On Her Terms (The Arrangement Duet Book 2)

by Madison Quinn

  With a quick flick of his wrist, the thong is pushed away, leaving me completely exposed to him. My skin heats up even more when I realize how open I am right now; I’ve never had a guy this close to me. I gasp in surprise when his kisses move lower until I feel his tongue exploring my sex. His hands are on my thighs, opening me even further to him as he explores every inch of me. I’m grasping the blanket below me as his actions push me to a whole new level.

  “Nicholas!” I cry out when he takes my clit into his mouth, sucking and teasing it. I’m on the edge of what is likely going to be the biggest orgasm of my entire life; of course, I’ve only had a handful in my entire life, but I can tell this one is different. Everything with Nicholas is different—everything he does feels different.

  When he slips two fingers into me and presses up, hitting that spot deep inside of me, I lose it. I come apart screaming his name embarrassingly loud. His mouth soon replaces his fingers, his tongue thoroughly exploring my core. I just start to come down from my orgasm when he finds my clit once again.

  “Nicholas… I… can’t…” I pant as my body goes into complete sensory overload.

  “You taste even better than I imagined, Kenzie.”

  Not only does the bluntness of his words take me by surprise, but I’m also taken back by the fact that he is saying he imagined doing… this. I knew things were changing between us after we went to The Summit but after what happened later that night, I thought things would never move further between us. I thought he would always look at me differently, that he would realize just how screwed up my past really was.

  “OH!” I gasp when he latches back onto my clit, bringing me right back to the edge, surprising me.

  “Nicholas…” I moan when his one hand reaches up to find my breast, his fingers immediately begin teasing my nipple while his other hand is on my sex. I’m back to clutching the blanket below me; my body moves against Nicholas on its own accord. I’m completely overwhelmed with need…

  “Come for me, baby,” Nicholas slips two fingers inside of me, thrusting deep until he hits that spot that causes me immediately to fall apart.

  I let go of the blanket, instead, holding his head against me as I ride out another intense orgasm. With one final nip at my sensitive nub he moves down further, his tongue teasing my opening before thrusting inside. His hands hold my thighs open as he takes his time lapping every last drop. His movements are slow, as if he could lie between my legs all night, exploring me thoroughly before slowly kissing his way back up to me. He lies next to me, pulling me close to him before kissing me deeply. I can still taste myself on his lips, I’m not quite sure what I think about that. He doesn’t say anything but slips his arm under my pillow before urging me to roll on my slide. Once I do, he pulls me closer to him, with my back to his chest and rests his arm across my stomach. Neither of us say anything, not because there is an awkwardness between us, but because there isn’t a need to say anything.

  He reaches down and pulls the blanket over us before lying back down next to me. His one arm is under my pillow while the other rests across my stomach. I have a brief thought of finding my underwear and redressing, but when he leans over and kisses my cheek, the only thing I can think about is how right his arms feel around me.

  “Kenzie? Kenzie wake up…” I hear a voice pulling me from a deep sleep.

  “Hmmmmm?” I moan, not quite ready to wake up.

  “Kenzie! Come on, wake up, we have to leave in a few minutes!”

  “Hmmmm?” I reluctantly open my eyes to find Nicholas kneeling in front of me. It takes me a moment to realize that I’m still outside on the bed where we… slept last night. The memory comes rushing back to me and I feel my face blush deeply.

  “I put a set of clothes in the bathroom for you; I need you to get change and do anything else you need to do so we can leave in a few minutes.”

  “It’s still dark out, where are we going?”

  “It’s a surprise, go get dressed.”

  I reluctantly sit up and stretch, at which point my bathrobe opens and I watch Nicholas’s eyes fly to my chest. I look down, thankful that at least my breasts didn’t pop out of the nightie. I quickly tie my bathrobe back up before standing up. He takes my hand as I step from the platform that the bed is on.

  “I can’t believe we slept outside all night,” I can’t even remember falling asleep, but obviously at some point we did.

  “I didn’t want to wake you to bring you inside and since it wasn’t cold, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to spend the night out here.”

  “What time is it anyway?”

  “Just before five.”

  “UGH.”

  “Go get changed, don’t worry about breakfast, we’ll be having that in a little while.”

  Nicholas escorts me to the bedroom with his hand on my lower back the entire time. I’m keenly aware that I’m not wearing any underwear under my nightie. If he remembers this, he doesn’t say anything about it.

  “I put everything I thought you might need on the bathroom sink. I have coffee started, but we need to leave in a few minutes if we’re going to be there on time.”

  “I’ll be quick.”

  Surprisingly, he found everything I would need, including panties and a bra which makes me blush, although it really shouldn’t, given what happened between us last night. I quickly change into the Capri pants and short sleeve shirt that he picked out before using the bathroom and brushing my teeth. Since I don’t have time for a shower, I throw my hair into a quick ponytail. When I walk out to the main room, Nicholas is waiting for me with a small cup of coffee. I don’t tell him I need something about twice this size right now because of how tired I am. I don’t know what time we fell asleep last night, but I know it was late.

  Nicholas drives the golf cart to another section of the island that we haven’t yet been to. As we drive up a long dirt driveway, I see horse stables and several horses in a fenced in area.

  “Are we going horseback riding?” I ask in surprise.

  “I thought since you seemed to enjoy it before, that we would go while we’re here.”

  After a quick lesson, I’m on a calm horse, slowly walking down a hill following Nicholas. Like before, the horse seems to know where it’s going, and I don’t have to do very much. We trot through the woods; it’s still fairly dark out, but it’s light enough to follow the trail. Within a few minutes we come out of the woods onto a beautiful beach with no one around us. My horse follows the other horse over to a large tree, where he easily dismounts from his horse before tying it up. He ties mine up next to his before taking my hand to help me down.

  “This is beautiful out here,” I take in the sky which is just starting to change colors over the ocean.

  “Our breakfast over here is waiting, we should be able to sit and watch the sunrise as we eat,” he explains gesturing to the picnic basket that is further away from the horse.

  I follow him over to the small picnic table where a basket is waiting for us. We both unpack the basket with fruit, muffins, yogurt, juice and thankfully more coffee. We sit next to one another on the same side of the table so we can watch the sunrise over the ocean. It truly is amazing to watch the sky turn so many different colors just before watching the sun rise from the horizon. I’ve never experienced anything like it before, and I don’t think anything will top it. Not only are we watching this beautiful thing happen, but we are doing it alone. There isn’t a single person around that I can see.

  “That was really amazing, thank you,” I lean over and kiss him. What starts as a simple kiss, quickly turns into more when I feel his tongue at my lips. I moan against his mouth as he pulls me against him so I’m sitting between his straddled legs on the bench. When the horses make a loud noise, we both pull away from each other, laughing at the distraction.

  “Come on, we still have the rest of the trail,” leading me back to the horse, he assists me in climbing on before readying the horses.

  We spend the next co
uple of hours exploring the island on horseback. The horses led us on a route they are obviously very familiar with, but one that included walking on the beach, through the woods and even along a small stream. The entire time we were out, we never saw another person, which is something you definitely don’t expect. I couldn’t help but think how nice it was to get away from the paparazzi that I know are waiting for us back in New York.

  We spend the rest of the day at the villa except for dinner when we venture to the main area with the restaurants.

  “Mr. Parker, Mrs. Parker,” Carter greets us just as we are seated for dinner.

  “Carter, Julie, how are you?” Nicholas asks.

  “Very good, sir. Thank you again for—”

  “Don’t mention it, Julie, you deserve this vacation just as much as Carter does,” Nicholas interrupts.

  We chat for a few minutes before Julie and Carter head back to their room. We order drinks and dinner, before discussing our plans for the last few days of our trip. We make plans to go kayaking and hiking, but otherwise, we don’t decide on anything firm. I think Nicholas is enjoying not having a schedule to follow like he does when we are in New York.

  “Shit!” he exclaims, glancing at his phone.

  “What’s wrong?”

  “Seems I need to deal with something when we get back to the villa.”

  “Everything okay?”

  “Yeah, we… there’s a company that I’ve been looking at signing for the last few weeks. I thought this could wait until we got back, but it seems like there is another company also submitting a proposal, so we need to move quickly.”

  “Do you need to go back to New York?”

  “No! I just need to spend a few hours tonight reviewing spreadsheets and a report that Alex sent. I need to decide if we should make a formal proposal or let it go.”

  “We can head out now. Let’s just have them box up dessert.”

  “Okay.”

  For the first time since we arrived in Fiji, I go to bed alone after changing into yet another revealing nightie. Nicholas comes to bed at some point during the night; I only know this because he is there when I wake up to use the bathroom before falling back to sleep.

  Chapter 16

  Nicholas

  Last night I ended up having to work until long after Kenzie went to bed, and then once I finally finished, I came to bed to find her lying on top of the blankets in this… sheer little thing. With the moon light shining through the French doors I could almost entirely see through the outfit she was wearing. God, all I wanted to do was wake her up and get inside of her. I haven’t been able to keep my hands off of her this trip—it’s like I need to touch her. I’ve never been the touchy feely type; I’ve never felt the need to touch a woman unless we’re fucking. Yet, with Kenzie, I find myself looking for reasons just to touch her. Whether it’s holding hands, like fucking teenagers when we walk, or my hand on her back, I just can’t help but touch her.

  It took everything in me not to wake her up, strip off the little outfit she was wearing and sink deep inside of her. I didn’t though… part of me is still convinced that if we cross that line, things will change between us. She’s not the type of woman who can separate sex and emotions, I know she’s not. I can’t have things getting messy between us… messier than they already are.

  But waking up like this, with her wrapped around me, makes me wonder if we haven’t already crossed that line. Yet again, we had somehow drifted towards each other during the night and were now sleeping in the center of the bed pressed up against each other. Her head was on my pillow, her leg rested on top of mine, and her hand under my shirt on my stomach.

  I slip out of the bed but not before taking one final look at her sleeping peaceful, free from any nightmares. I can’t help but wish things were different between us—that this contract didn’t exist, that there wasn’t so much on the line with it. That I could give her everything she wants. That I could give her that emotional connection she would want if we slept together. That it wouldn’t just be fucking to me… that I could give her something more like she deserves. That it wouldn’t complicate things even more than they already are between us.

  I head out to the living room and check my email. Alex confirmed he was available to talk today about the proposal, which shouldn’t take long. I respond to a few other emails, making notes of various things that I need to touch base with him about when we talk.

  “You’re up early,” Kenzie comes out of the bedroom, thankfully fully dressed and no longer wearing the nearly see through nightie from last night.

  “Work,” I shrug. “I wasn’t able to get everything done last night.”

  “Did you want me to put an order in for breakfast then?”

  “No, let’s go out. I need to step away from this stuff anyway.”

  “If you’re sure you can…”

  “I’ll go change.”

  I take a shower and quickly get dressed before meeting her in the kitchen where she is waiting for me. We head out on the golf cart to the breakfast buffet that the resort offers for all of its guests. I’m usually not a fan of buffets but given the very limited number of guests that are on the island, the food is a much higher quality than what you would normally find at a hotel. We each grab a plate and serve ourselves before finding a table to sit at.

  “I have a conference call today that, unfortunately, I need to be on. I’ve booked you an appointment at the spa while I’m on the call—”

  “You didn’t need to do that. I could have gone swimming or something while you were busy. It really isn’t necessary.”

  “I know, but I didn’t want you to be bored while I was working. This way you get to do something for yourself while I’m working. I’ll drop you off at the spa before the appointment and pick you up afterwards. If you finish early the store is in the same building, everything can be charged directly to our room.”

  “I can’t think of anything I need, but thank you for arranging the appointment at the spa.”

  “No problem.”

  “Is everything going okay at PFS while you’re gone, otherwise?”

  “Yes, surprisingly well. I’ve never gone away for a week before, so this has been a new experience for all of my staff.”

  “You’ve never gone on vacation?”

  “No, not for an entire week anyway. I have a house in Vermont that I’ve spent some time at, but I usually schedule to be there over a long weekend so my time away from the office is minimal. But even during those times, I’m never really away from the office, not like I am here. When I’m in Vermont, I have a fully functioning office just like at home, so I can immediately take care of anything that comes up.”

  “I can’t believe you’ve never gone on vacation before.”

  “When we were little, of course we did, but since starting PFS my focus has been on building the company. Vacations weren’t a priority,” I shrug.

  “Well, then this is kind of a first for both of us: I’ve never been on vacation before and you haven’t been on vacation since starting PFS.”

  “Surely, you took vacations when you were little?”

  “No, never. The only times we stayed in hotels was when we were between places to live, and trust me, they were never in a place where you would want to take a vacation to.”

  “I’m sorry, Kenzie…”

  “This trip more than made up for not going on vacations as a child,” she laughs.

  “In the winter, we’ll plan a trip to Vermont. It’s really beautiful up there—”

  “You don’t have to—”

  “It’ll give me a reason to go; when I bought the house, I thought I would be able to go much more often than I do.”

  “How come you haven’t gone more often? If the house has a full office, you could have worked from there if something came up?”

  “I could,” I admit pondering how to tell her the reason I didn’t go was because I really had no one I wanted to go with, without sounding like a f
ool. “I guess, it just wasn’t a priority. Whenever Cara, Austin or my parents wanted to go they would go, and sometimes I would join them, but sometimes I wouldn’t. I think I just let PFS take over my life.”

  “It’s easy to see how that could happen, but you really should try to take more time for yourself, Nicholas. I’m sure it isn’t healthy to work as much as you do without a break.”

  We finish our breakfast in a comfortable silence and head back to the villa. Until having breakfast with Kenzie, I never realized how I have taken vacations in general for granted. Hearing that she had never been on a vacation before this trip, really hit me hard. I know she had a shitty childhood, but I figured that at some point she must have at least had a long weekend vacation somewhere. My parents took us on a vacation every year, even if it was just a weekend camping trip—they made sure we went somewhere and had fun. Some of my fondest memories growing up are of adventures we had together.

  “According to the flyer the staff left, it looks like they’re having live music tonight on the main beach,” Kenzie points out.

  “Did you want to go?”

  “If you think you’ll be done with work by then? If not—”

  “After my conference call, I don’t foresee anything else coming up while we’re here this week. It looks like they’re making an entire night of it, with dinner and music. We’ll plan to go.”