Beginnings

by Yolanda Stokes

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  “How can they have a press conference when the sell hasn’t been completed?” Frank yelled.

  “Frank apparently you were not listening, the sell has been completed and knowing my nephew like I do I’m sure as soon as the board agreed to the sell, he started the ball rolling.” Michael said his voice filled with pride.

  “I don’t blame him one bit especially with the shit people are trying to pull now, by calling this so called emergency board meeting. You know even if what Ethan showed in his report wasn’t enough to get the board to agree with the sell, when he’d come to us about selling the company I can see why he would want out. He has worked his ass off for this family and I, for one, am damn proud of him and everything he’s accomplished. He has made more money for this family to live on for generations to come. My children will never have to work if they don’t want to, hell their children’s children won’t have to work if they don’t want to. That man has worked long and hard for this family and to show for it here we are having an emergency board meeting behind his back. Father I don’t know what you are up to or why you are trying to discredit my nephew, but I will warn you to leave me out of whatever game you are playing.” Jonas rose and gathered his things, “Oh. And father, if you do anything to hurt him I can promise you there will be hell to pay.”

  Pierson watched as his second oldest son gathered his things and headed out pausing long enough to embrace Anderson. He tried to ignore the chill that had raced up his spine at his threat and he knew the threat wasn’t an idle one.

  “Well father after seeing the press conference I guess this meeting was all for nothing. Now if you’ll excuse us I think I’ll go home and prepare a congratulatory dinner for my son.” Anderson took his wife’s hand in his and started for the door, but stopped. “Oh yeah, I know why you did this and what you are trying to do so I’m going to give you fair warning. Leave my son and my future daughter-in-law alone or there will be hell to pay.”

  Lola glanced over at her husband and seeing the ice in his eyes she knew that her husband, just like his brother wasn’t making an idle threat. Giving his hand a gentle squeeze she was happy to see the ice melt away and fill with nothing but warmth and love.

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  Regina made her way to where Ethan and Eric stood as the reporters filed out of the room. Without thought she slipped her arms around him offering him comfort and support. Ethan leaned forward and captured her mouth with his, neither of them noticing the flash of cameras around them.

  Eric smiled shaking his head as he pulled his wife into his arms and kissed her.

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  Ethan listened to his father as he told him about the meeting that his grandfather had initiated “I’m really proud of you son and I want you to know that me along with your Uncle Jonas and Uncle Michael stand behind you one hundred percent.”

  “Thanks dad, I really appreciate it. I had a feeling that he would try and pull something that’s why I wanted to have the meeting with him the day before the press conference.”

  Anderson smiled, his son was so much like him that it was almost scary, but it also made him proud. “Your mom is preparing this big meal in celebration and wants you and Regina and Eric and Roz here in about an hour or so.”

  Ethan chuckled at the order that they be there within the hour, “Sure dad, we will be there and I’ll call Eric and Roz to let them know also.”

  The dinner was a grand affair, Regina felt welcomed and accepted by Ethan’s mother and father. Chester and Madeline arrived just after dinner was complete and it turned into a perfect family gathering. Ethan slipped out onto the patio where Regina stood staring up at the sky. He slipped his arms around her waist placing a gentle nip on the side of her neck. “You okay sweetheart?” He asked softly.

  Regina turned in his arms smiling up at him, “Yes I am just wonderful. Your parents are wonderful and made me feel so very welcomed and at home.” She confessed her joy shining in her eyes warmed his heart like nothing else had before.

  Unable to help himself, he leaned down and captured her mouth with his for a deep and deliciously sensual kiss. The sound of someone clearing their throat reminded him that he wasn’t at home alone with his woman. Reluctantly, he lifted his mouth away from hers, but not before giving her full lips a little nip. Turning he spotted his brother-in-law grinning at him.

  “Sorry to interrupt, but we need to get the girls home and into bed, but they will not allow us to leave without saying goodbye to the two of you.” Chester informed them smiling, trying to hold back the laughter. His brother-in-law was practically shooting daggers at him for the interruption.

  Regina laced her fingers with Ethan’s smiling, “Come on honey, let’s go and tell the girls good night.” She said giving him a quick kiss effectively soothing him.

  Anderson and Lola watched the way Ethan and Regina interacted with their grandchildren and knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that Regina would make a wonderful mother to their future grandchildren that she and Ethan would have together.

  “They are perfect together.” Lola whispered softly to her husband.

  “I couldn’t agree more love. I’ve never seen him so happy and he looks as if a big weight has been lifted off of his shoulders.”

  Lola turned in to his arms hugging him, hearing the regret in his voice for allowing his father to groom Ethan as he did putting the weight of running the family business on his shoulders.

  “Sweetheart, we both know that Ethan was in his element and I’m sure if you asked him he would tell you he didn’t regret a minute of it. He also knows how proud of him you are for what he’s done for the family and now it’s his time to live his life, the life that he wants with the woman that he wants.”

  Anderson kissed his wife, loving her and thanking her for always being his voice of reason.

  Ethan cleared his throat to get his parent’s attention, “We are going to head on home.” He informed them. Regina stepped forward embracing both of them warmly thanking them for their generous welcome. He smiled at her with pride and love at her actions.

  “I think it would be best if we went to my place, I’m sure your phone is going to be ringing off of the hook and I don’t want any interruptions while we have our own private celebration.” She informed him with a light nip at the corner of his mouth.

  Ethan growled at her as he threw the Porsche in reversed backing out of his parent’s driveway spinning the wheels as he sped towards home hoping they wouldn’t get stopped by the police. They made it to their neighborhood in record time, Regina sat in the passenger seat smiling secretively as Ethan slammed out of the car and rushed around to her side and quickly scooped her up into his arm. He used his foot to slam the car door shut before rushing up the walkway to her front porch.

  “Baby don’t you think you should arm the car?” She whispered running her fingers through his silky hair. Ethan growled again as he turned and hit the button arming the Porsche and then focused on unlocking the front door. Once inside he walked to the control panel, for Regina to punch in the alarm code. He growled again when she punched the number in slowly, his body was burning with the need to be buried deep within her.

  As soon as the final code was punched and the light turned green, Ethan whirled and headed down the foyer past the living room and up the stairs to the master bedroom. He made quick work of removing her clothes as she went to work on removing his. Both of them groaning in pleasure as their bodies touched flesh to flesh.

  Regina felt the wall against her back and instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist opening her core for his invasion. She worked her hips rubbing her moist folds against his thick swollen head of his cock drawing a deep groan from him.

  Tired of her teasing and reeling from the sensations of having her in his arms, using the wall as leverage, he thrust his hungry cock deep within her tight tunnel. Regina tore her mouth away from his as her head falling back in surrender as her body accepted all of him as he stretched her alm
ost to the point of pain. He was relentless not giving an inch as he plowed into her repeatedly driving her to an explosive climax.

  “Ethan!” She screamed as her body exploded around him.

  Ethan fought back the climax that threatened to over take him, withdrawing from her wonderful body, he carried her over to the huge king sized sleigh bed, laid her down on to her back, spread her legs and buried his mouth between her silky smooth thighs and feasted on her essence like a hungry man.

  Regina screamed again at the pleasure his talented mouth was giving her. She tried to fight off the climax that was quickly building, wanting to make the pleasure last, but it was too much and the climax was much too strong for her to hold off. Her body jackknifed off of the bed as another more powerful climax raced through her. Regina panted heavily wondering how much more she would be able to take.

  Ethan eased his body above hers staring down in to her glazed eyes as his mouth slowly descended upon hers. She tasted herself on his lips and tongue, her hands tunneled through his hair as she deepened the kiss. He slipped two thick fingers inside her thrusting gently into her heat. She moaned his name against his mouth her hips thrusting in time with his fingers as another climax blossomed within her.

  He loved how responsive she was to him and how she was able to accept every thick inch of him fully. Withdrawing his fingers, smiling at her whimper of disappointment, Ethan flipped her onto her stomach and she immediately rose to her knees panting heavily in anticipation. Using the head of his throbbing cock, he stroked her moist folds, running lightly against her swollen clit.

  “Ethan, baby stop teasing me and fuck me!” She screamed in frustration.

  “As you wish love,” he responded before gripping her hips and thrusting deeply within her starting the dance all over again. This time he was powerless to stop the climax that slammed into him just as he felt Regina tighten around him as she climaxed pulling him along with her and milking him dry.

  He collapsed on top of her bracing most of the weight on his forearms hoping that he wasn’t crushing her. “Am I too heavy baby?” he asked.

  “No, but I know that I won’t be able to move for a good while.” She responded chuckling.

  Ethan rolled off of her pulling her body flush against his planting a gentle kiss at the nape of her neck.

  “I don’t think I’ll be able to move for a while either. Thank you so much for being there today. I really don’t know if I’d been able to handle it without knowing that you were there.” He confessed softly.

  Regina turned in his arms to face him, her hand cupping the side of his face and what she saw in his eyes stole her breath. “I’m glad I was there and I want to be there whenever you want and or need me to be.”

  “I don’t think that there will ever be a time when I won’t want or need you to be there for me. Somehow you’ve become as vital to me as breathing and eating and I want to be the same for you.” Ethan declared as he rolled onto his back pulling her body on top of his.

  “You are the same to me, I don’t know how or why, but what you make me feel is something that I’ve never felt before in my life and I know I’ll never have what we have with anyone else.”

  “Damn right you won’t.” He remarked causing her to laugh.

  “Well, now that you’ve fucked me how about you make love to me.”

  “As you wish,” he responded rolling to her back and proceeded to make exquisitely slow love to her until they were both sated and exhausted.

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  As the rest of the week flew by, Regina convinced Ethan to remain at her place to avoid the constant ringing at his place. Regina contacted his parents to let them know where he was just in case they needed to get in touch with him. Ethan had spoken to Eric on several occasions and they could not figure out why Ethan was being bombarded with calls from reporters. The answer was revealed when Madeline called Friday afternoon to ask if they’d seen the morning paper.

  While Regina spoke with Madeline on the phone, Ethan walked out to pick up the paper upon opening the society page, he saw the huge snap shot of he and Regina engaged in a deep kiss, and the caption below read “Who is the ebony beauty lip locked with Ethan Thompson?” Ethan handed the paper to her and waited for her reaction.

  “I think it’s a damn good picture honey.” She said after hanging up the phone.

  “I happen to agree, especially the ebony beauty in my arms.” Ethan added smiling.

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  Regina worked hard a pruning and weeding her flower garden while Ethan napped on the sofa. She smiled secretively knowing that she was part of the reason that he was so tired. Not only had he made love to her all night long, she’d woken him before dawn and fucked him senseless an hour before he was to get up and meet Eric and Roland at the center for a special basketball tournament. He’d returned stopping only long enough to kiss her before he headed upstairs to shower. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the sound of a car pulling into her driveway.

  On her haunches she watched as a very distinguished older woman climbed out of a beautiful Lincoln town car and headed towards her. “Can I help you?” Regina asked rising.

  Jacqueline Thompson smiled up at the young black woman that she assumed was the same woman in the picture with her grandson. What she saw didn’t surprise her, the woman was beautiful and was very intelligent, which she would have known right off even if her daughter–in-law hadn’t sung her praises. “Hello, I’m Jacqueline Thompson, Ethan’s grandmother. His mother told me that he was here.”

  Regina smiled and removed her gloves before extending a hand to the woman, “Hi Mrs. Thompson, it’s a pleasure to meet you, come on inside, I believe Ethan is napping on the sofa in the family room.” Regina led the way inside and to the family room where they found Ethan sound asleep on the sofa before the plasma television.

  “Ethan, wake up honey you have a visitor.” She said gently stroking his face.

  Jacqueline stood back and watched and when her grandson opened his eyes the love shining there for this woman was there for anyone to see and she saw the same feelings shining in Regina’s eyes when she looked down at him. “I see now that you are no longer running the company, you are finally getting the rest you need.”

  At the sound of his grandmother’s voice Ethan sat up surprised at seeing her there. “Gran, what are you doing here and when did you get back into town?” He asked rising to give her a kiss.

  “Mrs. Howe called me and told me about your grandfather inviting you to lunch and I knew he was up to something. I called your mother and she told me what was going on and about the emergency meeting that he held Tuesday. Knowing your grandfather like I do, I knew it was time to come back home and try and keep him from doing irrevocable damage to the relationship between the two of you.”

  “I’m sorry Gran, but it’s too late for that. The minute he told me that because I chose to be with Regina instead of Karen, he stated that he was beginning to question my judgment and maybe Frank Jr., and Jerry were right about the sell of the company. I knew what tenuous relationship we had that severed it.” Regina sat next to him slipping her arm around him offering comfort. Ethan laughed at the slew of curses that flew out of his grandmother’s mouth.

  “He’s always been a stubborn fool, now he’s an old stubborn fool. Honey, I am truly sorry for your grandfather’s narrow mindedness. I have to tell you that I am truly proud of all that you’ve done for this family and I am so happy that you’ve found happiness outside of that damned company. You know how much I hated the way he thrust that company on your shoulders the way he had. As far as those two worthless ass boys of Frank’s they are just jealous at what you’ve accomplished and now want their chance to outshine you.” Jacqueline said shaking her head. “I simply can’t understand your grandfather and his thinking he knows that neither one of those sorry asses has any idea of how to run a damn business and if he thinks I would have sat back and let him try to pull some shit like that he has another thing comi
ng.”

  Regina immediately liked Ethan’s grandmother, the woman had spunk and she didn’t take shit from anyone not even her husband. It was clear to see who ruled her house.

  “How would you like to stay for dinner?” Regina offered.

  “I’d love to stay for dinner. Do you need any help with anything?”

  “No ma’am everything is just about done, all I have to do is set the table.”

  Ethan leaned over and gave her a kiss, “Since you cooked how about I set the table.” He offered before heading to the dining room.

  “So what made you give up your dance and modeling career?” Jacqueline asked once they were alone.

  “I got into it on a fluke as I was walking through the mall and a woman approached me about modeling. She and I hit it off and my brother being who he is, did a background check and confirmed she was who she said she was. I was at the point in my dance career where it was more of a job than something I was enjoying, but I had goals, one of which was this house and I wanted to do it all without dipping into my trust fund. I’d gotten help from my father on investing and put it to work for me or should I say for my children when I have them. I want to be at a point where I can be at home raising my children if I chose to and not have to worry about putting them in daycare from six weeks after birth until they start school.”

  Jacqueline smiled, she was very impressed with the way this young woman thought and from the looks of things, she was to be her future granddaughter-in-law, her thinking was another feather in her hat. The fact that she wanted to make it on her own without thinking of relying on her family or on marrying into wealth.

  “I got to the point where I got tired of all of the back stabbing and dealing with prima donnas’ and so I took a teaching a job working at the Bancroft School of Dance and was very unhappy dealing with spoiled rich kids. Thanks to your wonderful grandson, I turned in my resignation and now I work at the community center tutoring and teaching dance.”