A Woman Like You: Book Two (The Woman I Love Series 2)

by G S Binkley

  “I know you don’t like that…. word.” Gage shied away from the blue eyes pinning her.

  “Sweetheart, I haven’t the foggiest idea what you’re talking about.”

  “Babe, baby…. you know.” Gage barely spit out.

  “Oh….” A past morning of remembrance dawned on her. “Sweetheart….” Lacy swung her lover’s head back around to face her. “When David called me ‘babe’, I didn’t like it. Not at all. It was as if I was USDA grade A stamped and certified, like a prized piece of meat.” She kissed Gage. “However, when you call me ‘baby’ the sensual way you say it, I feel embraced in love. So very special.” Placing her hand over Gage’s heart, Lacy concluded. “I know it comes from here.”

  “Is that why he changed your ‘nudity’ clause? Because he wanted to show you off?” Gage asked reluctantly.

  I wondered when this was going to come up. “I suppose. That… and the fact that it’s a sure fire way to draw more people to the picture.” Lacy explained. “Does it bother you? My showing…..”

  Gage simply nodded.

  The star allowed a deep sigh to escape. “You want to talk about it?”

  Gage shrugged.

  “What do you want to know?” When Gage shrugged again, Lacy insisted. “Sweetheart, tell me how you feel.”

  “I don’t care for the rest of the world to see you like….” Looking at her lover’s naked body. “Like this.”

  “I’ve never been totally naked, Gage.” A bit annoyed now.

  “And, David probably thought it was great. Here, his wife exposed to the world her sexy body and I bet he gloated, stroked his ego, I’m sure.” Gage’s voice held a definite tone of disgust.

  Lacy pursed her lips and shifted slightly from under her lover. “I agreed to it, you know. It wasn’t all David’s doing.”

  “Yeah. And, I’ve got the pictures to prove it.” Gage confirmed unwittingly.

  “Pictures?”

  Great! Gage exhaled deeply, shoulders slumped then she rolled off Lacy. “From the men’s magazines you posed for.”

  “I see. It’s okay for you to….. to ogle me, but no one else can.” Lacy spat out.

  What could she say? It was true. When it came down to it, Gage didn’t share well with others. And she certainly didn’t want to share what the two of them had with each other in any way, shape or form. There was one fact, though, that Gage couldn’t dispute. All of this, the pictures and even the renegotiation was well before she’d met Lacy. I have no right to….. Carefully snuggling back up to her lover, Gage whispered sincerely. “I love you.”

  Those words took the wind out of the raging sails Lacy threw up only a few moments ago at Gage’s insinuations, she said. “I know that and I love you. And, remember when we were at the cabin…. you said you would trust my decisions.”

  “I did. I do.” Gage recalled her pledge to trust the woman she’d loved even though she didn’t agree with some of those decisions. Reflecting back a few moments regarding Lacy’s initial statement, Gage continued. “You said earlier that Griff liked me. That is so hard to comprehend. Why me?” Gage laughed. “You’re the one that half the people in the world either lusts after or fancy themselves in love with.”

  “And that bothers you.” Lacy stated the obvious. “I do have lots of fans and on the set people cater to me like I really was some kind of star. Sweetheart, you remember when you saw me wash dishes for the first time?” Gage nodded. “Even you had a certain bias about me when we first met. I’m just a person like everyone else and a mother and a woman….. who loves you very much.”

  “Are you mad at me?”

  “No…. though I was getting there.” Lacy closed the distance between them lounging her body fully against her naked lover. Lips connected with other lips then Lacy continued. “When you said ‘I love you’.” Another kiss. “I felt… the…. it dissolved completely with those words. I don’t think I could ever stay mad at you with the way you say that to me.”

  “I love you.” Returning the heated kisses. “I love you so…. so very much…” Gage’s voice dropped again for the third time that night to its lowest register. “Baby.”

  No more words were spoken till early morning light. What transpired through the night let loose a raging river of emotions as the couple rode wave after wave of desirous crests coming together to a shore that beckoned them where they would lay safe on the sands of time for eternity.

  Chapter Ten

  The first week shooting her movie passed quickly for Lacy. She took time off Monday of the second week in order to take Dani to school her first day. Gage accompanied her along with Derek. By mid-week, the new family settled into a fairly regular routine. Lacy was up at five a.m. and out within the half hour while Gage and the kids slept in until it was time to get Dani up and ready for school.

  This morning Gage was particularly anxious. After she dropped Dani off at school and asked Chance to watch Derek, Gage left for the studio. This was the big day for the love scene Lacy was filming with the ever-flirting Koda Kannon.

  When Gage arrived on the movie set, Griff pounced on her noting this was the first time the writer showed up without one or both of the kids. “Hey, glad you’re here.”

  “Hi Griff.” Gage said casually, her mind definitely focused on another woman.

  “Today’s the big day. Everybody’s gonna be there.” Griff rubbed it in.

  The writer shrugged moving away from her toward Lacy’s trailer, hoping to find her there. The night before Lacy suggested Gage come alone to the set before the upcoming love scene. Her intention was to reassure her partner of her love before and after shooting the scene.

  “Are you gonna be there?” Griff followed the blonde.

  “No.”

  Grabbing her shoulder, Griff twisted Gage around. “I’ve got something I’d like you to see later. Mind if I drop by Lacy’s trailer?”

  “Sure.” Gage mumbled off-handedly. She couldn’t care less about what the redhead was saying. Leaving Griff behind, Gage hesitated then opened her partner’s door. I trust her. I trust her. She loves me.

  Dressed in a robe, Lacy turned when the door opened. “Gage, come in…. come here.” The star welcomed her partner with a slow, sizzling kiss meant to reassure her lover. “I love you.”

  Pulling Lacy to her, Gage slipped her hands under the untied robe easily gaining access to the luscious body it only slightly covered. “I love you, too.” Things overheated quickly between the two as they exchanged passionate kisses. Reluctantly dragging herself away, Gage said. “Chance is watching Derek and I dropped Dani off at school.”

  Noticing a distant cool breeze emanate from her partner, Lacy asked. “Sweetheart, what’s wrong?”

  “I love you, Lacy.” Gage smiled, kissing her again. “Just don’t want to get you too worked up before…….”

  Lacy sat on a nearby stool then pulled her lover between her legs. “Please don’t equate what we have to the love scenes you see in the movies. It’s all choreographed beforehand and there are a gazillion people milling around…not to mention the bright, hot lights beating down on you. It may look romantic even sexy, but it is far from it.”

  “I know.” Brushing Lacy’s bangs away from her face. “I trust you. I really do.” Gage confirmed her words with a kiss. “But, I don’t trust octopus hands.”

  A small giggle escaped Lacy’s lips. “Neither do I. I can take care of myself, sweetheart. Really I can.” Lacy wrapped her hands on her lover’s hips pulling her closer between her own legs. She leaned in planting tiny kisses along her lover’s collarbone up to the very sensitive spot just behind Gage’s ear.

  Gage sucked in a deep breath. “Okay, if you don’t stop we’ll be doing our own love scene right here….right now.”

  Nuzzling her neck, Lacy said. “And your point is?”

  Capturing her lover’s lips, Gage melted into a deep, soul-searching kiss fanning the flames of love higher and higher. “Wow.” The blonde broke away first. Attempting to still
her escalating heart, Gage drew in several hasty breaths. “When you get back, we’ll continue this. You do have the rest of day off…..after your scene, right?”

  “Almost. Ryan wanted a costume change for another scene we’re shooting next week so he asked if I would stay and get fitted.” Lightly kissing her lover again, Lacy wrapped her long legs around her Gage. “I’ll be home earlier than usual.” Changing the subject. “You sure you want to wait here for me.”

  Gage nodded. “Thinking about it with my imagination is more than enough for me. No use having the actual vivid images ingrained in my mind.” Placing her forehead against her lover’s temple. “I love you….. so very, very much.”

  There was a knock at the door before Lacy could return the endearment. “I’ll be right there.” She called then said to Gage. “I love you more than I could ever find the words to say.” With that, she kissed her lover once again soundly, reassuringly willing all the love she held for her partner in that kiss to traverse past any doubts straight to Gage’s soul. The one she shared with her lover.

  Lacy left her partner stunned; somewhat frazzled and completely bathed in the profound love they shared. Gage was still reeling from the sensual high Lacy lathered in her in when another knock at the door sounded. “Come in.”

  “Hey, it’s me.” Griff bounded in excited about something.

  “Thought you’d be on the set.”

  “No. They got it under control. I wanted to show you this…actually, wanted you to sign it for me.” Griff handed the writer a copy of Gage’s first book.

  Taking it, Gage said. “Wow. You actually found one. This is my first book….did okay I guess. They really didn’t publish that many. It was a start at least.” Gage sat on the couch searching for a pen on the coffee table.

  Griff eased down beside Gage then scooted even closer. “Here.” Handing the pen to the writer, Griff let that same hand drop to Gage’s thigh massaging it.

  Gage bolted back away from the aggressive redhead. “I think you’ve got the wrong idea here Griff.”

  Moving closer, the overheated twenty-eight year old puckered lips together preparing to kiss the blonde.

  “Hold on. Griff!” Gage twisted around, laying the book on the coffee table freeing her hands just in case. “You’re not my type.”

  Moving in for the kill, Griff husked. “I know… you’re just…. sexual.” Repeating Gage’s self-assessment regarding her sexuality with smoldering green eyes transfixed on the blonde.

  When Gage bolted up from the couch, Griff clamped firm hands on the writer’s hips yanking her back down. It was a struggle. Surprisingly, Gage found the young redhead quite strong. Griff finally maneuvered the blonde below her leaning slightly on the open side of the couch, firmly planting Gage against the back of it.

  “Griff, damn it, get up!” Gage insisted.

  “No…. I want you and I always get what I want.” The young woman’s personality metamorphosed drastically from the sheltered life her father bathed her in while she still lived at home. However, five years of being on her own woke up the wild sexual beast that lay dormant all those years. It was loose now and preyed relentless after years of hibernating.

  Still struggling, Gage finally twisted from under the redhead planting one foot on the floor, but slipped when Griff yanked her back down landing squarely on top of the young woman below her.

  “Now I’ve got you where I want you.” Griff let out a barely audible declaration.

  Gage bolted her hands on Griff’s lower arms then lifted once more against the demanding woman’s squirming as the redhead attempted to tangle the blonde’s legs. Both women were breathing heavily, scurrying around on the couch as each woman tried to gain the upper hand. Neither heard the door open and the loud gasp escape their visitor.

  Griff was the first to see the stunned Lacy standing in the doorway. Blue eyes widened in total disbelief at the scene before her. “My God, what is going on here?” Lacy finally found purchase to the wild jealous thoughts running rampant in her mind.

  Shocked, Gage swung her head around seeing her lover barely able to balance herself as Lacy wobbled back against the side of the door. “Ah…Lacy?”

  The aggressor took the opportunity that presented itself and declared herself the victim. “It wasn’t me.” Griff slipped from under the blonde. Standing now, she straightened her blouse then casually picked up her book. “I just came in here wanting an autograph.” The lying redhead shoved a copy of Gage’s book to Lacy’s chest.

  Lacy spared a quick moment to look at it spying the name of her favorite author G. S. Ballantine marqueed near the top in bold letters. Realization dawned on the dark haired woman, thumping loudly like a book falling to the floor.

  With a cavalier attitude, Griff tossed the book back at Gage then mustering a full head of self-righteousness, she walked out the door. Damage done.

  “Lacy….” Gage pleaded then remembered she hadn’t moved. Jumping up, the blonde hurried to her partner. “Lacy, I know what it may look like and….”

  Returning her eyes to the book on the table, Lacy temporarily dismissed the two tangled bodies ingrained in her mind. Something deep inside her tempered the jealous rage she felt upon seeing her lover on top of someone else. It was another jealousy that reared its ugly head. “You’re…… Ballantine?”

  Sighing, Gage confirmed. “Yes.”

  Shaking her head violently, Lacy remembered the day she admitted to Gage that Ballantine was her favorite author. Shocked, Lacy asked. “Why didn’t you ever tell me?”

  Confused that her partner would target this item instead of the fact that she had just found her planted on top of the redhead, Gage sucked in a calming breath. “It… I don’t know. It never really came up.”

  “At the cabin it did.” Lacy countered forcefully, sure of her memory on the subject.

  Thinking quickly, Gage replayed several past events in her mind. “Yeah, you’re right. You mentioned something about it when….. we were on the boat dock and the sheriff just walked up.” Adding quickly. “After that, Dani got lost in the cave….Derek was stung and….” Shoulders dropped allowing a deep sigh to escape. “Lacy, it just didn’t occur to me later.”

  Lacy coolly picked up the book, opening the front cover. Seeing nothing written there, she closed it. “You might want to think of something…..” Her usual sensual voice cut sharply. “Special…to write.” Handing it to the blonde. “Here…..I’ve got a love scene to do.” With that, Lacy exited the trailer as quietly as she had entered. The only difference was the seething storm brewing inside her.

  Gage plopped down on the coffee table tossing the book aside. Bewildered at the unexpected turn of events.

  Lacy calmly walked back on the set forgetting about why she’d originally returned to her trailer, tossing off her robe revealing a nearly naked woman. “Let’s get this show on the road.” She announced.

  Koda bolted up fleeing from his robe just as easily as his co-star did only quicker. Seeing a willing woman before him primed and determined, Koda jumped on the bed opening inviting arms to Lacy who fell into them effortlessly.

  The director didn’t waste any time calling ‘action’. The smug male actor engaged fervently in his role with traveling hands roaming the seemingly free-range body of the beautiful woman in his arms. Even as Koda spoke his lines, he took liberties well outside the boundaries of what they had originally choreographed while preparing for the scene.

  Ryan was pleased with the raw sexuality emitting from his two stars. This will look great on film. Having been concerned about Lacy’s disinclination prior to the scene being filmed, Ryan listened patiently when the female star asked for a few moments then headed back to her trailer. When she returned, Ryan astutely noticed a complete personality change from timid and reserved to bold and capricious.

  As Gage silently approached the set where Lacy was thoroughly engaged in a very hot and torrid love scene with Koda, the jealous flames of fire soared encasing her being in a co
vetous rampage. From the shadows, Gage simmered as she watched Lacy let the light haired Romeo have free rein. She silently watched Koda run his hands the length of Lacy’s body traveling precariously close to sensitive areas. When Koda kissed her, Lacy returned the kiss with abundance, tongues entwining, fighting for dominance. Then when Lacy arched into the man rubbing the length of her body along his, the overpowering green-eyed sensations conquered her common sense erupting in a loud shout. “CUT!”

  Everyone including the actors froze then slowly directed their attention to the shadows where Gage stood, hands balled. When Ryan redirected the crew’s attention, the furious blonde strode determinedly toward the bed where Lacy laid up against Koda. Gage watched her partner yank the sheet over her effectively covering her from staring eyes.

  At first, Koda anchored himself next to his co-star resolved to hold his position. Though when green eyes flared, he jumped off the bed as quickly as he jumped on it intending to avoid the stampede of one.

  Through gritted teeth, Gage spit out. “So, this is what a love scene entails. You are either one hell of an actor or…. there’s more here than you’re letting on. Either way….”

  Ryan dropped a steadying hand on the powered keg blonde ready to explode. “Gage, it’s really all acting. Trust me.” Yet, even Ryan knew Lacy was allowing Koda more liberties than she ever had for the love scenes during all the five years he’d directed her on the set of her cop show. “Come on, Gage.”

  Never leaving her partner’s blue eyes the whole time, Gage finally relented as a tiny bit of logic seeped through her seething veneer. Barely containing the unshed tears that welled in her misting green eyes, Gage allowed a dark cloud of emotions overtake her. Well, I’ve finally done it. My worst nightmare. Embarrassed her…..shamed her. All for what? Shifting her eyes briefly to Koda then catching a glimpse of Griff standing half-way behind a stationary camera, Gage forced her now pained eyes to return to the woman she loved and vowed never to lose control of the precarious emotions dangling from a thread inside her. Gage sucked in a deep shuttering breath then she simply turned and walked away thinking that Lacy would never want to see her again.