Four Reasons to Come

by Sarah J. Brooks

  “Yes. I mean your Dad pays for everything. You have no consequences for anything you do. You don’t know about the real world.” Liz wanted to stop arguing with Bella, she really did, but the words just kept coming out.

  “I am not a spoiled brat if that is what you are trying to say,” Bella said as she gathered her things.

  No way did Bella want to stay at Liz’s house if she was going to be this grumpy. It was ridiculous how Liz thought just because she wanted to work a million jobs, and go to school, everyone else was spoiled.

  “You are kind of spoiled Bella,” Liz said. She tried to say it as a joke, but Bella didn’t take it that way. By this time Bella was in full on defensive mode and Liz, knew it.

  “I’m sorry you feel like you need to work yourself to death to be happy. But that doesn’t mean I’m spoiled.” Bella yelled as she stormed out of the apartment.

  Liz was left sitting alone on her couch as the slammed door echoed throughout her apartment. Maybe she was just overly tired and was lashing out at Bella. It wasn’t Bella’s fault that she had people that cared about her.

  Liz wished she had people that cared about her as much as Bella did. She felt bad for yelling at Bella, but she did not have time to make up with her right now. Liz had a full day of waitressing ahead of her and as much as Bella thought Liz didn’t need the job; Liz knew she would not feel comfortable giving up her waitressing job until she graduated from college.

  The day at work went by incredibly slow, and Liz couldn’t help but think that she ruined her last chance at friendship with Bella. It was overwhelming because Liz had worked so hard to keep her friendship together after the incident in Boston. To have it fall apart because of a stupid argument seemed really bad.

  Liz tried to text Bella and apologize but did not receive a text back. She spent Sunday in bed recovering from her night out on Friday and her full day of working on Saturday. It felt great to curl up and sleep all day and try to recover some energy before her week began again in the morning.

  There were only a few weeks left in the semester, and Liz felt more determined than ever to graduate and get through with college. She was in the home stretch now, and nothing could stop her from getting finished.

  Even though, she felt like Bella would be angry at her for a while. Liz hoped that when things calmed down Bella would be alright again. They had arguments in the past and after a couple days both girls had made up with a hug and an apology. Liz hoped this would be one of those situations again.

  After pretty much sleeping her Sunday away, Liz felt like she was ready to take on the work week bright and early Monday morning.

  What she hadn’t realized yet, was that she had called Harrison and thrown herself at him over the phone. She hadn’t checked her voicemails and was oblivious to everything when she walked into work Monday morning.

  Chapter 5

  “Well hello, little lady. How was your weekend?” Harrison greeted Liz as she got to work on Monday. He smiled from ear to ear as he said this.

  It seemed like an odd what to say hello, but Liz just thought Harrison was flirting in some weird way. Liz couldn’t get her mind off of her fight with Bella, and it really started to bother her as the day went on.

  After Harrison finished with an important board meeting Liz found herself distracted and looking off into space as she thought about what she had said to Bella and how she would be able to mend things yet again with her friend. It started to feel very hopeless to Liz. She felt like she just couldn’t do anything right.

  Before she knew it, Liz was sitting at her desk totally engulfed in tears. Thoughts of her own mother and her life before, when she was happy, started to fill her brain. She missed her Mom so much. Liz did a good job putting up a strong front, most of the time, but she felt so alone right now. There was no one in her life that she trusted. No one that would call and check up on her or worry if she did something wrong, Liz felt very alone.

  She had been caught up in her thoughts when she finally realized the buzzer on her desk phone had been going off. It was Harrison from the board room.

  “Yes,” Liz answered as she tried to hide the fact that she had been crying.

  “Can you come help gather all these contracts and bring them back to my office?” he asked.

  “Sure. I’ll be right there.” Liz tried to wipe her tears away as much as she could and then headed to the boardroom.

  She had been doing a pretty good job avoiding eye contact with Harrison lately so she would just keep up with that.

  When Liz entered the boardroom, she quickly moved around the tables and gathered up all the contracts. Harrison appeared busy with some work, so she just worked around him. But as she passed by him he gently grabbed her wrist.

  “So we aren’t going to talk about the voicemail I left you?” Harrison said with a smile.

  “What? When did you leave me a voicemail?” Liz made the mistake of looking up and looked Harrison directly in the eyes when she said this.

  “Liz what’s wrong?” He said as he stood up and pulled her close.

  Liz wanted to fight him off to pretend like she was fine, but she just did not have the energy.

  “Bella and I fought this weekend. I told her she was spoiled, and she got mad.” Liz said as she started crying.

  “She is spoiled.” Harrison laughed. “Is that why you are crying?”

  “No.”

  “Then why?”

  “Because I have no one in my life. No one that cares about me. I’m all alone.”

  “You’re not alone Liz. I care about you.”

  Harrison pulled Liz close to him. He did care about Liz. At first he thought he just had a big sexual attraction to her, but after spending a week working with her in Boston and after working with her the last few weeks; Harrison admired Liz. She worked hard and never complained about anything. Liz always had a way of getting things done and suggesting ways of doing things around the office that he had never thought of before.

  “I’m sorry. I just am having a bad day.” Liz said as she tried to pull away from Harrison.

  Harrison wasn’t about to let Liz go though. It felt so good to have her in his arms. He hated to see her crying, but he did like to see that she was capable of being vulnerable. Harrison had only seen Liz as this strong woman who never let anyone in. It was nice to see this side of her.

  He couldn’t help himself and soon his lips were pressed up against hers.

  Liz didn’t even try to resist. She needed to feel Harrison. She felt weak lately and being around him gave her strength. She let her hands slid under his shirt and felt his hard stomach. The desire and longing that had built up over the last several weeks was more than she could take. More than either of them could take.

  Harrison lifted Liz up onto the boardroom table and let his lips kiss down her body. He relished the feeling of her soft skin against his lips; it was like being home again to him. Feeling Liz this close to him, feeling her this vulnerable, he didn’t want to ever let this go.

  Liz felt a level of tenderness from Harrison that she had not experienced with him before. He was gentle in every move he made. Every kiss was extra soft. Every stroke of his hand lingered with an increased gentleness. This made her want him even more than before.

  Harrison pushed her skirt up and slid her panties off. He took the time to explore every inch of her wetness with his tongue before he unzipped his cock and gently slid into her.

  He held Liz tight next to him as he slowly thrust inside of her. Liz couldn’t help but wish for the moment to continue forever. She wanted to be with Harrison. She wanted to feel like this every moment of every day.

  As Harrison continued to thrust inside of Liz, he pulled her even closer and kissed her with a deep passionate kiss. Faster and faster he thrust inside as Liz started to feel a rush of orgasm fill her body. She took a deep breath as the rush finally released throughout her body.

  Exhausted both emotionally and physically, Liz leaned onto Harrison
for strength.

  Chapter 6

  Liz didn’t want to move. She wanted to stay wrapped up in Harrison’s arms forever. It just felt so perfect.

  “So you never listened to my voicemail?” Harrison asked with a smile.

  “Nope. I missed it. What did it say?”

  “I’m not telling. You’ll have to listen to it.” Harrison helped Liz get herself together, and they walked back to the main office.

  “Oh come on. Just tell me.” Liz begged Harrison.

  “Nope. It’s better if you just listen to it.”

  “Fine. I’ll listen right now.” Liz pulled out her phone and dialed her voicemail up. As soon as she heard Harrison’s voice start to speak she turned bright red.

  His voicemail said: “You called me tonight while you were drunk. Said you wanted my hands on your body. I want you too. I think we should stop this silliness and just be together. Bella will learn to deal with it. Life is too short not to be with the person you care about.” Then the message was over.

  Liz looked up at Harrison, who was smiling from ear to ear.

  “So what do you think?” He said.

  “I don’t know. How will we ever tell Bella?” Liz wanted to say yes, she really did.

  “How about we not worry about that right now. We will tell her when the time is right.”

  “Well she is mad at me right now, so I probably won’t even be talking to her for a couple weeks,” Liz said with a smile.

  “And I’m busy with work lately, so I hardly ever talk to her, except to check in for a quick phone call,” Harrison said as he stepped behind Liz’s desk and pulled her in for a deep kiss.

  “Harrison! Someone might see.” Liz said as she tried to push him away.

  “Let them see. I don’t care.” He joked as he continued to kiss Liz.

  That night Liz went home feeling the best she had felt in weeks, there was a sense of relief in finally agreeing to try things again with Harrison. He had been on her mind so much of every single day; it would be nice to spend time with him outside of work again.

  The next morning as Liz got ready for work she decided to wear a sexy white lace top that she knew would catch Harrison’s eye. She paired it with a tight red pencil skirt that showed off all of her curves. She suspected Harrison wouldn’t be prepared for the level of sex appeal she could throw at him. Liz was ready to distract him totally; she wanted to drive him wild.

  Harrison noticed the change in Liz the second she walked into work. She had been avoiding him for weeks, barely making eye contact and dressing in old lady boring clothes. But now Liz looked at him with desire, a desire that he had a hard time avoiding throughout the day.

  Several times during the day, Liz stepped into his office and picked up papers or took papers away. It took a level of self-control that Harrison did not know he had to stop himself from grabbing Liz and taking her right there on his desk. Last night it had been late in the boardroom and Harrison knew almost everyone was gone, he had joked that he didn’t care if anyone found them kissing, but really he did.

  Today though, he couldn’t contain himself. Watching Liz walk around in that tight skirt was killing him. Her ass perfectly shaped, just begged for him to touch it. The final straw happened when Liz turned to walk out of his office to bring as a stack of files to the office on the floor below his. She dropped the stack of papers when she got to his office door and then she bent over to pick them all up.

  Harrison sat at his desk and watched her bend over and slowly picked up each of the files. His cock ached for her. He had to have her.

  As Liz left his office and headed to the stairwell, Harrison followed her. He waited for her to drop off the files and then head back up the stairs. When she got to the top of the stairs, Harrison stood there waiting for you.

  “Oh, Mr. Wellington. How can I help you sir.” Liz joked.

  Harrison was filled with an urge that he had to have Liz. He grabbed her and pulled her into the corner of the stairwell.

  “You have been teasing me all day.” He said as he started to unbutton her lace blouse.

  “Whatever do you mean sir?” Liz pretended to be oblivious to her purposeful seduction throughout the day.

  “Oh, you know. This shirt. Your ass. I can’t take it anymore.” Harrison said as he turned Liz around and unzipped her tight red skirt.

  Her skirt fell gently to the floor, and Harrison couldn’t contain himself. Underneath her skirt was nothing. Liz had not even had on panties all day long.

  “Oh, Mr. Wellington. Oops. I forgot to wear panties today.” Liz smiled as she bent over and leaned against the railing of the stairwell.

  “Oh my fucking god,” Harrison said as he let his pants fall to the ground and pulled his cock out. He was about to slide inside of Liz when she stopped him.

  “No,” Liz said as she stood up and pushed Harrison into the corner.

  “What?” He said, and then he realized there was someone else in the stairwell. They seemed to be down a couple floors. No one ever had a reason to use the stairs to come all the way up to the top floor. But both Harrison and Liz were frozen there in silence and hoped this would not be the one time someone decided to come to the top floor using the stairs.

  Chapter 7

  Soon the threat of someone coming to their level in the stairwell was gone. Harrison grabbed Liz and bent her over the railing. Without hesitation, he slid inside of her.

  Liz tried to be quiet. There were over thirty floors of stairs, she didn’t want to make noise and have someone farther down the stairwell hear her. It was hard though. As Harrison thrust harder and harder, Liz felt like he wanted her to scream.

  Harrison did want to hear her scream. He wanted to win this battle of her seduction with a final tremendous orgasm that Liz couldn’t keep quiet through. He reached around and let his thumb press against her clit as he thrust inside of her.

  He committed himself to not cumming until he felt Liz give into the pleasure she felt. But soon he had no choice but to explode inside of her. He couldn’t stop himself, she felt so perfect wrapped around his cock.

  Liz relished in her win of seduction. She had so much fun seducing Harrison that day and driving him absolutely crazy for her. It made her smile that he had been trying to stop himself from cumming, but finally had given in. This was a fun game that Liz intended to play over and over again with Harrison.

  For the next several weeks, Liz and Harrison had a great time at work and outside of work. They spent their days flirting and having fun and their nights wrapped up in each other’s arms. It was hard for either of them to even remember why they had not just told Bella they were together in the first place. But as the weeks went by Liz started to worry that it would be harder and harder for them to come clean to Bella.

  Now they were lying about the relationship. Well not technically lying since Liz had not spoken to Bella in the last couple of weeks. But Liz still felt like she was not being truthful.

  Harrison had spoken to his daughter several times over the last few weeks, but he spent most of those conversations asking Bella about school and how her homework was going. He tried to avoid all conversations about his life and instead just redirected Bella to talk more about her own life at school. This was an easy tactic with Bella since she enjoyed talking about herself so much.

  Bella did stop by her father’s house a couple weeks before school was scheduled to end. They had dinner, and Harrison did his best to keep her distracted and talking about her school work and friends.

  “So do you have a boyfriend?” Harrison asked.

  “No, Daddy,” Bella said as she ate the pizza her father had ordered for them.

  “How is all your schoolwork? Are you ready for finals?”

  “It’s good. You know Dad you are looking good lately. Are you working out?” Harrison tried to hide his smile, but it just slipped out. He couldn’t help but think about all the late night sessions him and Liz had been having lately. It was a whole different kind of
workout than Bella was talking about for sure.

  “I have been working out,” Harrison said.

  “You look happy too Dad. How is the Boston office? You look so much less stressed out than you normally look.” Bella liked this new Dad she saw. He wasn’t all stressed out and worried, and he seemed to be working less than he typically did.

  “Yeah, things are really good Bella. I’m really happy.” Harrison said, and it was the truth. He felt happier than he had felt in many years.

  They finished their dinner and Harrison almost told Bella about Liz at least a dozen times. She needed to know. She needed to hear it from him and not from Liz. But Harrison just couldn’t bring himself to tell her, especially right before finals. He decided it would be best to wait until after Bella had finished her finals. She still had another two years of school left and Harrison contemplated not telling her at all until she was done with college, but finally settled on waiting a couple weeks until school was over.

  “You know Liz is graduating next week,” Bella said totally out of the blue.

  “Oh, yea. Are you two still hanging out?” Harrison didn’t want to let on that he knew the girls had not been hanging out for several weeks. He knew this for a fact because Liz had been spending many of her weekends at his apartment.

  Harrison had even spent a couple nights over at Liz’s place. He didn’t mind it over there at all. It was small, but it was actually pretty fun to hang out at a place different than his house.

  “Well, we had a fight a little bit ago, so we haven’t been hanging out. But we always make up from fights. It’s just a girl thing.” Bella said as she finished her dinner.

  “Women. I’ll never understand you all.” Harrison joked.

  Bella wanted to ask her Dad if he and Liz had really stopped hanging out together. She knew Liz was working as his assistant, but that was all she knew. Originally the only reason she had come over was because she wanted to try and get information out of her Dad. Seeing him looking so happy though, it made her second guess herself. Maybe he had a different girlfriend now? Maybe he was still seeing Liz?