Seduction: Book 4 (Strong Young Women Series) (14 page)

He ordered room ser
vice and ate a solitary dinner, watching her. He couldn’t imagine life without her. She had become so important to him and in such a short time. He vowed to spend the rest of his life taking care of her and making her happy.

The next morning, he woke up the happiest man alive. Her body trembled as he caressed her awake. He smirked when she w
himpered as he ran his fingers lightly against her pussy lips. She opened her legs for him, giving him all the access he needed.

It had been a wild night, almost like the first few weeks after meeting her. She had not complained,
at any of the times he had woken her up with kisses, or sunk into her while half asleep. It was a delight to see her wake fully each time he bottomed out inside her.

They took another hot bath with salts to give her relief, then he took her for breakfast and left her and Tom flanked by their bodyguards as his also flanked him, taking him away
, back to New York.

And that was the pattern for the rest of the week. On Friday, he simply worked in the hotel suite and met them for lunch. Their seminar was over, he was told. She said she wanted to take Tom for a little sightseeing.

Gabe looked from her to her protégé and sighed. The young boy was already in love with her. His lips twitched wondering if she would believe him if he told her. He sighed again and then agreed. Her grin made him smile and he was happy knowing he had made her happy.

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Kelly groaned as her alarm woke her up. Just two weeks of waking up later than usual and her body had already adjusted to the lazy life. It was already Thursday and she still had not adjusted back to her normal schedule. It probably also had to do with interrupted sleep patterns. Not that she was complaining.

Well, her body certainly wasn’t. It was glad for all that extra exercise. She had definitely gained weight in t
wo weeks, and she needed to take it off. She had a hot little dress that wouldn’t fit if the extra pounds didn’t come off soon.

Kelly knew the longer you waited, the harder it became to lose the weight. If she were Ana she might have gone a few rounds at the gym. Or just used Rafe and Nate’s. They had converted one end of their floor into a little gym, that most trainers would envy. The other end had a little apartment that was not in use. They had offered it to their join
t housekeeper, Mrs. Sanchez, but she had opted to live at her own house.

Since the top floor had two penthouse apartments, they were slight
ly smaller than Gabe’s but huge nevertheless. And as they were hardly in their apartments, they had found a housekeeper who had agreed to take care of both penthouse apartments, which at first Kelly had found to be odd, but somehow worked. Everyone always converged at Gabe’s. But now things had shifted. Guests had come and gone at Gabe’s then Rafe’s. Soon she wouldn’t be surprised if the same happened with Nate’s place too.

Surely the honeymoon phase was over and they would open the door to guests. Kelly laughed thinking of how she had only seen Jes twice since they had come back from escorting Ana to DC. She turned, allowing Rafe to wash her back.
Everyday he had woken up at the same time she did, taking her to work then going to the office. And every night, he had been there to pick her up.

He had been acting funny though. Kelly wondered if he had been afraid Brad would be back to torment her again. The last she had heard, he was still in jail. She doubt
ed if he would be able to post bail, that is if it was even offered. The last time, it had been denied, but she knew he would probably try again. That is if he even had the money to pay for it.

Kelly walked into the lounge that catered for the staff of the hospital. Staff members taking a break were usually found relaxing on the couches scattered around, or at tables, reading or sometimes eating a snack or drinking coffee. She waived at some co-workers then proceeded into the changing room where she placed her handbag in her locker, locked it and went to work.

Kelly always came to work already dressed for work, unless coming from some event where she might not have had the time to change. Ana was coming back tomorrow and they were supposed to meet and hang out. It was a girls night in for the five of them. She had missed her. They had been so used to living together and always being together most of the times. Their lives were changing, and not necessarily in a bad way.

She was happy for her friend. It was only a matter of time before she decided on a date and she would be helping her for her big day. At least she lived in the next building over, which made things a little easier. But how the brothers had found homes next to each other, it was hard to believe.

Only Manuel and Evelyn lived in Jersey, but she had heard Stefano say he wanted to move to the city and make it easier for Stefano’s job. It seemed things were looking up for the gay love couple. Faster than anyone had thought too.

And if Mitch had his way with Evelyn, she might never sleep in her house again. Rafe was possessive about her, even Gabe with Ana. But Kelly had seen Mitch’s possessiveness. He took it to a whole new level. It was always fun watching Evelyn frown in his direction. She re
membered the waiter from the dinner last week, the Saturday before Ana left, who had almost dropped his tray after Mitch had warned him after he had caught him flirting with Evelyn.

The poor guy. It had been harmless. He had seemed like the type of guy who flirted with most females, but this time had flirted with the wrong ones. He had shifted his attention to Jes, and been burned there by Nate, then her, and quickly averted his eyes at Rafe’s threatening stance and when he had looked to Ana, hoping for some hope in the direction, had almost wet his pants in his hurry to leave at Gabe’s words to him.

“Take a hike. You wouldn’t know how to handle her,” Gabe had told him. “Besides, I’d just cut off your dick.”

“Stand in line,” Mitch had responded.

At the time everyone had gasped. But after the dinner, they had laughed. Then it had been funny, but not when the poor waiter had run away. He had rushed away and they hadn’t seen him return. It had probably been for the best too.

Kelly stood in front of the board trying to see what she had been assigned to
do today. Sometimes, she wondered if Brad would suddenly appear out of nowhere. He had always been good at catching her here every time their shifts had collided. Now she wouldn’t be seeing him ever again.

She was thankful for that more than anything else. One day he would be out and her nigh
tmares would start all over again.

She hoped he would serve enough sentences to keep him locked up for a very long time. It wasn’t fair to the women he had abused to live in fear of the day he was released. Some were even afraid to testify because of that.

Lester had said they were still trying to work with those women while working on her case to see if everyone who had been abused by him in one fashion or another could be brave enough to come forward. If they didn’t who knew who else he would torment at a later date.

What kind of a doctor would he have made? He had been good at his job. No doubt about that. Who knew whom he would have continued to abuse with his new found fame as a qualified doctor? It probably was for the best that he wouldn’t get to finish and be called a doctor after all.

It had been a long day. She had attended to more kids in one day than she had on most normal weeks. It seemed like kids were really taking their summer vacation to heart and getting into all sorts of mischief.

Kelly got in
the car and sat beside Rafe, who reached out to her and pulled her into his lap. He kissed her, gently taking her lips as he massaged her shoulders. “You look tired,” he said. Kelly rotated her shoulders feeling her muscles slowly relax.

“Nothing that your great hands can’t fix,” she said as she dropped her head back, enjoying the feel of his hands. “Mmmmm.”

He ran her a bath as soon as he had her in the penthouse. Kelly relaxed against him, and watched him rub the washcloth against her hands, then her legs. Her body tingled as he moved to her front and rubbed underneath her breasts, taking his time and purposely rubbing his hand against her nipple at every chance he got.

She felt alive as she stretched and moaned. He
rubbed her neck and trailed kisses along her neck and shoulder. Kelly leaned forward and he washed her back. She turned and took the cloth out of his hands, then returned the favor. “Are you okay?” she asked with a light laugh.

Rafe hadn’t expected her to turn the tables on him. Her hand slowly moved along his hands as she washed him, taking her time, then moving on to his legs which she made a point to lift out of the water. She stood up and moved behind him, then made a point of adding soap to the washcloth and rubbed his back and butt. She moved back to the front and tickled him with
the washcloth, moving over his nipples with some kind of purpose. She moved lower and washed his privates, then discarded the washcloth and took his cock in her hands.

“Kelly,” he said with a groan. “Baby, I could…ah…at…any…time.”

She rubbed his mushroom head, then released him. He drew in a sigh. That had been close. He watched her rise and step out, grab a towel and wrap it around her body. She took another towel and as he held his hand out to her, she shook her head and began drying him instead.

Rafe stood still as she dried his front, falling on her knees to dry his legs. He turned around and she dried the backs of his legs, then she rose and finished off his front.

Kelly grabbed his hand and led him out of the bathroom. When he was close to the edge of the bed, she pushed him backwards and he fell back, surprised at her move. Before he could be the wiser, Kelly dropped down onto her knees and cupped his balls in her hands. She smiled as blood rushed south and filled his cock as she continued caressing him.

She leaned forward and pulled one sac into her mouth.

He hissed and leaned forward holding her head tight.

She released him and kissed it, then took the second ball into her mouth too. Kelly moved her hands along his hips, up to his belly and belly button. She suckled him and at his groan, released and licked the length of his cock standing at attention right in front of her eyes. It bobbed happily and she smiled. “Someone’s happy to see me.”

He grunted and she took that as a happy sign. Then she gripped the base and moved him towards her wide open lips. She took one long swipe and took him whole. And deep. At his deep grown, Kelly pulled him out of her mouth and swirled her tongue as she licked him all round, before she went down on him again. His grip in her hair tightened and Kelly lifted off.

She could barely hold him
in one hand, but she started moving her hand up and down his shaft like a man masterbating.

“Tighter,” he said with a grunt.

Kelly tightened her hold and continued her ministrations. As his groans escalated in intensity, Kelly pulled him back into her mouth and bobbed her head up and down until his surrender rang through the bedroom and he quickly erupted into her mouth. It was like a volcano. Fast and furious.

Kelly swallowed and had to use her fingers to catch his cum that was dripping down her chin. She rubbed it on her lips like she was applying lipgloss, then rose from her kneeling
position and kissed him effectively transferring her so called lip gloss from her lips into his mouth.

“I’m hungry,” she told him as she rolled o
ff him, then dropped down from the bed and walked to her closet, where she found something to wear. Kelly came out of her closet and found Rafe still in the same position. She shook her head and leaned against the door. “Are you planning on eating dinner at all?” she asked.

“I’m still reeling from that show you just put on and the orgasm you just gave me,” he told her.

“Take your time. I’ll just go and see what’s for dinner.” Kelly left him and walked into the kitchen. She looked at the pad on the fridge where dinner directions were always written down by Mrs. Sanchez. She checked the time, and realized the dish would be done in another ten minutes.

As she waited for Rafe, she set the table for two people and was just placing the salad bowl on the table when he made an appearance. She smirked at him.

“Payback’s a bitch, baby.”

Kelly swallowed and ran to the oven. She pulled out the baked pasta and chicken dish and placed it on the table. She sat and watched him choose a wine bottle from his wine cooler. He grinned at her as he opened the bottle and poured the white wine into her glass.

“Would you like to do the honors?” he asked pointing to the food on the table.

Kelly shook her head.

Rafe laughed and added salad to her plate, then his. He did the same with the pasta dish, and took his seat opposite her.

Twelve

Kelly received a text almost a hour before her shift was up. He wanted to take her out for dinner. Why? He knew they were having a girls in night. Could he have forgotten? She sent him a text with that reminder, and he replied with a promise to have her back early enough for the girls night in to
still be a success.

Kelly was not only surprised he didn’t come to pick her up, but also that he wasn’t at home when she arrived. A note lay on the bed, beside a dress he had chosen and wanted her to wear. She read it twice, then shrugged and dropped the note and went to take a shower.

She dressed carefully. She liked the dress he had chosen. It was deep purple with spaghetti straps, a narrow waist and pleated skirt. The man had taste. She swirled and remembered her days as a little girl wearing lots of pretty dresses and always swirling in front of the mirror.

After the long day at work, she decided on a heel not so high
though. She still had some of her clothes at her apartment. She hadn’t been there in weeks. She found one she thought would be comfortable and hoped they didn’t end up walking.

Kelly left the master bedroom and followed Spark out
of the penthouse. He had obviously switched with John and Hank who had been with her during the day. Tonight, however, Spark was not alone. He was with one new guy she had never met before, who was driving and had been waiting for them in the SUV parked downstairs.

It didn’t take more than twenty minutes before she looked up to see that they had stopped
on ninth avenue, outside
a high priced Chinese restaurant. When Spark opened the door for her, she got out and followed him inside. He looked around like he was expecting trouble, then guided her to walk a little ahead of him.

She immediately saw him. He was seated at a two person little table amidst many six, eight, twelve person tables. Kelly wasn’t sure, but she thought there might have been longer tables behind a couple of walls she passed by as she was directed towards Rafe’s table. He stood as he saw her walk towards him.

He kissed her cheek and pulled her seat back for her, then nodded at Spark who had joined Rafe’s bodyguards seated a few tables away. A few minutes later Daniel, who had driven them, joined and they were ordering their food.

Kelly looked around, thinking she would like to come back some day with Ana. Evelyn and Jes too
, if they liked Chinese food. They still had their Vegas winnings they were struggling to spend. Eating at such a place would be well worth the use of the winnings towards lunch or dinner here. She hoped the food tasted as good as she assumed it would or should.

“You look beautiful.”

She smiled at him. “Thanks. You chose the dress.”

“
Hhhmmmm,” he said with a glint in his eye. “What do you want to eat?”

Kelly looked down on the menu. “I don’t know. I’d like some real meat, but all the meat choices sound good.” She went down the list and looked at the fish and chicken choices, then shook her head and came back to her original choice options. “What do you suggest?” she finally said and looked at him.

He smiled at her. “Would you like me to order for you?”

Kelly nodded, and hoped she managed to eat whatever he ordered. The meat she knew she would eat. But some of the food items, she had never eaten. She sipped her glass of wine and watched him make the order, then waited for the food to arrive. They both traded stories about their day, a habit they had fallen into.

When the food arrived, Kelly almost bit her tongue. The aromas were making her salivate big time, but this wasn’t a fast food place where she could just gobble it all up and no one would care or even look at her twice. Besides it looked hot. She cut a small piece of meat and placed it on her tongue. Hot or not, she just needed a small sample.

She moaned and quickly cut another piece. Rafe had ordered the Mongolian lamb chops for her. Did they do take out? Next time they ordered food, she would like to suggest this place, she thought.

Because of the name, Kelly ordered ‘crying chocolate’ for dessert. Crying chocolate? Seriously? There was such a dessert? This was not one she would forget anytime soon. The name was really catchy. The taste didn’t disappoint.

Rafe took care of the bill, asking
that the bill from the table the bodyguards were sitting at, was added to his. As their waiter brought the slips for his signature, he held a little silver tray in his other hand.

He placed it in front of Rafe, who pushed it to his side and signed the check. As he walked away, Rafe pushed the little silver tray
towards her. A little silver dome covered it and she wondered what was inside. Maybe another round of dessert.

Kelly eagerly
lifted the lid off and was surprised to see a fortune cookie. She laughed and quickly removed the plastic wrapping. It looked a little more sophisticated than the usual fortune cookie wrapping. Kelly shrugged and just assumed it was the type used for such fine establishments. Although she somehow didn’t think they offered guests fortune cookies. Maybe they did, after all she had hers in front of her.

She cracked it open and pulled out the little paper ribbon.

‘Your fortune lies underneath the table’

“Huh?” Kelly asked. What table?

“What does it say?” Rafe asked her.

Kelly handed it to him. What could it mean? She shrugged, not that she ever believed in them, but it was always fun to read them.

“Aren’t you going to look?” Rafe asked her.

“Look where?”

He raised his eyebrow. “Underneath the table,” he told her as he waved the little strip of white paper.

“This table?” she asked point to it.

“Aha, what harm could it do?” he asked grinning at her skepticism.

Kelly laughed then decided to humor him. She looked ridiculous pushing her chair back and kneeling down. She decided to pretend like she had lost an earring and was picking it up. She saw something glinting, hanging by a thread. “Oh my God!” she whispered.

“What is it?” Rafe asked as he looked at her from the opposite side.

Kelly slowly extended her hand and pulled the string holding the glinting item she still couldn’t believe her eyes were seeing. She brought it closer and stared at it. It was the most beautiful ring she could imagine.

“Will you marry me?” he asked as he took it from her fingers. He was kneeling beside her chair.

With tears streaming down her cheeks, she could only nod. Rafe wiped them off and the next time she looked down, she saw the sparkling ring on her finger. “Oh my God!” she whispered again. “When? … How? … oh Rafe,” she said and started crying again.

He turned her chair around and pulled her into his arms. “Baby, people will think I did something to you. Please stop crying,” he asked and used his thumbs again to wipe the tears off.

Kelly laughed. “They’d be right in that. You just took my breath away. I never expected…Oh God. This is crazy.” She shook her head and kissed him hard. “I need to tell Ana,” she said and got up.

Rafe laughed and took her hand, leading her outside. They quickly got into the SUV waiting for them outside. Kelly stared at her ring the whole way back. She still couldn’t believe it. Rafe had proposed? Really proposed, or was this just a dream? Ana would tell her, surely.

“Excuse me,” she said to Gabe then dragged Ana from him. “Where is everyone else?” she asked Ana.

“They should be here any minute,” she answered. “Where’s the fire, Kelly? And hello to you too.”

Kelly grinned and lifted her hand and held it next to her face.

Ana screamed.

Kelly screamed.

“Oh my goodness. Let me see,” she said and took Kelly’s hand. “Girlfriend, Rafe has a good eye. This is absolutely gorgeous.” She pulled her into the first available room, which was an empty guest bedroom. “How did it happen and when?”

“Just a few minutes ago. At this Chinese restaurant called Bud
…something. Oh gosh, I don’t even remember anymore, but we need to go back and dine there. Oh my goodness. The food is sinful,” she said. “Anyway,” she continued and waved her hand. She grinned and finally told her everything.

Jes and Evelyn walked in as Kelly came to the end of her story. Ana took Kelly’s hand
and held it up. More screams erupted and the story was retold.

“Please tell me that’s another wedding I get to plan?” Jes asked.

Kelly grinned. “Definitely. It just happened. Not more than a hour ago, so I can’t give you details. But yeah, you got the job,” she told her.

“This is going to be quite a year for London Events.”

“If they don’t drag it into next year,” Evelyn warned her. “But that said, I guess I better be looking at two dresses now. I love weddings.”

“Have you told your parents?” Ana asked.

“Oops,” Kelly cried out. “I wanted to tell you guys first. I wasn’t even sure if it was real or just a dream.” She grinned and looked at her rock. “But let me call them right now.”

She took her phone and dialed her mom’s number. Surprisingly she answered. Kelly had assumed they would be at some party and would have needed to leave a voice mail. She walked into the empty closet and closed herself off in there.

They put the phone on speaker phone and congratulated her. Apparently Rafe had already talked to her dad, and they were aware tonight was the night. They talked for another half an hour then she hung up. Kelly went to join her friends.

Stefano took her hand and squealed. “He has great taste, both in women and jewelry. When’s the wedding, love?”

“Don’t know yet. But you guys will be the first to know.” She hugged Stefano. They had come a long way from the day Ana had brought him to the house they had been renting in college. Since then, they had been fast friends. It was great celebrating with friends.

Ana handed her a glass. She realized that while she had been talking to her parents, they had brought wine to the room. Inevitably the discussion centered on weddings before it moved to other general topics.

They teased Ana about Gabe shuttling back and forth between DC amd New York.

Ana told them how she had seen a picture of Rafe tied to the bed the other day. Kelly blushed. “He showed you?” she asked surprised.

Ana giggled. “No. He was laughing and I stepped close to him wanting to see what had him grinning like a fool. He had a throw covering his privates, thank God. But he was clearly angry at Gabe as he clicked away. I could see that there were a number of them, but sadly I only saw one.”

“Okay, okay, okay,” she said when they kept asking her to dish out the goods. “I can’t be specific, but let’s just say, there was some Devonshire icecream with a naked man tied to a bed. At my mercy,” she said with a grin. “The rest you can imagine. Or you can try with your own man and enjoy the results yourselves.”

“Mitch would never agree to be tied,” Evelyn complained. “That man is a control freak.”

Jes swallowed the rest of her wine and held it out for a refill. “I think he shares the same DNA as Nate. Always in control is his middle name.”

“I
think I’d be able to have Manuel agree, but only so long as he doesn’t get to hear Rafe’s predicament.”

Ana sighed. “Gabe is tricky. And besides, since he took pictures of Rafe, there is no way he would agree. I’d have to handcuff him while he was still asleep to be successful.”

“That, I’d love to see,” Stefano said.

Ana laughed. “You’d be surprised at what I can do when I’m motivated,” she said then sipped her wine. “And this here,” she added waving her other hand, “is pretty motivating.”

“Amen sister,” Jes said and took a huge gulp. “I think I may be drunk.” She smiled and looked deep into her wine glass.

“Not surprising at the rate you have been drinking.” Evelyn looked at the girl she knew from her childhood days and wondered why they had never been friends? Maybe their worlds just hadn’t clicked then? She was a nice girl and she was really glad she and Nate were a couple.

She had been worried there for a while that Nate might go looking for his usual brain dead women he used to relieve his sexual urges. Her mother had breathed a huge sigh of relief when she saw Jes. She had claimed that finally the Sullivan’s, especially the mother was now resting in peace over her sons choices in women.

Evelyn had tried telling her mother that it was just a start, but that didn’t mean they were both married yet, but she had brushed it aside and predicted weddings soon. How she could tell, Evelyn had no idea and didn’t want to keep fighting with her, but neither did she want her to have false hopes. She just hoped her brothers didn’t do something stupid and lose these amazing women and man for Manuel.

Who would have known Manuel would find love from someone who had lived across the other side of the world? It had been a chance meeting really, when Stefano had been in town at the same time Ana and Kelly had been attending a charity event that same weekend.

Unfortunately, Gabe had almost lost his true love and could have prevented Ana from attending that event. Evelyn had even been surprised that she had come after that misunderstanding. Most women would have tried to avoid going to common events, especially so soon after the ocurrence.