by Adams,Claire
She forgot she wasn’t supposed to touch then. She grabbed the back of my head and led my mouth to one of her nipples. “Please,” she whispered…and the ravaging began.
My mouth and tongue seemed to ignite a fire inside of her that was already raging. She began clawing at the buttons on my shirt while I licked and sucked. Finally, I stood up and took it off myself and stripped off my pants and shorts, too. I lay down next to her and slid an arm underneath her and rolled her over on top of me. She straddled my waist and leaned down and kissed my face and neck while my hands explored every part of her body.
We kissed and touched and melded our bodies together for what seemed like an eternity until I couldn’t take it a second longer. I lifted her up again and turned her on her side. I held up one of her legs and entered her from behind. She let out a cry when I bottomed out inside of her. I pulled back and did it again and again, moving faster each time. When I was on the verge of coming, I pulled out of her and before she had a chance to protest I rolled onto my back and pulled her up on top of me again. I slid her up to my face and sat her sweet pussy down on my lips. She was soaked; she whimpered and squirmed against my face as I worked my tongue in and out of her and licked and sucked on her clit. I brought her to two orgasms before flipping her onto her back, climbing between her legs and taking what I’d been craving for days.
She thrust up her hips as I thrust mine down and plunged my throbbing, aching cock into her over and over again. I felt the walls of her pussy spasm in her third orgasm of the night and when she clamped down around me like a vice, I went head-first off the bridge I’d been standing on the edge of. The orgasm was massive and it shook every part of my body. When I could speak again I whispered,
“I love you so much,” in a hoarse and raspy voice.
“I love you more,” she said with a giggle. I grabbed her and tickled her until she admitted she was wrong. That night neither of us slept more than an hour or two. We experimented with every different position we could think of and when I had to drag my tired butt out of her bed so that I could be out of there before the Lord and Lady returned, I didn’t even complain. Much.
CHAPTER FIVE
ALICIA
“Don’t you Americans take any time off for the holidays? Today is the day before Christmas Eve. You would think the courts would be closed.” I laughed at the way my mother had referred to me as one of the “Americans.”
“The courts will be closed tomorrow, Mother, from Christmas Eve day until the day after New Year’s. Until then, it’s business as usual.”
Lady Winston shook her head disapprovingly. “This is why there are so many unhealthy Americans,” she said. “All work and no time to take care of themselves. It gets you an early grave. I certainly hope you and Adam will remember that. You both work too much. You need time for your health, both physical and mental.”
“Yes, Mother, you’re right. I promise we will do our best to remember it. I plan to have a long, healthy life with the love of my life.”
“And give me plenty of healthy grandchildren, I hope?”
I laughed and said, “Slow down, Mother. We’re not even married yet. We’d like to get comfortable living with each other before we start adding ‘plenty’ of children to the mix.”
The truth was that Adam and I had not even talked about having children. I would like one or two someday, but I have no idea how he feels about that. He and Marjorie didn’t have any kids and he is forty years old…maybe it’s something I should talk to him about before we get married.
“Well, of course you should give it some time,” Mother said. “But not too much.”
I kissed her on the cheek and stole a piece of the cookie dough she was rolling. “Not too much,” I agreed. “I have a meeting and a court date. I won’t be late today. We also have the company Christmas party tomorrow night.”
My mother nodded. “I’ll need to go shopping for something to wear.” That was when my dad looked up from the table where he was sitting quietly reading this whole time.
“Why on earth did I pay so much for luggage on the airplane if you’re going to buy a whole new wardrobe while we’re here?”
Mother rolled her eyes. “Don’t you want to be proud to have me on your arm?”
“I’d be proud to have you on my arm naked,” he said.
“Of course you would be. I look fantastic naked.”
“Oh my goodness, that’s my cue to leave,” I told them. I heard them both still laughing as I went out the door.
I went to the office before the courthouse to meet with Miles. As soon as I stepped off the elevator I saw him standing near Carla’s desk. I wasn’t close enough to hear what they were saying, but I knew Carla well enough to judge by the look on her face that she was actually impressed by the man. As I got closer, Miles looked up and spotted me.
“Well, hey there, little lady. I was just getting to know your very pleasant assistant here.” I glanced at Carla and was surprised to see that she was actually blushing. I knew Miles’s history of mating and dating beautiful young women, but I couldn’t for the life of me see what was attracting them. With the other women I might possibly say money, but I also knew Carla well enough to know with her that wouldn’t be the case for her. I made a mental note to ask her about it later as I greeted Miles.
“Good morning, Mr. Brigham. Thank you for agreeing to come in so early at the last minute. They changed my court time on me today.”
“Not a problem at all. Had I known Carla was so interesting to talk with, I would have come by even earlier.” I had to physically clench to keep from rolling my eyes.
I smiled instead and said, “Please, come into my office.”
Miles followed me through the office door, winking at Carla as he did. I closed the door behind us and saw Carla’s face flood with color once more. Resisting the head shake, I said, “Please have a seat, Mr. Brigham. Can I offer you something to drink?”
Miles sat in a comfortable leather armchair facing my desk and said, “No, thank you, and please, call me Miles.”
“I’m sorry, I’ll try to remember, Miles.” I sat down in my chair facing across the desk toward him as he said,
“So, how dire is this situation I’m in?”
“Well, I can’t really get into details, but I can tell you that I know for a fact that the FBI is exploring other possibilities with regards to Vick’s murder. The NYPD and District Attorney’s office are unfortunately still doing their best to build a case against you however circumstantial it may be.”
Miles scratched his chin and said, “That damn midget DA Dawson has it in for me. I’m not sure what I ever did to him, but I suppose that small bit of good news is better than none. You do know I didn’t do this, right? I admit that I’ve been involved in a few slimy deals in my time, but murder has never been one of them.”
“Yes, Miles, I am sure you are not a murderer. I can promise you that I will do my absolute best to prove that if and when this goes to trial. Just keep in mind, though, as the trial draws nearer that all we really need is to give the jurors any reason to doubt you did this. The State has the burden of proof on them, and I don’t believe that they have enough to convince twelve people you did this.”
“I do thank you for your vote of confidence. I’ve been defended plenty by lawyers who knew I was guilty as charged. In this case, though, it’s real important to me that people know I am not a cold-blooded killer. Speaking of, how about these allegations against my son? Do you think they’ll go anywhere?”
“At this point, it’s all hearsay. I don’t think the D.A. will pursue it unless we actually have an eyewitness step forward. Dawson loves to win and he hates to lose. He doesn’t often throw his hat in unless he believes it’s a sure bet.”
Miles nodded. “Okay, then. If they did arrest him, would you still be willing to defend him?”
“Yes, of course. I agreed to be your family lawyer. Nothing has changed. As for your trial, you do have the right to a speedy t
rial if you should wish. I would recommend against it, but the choice is yours.”
“I would definitely prefer to wait until this civil suit is over and done with. I don’t know if my old ticker could take the stress of two trials at once. Hell, just the jury selection process was giving me chest pains yesterday.”
I laughed and said, “I doubt that, Mr. Brigham…I mean Miles. If your ticker is as strong as everything else I know about you, you’re bound to outlive us all, stress or no stress.”
Miles smiled as he stood up and extended his right hand. “Thank you again, little lady. I have to get back to the damn courthouse. I feel better about all of this knowing it is in your capable hands.”
Miles made it as far as the door before turning around and saying, “You mind if I ask a personal question?”
I wasn’t sure I liked that idea, but said, “No, go right ahead,”
“I was wondering if it would be a problem for you if I were to ask your pretty little assistant out on a date.”
“Mr. Brigham, you are a piece of work.” He shrugged and smiled and I went on, “Carla is a single free adult and welcome to date whom she chooses, so go for it.”
He winked at me and closed the door behind him as he left. I could only shake my head. I had most definitely never met anyone like him before. I looked at the clock then and decided I better head over to the courthouse. Traffic would suck today with last minute shoppers out and about and I wasn’t going to walk today – it was freezing outside.
I got to court in time to greet Pamela just before the judge called it to order. We’d gone over everything yesterday and the judge had taken the night to deliberate. He asked now if anyone had anything else to say before he pronounced judgment. Both parties declined and the judge went on,
“I have carefully reviewed the assets of both parties both before and after the marriage state. I have also carefully reviewed the pre-nuptial agreement signed by both parties prior to their marriage. With both of these things in mind, I have then taken into consideration the statements made to this court with regards to the situation leading up to this divorce.
“I am not one that often declares a legal contract null and void. In this case, however, I am finding that if the prenuptial agreement were to be upheld Mrs. Lewis would be excuse my language here please, sorely screwed. She was the one who established and built her business. From all I have read and heard here, she was the one that made it the success it is today. I will uphold the part of the prenuptial that regards alimony only.
“Mrs. Lewis, you are not granted alimony nor are you to be granted any of Mr. Lewis’ assets. However, your business is yours, as well as the assets that come with it. As far as the apartment is concerned, I grant you both fifty-fifty interest in it. I would strongly urge you both to put it on the market, split the proceeds, and move on with your lives.”
The judge slammed his gavel once and pronounced court to be dismissed.
Patricia was ecstatic. She hugged me and over her shoulder I saw the look of astonishment on Nick’s face. He had truly believed he would win. I was happy for Patricia. It was a good thing that she was rid of this arrogant, entitled man.
CHAPTER SIX
ADAM
I forced myself to leave the work on my desk and go home early on Christmas Eve. I still had shopping to do. I drove to the mall before going home. I was anything but a procrastinator in my professional life, but when it came to Christmas shopping, I took first prize in the procrastination department. I couldn’t recall ever shopping before Christmas Eve, and had even begun to tell myself that it was a tradition now. I had already given Alicia the engagement ring I bought, of course, but wanted to have something to give her on Christmas day, as well.
I didn’t go in with a definite idea of what to get her. I window shopped by the clothing stores knowing that I wasn’t going to even try to match her style. Alicia had a way of making casual Friday clothes look elegant. I was going to just leave that to the expert. I found a small store that offered engraved items, and after looking at everything, I settled on a platinum ink pen. I had it engraved with the words, “I love you the most. Adam.” I smiled, thinking that it would irritate her a little that I had managed to get in the last word. Part of the reason most attorneys are good at our jobs is that we love to win an argument.
Next, I stopped at the jewelry store where I bought her ring. The owner was behind the counter today and greeted me warmly. I told her what I was looking for and she went to the back and came out with a square red box. I opened it and inside set against red velvet background was a beautiful bracelet. It was made of chocolate diamonds and very, very small rubies. The black of the diamonds contrasted beautifully with the deep red of the rubies. It was perfect. I told her I would take it and as she was wrapping it up I remembered Alicia’s parents. What the heck do you get a Lord and Lady for Christmas?
I wandered aimlessly through a few more stores and then finally stopped to get a cup of coffee and call Alicia. She laughed when I told her what I was doing,
“You do realize that it’s Christmas Eve?” she asked with a giggle.
“Of course,” I said. “That’s why I’m shopping.”
“Well, had you done your shopping earlier, like the rest of us, you could be here enjoying cookies warm out of the oven right now. Mother has been baking all day.”
I wished I were there. I looked around me at all of the last-minute shoppers as desperate as I was to find just the right thing. “I needed to ask you what does one buy a Lord and Lady for Christmas.”
Alicia laughed again, and then said, “Aw, that’s sweet, powerful attorney and CEO of his own firm, at the mall on Christmas Eve worrying what to buy the future in-laws.”
“I’m glad you are amused,” I said sarcastically but with a genuine smile. “Can you help me out, or not?”
“Hmm,” she said thoughtfully. “How about tickets for another Broadway show? They loved the one they saw last night.”
“How long will they be in town?” I asked. I hated to wish them away for Alicia’s sake, but somewhat selfishly I was hoping it would be soon.
“They will be here for another week,” she said.
“Okay, then, show tickets it shall be. Thank you, I love you,” I told her.
“I love you more,” she said before ending the call.
Once I finally finished the shopping, I checked in with Marie to make sure all was well with the plans for the party later that night. She told me that everything was right on schedule. I decided that since I had a few hours before I needed to get ready, I would drive over to Alex’s house and surprise him with the gift he I picked up for him. As an attorney, I was sure there was too much evidence against Alex at this point for him to be innocent. As a best friend, I still wanted to hope.
Alex lived in a home in an upper class neighborhood out on Long Island. When I drove into the driveway, I noticed a large black sedan parked in front. I thought to myself that maybe I should have called first, but I was here now so I figured what the hell. I grabbed the envelope with the Super Bowl tickets I had bought Alex for Christmas. The New York Giants were a sure thing this year, and I knew they were his favorite team.
I walked up to the front door and was about to ring the bell when I became aware of raised voices inside. Looking through the small glass window on the front door I could make out Alex and the back of another man standing at the edge of the living room. Alex looked angry. I stepped to the side of the glass and put my ear to the door. Alex was yelling,
“This was supposed to have gone away by now! You were supposed to have made it look like Brigham was responsible for Vick’s death. You screwed it all up from the start. No one was supposed to get hurt. You were just supposed to shut Vick up and make sure that old blow-hard, Brigham was ruined in the press by this oil spill.”
“Obviously, I did a fine job of setting up Brigham,” the other man said, “Or they wouldn’t have arrested him.”
“I heard the tape. Alic
ia told him that the FBI is looking at other suspects. What if that’s true? I don’t want the FBI sniffing around here. Do you understand? If they start looking into where the campaign funds are coming from and going, I may as well have committed political suicide. Not to mention the jail time because they’ll think I had something to do with Vick Landon’s and Marjorie’s murders.”
When the other man spoke again, I recognized his voice, or rather his accent. It was Jack Grant. “You just need to calm down. Alicia doesn’t know anything. She was trying to make her client feel more at ease, that’s all. That’s how she does things. She’s a decent person with a big heart. As for you being held responsible, well…I’d have to guess you’re right on target there. That being said, I wouldn’t go shooting my mouth off to anyone.”
“Are you kidding?” Alex said sarcastically. “Who am I going to tell? The police? My best friend whose ex-wife was murdered by people working for me? Don’t worry, Grant, my lips are sealed. You just better clean this mess up in a hurry. Where are you with finding Vick’s boyfriend? That’s another loose cannon there.”
Grant had lowered his voice at that point and I couldn’t hear his reply. I had heard enough, however. I got back in my car and sped out of Alex’s driveway and down the street as quickly as I could. As far as I could tell, neither Alex nor Jack had realized I was there. I drove a few blocks and then stopped my car in front of a plush home with about an acre of lush green lawn stretching out towards the sidewalk. I took out my phone and punched in David’s number.
“Agent Tyler,” I began after David answered. “I have some information for you. It’s urgent that I meet with you today. Can you come to my office?” David agreed to meet me there in an hour. I asked him to bring someone who could sweep for bugs, as well. David agreed readily and didn’t ask any questions.
