by Joyce Jordan
Screams of repeat broke out when the song ended, and the Dee Jay was forced to play it again. The enthusiasm of the crowd was infecticious. More people joined and more lines were formed and more space was cleared.
“Oh, wow!” Ana said as she found the closest chair to fall into.
“That was something,” Kelly agreed.
Evelyn groaned, lifted her legs and rubbbed her aching feet. “You sure know how to throw a party Jes. Where did you get that Dee Jay?”
“He’s my secret weapon,” she said with a corresponding groan. “He does private parties too, so we can hire him for Ana’s bachelorette,” she said with a mischievous wink.
“He’s not bad on the eyes either.” Ana nodded in agreement.
“Says the girl about to get married.”
“I’m not blind Kelly.”
“I bet Gabe would like her to be,” Evelyn said. “Well at least against other men.”
“Whatever,” Ana replied. “We’re focusing on the wrong person here,” she quickly added. “Jes has something to tell us.”
“About your wedding?”
“Oh, no girl. About you and Nate. When did it happen and how is it going?” Kelly asked.
Jes blushed and they all laughed. “I’m still trying to figure it all out.”
“What do you mean?” Evelyn asked.
“Your brother just invaded my space and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Suddenly I couldn’t make my own decisions. He broke into my house, yes and I mean that literally, then had a new and what he says is a stronger lock replace the old one, moved me into his place, then assigned bodyguards on me. Oh and he told me what happened on the train Ana. I’m really sorry you had to go through that.”
“Thanks Jes. We are just hoping this guy is caught soon. It’s really cramping my lifestyle to be going everywhere with shadows making sure he isn’t lurking around somewhere.”
“Well, no wonder we haven’t seen him since Sunday. You know his penthouse is right opposite Rafe’s? They are mirror images of each other,” Kelly told her.
Jes nodded. “He did mention it, but I have been busy with Ana’s party and have been coming home a little late each night,” she said. “I still work from my house in Jersey and had to call my team for this gig. They are all supposed to be on vacation for another week,” she explained. “Then after that we have several small gigs lined up.”
“We need to meet before I leave on Sunday. That conference I told you guys about a few weeks back? Yes, well, it’s next week. I’ll be away all week with Tom,” she said laughing. “I’ll need to tell you how Tom ended up going. It’s a really fun story,” she said as the men dropped onto them.
Ana followed Gabe’s lead onto the dance floor. Everyone had been cleared from the floor and it was just the two of them. This almost looked like a bride and groom having their first dance on their wedding day. Hopefully he had requested a good song, Ana thought to herself.
As soon as he took her into his arms, ‘Girlfriend by Daniel Bedingfield’ suddenly blared through the speakers. Wow. Ana smiled and moved closer. Then she looked back and saw Rafe leading Kelly, Nate leading Jes and Mitch leading Evelyn. Okay, Ana thought as she lifted her eyebrow. This seemed to have been a planned dance.
“I know it’s my party, but can we go home after this?” Ana asked, her head laid against his chest as they moved slowly on the dance floor. More couples all round had joined and were dancing just like them.
“Baby, I thought you’d never ask,” he said and held her tighter. “Just thinking about you in that dress…knowing you don’t have anything underneath…baby, it’s driving me crazy.”
Ana lifted her hands to his neck and smiled. “You chose the dress, remember?”
He growled at her. “I know. It’s still a good choice, but it’s driving me crazy.”
“It’s a great dress, and I feel beautiful in it.”
Gabe stopped moving and started walking off the dance floor. “Come,” he said at her expression. “I need to have you now.”
Ana pulled back. “Gabe, you’re crazy. This is a public place and moreover, not a hotel, so no room in sight.”
Gabe pulled hard and she landed on his chest. “Who said we need a room?”
He tried several doors, then finally Ana was led to an empty room that looked like an office, though not yet set up. There was just a desk in the center, but no chair. She was rushed inside, and the next thing she heard was the door locking as the bolt clicked. She found her back against the wall and his lips found her mouth, swallowing whatever words she had been about to say.
Ana felt cool air rush through her as Gabe lifted her dress to her waist. She moaned as he plunged three fingers inside her. Weak she fell against him, and found herself being moved, and now leaning over the table. She was beant at the waist and Gabe didn’t waste anytime as he inserted his three fingers back inside her.
“Ana, do you have any idea what you do to me?” he asked.
Ana moaned as his fingers moved rapidly inside her. She couldn’t speak and hardly heard him as her world was spinning fast. She didn’t know how or when it happened, but she felt him at her entrance one second, and the next he was deep inside her.
He pulled one of her shoulders slightly up, gripping hard on her hip with his other hand. Then he started moving in and out of her. With nothing to grip, Ana laid her hands flat on the table and moved in sync with him, meeting his thrusts.
“Gabe, I can’t…”
“No, wait Ana. Together baby…just wait.” He hissed and his grip tightened on both her shoulder and hip. He thrust harder, becoming desperate as she tried to hold onto her uncontrollable climax, that shot through her before she could warn him. He tensed as she gripped his cock hard with her contracting vaginal muscles. He rode her through her climax, then finally fell against her. He pulled her hair away and kissed her neck.
She lifted her head up slightly and told him she had tissues in her bag. She saw Gabe look towards the door and see where it had dropped when he had attacked her by the door.
“Hold on, I have a handkerchief.” He pulled out very slowly, making sure he didn’t mess up his pants and return with tell tell signs. He cleaned her up with his handkerchief, then brought her purse over and wiped her dry with the tissues before he cleaned himself up.
Ana smirked as she watched him fold his handkerchief inside out then slip it into his pants pocket.
“I’ll make it a point to carry two in future,” he told her as he unlocked the door and ushered her out of the room.
“Do you mind if we stay afterall,” she asked. “Jes might need help cleaning up, I don’t know how this all goes and I don’t want her to stay here alone.”
“We’ll leave when you’re ready.”
“Thanks,” she said and took his hand into hers. They walked back into the party room and found it still going strong. “It’s already midnight, are people planning on going to bed anytime soon?”
“It’s a Friday night, baby.”
“I know, but it’s an office party,” she explained. “I didn’t know or think people could stay so long for office parties. Somehow I assumed most would just show an appearance then go to some club or other party or even home to their kids.”
“Some parties are made of food, others music, and yet others again the people and this one seems to have all three. The food and free bar are a huge draw. Jes did a great job and also found a great Dee Jay. And Rafe and Nate have a great team, and they are great bosses too.”
“You’re right. And this is what I want for our wedding,” she told him.
“You still haven’t told me when you intend to put me out of my misery,” he said tightening his fingers entangled with hers.
Ana laughed at him. “Patience is a virtue, Mr. Boyd.”
“Ana…”
“All good things come to those who wait.”
“I’ve waited enough, now I want to sign that piece of paper that tells everyone you’re mine.”
> Ana stopped and went into his arms. “I’m already yours. Don’t you know that?”
Gabe lowered his head and kissed her. “I know, baby.”
“So what’s wrong?”
He pulled her tight against his body. “I don’t know. I just want it all with you. I need the official record.” He breathed into her neck. “Does that make sense?”
“Give me until I’m back from the conference and I’ll give you a date.”
He looked into her eyes. “Are you sure?” he asked. “Ana, I don’t want to rush you. So you have to be sure.”
She nodded. “I’m sure. I think I already know what I want, but I just need to check on something first.”
“One week.” He leaned down again and they kissed for a long time, before they finally rose enough for the sake of breathing and walked to the table their friends and family were sitting at, watching the crowd and talking amongst themselves. Only Eva was missing. A pity she had had a prior engagement she hadn’t been able to get out of.
Eleven
Ana was supposed to fly out with Tom, but what turned out to be a trip for two, turned into an escort for the two of them by her friends. And as soon as the girls said they were escorting her, they were rushing Ana’s goodbye to Eva.
Already packed, Ana and crew left Eva’s house early evening and passed by Tom’s parents house, and picked up Tom. Half an hour later they pulled up by the jet and were all strapped in.
The five of them minus the teenager had a mini party that lasted the hour into DC. It sure was an interesting way to travel. It could go to your head if you got too used to it. Ana hugged Stefano, Kelly, Evelyn then Jessica as she said her goodbyes to them. They promised to meet up when she came back on Friday.
She waved as she entered the SUV that Gabe and Mitch had arranged for her and Tom and the bodyguards who had escorted them to the alphabet city. At least they had agreed and given them young men who would be able to blend in with the geeks they were meeting that week.
They checked into the suites Gabe had booked. She was supposed to have two young men, Albert and Roger, with her in her suite at all times, and the third one, Yuri, was with Tom. Ana rolled her eyes thinking back to the argument they had had, when Gabe had wanted to send a whole army of men.
Yes, she understood Jeremy was still out there, but some things were just overdoing it at times. She didn’t need to draw attention to herself. There were enough secret service men, private protection men including other spies already carrying weapons as it was in this city.
Gabe would probably have a baby if she didn’t call him, she thought. She wouldn’t be surprised if he already knew they had checked in courtesy of their young bodyguards. It was going to be a long week as it was already.
A week apart? The last time they had been apart had been when they had broken up over his misunderstanding about her relationship with Stefano. That had been hard.
And before that, it had been when she and Kelly had gone to Hawaii on vacation. At the time, their relationship had been relatively new, but they had talked almost daily even then. The time difference had been quite a challenge.
But now, they were in the same time zone. Ana knew that Gabe would be calling her every night. She was now so used to having him next to her each night. Oftentimes they both reached out for each other. Tonight was going to be a test of how the next several nights would be like.
Ana went looking for Tom. Her phone conversation with Gabe had been short. He had been with his brothers, waiting for the jet to get back. They promised to talk more later. She knocked on Tom’s door and he stood behind Yuri who opened the door.
Tom was grinning from ear to ear. Ana smiled at his enthusiasm as he walked out to join her. They took the elevator downstairs and went to register and spend a couple of hours at the ‘meet and greet’ session that had been scheduled for the evening.
Ana introduced Tom to some of her acquaintances then they spent the rest of the evening pretty much talking shop with Damien, her friend who sometimes filled in for her when she was unavailable or had too much on her plate.
“So you really did go corporate?” Damien asked still not believing.
Ana smiled. “Yep, I did. You should come and see my new office,” she told him. “And if you ever decide to follow my footsteps, think of Sullivan & Sullivan first.”
“Ah, Ana. You know me. I play right on the edge. I’m not sure I’d ever want to give that up,” he told her. “You on the other hand probably made a good move, seeing as you are about to get married. Congratulations, by the way.”
“Thanks. But that wasn’t the reason I made the change. That hospital stay when I was in a coma for a few days, did. I just couldn’t imagine what would happen to my clients if things hadn’t gone right.”
“Has the scumbag surrendered yet? I’ve been searching for him, but it seems like he went off the grid.”
Ana shook her head. “No, but thanks for the help. I’m beginning to wonder if he moved and changed his name or something.”
“Or could be dead in some ditch somewhere.”
Ana grimaced. “I sure hope he didn’t mess with the wrong crowd. Without the backing of his parents money, he would be forced to fend for himself and could potentially join the wrong crowd and become an even worse kid, or mess with the wrong crowd and be a statistic.”
“I’m surprised that his parents left him though. Don’t you think that’s weird?” Damien asked her with a frown on his face.
Ana nodded. “It makes me wonder what kind of a relationship he had with his parents. Unless they pretended not to be in touch with him to spare him and left with him. Or found him somewhere safe to stay and are bankrolling his living expenses.”
“That’s crazy,” Damien said. “For how long can they do that? I looked into their finances, and they are not good. Especially considering their lifestyle had to change drastically. Your fiance did what everyone else should do to some other rich people who think they can get away with anything. He sure has the support of most of us here,” he said and looked around seeing people chatting in small groups.
Ana looked up too and saw many faces she was familiar with from previous similar conferences. As she read some of the name tags, she realized that she knew of some from the chat rooms she frequently visited. In some she used her real name, and others she used her alter ego, Zeus. She always laughed when people talked about Zeus and how they wanted to know the identity of him. Little did they know he was a she.
The next day, Ana and Tom lingered behind and had an early dinner. She gave him work to do knowing it would keep him occupied and out of mischief. Then as she walked to her suite, her mind was wondering whether she should go to sleep after the shower she intended on taking as soon as she got into her room, or work on some of her personal projects she still needed to complete.
She came to a complete standstill as she saw the man standing next to the window. He was on his phone and looking like he owned the place. He turned and gave her a smile. Ana screamed then ran, screaming all the way. How did he even get in? Why was he here?
She jumped into his arms and rained kisses all over his face, then attacked his mouth with a long and drawn out hungry kiss. Ana felt her back hit something soft. A bed. When had be moved to the bedroom? She lifted her body as he struggled to remove her jeans. “Hurry, please.”
He grunted at her words, spurred to go even faster than he was going. He threw the jeans and her panties, and didn’t even care where they landed. His pants and boxer briefs followed. He was already hard for her. Damn too hard. “Ready?’
“Yes. Now!”
He thrust in to the hilt and they both groaned, breaking the kiss Ana had started again. He held her butt and started moving in and out of her, hissing in her ear as he suckled on her earlobe. She scratched him and cried out as he showed no mercy in his need for her. One night away from her and he was a like madman. They came too quickly, but it was enough to temper their hunger for a few minutes, which he us
ed to remove her t-shirt and bra, then his shirt.
He flipped her around and pushed her into a kneeling position. “I’m sorry, baby. I’ll make it up to you later,” he said as he trembled, his cock already seeking entrance into her tight cunt.
She whimpered and the next second Gabe entered her again, and to the hilt. “Ohhhhh! Ohhh!” she cried out as she trembled against him.
Gabe cupped her breasts and squeezed, then fondled them as he tweaked both nipples. His thrusts were slow and measured as she gripped his cock in her vagina. She was tight and his movements were aided by her juices which were flowing in abundance. The natural heavy lubrication made it possible and easy for him to glide in and out.
Ana felt like she would split into two at any moment. It was torture. Beautiful torture. But torture all the same. Her body quivered as he took longer strokes reaching her womb, she was sure. His cock couldn’t have grown longer in the last thirty six hours since they had made love, could it? Surely not. Was that even medically possible?
Ana tightened her hold on the pillow she had grabbed for purchase and groaned into it. If she didn’t muffle her moans that had turned into groans, the whole of DC would surely hear her. She felt his grip tighten and his strokes quicken. The friction heightened her vaginal nerve endings. With each stroke he pulled out, just leaving his head inside, then pushed back in. She struggled against the impending orgasm.
“Gabe!” she screamed as it hit her harder than she had expected.
She heard his grunts grow in volume as he held her even tighter than before and then he threw his head back and banged harder against her rear filling her womb with his sperm. Knees already weak, she simply let go and dropped onto the bed, trying to catch her breath.
He fell beside her, turned her head to face him and kissed her with hunger. “I’ve missed you,” he told her, finally letting her lips go.
Ana smirked. “You think?”
He laughed. “That obvious, huh?”
