Private Show (The Private Series) (33 page)

I do need to ask him a question, though.

“Ben?”

He presses his nose into my hair and kissing the top of my head. “Hmmm?”

“How were you so certain I would say yes and not move on while we were apart?” I chew on one of my fingernails.

He leads me into an empty dressing room, “I know you. I knew deep down you trusted me, even though you wouldn’t admit it to me or yourself. I know it was wrong to let you believe what you saw and believed was true.”

Sitting on a sofa, I crawl onto his lap. I rest my head on his chest and take in his warmth and his masculine scent.

“We could have been together at your fathers wedding, we could have spent the evening dancing and celebrating. We wasted time.”

“It was all worth it”. He runs his hand up my leg, “Fuck. You’re wearing garters?” He pushes my dress up to have a look and his mouth pops open. “You got a tattoo?”

“The same day I got my septum done. It was a spontaneous thing.”

Running his fingertips over the outline over the mug, he sighs. “I knew you couldn’t stop loving me.”

I press my hand over his heart, where his tattoo for me is etched into his skin, and tell him, “Never. You are my permanent too, Ben.” I kiss him tenderly.

He groans. “It feels so good to have you on me and touching me. I have missed feeling you. I missed your voice. I need you.”

I start to unbutton his shirt and his hand runs up the inside of my thigh, pressing me through my panties.

“Hold on.” I stand up and I undo the zipper on the back of my dress and let it fall to the floor, revealing my corset.

“Holy fuck.” He rasps out and he presses his hand to his growing erection. “You are going to make me come over here, just by looking at you. Fuck, it’s been too long!”

He is on me in one stride. He eagerly cups my breasts and licks up my neck to flick my earring. I reach down to his hard cock and squeeze him though his pants. Ben lets out a deep growl. I deftly undo his pants and reach in.

“Make love to me,” I pant.

Ben lifts me into his arms and lays me on the sofa. He drops his pants and removes his shirt, then pulls down the cups of my corset releasing my heavy breasts and pushing them up. He takes one in his mouth and I let out a soft whimper.

“Ben, I need you in me. I need you now, so badly.”

He rips my thong into shreds and rubs my oversensitive bud, I lift my hips into his hand and moan. He lifts my legs and wraps them around his waist, and I feel him pressing at my opening. He enters me slowly, lovingly.

His pace is slow and steady as we stare into one another eyes. I feel myself building fast so I give him a squeeze with my thighs to signal to him I need him deeper and harder. He gives me what I want and I gasp with pleasure.

Ben growls, “Come with me.”

“I’m… I’m…”

“Come on, I am so close, you’re so wet for me and hot. I feel you sucking me in. Come for me, baby.” His words send me over the edge and I can’t contain a scream of ecstasy.

“Fuuuu…” And with one last deep penetration he pours his hot liquid into me. I have missed this feeling so much.

The next morning we discuss our living arrangements. Ben wanted me to move right in with him, but I had an even better idea.

“Why don’t we look at a couple units here in your building? Something that we can both afford together? Keep a hand on your trust fund for a future home?”

Pulling me close to him he tells me, “You know what? I think that is a perfect idea. How did I get so lucky to find a woman as intelligent and beautiful as you?”

“Because, you’re one lucky hot British bastard,” I tease him.

Later that evening we decide to invite Erin and James over to make our announcement.

“I KNEW IT!” Erin screams at the tops of her lungs, as she lunges at me and nearly knocks me to the floor. “The ring! I need to see the ring!”

She viciously grabs my finger and sequels with delight, “There are pink stones on this thing! This is too perfect for you! I am so happy for the both of you!”

“Thank you,” Ben and I say in unison as I rejoin his side… where I am safe from Erin’s grasp. I look to James who has a smile on his face, but I can tell he still has his concerns.

“James?” I ask.

He walks over to me and Ben and offers Ben his hand, “Congrats bro, I know you’ll take care of my baby sister… because if you don’t I will come after you.”

Ben takes my brothers hand and pulls him into a hug, “I wouldn’t expect it any other way. Thanks.”

“I’ll get it,” Ben announces. When he opens the door he is shocked to see his best friend standing on the other side. “Dan! What are you doing here? Do you have a meeting?”

Ben steps to the side to let him in and man, does he look like shit. Not the cleaned up hottie I met before.

“Hey Dan,” I greet him. But he doesn’t say anything, but just waves. Huh, some things not right.

“Hey man, what’s going on? You look like you’ve been through the wringer.” Ben asks, genuinely concerned.

Dan leans in, “Can we talk?”

“Sure, want to do it in my study?”

“Yeah,” Dan answers and walks past the kitchen through the hall.

“Excuse me, for a moment. I’ll be right back.”

Erin looks to me, “Do you have any clue what that was about?”

I shrug.

“Hey, so what’s up? What brings you into the city?” I ask my obviously troubled friend.

Dan paces the floor in the small space of my study, “I need to tell you something, but I don’t know how to.”

Now I am getting worried, “What happened? You’re not back on drugs again are you? I know you got real bad after Jackie.”

“No, I’m not.” He grabs his head in frustration.

“Well, will you at least sit the fuck down, because you’re making me anxious.”

He stops, but refuses to sit, “If I don’t tell you now then I am going to feel like an asshole my whole life…”

“Get on with it then. It can’t be
that
bad, now can it?” But it’s Dan, I know how bad it can be and that’s what scares me.

He backs up to the door, peaks out and closes it the rest of the way, “What I am going to tell you, I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I was told some fucked up news and didn’t take it the way I should have. Know I am sorry.”

I just stare at him blankly, waiting for him to get on with his point.

“When I came into town I was nervous about running into Jackie as you know. Well I did and she was with this blonde douche in a suite and she told me some disturbing news.”

Fuck! I know what he’s going to say too. The day at the market when I got arrested, the couple threatened to tell Dan that I had slept with Jackie when they were together. “I know what you’re going say man.”

“You slept with Jackie when we were still together?” Sure as hell they told him.

“No, our friendship means more to me than to fuck it up by sleeping with my buds girl and you know that.”

He nods his head, “I do know that now, but when I first heard the news I was raged. Completely pissed off. I wanted to hurt you back.”

“Dan?”

He reaches the back of his head and tugs on his neck, “First I thought I’d make a move on Tess, but then I saw how she looked at you and I knew I had no chance in hell. Shit the girl laughed at me when I tried to flirt.”

“Where are you going with this Dan?” I can’t even think about what he is going to say. I have known Dan far too long and know that he can be a loose cannon.

“So I went after the next person you love most. Caroline.”

“You did what? What did you do to my baby sister? What the fuck!” I am yelling at who is supposed to be my best friend through thick and thin. He helped me when I moved here. We grew up together pretty much. Had each other’s backs.

I hear a knock on the door, “Ben? What’s going on?” I hear Tess.

All I see is red right now and I grab Dan by the throat. “What did you do?” I growl at him.

“I flirted and led her on. When you asked me to take her home I thought it was the perfect opportunity, to hurt you like I thought you hurt me.”

I can feel my fingers start to tighten around his neck and he starts to gasp. I let him drop to the floor against the door. I hear Tess yell in muffled tones as my blood pressure is spiking.

“Tell me what you did!”

He slowly gets to his feet and looks me in the eye like a man, “We made out. We kissed a bit and I felt her up and…”

“You touched her?” I am in his face again.

“A little… But it didn’t go far I swear! She wanted me to though Ben and that’s what brought it back into focus. She what fifteen, sixteen now? That’s too young to want that attention from a guy my age.”

“Are you telling me, my baby sister wanted to sleep with you?”

He throws his hands up in surrender, “I don’t know man, but I didn’t do anything. I apologized for leading her on and left. When I was getting in my car I saw her bedroom light come on and I could hear loud music start to blare, I think I really upset her Ben. I am so sorry. I wasn’t in my right mind and I feel like the biggest asshole.”

I step back and try to regain my focus.

“I knew I couldn’t do that to her or you. I was being selfish. I am sorry.”

“Okay.”

“That’s it? Okay?” He asks shocked.

“I forgive you. But I want you to stay away from Caroline, understood?”

“Yeah, man.”

I open the door to let him out. I pulled Tess in and I explained that the rat couple did eventually tell Dan their lie and what he just pulled with my sister.

“Ben… I talked to Caroline a while ago about a guy she likes and has been texting… she said he is older.” She looks back to the door and lowers her voice, “Do you think it could have been Dan?”

“Why would they have been texting or talking for that matter? Especially before he heard the lie?”

She shrugs and I wrap my arms around my fiancé, she takes a deep breath as she presses the side of her face into my chest and exhales. “I just worry I guess.”

“I know, but I am sure with Caroline it’s just your typical teenage behavior.” I assure her.

“I hope.”

Dan stayed to celebrate our recent engagement and offered his own good news, which was he is the new head at
Tones
, Mrs. Fuller has asked him to come back to the Seattle branch.