Pieces of Me

by LaShawn Vasser

  She kept walking until she made it to the elevators. Nicole stabbed the down button and just kept stabbing it hoping it would make the doors open faster.

  “Wait dammit!”

  “Wait for what Davis! We’ve only been married for a few weeks and you’re already running back to her?”

  “That was not what it looked like.”

  “Really? It looked like she was in your arms and that you were telling her you’d always care about her.”

  “Nicole, you’ve got to trust me on this. It was not what it looked like. I didn’t do anything wrong I’m just trying to help a friend.”

  Nicole looked at him incredulously. “Are you serious? A ‘friend’. That’s the best you’ve got! You’ve been pinning for Anne for years and you expect me to believe that?”

  The elevator opened and Nicole remembered she was holding the bag with his dinner in it. She threw it on the floor, got on the elevator and pressed the down button. She wouldn’t allow the tears to well up in her eyes until after the doors closed.

  Davis was so angry he wanted to hit something. While he was standing in the hall staring at the elevators, Anne stood back in his office and listened to the entire exchange. She couldn’t believe her luck. Anne couldn’t have planned this out better if she’d tried. Thank goodness, she was still friends with Davis’s personal assistant. Otherwise, when she’d called her last week to find out about his schedule, she wouldn’t have gotten the scoop that someone was stealing company secrets and selling them to some unsavory characters. That’s when her plan started to take shape. Add to it, that little Ms. Nicole was the jealous type. Well, she was definitely going to give her something to be jealous about. Her plan to win Davis back might just be easier than she’d originally thought.

  Davis returned to his office.

  “I’m so sorry Davis. I hope I didn’t cause any trouble because that is the last thing I wanted to do.”

  “It’s not your fault. She’ll cool off after a while. Look, leave those documents with me and I’ll get started on trying to untangle you from this mess. I’ll be adding extra security to you. I’ll call you with the details.”

  “Thank you so much.” Anne kissed him on the cheek. She lingered awhile around his mouth hoping he’d kiss her deeply. When he didn’t, she slowly turned around, smiled, and walked out of his office. Davis thought about kissing her but couldn’t do that to Nicole. She didn’t deserve it. Maybe he’d better give her some time to cool off before he went home. Then, he thought better of it, shut down his computer, and left the office.

  Chapter 18

  When Davis opened the door to their bedroom, Nicole was already in bed with her back turned to him.

  “I know you’re not sleeping. Do you think we can talk rationally about what happened tonight?”

  “I was NOT being irrational.”

  “There is nothing going on between Anne and me. She came to me for help with a problem. I was comforting her Nicole. That’s all.”

  Nicole sat up, “Why you? Can’t she find someone else to help her? How would you feel if you’d walked in on me and one of my exes Davis?”

  Davis yanked off his shirt and tie. “Nicole, I’m not going to explain to you again about what happened tonight. You can either believe it or not. At this point, it is your choice and you’re going to have to figure out how to deal with it. I’m tired and I’m going to bed.”

  *****

  Two days had gone by without either of them really speaking to one another. Davis spent long days and nights at work trying to avoid the situation. On the third day, he’d had enough. He needed to figure out how to make things right with Nicole. He hadn’t realized how stubborn she could be and thought she’d crack by now. She was right, if he’d walked in on her in another man’s arms he would have strangled the guy to death. Davis smiled to himself and picked up the phone to call the florist. He had some serious groveling to do.

  Nicole was sitting outside on the terrace drinking tea and trying to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. She and Davis hadn’t really spoken in two days. He was up in the morning before she would wake and didn’t come home until after he thought she was asleep. Nicole was miserable and she missed him so much.

  Lost in thought, Nicole didn’t hear it when their housekeeper called her “Mrs. Chatham? Mrs. Chatham…these just came for you.”

  She brought over the most exquisite bouquet of flowers she’d ever seen. Nicole was speechless. As the maid sat them on the table, Nicole excitedly searched for the card.

  “I’m sorry. Let me make it up to you tonight. Please wear the gift in the box that should be arriving now and be ready at 7:00 o’clock.”

  Nicole looked up and the housekeeper was bringing in another box. Nicole squealed like a kid on Christmas morning. She tore the wrappings off and opened it. Inside was a sexy blue dress that was made to drape her body and a pair of to die for Christian Louboutins.

  Nicole looked at her watch. It was only 1:00 o’clock. She picked up her box and ran inside to see if she could get her hair and nails done before her date with Davis.

  Chapter 19

  Davis arrived home at exactly seven o’clock. He hadn’t spoken to Nicole all day so he hoped she’d allow him to make up for the past few days. Davis showered and changed at the office. Just as he was getting ready to climb the stairs to their bedroom he looked up and saw her. He immediately got hard. She was a vision. She’d worn her hair loose and wild just like he liked it. The dress fit her perfectly and brought out the color of her beautiful eyes. The plunging neckline brought attention to her much fuller breasts. It draped her body and stopped almost mid-calf. Those shapely legs seemed like they’d just kept going for miles. He couldn’t wait for her to wrap them around him later.

  “You’re beautiful.”

  She blushed and if it were possible was even more beautiful as she made her way down the stairs. “Thank you. So are you.”

  When she reached the bottom of the stairs Davis pulled her into his arms “I’m sorry about hurting you.”

  Nicole pulled away “Davis, I know that everything happened so fast between us. I just want us to be happy. If Anne is…..”

  Davis stopped her before she continued on “I chose you Nicole. You have to trust that I won’t ever betray you or our child. Can we put the past behind us?”

  Nicole walked back into his arms. She nodded yes then kissed him. The kiss quickly turned from chaste to hungry as he crushed her body into his. After a few moments, Davis pulled away. Both of them were breathing heavy “I promised you a date. If we keep this up we won’t make it out of the house.”

  *****

  Davis and Nicole made it home from their date. As soon as they entered the house Davis pulled her into his body. She kissed him passionately. Nicole just wanted to touch him all over. She reached her hands inside his jacket and pushed it over his shoulders. It didn’t take much for Davis to remove her dress. He unzipped it from the back and slipped it over her shoulders and it pooled at her feet. She stood in front of him wearing only a sexy bra, panty, and heels. She was just starting to show and it was the sexiest thing he’d ever seen. She was carrying his child.

  Davis had been in a constant state of arousal the entire night. Seeing her looking so hot, he didn’t think he would be able to wait until they made it up stairs. Nicole started unbuttoning his shirt but it was taking too long. Davis just popped the buttons as her hands anxiously pulled it off. She caressed his hot skin and tore her mouth from his before capturing one of his nipples inside her mouth. Davis threw his head back and growled. He picked her up finally able to wrap those long legs around his waist. No, he would not make it to the bedroom. Nicole couldn’t get enough of tasting him. She released one nipple while her hands continued to explore his hard body. She licked and sucked on his chest as she made her way over to the other nipple before capturing it into her mouth. She pulled and swirled her tongue around it while unzipping his pants. Davis pushed her hands away as he sucked on the te
nder flesh of her neck. He pushed his pants down, stepped out of them and walked her over to the sofa. He didn’t lay her on it he sat her on the back ledge. It was the perfect height as he held her waist while standing in between her legs. The intensity of them grinding together was almost enough to make Nicole combust from the inside. She released him and arched her back backwards. She used her arms to hold herself up. Davis had to take one hand to support her back. He used his other hand to remove her bra. It went flying somewhere across the room. Those little moans were driving him crazy. She looked so damn good leaned back over the sofa with her eyes closed and her nipples thrust upward begging to be sucked and kissed.

  Nicole kept writhing into him. Davis slowly licked her from her stomach all the way to her breast. While kneading one he kissed the other before devouring it.

  “Mmm...you feel so good Davis.”

  Nicole was dripping wet and was so sensitive all over. Davis continued to grind into her womanhood with his massive member. He took one finger and inserted it into the hot cavern of her body. She was so tight. Nicole tried to push her body into his hands so that he could go deeper. Davis stroked her with his finger before adding another. His hands were coated with her juices. He pushed it in then out, in then out, deeper and deeper before using his thumb to press that hard little button. Nicole had been trying to hold on but that is what finally sent her over the edge. She came hard.

  Davis felt her inner walls start to contract around his fingers. That was his queue. He pushed his tongue down her throat at the same time that he moved her panties to the side before plunging himself into her. He pounded and pounded her. Finally, allowing his rod to feel the tightness of her walls contracting around him. He swallowed her screams and made love to her mouth with the same rhythm as he rammed himself inside of her. They kept going and going. Before she could recover from her first orgasm, another one started building.

  It didn’t seem possible but he stood up, gripped her by the waist so that she wouldn’t move as he continued to pound her faster…deeper and harder. “Damn, you feel so good Nicole. I’ve wanted to make love to you all night.”

  She wanted to put her hands in his hair but the way she was positioned she could only grip the cushions of the sofa.

  Davis was in pure ecstasy.

  Nicole was squeezing her legs around him so tightly that they were starting to get numb. Davis took care of that when he took both her legs and put them over his shoulders. Davis was so far deep inside her channel that he couldn’t go any deeper. Those long legs were pointing straight up into the sky. The backs of her thighs were basically touching his stomach. All you could hear were the sounds of their juices and their bodies smacking against each other.

  Nicole’s body started so spasm around him that was all it took to push him over the edge. His seed erupted inside of her and this time it was Davis who cried out. Nicole thought she stars behind her closed eyes. No one had ever made love to her as intensely as Davis. When he was done with her she was always more than satisfied.

  It took a few minutes for their breathing to slow down. When it did, Davis leaned over his beautiful wife and tenderly kissed her. Nicole’s arms finally gave out and they went tumbling over the side of the sofa. Somehow, Davis managed to maneuver his body so that she fell on top of him. They laughed hysterically at how twisted up they were.

  Davis released a satisfied sigh before kissing her again on the temple “Mrs. Chatham, you are incredible. Should we curl up here or should I carry you to bed?”

  “Well, I’m thinking your housekeeper might not want to catch us this open and free.” Nicole giggled and snuggled a little closer.”

  “You’re right. She’d probably quit on the spot. Then, that settles it.” Davis got up and swooped Nicole up into his arms. He carried her to the bedroom and gently laid her down upon their bed. He left to go get a clean warm wash cloth and cleaned up all the residue from their lovemaking.

  Nicole had never felt so…safe and secure. No one had ever taken the time to make sure she was ok. She felt overcome with emotion. She closed her eyes so Davis wouldn’t see the tears of joy welling up in her eyes. He left to discard the towel. Nicole got under the covers and when Davis came back from the bathroom he joined her and pulled her into his arms. Moments later, they both fell into a deep and restful sleep.

  A couple of hours later the phone on the nightstand started ringing. It was about 2:00 o’clock in the morning. Davis turned over to answer it.

  “Davis...”

  Davis sat up trying to clear the fog of sleep from his mind “Wait...what? Slow down.”

  Nicole sat up too.

  “Are you okay? I put an extra security detail on you. I’ll be right over.”

  Davis disconnected the line.

  “What’s going on? Who was that?”

  Davis didn’t want to have this conversation with Nicole. He knew she wouldn’t understand.

  “I’m having some problems at Chatham Industries. Someone has been stealing highly sensitive information and selling it to rogue militias. I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of it. I must be getting close because apparently they’ve started threatening people that are close to me trying to intimidate me into leaving it alone. Tonight they tried something and I’ve got to go make sure they are ok. I don’t want you to worry your pretty little head because I’ve upgraded the security here at the house and I’ve added a security detail to you as well at least until I can get this mess sorted out.”

  “My god Davis, when did you find out about this and why didn’t you tell me about it before?”

  Davis got out of the bed and started dressing as he explained. He didn’t want Nicole freaked out. He smiled at her “I found out the day our plane went down. That was the report I was reviewing when you were flirting with me.”

  “Be serious…and I wasn’t flirting with you. I was trying to be gracious and thank you for allowing me to ride on your big fancy plane. Please be careful.”

  Davis felt a little guilty for not telling her the whole truth but he didn’t want another argument. So, he just kissed her instead. “I’ll be very careful.” He grabbed his keys and cell from the nightstand and walked out of the bedroom.

  Chapter 20

  It was close to six o’clock in the morning when Davis finally made it home. Anne had been hysterical when he arrived and she had every right to be. She didn’t deserve to be dragged into this. It took him awhile to calm her down. She’d asked him to stay with her until she fell asleep. That was the least he could do. He sat in a chair in her bedroom while she slept in her bed.

  He was exhausted. Who the hell was behind all of this? And, who from Chatham was helping them? He trusted everyone on his executive team. Was it one of them?

  Davis was in the process of calling his contact at the FBI to find out what the status was of their investigation when he heard Nicole’s voice.

  “Davis?”

  He looked over toward the sofa where he’d just made love to her a few hours ago. There she was looking sleepy and sexy has hell. He walked over to her.

  “What are you doing up this early?”

  “I was waiting for you. I couldn’t wait upstairs knowing everything that was going on? Is everyone ok?”

  “Luckily, yes. Everyone is fine.”

  “Thank goodness. You must be exhausted. This sofa is huge why don’t you crawl under these covers with me and get some rest.”

  Davis thought that sounded like a good idea. He got underneath the blankets with her and within minutes fell asleep.

  *****

  A week later Davis and Nicole had been invited to attend an intimate dinner at a business associates home. At first Davis didn’t want to go but he’d been so on edge that Nicole thought it would be a good idea for him to have a distraction, at least for a little while. Although the dinner was her idea, she was a little nervous because it would be their first social outing together as a married couple.

  She still wasn’t quite in her elemen
t but social functions were now a part of her life so she needed to get past her insecurities. As she stood naked in front of the full length mirror she gently smoothed her hands across her stomach. Her bump was small and she couldn’t wait to see her baby getting bigger. Sometimes, it was still hard to believe that she was going to be a mommy. Nicole didn’t think she could be any happier. She’d better hurry and get dressed. Davis hated when she was late.