by Chanel Ivy
"Yes. I've done this long enough and made enough enemies for a few lifetimes. It's time to relax and enjoy life. You made me realize what I wanted, and I want you to be a part of it with me. This situation just speeds up what was already in motion."
"I don't know what to say."
"Right now, you don't have to say anything. I think all of this is going to get worse before it gets better, but it will get better. Tessa, I think I'm in love with you."
"I'm pretty sure I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, Miss. Veronica Walker."
Chapter 8
A few days went by and the stage was set. Veronica and I, with her security team, were meeting her attorneys at their offices to sign the paperwork for the sale of Walker International. Afterward, we were scheduled to meet with the detectives at the precinct to give our formal statements regarding Jamie's murder and my name being on the killers note.
Even though Steve and Kevin were with us every step of the way, I was still very uneasy about going out in public. I felt like at any minute there would be a loud bang, and both Veronica and I would be dead.
My insecurities aside, everything at the lawyer's office went quite smoothly. Veronica signed a ton of paperwork. I didn't understand most of it, but it seemed like money was going in a million different directions in a bunch of various forms. It was agreed that cash was to be secured at specifically designated locations, cryptocurrency was to be purchased under the names of LLCs I had never heard of, and wire transfers were scheduled to offshore bank accounts all over the world.
It was a relief when everything was signed, and her attorneys said we were all done. We were walking out of the hall into the main foyer when the commotion started.
A man dressed as a courier wheeling in boxes pulled a gun and screamed something in another language I didn't understand. Veronica grabbed my hand, trying to pull me to the floor as she screamed, "It's him! The man who murdered Jamie! He's..."
Those were the only words Veronica could get out before I heard the loud pops of the gun going off. I felt Veronica let go of my hand as she fell to the floor just before I felt an intense burning sensation in my right shoulder, and my body collapsed next to her. I heard more shooting, closer to us as if it were coming from right next to me before everything went black.
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I woke up with the sun warming my face and what felt like an ice pack cooling my right shoulder. I blinked my eyes hard to focus and try to figure out where I was. I sat up slowly, and the ice fell to my side, revealing a huge black and blue mark on my shoulder. It was painful but bearable.
I looked around the room, and I was comforted to see I was lying in a massive four-post bed enclosed with sheer satin draperies. The walls were a light shade of purple, and the thick curtains were a dark cream. The colors were an immense comfort as I knew I had to be in one of Veronica's homes.
I stood up and walked over to the large bay window seat and looked out to the most breathtaking scenery I had ever witnessed. I was surrounded by snow-covered mountains as far as the eye could see. The sun was dipping behind the colossal pine trees as I heard the door open behind me.
Veronica walked in slowly, "Hey there, sleepyhead. How are you feeling?" she asked, reaching out to push my hair behind my shoulders.
"I feel much better than I should. What the hell happened? That guy shot you. He shot us both?" I questioned, feeling a twinge of pain in my shoulder at the memory from the attorney's office.
"He did shoot us, but do you remember the shirt I gave you to wear?"
"Yeah."
"Well, it was made of lightweight Kevlar. Steve knew the Chinese were going to make a play for us both, so he prepared for the inevitable. Steve and Kevin returned fire as soon as the assassin got his shots off and killed him instantly. You got hit in the shoulder here," she said, slowly caressing my bruised shoulder. "I got hit in the chest," she replied, pulling away her shirt to reveal a large bruise that matched mine but just over her left breast where her heart was.
"Ouch," I said, as I leaned forward to softly kiss her bruises. "Why are we not in the hospital if the killer is dead? Where exactly are we?"
She laughed softly, "We're in our new home, Tessa, in the glorious, secluded Canadian wilderness. I knew we couldn't stay in Philly, and I've had my eye on this place for a while now. So, I made sure some of the money from the sale of the company was untraceable, and I gave Steve instructions to purchase this estate and have it ready for us. I even made sure that there's a writing and drawing-room made up for you downstairs that has an extraordinary view of the stream that runs through the yard. It's frozen over now, but it's still amazing to look at. I figured that even with the assassin dead, the Chinese would never stop coming for us, and I had a plan for that too. So, ugh, technically... we're dead."
"What?" I yelped, completely taken by surprise.
"There were blood packs in our shirts so it would look like we were actually shot, and Kevin dosed us with a sedative paralytic when we went down so we'd look unresponsive. Steve already had medics on standby ready to pronounce both of us dead in route to the hospital. No one batted an eye when two body bags were wheeled into the hospital morgue and then wheeled out to the transportation that was waiting to take us here."
"But, aren't people going to ask questions when our bodies go missing?"
"It's already taken care of. Per the hospital records you and I were both cremated this afternoon."
"But what about my family? Oh my God, my parents think I'm dead!"
"Relax Tessa. You need to calm down. You are still coming down from the drugs they gave us, and I don't need you passing out. We just need to lay low for a while, and eventually, we can let your family know everything. If you want to that is. Right now, you're free. We can do whatever we want. Live however we want without anyone telling us that we're wrong. You said your parents wanted you to get married and have kids, right? Well, now you don't have that pressure anymore. You don't have to live your life the way they want you to. I highly doubt they'd be happy for you if you told them you moved to Canada to live with your new wife."
"Wife?"
"Well, yeah. In time I hoped that we could get married. I already know I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Tessa. I've never felt this way about anyone before, and I need you with me. You make me happy. Everything that's happened recently has solidified that for me. You make me see a bright, full future instead of a dark, lonely existence. I love you."
I couldn't contain my feelings for this woman any longer. I grabbed her face in my hands and kissed her ferociously. She responded by slowly pulling my nightgown off my shoulders and pushing it down where it fell to the floor. She stood back and looked at my naked body with lust in her eyes as she took off her tank top and shorts exposing her bare frame to me.
She kissed me hard and fondled my full breasts as she pushed me back to the bed. I sat on the edge, spreading my legs, welcoming her sex to push up against mine. Her body was warm and wet on my center, and she moaned softly while she pinched my hard nipple between her lips, flicking it with her tongue.
Veronica moved down between my legs and kissed my wet heat with her soft lips. "Don't move." She whispered.
I heard something click open and then a zipper before she reappeared before me with a dark purple toy in her hand.
"What is that for?" I asked as the anticipation of pleasure built inside of me.
"It's called a joystick, and it's for us to pleasure each other. Scoot back to the center of the bed and put your back up against those pillows."
I did as I was told with my legs spread wide for her. She pulled my knees up as she used the length of the toy to rub up and down my soaking tightness. She pushed a button in the middle of the toy, and it began to pulse and vibrate. The ends of the wand also started to grow longer and retract as she pushed the button again. Veronica put one end in her mouth and the other in mine. She pulled it out slowly and inserted one of the ends into my aching body. I fel
t the pulsing vibration and the thrust of its insertion filling me as Veronica moved her body to press her sex against mine. She inserted the other end of the toy into herself, the pressure from her body, pushing the toy further inside me, filling my core with intense sensations I had never experienced before.
Our warmth was pressed against one another, and we both began to thrust our hips into each other. Veronica kissed my knee and reached up to my face putting one of her fingers in my mouth. I sucked her finger gently and moaned as she pulled it away. She used her wet finger to rub both of our clits at the same time in a circular motion. Our thrusts became harder and heavier as we both cried out in pleasure. We reached our climaxes together, and it was intensely fulfilling.
We both collapsed into the thick warm blankets in a sweaty mass of exhaustion. Veronica looked up at me, batting her beautiful blue eyes and whispered, "I love you."
I ran the back of my hand lightly over her bare moist breast and whispered back, "I love you too."
I was going to spend the rest of my life out here in the mountains making this woman happy, and I couldn't care less about anything else. This was my life now, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
The End
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