by Jessie Cooke
“Maybe,” I said, “Or maybe a person would have to be completely deaf not to hear how lovely that was.”
“Very true,” he said. I took a deep breath before she came out. I was going to do my best not to be jealous even if Axel had sex with her right here in the room. Who was I to be jealous? He’s my boss…not my boyfriend. I have a boyfriend who I can only hope doesn’t sit at work and think nasty things about his boss. I laughed aloud before I caught myself.
“What’s so funny?” Axel asked me. I had a visual of Mark thinking nasty thoughts about Tom. I of course, couldn’t tell Axel that. I was saved by Samantha coming out the door. “Oh my God!” Axel said as she walked out. “That was so far beyond anything I have ever heard that I don’t even know what to call it. You’re going to be famous baby!” I did good, right up until the “baby.” When he turned to me and said, “Am I right?” I’m sure I still looked like I was holding something sour in my mouth.
I forced a smile and tried to remember how amazing she was. “You’re right,” I said. I looked at Samantha and said, “He’s right. That was amazing. It might just be the prettiest thing I’ve ever heard.” Her blue eyes lit up. She has a really pretty smile.
“Thank you,” she said. Then she turned to Axel and said, “You really liked it?”
He put both of his hands on her shoulders and said, “I loved it. As a matter of fact, I want to sign you today. Let’s go have lunch and we’ll talk about it.”
She had stars in her eyes. “Okay,” she was almost breathless. I was trying so hard to be happy for her. Her life was about to change and from what I heard, she deserved it. I really don’t want to be a bitch. Axel looked at me and said,
“Holly can you go up and get the keys to the Aston for me?” The Aston is a two-seater. He’s not planning on asking me to go. That son of a bitch. I smiled sweetly and said,
“Sure, boss. Would you like me to make reservations for you two also?”
“No,” he said. Driving the knife in deeper he told me, “I think I’ll take her to E.A.T. They always have a table for me there.” It took every muscle in my body to keep my face neutral. I hope the smoke I felt coming out of my ears wasn’t noticeable.
I sat in the park and watched as Mark walked towards me. He really is a handsome man. I don’t know what I’m doing wasting my time, worrying about Axel Maxwell. “Hi baby!” he said as he got close. I had my own man to call me baby…I don’t need Axel.
I stood up. “Hi there, gorgeous.”
He leaned down to give me a quick kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him into a hot, passionate one. When we came up for air he said,
“Wow! What was that for?”
“That conversation we had earlier got me so hot and bothered that I just had to see you.”
He laughed. “I think those birth control pills are making you a little bit crazy.”
I rubbed my body into his. “Not crazy…horny.”
I reached up and stood on my tiptoes, letting one of my hands slide up into his hair. I pulled him back down and kissed him even more eagerly this time. I was pulling at his shirt as I did, untucking it…
He pulled back again. “Baby,” he said in a breathless voice. “What are you doing?”
“I need you, Mark. I need you right now.”
“Here? In the park?”
I smiled wickedly. “Yeah, right here in the park.”
“We can’t do it here. We’re a hundred yards from the playground. We’re going to get arrested.”
I looked around. “There’s no one on the playground.”
“Someone could come at any time…”
I put my mouth next to his and said, “You could be coming any minute yourself.”
“Holly!” he laughed. I dropped my hand to his crotch and let it rub up against his growing shaft. “Oh baby…”
“Come with me,” I said, taking his hand. He followed me…still looking like he thought I’d completely lost my mind. I led him over to a park bench that was way in the far corner of the park and behind a few trees. When we got there, I popped my butt up on the edge of the table and pulled up my skirt. I’d left my panties in the car.
“Oh Jesus!” Mark had sweat beading on his upper lip. I put an arm up around his neck and pulled him down to my face. I kissed him and with my mouth against his I said, “Touch me, baby.”
His hands went to my breasts and he used his thumbs to circle my nipples. They were rock hard and pressing against my bra and blouse so hard that I thought they might break through. “Oh Mark, that feels so good.” He shut me up with another hot kiss as I felt his forefinger and thumb on each hand circle the nipple and pinch. I moaned into his mouth. I felt him smile before he dragged his lips across my cheek and up to my ear. He nipped at my earlobe and then kissed down the side of my neck. He hovered over the hollow of my collarbone and let his tongue come out to give it little licks all over. “Oh Jesus Mark. I’m so wet baby. That feels so good!”
I finished pulling his shirt out and I let my fingers run up his back, scratching him lightly with my nails. His mouth was still on my neck and I let my hands drop down to his waist. I brushed my nails across the front of his pants. He cried out against my flesh. I brought both of my hands to his waistband and unhooked and unbuttoned his pants. His cock was fully rock hard now and he shuddered as I took it into my hand. “Holly…” his voice was husky, heavy with desire. I fondled him wantonly causing my pussy to gush.
Mark kissed down into the front of my blouse…across my chest and then the swell of my breast. He used one hand to push my heavy breast up until he had it pushed out of my bra and he could get the nipple into his mouth. I shuddered against him. Mark was sucking my tit in a public park…I was so turned on. He began to lick and suck on it with fervor. I wasn’t even looking around any longer to make sure no one was watching…I didn’t care, especially when he let his hand move under my skirt and his fingers began to tease lightly across my wet lips.
“Oh fuck, Mark! Oh yes baby! That’s so good.” He let his fingers enter me, just enough to dip them in my juices…then he brought them back up to my clit and rubbed the juice across it as he began to roll it in circles and stop every so often to pinch or pull on it. I opened my legs wider…giving him full access. I was out of my mind with ecstasy. I held his face to my chest with my free hand, bucked my hips up and down off the table and stroked his cock up and down as he used his fingers to pleasure me. I cried out…too loud, when he slid one finger up inside. I moved against his hand frantically, saying his name over and over. “Oh Jesus! Mark!” He groaned in response. His hard cock was pulsing in my hand as he fingered my G-spot. “Oh baby…I need you inside of me…please!” Mark pulled his fingers out and then surprising me further, he brought them to his lips and tasted them. “Oh…you’re killing me!” I pressed into him and used my tongue to taste myself on his lips and then I slid down off the table. I continued down to my knees.
“Holly,” Mark said nervously. Maybe we shouldn’t…oh fuck!” I sucked him into my mouth, suckling hard on the swollen head and taking long, wet licks of his shaft. I sucked him in again, this time all the way to the back of my throat. I let my hand drop between my own legs and while I sucked him, I fingered my clit, causing me to moan around him. “God baby…fuck!”
I smiled up at him. I don’t think I’d ever seen his eyes with so much lust in them. I held his gaze and licked under the head of his twitching cock. Then I pulled my fingers out of my pussy and stood up. I fed them into his mouth as he lifted me up and sat me on the edge of the table. He flicked up my skirt and without further ado; he shoved his cock inside of me. I gasped and wrapped my arms around his neck. I closed my eyes and concentrated on the slow, easy movements of his cock as he slid back out…then he plunged back in again, eliciting another sharp gasp as I felt him bottom out.
I leaned back on the table and lifted my thighs, pressing my calves against the sides of his firm ass. I used them to pull him in further…deeper. He
leaned down and put his tongue back in my mouth and I sucked on it, all the while moving in and out, causing the orgasm to begin building in my toes. He broke our kiss, brushed back my hair and stuck his tongue into my ear. He flicked and licked to the rhythm of his own penetration. I felt the muscles of my pussy clench down tight around him. I was so close.
Mark quickened his pace and now with every stroke he was pinching my nipples, working them to the beat. My whole body began to go rigid, getting ready for an explosive release. I spread open even further, crazy with wanton desire. He started pumping so sharply and deeply that his pelvis would slam into me each time…stimulating my sensitive clit. I had to brace myself against the table with my hands as he drove into me with an almost violent force now. He kept moving until a surge of blazing ecstasy overtook us both and a cry that was almost a roar escaped his lips. He shook as wave after wave of the orgasm surged through him. I was shaking and quaking and Mark was panting. When he finished coming, he opened his eyes and looked down at my face. He looked like he had something to say, but instead he just pulled me into his sweaty chest and held me there for a long time. When he released me and I looked into his eyes and said, “I love you,” I really meant it. He kissed me on the lips and said,
“I love you too.”
13
Axel
I made it through Friday…barely. Saturday morning is looking much better. As I sat and waited for the man I was meeting in the café in the lobby of the Plaza hotel, I thought back on the events of yesterday afternoon.
I got back to the office about an hour after taking Samantha to lunch. I dropped her off at her hotel on my way back. Lunch was productive…I found out that she hadn’t hired a manager yet, and the only one she wanted to look over her contract was Blake. I can handle Blake. This little girl was going to be a superstar…I just hope that she doesn’t let this life ruin her as a lot of them do. It was fun talking to her between her cute little accent and her slightly naïve outlook on life. She didn’t do anything for me in a sexual sense…Holly was right; she’s just a little girl. But…I wasn’t planning on telling Holly that. It probably makes me a bit of a dick, but I really liked seeing her jealous.
When I got off the elevator I was surprised not to see her at her desk. I thought maybe she was in my office, but that was locked too. I was just checking behind her desk to see if her purse was gone when the elevator slid open and she stepped off.
“Hi,” she said, “What are you doing?”
“Looking for you.”
She smiled. “Did you think I slid down underneath?”
I gave her a quick, sarcastic smile. “No, smarty. I was checking to see if your purse was here.” That didn’t sound right either. She laughed.
“Oh, so you were going to rob me.”
“What the hell are you so giddy about?”
Still laughing she said, “Why does it bother you for me to be happy?”
“It doesn’t.” Thinking I was changing the subject I said, “So where did you go?”
“I met Mark in the park,” she said, casually sitting her purse down and taking her seat behind the desk.
“Oh. For lunch?”
She grinned wickedly then and said, “No…for a nooner. It was fabulous. That’s why I can’t stop smiling.”
I didn’t trust myself to say anything. I just turned and went into my office. I unfortunately didn’t catch myself before slamming the door. Shit! Now she was going to know that I’m jealous of her sissy boy boyfriend. I’ll bet he won’t have a clue how to use those homemade nipple clamps. I shuddered at the thought of him touching her….
“Mr. Maxwell?” I looked up at the paunchy, balding executive in the three-hundred-dollar suit just as a young woman in a short skirt walked by. His whole demeanor changed…I even saw him suck in his gut. This was going to be a lot easier than I thought.
“Tom Harper, I take it?” I stood up and offered him my hand. He shook it and we both took a seat. I saw his gaze travel across to where the young girl sat and I smiled. “Pretty little thing,” I said. Tom’s white skin flushed red. He was embarrassed to get caught checking out a girl young enough to be his daughter.
He cleared his throat and said, “Um…yeah, she’s cute. So, I was shocked when I got your call Mr. Maxwell…to say the least.”
I motioned to the waiter to get Tom some coffee. “Why is that, Tom?”
“Because my subordinate has spent a great deal of time and effort over the past year trying to get you on the phone…or even to connect with you by email. He’s very good at what he does and he’s had no success.”
I nodded. The waiter poured Tom’s coffee and asked him if he’d like a menu. Tom told him no and he moved on. “I am an extremely busy man. Sometimes I get so busy that certain things get overlooked. I have a company that handles all my PR, including the advertising for all of my businesses. I didn’t see the benefit in changing…until recently.” I could see the shift in Tom’s eyes as he began to realize this could be a very lucrative meeting for him. He didn’t know the half of it. “How long have you been with AMI, Tom?”
He looked like he was calculating in his head and then he said, “Seventeen years.”
“What’s your title?”
“I’m a Chief Advertising Officer.”
“Hmm,” I said as I took a long sip of my coffee and let him wait. “So after seventeen years, you’re still not an executive. Why is that?”
He looked worried. He thought I was suddenly thinking of reneging on whatever it was I planned to offer him. “The executives we have all have seniority on me. It’s a great company to work for…people rarely ever leave…particularly executives.”
“Hmm,” I said again. The poor guy looked like a nervous wreck. “So, you’re content to wait for them to…excuse me here, but to die?”
Tom shrugged. “I’d rather be an executive when I’m young enough still to enjoy the perks,” This guy had to be fifty if he was a day. “But what can I do? Unless I’m offered a job as an exec somewhere else…”
“That’s what I’m here to do, Tom.”
He nearly spit out the coffee he’d just taken a sip of. Wiping his chin quickly he said, “You’re here to offer me an executive position?”
“I’m here to offer you a CEO position…if you’re interested.” He looked like he was going to jump up and kiss me. I really hoped that he wouldn’t.
“Why?”
I laughed. “Don’t you think you deserve it?”
“Yes…I mean…well yeah, I absolutely do. I’m not just good at my job, I’m great. So, I do think I deserve it. It’s just…this is kind of out of the blue.”
“It seems that way to you, I’m sure. This has been in my works for quite some time. An opportunity arose for me to purchase a quite lucrative Advertising firm. I rarely pass up on a good investment…but I know nothing about advertising. When I began doing research in New York on top firms and top executives…I just didn’t find myself overly impressed. But, then your name came up and Mark’s. I started thinking along the lines of creating an executive specifically for this job rather than transferring one over from another company.”
“Wow! I don’t even know what to say. I’m stunned.”
“Well, I haven’t had the contracts drawn up yet, but when I do…there are a few things that you will have to agree to. The first one is that Mark Grant will be your co-executive.”
“That’s awesome. Mark and I get along great and he’s exceptional at what he does.”
“Good…another thing is that you’ll both have to agree to re-locate.”
Tom drew his eyebrows together. I was worried that he wasn’t going to agree. “Re-locate where?”
“Los Angeles.”
Tom’s eyes sparkled. “I would love to re-locate to L.A. I’m a Californian, born and bred. I still have a lot of family there…including my kids.”
“Really? Lucky break then I bought the agency out west.” It wasn’t lucky. I picked Tom for this b
ecause I knew he’d jump at the chance to go.
“I’m just not so sure about Mark,” he said.
“Oh really? You don’t think he’ll be interested?”
“I think he’d love the chance…but he has a girlfriend here and his family is on the east coast as well.”
“Hmm, well, maybe the salary and benefits will change his mind. He could visit back here often on what he’ll be making.”
Tom looked like he needed something stronger than coffee. “Would it be appropriate for me to ask how much that salary might be?”
“Well, you have to consider that the compensation package will be very generous. There will be a penthouse apartment in Orange County…a car and a generous expense account…”
“That all sounds great,” he said. I could see that he was still dying to hear a number.
“On top of the compensation package, you’ll receive a straight salary of $250,000.00 per year as will Mark.”
That time Tom did choke on his coffee. I could see in his eyes that he was ready to sign on the dotted line…Now if Mark will agree so easily.
“That’s…incredibly generous. Have you spoken to Mark yet?”
“Not yet. He’ll be at a party I’m having this evening. I plan to discuss it with him then. I wanted you to both be able to make this decision individually. Once that is done, you can discuss the particulars together. But what I need from both of you is a yes or no by the end of this week.”
“So if I say yes…and Mark says no…this offer is null and void for me?”
“I’m afraid so, Tom. I want the team.”
Tom was nodding. I fully expected him to go find Mark as soon as he left me. As a matter of fact, I was counting on it. Tom was going to help me pressure him to take the job…without even realizing he was being pressured.
14
Holly
