Legally Bound 2: Against The Law (12 page)

Chapter 16

R
ita sat up in bed staring down at Marcus while he was asleep. This was it she was going to let him go once and for all. She couldn’t face him this morning; it would be too hard. She already made a plan to move forward.

She just wanted to watch him a little longer. He was so gorgeous as he laid beside her with his full lips parted and his eyes closed. His lashes were so long as they fanned out against his cheeks. His hair was sweeping across his forehead messy from sleep.

One of his large hands was reaching out for her, and the other was resting over his heart. A heart she had fallen so deeply in love with. Rita found her hands were itching to touch him.

Rita knew she was playing with fire, but there was one more thing she wanted to experience with Marcus and only Marcus. If she didn’t do it now, it would never happen.

Rita looked down at his body. The sheets had fallen away, and he was fully exposed for her viewing. He was semi hard in his sleep. Rita licked her lips as she contemplated what she wanted. This would be one last thing she would be able to have to remember.

Making her decision, Rita gently slid down the bed and moved to her knees. She peeked up at Marcus as he stirred a little. She bit her lip nervously hoping not to wake him as yet.

When he settled and seemed as if he wasn’t moving any longer, Rita looked back down at his manhood and wrung her hands. She had no idea what she was doing. She just knew she wanted to try.

Tentatively she bent over and reached for his semi hard manhood and gave it a gentle squeeze. Marcus grunted in his sleep. She peeked to make sure he was still asleep before flicking out her tongue to taste the precum that rose to the tip when she gave it a squeeze.

Rita hummed to herself at his salty sweet taste. With a wicked smile on her lips, she swirled her tongue around his tip. Marcus whimpered slightly and bucked his hips, but he still didn’t wake. Rita chuckled as she enjoyed her exploration.

Placing both hands at his base, she started to massage and pump him at once. Marcus’s hips started to move with the motion. Rita beamed to herself and decided she really wanted this.

She bent over and wrapped her lips around him. She could feel her own arousal from having this control over the man who had her life in such an upheaval. If only he knew how much she really loved him.

Rita worked her mouth up and down simultaneously with her hands. Marcus was really moaning now and bucking his hips. His head sank back into the pillow as his breathing increased. Rita kept her eyes on him watching his reaction to what she was doing.

He tasted so silky, sweet and smooth in her mouth, but hard as steel at the same time. She couldn’t help the hums of pleasure that were coming from her throat. This was so erotic and sensual. Taking him in her mouth was something she wanted from the time she saw his massive size the night before.

“Rita,” Marcus grunted in almost a question, as he opened his eyes and blinked the sleep away.

His breath was labored, and his face was twisted in pleasure. He reached for her face with one hand and cupped the back of her head with the other. He was really pumping his hips now as his eyes locked with hers.

Rita slurped and groaned, causing his eyes to widen and his mouth to fall open in an o shape. His hand on her face dropped to clutch the sheets. Rita was so turned on that she could do this to this powerful man. Marcus’s head fell back, and he nearly bucked off the bed as she cupped his balls with one hand and took him as far as her throat would let her. She was surprised at how far that actually was.

“Fuck,” Marcus growled.

Rita smiled as she noticed the veins straining in his forearm and neck. She continued to bob and slurp since the sound seemed to turn him on so much. He was so large she had to use both her hands and mouth, and she still wasn’t giving the whole of him attention.

Marcus thought he was dreaming. She was literally blowing his mind. Rita could feel him getting ready to blow. She quickened her pace and unsheathed her teeth when she got to the tip to tease him just a little. Marcus tightened his hand in her hair to try to pull her away.

“Baby…coming…stop,” he panted incoherently. Rita chuckled and flicked her tongue around him on her way back down again. That was all he needed to blow as he bellowed her name.

Rita hummed in satisfaction as he shot his load down her throat. Rita let him pop from her lips and laughed. She didn’t think she would like it so much. She sat back on her heels biting the corner of her lip peeking up at Marcus through her lashes.

He was staring at her with reverence. He was awed that she had just given him the greatest oral sex he ever had, and he had some pretty great experiences. He blinked a few times to clear his head then tackled her to the bed.

“You’re amazing,” he growled against her neck as she fell back against the bed.

“Marcus,” Rita gasped when his hand reached between her legs.

“Shh Baby, it’s time for your reward. I always reward my woman when she’s a good girl,” Marcus crooned.

But I’m not your woman
; Rita thought sadly and had to fight back the tears. Rita let the tears roll when Marcus was too busy to see them. Her sobs were covered by her cries of pleasure.

Once Marcus felt she was rewarded thoroughly, he tugged her back into his arms and drifted back off to sleep. Rita wasn’t so sure the reward was worth the pain that was tearing through her. This was the only man she would ever love and because she made poor decision after poor decision she had lost him forever.

Chapter 17

M
arcus was still passed out on his back with his arm thrown across his face. Suddenly he shot up bolt straight and gasped like someone had just stolen his air. He immediately reached out for Rita. She was gone, and the bed was cold where she had been laying.

Marcus had a sinking feeling in his gut. He stumbled out of bed and grabbed his aching head. Looking around the room the bathroom door was open with the light off and her things were gone.

Marcus pinched the bridge of his nose. He tried to tell himself Rita left so no one would know they spent the night together. After taking a few deep breaths, he looked around the room for his things. His bag was placed neatly by the door.

Rushing to it, he grabbed the bag and rushed into the bathroom to freshen up and get dressed. He should have set an alarm last night. The immediate family was scheduled to fly out together a little afternoon.

Once in a fresh pair of jeans and grey t-shirt and light button up he was rushing out of the room to find everyone. Well, one person in particular. Thundering down the stairs to the foyer he ran right into Nate.

“Great I was just going to come searching for you,” Nate sighed. “Everyone else has already left. We’ll be following them.”

Marcus looked over Nathan’s shoulder to see Pamela trying to ignore them both. “Is it just the three of us?” Marcus asked.

“Yup, we’re the only three that overslept. Well from what I hear Bobby and Paige are running late from their villa but that was to be expected. If we get a move on maybe we won’t be the last ones to arrive,” Nathan chuckled.

Marcus nodded and followed Nate and Pam to the waiting truck. The ride was awkward to say the least. Pam climbed into the third row of the truck despite there only being the three of them and the driver. Nate sat up front in the passenger seat while Marcus sat in the middle.

Marcus was too wrapped up in his own thoughts to figure out what was going on with these two. Something inside was telling him that something wasn’t right. He rubbed at his chest trying to relieve the pain from his heart.

It wasn’t adding up. He should have been the happiest man alive. Last night was amazing if you didn’t count the few awkward moments when he tried to carry a conversation with Rita. This morning had been even better. He was shocked to wake up to Rita going down on him but amazed at how good it felt and how much she seemed to enjoy bringing him so much pleasure.

He remembered falling asleep with her in his arms and everything was fine. He’d taken it easy on her this morning, but he made sure she was thoroughly satisfied. He chided himself in his head. She was only doing what they had done before, hiding their relationship. They would never have to hide again now that she was coming home for good, and he was going to marry her.

When they arrived at the hanger, Marcus jumped out of the truck and moved swiftly for the plane. Nate shot him a questioning look, but Marcus kept moving forward. The plane was buzzing with excited chatter but as Marcus looked around three faces he expected to see were missing.

Rita, Marie, and Jasper were not in sight. Marcus smoothed his sweaty palms on his jeans and took an empty seat across from everyone else. Paige, Bobby, Sam, Ellen and Jess were all seated together.

Pamela came and sat across from him, and Nathan sat in the seat next to her with a taunting smile on his face. Marcus stifled a groan. He wanted to leave room for Rita and hoped they’d be able to talk in as much privacy as they could get. Sitting across from Nate was not ideal. Marcus pulled his phone from his pocket to send Rita a text.

Baby where are you?

He sat staring at the phone waiting for a response. Seconds seemed like hours. After fifteen minutes with still no response, the pilot announced that they would be departing. Marcus looked frantically around the plane. Taking a breath to calm himself, he cleared his throat.

“Where is Rita…Um, Marie and Jasper,” he tried to cover his original blunder.

“She decided to follow Marie back to Europe. Something about collecting their things in the apartment and tying up loose ends,” James offered. “They mentioned they may be another few months or so.”

“Fuck,” Marcus growled and pushed his hands in his hair. Realization of his outburst hit him a little too late. “Shit, sorry mom, dad.”

Nate narrowed his eyes, and the playful grin fell from his lips. Marcus snatched at his hair from the roots. He knew she was running again. He was completely gutted.

“You’re the reason,” Nate growled. “You’re the reason she just had to follow Marie to Europe when dad was giving her an out. You’re the reason she wouldn’t come back home. You’re the reason my sister was going to marry some guy she wasn’t even in love with, a guy that was never in love with her.”

“What,” Marcus frowned at Nate’s words. “If she wasn’t in love with him… if he wasn’t in love with her why did he propose to her? What do you mean he was never going to love her?”

Nate snorted, while Camille, Paige, and Pamela snickered. “He doesn’t know yet?” Pamela asked in shock.

“Know what?” Marcus growled.

“
Okay
… minding my business,” Pam sang and pushed on a pair of sunglasses.

“Anton is gay,” Nate bit out. “Wait a minute, how do you three know?”

Pamela studied her nails like they were the most important thing on the planet. Paige pressed her lips at her sister. With a sigh, she snuggled into Bobby’s side.

“When we took that little walk last night, just us girls, Rita may have poured out her real feelings and the story behind their relationship.” Paige shrugged.

“Wait James… you and my father knew all along didn’t you? That was what all the top secret requests on Marcus and Rita were for. Unbelievable, how long,” Nate growled the last part at Marcus. “Wait, don’t answer that. I already know. I just wanted to believe you weren’t that stupid to be seeing my baby sister and lying to me about it.”

“I never wanted to lie about it. It just happened, and I didn’t know what else to do,” Marcus said to his hands. “Wait, her fiancé is gay? She wasn’t in love with him?”

“Phew… we have a whole lot of slow going on around here,” Pamela snorted.

“I tried to tell you to get the facts Son,” James said gently. “Nate, your father and I thought it best to let the two of them make their own decisions and mistakes but yes we knew.”

“How did you finally find out the truth,” Paige asked Nathan with a warm smile.

“Dad took me aside last night before he left with your parents and the Grands. He just left out anything about Marcus,” Nathan grumbled.

“I love her, Nate. I’ve loved her since the first time your father put her in my arms and told us she was our new charge, that it was our job to keep her safe and protected. Then somewhere along the way I fell
in
love with her and I wanted to protect her, keep her safe and make her happy. I’d do anything for her,” Marcus said to his longtime friend.

Nate narrowed his eyes. “So why are you engaged Marcus and why is my sister on the run again?” he almost hissed. Marcus could see that Nate was pissed.

“The engagement was a mistake. Julia was going through my things at my place, and she found the ring. The ring belongs…it belonged to Rita. I bought it for her nineteenth birthday. I was going to propose to show her what I couldn’t openly express. We got into a stupid fight before I could give it to her and then she was gone.”

Marcus pinched his nose and sighed. “Julia thought the ring was for her and instead of trying to explain the truth I let her think it was for her. Rita was getting married, and Julia kept mentioning wanting to get married. I know I’ll never love anyone the way I love Rita, so I just thought in time I would be able to marry Julia. She just got relentless after seeing the ring and everything spun out of control.

“I never meant for anyone to find out about the engagement until I could get my feelings together, but Julia had other plans.”

“You have no idea,” James growled under his breath and sipped his cognac. “You do realize I was never letting that marriage happen.” James raised a brow at his son.

“And why is that?” Bobby piped in out of curiosity.

“Jeremy is a worm. He is losing everything, and my son was on his list of targets to get a ‘get out of jail free card’,” James stated simply.

“She has never been in love with Marcus,” Minnie said shrewdly. Suddenly Karen’s words came back to Marcus from the engagement party.

“Told you,” Camille coughed and smiled at Paige.

“But no one has answered my question,” Marcus said impatiently. “She wasn’t in love with that guy.”

“Geez, no,” Pam huffed.

“Rita thought you would go after her to Europe when she first left. When you didn’t come, she talked Anton into proposing to her. His family was breathing down his neck and if they knew he was gay they would have disinherited him,” Camille explained.

“When you showed up in Italy you overheard a conversation between friends. They are not in love, but they love each other like brother and sister. Rita would do anything for Anton they are very close, but not lovers,” Paige added.

“At least, someone understands brotherly love,” Nate grunted.

“Oh give it a rest Hulk,” Pam snickered.

“I’ll show you a Hulk,” Nathan leaned to whisper in Pam’s ear.

She slid her glasses down her nose and looked him in the eyes. Nathan gave her a cocky smile, and Pam rolled her eyes as she clenched her thighs and turned away. The sooner she got away from this man, the better.

“But I don’t understand why she didn’t tell me the truth,” Marcus face compressed.

“You walked away lover boy. You didn’t let her explain,” Camille said.

“From the way Rita tells it you looked like you never wanted to see her again,” Pam sighed.

“She was still young Marcus. She was afraid,” Paige added to soften the blow.

“But I told her I loved her. I told her to come home,” Marcus murmured to no one in particular.

“In a text,” Pam snorted.

“Pam,” Paige hissed. “Marcus, you have to understand. Anton’s family didn’t really believed the engagement was real after they took so long to plan the wedding and rumors were floating around about Anton’s real love life. You sent that text right after she had just promised Anton she would go through with the wedding.

“She was devastated, but Anton had done so much for her she couldn’t leave him with nothing. And he was going to lose everything if they didn’t get married. His family, his boyfriend, they were all putting so much pressure on him.”

“Besides, when she finally decided she was coming home and going to tell Anton she couldn’t go through with it. She read online you were engaged,” Camille said with an apologetic smile.

“God, could this get any worse,” Marcus groaned.

“Well…,” Camille said and wrinkled her nose.

“She thinks you’re still engaged,” Paige bit her lip. “We didn’t know you weren’t until Bobby mentioned it this morning. We would have told her.”

“Technically I am still engaged,” Marcus winced.

“Hold on, you knew about this?” Nathan snapped at Bobby.

“Not half as much as you think, my wife happens to know way more than I do. I just found out he was in love with Rita the other night,” Bobby held up his hands in surrender.

“You should have just come to me. Sure, I would have kicked your ass, but I would have gotten over it,” Nate sighed.

“Dude, I was twenty-five dating your eighteen-year-old sister. I wanted to kick my own ass. I just fell so hard so fast I didn’t know what to do, and I couldn’t stay away any longer,” Marcus sighed, rubbed his eyes then looked at his empty palms.

The plane fell silent. Everyone’s eyes were on Marcus as they watched a myriad of emotions play across his face. He was devastated all over again as it all sank in.

“I thought we would be fine after last night,” Marcus said almost to himself.

“What happened last night,” Nate grumbled.

Marcus’s head snapped up to look at Nate’s pissed off expression. Marcus shook his head to clear it. “I have to go after her. I thought she was coming home. I was going to get her a new ring and finally do things the right way. I have to tell her the truth. She needs to know how I feel. I mean I told her I love her, but I have to make her understand how much I do.”

“Clean up your mess first, Mairettie. Don’t bring Rita into what you have created. Pennywell is not going to be happy about any of this,” Nathan sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “His problems are a mile long.”

“Looks like I’m not the only one withholding information,” Bobby said pointedly to Nate.

“You had more important things on your mind,” Nate sighed. Bobby just nodded, and the understanding that they would talk was exchanged.

“Well, being a part of this family leaves no dull moments,” Pamela chuckled.

Nate snorted beside her. Minnie looked over at Pamela and smiled. James chuckled to himself as he read the look on his wife’s face knowing what she was thinking. Things were about to get even more interesting in their growing family.