Romance: Luther's Property (29 page)

“Can you lock up? I’m not feeling well.” I tried all day
long to give my all to my work, but when two came around, I just couldn’t
focus. “I’m waiting for a package to be delivered, can you sign for it for me?
You can leave afterwards with full pay of course.” Karla’s face lit up at the
sound of that, but I could tell that she was still worried about me.

“Of course. Yeah I can tell that you’re not feeling well. I
hope you feel better soon.” I gave her a small smile and walked out of the
door. Honestly I just wanted to go home, grab Ollie, and go to sleep. I knew
that I shouldn’t have allowed what happened with Charles to affect me so much,
but I couldn’t help it. Sex can really change someone’s perspective of someone,
especially when you do it with someone you have a strong connection with. I
sighed and opened my car door. I just needed to focus on my wedding planning
business. I’ll recuperate at home and by Monday morning I’ll be good to go.

Since I left work earlier I didn’t have to fight through
rush hour traffic so it didn’t take me long to get home.

“Ollie!” I called out as I walked through the door and he
ran to me. I smiled when he jumped over my legs and licked at my pedicured
feet. “Come here.” I said and scooped him up into my arms. Even though Ollie
was a German shepherd, he was still a puppy.
 
Ollie was going to be my medicine this weekend because he wouldn’t judge
me for crying my heart out. He’d love me no matter what and stay by my side. He
snuggled in my arms and I kissed his soft fur as we walked into my bedroom.
It’s been a long time since I had an afternoon nap and right now I could use
one. I lied down with Ollie still wearing my sexy lavender chiffon suit and
thought about Charles one more time before I fell asleep.

When I woke up it was dark in my room and Ollie was nowhere
to be found. I stretched my arms over my head and got out of bed. I quickly
stripped off my clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower. Once I was
done and warmly wrapped in my towel, Ollie made his way into the bathroom and
barked.

“Who told you that you could leave me?” I said while
laughing. I knew he was hungry, hell I was hungry. I dried myself off and put
on a robe and walked into the kitchen. I poured food in Ollie’s bowl and took
some left over steak out of the refrigerator. Unfortunately as I ate my steak I
started thinking about Charles. I couldn’t get over how much different Charles
looked in a suit compared to his normal “cowboy” get up. He was so laid back
and easy to talk to it was no wonder that we slept together. Our attraction to
each other was undeniable, but he had a woman already.

“Is it honestly cheating when he’s purchasing a bride?” I
asked as I bit into the delicious meat. Charles definitely had a good head on
his shoulders, but why the hell was he doing this? I’m actually surprised that
he’s not embarrassed about the set-up because from what he told me everybody
knew. If I was him I don’t think that I could respect Joanna enough to promise
to spend my life with her. I know I kept telling myself that it wasn’t any of
my business, but I loved Charles and if he’s that lonely he should just be with
me. I’m not desperate or anything and I wasn’t in a hurry to marry him like he
was with this woman, but he owes it to himself to go out with a woman who he’s
actually spent time with.

“Policy or not I need to talk to him.” I stood up and walked
over towards the table in front of my door that housed my keys. It was against
my policy to interfere with the lives of my clients, but I couldn’t let him
marry this woman. I know that I’d be losing a client and money, but losing
someone you cared about was much worse. Just as my fingers was reaching out to
pick up my phone, Charles’ familiar name went across my screen.
  

****

I agreed to meet Charles at Nicki’s, a cute little diner,
over breakfast to discuss something important with him. Last night when he
called, Charles didn’t even let me speak and he sounded frantic about
something. The only thing he told me was we needed to speak urgently and that
it couldn’t wait until Monday morning. He was running fifteen minutes late and
I was starting to feel a little anxious.

“May I get you some more coffee ma’am?” An attractive waiter
came over and smiled at me. He’s been checking up on me every five minutes
since I came in and I wasn’t oblivious to the fact that he was attracted to me.

“Yes, thank you.” I said politely and he nodded his head and
grabbed my mug. As soon as the waiter disappeared out of sight I saw Charles
rushing in through the door. I stood up nervously and waved my hand to him. He
saw me and quickly walked over to me and grabbed a seat.

“I’m sorry that I’m late Stephanie,” Charles said as he took
off his signature hat and placed it on the table. “Traffic was bad and I really
didn’t get too much sleep last night so I woke up late.” He said and I saw his
face flush. Wow, was he thinking about me last night like I was thinking about
him?

“It’s alright.” I said with my voice shaking a little. “I
didn’t sleep that well last night either.” I watched Charles fumble in his seat
and I was starting to grow a little more concerned. I’ve never seen him this
way before and it was shocking to see him clearly uncomfortable.

“Hello sir, may I get you some coffee as well?” the waiter
asked looking over at Charles. The waiter’s face didn’t have any of the
softness that he had for me and he seemed a little annoyed about Charles
arrival. I wanted to smile because I knew that the young waiter was jealous,
but I was worrying too much about Charles at that moment.

“Yes please,” Charles said and looked up at the boy. “I
already know what I want. Can you bring me a steak omelet with some toast.” The
boy nodded his head and wrote down Charles order on his scratch pad. I ordered
some bacon and eggs and the boy smiled brilliantly at me and said that our food
would be ready shortly. When he left Charles stared straight at me. “Joanna is
flying into town Thursday night and wants our wedding to be held on Friday.” My
face flushed when he told me that.

“What?” I said in disbelief. “She’s arriving ahead of schedule
and we’ve already booked Mystique for your wedding venue for August! There’s no
way I’ll be finished in time for Friday.” I was shocked that the woman was
coming into town sooner, but her expectations were impossible. There are still
things that needs to be done that can’t happen in several days.

“I’ve called Mystique and their allowing our wedding to be
held on Friday. All I need for you to do is to maybe speed up your process a
little bit. I’m willing to pay you extra for this too, Stephanie.”

“Charles,” I said as I stared into his torn face. I thought
that maybe he wanted to talk about what happened between us the other night. I
couldn’t believe that he was actually trying to go through with this woman’s
crazy demands. I didn’t even care about the extra money he was willing to pay
me, I had to tell him how I felt. “I don’t think that you should do this.” He
raised his eyebrow and narrowed his eyes.

“Now I know that you think that you won’t be able to do
this, but I’ve seen your work. Have a little more confidence in yourself.” I
shook my head. That wasn’t what I meant and I needed him to understand.

“No, I don’t think you should go through with this
marriage.” I finally said and he stared at me blankly. “Look, I don’t know why
you decided to go with the whole ‘mail order bride’ option, but I think that
you deserve better than that. What happened between us the other day was
amazing and even though I’m not trying to marry you, it’s way too soon, but I
think we have a connection.” I blushed and stopped when the waiter came back
over with our food and I looked away from Charles as he stared at me. “Thank
you.” I told the waiter and he smiled for me.

“Enjoy the food.” He said to me before he walked away from
us.

“Stephanie, I’m not a man that goes back on what I decide to
do. I’m stubborn. Always have been and always will be. It’s in my cowboy
blood.” I looked him in his eyes then and I felt my face beginning to flush. I
began picking at my food then trying to force myself to eat. “I understand how
you feel and if I would have known you first, then I probably wouldn’t be going
through with this. I’ve messed up once and I don’t want it to happen again.
This wedding is going to happen Stephanie and I need you to plan a gorgeous
one.” There was nothing I had to say to that. I kept my eyes on my food and we
ate in silence.

“Here’s your bill and thanks for dining with us today.” The
waiter told us and grinned at me again before he walked off. Charles slapped
some bills on the table and got up.

“I’ll contact you again on Monday morning. Thank you for all
of your help and for meeting me on such short notice.” Charles grabbed his hat
and walked off without another word. Without thinking, I pushed to my feet and
ran after him and when I finally caught up with him, he was getting into his
car.

“Charles!” I called out his name and opened the passenger
side of his car door.

“Stephanie, what are you doing?” he asked me and I didn’t
respond. I slammed the car door shut, took his face in my hands, and kissed him
hard on the lips.
 

I didn’t care if people were walking passed Charles’ car and
watching us. The only thing that I cared about was Charles. He struggled
against me a little bit and tried to gently push me away from him, but I
wrapped my arms around his neck and refused to let him go. My tongue probed
around his mouth and I could taste the bitter coffee that lined his mouth.

“Mm…” I moaned when he relaxed into the kiss and began
sucking on my tongue. I placed my hand on his muscular thigh and I could feel
him throbbing.

“Not here.” Charles whispered and I finally allowed him to
pull away from me. “We’ll come back to get your car later. I’m sure it’ll be
fine here.” With that said Charles started his car and quickly sped off down
the road. I was sure if he kept speeding that we’d get pulled over, but I never
saw the red and blue lights as we made our way to his house. He lived in a nice
house, one of the best looking ones on this side of town. The house was white
and blue and the lawn was kept trimmed and tidy and the inside of his house was
equally beautiful.

“Your house is gorgeous.” I said as I took in the leather
furniture. He shrugged and closed the door tightly behind him and pulled me
into him. He placed his warm mouth over mine and gripped my ass tightly in his
hands.

“You’re gorgeous.” He whispered and picked me up. I wanted
to look at the rest of his house, but my mind went hazy as he made love to me
with his mouth.

“Charles.” I whispered his name as he kicked opened a door
and seconds later I was sprawled on my back on his king size bed. He unbuttoned
his vest and threw it to the side and his cowboy hat followed. I watched him
strip off his clothes and I admired the muscles that rippled. Once he was
finished with his own clothes he bent down and went straight for mine. “Your
hands are cold.” I commented as his cool fingers brushed against my skin once
he had undressed me.

“It’s alright; you’ll be sweating in no time.” I blushed
then gasped when he began kissing and sucking on my neck, definitely an
erogenous zone of mine. I gripped his thick hair and pushed him down softly
when he began travelling down the length of my body.

“Charles” I whispered again when he began tonguing my belly
button. I squirmed under him and then I pushed his head down even lower. “Ah!
Charles!” I screamed once his head was where I wanted it to be. He took my
clitoris between his lips and sucked on it gently. He was definitely talented
when it came to his mouth and I knew that I could get used to his talents. “I
want to do you too.” He said nothing as he moved from above me and pulled me
up. Charles lied down on his back and I hovered above him with my lower half
facing his face. I stroked up and down his length with my hands gently and he
pulsed and quivered with my touch. When he brought his head back to me I
lowered my mouth on him.

“Ah, that’s good.” He moaned and I sucked him slowly and
deeply. I moaned when he followed my motions and after a while I felt myself
coming hard.

“Ah! Ah! Charles!” I shuddered and picked up the pace with
my mouth because I wanted him to come as well.

“That’s enough.”
 
He
said and pushed me away from him. He moved from under me and slammed me back
onto the bed. Reaching on the floor he grabbed a condom out of his pants pocket
and pulled it over his length and positioned himself at my entrance. “I can’t
hold back any longer.” He said and rammed himself deep inside of me and I
howled out in pain. He did me fast and frantic but he also took good care of me
as well. He made sure that I felt good and when I didn’t, he readjusted
himself. It took a lot to match his movement because I was so close to the edge
and I wasn’t ready to come yet. I wanted to feel his body longer because I
didn’t know if this was going to be the end of us. “You’re driving me crazy.”
Charles said and gripped my hips to bring me up harder into him and I cried out
from pain and pleasure.

“No more!” I couldn’t take it any longer and I came hard
while trailing a line of fresh scratch marks down his back. “I love you.” I
accidently said and I closed my eyes when his head quickly looked over in my
direction. I didn’t want to face him and I was embarrassed that I was stupid
enough to let that slip. He didn’t say anything as he continued thrusting
deeper into me. After a few more rough thrusts, he came hard.

“Shit!” he groaned and had to catch himself before he fell
and crushed my body. I kept my eyes closed as he gasped above me and I wrapped
my arms around his shuddering body. I didn’t know what he was thinking, but he
didn’t pull away from me as I held him.

“I love you.” I said again and patted his back.

****

Charles drove me back to the diner in silence and I was sure
that I was beet red. Not only was I rejected, he didn’t speak to me after we
had sex, but I could feel that he was done with me and I couldn’t help but to
feel hurt about it.

“Here we are.” He said pulling up at the diner right next to
my car.

“Thank you.” I said with a small voice. What else was there
to say? I wanted to ask him what he was thinking but I was afraid of the answer
that I was going to receive. Without saying anything else I got out of his car
and walked over to mines. After I made sure everything was in order I got in
and as soon as I shut the door he sped off again down the road. I willed myself
to not cry and I started my car and made my way back home. I needed a drink
very badly and I wanted to eat the chocolate ice cream that I bought the other
week at the store. I knew I was being childish, but I didn’t care. Cliché or
not I was going to do it until my heart stopped hurting and I can finally
breathe again.