”
“Why does that surprise you?” he murmured.
“I don’t know, I just…” she shrugged her shoulders feeling shy.
“You’re not shy now after what we’ve just…had together, are you?” Zack playfully cocked a brow, squeezing her gently around her waist. She felt tickled and giggled.
He seemed to be deep in thought about something for a moment as if making some sort of assessment in his mind. Then he spoke softly to her. “Don’t ever do that again, Blue,” he said, leaning to her, pressing a soft kiss on her neck that sent her pulse racing.
“Do what?” she whispered, arching her neck, enjoying the silky feel of his touch.
“Surround yourself with people who don’t appreciate you,” he said.
“Wh-why do you think, I…”
“You have in the past. I can tell. You should never doubt yourself again. Never doubt your inner beauty and power. You’re a wonderful woman, Blue. You deserve the best. You’re worth it, Blue. You deserve to be only around people who treasure your presence.”
Not trash it, like Elliot, she finished for him in her mind.
It was true then, wasn’t it? It really showed. All that time with Elliot belittling her subtly and making her feel inadequate any way he could possibly find, wore down on her emotions, on her self-esteem without even realizing. Why? Because she had been too busy trying to please others, trying to make others happy and figuring if she couldn’t do that, something must be wrong with her. But it wasn’t. Something wasn’t wrong with her. Something was wrong with her relationships. But this was a new phase for her. Zack was right.
Blue always gave her best, she deserved better.
Moments later, Zack explained to her about his one month vow of celibacy. Blue didn’t know what to think at first. She thought it was some sort of
mind game. He had reassured her that it had nothing to do with her. But he did not go further into any details.
“That’s remarkable!” she commented.
“What’s more remarkable is that fact that I’ve never been more attracted to anyone as you. Even all this time we were platonic.”
“Will you try the celibacy thing again?” she queried, looking into his eyes, amused.
“Hell, no! What do I look like to you?”
Blue burst out laughing, tilting her head back. Zack was one heck of a guy. She was glad to be knowing him out of his professional realm. She’d grown to appreciate that Zack may be from an affluent family and have impressive connections given his name, but he was a real guy. A playful guy with a great soul and a genuine warmth that was more sexually gratifying than any thing she’d known.
They embraced each other, gazing out at the moon over the dark sky and the twilight of the stars against the waning night. It was a perfect. Summer. Night.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Two more weeks had gone by at Romero Estate and Blue had delighted in her time with Zack. They’d made sweet passionate love every night since then, and each time, he’d shown her new things about her body and her feelings. Zack was truly an oh, so sexy incredible lover! Their bodies truly connected in a fascinating way. Being intimate with Zack was a delicious soul-satisfying experience. Blue felt giddy with radiant joy, every day, as cliché as that sounded. There was something to be said about the gratifying hormones the body releases to the brain to boost one's spirit when in a healthy relationship with someone who cares deeply about you.
Could this be it?
Was there really a chance for her to meet the right guy? After Elliot, Blue doubted her ability to attract a good man in her life, one who respected her, cherished her, understood her and supported her. Zack seemed to offer all of that.
How lucky she was. So there was hope after all.
Zack and Blue continued to work closely with the film project. She interviewed him on several occasions when he wasn’t nibbling on her neck or playing games with her. They got a remarkable amount accomplished way ahead of schedule.
To top things off, her sister, Courtney, seemed to be enjoying her time over at the Romero Resort with her new friends. Every day, Courtney would text her that things were cool and show share photo attachments of the two of them.
Blue also had a wonderful chance to sit down again with Toni.
“You are a good luck charm, my dear,” Toni had told Blue, his wife sitting by his side.
“Thank you, Toni,” she had said. “Thank you for believing in me and giving me a chance to work on the winery.”
She couldn’t understand at first why Toni was so interested in learning how she truly felt about Zack and her long-term plans relating to marriage but she tried to keep a cool head about it all and not jump to conclusions. She was feeling so good about herself and her life for the first time in her life since her parents died and since her nasty break-up with Elliot.
She just didn’t want to jinx herself, God forbid.
* * *
“So?” Courtney teased Blue after she’d gone shopping for back-to-school clothes. Her sister agreed to let Blue take her to the mall in Toronto for lunch so they could have a special sister's day together. Normally, Courtney hung out with her friends and shopped with them. She was excited about going in to college. Blue was even more thrilled that not only was she able to pay for the entire year for her sister, including the cost of those extremely expensive text books, but she had more time now that her project was wrapping up.
“So what?” Blue looked at her sister, incredulous.
“You still haven’t told me about you and Zack getting married,” she grinned, picking at her chicken fried rice. They decided on Chinese food.
Blue sighed, trying to hide her smile. She playfully rolled her eyes. “Courtney, Zack and I are…seeing each other but we’re sensible adults. We’re not rushing into anything.” Blue took in another mouthful of buttered shrimp, savouring the taste.
“Yeah, whatever.” Courtney rolled her eyes. “I see the way you guys look at each other whenever you’re together.”
“You’re not around us much.”
“Hmm-mmm. I know. Melissa and I have been visiting the vineyard when you’re not there to um…taste some of the grapes. We’ve heard the staff talk stuff.”
“Like what?”
“Oh, nothing, just…nothing.” Courtney gave a knowing grin and continued eating.
Gosh, was it that obvious?
Blue should be glad that Courtney was more relaxed now. After all, she was starting college soon and Blue wanted to see her sister safe.
“It’s nice, anyway,” Courtney continued with a full mouth.
“What’s nice?”
“Seeing you…what’s the word, happy for a change, sis. I like to see you happy. You deserve it.”
Blue fought to keep her eyes from misting. She reached across the table and squeezed her sister’s hand lovingly. Courtney squeezed her hand back. They’d been through hell and back since the death of their parents.
“I’m glad that both of us can be happy, Courtney.”
Blue didn’t know how long this would last with Zack, but for now, she was content.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“Channel 31 News, Elliot speaking.”
“Hi,” the sultry voice sounded on the other end. “I’m…My name is Selina and I was told I could reach this desk to provide…um…a scoop.”
Elliot became attentive to the phone caller and peeled his eyes away from the screen of his laptop while he sat in his office. It wasn’t all the time that he got “scoops” coming to his news desk since he’d been demoted to covering local community news.
“I’m listening. What type of scoop do you have, Selina, is it?”
“Yes. I can’t talk over the phone. Can we meet in person?”
An hour later, Elliot was seated in his office opposite a voluptuous woman with streaked blond wavy hair and bright red lipstick. She looked like a tanned version of the late Guess Jeans model, Anna Nicole Smith. Her eyes were stunning. But Elliot detected a lot of pain in them. What the hell was this about?
“Well, I have some revealing information about a very prominent family and well, the tape is all yours for the right price.”
Elliot leaned forward, bursting with curiosity. “What family?” Clearly, he didn’t want anyone wasting his time or teasing him with probably fake information.
“An indecent night in a Vegas hotel room, should I say,” the woman raised a brown, her lips pressed into a thin line.
The woman proceeded to tell Elliot about the contents of the tape.
She was jilted. Hurt. She was getting back at her ex.
“Wow,” Elliot said, scratching his head. “You still haven’t told me the person involved.”
“Romero. Zack Romero.”
Elliot felt his heart give out. His jaw fell open. “Zack Romero!”
He swallowed hard. His heart was thrashing against his rib cage. His mind flashed back to that night. That thuggish mob-like guy who barged into this apartment, warning him about troubling Blue.
Shit!
No way in hell was he going to touch this one with the proverbial ten-foot pole.
“Do yourself a favour, lady. Run the other way. And burn that tape.”
“What?” Selina looked incredulous.
She looked the same way Elliot felt inside. What the hell was he doing? Throwing away a potentially huge story. The decent and well-respected Romero men always made headlines with their sexual escapades. But now? He had taped proof. This could go viral. But hell no! It just wasn’t worth it. And if Blue really was seeing this guy—which he had no proof that was the case, she could get hurt as well. Not that he cared too much but deep down inside, he knew he’d really screwed up with Blue. He’d treated her like shit! He knew that now. If he could only make it up to her. She really didn’t deserved to be hurt a
ny more.
“Listen, what is it that you really want? You know you could get hurt just as much as he could with this…tape. Not everyone with a sex tape gets paid and lands a reality show and finds fame. It could backfire big time and cause permanent damage to your rep. Do you really want to do that?”
Selina bit her lip and looked out the window behind him.
“Listen, besides, our news shows don’t really get into that kind of stuff. It’s not like he’s running for office or a married man or anything…um…Selina, right?”
“You have a bad memory for names,” was all she said, before getting up. “Thanks for wasting my time.”
She slammed the door behind her with such a force that it rattled the frame.
Elliot leaned back in his chair. He had no idea what just happened or how the hell she found him. Heck, for all Elliot knew, the Romeros could have set this up to catch him. Maybe it was a trap. Entrapment. Well, it didn’t work, if that was the case.
He got back to his computer screen, downloading intriguing pics of women scantily dressed in sportswear bikinis. Heck, he was on break. He needed something to take his mind off his stress. Sometimes it was better to look at women and not get involved.
He just couldn’t take that kind of trouble right now.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
“I’m not to be disturbed, Venus,” Zack said through the intercom.
“Sure thing, Zack,” Venus's cheerful voice boomed through the speakers. “Oh, and just a reminder that I’ll be going on break soon.”
“Sure.”
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