The Beginning of Us (134 page)

When all of our clothes had been removed and the dry humping was enough to pump us up, I was trembling when I felt him teasing my entrance with his hard shaft. The more he rubbed it over my throbbing clit, the more I cried out in pleasure. As much as I wanted him to penetrate me, I was getting off by his touch.

He was so hard, pushing against my soft pussy. My body arched as the jolt of sensations took effect.

I dug my fingers into his shoulders, using my own strength to grind my body against his. He knew I wanted him and I didn’t want to wait much longer to have it all. I moved my hips, hard, causing him to groan loudly. Hearing his course voice making those sounds was so erotic. He kissed me, teasing me with his tongue. “I want you so bad. Tell me I can.”

“Please! I need you.”

His hard shaft entered me, stretching my tight walls and making me gasp. I cried out, feeling it rip me open, like it had the first time we were together. My legs wrapped around his ass as we got into a steady groove.

He used his strong arms to pull us up to a sitting position. I began to bounce my body up and down overtop him. The friction caused intense sensations and soon enough, I could feel my body giving out. I let myself lose control, knowing that the euphoria I was feeing was only going to be a temporary high.

Stosh must have gotten off, on watching me. He pushed me back down and put my legs over each of his shoulders. His thrusts were powerful, moving my body across the whole bed each time we smacked together. 

It didn’t take Stosh long to start convulsing. He held his body still and filled me with his own orgasm. My legs fell down his sides and we held each other on top of the covers.

I felt him playing with the long strands of my hair. “I hate that I hurt you.”

“Me too.”

He pulled me close so he could kiss the side of my head. “There’s never going to be enough time to make up for what’s been taken from you. I hate myself for being a part of that pain.”

I reached my arm across his chest and sat up to look directly in his eyes. I could see the pain reflected back at me. I wish I could snap my fingers and forget about all of it, but we both know that isn’t how things work. “I need time, Stosh. It’s all just too recent for me to be able to fully recover. The pain is still new and I need to heal inside before I can begin to forgive. I hope you understand.”

He looked even sadder. “I get it. I mean, I don’t like it, but I get it.”

He just held me for the longest time, there in my bed, without saying another word. Being in his arms made me feel like I wasn’t alone anymore. Part of me didn’t want him to ever let go.

I wasn’t a fool. I knew he’d betrayed me, but the extent of his deception wasn’t unforgivable. If Stosh was telling me the truth, and he did do all of that for a chance to be with me, I couldn’t exactly hate him. It was almost like a desperate plea.

I got that he plotted with my sister, but he was there with me, just me.

Further into the night, we climbed under the covers and slept. As much as I wanted to have hot magical sex with the man, we still needed rest to be able to perform.

I had so much weighing on me, especially the fact that I hadn’t gone through with the abortion. Now, I was the one keeping the secrets.

The decision that I’d made was life changing, but the most important part of it was keeping my secret safe until I knew that Stosh could be trusted. I wasn’t going to be naïve and let my guard down when it came to that.

The next morning, I woke to the smell of coffee. I stretched, went in the bathroom to freshen up, and even made sure my hair was decent, before going out to look for Stosh. I found him watching the sports channel. He had a cup of coffee in one hand and an apple fritter in the other.

“Good morning, beautiful.”

I put my hands on my hips. “I bet you say that to all the girls.”

“Only the ones that put out.” He winked and took another bite of his fritter. “This tastes so good.” He was making these faces like it was the best thing he’d ever tasted. “Oh, sorry. Did you want one?”

I walked into the kitchen and found a box from a local bakery. Inside were three more fritters. I peeked out past the breakfast bar and saw him smiling. “Are you trying to earn brownie points?”

“Is it working?”

I grabbed one and took a bite, savoring the taste for a second. “Maybe.”

“Your coffee is in the microwave. I wasn’t sure how much beauty rest was required to keep up that model like appearance.”

I picked up the roll of paper towels and tossed them at him. “I’ll have you know that I look like this every day even without sleep!”

He just shook his head and laughed at me. “I bet you do!”

Once I had my coffee heated, I went and cuddled up next to Stosh. I wrapped my arms around his upper body. “This is nice.”

“This is how it’s supposed to be.”

He picked up one of my hands and intertwined our fingers.

I liked seeing them bound together, like we were one, and nothing was ever going to tear us apart.

At around ten in the morning, his phone started blowing up. He finally had to put the thing on silent because we were tired of hearing it ring. “I’m sorry.”

I tried to smile. “It’s fine. I know this is part of the process.”

He kissed me again. “You’re worth it!”

I sat up. “Maybe you should answer it. They obviously aren’t going to stop. It could be something important.” He gave me a dirty look and picked up his phone.

“Hi, Mom. . . No! I’m not discussing that with you. . . I don’t care what she’s says. . .It doesn’t matter where I am. . .Yes, I understand. . . I know what’s at stake and I don’t care. I will explain later. Just know that I’m fine and I have my reasons. . . Okay, goodbye!”

I didn’t want to ask what it was about. It was obvious. My sister had called his parents.

He grabbed my hand and wrapped it around his own body. “Apparently, she’s keeping tabs on me. I haven’t even heard from her and the day I leave town she’s calling my parents. She’s like a fucking stalker.”

“I assume they’re mad?”

“They don’t understand. They think I’ve been unfaithful to a perfect wife. They have no clue that she’s a monster, nobody does.” He shook his head.

“I do! That monster is doing her best to ruin my life.”

He rubbed my cheek. “Good thing your knight in shining armor is here to save the day.”

“You’re not wearing any metal,” I teased.

“Keep joking and I won’t be wearing anything” It was a threat that I intended to see through.  

“I won’t fight you on that decision, you know.”

We both began to laugh.

Things got quiet for a little while, but the longer it was like that, the longer I wondered what exactly his mother had said. I wanted to know if I was the whore that Ivy had made me out to be. It crushed me thinking about those people hating me for something that wasn’t even true.

“Stosh, do your parents hate me?” I lifted my head off of his chest and looked right at him.

“They don’t know the truth, Will. It doesn’t matter what they think. When all the truth comes out, they’ll love you as much as I do.”

His words were reassuring, but they didn’t make me feel any better. It was hard to be hated by someone. It was harder to consider that one day, they could possibly be my in-laws. I didn’t want that kind of animosity between us from the start.

We didn’t have time to wait for Ivy to screw up. It was up to me to take her down.

Chapter 14

Twin Envy.

It hadn’t taken Ivy long to locate her estranged husband. She should have known she could find him in my bed, where he belonged. I hadn’t pitched my plan to Stosh, but after just one night with him, I knew his intentions were real. It wasn’t in the way he was acting, or even treating me. Somehow, I just knew it. I could feel it every time we touched.

It wasn’t until later that afternoon that I started getting the hateful messages.

He’s with you isn’t he? – I

Answer me, bitch! – I

He’s mine! Just remember that! He always comes running to me. – I

Each message made me more angry. I think Stosh knew it, because he continued reassuring me that she was just blowing smoke. I wanted nothing more than to believe him, but this was still a test. I had to be sure, before I could tell him about my pregnancy.

The threats continued late into the night. The more my phone rang, the more we ignored it. However, she did manage to kill the mood for me. Poor Stosh begged me to go out for a movie, but all I wanted to do was sulk and stay held up in my apartment. I felt like if we stepped out of the building, we weren’t going to be safe.

We ordered from a local Chinese delivery and watched movies in the living room while we ate out of the little white boxes. Stosh tried to make me laugh, by attempting to eat using chopsticks. He’d dropped most of his food back into the boxes, by the time it made it to his mouth.

After dinner, his phone started ringing again. Like the first time, he ignored the calls, but after a while, it just got annoying. He took the battery out and tossed the two pieces on the table. “Where were we?”

Our lips met and soon our one kiss became many.

Just like every time something was going good, we were distracted once more. This time, it was my cell phone that was ringing. After three times, I ran into my room, where I’d had it charging, to see what could possibly be so urgent. The number was one that I recognized. I remembered the day that I’d given Stosh that number when we first planned to study together.

It was my parent’s house number.

Hello?

Willow, this is your father. I need you to tell me the truth, right now. Do you know where Stoshua is?

I looked toward the doorway and didn’t see him anywhere near my bedroom.

No!

Please don’t lie to me about this. There’s been an accident and he needs to get home. Do you know any other way of getting in touch with him?

Dad, I know you don’t believe me, but I didn’t have an affair with him.

I saw the pictures. I think I know my own daughter when I see her. This isn’t even about that right now. You’re sister has just been taken by ambulance. She tried to kill herself, Willow. Do you see what you’ve done? Do you see what you’ve caused?

I didn’t do anything! This was all her!

Nonsense. If you care about this family at all, you’ll find that man and have him come to the hospital.

He hung up on me before I could plead my case.

Maybe, for a split second, I felt concerned about Ivy. She was my blood, and unlike her, I had a conscience and a heart.

Still, whether this was her plan, or her really being that depressed, it was all her own fault. She’d done it to herself. Ivy had made the life she was living.

I sat my phone down and considered not telling him, but when he came into the doorway, I knew I couldn’t hide it from him. “That was my father.”

“And?”

“Ivy’s in the hospital.” I looked down, afraid of what his face would look like when he heard the news. “She tried to kill herself.”

The room was quiet and it forced me to look up at him. He had his arms crossed over his chest. “I take it she’s still alive?”

“Apparently.”

He sat down and put his arm around me. “Do you think she’s faking it?”

I shrugged. “Who knows. I’m the last one to ask about her actions. She was someone else around me our whole lives.”

“Well, you’re parents are doctors. I would assume they would be able to tell, don’t you?”

“One would think!” I pulled away from him. “Do you have to leave?”

I pushed the hair away from my face. “I won’t go anywhere without you by my side. If we go back to town, you’re coming with me.”

My heart could have beat out of my chest like you see on cartoons. “Seriously? You would show everyone that we’re together?”

“You’re damn right I would.” He froze and then got the biggest smile across his face. “Wait! Did you just say we were together?”

“I guess I did.” I felt a little shy about saying it out loud again.

“Hold on a minute. Did you tell them I was here?”

I shook my head.

“They just assumed?”

“Dad asked if you were. I told him that I didn’t know where you were.”

He kissed me slowly, letting his lips linger over mine, before he pulled away. “The next time they call, I will answer. It’s time that everyone knows that I’m here with you and I’m not going anywhere. I have money saved up that Ivy doesn’t know about, but I have to be careful. She’s smart and she knows her way around a computer. I caught her snooping one night a few years ago. I think it hit her hard when she figured out my password.”

I was a little confused. “Why?”

“It was WILLOW.”

I was taken back, at first, realizing that even when they were supposed to be at their happiest, I was the one who held his heart. He smiled, knowing that his confession had earned him more of those brownie points.

I literally pounced on him. While pinning him to my bed, I looked down at my willing prisoner. “I want you to fuck me then take me in the shower and wash me.”

His eyes opened wide at my request. I felt his strong arms pulling me down against his body. “Yes, ma’am.!”

He flipped us over, wasting no time removing my t-shirt and shorts. I didn’t feel modest being around him. He was my choice , and for that reason, it was easy to be completely naked with him. After finagling his own shorts and shirt off, he pulled me back into his arms. I climbed on top of him, straddling him like I was in position. I reached down and began stroking him, making him even harder than he already was. He ran his hands up to my breasts and pushed them together, licking them at the same time, while watching the expression on my face. Each time his tongue crossed over the nipples, I bit down on my lip and had to close my eyes to keep them from rolling in the back of my head. He circled his own saliva around each tip and blew cool air on them. My body tingled and my hand stroked him harder. I began to tease my own pussy with his shaft, rocking my body over it. I watched the tip of his cock rubbing against my bud. He moaned and looked down as well. I stroked it faster, getting a groove going with my hand and my body movements. He grabbed my hair and pulled my face close enough to lick my lips with his tongue. I tried to bite him, but he controlled my actions by holding my hair. I liked it when he pulled it. It turned me on more. Soon, I was rocking even faster, overwhelmed with pleasure.