by Y. L. Stokes
“No, I’m sure you don’t know her and you’ll meet her eventually. Now guys I’m going to have to end this call now so I can get home on time.”
Warren let out a snide laugh. “I can tell she’s already got you running home to her.” He’d meant to make him seem weak, but it didn’t work.
“Man, if you had someone like my woman to go home to, then you’d know what I’m talking about since you don’t…”
Warren heard Anthony’s burst out laughter just before Dorian ended the call.
So his ex-friend was seeing a little caterer, Warren thought to himself having finally gotten Sherri off of the phone. She’d bitched and whined about how Dorian had chosen a low class caterer over her and while she’d bitched and complained, he’d pulled from her the information he needed to set up a chance meeting for himself and Dorian’s fiancé.
He wondered if the new fiancé was the reason Dorian had decided to change his business, if she was then it would mean she was very important to him and his losing her would make his pain all the more sweeter. Warren decided to stop by J & J Catering on his way home. When he entered the office there were two women standing near the receptionist’s desk.
“Can we help you?” The runway model blonde asked.
“I heard about your company from an old friend of mine and I thought I’d stop by and check it out,” Warren said with his signature charm he was known for.
“He thinks you are Dorian’s fiancé,” Cerita commented mentally to her sister-in-law.
“Can you believe him, he thinks he is going to take you away from Dorian? I know he is cute, but he can’t hold a candle to Dorian” Stephanie responded.
Cerita coughed to cover up her laughter.
“You said that a friend referred you to us?” Stephanie questioned.
“Yes,” Warren said not wanting to reveal the name of the friend. “I saw you offer a service where you actually go to the home and prepare meals for the week.” Stephanie walked toward him pausing long enough to pick up the packet they gave to new clients.
“If you will take this questionnaire and fill it out and fax it back to us tomorrow, we will review it and give you a call to let you know if we are able to meet your needs.”
Warren glanced down at the questionnaire, “I will be glad to fill this out for you right now and I’m sure you will be able to meet all my needs,” he said refocusing his attention back on the beautiful blonde.
“I’m sorry but we are actually closed and were just about to leave.” The ebony beauty said coming forward.
Warren decided not to push, “Well I can understand that and I will fill this out and fax it to you first thing in the morning.”
They watched as he left. “As soon as you get home you need to ask your man what that was all about.” Stephanie said.
Warren completed the questionnaire and immediately faxed it back to the number listed at the bottom of the last page. Tomorrow morning on his way to his office, he’d stop by just to make sure they’d received it. Then he would put his plan into action and pay his old friend back in a way that he would never forget.
When she arrived home she found Dorian in the kitchen preparing dinner. “Oh something smells delicious,” she said walking up behind him to peer over his shoulder into the pots.
“Just wait until you taste it,” Dorian said turning to kiss her. Catching her thoughts he leaned back. “How do you know Warren?” he asked.
“He came into the shop this evening before Stephanie and I left saying an old friend had referred him. He didn’t know that we’d scanned him and knew why he was really there,” Cerita responded as she went to the refrigerator for a bottle of water.
“And what did he really want?” Dorian asked.
“He plans to take your woman away from you, but,” she began halting him from going off. “He thinks Stephanie is your woman.”
“How did he come up with Stephanie being my woman?”
Cerita shrugged, “I can only guess that he doesn’t think I’m your type. Do you want to tell me why he dislikes you so much?”
Dorian raked his hands through his hair sighing deeply. “He actually hates my guts, but over the years we’ve been able to tolerate each other. There was a time where Warren used to hang out with me, Anthony and Roland. We all met him when we’d all gone away to summer camp when we were young. The four of us started hanging out during camp and continued when we all came back home and on well into our adult years.
One year after Anthony and I had taken over the business for our dad’s there was a big celebration at the party I ran into a woman that I’d met a couple of years before, we had shared one night and both walked away. Apparently that night Elaine, tried Anthony and Roland and both turned her down. Warren thought he’d found his mate and no matter what anyone else said he would not listen. Against warnings from us and his family he began the bonding process with her and on the night he had planned to complete the process she told him that she would not be bonding with him because she didn’t want him.” Dorian took a deep breath.
“She told him that she wanted you,” Cerita finished for him.
“Yeah, she basically confessed that she’d been using him to get to me. Then she proceeded to tell him that I’d said a lot of derogatory things about him and unfortunately he believed her thus turned against me.”
Cerita went to him pulling him into his arms. “Honey I’m sorry.” she said feeling the hurt he’d felt because Warren had chosen to believe Elaine instead of him.
“You know Anthony never liked him, but only put up with him because I’d asked him to.”
Cerita snorted, “I don’t blame him I’m going to be hard pressed not to kick his ass for trying to hurt my baby.”
Dorian smiled hugging her tight against him, the fact that she was upset because Warren was trying to hurt him and not the fact he was trying to use her to do it made him love her even more.
“You know I think dinner needs to simmer just a little longer, which gives us time to get a little dessert in first,” he said scooping her up into his arms and headed for their chamber. As soon as the door closed behind them, their clothes vanished. Dorian flipped her around straddling her legs around his waist opening her core up for his entry.
Cerita stared into his eyes as she slowly sheathed him deep within her quivering pussy. “I need you to feed baby.”
Unable to resist her plea for him to feed his fangs lengthened and he sank them into the side of her neck.
Cerita loved the feel of him feeding and his cock stretching her as she rode him and gripped him tightly within her pussy as she climaxed around him.
Dorian threw back his head and roared his release as he pumped inside her emptying his seed deep inside her womb.
Dorian collapsed onto the bed panting with Cerita lying on top of him also panting as her heart raced.
“Do you know how much I love you?” Cerita asked staring down at him.
“I’m sure it’s as much as I love you sweetheart,” Dorian countered running his hand through her thick silky hair. “You are more than my mate, you are the better half of me that I had no idea was missing.” He leaned up and kissed her conveying everything he felt for her within the kiss.
After dinner they cleaned the kitchen and retired to the family room, where they lay spooned on the huge leather sofa. Dorian had just dozed off when the doorbell chimed.
“Where do you think you are going?” he demanded when she hopped off of the sofa.
“I’m going to answer the door,” she said.
“Not at this time of night you aren’t.”
Cerita sighed deeply, her arms folded across her full breasts and glared. As he passed her he planted a quick nipping kiss on her lips.
When he answered the door Cerita squealed delightedly at the sight of her parents.
“Mommy, daddy, when did you guys get back in town?”
Dorian smiled at the joy that Cerita felt at seeing her parents.
Clarke J
ones eyed the young man that had captured his daughter’s heart and by the look on his face she had succeeded in capturing his.
“Honey, why don’t we let your mom and dad inside?” he suggested.
Cerita laughed as she went to his side giving him a quick kiss.
“Come on into the family room, if you are hungry I can whip you guys something up,” Dorian offered.
“I would love something cool to drink,” Clarissa Jones said.
“I’ll handle it sweetheart you stay and visit with your parents while I go and get the drinks.”
Cerita stared after him as he walked out of the family room down the hall to the kitchen.
Clarrisa watched her daughter as she watched her mate and smiled knowingly. She’d seen the love the young man had for their daughter and now she saw the love her daughter had for her mate.
“He loves her and she loves him I truly believe our little girl will be happy with her mate.” Clarrisa said to her husband using their mental path.
Clarke couldn’t agree more, he could feel the love and protectiveness the young man felt for his baby girl. He was the kind of mate and man he’d hoped and prayed for his baby girl. A man who would put her wants and needs before his own.
Clarke noticed the way Dorian stared at Cerita and he could see he’d noticed his mate’s eyes drooping and wanted to spirit her off to bed but didn’t’ want to interfere with her time with her parents. “I don’t know about you baby girl, but I’m tired and ready to get myself and your mother to bed,” Clarke said giving his baby girl a quick kiss on the forehead. “Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to take my wife to bed.”
Cerita missed the wink her father sent Dorian nor did she see her mate’s answering wink.
“So what do you think about my parents?” Cerita asked once they were lying in bed.
“I think your parents are great and they love you so very much and I feel truly lucky they will entrust their baby girl in my care.” He responded bringing tears into her eyes that he quickly and expertly kissed away. And before they both knew it, his thick cock was buried deep within her and their bodies moved together taking flight as they soared to completion.
Cerita slipped out of the bed trying not to wake Dorian, she knew he was exhausted and needed his rest. She knew since they were mated he would no longer need the rejuvenating sleep because her blood produced the nutrients his body needed to reproduce the cells he lost being out in the sun, which was another sign she was made specifically for him. Bending down, she planted a quick kiss on his lips before she left the chamber to go and let her brother in. “I’m coming so don’t ring the bell again. Mom and dad and Dorian are still sleeping.” She sent the message to her brother mentally.
“What do you mean mom and dad are still sleeping?” Cedrick demanded as soon as she opened the door.
Ignoring her brother, she gave her partner a hug in greeting. “Come on in Stephanie,” she said as her brother glared at her from the steps.
He knew she’d addressed is wife as she had on purpose knowing he couldn’t come in without being invited.
“Cerita,” he growled between clenched teeth. He was totally stunned when she closed the door in his face.
Anthony walked up to stand beside his new cousin-in-law laughing. “I love her man; she is a strong woman just what my cousin needs. Now I would think you’d realize that since she and Dorian are mated it makes you family and family can enter a home without an invitation.”
Cedrick frowned, “I thought they had to be married…” he trailed off remembering in their world, the immortal world, they were married. The ceremony was only for the friends they had that weren’t immortals. “I’ll be damned,” Cedrick muttered as he opened the door and walked in with a laughing Anthony following behind him.
Cerita and Stephanie looked up as the entered the family room, “I wondered how long you were going to stand out there.”
Cedrick glared at his baby sister and then at his laughing wife.
“What is this nonsense that mom and dad were still in bed?” he demanded.
“Well, we were in bed, but I forgot how noisy the two of you could be,” Clarke grumbled as he entered the room.
“Where’s mom>” Stephanie asked walking over to give her father–in-law a hug and kiss.
“Well she’s still just a wee bit tired so I let her sleep.”
Stephanie giggled at the gleam she saw in her father-in-laws eyes and laughed out right at the groan coming from her husband.
“Dad, please we don’t need to know any more.”
Clarke ignored his son, “What you think your mother and I are too old to…” he stopped at the sharp sound of his name being called by his wife.
“Clarke, you will stop tormenting that boy right this minute.”
Dorian lay in his bed wondering how long it will be before his mate decided to come and check on him to find out why he hadn’t come up for breakfast. He’d gotten up and taken a shower but he’d decided against going upstairs to visit with his cousin and new in-laws. He sighed deeply being patient and waited for his prey to arrive. Dorian knew she’d be down soon, especially now that his parents and Anthony’s parents had arrived.
“Baby what is wrong? Why are you still lying in bed? Do you not feel well?” She placed a cool hand against his forehead searching for a fever.
Dorian slowly opened his eyes, “I got up and took a shower and then I was thinking about you and I developed this huge stiffness and throbbing ache,” he said moaning as her hands roamed over his chest, down his flat stomach. His stomach muscles clench as her hands stopped and she looked down at him feeling as if she’d been suckered punched.
“Is the stiffness and aching lower than where my hand is resting?” she asked sweetly.
“Oh yeah baby, just a little lower,” he said on a deep groan, his voice pleading.
“Do you think if I kiss it the ache will go away?” Cerita inquired as her finger tip traced the outline of his swollen cock.
“I don’t know baby, why don’t you give it a try…” he trailed off when she slid the towel away and exposed his swollen cock standing at attention. His body called to hers and he knew by their connection that she’d thought about leaving him right there with his sneaky ideas, but she couldn’t as her body ached for him and her pussy clenched hungrily for his cock to fill her.
Cerita gripped her mate’s cock in her hands stroking him gently before running the tip of her tongue around his purple head.
Dorian growled deep in his chest when she took him into her hot moist mouth and he thought that he would explode at any moment.
Not wanting to come alone, with a thought he removed her clothes before pulling her body above his with her legs straddling his hips. Thrusting upwards as she thrust downwards impaling her with his thick cock.
Cerita bounced up and down on him driving them both closer and closer to the edge. She clenched her inner muscles knowing it would push his control away and in a flash he had her pinned beneath him with her legs against his shoulders as he pounded into her driving her to climax.
Her climax forced an equally strong one within him and he roared his release as his mate milked him until he collapsed on top of her. He felt weak as a new born baby and as strong as Hercules all at the same time and it was due to the loving of his beautiful mate.
“I’m sure everyone has realized that you’re missing and I’m sure they know what we’ve been doing.” He laughed when Cerita's face flamed at the thought, but he knew if she had it to do again, she would.
“Well it is all your fault, all you had to do was come upstairs, instead of lying here waiting for me to come back down so you could have your wicked way with me.”
Dorian climbed out of bed scooping her up and headed for the bathroom.
He smiled an arrogant smile when they entered the family room moments later.
“I hope all this time you guys were down there making me a grandbaby to spoil.” Clarke Jones said.
&nbs
p; “Amen to that,” Avery Latouche cheered in agreement. Everyone laughed at the blush that covered Cerita’s face.
Chapter Twelve
Warren waited until the woman had entered the doors to J & J’s before he followed her in. He stopped at the receptionist and returned her perky smile. “Hi I was here the other night and had a talk with Cerita and she gave me this questionnaire. As you can see I’ve filled it out and wanted to know if I could speak with her as she went over it.”
“I’m sorry but Cerita isn’t in and won’t be in until later.” Warren frowned down at the perky dark beauty and wondered why she would lie.
“I could have sworn I saw her walking in as I was parking my car,” he offered smoothly.
“Oh, you must have seen Stephanie Jones, the co-owner of J & J’s. She just arrived but she had a client waiting for her in her office this morning. You are more than welcome to wait until they are done.”
Warren felt his anger began to rise at what Angela had just revealed to him, the woman he’d mistakenly assumed was Dorian’s mate, wasn’t his mate after all and then it hit him. “What does Cerita Jones look like?” he questioned. As soon as Angela had given him her description his anger spiked and he realized the ebony beauty had been here that night was Dorian’s mate. One thing he could say for his ex-friend was he had wonderful taste in his women. He left his card with the perky receptionist, “Would you have Cerita give me a call when she comes in.”
Angela promised to give her the message and watched as he turned and walked out staring at his firm tight ass.
Back at his office he did something he should have done first before going to J & J’s, he looked up their website where he found a photo of the two owners and their employees. Clicking on the picture of the woman listed as Cerita Jones, berating himself for jumping to the assumption that Dorian’s mate was the beautiful blonde partner. It had never occurred to him that his ex-friend would be interested in a black female, but he could easily see why, the woman was beautiful and sexy as hell. He thought back to their meeting at no time did she or her partner give their names nor did he ask for them he’d just naturally assumed the blonde was his mark. Now he would have to rethink his approach and he would approach her because he owed his ex-friend and he aimed to pay him back at his first opportunity.
