She opened her mouth to reply but he continued on, “I was hurt by some of the things you said and not because of my ego or because I’m accustomed to getting my way…not even because I “like” you. Maddie I’m in love with you. Completely and utterly captured by you.” Her heart stopped, she never expected to hear those words come out of Bennet Windsor’s mouth.
“Love? You love me?” He pulled her closer, “Madeline Strickland I fell for you the moment I saw you. I fought it for so long. You’re right, you’re too young for me…you’re so innocent and pure. You have the world at your fingertips. I wanted to dislike you, to see you as just an employee but you permeated my world. You completely turned it upside down and I don’t want it any other way.”
Maddie threw herself at Bennet, grabbing his face in her hands and pressing her lips against his. His arms wrapped around her in response as they clung to each other.
The car slowed out front of Bennet’s building, he didn’t hesitate in grabbing her hand and dragging her through the door and lobby as fast as he could. Before the elevator door closed he had her pressed against the wall, lifting her so that her legs wrapped around his waist as he kissed her passionately. Without unhooking her legs Bennet carried her to his bedroom all the while caressing her body and massaging her tongue with his.
He slid her down onto the edge of the bed as he removed his coat. She reached down to remove her shoes with one hand while trying to shimmy out her coat at the same time.
Within seconds his suit coat, tie, shoes and socks were all on the floor. She had started unbuttoning her shirt but he stopped her, pulling her to stand up in front of her and placing a hand on either side of her neck.
“I want to undress you slowly. Let’s not rush.” His tongue began its assault again, licking and stroking into her mouth. Her hands began to explore his chest, slowly unbuttoning his shirt. He reciprocated, kissing his way down her neck and chest as he slowly removed her silk blouse. He could see her pert nipples protruding through her unlined bra.
Between kisses and moans they removed each other’s clothing, leaving Bennet in only his boxer briefs. She could see the bulge between his legs, it was way bigger than anything she had every experienced. She sat back on the edge of the bed as he hooked his thumbs in the waistband and pulled them down his legs. His fully erect cock sprung free, it was long and thick, tempting her to reach out and touch it.
She timidly reached out, placing her hands on his lower abdomen. He wrapped his hand around the base of it and stepped forward. She looked up at him through her eyelashes, knowing what he wanted. Her tongue darted out and licked the tip softly, eliciting a groan in response from Bennet. He placed his other hand behind her neck as she opened her mouth to take him further. Watching her he slowly thrust his manhood past her lips, allowing her to get comfortable with him. He knew with his size she would never be able to take more than half of him but it was such a turn on to see her struggle to accommodate the first few inches.
She sucked and teased him until he couldn’t resist, he pulled her off of him and pushed her back on the bed. His hands gripped her thighs as he pulled her to the edge of the bed to devour her. He wasted no time licking her soft folds and flicking her clit with his tongue.
“I need you ready sweetheart,” he said as he began to tease her slit with his fingers. Slowly he inserted one, causing her to gasp. He stroked her clit while he thrust his other thick finger inside her, stimulating her g-spot. He could feel her tensing, the climax building. Just as she was about to finish he pulled his finger out and slipped in two…She let out a long low moan as he continued to prime her to take him. With only two fingers she already felt so full, she wasn’t sure how she was going to accommodate his large girth.
The pressure was intense, she began to feel herself stretch and loosen; her breathing was becoming erratic but once again, before she could reach climax he pulled his fingers out. Before she could register her disappointment he was opening a condom and stretching it over his length before climbing up her body and settling between her legs. He kissed and sucked on her breasts, pinching and biting at her nipples.
“Be a good girl and open up for me ok? I need you take me.” He slowly began to tease her with the head of his cock, running the tip up and down her wet slit before barely slipping it in and out of her pussy. He could feel her insides clenching, resisting the intrusion as he pumped further and further into her.
“Sweetheart I need you to obey me and relax so I can take you.” He said as he leaned his head down and took her mouth again.
His arm continued to hold her hands in place as he placed his other forearm across her chest, anchoring her into the mattress. She was so turned on, she had never had a man control her like this, tell her what to do and use her body for his pleasure. Her thighs dropped open and she breathed into his movements, opening up for him like he had commanded.
His thrusts became more fervent as her pleasure intensified. She was on the edge, she could feel it, she let out a loud groan as her fingers grasped at his hand. Her orgasm was intense and powerful, she could feel it spread through her body as she succumbed to the pleasure. Bennet wasn’t far behind, his thrusts grew more frantic as he spilled himself inside of her.
They both lay still for a moment, wrecked from the intensity and passion that had just exploded between them. Their sweaty bodies stayed entwined. His head rested on the pillow next to hers, his lips pressed against her neck.
Bennet lifted his head, “Holy shit…” He propped himself up on his elbow and looked down at her, “Are you ok? Was I too rough?” She nodded slowly as he rubbed and kissed her wrists. “I’ll be right back, don’t move.”
He walked to the bathroom and came back with a warm washcloth, placing it gently between her thighs. He tossed it on the bedside table and turned back to her.
“Did I hurt you at all? I can’t seem to control myself with you.” He placed a gentle kiss on her lips as he searched her face. She reached up and placed her hands on either side of his face.
“No, it felt amazing, like nothing I’ve ever experienced.” He smiled a devilish grin as he grabbed her arms and pinned them down beside her, “Good, ready for round two?!’
Chapter 25
Maddie ran her finger over Bennet’s chest as they laid in bed. The evening had turned into night and their passionate love making had turned into sleepy cuddles. “Can I ask you something?” She bit her lower lip in hesitation.
“Hmmmm?” Bennet lifted a sleepy eyelid and pulled her closer, “Anything you want.”
“Why haven’t I seen you with anyone? Even when I Googled you…or well, technically Jazmine Googled you, I never saw you with a girlfriend. I think I saw a date or two but nobody significant.”
“You Googled me?” A huge grin spread across his face as he grabbed her side sending her into a fit of giggles and snorts.
“Hey don’t avoid the question!” She said trying to regain her composure and catch her breath.
He let out a deep sigh. “Well, when I was younger I was a lot more reckless. I made a large portion of money in my early twenties from day trading. I was bored in school and it was something I messed around with and found out I was good at so I kept at it and pretty soon I was making serious money and diversifying my assets. I knew I loved business and marketing and took a huge chance opening my own firm. Thankfully it paid off but even today that’s not where the bulk of my income comes from. Anyway, so there I was, a twenty-three year old with a shit ton of money and an endless amount of women lining up to go out with me.”
Maddie pinched his side at that last comment, “Oh yeah? Just couldn’t resist the sexy Bennet Windsor huh?”
“I’m sorry that sounded incredibly vain but it’s true. When you’re young, rich and stupid there’s a certain type of woman that sniffs it out a mile away. I met this girl one night, she was a friend of a friend and we hit it off pretty quickly. We had so much in common, or so I thought.”
“Over the next few years
we were always together. One of my friends had tried to tell me he had heard things about her, how she’d basically played some other guys in the past and taken them for their money. Naturally I defended her and ended up ruining my friendship with that guy over her. There were certainly red flags I ignored. She asked me for a baby the first year we were together and wanted to buy a house and cars in both of our names. I just told myself it was her wanting a family and being baby crazy. By the time we were both twenty-six we were talking marriage and that’s when she got pregnant.”
Maddie couldn’t help but feel a weird tinge of jealousy. She certainly wasn’t ready for a family but she felt a little salty that he had experienced something so intimate and personal with another woman.
“She ended up losing the baby at about nine weeks. We hadn’t even told my family yet. Once she lost the baby she became completely disconnected from me and began going out more. I chalked it up to her grieving and coping with such a tragedy. Turns out though she had actually set her sights on another up and coming rich guy she could sink her claws into. She left me pretty quickly after the miscarriage. Told me that she needed space to deal with what happened but I heard rumors from friends that ran in the same circle as her that she was already dating someone else and told friends that I broke up with her.”
He ran his hands through his hair as he recounted the details of his past. Maddie felt guilt for her comments to him in the past, she was realizing how much she had projected her own insecurities on him. She never realized that he had been wounded and his heart shattered in the past.
“The strange thing is she just cut me out so completely and quickly I didn’t even see it coming. I truly loved her, I wanted that baby so bad and I was so happy. If I’m honest, after that I just shut everyone out. I couldn’t imagine risking my heart again to someone who could throw it away so easily, like it meant nothing.”
They both laid there in silence for a few moments that felt like hours. “Bennet.” Maddie fought back tears as she cleared her throat. “I am so sor—“
Before she could finish he interrupted, “Maddie don’t apologize.”
“No, let me get this out. I need to, for my sake at least. I am so sorry for the way that I treated you. The way that I hurt you and betrayed your trust. I never thought someone like you would want or love someone like me. I projected my insecurities on you and I see that now, I’m sorry it took me behaving the way that I did to see it.”
Bennet pulled her into a tight hug and kissed the top of her head. “Maddie you have no idea what kind of woman you are. You opened my eyes and heart to love again! I know that sounds like a Hallmark movie but I’m serious. The connection I feel with you and the respect I have for you is something that I know I could never feel or experience with someone else. You are the peanut butter to my jelly babe.”
Maddie laughed through the tears that had pooled in her eyes. “You know for being so rich and powerful you’re still kind of a big dork and I love it.”
He rolled on top of her swiftly, pinning her arms above her head and straddling her legs leaving her completely at his mercy. “You tell anyone my secret and I’ll hold Rascal hostage.” He sealed his threat with a kiss and smile as Maddie squealed in protest
Chapter 26
The last three months had flown by. Spring had come and gone and the summer heat and humidity were in full effect in Chicago. Maddie picked up her phone, “I’m coming down!” She grabbed the rest of her items and ran down the stairs.
“I’m going to stop accepting your rides to work if you intend on harassing me every morning!” She said as she brushed past Bennet. He grabbed her arm and planted a firm kiss on her lips and a swat on her ass as she climbed into the car.
“Well if you would accept my offer to move back in already we wouldn’t have this issue now would we?”
Maddie rolled her eyes, “I told you my lease isn’t up until September and I’m not going to break it just so you can boss me around all hours of the day and night!”
Bennet had asked…no commanded that she move back in with him immediately; however she wasn’t ready to give up her independence. “You do realize you spend 80+% of the week at my house so really you’re just using this place to store your stuff.”
“My answer is final Bennet, besides Rascal has finally completely adjusted to his new home and I don’t want to stress him out. Now, can we please go over this presentation we have this morning?”
Bennet loved when she got exasperated, it meant the sex later was going to be fan-fucking-tastic…not that it wasn’t normally.
They talked through the presentation they had this morning with a local, Chicago based restaurant chain. “This is another big one baby, think you’re up for the challenge?”
Maddie smoothed her dress and took a deep breath, “Yes, yes I got this.” She nodded her head as she stared ahead running her hands over her lap over and over.
“You’re giving yourself one of your pep talks aren’t you?” He smiled. She looked over at him and let out a small laugh, he knew her so well in such a short amount of time. “What’s going through your head right now?” He reached over and took her hand.
She squeezed his hand, “That I just can’t believe I’m so lucky to have a man like you in my life.”
The presentation was outstanding as Bennet expected, Maddie had knocked it out of the park once again. She had a way with people, she seemed timid at first but she knew how to listen and read people which was an immeasurable tool in the business world.
She was his dream woman, someone that he could not only be a life partner with but someone who was driven and ambitious just like him. She had really come into her own in the time she had been working at Windsor Marketing, she now had a small team under her that she managed efficiently and she continued to impress him every day with her hunger for growth and knowledge.
“So should we celebrate tonight?” Bennet asked as he ushered Maddie into the car at the end of another successful day. “You closed another massive client today and I’d love to show you my appreciation…as your boss of course” he said with a wink.
“Well I could certainly go for a nice glass of wine but if I’m honest I just want to relax and eat in if that’s ok.” She leaned her head on his shoulder as the car pulled away from the curb.
“Whatever you want sweetheart, I’ll order some food from that little vegan place you love, sound ok?”
“Mmmhmmm” she mumbled as she nuzzled into his neck.
They enjoyed a lovely dinner and had taken their wine in Bennet’s massive soaker tub. “If you would have told me nine months ago that I would have a naked, sudsy Madeline Strickland resting against me I would have lost my mind. You know I’m the luckiest man in the world right?” He slowly ran his hand between her breasts.
Maddie leaned her back against his chest and let out a sigh of contentment, “And if anyone had told me I would have a naked sudsy Bennet Windsor against my back I would said you’re crazy.”
Time felt like it stood still when they were together. She pulled her robe tighter as she stared at the window admiring the city lights. Bennet walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, “Maddie…I’m going to marry you someday. Someday soon.” She spun around so fast she almost fell over.
“Are you proposing?!” He laughed as he caught her.
“Well not in this moment no but someday I will.” She didn’t know what to say.
“Don’t look so surprised, you are the woman of my dreams and I’m not letting you get away.”
“It’s only been like…six months!” She gripped the lapels of his robe.
“Maddie relax, I know it’s been a short time and we can have a long engagement but I just want to be transparent with you about my intentions and where I see this going. You are the love of my life and I would be honored if you would let me spend it with you.” Her eyes began to fill with tears, seriously HOW did she get this lucky?! She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
“Nothing would make me happier than having the most intelligent and beautiful woman I’ve ever met by my side as my wife.”
She pulled back from him and looked in his eyes, “I would love to be your wife.”
“Well since we agree I think it’s only fair we discuss you moving back in again. And before you say no think of all the extra space Rascal would have! He could have his own room and he’d love to be able to watch birds outside the windows. Oh we could get him one of those giant cat tower things!” He smiled a boyish grin, knowing he could get her if he appealed to the needs of her cat. He had actually really grown to love the little fur ball. She sighed in defeat…”Ya know, if it you weren’t so charming I just might hate you.”
He pulled her face to his and kissed her passionately. “Who knew I could convince a sweet and innocent young woman to settle down with a snobby old dude.” She laughed as he pulled her in for a warm embrace.
“You know, there’s something I’ve never told you…” She hesitated as he searched her face for clues.
“What?” He asked nervously. “I’ve always had this secret desire to be with a man who knew exactly what he wanted and wasn’t afraid to take it.” She could feel the blush creeping up her neck.
“What else?” He could sense she was holding back.
“I just didn’t expect to be so…intrigued by your dominant nature in the bedroom. I really, REALLY enjoy it.” He lifted her chin so that he could see her eyes.
“There’s no need to be ashamed of those desire sweetheart. I want to be the man that helps you explore those areas and fulfills your desires and fantasies.” She bit her lower lip as she played with the edge of his robe.
“You’re kind of bossy though so it’s hard to get a word in when we’re intimate.” A huge grin spread across her face.
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