Revengeful Deceptions (13 page)

“I have a surprise for you,” Adam
said as he opened the door.

“What is it? Oh Adam, a Rolls
Royce? It’s gorgeous!” She said giving him a hug and kiss.

“Your chariot awaits my darling.”

This man makes me feel so
incredible;
she blushed as he helped her into the limo.

When they arrived at the party,
Dominique was glad that she had the glass of champagne in the limo. It soothed
her nerves. Adam told her that there was no reason for her to be nervous about
meeting his mother. “She’s going to love you,” he told her as they stepped into
the lavishly decorated front parlor of the penthouse. Dominique smiled as she
was introduced to Muriel Caruso.  Although she was a very glamorous,
sophisticated woman, there was nothing fake about her. Dominique could tell
that she was a very warm natured person.

 
“Dominique, it's so very nice to meet you,
I’ve heard a lot about you young lady,” she said with a warm smile. “You my
dear have made my son a very happy man.”

“Thank you and it's very nice to
meet you Mrs. Caruso, your home is absolutely stunning.”

Dominique pointed to the deep, dark
colored potted mums and pumpkins of all sizes that adorned every corner of the
house.

 
“Please, call me Muriel, and let me give you
the tour, it looks as though you'll be spending a lot of time here,” she said
giving her son a wink. While Dominique strolled off with Muriel, Jonathan had a
moment alone with his son.

“How is everything going son?”'

“I never thought I’d be saying this
but so far so good.”

 
“I'm glad son, I’m really glad. Dominique
looks absolutely stunning Adam. Tell me, have you had any problems with that
other issue I warned you about?” Jonathan asked, concerned for his son and new
girlfriend.

“No, things have been quiet and I
hope it stays that way dad. Now if you'll excuse me I see some folks I need to
say hello to.”

Adam gave his father a nod and went
in search of Dominique.

Jonathan was greeting a large group
of party goers when Brandon slipped in amongst the group. Jonathan gave his son
a disappointed frown when he immediately reached for a drink the servers were
passing out.

Patting his father on the shoulder,
Brandon said, “Relax dad, it’s my first one, now let’s get this party started,”
he shouted to no one in particular.

Jonathan had been hoping that his
son would fore go the party and stay out all night like he usually did.
I
should have known he wouldn’t miss this,
he said to himself.

By the time Muriel had finished
giving Dominique a tour of the penthouse, she had invited her out for lunch and
shopping.

“I like this one,” she whispered to
her son before she left to greet her other guests.

 
“Hey little brother,” Brandon came up behind
Adam punching him hard in the arm.

“Brandon, what are you doing here?”

“Well it's nice to see you too
little
brother,
and you're looking as lovely as ever
Dominique,” he said as he reached for and kissed her hand. Adam fought hard not
to take Brandon's hand and rip it from his shoulder.

 
“Come on baby, I think I see Molly.”

Dominique didn’t question why Adam
was so cold to his
brother,
she couldn’t stand to be
around him for obvious reasons. But besides that, he seemed to cause the family
nothing but grief.

Luckily Adam was able to keep
Brandon at bay for the remainder of the night. He was too busy drinking and
making a fool of himself trying to impress the ladies. It got so bad that
finally, his father had to pull him aside and tell him to leave or spend the
rest of the evening in his room. Pouting like a child, he stomped out of the
dining room and slammed the front door behind him.

“What do you say we call it a night
handsome, and you bring me home?”

Adam wasn’t sure what to make upon
hearing that.

“You tired Dominique or are you
upset?” Adam wondered if Brandon had said something to upset her.

“I'm neither Adam, I just would
like for you to take me home. I was thinking of letting you ravish my body,”
she said with a sultry smile. “But if you'd rather stay....”

“Mom, dad, we're going to be taking
off now, we'll be seeing you.”

“Thank you for a lovely evening!”
chimed in Dominique as they headed out the door.

“Ah, young love.” sighed Muriel
with a smile.

Once the driver took off into the
late night traffic, Adam asked Dominique, “Were you serious back there or were
you teasing me?”

Dominique leaned close and
whispered in his ear, “Oh I was 100 percent serious Adam.”

“Driver, can you go any faster?”
Adam joked. Just the thought of removing her gown made him twitch with desire.

 
“Sir, it seems there is someone very close on
my tail.”

Alarm set in as Adam looked out the
window and saw a large black SUV hampering down on them.  They weren’t
speeding but it was quite obvious that they were being followed through the
city streets. Adam instructed the driver to stay on course but try to lose him
if he could.

“Adam, what’s going on?” asked
Dominique who was now worried.

“It's nothing I’m sure, but you're
safe with me Dominique don’t worry.”

Dominique could feel the rolls speeding
up. “Dominique I’m gonna need you to put your seat belt on.” Dominique did as
she was told and wished they had stayed at the party.
There was safety in
numbers
.

Flashbacks of her own husbands
accident came into mind as the rolls picked up even more speed and her heart
began racing, matching the speed of the car. Adam was on the phone in an
instant calling 911 but it would be too late. The SUV sped up alongside of them
and Adam knew what was coming next, he grabbed Dominique and covered her as the
gunman in the SUV opened fire on them.

Dominique let out a scream as the
shots came barreling through the windows. The sound was almost deafening and
Adam held her so close she thought he would crush her. The gunmen shot out one
of the rear tires of the rolls causing the driver to swerve up and onto the
sidewalk hitting a fire hydrant along the way, where he was finally able to
come to a stop. The black SUV slowed at first but then roared off into the
night.

Bystanders began moving towards the
vehicle to check on its occupants. For a moment Dominique wasn’t sure if she
was alive or dead. But when Adam started shaking her and looking her over to
make sure she was alright, she knew she had survived.

“Dominique are you alright?
Dominique look at me. ARE YOU ALRIGHT?”

“Yes I am, I think I am, yes, how
about you? Are you Okay Adam? What was that? What in god's name is going on
Adam? Did those people just try to kill us?”

“The police are on the way,”
someone shouted from the crowd.

By the time the police and
ambulance arrived, Dominique and Adam along with the driver were safely sitting
on the sidewalk. Once the EMT gave them a clean bill of health, and they gave
their statements to the police they were allowed to go home. Adam had ordered
another car service and paid for the driver to take a taxi back to his
location.

“Dominique are you sure you’re
alright?” Adam asked on their way home.

“Physically yes I’m alright Adam,
but mentally? I don’t know
,
I’ve never experienced
anything like that Adam. 

I am glad that you told the police
about that lunatic and the threat he made to your dad, I hope that they catch
the son of a bitch. The moment Dominique heard Adam tell the police the name of
the would
be assailant, she felt sick.
I was only
an arm's length away from the son of a bitch today at the office. It all makes
sense now. But he couldn’t possibly know who I am so why in the hell would he
show up at the office and demand to see Jonathan?
She wondered
. Nick
must have some kind of ties with Jonathan, ties that neither man wants Adam to
know about.

 
“Dominique? Are you sure you’re alright? Maybe
we should get you checked out at the hospital.”

“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine Adam, I’m
fine.” Dominique did not want Adam to worry about her, she quickly changed the
subject.

God Adam, who knew that lawyers
lead such dangerous lives,” she said with a wink.

“Dominique how is it that you know
just the right things to say?” he said kissing her on the cheek.

“Adam, when you've been through
what I’ve been through, you learn to deal with
 
everything
that life tends to hand you, and this is something we will
deal with together.”

The more time that he spent with
her the more he began to believe that what his father had told him was true.
There was no reason to tell Dominique the secret, it would be like reliving
that horrible night all over again and she needed to move on.
 
Dominique did not tell Adam, but once she
realized that they were
  safe
and sound, the
whole incident excited her, it was like something out of a movie and the way
that he had instinctively covered her made her even more attracted to him; he
never looked sexier.

Thank god it's Friday,
thought Dominique as she nudged Adam awake and slowly got out of bed. She felt
as if she was up all night running a marathon, and her body ached, but it was a
welcoming ache that she was sure a hot shower would cure. While Adam dozed,
Dominique showered and got ready for work.

“Looks like you'll be riding with
me this morning,” she said handing him a cup of coffee and giving him a kiss.

 
“If you could just drop me home so I can
change?” Adam said as he returned her kiss.

“What you don’t want to go to work
dressed in coat and tails?” Dominique laughed.

“Well I suppose I could but I don’t
think the partners would approve.” 

“Alright, I suppose I could do that
for my man,” she said giving him a wink. “But let’s get going, I can't be late,
the boss is a real stickler about being on time,” she joked.

After Dominique dropped Adam at his
place, she headed into work. She knew she would have a difficult time
concentrating today. She would spend her day thinking about what had happened
between her and Adam. 
And don’t forget about getting shot at,
her
conscience told her.
God I hope the police catch that guy and soon.

The holidays are coming up and I
don’t want to have to live in fear each time I go out. Wow, who would have
thought that I would be looking forward to the holidays again? I thought that
without my boys there would never be a reason to celebrate, yet here I am going
to costume parties, thinking about the holidays, calling Adam my man.

  
Maybe I can get my life back on track and do
what I need to do.
She thought to herself,
but why did that maniac go
after us the way he did?  He had to be going after Adam, but why?
She
wondered as she made her way into work.

 
“Dominique oh my god are you alright? Molly
had been waiting anxiously by the doors for her friend.

“Yes thank god, we're both fine.
But how did you find out Molly?”

“Are you kidding me? Everyone
knows, Mr. Caruso came in early this morning and told everyone, he  also
said that if any one of us lets Mr. Kilarmo in the building purposefully or
accidental he will fire us on the spot. No questions asked.”

 
“Wow, he's got it out for this guy; I guess
the police haven’t caught him yet.”

“No they haven’t and Mr. Caruso is
having his secretary send a memo out that we're to go out to the garage in
groups, no one leaves by themselves.”

“But you won’t have to worry will
you? You've got your own bodyguard don’t you Dominique?” Molly joked to her
friend.

“Well yes, I suppose I do and he's
sexy as hell isn’t he?” she laughed.

Adam showed up for work showered,
dressed and looking incredibly refreshed. He was glad that he didn’t have to be
in court today. Besides needing to get some work done he would also be around
in case Nick showed up again. In fact, he decided,
I think I’ll take my work
over to the file area, there’s more room there, and I’ll be able to get all my
work done.
He grinned as he grabbed several piles of client files.

Dominique smiled as she saw him
place a large pile of work on the long table. She knew what he was doing and
she hoped that she too would be able to get all of her work done. She didn’t
want his father thinking she couldn’t do her job. Adam sat down to start his
work but the moment he did, he couldn’t stop glancing at Dominique who was
looking incredibly sexy wearing her glasses.

  
She smiled every time she caught him staring at her. Adam was glad that
no one had bothered to come to the filing area as he casually made his way to
her office. Without looking up, Dominique smirked as she told Adam that he'd
better get out of her office because she had a ton of work to do and he was
nothing but a distraction, a delicious one but a distraction none the less.
Smiling, he returned to his work.

Dominique had some files to get,
and as she seductively strode past Adam he couldn’t help but reach out for her.
He wanted to steal a kiss, “Just one kiss.” He whispered to her as he led her
into a secluded corner.

She liked the feel of his hands on
her and as his so- called one kiss turned into several, she began to get lost
in him. She could feel his arousal against her and she knew that if she didn’t
put a stop to things, they would get intense right there in the office.

She wanted to tell him to stop but
she couldn’t, his mouth hovered over hers and each time she opened it to speak
he would claim a kiss. Soon she felt his hand reach up her skirt and as his
fingers caressed the outline of her panties she began to pant with desire. He
was going to make her climax right there and then. “No, we can't Adam, please,”
she begged for him to stop.