Misty Reigenborn Romance Boxed Set (55 page)

Brandy secretly wondered what the difference really was between the two, but she kept her mouth shut. 

“Come darling, let’s make love.  I have to leave you tonight.  My daughter is doing better, but she’s still getting over a cough and Leslie can’t be bothered to get up with her at night.  The new nanny is doing well, but she barely speaks English.  I’m sure that Leslie will chase her away soon enough since she is young and beautiful.  We had to fire Janet because she was smoking marijuana around the children.  Not even Leslie gets away with that.  She has an off limits smoke room that only the two of us have the key to.”

“That’s too bad.  Why don’t you go home if your daughter is still sick?”

“I’ve missed you darling.  Besides, Jessa has gotten much better.  She and Christian will be fine with the nanny for a few hours while I pleasure you.”

“Don’t you feel guilty about leaving your kids with the nanny all the time?”

“I am on a quest to find the woman that will love me the way that I love her.  I had thought you might be that woman Brandy, but I sense that your interest in me is cooling, though your body still obviously wants me very much.”

“Um, yeah Gabe.  I did want to talk to you about that.  I don’t think it’s right for me to see you anymore.  I don’t like taking you away from your kids all the time.”

“We will talk about that later my darling.  We’ll come up with a situation that is mutually agreeable.  Now, let me love you Brandy.  I have missed the smell, the taste, the feel, of that gorgeous body of yours.”

Brandy had a bad feeling that Gabe’s mutually agreeable situation would make her feel even more like a whore, but she let him take her hand and lead her to the bedroom, vowing to herself that this would be the last time she slept with him.

Brandy was sure that he made both the foreplay and the sex take forever on purpose.  It wasn’t that she didn’t enjoy having sex with him.  Gabe Atkins was an amazing lover even when he was demanding or perverted.  She just felt like her body was betraying her sensibility for still enjoying it.  She didn’t want to enjoy sex with Gabe.  She had a feeling that he was trying to talk her brain out of breaking it off with him by giving her body immense pleasure.

Afterwards, she sat up in bed and smoked a cigarette, watching him dress.  She blew a smoke ring at the ceiling and said “So Gabe, about what we talked about earlier.  When I was first with you, I felt okay about it.  You’re married, but your wife’s a stupid bitch.  It was never about you leaving her for me.  We both knew it.  But I don’t feel good about it anymore.  So I really don’t want to do this anymore.”

He turned towards her.  “Is there someone else Brandy?”

“No.  I feel like you have this need to control me through sex.  You pay my rent.  You bought me a car, and you give me money whenever I ask for it.  But you know that all that makes me feel obligated to you and you use it sometimes.  Like when you made me have sex with you all those weird places in the bar, and when you made me give you a blow job in your office when I was working with Sabrina.  That was humiliating.  And you made me have sex with you in your bed while your wife was home.  That was so gross.  You two have a truly warped relationship.  I don’t want to contribute to that anymore.”

He took the cigarette out of her hand and stole a drag before handing it back to her.  “I made you have sex with me, huh?  There were times that you practically begged me for it.”

“So I like sex.  That doesn’t mean that I want to do it with you in a bathroom or a walk in cooler or on top of the damned bar, and especially not in your bed.”

“We’ll make a deal then.  Chloe seems to enjoy my company much more than you do so I shall turn the majority of my affections towards her.  But when I want you, you will give yourself willingly to me.  When I say, where I say.”

“That’s not mutually agreeable Gabe.  I’m not that hard up for sex.”

“I’ll give you a week without me before you’re really begging me.”

“If you say so Gabe.  And I really would like to pay my own rent.”

“No.  I will see you later Brandy.  If your body decides that it misses my touch, call me.”

“Sure.”

He walked out of her bedroom, shutting the door behind him.  After she heard the front door open and shut, she threw her pillow at the door.  “Asshole.” Then she added “You’re a stupid bitch Brandy.”

She sighed and lit another cigarette, wondering how she was going to free herself from Gabe.

Chapter 6

Gabe left her alone for the next week and a half, and she was glad.  She still wasn’t sure how she was going to completely get away from him, but she was glad that he hadn’t tried to talk her back into his bed at least.

On Thursday night, the bar was packed.  Brandy felt her spirits lift when she noticed that the cute guy she was trying not to openly admire had been watching her, too.  Maybe the way to get away from Gabe would be to get a boyfriend she thought.  And a guy like the hottie over there would do quite well.

“Hey Chloe.  Who’s that guy over there?  The cute one?”

Chloe glanced nonchalantly in the direction that Brandy was pointing. “Shit Brandy, he’s too old for you.”

“No he’s not.” 

He’d been watching her for at least five minutes.  She thought his eyes were beautiful.  They were a deep dark brown that made her feel as if she could fall right into them.  His lip was pierced and he kept running his tongue over it.  She’d seen the glint of a tongue stud, too.  She thought tongue piercings were hot as hell on a guy. Joey’s dad had had a pierced tongue, and oh the things he had done to her with that tongue she thought.  It was starting to turn her on just thinking about it.

“That’s Rich.  He is too old for you.  He’s like thirty.  You just barely turned twenty-one Brandy.  Besides, I thought you were still hot and bothered over Gabe.”

“I was over that a long time ago Chloe.”

“Yeah, me too.”

“So why do you still do it with him?  It’s gross to think that’s he’s doing you and me and his wife and who knows how many other chicks.  I mean, not because you’re dirty but. . .   Hell Chloe, you know what I mean.”

“Yeah.  I guess I still feel obligated to him because he helped me get clean.  He also got me away from this ex-boyfriend of mine who used to beat the shit out of me.  He paid for an abortion because I couldn’t stand the thought of having that guy’s kid when he almost killed me.  He forcibly gave me an at-home abortion the first time he knocked me up.  Does Gabe ever tell you he wants to marry you, to take you away from all this shit?”

Brandy snorted.  “Of course he does.  It’s all bullshit Chloe.  You know it as well as I do.  If some girl he was screwing agreed to marry him he’d probably shit his pants and pull up stakes the next day.  He’s never gonna leave his wife.  Her pocketbook is too fat.  Did he ever tell you that his kids aren’t his?”

Chloe nodded.  “Yeah, but he loves them anyway.”

“I bet they are his kids.  He’d say anything to get a girl to go to bed with him, do anything.  He’s disgusting.  And we’re just as bad for letting him get away with all of this shit.”  Brandy sighed.  “I’m going to go have a cigarette.”

As Brandy came out from behind the bar Chloe said “You’d better watch it girl.  Lover boy is going to follow you.”

Brandy grinned.  “Hey, at least it would get Gabe off my back, right?”

Chloe sighed.  “Yeah, maybe.”

Brandy went outside and leaned against the side of the building, cupping her hands to block the wind so she could light her cigarette.  As Chloe had warned, it didn’t take more than half a minute after her cigarette was lit for the door to open.

“Hi,” he said.

He ran a hand over his dark hair.  When he ran his tongue over his piercing again, Brandy felt like her insides were melting.  “Hi.”

“I’m Rich.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Rich.  A real pleasure.”  She winked at him. “I’m Brandylynn, but you can call me Brandy.”

“That’s a real pretty name, Brandy.”

“Why thank you.”

She wondered if she was laying it on too thick and wondered when her flirting skills had gotten so rusty.  Probably in the time that she had been screwing Gabe she thought. 

“So Brandy, have you worked here long?”

She laughed.  “Way too long.”

“Is it true?” He wouldn’t look at her as he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and lit one.  “You know, what they say goes on between Gabe and the girls that work here?”

Brandy held back a sigh, unsure of how to answer him.  Had he been staring at her because he thought she was hot, or because he was wondering if she was screwing her boss she thought?

“It’s okay.  I can understand how it could happen.  He helps a lot of girls out.  I just wouldn’t want it to happen if you were my girl.”

“Would you like me to be your girl Rich?”

“Oh, yeah.  I think you’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.  But um, how old are you Brandy?  You barely look like you’re over eighteen.”

She laughed, feeling so relieved she could hardly believe it.  “I’m twenty-one.”

“Cool.  Would you like to go out with me sometime?”

“I’d love to go out with you.  What do you say you meet me at my place when I get off tonight?”

“Really?  We don’t have to move so fast if you don’t want to.  It’s okay.  I’m not like Gabe.”

She wasn’t thrilled with his choice of words but said “You have been driving me out of my mind with what you’ve been doing with your tongue.”

He smiled. “Yeah?”

“Oh yeah.  I think you’re hot as hell Rich.  Why don’t you give me your phone number so I can give you my address?  I get off at midnight.  Cleanup puts us out at around one.  I live about ten minutes away.  I hope that’s not too late for you.”

“I wouldn’t be able to sleep thinking of you.”

“Good.”

She pulled out her cell phone and put in the number he gave her.  “I will see you later Rich.”

“I’ve seen you around town.  I always thought that a girl that looked like you would never give a guy like me a chance, though.”

“You were wrong.”

“I guess I’ll see you later.”

He started to walk away.  Brandy called out to him “Rich.”

He turned back towards her.  The look on his face told her that he was afraid she’d changed her mind about going out with him.  “Yes?”

“Will you kiss me?  Please.”

“Yeah, of course.”

Brandy put her arms around his neck and let herself get lost in the moment.  Kissing Rich made her feel like she was drowning.  But it wasn’t like the way kissing Gabe has made her feel lately, like she couldn’t breathe.  Kissing Rich made her feel like she was drowning but didn’t want to come up for air.

When he ended the kiss, she was so disappointed that she almost groaned. 

“Your boss is watching us,” he said.  “I think I’d better go.”

Without giving herself time to think about what she was doing, she slipped her house key off of her key ring and handed it to him.  “If you don’t mind I’d like a bubble bath to be waiting for me.   It’s in the cupboard underneath the bathroom sink.  It’s 401 10
th
street, the ugly yellow house on the corner.  My next door neighbor is really nosy.  If she says anything to you, tell her that you’re my boyfriend and that you’re moving in.”

“Are you sure that you want me in your house when you’re not there Brandy?”

“I can trust you right?  It’s not like you’re going to steal my stuff.”

“Of course not.”

“I’ll try to hurry.  I have to go back inside.  My break’s over.  But one last thing Rich.”

“Okay.”

“Make sure you pick up a box of condoms on the way.  One of those really big packs.”

He grinned. “Okay.  I’ll see you Brandy.”

“Oh yeah, you will.  Bye Rich.”

She blew him a kiss as he walked away.  When she turned towards the door, she could see that Gabe was still standing there, watching her.  She had stopped wondering how he seemed to show up out of nowhere.

“That was a nice show you put on Brandy.”

“Thanks.  I rather enjoyed it myself.”

“He’s too old for you.  He’s almost ten years older than you.”

Brandy shrugged. “Since when were you my father?”

“Maybe if your father had cared more you wouldn’t have turned out to be such a slut.”

“Fuck you Gabe.  You’ll never get into my pants again.”

“Sure I won’t.  Who else will you have to turn to when Rich breaks your heart just like Chad and all the others before him?”

“I wouldn’t come crawling back to you if you were the last man on Earth.  And I was only with three guys before you remember?  Oh yeah, Gabe.  Chloe said she doesn’t want to fuck you anymore either.  So leave her the hell alone.”

Gabe laughed.  “Chloe wouldn’t know what to do without me.  She would be right back on the streets giving blow jobs for a hit of meth.”

“No, she wouldn’t.  And you know it.  What else are you holding over her head?  Did you buy her a car too?  Or are you paying her rent?  What the fuck gives you the right to call a girl a slut when you treat us like whores?”

“Go back to work Brandy.”

“Why?  Because you know I’m right?”

Gabe smiled.  “Have a good rest of the night Brandy.  I’ll be seeing you later.  Or, since you’ve got another engagement, I guess I’ll be seeing Chloe later.”

“Leave her alone Gabe.  I swear if you don’t, I’ll convince her to quit.  Then you’ll have to try to get down Sabrina’s pants and that just ain’t ever gonna happen.”

“I’ve already been in Sabrina’s pants.  It’s not an experience I’d like to repeat.”

“What?  She is the most hardcore lesbo I’ve ever seen.”

Gabe shrugged.  “Believe what you’d like Brandy.  Go back to work.  Chloe needs your help.”

She turned and walked away from him.  The rest of the night seemed to drag.  Gabe showed back up after they had finished cleaning up.  She wanted to drag Chloe away from him, but the other girl had shaken her head when Brandy asked her if she wanted her to stay.  She thought that maybe she’d have stayed anyway if she didn’t know that she had a hottie waiting for her.  She
didn’t think that Gabe would try to do Chloe in front of her, or at least she hoped so she thought with a grimace.

A dark blue truck was sitting in her driveway when she got home.  Her heart felt like it was beating triple time as she got out of her car, pushing the button to lock it behind her. 

She almost groaned when Brenda came out on her porch, lit a cigarette and called out “Hi Brandy.”

“Hi Brenda.  How are you?  How are the kids?”

“I’m good.  They’re good too.  Seem to be behaving themselves for once.  So you hooked up with Rich huh?  There was talk around town that he wanted to ask you out but never had the guts.  He’s a good guy.  Hot as hell too.  I would have tried to hook up with him myself, but I’m too damned old for him.  Why do all the really good looking ones have to be at least ten years younger than me?”

“I don’t know.  How’s Rob?”

“He’s being an asshole like usual.  But he is in my bed tonight, so that’s a plus.” She grinned.

“Well, you have a good rest of the night Brenda.”  Brandy liked her neighbor, though she was nosy, but she wanted to get inside to Rich.

“You too.  Try not to keep him up all night.  I bet he’s got to work tomorrow.”

Brandy laughed.  “I’ll try.”

“Goodnight Brandy.”

“Night Brenda.”

She turned and opened the door, annoyed at herself when she saw her hand was shaking slightly.  Why was she so nervous she wondered? 

Rich was waiting for her in the bathroom, and he’d run her the bubble bath that she requested.  He looked up at her and smiled.  “Hi.”

“Hi.”

He still had his jeans on, but he’d taken his shirt off and looked so sexy she could hardly stand it.  She noticed that his nipples were pierced.  She’d only seen one other guy that had done that, and where on him, she’d thought it looked ridiculous, on Rich; she thought it made him even hotter.  His abdomen was flat and his muscles were defined.  Oh yeah, she thought she definitely didn’t mind looking at Rich without a shirt on.

“I wasn’t really serious about the bubble bath, but thank you.”

She thought that he seemed almost shy all of a sudden.  “You’re welcome.”

“You want to get in there with me?”

“I don’t think it’s big enough.”

She gave him a pout.  “You’re no fun.”

“Um, I wouldn’t mind helping you wash yourself if you don’t mind.”

She kissed him, running her tongue over his lip ring the way he had been earlier.  “I wouldn’t mind at all.”

Rich drove her crazy while she was in the tub.  His hands were so gentle, his touch so light.  Finally, when she couldn’t stand it anymore, she told him to get naked and pulled him into the tub with her.  It was a tight fit but neither of them cared.  They kissed and touched until the water got cold.

By the time they made it to her bed, she was so turned on that it seemed to take Rich forever to put the condom on.  She was glad that he had bought the big box of condoms.  They made love over and over again until the sky lightened with the dawn of the new day.

She’d never met a man who could do it so many times in a row, not even Chad who was an admitted sex addict or Gabe who had incredible stamina.  But, she admitted to herself as she dozed in Rich’s arms, she’d never met a man she’d wanted to have sex with so many times in a row either.