“I have to for a minute.” He bent his head to hers and took a deep breath before continuing. He gathered her hips up to his and felt his body stiffening with the orgasm that was already starting inside him! A groan escaped him as his body shuddered against hers. gripped his shoulders as she felt the waves crashing through her! With a tortured moan, she let go and so did he as wave after wave washed over them and swept them along in its wake!
*****
She fell into an exhausted sleep right after he made love to her for the second time. He had not told her he loved her figuring it was too soon but it was implied of course. She was still weak from the virus and he knew he should have resisted the urge to be with her that way but he had not been able to help himself. The lovemaking had been out of this world and had bowled him over more than he could possibly understand. His phone pinged and he looked at her anxiously not wanting to disturb her. He had told his brother Michael that he would call him back with some details and he had a feeling that it was him texting him. He eased away from her carefully and glanced at his watch to see that it was almost six which meant that it was close to midnight where his brother was. That did not mean anything to both of them because they usually worked well into the night especially when they were discussing some business deals. He pulled on his denims and grabbed his phone and went into the kitchen.
“Hey, what’s up?” he said in a soft voice.
“You were supposed to get back to me with the decision several hours ago.”
“Don’t you have a wife to keep you warm, bro?” Jason asked him dryly as he went to get himself a glass of wine.
“Leah understands. What have you been up to?”
“ is sleeping and I don’t want to wake her.”
“So, it is serious?”
“Very. I want you guys to meet her. I am putting her in charge of the company.”
“Is that your head or your private organs talking?” his brother asked him mildly.
“Have you ever known me to make a decision based on emotion? She is very good, Michael, and has some very good ideas to push the company forward.”
“So, you are in love with her?”
“I have asked her to marry me. I have never done that with another woman before.”
“She must be very special.”
“She is. How soon can you and Leah and the kids come over?”
“Jason Collins, are you planning on a shotgun wedding?”
“Maybe,” he said with a laugh. “I just want you to meet her, that’s all.”
“Give us a couple of days. What about Bart?”
“I am sending him to the UK. Whatever he is, Michael, he is very good at what he does.”
“That he is,” Michael agreed.
Jason turned as he felt her behind him. “I got to go, Michael. I will talk to you tomorrow.”
“Tell her hello for me.”
“Hey, what are you doing up?” he asked as he placed the phone on the counter.
“Who was that?” she asked him. She had woken up and not seen him and thought he was gone.
“My brother. I asked him and his family to come over to meet you.” He came over and pulled her into his arms. “How do you feel?”
“Jason, you are moving too fast,” she protested as she melted in his arms.
“Not fast enough.” He swung her into his arms and carried her back to bed where he made her forget her uncertainties!
*****
“I suppose I should call you by your surname now,” the secretary, Lacy, was slightly sullen as she came into the newly renovated office that now belonged to .
looked up at her and smiled slightly. “That’s not necessary. I am going to need your help. Jason threw this at me and I am still reeling.” It was her first day back and the staff had been looking at her strangely. She knew they thought she had gained the position due to her relationship with Jason Collins. He had come in with her and had made it very clear what she was with him by his constant touching and the way he looked at her. He had left her and had gone to meet with several clients.
Lacy sat across from her and looked at the woman in the coveted seat. The place had gone through a whole makeover which had taken a couple of days and looked a lot different. They had gutted out the wall at one end and make the place bigger. The color scheme had changed to a mellow yellow and the carpet was so luxurious that your feet sank into the softness of it. “So as far as I know you are getting married to Jason Collins. I mean one minute he is here as a possible threat and now you are in charge of the company and soon to be his wife. The press is having a field day with all this. Have you seen it?” She held up the front pages of the local paper for her to see the headline: ‘Local girl captures the heart of takeover giant Jason Collins.’
“You have some luck,” Lacy said enviously.
“I am still trying to become accustomed to it myself.” did not feel comfortable discussing her relationship with Jason with a woman who was not really a friend. It was all new to her and she was still trying to figure it out herself. He had asked her to marry him and she had said yes over the weekend after he had wrung her dry with his lovemaking. “I am going to need the files on the latest promotions I had started off with. We want to do something big for spring to let our customers know that we are here to stay.”
“Yes, ma’am.” Lacy got to her feet swiftly and made to head out.
“Lacy?” ’s voice stopped her when she reached the door. “I meant it when I said that we should work together. I hope you will.”
Lacy turned and looked at her and then nodded. “Of course.”
*****
Jason sipped his bourbon and looked around the room trying to spot a familiar face around the elegant room of the club. He had finished the meeting with his associates and had decided to come to the club instead of going back to the office. He did not want to think that he was hovering over her and that she did not know how to do her job. He wanted to give her the chance to be her own person. He looked up as Bradley Wellington approached his table. The man had been an acquaintance who had turned friend over the past three years. He had gotten married to Leesa two years ago.