An Act of Release: Order & Chaos Book 2

by Samantha Wolfe

  Jenny was tense, and her eyes looked a little panicked. I leaned close with my lips close to her ear. "He can't hurt you anymore, honey. Don't be afraid." I kissed her cheek softly. "I love you, Jen," I murmured quietly.

  Her eyes softened, and she managed to smile at me. "I love you too, Ford." She straightened in her seat, and she schooled her face into a calm expression. Her hand still gripped mine under the table though.

  A moment later, Joyce walked in with Carter in her wake. "Here we are, Mr. Bennett." She quickly fled the conference room.

  Carter froze just inside the doorway and glanced around the room in confusion. When his eyes landed on my mother, they widened in recognition, followed by a brief flash of surprised dismay before his features evened out again.

  "Elliott," Ted said politely as he rose. "I'm so sorry. I forgot to call you and cancel our meeting today. It turns out that I found a better deal. One that's fair and still leaves me in control of the dealership." He motioned toward my mother. "I'd like you to meet Victoria Spencer. Her son is dating my daughter. It turns out that she owns the Ford Equity Group. Perhaps you've heard of it?"

  Carter's eyes jerked toward me, and I saw realization, and I think a bit of panic in his eyes. I gave him a slightly smug smile. "Ted," he said evenly as he turned back to Jen's father. "This is unexpected. I'd like a chance to go over my proposal again. We can tweak some things if you feel it needs it. I'd hate for you just to throw away the opportunity I'm offering you."

  "Well, as much as I appreciate the thought," Ted replied with a tight smile. "I've just finished signing the contract with Mrs. Spencer here. I apologize for wasting your time, but we won't be needing you anymore."

  "Yeah, Carter," Andy added with utter disdain as he leaned back in his chair and crossed his arm. "Get lost."

  Carter's eyes widened in shock, then he glared at Andy, who stared back at him defiantly. He turned a hard gaze on Jenny, but her demeanor was calm and unafraid with her head held high, even as she held on to my hand in a death grip under the table. She was amazing, and one hell of a woman. I was so proud of her.

  "I'm terribly disappointed in you, Ted," Carter said calmly as he looked at him again with anger simmering in his icy blue eyes. "One would think you'd put the welfare of your family first, instead of risking it all like this."

  "I think the greater risk is signing a deal with an unscrupulous man who tries to blackmail my daughter, and makes threats against her boyfriend and my daughter-in-law?" Ted snapped out angrily.

  "Is that what she told you?" Carter fired back in a condescending tone. He barked out a laugh. "You believe that lie? She's the one who came to me. She offered me her services, if I threw her family a bone. I turned her down, and now she's feeding you these bloody lies because she's angry that I rejected her. She hasn't changed at all in the eight years since she gave it up to me the first time. She's always been a slut." Jenny stiffened at his last word, and pain blossomed in her eyes.

  I flew to my feet, red murderous rage blasting through me. "Get the fuck out!" I snarled in a deep threatening rumble. "Now." It was all that I could do not leap over the goddamn conference table and pummel the shit out of this lying prick until he stopped breathing. Andy was standing now too. His face was twisted into a harsh mask of animosity as he glowered at Carter with his hands clenched into tight fists at his sides. He looked like his thoughts were along the same line as mine. Part of me hoped Carter wouldn't walk away, and we could get a few shots in. Carter looked back and forth between Andy and me, and for the first time I saw actual fear in his eyes.

  "Mr. Bennett," Jack Tierney interjected our standoff in a calm voice, but his eyes were tight with anger. "I think we're done here. I suggest you leave right now. Any further contact you try to make with the Purcell family or Mr. Spencer will be seen as harassment, and will be documented and directed to me, Mr. Caxton, or Mr. West, who represents Lydia Purcell's employer." His subtle hint that Lydia was untouchable was brilliant on Jack's part. Carter couldn't touch any of us now without getting himself into legal trouble that would besmirch his reputation. To a man like Elliott Carter Bennett II, appearances were everything. He wouldn't want any light shone on his unsavory business practices.

  Carter glared around the room once more, ending with his gaze directed squarely at me. Suddenly, something dark and sinister was staring out at me, and I remembered David's comment about true evil being a lack of conscience. I had to suppress a shudder of revulsion and foreboding, but just as quickly the disturbing moment was gone, and his face smoothed into his usual arrogant smirk. I shook off my reaction as a momentary blip. After all, the guy was one hell of an actor and completely full of shit.

  "Very well," he finally said, his tone tight with suppressed anger. He turned and wordlessly walked out in a haughty manner with his head held high.

  Andy glared after him until he was gone. "What a douche," he growled.

  "And a complete bastard," my mother added vehemently as she glared at the now empty doorway right along with Andy. I stared at her in shocked bemusement. What the hell was happening to my mother?

  "Ford," Andy told me with a smile. "Your mom is the shit."

  "I know." I grinned at my mother. Her eyes softened as she smiled back at me. I noticed Tom looking at her with warm affection. I wasn't the only one who agreed with Andy.

  Jen let out a long shuddering breath next to me, and I turned to look at her. The fear that had been in her eyes was gone now as she smiled at me. The tension that had thrummed through her body when Carter walked in had been replaced with a calm demeanor that filled me with relief.

  "Thank you," she whispered to me as happy tears began to well up in her eyes.

  "I told you that we would figure out another way," I said as I ran my knuckles down her cheek as my eyes caressed her gorgeous face. "I'll always take care of you. You'll always be mine. Forever." I leaned forward and captured her mouth with mine, heedless of everyone else in the room, and kissed her deeply. She wrapped her arms around my neck, and we lost ourselves to each other for what felt like an eternity, our lips and tongues twining and dancing together. When we finally broke the kiss, we were the only ones left in the room.

  "Let's get out of here, honey," I told her with a grin. "I think we've earned the rest of the day off, don't you?"

  "Definitely," she said happily as she stood.

  I rose and took her hand. I leaned close to her, brushing my lips against her ear. "I also think you've earned yourself a reward for being such an amazing woman."

  "Oh yeah?" she asked impishly. "What kind of reward, big boy?" she asked as she patted my cheek, her eyes heating with desire.

  "The kind that involves rope and my cock inside you," I whispered hoarsely.

  She shivered and pressed herself against me with a sigh. "I need that more than anything right now."

  "I know, Jen. I know," I rumbled out, then led her out of the room without another word. She needed to let go and fly free in my rope, and I would always be the man to give her what she needed. Always.

  **********

  "Are you hungry, honey?" I asked Jen as I led her into my living room. I knew she hadn't eaten much this morning due to her nerves. "I can make you some eggs."

  She turned to look at me with an flirtatious smile. "No, I want something else," she practically purred as she walked up to me and glided her hands up my chest, looking up at me with a seductive gleam in her eyes.

  "Are you sure, Jen?" I asked with concern, trying to ignore the sudden demands of my body as my cock began to stir. "We can wait if you're tired." I know that she tossed and turned all night-long last night, worrying about today and how Carter would react to our plan. I suspected she hadn't been sleeping well since he showed up in her life again. She had to be exhausted.

  She reached up and gently grabbed some of the beard hair on my chin in her fingers and tugged my face down to hers. She paused when our lips were mere millimeters apart. "I've never been more sure of anything." Her eyes
were hot and bright, their sapphire blue flashing fire. Then she kissed me, deeply and passionately, her plump lips so warm and soft and perfect. They moved slow and languidly at first, then grew hard and demanding as she pressed her ripe and voluptuous little body against mine. Desire roared to life inside me, nearly taking my breath away. Holy fuck, would I ever stop wanting her, needing her this much?

  I growled deeply in my chest as I grabbed her ass firmly in one hand, and gripped the back of her neck in the other. I ground my growing erection against her belly and leaned forward, shifting my weight so that her body arched backwards. It knocked her off balance enough that I was holding her up as I wrested control of the kiss away from her. Her answering mewl let me know she liked it.

  I broke the kiss and stared down at her face, smirking at the dreamy look in her eyes. Her lips were pink and swollen now, and it reminded me of her pussy. I let out a shuddering breath as I fought the animal instinct in me just to fuck her right here on the goddamn floor. It took a massive effort to rein myself in, but in its wake came power and control that coalesced inside me, letting the Dom in me takeover.

  "I want you naked and kneeling on the floor in my room," I commanded, my voice rough and demanding. Her eyes flashed in defiance. Ah, so that's how it was going to be. Good. I was more than up to the challenge of a battle of wills, and it was good to see her acting more like herself again now that Carter was out of her life for good. This was her way of symbolically fighting back and letting go, of releasing the hold he'd had over her life for eight long years. I was glad that I could help her do that.

  She licked her lips, moaned softly, then bit into her lower lip as her eyes turned hot with desire. She took in a big breath, her breasts rising and falling hypnotically as I gaped helplessly at her cleavage in her low-cut blouse. My train of thought flew off its tracks. Holy hell, she knew how to fight dirty, but then again, so did I.

  I leaned down until my lips were close to her ear and whispered "Nice try." I latched onto it with my teeth, and worried at it until she writhed and whimpered in my arms. When I straightened, her defiance had been replaced by soft willing submission.

  "Get your ass in my room," I growled out as I glared at her. "Now." My voice was firm and unyielding.

  "Yes, sir. Yes, Ford," she whimpered out needily. I let her go and she immediately scurried across the room. I stared avidly at her swaying ass in her black pencil skirt until she disappeared into the bedroom.

  "You'd better hurry, honey," I called out in a deep rumble as I swiftly pulled my T-shirt over my head and threw it aside. "I'm feeling very very impatient to get you in my ropes." I toed my shoes off then leaned down to pull off my socks. I straightened and adjusted my erection in my jeans. I was so hard that it practically hurt. I'd never wanted anyone like I wanted Jen. I ached and burned for her.

  Holy hell, I needed to get a grip on my raging libido. I took a moment to breathe, closing my eyes and shaking out my arms. I needed to be patient and focused for what I had planned today. The intricate knots and placement of the ropes had to be perfect to support her body properly for her first full shibari suspension. I wanted her to be comfortable and to enjoy it. The last thing I wanted was to have it hurt or be unpleasant in any way for her.

  I finally opened my eyes when I felt centered and in control again. I strode across the room then paused in the bedroom doorway and smiled. Jen's clothes were off to one side in a pile where she had hastily flung them. She was already kneeling nude on the rug, her chest heaving as she stared at the floor with her head bowed respectfully. Holy hell, she was gorgeous, a fucking goddess. Her body was so ripe and luscious that it begged to be worshiped, adored, fucked. I shuddered with desire and tore my eyes away, then walked past her to the closet to fetch her blue rope.

  I came back to stand in front of her and dropped the rope on the floor in front of her, keeping one length in my hands. She shivered and stared longingly at the pile of rope, her eyes bright with arousal. I reached a hand down toward her.

  "Stand up," I commanded firmly. She immediately took my hand, and I pulled her up onto her feet. I raised my hand and skimmed a small loop of the rope down Jen's body, down her cheek and neck to her chest, then along the outside edge of her breast and ghosting it over her pubic bone. She moaned and trembled all over, her hooded eyes locked on mine.

  "Arms out." I began wrapping a chest harness above and below her breasts, and over her shoulders. When I had the rope the way that I wanted it, I had her lower her arms and bound her forearms together behind her back and secured it all with intricate knots at her back. "What's your color? It doesn't hurt does it?"

  "Green, sir," she answered immediately in a breathy voice, her body already relaxed. "No pain anywhere."

  "Good girl," I crooned as I leaned down and captured her lips in a quick blistering kiss that had her panting when I pulled away.

  I got down on my knees, and picked up more rope. I folded it in half and wrapped it around her waist, her upper thighs, then took it between her legs and tied a knot that rested over the tight little hole of her ass. She whimpered as I pulled the line taut and pressed the knot snugly against her. I wove the rope in a web across her buttocks to support her when she was suspended, wrapping it around the two lines of rope between her legs to spread it apart and expose her pussy.

  I glanced up at her contented face. "Color?"

  "Green, sir." Her voice was a bare whisper this time. She was already getting rope drunk. I smiled in satisfaction as I stood up. I grabbed the hair at the back of her head roughly in a fist and kissed her again, this time slowly and lingeringly. I pulled her close and pressed her breasts against my abdomen. Her pebbled nipples felt so damn good on my skin. I growled deeply as a fierce need to consume her hit me, and I kissed her harder, making her mewl and rub against me as I devoured her mouth with mine.

  I pulled away, and we were both left gasping for air. "Now for the fun part," I told her with a dark wicked smile. I hung the suspension ring from an eye bolt, then began rigging ropes from the ring to the ropes on her body. I fastened one to her chest harness, one to the ropes around her waist, and one to each hip, so her weight would be supported evenly.

  "Are you okay, honey?" I asked softly. "Is anything pinching or uncomfortable for you?"

  "No, sir," she said with hazy eyes and a soft smile. "I'm all green, Ford."

  I nodded vigorously, feeling so much anticipation that my heart was pounding now. I began pulling the ropes taut. Within moments, Jen was gasping as I hoisted her up into the air, her body swinging free as she reclined into the ropes on her back with her head and legs dangling down.

  "Color, Jen?" I asked as I admired my works.

  "Oh God, Ford," she blurted out hoarsely with wide eyes as she looked up at me. "So green, so goddamn good." Her pupils were wide and black, her face slack with pleasure and desire. It was so fucking beautiful, so sensual and erotic, with her body helpless and at my mercy. My erection strained in my jeans painfully, and I had to unfasten my fly and pull myself out to relieve the discomfort. I pushed on Jen's hip and spun her head around until her face was level with my cock.

  "Open," I demanded in a harsh growl, feeling on the edge of losing control.

  She obeyed instantly, and I fed my cock into her mouth, gasping as warm wetness engulfed me. She moaned around my dick, the vibration almost setting me off. I had to hold perfectly still for several moments to regain control. Then I took a hold of two of the ropes she hung by and pushed her away then back toward me, moving her mouth up and down my erection as she swung from the ceiling. Holy hell, I loved watching myself going in and out of her hot mouth. I stood still and pumped her faster and faster, closing my eyes and giving myself over to the pleasure.

  "Fuck, Jen," I groaned. "You feel so good, so warm. Fuck." I pushed myself right to the very edge of release, enjoying her moans and soft whimpers around my cock, until I had to stop. I swung her away, and pulled her mouth off me before I lost it, then spun her sideways and slid m
y hand slowly up one of her thighs. "Still green, honey?"

  "Y...yes, sir," she said in a drunken voice.

  "Good, girl," I rumbled out as I skimmed my fingers over her sex. Fuck, she was so goddamn wet already. I slid two fingers into her effortlessly, making her cry out with pleasure. I captured her mouth and kissed her almost brutally, crooking my fingers and stroking the soft velvet inside her. Within seconds, her body was convulsing in the ropes as she wailed out an orgasm, and I swallowed them down as I growled in satisfaction. Then before she could catch her breath, I spun her again, bringing her pussy close to my cock. I lifted her legs up into the air, and lined myself up with her opening and pressed the tip into her teasingly.

  "I'd tell you to hold on, honey," I growled softly, "but you can't, can you? All you can do is take it while I fuck you how I please."

  "Please, sir," she begged. "Please, Ford. Fuck me now. Please."

  I snarled as I grabbed her hips then pulled her onto my cock in one swift decisive motion that sent me deep inside her, owning her and possessing her completely. Jen screamed as she came, the walls inside her squeezing and rippling around me. I began pumping her body up and down the length of me, harder and faster, the ropes creaking as she swung back and forth.

  Her head was thrown back as she continued to wail, her hair dangling and her breasts bouncing with every thrust. It was beautiful and mesmerizing. My release built swiftly, rising up in a rushing tide then barreling down on me so fast that I wasn't going to be able to stop it. I reached between us and found her clit with my fingers and pressed down hard, needing her to fall apart with me.

  It was like an ignition switch, and it triggered us both in an instant. Scalding hot ecstasy blasted through us, the pleasure almost knocking the breath out of me. I groaned as Jenny screamed, her pussy convulsing and milking my cock as I emptied myself inside her. I pulled her tight against me, trying to burrow into her as far as I could as my orgasm shuddered through me. Holy motherfucking hell, it was amazing and the best we'd ever had.