“Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?”
“Yes I’d like that. Do we have to get dressed up?”
“Clothing is optional; meet me in my room at seven.”
Lucy laughed softly, “You are so bad.”
“I know, I think you bring out the worst in me.” He helped her off of him and looked at her as she stood before him. “I think I like it when you leave your heels on, it’s very sexy.” He gave her an evil grin when she blushed as she picked up her panties. He took them from her shaky grasp. “I think those are mine now.” She raised one brow at him as he held them away from her, and then he held her gaze as he very deliberately put them to his nose and inhaled her scent from them. She shivered as she watched him, her eyes were heavy and she looked like she was ready for him again. He smiled and swatted her butt when she leaned over to pick up her dress.
“Dean!” she gasped as she rubbed her bottom, she was still tingling from the spanking he had given her.
“I know you liked it Lucy, don’t think it won’t happen again.” He cleared all the emotion from his face as he looked at her. She would never admit it, but she liked it when he controlled her. Her flushed chest and her quickening breathing gave her away.
Lucy pulled her dress over her head sans her panties after putting her bra on, trying hard not to look at him. She turned and looked at him thoughtfully. Was he affected by her, like she was affected by him? She looked into his stern face and gave him a little smile. He looked confused for a second as she leaned over his chair. She rested her hands on the arm rests and then leaned in and kissed him full on the lips, slipping her tongue along the seam of his. He let her control the kiss for about two seconds and then he pulled her back onto his naked lap, holding her head and deepening the kiss.
Lucy slowly slid off his lap trailing one hand down his sculpted chest to his hard abs, and then straightened her dress. She gave him a little finger wave as she walked towards the door.
Dean watched her hips sway seductively as she left and then he looked down and noticed he was getting hard again. Shit, she did that on purpose. He quickly threw his clothes on and noticed the ripped seam on his shirt. He didn’t remember doing that. He hit the intercom and John answered from somewhere in the house. He told him that he and Lucy would have dinner in his sitting room around seven. He looked at the clock and figured he had two hours before he would see her. He laughed; he had a nice pair of soft leather gloves he’d like to try out on her. He would have to find them himself. How could he explain to John that he needed gloves during the middle of August? Oh well, he’d find them, first he’d stroke her body with them and then he’d spank that fabulous ass again till her skin turned a nice pink. He rubbed his hands together in anticipation. Tonight was going to be a lot of fun.
Lucy got into a routine at the house. She spent her mornings with Stan, and each afternoon she met Reggie and Nicole in the garden, and lastly she would visit Jasper. He had started to whinny at her when she came into the stable. He seemed so happy when she was there. He would sniff at her pockets until she revealed his treat. A few packages of the mints had mysteriously showed up on her dresser. She wondered who had put them there, she had no way to go and get any, so she was glad that someone had taken the time to get them for her.
Her nights were spent with Dean. Sometimes they had dinner in his room or out on the balcony, and then they would spend the rest of the night together. They had watched a movie one night in his room. She had no idea what it was about, he had kept her distracted through the whole thing. He had worn a pair of soft leather gloves and teased her through the movie. She was a puddle by the time he finally made love to her, her first orgasm had hit her as he entered her, she had never been so ready for him. They slept in his bed, and then he would wake her with more great sex. He had shown her the connecting door to her room. She had pretended to be mad about it at first, but at this point in time, what did it really matter?
Last night he had spanked her while wearing one soft glove, she wondered how he knew she would respond to him the way she did. Even now, just thinking about him made her belly clench. This morning he woke her with kisses on her neck as he fondled her breasts. Once he realized she was awake her pinched her nipples and stroked her belly. He spooned her to him and slowly fed his shaft into her willing body. She was slick with her arousal; she had been ready before she was even fully awake. He had been so gentle with her this morning. She had just barely held back the tears that had come to her eyes. How would she ever be able to leave him?
Lucy showered and then dressed for the day. She preferred the sun dresses that Stella had gotten her. The one she chose today was backless and had little green flowers embroidered into the blue fabric. She had gotten used to wearing heels while she was here too. She pulled her hair up off her neck with a clip, it was supposed to be warm today and she looked forward to her afternoon in the garden. She made her way to Stan’s room and after she knocked on the door she was greeted with silence. She quietly opened the door in case he was still sleeping, but the room was empty and the bed had been made. Both Stan and Jeff were gone.
Lucy felt a little confused and turned to make her way downstairs, maybe they were having breakfast in the garden today. She turned the corner at the end of the hall that led to the staircase and bumped into Alcide.
“Good morning Lucy.” He said pleasantly.
Lucy looked up at him a little surprised; he had barely spoken to her since she had arrived. “Uh…good morning,” she gave him a hesitant smile. “Have you seen Stan and Jeff?”
“They are outside eating breakfast. Can I talk to you for a second?” He must have known she would refuse, because he grabbed her arm and pulled her back into the empty hall.
What the hell? Lucy thought he was pushy; he hadn’t even given her a chance to answer him. She tried to pull her arm from his grasp and move away, but he was too strong for her. “Let me go!”
Alcide quickly placed a hand over her throat cutting off her air as he pinned her to the wall. “Don’t scream and I will let you breathe,” he said menacingly. He released the pressure a tiny bit; just enough so she could drag in some much needed oxygen, but enough to let her know he meant to hurt her if she didn’t cooperate. “Now just a dam minute, you bitch, you’ve been fucking Dean since you got here and you’re not going to give me any?” He smiled nastily as he noticed her eyes widen. “You’re just a fucking tease aren’t you?” He pulled her close to sneer in her face and then he shoved her back and slapped her face. He grabbed her hair and tugged viciously, her hair clip breaking into pieces as he crushed it with his hand. “You like it rough don’t you honey,” he said as he smiled cruelly.
Lucy stood stunned for a second; no one had ever struck her before. She touched her hand against her face and closed her eyes briefly. She could see stars for a second, she couldn’t pass out. She had to get away from him.
Lucy opened her mouth to scream but it was cut off as his mouth came crushing down on hers. He pinned her arms behind her when she tried to hit him. She tried to bite him, but he just squeezed her throat as he moved his open mouth along her jaw. He laughed as he squeezed her breasts painfully and ground his erection into her belly. He spun her around making her dizzy and he thrust his hand under her dress grabbing her ass and down between her legs. She fought him in earnest but he was just too strong, she relaxed a bit and as he let his guard down she brought her heel down on his toes and elbowed him in the ribs. He released her with a grunt of surprise giving her the seconds that she needed to escape, and then she bolted down the hall. She ran like demons were chasing her, she flew around the corner and held onto the railing as she took the stairs two at a time. She heard him growl and curse viciously behind her. She made the turn in the stairs that opened to the foyer and she kept on, too frightened to see if he was following her.
She turned the corner at the bottom of the stairs and ran into Dean and Henry. He grabbed her arm and she fought him, he shook her and said
her name, and then she finally realized that she was safe.
“Jesus Lucy, what’s wrong?”
She burst into tears as the adrenaline rush she had wiped her reserves. She sagged against him unable to speak. He looked up the stairs, but didn’t see anything. He looked at Henry with a raised brow, what the hell was going on?
“Take her into your study Dean. I need to talk to you and after Lucy calms down I need to speak to her too.” Henry said. He was very concerned for Lucy, had someone found out what she had asked him to do?
Dean picked Lucy up into his arms; he spoke softly to her as she sobbed uncontrollably. “I am supposed to meet Jason too.” He walked in through the study doorway and went to sit on the couch. He pulled some hair from Lucy’s face as he looked into her eyes, she was still terrified, who had done this to her?
Jason stood up as they entered the room and watched Henry close the study doors. “What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know. As soon as I asked her she started crying.” Dean looked up at him helplessly.
Jason turned Lucy’s head towards him. “Lucy, honey, who hit you?” he said gently. He looked at Dean when he noticed how tense he had gotten. Did he have feelings for her? He watched as he tried to console her, he’d never seen him be so gentle with a woman before; it was obvious now that he loved her. Did he even know that he did?
“Alcide,” she managed to get out between gasps of air. She stuck her nose into Dean’s neck as she shuddered again, clinging to him anew.
“Alcide? What the hell is going on?” Dean said.
“Dean I have something to tell you.” Henry said.
There was a quick knock on the door and Max walked in, he seemed harried, obviously he was late for their meeting, and he was shocked to see the scene that lay before him.
Henry took a deep breath as he looked down at Dean. “I think someone tried to kill your father. I have to contact the authorities, but I wanted to talk to you first.”
Dean blinked at him in shock; he didn’t know that he was squeezing Lucy until she squeaked at him. He released her; he had a sick feeling in his gut. Someone had tried to kill his father.
“I ran some other tests after Lucy and I had talked the other day. I had no idea just how bad your father was, until I had talked to her. When she described his symptoms to me I decided to test for heavy metal poisoning. Lucy had said he was near death when she first saw him. He’s better now, but gets tired easily, it just didn’t make sense.” Henry said. He looked sad that he was the barer of such bad news. “Your father had been slowly being poisoned over the last few months. From the hair samples we tested he had gotten a lethal dose a few weeks ago, it coincides with his hospital admission, if he hadn’t called the ambulance that night he would have died.”
Jason stood and looked at Henry as he told them his news. He ran his hands through his hair, he had a bad feeling he knew who was behind this, but would Dean ever believe it? “They may reopen your sister’s accident.”
“She said it was Alcide’s fault.” Lucy whispered as she looked up at him. She slowly pried Dean’s hands off her hips. “Dean please, you’re hurting me.” He instantly let her go and she slipped off his lap as he looked at her in shock.
Jason handed her a box of Kleenex, after she wiped her eyes and nose, he spoke to her. “Who told you that?”
“Nicole did.” Lucy said as she discreetly blew her nose. She took a deep breath; she looked at her shaking hands.
“That’s impossible,” Dean said as he looked at her incredulously.
Lucy looked up at him with a frown, what was going on now? “Reggie introduced me to her in the garden the other day, just before we went to the stable.”
“Lucy you must be mistaken.” Jason said as he took her hands, he looked over at Dean, he looked angry.
“You’re a liar just like the rest of them aren’t you? You’re just after my money.” Dean said to her.
Lucy’s mouth opened and closed like a fish for a second as she fought fresh tears. She stood up to get away from him. He couldn’t have hurt her more right now if he’d have struck her. “I never wanted your money.” She said in a small voice.
She walked to the windows and then turned to look at Jason and Henry when they followed her, she tried her best not to look at Dean. He had just cut her heart out. Now she felt numb, but she had to tell them what she knew. She’d tell them everything and then she was leaving. “Nicole told me that Alcide had come on to her a few times. She of course, denied his advances. She had said she was out riding one day and Alcide jumped out from behind a bush waving a blanket or something. Jasper got spooked and he reared up and bolted. She fell off and she said she couldn’t move, she could feel blood on the back of her head and she was pretty sure her arm was broken. Alcide left her like that, she said her only comfort was that Jasper came back and stood by her till she blacked out. That was all she remembered.”
“Lucy, who told you that,” Jason asked her quietly. It was eerie how she described it; no one else knew the extent of her injuries.
Lucy let out a disgruntled breath. “I told you, Nicole did. I asked her why Dean and Stan didn’t talk and she told me about her accident. I believe her for one, especially after he just attacked me in the hall.” She looked at Jason with a new found determination. “I want to press charges against him.”
Jason nodded as he moved closer to her. “I understand Lucy, but there is something you need to know first.” He waited for her nod. “You couldn’t have talked to Nicole,” he paused for a second. “She died in that accident.”
Lucy looked at him in shock, she could feel the blood draining from her face as the room began to spin and everything went black. Jason caught her just before she hit the floor.
Dean let out a disgusted snort, “boy, she’s a good actress isn’t she?”
“She’s not faking this Dean, she truly believes it.” Henry patted her hand. “Jason take her to her room, I’ll examine her there.”
Dean watching impassively as they left the room, he couldn’t believe he had feelings for her. He was going to ask her to stay with him, but she had lied from the beginning. Somehow she got to his dad and then she sunk her teeth into him too.
Max stood silently for a minute, should he tell him about the mints. Other than him only Dean knew that Nicole gave them to Jasper. There was no way Lucy could have known they were his favorite treat. “Dean”, he said hesitantly.
“Just get out Max; I can’t talk to anyone right now.” Dean said coldly as he closed himself off again.
Chapter Seven
Lucy came to and found Henry taking her blood pressure.
“You passed out Lucy.” Henry told her.
“So I’m crazy then,” Lucy said as she looked at Jason and Henry’s concerned faces. “The only one that’s seen her besides me is Reggie. Dean will never believe me.” Lucy rubbed her face as she sat up. “Jason I don’t care how you do it, but you have to get me out of here today. I can’t stay here anymore.” She stood up and pulled her suitcases from the closet and started pulling her things from the dresser, completely ignoring the clothes that Stella had gotten for her, well some of it.
“Lucy wait, you don’t have to leave.” Jason said.
“Yes I do, you heard what he said. Please, I just want to go home.” Even to her own ears she sounded defeated.
Jason stood helplessly as Lucy pleaded with him. “Does he know that you love him?” He watched as she shook her head, her eyes glittering with unshed tears. “Okay, I’ll take you as soon as you are ready.” He would stall her somehow from leaving the city; someone had to knock some sense into Dean before it was too late. He would never find anyone like her again.
“Henry, can you tell Stan goodbye for me please? I can’t go and see him right now.”
“Of course dear,” Henry patted her hand and kissed her cheek before he left the room. This family had been through a lot, especially Stan; he had a feeling that Lucy’s presence had changed things fo
r them. Now that she was leaving, he feared that things would go back to the way they were before.
“Lucy I booked a hotel room for you in the city for tonight. I will arrange for you to fly home tomorrow.” He looked at her hesitantly. “Do you need any money Lucy?”
“No I have some. Thank you for your help Jason.” Lucy sat silently in the front seat of his car as he drove through the gates. She had no intention of being there when he came in the morning.
When he pulled up in front of a lavish hotel in the city Lucy let the bellboy take her suitcases for her. She slung her bag over her shoulder and thrust her hand out to Jason. “Jason I want to thank you for all your help. You don’t need to come in with me, I’m sure you are anxious to get home to Rose and the baby.” She gave him a small smile when he hesitated. “Really, it’s okay, I’ll be alright.”
“You’re sure Lucy? You could stay at my house with me and Rose for a few days if you’d like.”
“Oh, no thank you. I’ll be fine.” She waved to him as she walked inside. She waited for him to leave and then she approached the desk. “Excuse me.” She said to the young lady behind the counter. “My plans have changed; I’ll no longer be staying. Can you call a cab for me please?” Lucy nervously wiped her sweaty palms on her worn jeans. Man, she certainly didn’t belong here.
“Yes of course Mam.” She gave Lucy a polite smile and shook her head at the bell boys.
Once her cab arrived the attendant placed her bags in the trunk. She gave the bell boy a tip and thanked him for his help. As she got inside the cab she asked the driver to take her to the bus station.
When she arrived at the terminal she approached the counter. “Do you have any buses scheduled to leave for Ann Arbor?”
“We have one leaving in a few hours with a few seats still available, one way or round trip?”
“One ticket please, one way.” Lucy sat down with her ticket in her hand; she set her bags down at her feet and texted Will. She would have him pick her up at the bus terminal. She could visit with him for a few days and then rent a car to get home. She calculated a quick inventory of her savings; she could afford a hotel for a few nights and a rental car. She would have to get back to work right away though; there was no way she could afford to be off for long. Whatever bills Jason had paid for her at home she would reimburse him for. She got a text back from Will almost immediately; he was excited that she was coming to see him. She just needed to let him know when she arrived and he would pick her up.
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