Twisted (13 page)

“Hunger,” Tina answered. She pushed the folder of paperwork aside and stretched. “I just feel like getting out of the office.”

“You’re not afraid to be here when Erik arrives, are you?”

“No, I own the place, remember?”

“Any particular place you want to go?”

“Thai food might be nice.”

“You’re in an unbelievably good mood,” he said to her.

“I’m feeling good.” She stretched again. “And I’m as loose as a goose.”

Kevin smirked. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed the restaurant. “Yes, this is Kevin Chen. I’d like to make a reservation for two for lunch. Twelve-thirty. Thank you.” He disconnected the call. “Taken care of. What’s next?”

Tina looked at her watch. It was 11:30. “A nooner.”

Kevin pushed his glasses down to the rim of his nose and raised a curious eyebrow. “Are you serious?”

Tina nodded.

“With me?”

Tina nodded again. “I’m feeling a bit experimental.”

Kevin rose quickly. “Let me just grab my jacket.” He grabbed his folder and headed toward the door. “I’ll meet you out front in ten minutes.”

Tina chuckled as he hurried to the door. She grabbed her purse and walked out of her office. Alexis blocked her as she walked through the administration office. “Are you going out?”

Tina nodded. “I have a lunch date with my partner.”

“Oh, I was wondering why he dashed past me heading toward the parking lot. Will you be returning?”

“Yes, I’ll be back around two.”

“Ah, a nooner.”

Tina didn’t answer. She just laughed her way past Alexis and left the office.

****

“Oh my word,” Kevin said as Tina went down on him. He’d never expected anything so splendid in his life from his shy and conservative partner. But he wasn’t complaining. In fact, he felt a bit euphoric.

Tina’s hands moved down to his balls, squeezing them gently while she suckled his knob like a lollipop. His stomach clenched as her teeth raked against the sensitive skin.

“You taste delicious,” Tina said as she momentarily came up for air. She returned to her mission, sucking a little harder while simultaneously giving him a hand job.

Kevin inhaled deeply, trying to fend off the rising climax.
No, no, no, not yet
. He sat up and gently nudged Tina away. “I nearly came, you little vixen,” he told her. “Your hot little mouth is dangerous.”

Tina bowed her head and ran her tongue over her lips. “Thank you, Sensei.”

Kevin gulped. The tongue over the lip thing did not help, especially if the lips were Tina’s. Hers were full and ripe like a plum, and right now they were swollen and dewy wet with his moisture. “Come here,” he told her.

Tina crawled up toward him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Kevin lowered his head to kiss her and felt fingers working his hair out of the pony tail. It floated down to his naked shoulders.

“I like it like this when we mate,” she told him. Tina kissed him deeply, burying her tongue into his mouth. She dug her fingers into his hair and tugged him closer. His hair spilled onto their faces and she kissed him breathlessly. “I have to have you inside of me,” she whispered against his lips.

Lordy, what is happening to her
? The kitten had turned into a tigress. The next thing he knew, Tina shoved him back, mounted him, and guided his erection into her moist pussy. She sank down on him, moaning.

Kevin wrapped his arms around her waist to help her in the descent. Their bodies moved together in perfect sync.

Tina rolled against him, taking him in deeper. She continued to kiss him passionately. It was like she couldn’t get enough of him. Which was perfectly okay with him and he was only too willing to oblige. Tina came, shaking upon his lap, moaning incoherently and making him feel like he was the best stud in the world.

“Ooh, my turn,” he said as he waited for her to calm. He used his calf muscles to quickly lift her from his lap and place her on her back, and then he slipped back inside of her. Kevin groaned as he came, shooting his load inside of her. He fell against her, exhausted. Ballentina Ferrari was phenomenal.

****

“That must have been some lunch,” Alexis said as Tina and Kevin entered the building around two p.m.

Tina glanced over at Kevin. His pale cheeks now had a rosy glow and his hair still hung free.

“Quite filling,” Kevin said, bowing to both of them and then departing quickly to escape Alexis’ inquisition.

“I like the hair,” she called out behind him. “What did you have to eat?”

“Thai,” Tina said, chuckling. “With a Taiwanese appetizer.”

“Oh, girl, you’re so bad,” Alexis said. “And I haven’t seen you this happy in a long time.”

“I haven’t felt this way in a long time,” Tina confessed. “He makes me feel so special.”

Alexis pulled her on the side and out of ear range of the rest of the secretarial staff. “How was he?”

“On a scale of one to ten, I would say a twenty.”

“Ooh, I’m so happy for you, but what about Erik?”

“What about Erik?”

“Are you going to break it off with him?”

Tina smiled and nodded. “I’ve already started the process. He’s locked out of my house and now my heart.” She walked past Alexis and headed for her office. Erik stopped her before she could do so. “Can I talk to you for a moment?”

She walked into his office.

“How was your lunch?”

“Good,” she told him, trying to figure out why he needed to entertain her with conversation after what he’d done.

“’I’m going to be late tonight. I have a few errands to run.”

“Okay,” she said. “So why are you telling me?”

“Because you need to stay up to let me in. You changed the locks and I don’t have a key.”

“And that doesn’t tell you something?” she asked. “You are no longer welcome at my home.”

She started for the door and he grabbed her arm. “What do you mean?”

“It’s over,” she told him. “You think you can fuck some bitch in my bed and I’m supposed to welcome you back with open arms?”

“Baby, let me explain.”

“Get your hand off of me.”

Erik released her. “I’m sorry.”

“Sure you are. But I’m not falling for it this time.”

“What am I supposed to do now?”

“That’s entirely up to you.” She walked out of his office, leaving him there speechless.

****

“What’s wrong with you?” Shanna asked Erik as he entered her apartment.

“Nothing,” he said, moving an armload of clothes so he could sit down. “I’m just tired.”
And disgusted
.

“I’ll be ready in a moment,” she told him. “Where are you taking me?”

Every night was the same thing. If he kept this up, he’d be broke in no time. “When are you going to learn how to cook?”

“Never,” Shanna answered. “Why should I learn to cook? I like going out to eat every night. It gets me out of this place.”

“A job would take care of that,” Erik said, loosening his tie.

“Why should I work when I have you?”

“Because I’m not made of money.”

“No, but your woman is.” She chuckled and dashed off toward the bedroom.

He didn’t like the way that sounded. Erik sighed. And to think he’d messed up a good thing with Tina for this one. He didn’t know how he was going to tell her that Tina had cut him off emotionally and financially. Well, maybe he wouldn’t have to tell her if he could find a way to win Tina back.

Shanna came out dressed in a short blue skirt and a white short-sleeved sweater. She was a lot thinner when he’d first met her, but eating out every night not only had her hips spreading, but her stomach how more rolls than a bakery.

“You’re getting fat,” he said rising, from the sofa and following her to the door.

“More of me to love,” she answered. She opened the door and he followed her out.

They were halfway to the restaurant and had stopped at a red light when he saw Tina’s car approaching the opposite side of the street. She stopped for the red light. She didn’t even bother to look his way.

“Who is that?” Shanna asked.

“Ballentina,” he answered.

“Your old lady?” she asked. “Do you think she saw me?”

“I don’t think it matters if she sees you riding in a car with me or not. She saw me screwing you in her bed and it didn’t even faze her.” He started driving again.

“Yeah, well she’s a better woman that I am. I would have kicked her ass if I was in her shoes.”

“That’s where the two of you differ. Tina is too classy to street brawl.”

Shanna pouted. “What do you mean by that? You think she’s better than I am?”

“I’m not saying that,” Erik replied. “The two of you are just different.”

“Well, I must be better in bed. Why else would you mess with me when she’s rich?”

Why indeed?
He wondered.

“Anyway, I’d like to see the look on her face when she hears the good news.”

“What good news?” Erik asked.

“That we’re expecting a baby.”

“What?” Erik nearly wrecked the car.

“Surprise!” she told him. “And you thought I was just getting fat.”

Chapter Seven

Tina and Alexis entered the beauty salon and the owner walked them over to two chairs and got the water ready for their pedicures.

Tina eased out of her sandals and placed her feet into the warm water.

Alexis relaxed in the chair next to her on her left.

The door opened and two young black women entered. One was a chubby blonde and the other, a thin young woman with braids. Ordinarily, Tina wouldn’t have paid them any attention but the blonde wore a designer sweater that looked remarkably like the one she owned, right down to the color and monogram.

“Is something wrong?” Alexis asked.

Tina nodded toward the door.

Alexis looked at the door and frowned, apparently recognizing the sweater too since she had given it to her as a present a couple of months ago and had it especially designed just for her.

“A pedicure and a complete set of nails for both of us,” the blonde told the manicurist, who’d come to the door to greet them.

Tina recognized the woman’s voice as Erik’s girlfriend, the one he’d been in bed with at her house.

Alexis looked at her, nodded, then put her finger to her lips to silence her and then to her ear, indicating she wanted her to pay attention and listen.

Tina nodded that she understood. It also gave her time to check the other woman out. She smirked. Erik could have at least gone up the food chain. Why did men cheat with women like these? The woman had the fashion sense of a circus clown. The expensive turquoise designer sweater did not go with pink dollar store Capris. And when was the last time she’d gotten her tracks done? For the life of her, she couldn’t understand why African American women wanted blonde hair.

The young woman had light brown skin, but she couldn’t pass for a Caucasian female by any stretch of the imagination. Her nose was too broad and her lips were too big. She ran her eyes over the young woman, taking in every detail, trying to make some sense of the situation. She was short and dumpy with big breasts and a wide ass.
That must be why
, Tina thought as she walked past her and climbed up into the chair next to her. Maybe Erik liked women with more junk in their trunks. Maybe he didn’t find her attractive anymore since she had slimmed down with Kung Fun exercises. She sighed. If that is what he wanted, then more power to him.

“So what did he say when you dropped your little surprise on him?” the one with the braids asked the blonde.

“Girl, he nearly wrecked the BMW.”

The other woman laughed. “Shanna, you’re so crazy.”

Shanna
? Now she had a name.

“He didn’t say much on the way to the restaurant and then he had the gall to ask me if he was the father. I could have strangled the shit out of Erik for asking me that. What does he take me for?”

“Sounds like he thinks you’ve been messing around on him.”

“Why would I do a foolish thing like that? The man buys me anything I want and pays my bills.”

“Did you find out where his wife works? I still could use a job.”

“They’re not really married. They’ve just been shacking up for many years. She owns this place called The Design Factory. It’s just one of her businesses.”

It could be possible that there were two companies with that name, but Tina knew very well that this wasn’t the case.

“Erik works at that business. He’s some type of sales manager.”

Nope, not a coincidence
.

“He won’t work for her long if she ever finds out about the two of you,” the one with braids told Shanna.

A manicurist arrived and began working on Tina’s feet.

“Girl, she already knows about me. She came home one night and caught Erik and me screwing in her bed and get this, she didn’t do a thing,” Shanna told the other woman.

“What? She didn’t try to kick your ass?”

“No, she didn’t even raise her voice. Sister just left.”

“Strange. Maybe she thought you weren’t worth the effort.”

Tina nodded self-consciously.

“What do you mean by that?” Shanna asked. “I must be better than her in bed. Why else would Erik spend her money on me?”

“So she didn’t say a word to you?”

“No, to be fair, I don’t think she saw anything except my ass. We were right in the middle of getting busy and he was on top of me when Ballentina walked in?”

“Ballentina? Is that her name?”

“Yes, Ballentina Ferrari, but they call her Tina.”

“Classy name,” the one with the braids replied.

“Well, I don’t know about that, but I bet she’s homely-looking, and probably fat.”

“Maybe,” the other woman replied.

“I don’t care about her anyway. I’m about to get paid. I’m going to have Erik giving me mad money to help raise this baby.”

“Do you think he is going to tell Tina about the baby?”

“What do I care? What is she going to do except give him money to buy my silence?”

Tina frowned. The fact that she’d been blind to the deception for so long pissed her off. It was bad enough that Erik used her, but now a baby was involved.