Insufferable Proximity (35 page)

“I love those shoes!” Heaven grinned ear to ear.

“They are going to look amazing on your feet!” she smiled in excitement, “and don’t forget the cape.” she said passing it to Heaven who promptly put it on. Heaven smiled realizing she could use the hooded cape to cover whatever she wanted and felt confident enough to wear the semi-scandalous dress.

With her cape covering her entire torso, she descended down the stairs just to be halted by Julian who blocked her way. He grabbed the front of her cape and pulled it back to see what she wore beneath.

“Damn girl!” he exclaimed, felling his manhood immediately erect.

***

In the limo on the way to the luncheon Julian handed her a mimosa, but she shook her head.

“It’s too early to drink.”

“Drink it, I want you loosened up a little before we get there.” he said and she raised her brow and took the glass.

“It can’t be any worse than the house of chains.” she scoffed.

“It’s different.” Julian grabbed the long silver box and opened it, then set it on heavens lap. Inside was a red mask that would cover her face from her forehead down to her nose, making her unrecognizable.

“So let me guess, there’s going to be a bunch of people and tons of depraved sex.” she said holding the mask to her face

“definitely.” he answered her as he tied the mask behind her head, then slid his hand down her back to rest on her behind.

***

It was a perfect day for a luncheon, the sun was out but not too hot. The cool breeze barely shifted the leaves on the trees but still managed to keep the heat at bay.

Julian led Heaven through Alex’s house and opened the back door. Heaven gasped, as the scene unfolded before her, it was as if the characters of a perverted fairy tale novel had escaped from their books and migrated in Alex’s back yard. It was a brightly-hued garden circus and an eclectic mix of animated characters with different degrees of perversity littered the lawn. The scene was a shock by itself but was all that more macabre by the bright daylight.

Heaven wasn’t exactly sure what she had expected when she walked in, she knew Petal was a freak in rare form and even though she had never spoken to Alex directly, any friend of Julian’s was probably just as equally depraved. But still, she had no idea what she was in for.

It was a luncheon, but as usual, nothing was as it seemed, and lunch was anything but. Sure there were tables covered with exotic foods, there was a large champagne fountain and even a life sized ice sculpture of a man and a woman in the throes of passion, but lunch was but a title for this sex themed gathering.

She felt incredibly shy as she walked in, this place was not near the level of sexual deviancy the house of chains offered, but it was equally distressing due to the fact that it was more of a personal setting. She felt all eyes on her the moment she entered the yard and used her cape to cover up her entire torso then leaned into Julian, thankful for the mask shielding her face.

“Relax, baby.” he whispered into her ear, the heat from his breath sending a chill down her neck as his hand scalded the skin on her back. He had seen her walk into a packed boardroom with enough confidence to wake the dead as well as control a courtroom like it belonged to her, so seeing her so shy still amused as well as shocked him to no end. But what amused him the most was that of all the naked women at the party determined to flaunt their assets, Heaven was the prettiest by far but was to shy about her body to know how to flaunt.

“How am I supposed to relax Julie? It’s the middle of the afternoon, the sunlight is out and I’m half naked, outside at a luncheon.” she tried to take a deep breath as she felt her knees begin to shake.

“Take a look around you, you’re wearing more clothing than anyone else here.” he slid his hand over her behind. “Look at the bride and groom to be.” he said and she looked over at the large banquet table covered with hot pink silk to see Petal and Alex who were in full exhibitionist mode. Heaven assumed they were some kind of new age Tarzan and Jane, considering they both wore hot pink leopard print. His scrap of material was fashioned into a crude loincloth while hers was made into a bikini with slits for her nipples to peak through, adorned with a bone shaped silver necklace. “Almost everyone is naked.”

Heaven took a look around her, to her right was a field with large bright colored blossoms and what seemed to be a dirty game of cricket, considering everyone was playing nude. Julian watched her intently, relishing her reaction. She gasped lightly when she turned to see a large spinning table with two naked women and one naked man lying down prone, their hands all touching in the center of the table and their legs spread unnaturally wide towards the edge. All three were covered in various appetizers, each one a different food theme.

In the corner was little Bo Peep hanging from a dancers pole that was cemented in the ground, being paddled by a man in a vampire costume, his cape covering only a bowtie and a cummerbund. There was a woman in a nurse’s uniform, pulling her top down as she gave an erotic lap dance to a man in a wolf costume. A woman decked out in official prostitute gear, clear vinyl thigh high platform boots and a name tag that read “for sale”, was sucking off the guy dressed as a zombie police officer. There were almost a half dozen cats, a dozen bunnies, a dozen pirates, one with a large wooden penis long enough for him to rest on and the other with an actual peg leg carved into a penis. Julian was right, she was actually over dressed for this particular occasion, but she kept her cape closed regardless.

“You should be proud, even if you wore the gown that covered you from neck to toe, you would still outshine everyone here. Even with your clinging air of innocence, you’re still the sexiest woman on the grounds.”

“There’s nothing innocent about me anymore, you made sure of that.”

“I damn sure did,” he smiled wide with pride, “that’s me, the defiler of the innocent.” his hand slid possessively over her behind.

“I can’t believe their pre-wedding luncheon is a freak-for-all costume party.”

“They’re really into the whole sex-themed lifestyle.”

“I see.” she always knew Petal was pervy, but she had managed to bring it to a whole new level over the years. “But at least you picked the right costume this time, I love little red riding hood.”

“You’re not red riding hood.”

“What? But I’m wearing a red dress, a red hooded cape and since you’re wearing the whole wolf-in-a-man-suit costume, I just assumed I was red riding hood.”

“No.”

“Then who am I supposed to be?” she asked

“You’re supposed to be mine.” he said.

“Unbelievable.” she scoffed.

“Be happy I didn’t tattoo my name on your ass.” he grinned as he smacked her behind, letting his hand linger for a moment before slipping his fingers up the back of her dress, running them over the bare skin of her behind then forcing their way between her legs.

“Stop it.” she said trying to move away from his seeking fingers, but he hooked them and pulled her back.

“No one can see, your cape is hiding my hand.” he whispered in her ear as he slid his fingers over her sex. “So stay still.”

He motioned for a nude woman with gems covering her nipples and her sex. Heaven gave her a dirty look as she smiled seductively at Julian when he grabbed a glass of champagne.

“Anything else sir?” she batted her lashes.

“Bring me a cognac.” he said to her and she nodded eagerly, forcing her breasts to bounce. Heaven grinned at the girl when she realized Julian could care less about her. “here.” he passed her the glass.

“I don‘t want it.”

“Drink it.”

“I hope you don’t think you can get me drunk than try and talk me into doing something freaky.” she said.

“I don’t need to get you drunk to have freaky sex with you, I have a contract.” he grinned smugly and she glared at him.

“I hate you more and more by the day, you know.”

“I know.” he lightly pinched her sex “besides all I have to do is touch that spot,” he pressed his finger between her plush lips and she gasped as she tried to pull back, but his other hand was embedded in her hip and she could not move, “and contract or no contract, you’d be down for any freaky shit I suggest.”

“Not without the contract.”

“Liar.”

“You don’t know me, I will honor the contract but the second it expires, I will never let you touch me again.”

“I
do
know you, but most of all I know your body and no matter how long it is after the contract’s over, I will still know exactly where to touch you to make you respond.”

They stood arguing in the middle of the small garden, surrounded by at least seven nude people having sex, on the unnaturally bright green grass. His arm still hidden beneath her cape and his hand under her dress, touching every inch of bare skin.

They were both unaware of the familiar face that watched them intently from behind an elaborate peacock mask. So absorbed in each other, they did not notice her raise her cell phone and snap a picture of them.

Gloria slowly rose from her current sugar daddies lap and smiled behind her peacock mask. Of course she knew Julian King was here, this was his crowd, so she expected to see him, but Ms. Deville? Gloria could not believe her eyes and not wanting to walk any closer, but needing to know if it was really her or not, she had decided to take a close up picture with her phone to be positive. She looked at the picture and gasped in disbelief, it was Ms. Deville alright. Gloria had been convinced the woman didn’t even have a vagina let alone a sex drive, but here she was- one of the sexiest women at the party and with the most sought after bachelor no less.

“I knew it.” she said under her breath. She had suspected there was something going on between the two of them and now she had proof. She had tried to tell Juliette of her suspicions, but she would hear none of it. Juliette was in compete denial when it came to Julian King and she always had been.

Juliette even went out of her way to make Gloria look foolish as well as petty and to Gloria’s dismay, Juliette’s venom was beginning to spread to the other secretaries. That’s why this couldn’t have happened at a better time, now Juliette would be forced to recant her slanderous words and Gloria would once again resume her top rank as the head bitch in the secretarial pool.

Without another thought, she quickly sent the text to Juliette then took a sip of champagne. Of course Juliette would never respond, Gloria would have to wait until Monday for that, but she couldn’t wait to rub it in her conceited face. Gloria wanted nothing more than to watch Juliette’s cold little heart shrivel before her eyes. Juliette deserved everything Gloria decided to dish out, she was weak as well as underhanded, it was Juliette that had spilled the ink on her new, name-brand purse, dumped coffee on her ridiculously expensive suede pumps and was the main source behind a particularly vile rumor about that was going around about Gloria.

“What’s so funny?” Malcolm, her amazing lover asked her as he kissed her cheek.

Malcolm was amazing a real dream come true, he was rich as hell, honest and was obsessed with Gloria in a way that appeased her. Although she couldn’t be happier with the state of her life right now, she was a little worried about the feelings she had developed for Malcolm. she was no fool, she knew the game very well, these type of flings with rich, powerful men never lasted so she would get everything she could out of it while she had the chance.

“Oh nothing, I was just thinking about that crazy film we watched last night.” she giggled with excitement, imagining Juliette eyes when she opened the text.

***

Juliette looked at the text message sent from Gloria, wondering why the hell the simpleton was texting her on their day off. The minute she looked at the picture in the text, she felt like she would faint. It was them, Julian King and a scantily clad Heaven Deville together, his hand on her butt. It was her worst nightmare fully confirmed before her eyes.

She felt her heart racing and the sweat beading up on her forehead.

“Please let this be a bad dream.” she whispered to herself, she hadn’t spent the past four years working to get a man for nothing. After all her struggles and all she had endured to get to where she was today, she would not stand by idly and watch it crumble around her.

***

“Oh my god!” Heaven heard Petal’s familiar voice and she and Julian turned to her. “I was so worried you weren’t going to come, I am so thankful you did! You look absolutely divine!” Petal said with a huge smile, taking off her mask and taking a closer look at Heaven. Heaven suddenly felt nervous under the scrutiny, worried that Petal was envisioning her as she looked before. Petal had told Heaven countless times how beautiful she was and always suggested she accent her beauty instead of trying to hide it.

“Thank you, so do you.” Heaven responded with a nervous grin.

“I’ll be right back.” Julian said.

“Take your time, she’s in good hands.” Petal smiled as Julian walked over to a man that Heaven recognized from the dinner party. Petal turned back to Heaven with that same knowing grin and took her hands in hers. “I always told you once you accented your beauty, you’d have a room of men at your feet, and you managed to do the impossible, you have Julian king on his knees and at your feet.”