Gaming for Love

by Crystal Perkins

  “I knew last night.” I manage to get out as he slides his fingers into me and starts biting my nipple through the fabric of my dress. I unbutton his shirt but don’t try to slide it off. “I wanted you last night but I needed you to say what you had to first. I had to hear those words from you before I could give you my body again.” I arch as he twists his fingers and I almost come, but I need him inside of me. “I need you now, Scott.”

  “I need a condom.” he says, lifting his mouth from my dress.

  “No, I went on the pill a few weeks ago. I’m clean and I know you said that you got tested before we met. I want you bare inside me. I want to really feel you.”

  He removes his fingers from me and finds the zipper on my dress. He pulls it down and then slides the sleeve of my dress down along with the top of my dress. “I haven’t been with a woman without a condom. Ever,” he says as he guides himself to my entrance with one hand while holding me up with the other. “I may not last long so I’m going to play with your tits while I take you. I want to play with your clit too but I need to brace myself on the wall so I can take you hard like I need to. I may need you to touch yourself if I am getting too close and you aren’t. Will you do that for me, baby, will you take yourself over if I need you to?”

  “Yes.” I manage to get out as he slams into me. Oh my God, I missed his cock.

  He’s licking and sucking on my nipples as he pounds into me. It feels so good. Then he starts talking against my breasts. He knows I love his dirty talk. “You like it baby? You like my cock in you, fucking you hard? I know you do. Your pussy is so wet for me. When we’re done here, I’m going to take you to the shower and clean us both off. It’s going to be a quick shower while I soap you up and touch you everywhere. Then, I’m going to lie down on your bed and you are going to get on top of me and we are going to sixty nine.” I jerk at the thought, getting close. His words are spurring me on, making me start meeting him as he thrusts into me. I’m not going to need my fingers. The pressure is building already. “Would you like that? Having my cock in your mouth while I lick and suck your pussy and clit?”

  “Yes, oh fuck, yes, Pretty Boy. Yes to all of it.” I tell him and as he shifts so that my clit rubs against him, he bites my nipple and I am gone. I thrash against him and scream his name as he continues to thrust hard and I’m not sure that I will come down anytime soon. He waits as long as he can with me before sliding out and moving us sideways so that I’m in front of the mantle, holding on to it. He pulls my dress from my hips and enters me again from behind. His hands are on my breasts now, kneading and pinching as he kisses the back of my neck.

  “It feels so good to be inside of you like this, with nothing between us,” he tells me between kisses.

  “Yes, it does. Your cock belongs in me and I love feeling you like this. You’re so hard for me and it’s making me wetter.” He likes dirty talk, too, and he’s moving faster and faster as I talk, moving his hands from my breasts to my hips so that he can hold me as he starts to lose control. “After we sixty nine and you come in my mouth, I’m going to lick your tattoos while you recover. I have missed them and I want my tongue on them, all over them. When you’re ready for me, I’m going to climb on your cock and ride you the way that I like.” I know he’s close so I turn my head and bite into his bicep. That’s all it takes. He growls and then comes hard. Yelling out my name along with a string of curse words. His legs start to give out and I let go of the mantle as he lowers us both to the ground, turning me as we go. We’re lying face to face, breathing hard.

  “Damn, Yas. That was…that was…”

  “Amazing,” I finish for him. “Just like it always is.”

  “Yeah, it always is.” He smiles and kisses me softly and then turns serious. “I have missed you so much, Yas. And I don’t mean just for this. Although, I won’t lie, I missed this a lot.”

  “I missed you, too.”

  We lie there for a little while, just kissing lightly and caressing each other on the living room floor. When he has his strength back, Scott stands me up with him and then picks me up in his arms, carrying me to the shower. We do all of the things that we promised each other that we would and then fall asleep in each other’s arms.

  Chapter 27

  Scott

  I wake up the morning after our night together happier than I can ever remember being. I am happier than when I was with Yas before, even. I know that I deserve her love now and I trust her. I am worthy of her and she makes me feel like I can do anything. I need her to go with me to Chicago again in a few weeks and I’m going to talk to her about it this morning. First, I want to make her breakfast. I slide out from under her and watch her move onto her stomach as she makes herself comfortable in her sleep.

  When I come back in with the omelets and toast that I made, she’s still asleep. I wore my girl out last night. Hell, I wore myself out. My adrenaline is pumping, wanting to talk to her about Chicago, which is the only thing keeping me awake. I don’t know why I’m worried. She loves me and I am pretty sure that she will agree to go with me. But, I can’t calm down because I need her there with me, maybe even more than I needed her at the trial.

  I feather kisses along her spine, waking her slowly. “Hey, baby, I made you some breakfast. Hope you don’t mind me using your kitchen.”

  “It’s really your kitchen now, so you don’t have to ask.” I freeze as I take in her words.

  “My kitchen?” I swallow, trying to calm my racing heart. She knows.

  Yas turns over and looks me in the eye. “It was you who bought my house, wasn’t it?”

  “Yes,” I admit because I am not going to lie to her. “Are you mad?”

  “Did I seem mad last night?” she teases, sitting up.

  “No, no you didn’t.” I smile back and kiss her.

  “Thank you, Scott. And thanks for everything else that you did.”

  “How much do you know? Did Erika tell you? Sean and I were surprised that she could keep it from you for so long.”

  “Erika didn’t tell me. When I got the letter saying that your family’s company had bought my strip mall and were lowering the rent, the pieces started coming together. I knew that things seemed too good to be true. I can’t believe that you did all of that for me. How did you do it?”

  “My family all took on a part of the plan. We all have our strengths and when we come together, it can be pretty awesome.”

  “It is awesome. And you were the mastermind of it all, I hear?” I nod with a smirk. “Who knew that you were so talented at world domination or at least bookstore rescue? I mean, I know that you are a computer genius and have other, exceptional skills that I am lucky enough to be the recipient of, but what you did for me is beyond anything that I could have imagined. What did I do to deserve you?”

  I answer her honestly. “You loved me, Yas. You love me. And there is no one that I would rather share my exceptional, as you call them, skills with. But, before I share them again, you need to eat this breakfast that I slaved over a hot stove to make you.”

  She kisses me lightly before saying. “Yes sir, Mr. Griffin. Give me my omelet.” I hand it to her and she grabs my hand. “Is there anything that you need from me? For your therapy or anything?”

  I do need something from her. “Yes, actually, I do need something. It’s not therapy related although Mike would like you to come in and do a session with me if you can.”

  “Of course, Scott. Just tell me when. What else do you need?”

  “I don’t know if you remember me telling you about my family being honored by the charity that Erin and Dave used to fund.” She nods and I continue, “It’s in three and a half weeks and I am having a hard time with it. Not just with going, which will be hard because we all have to talk and I don’t know if I can do it. But, also because my sister loved me the way I am, tattoos and piercings and all. And the PR people are still saying that I have to cover up. I mean, I don’t want to go in jeans and a t-shirt. I just want to not wear a
tie and keep my shirt open a little so part of my Griffin tat shows. And keep my piercings in. My parents say that I can but I know my dad and Ryan are working on a big deal with a conservative company. We don’t need the money but we also can’t just stop doing deals and just disappear from the world. So, I’m going to do it even though it’s killing me.”

  “I’m so sorry, Scott. How can I help you?” Yas is stroking my back now.

  “Can you go with me? Having you with me always makes things better.”

  “I would be honored to go with you. But, are you sure that you want me there cramping your style? I mean, what will all those society girls do with themselves if they can’t get you to dance with them? I heard that they practically rush you whenever you go to one of those things. Not that I blame them. You know what you do to me when you wear a suit.” She’s teasing me now, trying to lighten the mood and it’s working.

  “They can watch me dance with the woman that I love. None of those bitches would even give me the time of day when we were in high school together. I may have taken one or two into a closet for some fun during college, but they never meant anything to me. I told you last night that you mean everything to me and I meant it.”

  “I know you do. Yes, I will go with you although I’m a little nervous now, too.”

  “You’re nervous? Why?” I ask, baffled.

  “Some of those girls who you ‘took into the closet’ are going to be there aren’t they? I mean, I know you have been with a ton of girls but to be faced with them makes me a little…self-conscious.” She looks down and I pull her chin back up.

  “What the fuck would you have to feel self-conscious about?”

  “Well, they are probably super thin and ultra-fashionable. And I’m, well… I’m not.”

  “Are you kidding me right now? You are the sexiest, most gorgeous woman I have ever met in my life. I love how you look and how you dress. They are going to be jealous when their dates are drooling over you.” I have to be honest with her again, though. “They can be catty, though. So, someone may say something to you, but, I will shield you from as much as I can.”

  “You make me feel sexy and gorgeous. Thank you for that. I would love to go with you. Just give me the dates and I’ll get the store covered. Will we have time to see Quinn and Zane? Quinn and I have become good friends.” I nod, smiling. “Oh and John?”

  “We can go a day early again to see my friends and John will be at the party. I love you, Yas. Thank you for doing this for me. Will you have time to find a dress?”

  “You don’t have to thank me. I love being anywhere that you are. As for a dress, I would like to have one made. I have an idea for one that I think would be perfect.” Her eyes are twinkling and I know that I’m going to love whatever it is she has planned.

  “I can pay for it since I’m asking you.”

  She laughs. “Scott, you made me a millionaire when you paid twice the asking price for this house. I can afford my own dress. We need to talk about the house, you know. I should give you back some of the money.”

  “No, Yas. I would have paid all of the money I have if that’s what it would have taken. I want you to have what I paid. That was my choice.”

  She sighs but I can tell that she is going to let it go. “Okay. I have been working on accepting help better and not being so proud. I still think it’s too much but if you say that you can afford it, I believe you. Now that I know, should I move out sooner? I was going to start looking for an apartment.”

  I look at her incredulously. “You’re not moving out. This is your home, Yas.”

  “Umm, I know that we are back together, but I’m not ready to move in with you yet.” She looks away.

  “That’s fine. You can live here and I’ll stay at my place for now.”

  “You don’t have to do that. You bought this house and you should be able to live in it. I can find another place to stay until I am ready to move in with you.” She looks me in the eye. “Because I’m hoping that our relationship progresses to the point where we move in and maybe more. I’m just not ready yet.”

  “I want you to stay here and I definitely want our relationship to progress in that same direction, but I have to ask for another favor while we wait. Can we buy some furniture and stuff together? You know, for when you are ready? And can I start converting one of the extra rooms into my new workroom? I won’t use it yet, but I want to be ready.”

  “Yes, we can do that. I would love to have us both decorate the house. And I would love for you to have a workroom here too. What would you like to change in this room?”

  “Here? Nothing. I love this bedroom. I don’t want to change it.” I pause for a moment. “Although I would like to add a bigger TV, of course.”

  “Of course.”

  * * *

  Yasmin

  After we eat breakfast and make love again in the shower, Scott leaves to go to work. He wants to stay but says that he and Sean are at a crucial part of the new program and he hates to stop, but, he offers to stay if I want him to. I tell him to go to work and that I’ll come by later. I have something that I need to do today, too.

  When Scott told me about covering up his tattoos, I got an idea. I call Zane and ask him what he thinks. “That would be cool, Yasmin. If you can find someone to do it, I can get it ready.”

  “I think that I can find someone but we may not have a lot of time. Are you sure that you don’t mind?”

  “Mind? I love this idea. Scott is going to love it, too. By the way, I’m glad to hear that you two back together.”

  “Thanks. I am glad too. I am going to look up some designers now and then I’ll call you back.”

  “Okay. Talk to you soon.”

  I get off the phone with Zane and look up some things on my computer. I find who I am looking for and send off an email, hoping to hear back in the next couple of days. What I want is going to take some time.

  I decide to head into work, even though I had planned on going in later. I want to get my work done so that I can go over to Scott’s later. I have to look over the applications that I’ve received since I’m able to hire a couple more people. It’s nice to be able to take some time off and not be at the store from open to close.

  I get to the store and let myself in. We don’t open for another half hour but I don’t see Sam and Danny anywhere. I walk into the backroom to find them making out against one of the tables. I yelp out loud.

  They break apart fast. “Oh my God, Yasmin. I’m so sorry. We didn’t think that you were coming in so early today,” Sam says turning red.

  “I wasn’t but I wanted to get some interviews set up. You don’t need to apologize, though. I’m happy that you two are finally together.”

  “I’m happy, too.” Danny moves back over to Sam and puts his arms around her. She smiles up at him.

  “I’m going to go lock myself in my office. You have half an hour until we open. So, do whatever you want until then. And come see me later. I need to ask you guys to pick up some extra shifts so that I can go to Chicago in a few weeks.”

  “Chicago?” Sam asks. “So, you and Scott?”

  “Yeah, me and Scott,” I tell her with a smile and then go into the office and close the door.

  I spend the day setting up interviews and taking care of orders and bills. Owen arrives to continue his painting and I tell him that I know about the plan and thank him.

  “Seriously, Yasmin. This is a favor to me. I have missed this. So, yeah, Scott asked me to help you, but he knew that he was helping me too.” I hug him and head over to my car. I can’t wait to get over to Scott’s place. I know that he’s probably going to still be working but I can wait in one of the cabanas for him to be done. I just want to be close to him.

  I drive through the gate and see Maggie and Alex getting into Maggie’s BMW. They stop when they see me. I get out of my car and walk over to them. “Yasmin! Uncle Scott said that you’re going to the ball with us. We’re going to look at dresses. Do you wa
nt to come with us?” Alex tells me, grabbing me in a big hug.

  “I’m actually planning on having a special dress made, but I would love to go help you two pick out dresses.” I would like to go and it will give me something to do while I wait for Scott.

  “It would be wonderful to have your input, Yasmin. And I want to hear more about this special dress of yours,” Maggie tells me as we get into the car.

  I tell them my plan as we drive to Crystals at City Center. They’re both excited and tell me that Scott will love it. I tell them that I haven’t heard from the designer yet so I am not sure if it is doable, but if not, I have plenty of time to find a dress. We spend a few hours shopping. Alex ends up with a Dolce & Gabbana and Maggie finds a gorgeous gown at Valentino. I find some cool sandals with blue and green beaded leaves at Jimmy Choo that I think will look good with the dress that I’m envisioning. I find some emerald and gold earrings at Tiffany that I buy, too.

  When we get back to their house, I see Sean and Scott in the driveway. I get out of the car and Scott is by my side almost immediately. “Hi baby.” He kisses me lightly. “I saw your SUV but I didn’t know where you were. I was about to call you.”

  “I came by earlier and your mom and Alex met me in the driveway and asked me to go shopping for the ball with them. I figured that you would want to work longer, so I went with them and got some shoes and earrings.”

  “Thanks for that. I did need to keep working.” He leans in and whispers in my ear, “Do I get to see you in those shoes and earrings? Only in those shoes and earrings?” A shiver goes up my spine, but I shake my head.

  “Nope. You can see them when you see me in my dress. And then you can see me in only them after the ball.”