Be My Sailor: A Single Dad and Virgin Romance

by Lauren Wood

  “So you heard already? I was wondering if they had sent you straight to the mayor’s or not. Yes you are the new head of security for the mayor. I take it you’re worked out the details of the job with him?” He questioned.

  “Well not really, maybe tomorrow morning when I go back we will. Do you know if they were able to trace that email though?” She queried.

  “Not yet, they have some sort of protection that our team hasn’t been able to crack yet. I’ll keep you updated though. Congratulations Officer Swan, you made quite an impression on the mayor last night according to his secretary.” Captain Case stated.

  “Oh really, what did I do?” Lalena asked as she remembered the night before. As far as she knew the only thing she had done was be embarrassed by the mayor’s comments he had whispered. It was at that point that she realized he had made basically the same comment just a bit ago in his office.

  “I don’t know for sure, but she called first thing in the morning about you and trying to find you. I was told that we didn’t have a choice that you were the new head of security and that was it.” The Captain relayed.

  She laughed. “Well really I’m not sure what I did, but I’m happy about the new job.”

  “Just be careful, I’m not sure who is after the mayor. But you’ll be in the direct line of fire now, you could get hurt.” He said.

  “I’ll be careful sir, you know that!” Lalena commented.

  As she was leaving the station she ran into Dan. “So I guess we won’t be seeing you much around here now, congrats on the new position.” He said.

  “Thanks I appreciate it!” She answered.

  “I guess the Cap really came through for you this time!” He laughed.

  “Actually no it was the mayor who requested me.” She admitted.

  “What really, when did you meet him?” He asked.

  “Last night at the event.” She told him.

  “What happened did you strip for him and lure him with your naked body?” Dan laughed.

  “I don’t know what happened.” Lalena commented. She didn’t share with Dan what the mayor had said to her. No that was something that was between the two of them only.

  “Well congrats and don’t be a stranger, at least call when you get a chance.” Dan said.

  “Sure no problem, you be careful too.” Lalena stated and gave him a quick hug.

  As she walked out the door she looked forward to her new position. But she was also a bit worried about being around the charismatic mayor full-time. She had after all flirted with him openly already about her bra color. She also knew that if he had asked to see it this afternoon, she might have shown him readily.

  THE END

  CHARISMATIC

  BOOK – 2

  Chapter 1

  Lalena thought about what to wear for her first day as the head of security for the mayor. She wanted to put on her red bra. Thankfully, Jake had itched her every growing horniness again last night, or she might really go in to the mayor’s office and strip for him.

  She shook her head unsure of why she felt this way about Rico Zess. He was too much of a playboy; she was sure he would simply use her and toss her aside. For Lalena this wasn’t something she wanted. Eventually she did want to marry and settle down. She was getting older, and one day maybe she would have a child or two. She was sure that the mayor wasn’t that type at all. For the biggest part, she would be a passing fancy for him.

  Plus Jake was a worthwhile mate for now. She knew they would never move to another level in their relationship. But the fact that he took care of her needs helped out a lot, and should keep her mind so it wouldn’t get so clouded around the mayor.

  As she thought of his name though she felt her body become moist. There was something about him that just made her want more. She would have to make sure that Jake was around a lot if she was to work with the mayor. At night she would come home and take care of the itch that had bothered her all day long.

  “How do I look?” She asked Jake as she came out of the bedroom.

  He looked up from the eggs he was eating. “You look really nice. Better watch out the mayor is quite the male playboy. He’ll be hitting on you looking like that for sure.” Jake commented.

  She thought she might see a little bit of jealousy in his eyes as he said the comment. “I can handle myself with him.” She stated, even though she wasn’t positive about that or not.

  “I can understand why he picked you to lead this position. Who wouldn’t want to look at your beautiful face and body all day long! I know if I ever got famous you would be my head of security as well. I’d take you everywhere with me!” He stated.

  “I’m not cheap though, it will cost you a pretty penny to hire me to be head of security.” She laughed.

  “I’ll pay you more than enough, not only in money, but in the bedroom. Speaking of which, how much time do you have before you have to leave? Maybe we can go back into the bedroom.” He smiled.

  Lalena looked at her watch. “I don’t really have enough time; I can’t be late on my first day either.” She sighed.

  He stood up and grabbed her and carried her into the bedroom. “I think we have enough time.” He said as he carried her and threw her on the bed.

  “Jake I just got dressed. No we don’t have time.” She pleaded.

  Ten minutes later she was readjusting her clothes and getting ready to go again.

  “I told you we had enough time.” Jake laughed at her.

  “I’m going to be late on my first day.” She said over her shoulder. “I hope that he isn’t a stickler for time.”

  “Just bat your eyes at him and smile a little bit. Or bend over and let your shirt hang open a bit. He’ll forget everything if he sees a hint of your breasts!” Jake stated as he laughed.

  Lalena looked back at him and smirked. “Oh you tell me to be careful because he’s a playboy and might hit on me. Then you turn around and tell me to flash him a little skin! A lot of help you are.” She laughed at him.

  Jake came up and nuzzled his mouth up against her neck and kissed her.

  “No not again, I don’t have time.” She moved away from him.

  “You know I really like you a lot. I’m glad you ordered that pizza the one night and we could reconnect.” He told her.

  “Yeah I’m glad you delivered it!” She kissed him quickly. “I have to go; I’ll see you later, what time will you be off?” She asked.

  “I’ll be off around ten tonight. What about you?” He questioned.

  “Actually I’m not sure; I’ll send you a text message when I find out.” She said and headed out the door.

  Lalena was nervous to face the mayor. Their last two meetings had been laced with a sexual undertow. Yesterday if no meeting would have been scheduled for him, she wasn’t sure what would have happened. Now here she was stepping directly into the lion’s den with the male who was starving. Of course she couldn’t place all the blame on him either; she had a hand in it as well. Lalena had been more than willing to show him her bra yesterday; she had been shocked by the admission as well.

  Jake was right the mayor was dangerous in a way, at least to her. He had that strange effect on her when she was around him. She made a promise to herself that she would not allow his charisma to tempt her though. She was now head of his security and she needed to take that job seriously. Part of the job would never be sleeping with the mayor, or even showing him her bra. No Lalena had to take this step seriously.

  Along the way to the mayor’s office she chanted the mantra, “I will not be tempted, he is my boss, and I cannot and will not sleep with him or show him my bra.” She stopped short of saying anything about flirting, though she knew she shouldn’t even do that. The fact was she wasn’t sure if she could control the flirting, it was part of her personality. Often times she would flirt and not even be aware she was doing it.

  “I can do this, I’ll be fine.” She said as she got out of her car and went into the office. Her breathing was f
ast and she was nervous. She knew it was all because she was worried about this strange attraction between them.

  Chapter 2

  Rico Zess looked at his clock it was now 9:15 and his new head of security was late. He had gone out of his way to have Sally find Lalena Swan after meeting her at a cancer event. She had been lovely; he had felt seduced by her, even though she hadn’t done a thing to him. All she had done was blush at his comment, and it had made him feel challenged to get her.

  He was angry when she walked in at 9:30. “I thought you would take this position seriously, maybe I made a mistake.”

  Lalena looked at him and apologized profusely. “I’m really sorry. I know it sounds lame but I didn’t know what to wear.”

  Rico laughed, he couldn’t help it, and her face was so beautiful and enticing. “I guess I’ll let you go this time, but please punctuality is important.” He said.

  “Yes I’m really sorry it won’t happen again.” She stated. In her mind she was cussing Jake and the sex they had right before she left.

  “Sally will fill you in on all your duties. I have several meetings this morning, but they are here. So it will be best if you simply sit out there with her and learn.” He stated.

  “Yes sir.” Lalena got up to leave the office.

  “By the way I like the outfit. It looks really nice on you. But I’d like to see a bit more cleavage tomorrow.” Rico said as she left the office.

  He saw her hesitate but she didn’t turn around and say anything. He smiled at her back, and laughed. Rico needed to focus on something besides her now though. The fact that she was going to be around him all day long could be a good or a bad thing.

  Rico knew she was a huge distraction right now, but once he slept with her that would end. He wasn’t the kind who sought out any kind of commitment. In fact he was scared of being tied down to one female. That was why the list that Sally had was shuffled around all the time.

  Then there was another part of him that screamed to not get involved with her. She was his protector now, and if he made her upset, she wouldn’t do her job well. He swore under his breath, in trying to do something that would lead to sex with her, he had planned incorrectly.

  “I have to avoid her, I know it now. Shit what kind of bullshit is this?” He cussed himself. Really though he knew he had no one to blame but himself. The sexual attraction he had for her had to be controlled though.

  “Sally show Ms. Swan everything she needs to know. Send in Mr. Jones when he gets here too.” He said over his intercom.

  He would try to avoid Lalena in close quarters as much as he could. Rico wasn’t happy about this the pull to her was quite strong. However, it was also something that was dangerous to him. It would not only distract him, but her, and she was supposed to be guarding him.

  Even though this was clear in his mind, he didn’t know if it would be possible for him or not. He was really attracted to her, and honestly flirting was just part of his character. Rico couldn’t think of a single beautiful female he hadn’t flirted with in the past. So how was he going to accomplish it now with Lalena Swan? He had no clue and would have to take it a day at a time.

  Chapter 3

  Lalena heard him compliment her outfit as she walked out the door. She smiled and felt a flash of pride that he thought it looked nice. But when he told her he wanted to see more cleavage the next day, she had to keep walking. The truth was she wanted to turn to him and walk back over to him and undress right there.

  Instead she had kept moving, shocked by her thoughts. It wasn’t like she hadn’t just had sex with Jake and should be satisfied. In fact, she was very satisfied. But Rico Zess just brought out an animal side of her that she had no clue existed.

  She tried to focus on what Sally was explaining to her.

  “So here are a list of the threatening emails that he’s received and what we know so far. We have a list of suspects that was given to us by the police. But honestly, they haven’t put much effort into locating the person or people who are responsible for the threats. There are a few extra that we’ve added to the list that were skipped over by them as well. The file is pretty thick so it may take you some time to read. If you want I can put you up in the office in back.” Sally said.

  “Sure, I’ll look through these and see what I can learn.” Lalena picked up part of the stack and followed Sally, who had grabbed the other part of the stack. “Wow, there’s a lot of them here. I wouldn’t have thought so, with the press he receives it seems like so many people love him.” She added.

  “Well you’d be shocked by how many people he also pisses off!” Sally laughed.

  “Yeah I guess it’s more than I realized. How does he piss them off though, really I haven’t heard many of his policies that should make many upset. The crackdown on crime I guess could be met with resistance, in the wrong groups.” Lalena commented.

  “Yes from those groups and well honestly from a few jealous boyfriends of girls. He doesn’t always get the girls who aren’t attached.” Sally begun. When she saw the look on Lalena’s face she hurried up and explained though. “The girls will approach him and say they are single, he doesn’t check, why would he. After they go out he finds out differently when a man approaches him and confronts him about it. We used to have those problems quite often, but now I try and check out most of the females he takes out first. So far we’ve only missed one lady and it was because she had broken up with her boyfriend. Shortly after the date though they reconciled and he had to hear all about her date with the great mayor. He didn’t take too kindly to it, needless to say.” Sally explained.

  Lalena couldn’t help but laugh. “I guess that can happen when you’re a playboy and you date all kinds of women. Has he ever thought of settling down at all? I mean it would end several issues with possible boyfriends or even husbands.” She asked.

  “Rico settle down! I don’t think he has it in him honestly. I’ve never seen him date a girl for more than a week in the past. Yes we grew up together, so I’ve seen him as a playboy his whole life. One girl tried to get him to settle down and he dropped her like a hot potato. Hell he doesn’t even go out with any of his present “dates” more than two times. He doesn’t want any of them to get the wrong idea.” Sally stated.

  “I guess it takes a different kind of person to be like that. Personally I would love to get married one day and settle down. Maybe I’ll even have a couple of kids, a boy and a girl. That would be nice. But I can’t imagine dating numerous people and never being serious with any of them.” Lalena commented.

  “I don’t know it’s just the way he’s always been honestly. He was a little cad when we were little too! I remember on Valentine’s Day when he was 12 years old he set up a date with two different girls for a school dance. Most people would have had two made girls on their arm that night once they found out. Not Rico, he had them both eating from the palm of his hand in no time. They danced all night long, all three of them. Ever since that day I knew he would never settle down.” Sally laughed at the memory.

  Lalena looked at Sally dumbfounded. “He actually had a date with two 12 year old girls and they were okay with that? His charisma is amazing really. I can’t imagine that I would ever be okay with something like that.” She admitted.

  “Me either honestly. But somehow Rico has this pull when it comes to the fairer sex. They just eat out of his palm all the time. I have to tell you sometimes I’m amazed.” Sally shook her head in admiration.

  “So why did he pick me to be head of security?” Lalena asked the girl.

  Sally looked at her for a moment. “Well honestly I’m not sure, I asked him about that. My guess is that he is attracted to you, and perhaps he will try and woe you to sleep with him. Take my advice though, he may say all kinds of frilly words, don’t believe them. You seem like a really nice person and I don’t want to see you get hurt. Rico will chew you up and spit you out if you let him.” Sally stated.

  “Hmm, was it really a good idea for m
e to take this job?” She asked more to herself than Sally.

  “I don’t know, it’s a good bump in pay I can tell you that. However, you will have to deal with Mr. Playboy, Rico Suave. So in the long run the decision of whether it was a good choice or not will be yours. Personally, I love making money so I would have taken it just for that. Since he’s a cousin of mine though I know there is no chance of romance. That makes my job simple honestly. Could you imagine him with a secretary who wasn’t related to him? How would she react the first time she had to call another girl to be his date, when she’d been it before? It wouldn’t be a pretty scene at all.” Sally said.

  “I feel so overwhelmed honestly. I appreciate you telling me everything you have. He does have some sort of charisma really. I don’t know something about him is attractive. More than just his looks too. I can’t quite put my finger on it.” Lalena said.

  “So tell me what happened last night at the event? He didn’t tell me completely. He just said he whispered something to you and laughed at your reaction.” Sally queried.

  Lalena turned bright red at the question. Sally laughed at her reaction. “You did the same thing last night didn’t you?” She asked.

  “Yes actually I did maybe a bit more red then now though. I’d rather not say what he whispered though.” Lalena stalled.

  “It’s fine I can imagine what he said, remember I grew up around him, I’ve heard it all.” Sally laughed. “If you need anything just pick up the phone and hit the button.” She said and left Lalena alone in the office.

  Lalena sat there thinking about everything that Sally had said to her. She knew she should stay away from Rico, hell she should probably walk out right now and go back to her old position. It wasn’t even the money that held her here; it was her attraction to Rico.

  She knew she should feel bad too. After all her and Jake had hooked back up and were semi-serious with one another now. She really shouldn’t be thinking of another male in a sexual way right now. But no matter how much she tried she couldn’t get Rico Zess out of her mind.