Sugar Daddy (Forever Daddies Book 4)
Author: Snow, Victoria
Date: 2019-08-25

Sugar Daddy

The Forever Daddies Series

Victoria Snow

Copyright © 2019 by Victoria Snow

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Contents

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Prologue: Harper

1. Finn

2. Harper

3. Finn

4. Harper

5. Finn

6. Harper

7. Finn

8. Harper

9. Finn

10. Harper

11. Finn

12. Harper

13. Finn

14. Harper

15. Finn

16. Harper

17. Finn

18. Harper

19. Finn

20. Harper

21. Finn

22. Harper

23. Finn

24. Harper

25. Finn

26. Harper

27. Harper

28. Finn

29. Harper

30. Finn

31. Harper

32. Finn

33. Harper

34. Epilogue - Eighteen months later

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Shhh….Should I tell you a secret?

My boss wants to be my sugar daddy!

And I am totally excited.

Another secret?

I’m still holding on to my V-card.

I know it’s wrong,

But the charismatic man in a luxuriously tailored suit makes dirty sound so good.

I want to be his little princess,

Submit to his every demand.

He’s rough, grouchy and mean,

And then there’s a ten years age gap,

But who cares?

It’s just six months, right?

No strings attached.

I have five million reasons to stay in this arrangement,

And only one to walk out.

I am carrying his baby.

Prologue: Harper

I went into the drug store, thankful that it was quiet on a Sunday. My best friend, Carmen was by my side and I couldn’t have been more thankful for that. I looked around in the store as Carmen pointed out a sign that led us down exactly the aisle that I was looking for. We ducked down in it and I once again thanked the heavens that there were only a couple of people in the store at that time. I didn’t know how I got to that point in my life. Skulking down an aisle of a drug store, hoping against hope that no one I knew saw me in there. It was embarrassing to say the least but it was also completely my fault that I was in this situation in the first place. I scanned the store to try to determine if there was anyone I knew browsing the aisles. The last thing that I wanted to have to explain to everyone was the purchase that I was making. They wouldn’t understand because no one even knew that I was involved with anyone.

Things had started off so awesome, almost like a dream come true, maybe even better. I didn’t think that it would come to this or I would ever have found myself in that position at my age. It was so unthinkable. I wasn’t ready, I knew that much. It wasn’t part of the plan and I certainly didn’t want to have to do it alone. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. I smiled sadly at Carmen as we headed down the aisle looking for a product that I wished I didn’t have to buy. She smiled back at me reassuringly. She was my best friend and had always been there for me no matter what. Things had just gotten way too complicated. Not only was Carmen my best friend but she was also my roommate which meant that she usually had the inside scoop on my life when no one else did. She knew all about Finn and she wasn’t always impressed with him.

The first time that I had met Finn Stark it was in his office and it was because I had an offer that I felt he would never turn down. I hadn’t expected him to offer me a job, especially since he was easily the hottest man I had ever seen in my life. He was hot and rich, like big-time rich, a billionaire status that I couldn’t even imagine having in real life. He had been an idol of mine for a long time, all the way back to business school. That’s why I was hoping that he would want to partner with me on an idea that I had of my own. The appointment hadn’t gone the way I wanted it to; in fact it seemed as if it had spiraled completely out of control. Instead of him jumping onboard with me, he instead offered to mentor me and give me a shot at my own dream project, that is of course if I made it through the probation period. All, in all, it might not have been the offer that I wanted, but it was a pretty great offer at the end of the day. How could I say no? I had only been on the job for two months and now look where I was? Two months wasn’t a long time at all to be in a job and yet I had made a mess of it already. It was scary to think that I was in that position and there didn’t seem to be a good way out of it. I was in serious trouble and I didn’t know what to do.

“Here they are,” Carmen stated.

I took my head out of the clouds to see what Carmen was pointing at. A bunch of pregnancy tests lined the wall. It was surprising how many different brands there were. I stared at them confused. Weren’t they all the same? How was I supposed to figure out which were the best ones? The more accurate ones, I should say.

“There are so many of them. How am I supposed to choose one? Why are there so many?” I asked in frustration. I looked at Carmen who was now trying some sunglasses at the other end of the aisle. It was like the girl was in another world. But she wasn’t the one that was possibly pregnant so she could go and try on sunglasses without a care in the world.

“Get over here,” I hissed at her.

She put the sunglasses down and walked back over to me. “Don’t get your panties in a knot.”

“Well, I don’t exactly like standing in here so people can see what I’m buying. Which one should I get?” I asked as I picked up a box from the shelf.

“Not that one, there are like four in there. Are you planning on doing this multiple times?”

I groaned. “What a nightmare.” I wasn’t sure what I should do. “Isn’t there like false positives or is it false negatives? I should have more just in case so I can really be sure.”

Carmen grabbed a box off the shelf and started to walk away from me. Clearly, she was finished with the whole pregnancy test shopping. I grabbed a couple more as she stared at me in shock. “It pays to be accurate and I’m not taking any chances.”

“You might be going a little overboard.”

“I don’t care, I need to be sure.”

She ushered me down the aisle and we headed to the cash register to pay. I couldn’t even look the cashier in the eye, I was so embarrassed. I just needed to get out of that drug store as fast as possible so that I could get home to do the tests.

****

I sat on the lid of the toilet as I waited for a piece of plastic to tell me my fate. I couldn’t believe I was even in that position. Sitting in the bathroom peeing on a stick and waiting for the results. It was mortifying. What was worse was that I knew better. I wasn’t in a committed relationship, nor was I married so if I ended up pregnant then it was just stupidity on my part. I already felt that I got the short end of the stick when it came to life because of what happened with my parents and now this? I just didn’t understand why fate never seemed to be looking out for me. Or I could just chalk it up to my poor life decisions. That would probably more accurately portray the situation that I found myself in now.

I stared at the three sticks that were sitting on the sink and checked the time on my phone. I still had two more minutes to wait. Yes, I took three tests simultaneously, just to be sure. I wasn’t taking any chances and I was determined to be sure of what I was looking at. Two minutes. It felt like an eternity. None of this would have happened had I not signed that stupid contract. Seriously, what was I thinking? I could never understand how someone could negotiate their sex life like that. I was certainly the naive one to think that I could actually do something like that and that it would be okay. Do normal people get involved in situations that require a contract? Cleary, I did, and I was starting to have some serious regrets. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. It sure was hard to regret Finn in anyway.

The billionaire who took my virginity was very tempting and it had been really hard to say no to his offer. It wasn’t every day that a person meets a billionaire and has the opportunity to get involved with one. It certainly wasn’t a lifestyle that I was used to. He was handsome and powerful and everything about him tempted me in a way that made it seem like everything was okay. The simple truth was, that I wanted him badly. Bad enough that I thought that entering into a sugar daddy agreement would be a good idea. But I wanted him to be mine, so I was willing to do anything to get him. I had no idea just how addicting his kisses would be and how I would be powerless to say no to anything that he wanted. He was like a drug to me in every way possible and that was very hard to say no to. Still, I had definitely not signed up for this part of it and if I was honest with myself, it was terrifying to say the least. I couldn’t understand how my wanting him had turned into this. It was absurd and I wasn’t sure what was going to happen if I ended up pregnant. Things had not turned out at all as I wanted and I only had myself to blame.

He only wanted my body; he never wanted my heart. He always kept his emotions under lock and key, I was never able to penetrate that part of him. I had foolishly surrendered my heart to a man that didn’t want it and probably never would. And now, this. It was so easy sometimes for me to fall in love that I probably should have seen this coming. Even without a pregnancy, I fell too hard and I was pretty certain that he didn’t fall at all.

I checked the time again. The tests were ready. I couldn’t seem to get myself to stand up and go and look. I was terrified in anticipation. I considered asking Carmen to check for me, but she would call me chicken shit for not looking at it myself. She was already waiting outside for the news of whether or not I was knocked up. I put my head in my hands and said a little prayer. Please don’t let me be pregnant. It was pretty simple and I didn’t think that it was too much to ask. I got up from the toilet seat and walked over to the sink. I picked up the first test and saw the last thing that I wanted to see. Two identical lines shouting out at me, you’re pregnant! As if it was something to be celebrated. For some people, it probably was but for me, it was the last thing that I wanted and it would be the last thing that he would want. Tears welled up in my eyes as I struggled with my thoughts. They were all negative and there was really no way around it. I set it down and looked at the other two tests hoping that the first one was wrong, but all three tests were identical and there was no denying it now. I was pregnant. Now I knew for sure and I would have to try to figure out what I was going to do about it. I took a deep breath and tried to calm the anxiety that was threatening to suffocate me. I was pregnant with Finn Stark’s baby and there wasn’t a damn thing that I could do about it. What the hell was I going to do now?

1

Finn

The sound of a nose being blown caused me to roll my eyes to the heavens. I looked up from my desk to see my operations manager, Bryce, blow her nose for only the hundredth time that day. It was honestly the most annoying sound in the world. The most annoying. Why did she keep doing it over and over again like that? It was making it almost impossible for me to concentrate on anything. Every time I would start to crunch numbers, she would blow her nose again. It was beyond irritating at that point.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Bryce, she was an insanely awesome employee and my right-hand man, so to speak. She was a curvy and very attractive auburn-haired woman, and easily one of the smartest people I knew. No one got through to me unless they went through her first. She was like a lioness protecting her cubs. But today she was annoying me to no end. I was trying to concentrate on some dense financial material and she was having an allergy attack. We weren’t even in the same room. My office door was open and I could see her sitting at her desk but when she blew her nose, I could swear that we were in the same room. I was trying to concentrate on my finances when her nose blowing kept creeping into my consciousness. Maybe I just needed a break. I stood and stretched while I looked out the window of my office. It was one of the best parts of my office. I could see everything from my window. The whole wall was one big window and I could see the city from all angles. It was a good thing that I wasn’t scared of heights. There were times where staring out through that window brought me some of the best ideas that I had. It was where I got my inspiration. I had an expansive view of the New York skyline and it was something to behold. I could stand there all day and look at the beauty of the city.

I turned from the amazing view and headed for my office door. I always kept it open so that I could yell out orders to my staff when I wanted to. I walked out of my office and went to hers and as I walked to her desk, I could see her rubbing her nose with a tissue. She watched me come in the office and she glanced up at me, giving me a sheepish expression. She shrugged. “Sorry. Am I annoying you again? These allergies are killing me.”

I cocked my thumb behind me, indicating that she should go home. It was the end of that discussion as far as I was concerned.

“No, I don’t need to leave, Finn. It’s just allergies. We have so much work to do.”

“It’s fine, Bryce. You could use a day off anyway. You have been working your ass off on the human resources reorganization. Consider it a gift. Take the rest of the day off and get some rest and buy some Claritin or whatever.”

Bryce rolled her eyes. “Yeah right, we both know you are just trying to get rid of me so that you don’t have to listen to me sneeze and wheeze.”

“Maybe I am. You should consider it a gift for both of us then.”

Bryce laughed loudly as she started to gather her things. I loved that she had a good sense of humor. We spent a lot of time together and it would be painful if she didn’t have a good sense of humor. While she packed up her things, she started to run down the list of things that I would need to remember for the day. She always had my back no matter what. It was impossible to forget a task or an appointment with her around.

“Just go! I think I can handle it from here!” I walked back to my office so that I could now focus my undivided attention on financials now that Miss. Sniffles had gone home for the day. It was important that I get these things done for the day. I was hoping to find the right combination of figures to entice Axel Mandrake to finally commit to the development project that I had been working up to for almost a year. It hadn’t been easy. So far, Axel refused to bite, but I had no intention of giving up until he did. I found myself getting lost in numbers, scanning them, organizing them, checking them and then re-checking them. I wasn’t sure how much time had passed when I was interrupted by a knock on my door. I looked up from my worked surprised to see one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen at my door. Where had she come from? It was a rare day indeed that some random person could show up at my door unannounced by the receptionist. In fact, it was almost impossible.

“Where is Rebecca?” I was referring to my receptionist, I was wondering how she got near me without her notifying me of her presence. I was so thrown off guard that I didn’t know what to do. I was tempted to tell her to beat it, but she was so pretty that I didn’t want her to go.

She pasted a smile on her face and shrugged. What was with that woman. She was already a mystery and I loved a good mystery.

“She's getting coffee, I think.”

“And who are you exactly?”

“I'm Harper. I was hoping I could have a moment with you?”

I arched my eyebrow, “Really? And for what?” A grin crept onto my face and I could just imagine what was going through her head. Actually, I didn't want to imagine it. I wasn’t sure what the girl was up to but just because she was beautiful didn’t mean that she was bringing me good tidings.

“This may seem a little out of the blue, but I have an offer for you.”

My heart skipped a beat when the girl walked in my office, she certainly caught me off guard. No one usually gets by the receptionist even when Bryce is away. It was a rare day indeed that someone was able to slip into my office without anyone knowing and I wasn’t sure if I was impressed or irritated. This was one time that I really didn’t mind however that someone had slipped through. She looked like an angel, except for the business attire that she wore. I didn’t respond to her and she took my silence as permission to enter into the office and take a seat in front of my desk. I was more intrigued by the minute details. No one ever behaved that way with me. She sat herself down across from me, all before I could get another word out. She was certainly confident, I had to give her that.

“I can’t say that I remember having an appointment with you, Harper. People who want to give me offers usually set up an appointment.”

A faint blush creeped up on her cheeks and I found it rather endearing.

“I will only take a moment of your time.”

I leaned back in my chair and steepled my fingers as she started to speak. I was desperately trying to keep my mind on her words and not what she might look like under her tight pencil skirt and white blouse.

2

Harper

I could not believe that I was in Finn Stark’s office. I couldn’t believe that I actually made it. It almost seemed too easy and yet, there I was desperately trying not to fumble my pitch to him. It was a little surprising actually that he hadn’t kicked me out of the office yet, but maybe luck was on my side that time. He wasn’t the first businessman that I tried to approach. In fact, there had been a multitude of places that I tried to get into but had no luck. I had been to other companies that week and wasn’t even able to make it anywhere near mid-level management, let alone walk into the office of the CEO, so I better not screw that up. It had truly been a miracle that I got this far and I didn’t want to do anything to mess it up. This was my big moment and I needed to see it through. I took a deep breath and rallied my thoughts. I could do this, I could land this deal, I just knew that I could.

I needed to adapt my strategy quickly as I hadn’t expected to be able to talk to the big man himself. I had been fully prepared to manipulate my way past the receptionist but in that case, I didn’t have to. I had arrived at the top floor of the skyscraper and I had been ready to convince the receptionist that I was a courier from a business partner with an important document I needed signed ASAP. I didn’t even need to do that however and lying didn’t even come into play at all. What Mr. Stark didn’t know was that his receptionist must be exhausted from all her overtime because she was currently glued to her cell phone. All I had to do was sneak past. It was so easy that I was sure it was going to blow up in my face, but it didn’t. I made it all the way down to the hallway to his corner office without anyone being the wiser. I had seen Finn Stark behind his desk and I took a deep breath and knocked. This was my moment. It was showtime.

I couldn’t believe that he didn’t immediately toss me out on my behind, but when he didn’t, I instantly launched into my pitch before he had a chance to. I was actually relieved that Stark was the CEO that I got in front of because my idea fit his profile perfectly. We couldn’t be a better fit. All I had to do now was get him to see my vision and that really shouldn’t be that hard. I was sharp and determined, I knew that I could do the job, if I was given the chance.

“I have an opportunity for you Mr. Stark, that you aren’t going to want to pass up.”

He raised an eyebrow in interest and I just kept moving forward.

“Remember when people used to live in neighborhoods, with shops where the owners knew your name? Where you formed a community with the folks that lived near you?”

Stark furrowed his brow at me, but I took it in stride and continued with my speech. This was my only chance; I was going to make sure I made it work.

“While modern life offers many advantages, not everyone wants to give his grocery list to a disembodied voice in a speaker and wait for their toothpaste to show up in their mailbox.”

Stark finally interrupted, “Are you pitching me a time machine back to simpler times?”

I laughed and said, “It’s something like that.”

I stood up and headed to the floor to ceiling window behind his desk and pointed towards the river and the outline of a massive, and outdated, piece of property. Motioning for him to come and see, I said, “The old Sugar Shack Candy Factory is just begging to be reimagined. And I know exactly what to do with it: a multi-use complex with apartments, shops, and entertainment options, all with the feel of a real neighborhood. Just imagine it, Mr. Stark.”

Stark said, “There are already plenty of other multi-use complexes like the one that you are suggesting, Harper.”

“No, they’re not the same at all. In my complex, the owners of the commercial properties would have to live in the complex. It would be like a microcosm in the city, where everyone knows everyone else and looks out for one another. Small Town U.S.A. in the heart of Manhattan. It can’t lose, Mr. Stark. It’s innovative and different, like nothing that has been done before.”

My excitement had got the best of me that I hadn’t realized just how close Finn was standing to me. I looked up suddenly into his intense dark eyes, so dark that they were almost black. A lot of people would find that intensity to be intimidating but I found him to be the most exciting man that I had ever come into contact with. The sexiest man alive. I had to admit that he was even more handsome in person. I swallowed hard as I became a little flustered with him being so near.

“How is it that you got into my office, Harper?”

I deliberately ignored his question, not interested in getting the receptionist into any trouble. Instead I went into the profit projections that I had run on the complex.

He cut me off almost immediately stating, “You have to be a little naive if you think that you can walk into the CEO’s office and pitch me your business school capstone project.”

I winced, wondering just how he knew. I wasn’t about to give up on my one chance however, so I rallied forward. “Look, Mr. Stark, business is 10% inspiration and 90% determination.”

Stark cracked a smile, then shook his head. “I would suggest you start small, maybe try flipping condos before trying to tackle a multi-million-dollar deal.” I was surprised by how cold his voice was, but I could see a heat in his eyes that makes my skin flush. I couldn’t read him at all and that was now becoming a concern to me.

I was minutes away from losing my pitch and that was pretty obvious by the cold tone of his voice. But there was something else there, something that I was missing. He was torn about something, but what was it. Was there something that I could do to make this go my way?

3

Finn

I sighed and turned from the girl, walking back to my desk. It was my intention to sit back down at my desk and call for security. It would look good on Little Miss Sugar Shack to get hauled out of my office and escorted from the building. Maybe then, she would learn that you just don’t go sneaking into the CEO’s office. I would also like to know what Rebecca was doing while Harper was slinking her way down the hallway toward my office. I didn’t do that, however. Instead, I remained frozen. I was still close enough to her to smell the slightly floral scent that she wore. The girl was young, inexperienced but I had to admit that she was bold enough to crash into my office and pitch me a pie-in-the-sky idea. I had to give her some credit for that move. Actually, I was going to give her more than a little credit, it was pretty impressive that she was standing in my office right at that moment, pitching me her idea. Not too many people her age would have the guts to do something like that.

I wasn’t going to tell her that I had already planned on doing something with the old candy factory. My plan was certainly not to rebuild some dream of the 1950’s in Midtown. That was not my goal for the place at all, so she wasn’t winning any points there. It didn’t matter anyway. If I couldn’t get Axel to either sell me the property outright or invest in my venture, then it just did not matter. I had been trying to negotiate a deal on that property for a while now, so it was ludicrous for Harper to think that she had a chance of getting it. The thought of some wet-behind-the-ears, recent business school graduate, pitching me a project in which she had no stake, other than her ‘stellar idea,’ was at best naïve and at worst laughable.

I wasn’t laughing however, not in the slightest. The oddest part about our meeting so far was the strong desire I had to kiss the girl. It’s not like things like that happened to me all the time. I was surrounded by beautiful women all the time and I didn’t get a reaction like that. But the moment that Harper walked in my office with her ridiculous idea, I had wanted to kiss her. What the f*ck was wrong with me? Maybe I was having an off day. I was working a lot. Maybe it was time that I had a couple of days off to head somewhere and take a breather. I shouldn’t be feeling like this towards a woman I’d never met before. What was it about the girl that I found so intriguing? I couldn’t put my finger on it. True, she was an absolute smoke show, but it wasn’t just her physical appearance that had me taking notice. She had a passion in her that was… just, intoxicating. I could listen to her speak all night, as long as it wasn’t about the sugar shack of course. I was about done with that whole conversation.

I watched as she took a deep breath, there was something there…so much heat that my mouth dropped open. The girl just would not quit or take no for an answer. I was liking her more every minute. Most women and even some men would have walked out of this office with their head held down in shame after some of the nasty things that that I said to Harper, and yet there she was…still fighting for what she wanted. It was remarkable really.

“Look, Mr. Stark, I have a nest egg that I’m ready to put up as my stake to sweeten the deal.”

“Unless it’s more than six figures, I’m going to toss my laptop out the forty-story building.”

She winced again and I was starting to wonder how much more she could take. Apparently more than I thought because I could see her switching gears in her eyes. I might have thought I had her, but she was just regrouping. I was starting to think that I could use a woman like her on my team, she was clearly intelligent. That fire that I saw in her could make for an exceptional employee. But she wasn’t there for a job, she was there to partner up on a project. That was entirely different.

“I might not have experience, but I’m a hard worker and I know my idea will make us both a ton of money. The nostalgia market is huge right now, and plenty of people want to return to a simpler time. You know that’s true. I can’t tell you how many people tell me that they wish they could throw their smartphone in the lake.”

I nodded, I had to agree with her on that one. I had been cocooned in my own state of nostalgia ever since my beautiful wife, Emelia died. She had been the perfect woman, an epitome of grace and elegance. In fact, so perfect, sometimes I thought I didn’t deserve her. Ever since she passed away, she was all I could think about for quite some time. I loved being in this nostalgic state because it brought Emelia back to me. Come to think of it, I was always so preoccupied with Emelia in my mind that I had practically never taken notice of another woman, until today. There was something in this girl, something different, something…sexy.

Was this supposed to mean something? One thing I was certain about - I was definitely taken by Harper and her charm. What did this sexy seductress have in her that no other woman that I had come into contact with possessed? I had ignored plenty of women that wanted to take Emelia’s place and yet, I knew Harper would be a hard girl to get out of my mind.

It’s funny how the girl that caught my attention happened to be someone who was feisty and seemed to have more courage than sense. I wasn’t going to say any of that to her. I just couldn’t help myself from staring at her and fighting the urge to pull her into my arms and kiss her to the point of making her breathless. She was absolutely stunning, the combination of her blonde hair and blue eyes was striking. She had a willowy figure that made me want to just pull her into my arms. She had the cutest upturned nose that I’d ever seen but the best part of her features was the smattering of freckles that covered her nose and cheeks. She was stunning and that was putting it plainly. I could look at a face like that every morning easily and it was amazing to me that I could think about a woman like that again after Emelia. What did that mean? I really wanted to know.

I seemed to be mesmerized by Harper. She was looking up at me and blinking with those pretty blue eyes, biting her lip, as if she had no idea of the power that she had over me. My restraint was coming close to breaking. How shocked would she be if I pulled her into my arms for a kiss? I forced myself to move away from her in the hopes that I could restrain myself better. I sighed deeply and looked at her again. I had to remain professional and when it came to that, Harper didn’t have the experience that I was looking for and that was really what it came down to. I wasn’t going to open my wallet for this random girl that came into my office speaking like she had ten years’ experience in the industry when I was confident that she probably had less than one, if that.

“Harper, you don’t have the experience and I’m just not in the habit of sinking millions of dollars into someone who is untested.”

“Then test me.”

It was impossible for me to not think about every dirty image possible at that moment. I am a guy, what could I say? I shook my head to get those dirty thoughts out of it. Get a hold of yourself, I thought. Why did everything sexual come to my head when I looked at Harper? She had me bewitched and I was never like that around other women. I was always professional no matter what and yet with Harper, I wanted to be anything but.

I sighed and said, “I’m not looking for any new business school grads at the moment, sorry. It’s best that you try a different firm and see how that works out for you.”

Her face screwed up and I really hoped that she was not about to cry in my office. I wasn’t sure how I would deal with that sort of thing. That was why I had Rebecca and Bryce; they were supposed to weed out the criers so that I wouldn’t have to deal with them.

“Mr. Stark, I guarantee that if you let me walk out of your office now, you are going to regret it. When that candy factory becomes the hottest selling complex in Manhattan, you will realize that you screwed up. Mark my words.”

I smiled. I had to admire the girl’s fire; she was truly one of a kind in that regard. I had never seen someone so young come into my office with that much passion going through her body and the confidence it must take to continue arguing her point after I had squashed her dreams a few times already. Yes, I could definitely say that I had a lot of respect for her.

She started to march towards the door taking all the fire with her and I was hypnotized by the curves of her willowy frame. Wow, she was something truly spectacular. Her body, her mind, everything rolled into one, made her a force to be reckoned with.

“Wait.” I called out to her and I knew that it was madness the moment the words left my mouth, but I couldn’t seem to stop myself.

She turned to me looking as surprised as I was. She waited with bated breath to see what I had to say.

“I will give you a chance. You have six months to prove yourself to me. If you can help me to close the deal that I’m working on in that amount of time, then I will consider your deal, with the option to make changes of my own, of course.”

I could see that she was considering my offer, but it was a little shocking that she wasn’t snapping up my deal right away. What more did she have, if she walked out the door? She would have to try again at another firm and probably wouldn’t have half the luck that she did when she snuck into my office. She should be snapping up my offer right away, but she wasn’t and that made me respect her even more.

She approached my desk and stared at me across from it. I could not read her at all and I almost wondered if she was actually going to turn down my offer.

“Can I have that in writing?”

I laughed. “Absolutely. That’s the first appropriate thing that you have said since I’ve met you.”

I opened my desk drawer and pulled out one of my business cards. I snatched a pen from the top of my desk and wrote my cell phone number on the back of the card. I wasn’t sure why I was doing it. I rarely ever gave out my private number to anyone. Bryce would be very disappointed in me right now. But since I was doing all the other things that I would never do with Harper, I might as well go whole hog.

I passed her the card and she read the number on the back with interest. I was betting that she was just as shocked as I was that I gave her my private number. I was really hoping that I wasn’t going to regret the whole thing.

“Come back on Monday morning, at 8 am and be ready to work.” I motioned her to leave the office. “Now, go, you have already interrupted my work enough for the day.”

She turned to leave and just as she was about to cross the threshold of the door, she looked over her shoulder. “Make sure that my name is on the receptionist’s list for Monday. It’s Harper.”

“How could I possibly forget a name like that?”

She turned to leave without another word and was gone in a flash. I sat in the wake of her disappearance like the aftermath of a storm. The room felt different without her in it and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. I shook my head, suddenly filled with mirth for the first time in a long time. I had to admit - the girl had some serious guts.

4

Harper

I walked in the front door of my apartment and Carmen was waiting there patiently with a bottle of wine in her hand. I couldn’t help but laugh. I wondered how long she had been waiting like that. Carmen was 24 years old, almost the same age as me, and probably that’s why, we got along really well.

She had dark hair, dark eyes, and stunning golden skin, the kind of golden skin that meant that you never had to go to the tanning salon. She was a sassy Latina who was used to working hard for the life that she wanted. She was my roommate and my best friend and I couldn’t imagine living with anyone else. We had both finished business school together and she had helped me hone my business idea which was why she was waiting expectantly by the door. It was just as important to her as it was to me. A loyal friend who wasn’t afraid to tell it like it is, the best part about Carmen was that she supported me in everything that I did. That was the kind of person that everyone needed in their life. She didn’t support me just because she was my friend, she did it because she genuinely believed in me. That didn’t stop her from calling me out when she thought that I was making a big mistake. That’s how I knew that her support was genuine. She didn’t allow me to get away with just anything and everything.

Carmen had her own job, of course, as a marketing associate but when she got home at night, she helped me refine my pitch. Now that it was done, we would move on to the next step together. Carmen believed in me and that was the best thing that I could ask for. My parents weren’t around any longer and so it was nice to have someone that not only looked out for me but who believed in me in the same way that a proud parent would. I really needed that in my life and Carmen was an awesome person to do the job. Carmen was the more realistic out of the two of us and she kept me grounded when I had my head in the clouds which helped because I had pretty big dreams. She kept things realistic when it came to our chances of making headway with my project. There were times that my head could get stuck in a cloud and she was the one that brought me back to planet earth. That’s why she was a great person to help me with my tasks. She kept me on track to my goals and I hoped one day that she would partner with me on something huge.

“I’m going to open the wine and you start talking about how your day was? Did you get to meet anyone?”

I started to explain my day and how I was able to get by Finn Stark’s receptionist and actually talked to him. I explained how he had just let me talk instead of kicking me out. I also told her how he was a complete savage at times and knocked me down a few pegs. I certainly hadn’t liked that part, but it was expected from someone as powerful as Stark. I don’t think I could ever fool a person so hands on.

Her mouth dropped open which was completely justified. She listened in disbelief as I told her what happened in Finn Stark’s office. Carmen was super impressed that I just walked right into the CEO’s office and started pitching to him. I was pretty impressed with myself as well. How could I not be, I walked in there completely fearless.

However, I wasn’t confident throughout. In fact, I had to admit that it had been tough keeping my composure because I was shaking in my boots the entire time.

“I have to admit though, I was terrified being in that office. I know it didn’t show but my heart was thundering through my chest.”

“Well, that’s understandable, who wouldn’t be scared in that situation.”

“I had to go for it though, I saw the opportunity and I went for it. I struck out everywhere else, so I figured, what did I have to lose?”

I then went into explaining how Finn Stark had offered me a six-month job offer, on a probation period of course. I went into all the details about what he offered and what he expected of me. It was exciting to think that he was giving me the opportunity to prove myself and if I did, I would be able to work on someone big with him. I was confident in myself, and I knew that if I put my best foot forward, I would be able to do great things.

Carmen let out a whoop of delight at the revelation that I had a job offer.

“It’s a good thing too because your funds are starting to dip pretty low. If you are going to hang onto enough funding to have any stake in the deal that you are proposing, you have to start bringing in money.”

“Yes, I know. That’s so important and you are absolutely right. This couldn’t have happened at a better time.”

“How much will you be making? I bet it’s going to be a pretty penny.”

“I have no idea,” I said sheepishly. “We didn’t really get that far.”

“What? You didn’t negotiate that yet? He could be paying you minimum wage for all you know. You don’t get into something like this without knowing all the details of your position. C’mon, Harper I can’t believe you would do that.”

“I know, you don’t have to lecture me. I didn’t expect him to offer me a job in the first place. I got a little flustered. That’s all. You don’t know what it was like to be in that room. He’s a billionaire and so very handsome. You don’t think you know how handsome he is until you see him up close. He takes your breath away.”

“Whoa girl, are you falling in love? Love at first sight…already?” Carmen said with a laugh.

“To be honest, the whole time that I was with him. I got more of a vibe from him that he was more interested in me than the deal I was trying to give him.”

“Of course, he was, you’re a babe.”

I felt a blush creeping up on my face. “I don’t know. It could have just been wishful thinking on my part. The guy probably has gorgeous women around him all the time.”

“Yeah, and you’re one of them, may be the best of them.”

“Well, if I thought I had a chance I would be on him in a hot minute. I mean, who wouldn’t?”

“Let’s not forget that you are a virgin, Harper. So, don’t get ahead of yourself.”

“Don’t remind me. The 24-year-old virgin. Why did I wait so long?”

“Because you’re a good girl and there’s nothing wrong with waiting. You’ve been through a lot over the past few years. It’s understandable that having sex wasn’t on the top of your priorities.”

“Well, maybe this is my chance.”

“I think you need to remember why you went in there and it wasn’t to lose your virginity. Keep your eye on the prize. Just behave yourself, Harper, this is your big shot, don’t screw it up over a guy. The last thing that you want is to get fired for sexual harassment on your first day.”

We both laughed. It was true. Finn Stark was completely hot and had everything you could want in an eligible bachelor, but I didn’t walk into that office yesterday looking for a boyfriend or even a fling. I went there because I have a mission when it comes to the candy factory. I knew that it could succeed, I just needed to get Finn to see things my way. I hated that my inexperience seemed to be the only thing that spoke for me at the moment. It was irritating. Just because I was inexperienced, it didn’t mean that I wasn’t right or that I couldn’t make it happen. I just needed the chance to prove myself. It was my chance to prove to Finn that I was more than he thought I was.

****

Monday morning was a stressful one for me. I was up at 5 am because I couldn’t sleep. I was so nervous about my first day working for Finn Stark. I wondered where I would be in the building and if I would even have any contact with the CEO. I would be lucky if it didn’t end up being a big sick joke. Maybe, I would get there and there would be no record of my employment. He could have done anything to make sure that I got out of his office.

I was determined to make a good first impression no matter what.

When Carmen got up at 6:30 she was shocked to see me there sitting on the couch drinking coffee. I was already on my second cup which wasn’t necessarily a good thing. I was just trying to calm my nerves before I made my way into my first day on the job.

“Everything okay? You’re up early.”

“I couldn’t sleep.”

“You are going to do great today, so stop worrying about it. Seriously, good luck, you got this.”

“Thanks.” I watched as Carmen went into the kitchen to grab herself a cup of coffee. She was right. I was worrying over nothing. I could do this; I just knew that I could.

When I arrived at the office, I almost thought that I might not be on the receptionists list. I was sure that I would walk up there and that she would have no knowledge of me working for the company. That would be a great joke that Stark could pull on me to teach me a lesson about sneaking into his office. Still, I made my way up to the top floor and reported to the receptionist. She looked me over from top to bottom before checking the list on her computer. I looked down at my outfit to make sure that I had dressed appropriately. What exactly was she looking for?

“Yes, Miss Cole, follow me.”

I followed Rebecca down the hall wondering where they were going to put me. Probably in one of those small cubicles where the rest of the grunts worked. My eyebrows raised as she led me to Stark’s office. He probably just wanted to make sure that I showed up for the day. He was sitting at his desk typing away at his computer when Rebecca and I entered. He looked up from what he was doing and his eyes scanned me up and down just like the receptionist did. Now, I was starting to get self-conscious.

“You will be working in here with me,” He said as he motioned towards a workstation that he set up across the room from him. Thankfully, he had a really large office!

“You want me to work right in your office,” I said, feeling more than a little confused.

“Yes, I would like to keep a close eye on you for the time being to make sure that you don’t fuck up anything crucial.”

I had to fight really hard not to roll my eyes as a blush crept onto my cheeks. I could see Rebecca smiling from the corner of my eye and it was embarrassing to say the least. It was clear that he had returned to his gruff demeanor and I was more than a little disappointed.

I just nodded, choosing not to bait him even more. I went over to the desk that he set up for me and turned on the laptop. I immediately started in to work, determined to prove myself and to learn from the master of business.

5

Finn

I was looking through some contracts that needed my signature immediately and I had re-read the same paragraph about ten times and the information still wasn’t sinking in. I couldn’t concentrate on what I was doing and if I had to read the same paragraph again, I might lose my mind. What was the matter with me? I always had serious iron focus and yet it seemed to have left me completely. I sighed and looked over to see my distraction getting up from her desk and leave my office. She was likely going for coffee and it was hard to see her walk away. She looked fantastic wearing a simple blouse and a tight black pencil skirt. Those pencil skirts might just be the end of me.

I might like to talk myself out of it, but I knew deep down that she was the reason that I couldn’t concentrate on anything that day. I was way too interested in her for my own good. It wasn’t just that day either, I had been thinking about her since the moment I met her, and all weekend long. I wanted to get into work soon, so that I could just get a glimpse of her. I thought about the way that she smelled, and especially the way that she bit her lower lip. It was easily the sexiest thing that I had ever seen. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I had never felt that way about a woman since Emelia and I barely knew Harper. I felt like I was obsessing over her and that wasn’t like me at all. I never went crazy over girls; it just wasn’t my style. I was the kind of guy that obsessed over my career and nothing else, especially since Emelia died. And yet, here I was…mooning over a girl that I barely knew. Harper had completely taken me off guard and I didn’t know what to do about it.

That’s why I insisted that she work in my office even though Rebecca had raised an eyebrow over it. I thought that it would be good for me to have her close by. I would have an opportunity to work through my attraction to her by making myself realize that she wasn’t all that I thought she was. I could work through it, move on with my life and get buried in my work once again. It was a simple plan really. Once I got buried back into my work again, I could stay there until I got to meet Emelia in the next life. Once I learned more about Harper, I would realize that she was nothing like my Emelia and then things could get back to normal again.

When she came back into the office, she smiled at me and I melted all over again. Seriously, Finn, get a hold of yourself, I thought. I got up from my desk and walked over to hers. She looked up when I approached and I was all business. She tried to joke around with me, but I wasn’t there to make friends. I briefed her on the deal that I was working on so that she could get prepped on it as well. I would need her to be as knowledgeable as possible on the deal if she was going to help me in any way. I explained that it was a massive revitalization project that would spin out commercial, light industrial, and residential buildings. I valued the land alone at half a billion dollars and expected profits to match, once I could get access to the properties. Harper asked what I was waiting for, and I admitted that the person who owned the majority of the land in question had yet to decide to partner up or sell the land outright. She nodded as I explained things to her.

What I didn’t tell her was that part of the land in question was the candy factory that she had got her eye on. I didn’t want to get into it right now with her because I didn’t want her to start talking about how I needed to jump on her little project again. Plus, she would probably accuse me of going after the project after knowing that she wanted it. I had my eye on the project long before she walked into my office, and I wasn’t going to make the plan all about her. That was not what I wanted for the candy factory. I would fill her in on those details later on. As I explained my plans, Harper caught on quickly, and I found myself impressed with the kind of questions that she was asking.

I was going through some notes with Harper when Bryce walked in.

“Finn,” she said. “I haven’t heard from you all morning,” she added with a smile. “No marching orders from the general today?” She said with a big smile on her face. She was clearly in a great mood as she was starting it with a joke in the morning. I watched as the smile completely disappeared from her face when she noticed that Harper was in the room.

She stiffened at the sight of her. Bryce didn’t like surprises, especially ones that involved me. “I was just about to ask why you decided to shut yourself away in your office, but I guess I can see why.”

“Bryce, this is Harper. I hired her over the weekend to help me out with a particular project.”

Bryce took a deep breath and sighed. I could tell right away that she wasn’t very happy with me.

“Finn, can I speak to you for a moment in private?”

“Yes, of course.” I looked at Harper, “I will be right back. Bryce is my right-hand woman and we always go through a morning ritual together.”

Harper nodded and I headed out the door. I walked over to Bryce’s office. I was expecting that Bryce would not be happy that I had hired Harper without talking to her first. I always allowed Bryce to do all the hiring in the building because it was just something that I didn’t want to put my time into. She would not be happy to find out that Harper had snuck into my office.

Bryce was looking out her own picture window when I walked into the office. She turned from the window and immediately snapped at me.

“Who is the new girl? Since when do you hire people on your own and on the weekend?”

“Well, she just walked into my office after you left on Friday. She got by Rebecca and she came in and just started pitching. She inspired me and was clearly a smart girl, so I decided to give her a shot.”

“And it has nothing to do with the fact that she’s a pretty blonde?”

I smiled. “I think you know me better than that.”

“Yes, I do. I will be sending Rebecca home and looking for a new receptionist pronto because that behavior is unacceptable. You should not have to be worried about random people showing up in your office. Why didn’t you send the girl away or call security?”

Bryce was really fired up and more than a little outraged by the fact that Harper was in my office.

“Don’t you think you might be overreacting a bit? Rebecca just needs a warning; you don’t have to go firing her. Harper is a quick learner and things are already working out great. I would never have found her had she not slipped by Rebecca.”

“Okay, so let’s not have a receptionist at all, Finn. Then you can have anyone stopping by your office to talk to you. Would that be better?”

I laughed. “No, that’s definitely not what I want.”

“Finn, you know nothing about this girl, less than nothing. You have me vet these people for a reason. She could be a crazy person for all you know, you haven’t even done a background check on her. There is a reason that I’m here to do the hiring for you. The girl just wandered in your office, and she could be dangerous.”

“I don’t think that’s the case.”

“Well, did it ever occur to you that she’s here for the money?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“She’s a young, pretty, blonde who just so happened to sneak her way into an immediate job position. How do you know that she’s not here for you? She could be a gold-digger for all you know. Like I said, you know nothing about her.”

“Bryce, you don’t need to worry about that. I’m not interested in a relationship with anyone. I’m not ready for anything like that so even if she is here for my money, she’s not going to get very far. I can handle myself, Bryce. I’m a big boy.” I said with a smile.

Bryce scoffed. “I have my doubts.”

“Thanks for always having my back, but this is okay, so don’t worry about it. Chill out, Bryce.”

She finally broke out into a smile. “I will be keeping my eye on this girl.”

“Fair enough.”

6

Harper

I had been at the company now for three days and I had to say that I was loving it so far. Finn Stark always seemed to be in a grouchy mood for some reason, but he also didn’t seem to mind that I was there. I really liked working here and I was learning a lot, mainly because Finn was so patient with me. He didn’t mind explaining things to me a few times if I needed it and he was never vague about what he wanted. He made sure that I had everything that I needed to succeed and that was something I really appreciated. I had worried that he might throw me to the wolves to see if I would come out on top, but that didn’t seem to be his game plan. He wanted me to be good at the project and he helped me along accordingly.

It didn’t hurt that I was working in the same office as he was so I could daydream about him all I wanted. He was pretty easy on the eyes and that made concentrating not as easy as I thought. I would find myself daydreaming about him throughout the day and looking at his handsome face. I called him Mr. Stark and I found myself getting a little turned on throughout the day as I thought about “Mr. Stark.” Everything about him seemed to be a turn-on to me. ‘Getting a little turned on’ was probably an understatement.

His face, his body and the intensity of his gaze when he looked at me …omyfuckin’god…the guy could turn me on in an instant.

There was no doubt about it, he was giving me the easy stuff when it came to the project. But he made sure that he walked me through everything so that I understood what I was doing and why I was doing it. He took the time to walk me through his thinking process on a project and that was where I felt I learned the most. I was getting a peek inside his brain and how he focused on a project and I found the information invaluable. I knew now just how lucky I was to have been given the opportunity to work with him. I would never have gained that kind of experience anywhere else and it made me giddy when I thought about going into work.

One thing that I didn’t like about going into work was dealing with Bryce. It was pretty obvious that she didn’t like me one bit and didn’t believe that I had earned my place working with Finn. Most of my interactions with her were far from rosy. Because she was the Operations Manager, she insisted that she give me a formal interview but what it really was, was an opportunity for her to grill me. It was the most awkward half an hour of my life and I was convinced that I wasn’t going to have a job at the end of the interview. She defended Finn’s honor to the point where I had to ask myself if Bryce might be secretly in love with her boss. I had just never seen anyone so fierce in their devotion to someone when they were really just an employee. It wasn’t like she was a partner in the company or anything, but Bryce was definitely keeping her eye on me and that made me feel very uncomfortable. I couldn’t blame Bryce if she was in love with Finn, I could see why. Who wouldn’t be? They had been working together for a really long time now, so it wasn’t surprising if she was into her boss. Finn talked very highly of Bryce so I knew that I had better not step on her toes or I would be canned for sure.

When I went into work the next day, I walked into Finn’s office to find Bryce already there. Bryce never smiled at me; I was sure that she just barely tolerated me.

“Good morning, Harper. I’m going to have you go with Bryce for a little bit while I’m in a meeting. She’s going to give you the scope on the operations of the company.”

Bryce nodded and I agreed. What else could I say? Bryce terrified me a little bit and I was about to spend the morning with her.

Bryce walked out of the room and I assumed I should follow her. We walked down the hallway together in silence until Bryce asked, “So how are you liking working here so far?”

“I love it actually.”

“I bet you do.”

“Excuse me,” I asked.

Bryce ignored my question and carried on. She clearly had more of an agenda than showing me the operations of the company and now I was stuck with her for the morning. I needed to keep my cool so that she would have nothing bad to report back to Finn.

“You will have to adapt to Mr. Stark’s personality if you plan on surviving here.”

“What do you mean?”

“If you don’t have a thick skin, you aren’t going to stay here very long. Mr. Stark doesn’t tip toe around anyone’s feelings. He tells it like it is.”

“Yes, I’ve already noticed that.”

“He has a unique working style that not everyone vibes with.”

“I’m not really worried about that. I will be fine; I can hold my own.”

Bryce stopped walking and just stared at me. “We will have to see about that.”

We stopped in the cafeteria, so that Bryce could grab a coffee. I made one for myself as well. I might as well get a caffeine high if I was going to deal with Bryce.

She was stirring cream into her coffee when she turned to look at me. “Part of the reason why he seems so gruff all the time is because he’s had a terrible tragedy happen in his past. He got through that tragedy by throwing himself into his work. He never really got over it, however.”

I wondered why she felt the need to tell me that stuff. Was she trying to scare me away or was she genuinely trying to advise me as to what to expect from Finn? I waited for Bryce to go into more detail, but she just left it at that. I wondered what kind of tragedy it was. But I felt that his loss connected us in some way because of the tragedies that I had endured in my own past. It was all I could think about as Bryce took me on the tour of the company.

****

When I returned home that night, I couldn’t wait to get on my laptop and to do some research on Finn. I had been dying to know what tragedy he had faced in his past. For someone as high profile as he was, there was a chance that there would be some mention of it in the news. I started searching on the internet and it wasn’t long before I found out that Finn lost his wife in a boat accident. My heart immediately went out to him because that was a loss like no other. I couldn’t imagine how traumatic it would be to lose a spouse. On top of that, a car accident would have probably made it impossible to say a final goodbye.

I felt that there was a Finn between us now, we had both experienced the loss of a loved one and that connected us in a special way. We knew about loss, grief and trying to go on with your life when you never really wanted to. He would know how it felt to not want to get out of bed, to not even want to try at a future without your loved ones being there for you. I could see why Bryce said that he had never really gotten over it. Who could get over the loss of a spouse? As I read through the articles, tears streamed down my face.

****

I laid there in bed that night because I couldn’t fall asleep. I had tried just about everything. I tried reading, I tried meditating or listening to music and nothing seemed to work. I couldn’t stop thinking about Finn and his dead wife, it was literally haunting me. No wonder there were times when he seemed miserable. He had a wall up, I had noticed it right away and wondered why. He had the eyes of someone that had been through something and every now and then I saw the pain that still lingered there. It tugged at my heartstrings when I thought about the loss that he was probably still going through. Sometimes I saw that pain in his eyes while at other times, I saw a blistering heat there that made me feel like I could burn up under his gaze. It was during those times that made me wonder if he wanted me. I had never had a man look at me in that way before and I couldn’t help but wonder if he was lusting after me. I would love it if he was. There was no way that I would say no to him. If anything, it would be like a dream come true. The thought of being with him was something that was constantly on my mind. I think the very last thought before drifting off to sleep was Finn pushing me up against the glass windows of his office all the while peeling my clothing off. He was kissing every inch of my body slowly, and this was making me ache…

****

Was it possible that my heart was beating so frantically? I thought it was going to burst through my ribcage and come through my chest. Thump thump thump, oh-my-fucking-god I might even pass out. I had never done anything so brazen before, but it was exciting...and a little naughty. What would everyone think if they knew we were fucking in Finn’s office? It was just between him and I, no one would ever know that I had embarked on a sexual interlude in his office, right? Finn was just a guy who wanted to please me in various ways. I grew warm all over with the thought, I was actually becoming incredibly horny as his tongue continued to play with my own. I moved over to his office chair as he followed close behind me.

He just stared at me; I could tell he was feeling exactly the same way that I was. He wanted me and God! That turned me on so much. How many positions could we try? What was he about to do to me? Would I like it, would I want more of it? Beg for it? I had never done anything like that before.

“So, what should we do first?”

He flashed me a devilish grin that made me warm all over. “I'm going to make you feel really good Harper by doing all the dirty things possible. Are you ready?”

I was more than ready as I gasped, no one had ever talked that way to me before. Why had no one done it before, it hadn't even occurred to me to request it or need it, but I certainly liked it now. Ever since I had met Finn, he had made me want him so much and it was intoxicating.

He leaned in and slipped his hand around my neck pulling me in to him as his mouth claimed mine. He tasted sweet and alluring. His mouth was hot to the touch and I almost moaned at his touch. He kissed me softly at first and then his kisses became more fevered as if he needed my mouth on his. His tongue slipped into my mouth and I claimed it. I sucked him slowly, tasting him before I pulled away. He pulled me in again as he was not finished kissing me. His tongue found mine again and our kisses grew more passionate. His hand found my breast and he kneaded it softly. He began pulling off my blouse and then he tossed it aside. He stopped kissing me momentarily to look down at my breasts that were dying to be released from my bra.

“You are beautiful.”

I smiled though all I could think about was what he looked like naked. He unclasped my bra and he pushed me back until I was pushed up against the desk. His mouth found my nipple and he sucked, nipped and licked it. This was erotic, the sensation was making my panties wet. I moaned softly as he replaced his mouth with his fingers and pulled on my nipple causing an ache between my legs. I liked it, it made me horny. He continued playing with my nipples causing me to moan as pleasure built up in my body. My hand reached down, and I massaged the front of his pants, I could feel his hard cock pushing against his pants. He smiled down at me. “Do you want it? Do you want it in your mouth?”

I nodded, still speechless by the things that came out of his mouth. I felt wanton around him, like I would do just about anything for pleasure. To have him please my body, to give me what I wanted. He undid his button and pulled the zipper of his pants down. He brought his pants down to his knees and slid his underwear down with them. His hard cock bounced before me now free from his underwear. He was so big; the sight was breathtaking. He pushed me into my chair and stood in front of me. I took his cock into my mouth and sucked on it. His eyes closed above me and I sucked hard while I massaged his balls. My tongue began to swirl against his shaft and then around his tip. He moaned with eagerness and I sucked him even harder.

“Oh God, you're good at this.”

I took his cock deeper into my mouth until it hit the back of my throat. I moved up and down rhythmically until I moved fluidly with him in my mouth.

His moans excited me and I felt my pussy become even more wet. He pulled his cock out of my mouth and finished undressing himself. I followed suit and undid my jeans and slipped them off. I was only wearing a thong underneath, so it was easy to dispose of. He watched me undress and he couldn't take his eyes off my pussy.

“Mmm, you look good. Maybe good enough to eat.”

I didn't hesitate to lean back in the chair and spread my legs. I wanted him between my legs, I wanted him to lick my pussy.

He dropped down before me and licked my pussy slowly as if he was licking an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. It felt incredible as his tongue licked the sides of my opening, causing a tingle to run through my body. He took my clit in his mouth and sucked on it causing me to moan loudly as my pussy dripped.

“Oh god...oh god...”

He looked up and smiled, “Does that feel good, sweetheart?”

“Oh god, yes it feels incredible.”

My pussy was dripping and he was licking it up tasting every inch of me. I felt the buildup coming. I was going to cum right there in his office. I had to remember to tone down my volume before someone else heard us.

“Oh god, oh wow, I'm going to come.”

He was sucking on my clit when he buried a finger inside my pussy and started pumping away. It was too much, too much all at once and I cried out softly as I had an orgasm so delicious that I wanted even more.

“How was that?”

I just grinned with desire written all over my face.

“Let me sit down baby. I want you to sit on my cock and ride it.”

I grinned loving the sound of his words. I got into position with my back facing him and plunged myself onto his cock. He was pushed right up against my g-spot in that position and the feeling made me ecstatic.

I was rendered speechless and I started moving slowly. He felt fantastic and I started riding his smooth cock even harder. He was moaning softly as well and it was making me lose control.

“Mmmm, you sexy girl. You feel delicious. Ride my cock good, baby.”

I moaned, his voice, his words, his cock were driving me mad. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, he reached around and started playing with my clit. It was almost too much to bear, I couldn't get enough. I was moaning softly wanting to beg for more but feeling already possessed by him. My pussy was so wet, he was driving me wild.

“Just relax sweetheart.” I gasped as pleasure coursed through to me. I continued pumping onto his cock as an orgasm took a hold of me once again. “Oh god Finn, oh god that feels so god,” I whispered my yearnings to him.

“I am going to fuck you hard, my cock inside you. Now.”

I lifted myself off his cock and waited to see what he had in mind.

His cock, oh god, looking at his size made me horny all over again. I wanted to be fucked by him desperately.

I couldn't believe all that was happening, it was hard to believe I was in that situation, right there in his office but I was loving every moment of it. My body was throbbing and I was begging for him to be inside me, to release me. I needed him at that point, I needed him to fuck me as he said he would, so that I could get the release that I wanted, the release that I so much deserved for being a good girl. I wanted to be fucked over and over again by that man. This was the kind of therapy one needs after a tough day at the office, screw therapy, or wine or hot baths, the way to feel better was to be fucked properly.

He got up from the desk and pushed me against it. I laid out on my desk and when he pushed my legs up over my head, my eyes widened. Thank god, I was flexible.

I did as I was told, my body weakened from pleasure. I was lying on my back, my legs spread before him and above him.

“Touch yourself for me.”

My eyes popped open. I shook my head, “I can't.”

“Yes, you can. I want to see you come as you please yourself. Can you come for me?”

Nervousness swelled inside my stomach; I had masturbated before obviously but never in front of anyone. So, I did what any sane woman would do and I spread my legs and slid my fingers through the wetness that was all over my pussy. I swirled it around before moving up to my clit, massaging it with my finger. I grinded into it closing my eyes as I enjoyed my own touch. I was sure my face was a bright crimson, but he didn't say a thing. In fact, when I opened my eyes, he was staring down at me, mesmerized by what I was doing. He looked up at me with fire in his eyes and the look on his face made me feel incredible. Like I was completely in control of his pleasure. I loved the feeling of controlling his lust and I inserted two fingers inside my pussy and moaned as they went in deep. I finger fucked myself in front of him watching a slow smile form on his face.

“That is so hot. You are so hot!”

I moaned as I pleasured myself, taking my fingers out and swirling my juices around my clit. I was throbbing all over and I desperately wanted to be fucked at that point.

“Please?”

“Please what darling, do you want some help?”

“I want you.”

“Then you can have me.” He positioned himself in the missionary position and put my legs up over my head again. He entered me slowly and I gasped with how deep he went.

“Oh yes, this is nice. You're nice and tight, baby. God your pussy feels so good.” The level of deepness in that position was crazy good.

I leaned my head back, delirious with pleasure. He fit inside me perfectly and I got a wave of pleasure every time he moved inside me. He began pumping me a little faster, causing me to moan loudly. His cock was perfect and with the position we were using, he was in the perfect spot to hit my G-spot over and over again. My body built up once again and I knew that I was going to come all over his cock.

“Cum for me baby, I can see it on your face. Cum all over my cock.”

I exploded then doing as he asked, screaming loudly. I was spent and yet he kept fucking me slowly. He pulled out and pulled me off the desk. I followed him around the desk and he told me to lie down on the floor. I quickly looked at the door and was amazed that we had not been discovered at that point.

“You have such a nice ass; you should see this glorious view that I have.”

He slid inside my pussy hard. I cried out as pleasure overtook my body. I was on my back, but he positioned me so that his hands grasped under my ass and he lifted me up and supported my weight. The only thing on the ground were my shoulders and I wrapped my legs around his waist. I moaned, enjoying every inch of his cock as he pounded me over and over again. He leaned down towards me and spanked my ass. I cried out realizing I had never experienced anything so sexy in my entire life. I smiled up at him and stifled my moans as best I could as another orgasm ripped through me. I was having multiple orgasms with this man, how was this happening when it was my first time?

“You have a really nice pussy Harper; I love fucking you.”

I moaned, loving the way he was making me feel, but even more so by the way he talked to me.

He pulled out again and laid me down gently on the floor. He slid his fingers into my pussy and finger fucked me for a bit, he was making me wet all over again, although at that point I was pretty soaked from all the fucking. “I want you back on my cock baby, will you sit on me again and ride me good.”

“You bet your ass I will.”

He returned to the desk and sat himself on the edge of it. I positioned myself so I had my back to him again and slid his cock inside me.

“There we go darling; we are going to go easy. That feels good, doesn't it?” I moaned in agreement.

“Okay, here we go, just stay relaxed, don't tense up.”

I could hardly believe myself at that moment. What had ever possessed me to do such a thing, having sex in his office? God, I had wanted him so badly, I still did. I was so sexually satisfied but yet so horny still I would have let him do just about anything to me. I was aching inside with need, I wanted him so much! I had always been a good girl who could never think of having sex in an office. I hadn't realized the pleasure that Finn could bring to me!

I rode Finn's cock feeling the delicious sensations spread all over my body.

“Just relax sweetheart, you are tensing up. I can feel you hugging my cock.”

I hadn't realized that I was holding my breath, so I did as he said. As I pushed onto him a little more I tried to relax and allowed it to happen. He certainly felt huge as he entered and I felt so full with him inside me, savoring every moment of this act. He then began to move his hips and meet my thrusts onto his cock. He was trying to allow me to get used to more inside of me. I moaned as he picked up the pace, his smooth cock gliding inside and out.

“Are you okay, Harper?”

“Yes,” I whispered.

“Does it feel good?”

“God yes. I love learning new positions with you.”

The thought of having a variety of positions available to me had never occurred to me but it sounded like a hot idea and it was one of the things that I liked most about our sex life. He felt humongous inside me. He rocked into me slowly continuing to meet my thrusts. I started rocking into him faster letting the waves of pleasure crash into me repeatedly, not much break in between.

“Oh god,” I moaned.

He reached around and felt for my pussy. He rubbed against my moist clit giving me some added pleasure while he moved his cock inside me.

“Okay baby, I want you to fuck me good.”

I thought I would lose my mind with the words coming out of his mouth. He was sexy and experienced and he was showing me a world I had never thought existed. Or one that I at least never imagined I would venture into.

The whole length of his cock slowly pushed inside me causing me to let out a slow and powerful moan. There were so many different feelings and sensations going through my body at that moment. I was lost in a sea of pleasure and I wanted to let go of another orgasm.

“I want more.”

I heard him chuckle and he started pumping me as I thrust onto him. I was delirious with the pleasure he was giving me, I needed it, needed him.

What I didn't expect was for my pussy to become so wet. I was dripping wet and I felt a buildup once again. I couldn't believe I was about to cum again. God, the thought was just too delicious.

“Finn, it feels good, it really does feel so good.”

“I know baby. It's amazing, isn't it?”

“Yes,” I gasped, “I'm coming again.”

My whole body shuddered as I came. He continued pumping inside of me breaking all reason inside my mind. He was glorious, all of it was so incredible. The best sex of my life was happening in an office that I would see every day. As I felt myself build up for another orgasm, the shudders ripped through my body causing me to ache and to scream his name.

“Oh Harper, I'm ready too, baby. I'm going to fill you up so good.”

I moaned, loving how sexy he was with his dirty talk. He spilled his seed inside of me and collapsed against the desk.

I slid slowly off his cock and I knew for certain that I was going to be very sore the next day. It would have all been worth it. I dug around in his desk and pulled out some Kleenex’s and handed them to him. I cleaned myself off as best that I could and slipped into my thong. I slipped into my skirt as I watched him rummaging around for his clothes that had fallen to the floor. Finding them, he quickly slipped into underwear and pants, pulling his dress shirt over his head.

I looked up at him as I slid into my bra and put my blouse back on. Everything was a little more rumpled than I would have liked but hopefully no one would notice. I doubted anyone would suspect that Finn and I were fucking each-others brains out right inside his office. I couldn't wipe the grin off my face though, so maybe they would know. My hands shook from the toll the orgasms took on my body. Finn was watching me dress and when I looked up at him, he smiled. He had a stunner of a smile and the look of him made me want to start all over again. Would I ever be able to get enough of that man or was it always going to be this way? God, I hoped it was.

I giggled as I pulled him in for another deep kiss.

“Ready to go?”

I nodded, though I was sad to have the sex end.

He spanked my ass softly and said, “I'm not sure how you're going to explain your hair but let's get you out of here.”

I was suddenly ripped out of sleep and I laid there breathless. It had felt so real. His lips, his touch, all of it had felt so amazingly real. “Dear God,” I whispered. It had just been a dream. Nothing but a dream. I slid my hand into my panties and felt that they were soaking wet. “That was one hell of a dream.”

7

Finn

I was soaping myself off in the shower and all I could think about was Harper. She seemed to take up my thoughts no matter where I was. The more I tried not to think of her, the more she popped into my mind. All I could think about was her walking into my office in that tight pencil skirt that hugged her butt so nicely. My hand moved over my body, soaping it, cleaning it. It moved lower and I put my hands around my hard cock. It was throbbing just thinking about Harper and what I wanted to do to her. I would love nothing more than to be inside her and make her cum all over my cock. I closed my eyes as I thought about having sex with her in my office. I began to imagine what it would be like to take her in my office.

I grew warm all over with the thought, I was actually becoming incredibly horny as I thought about her tongue playing with my own. We would immediately start tearing off our clothes in between kisses. The kisses became hot and fevered as if we thought it would be the last ones that we would ever experience.

I just stared at her; I could tell she was feeling exactly the same way that I was. She wanted me and I felt exactly the same way. God that turned me on so much, knowing how much she wanted me. Standing there naked in my office she suddenly looked so vulnerable. I kissed her against her jawline and made my way to her neck.

She flashed me a devilish grin that made me warm all over. “I'm going to fuck you really good Harper, by doing dirty things to you. You won't look at this office the same again.”

I kissed her full on the mouth, enjoying the taste of her. Our tongues molded together with heat building up between us. I moaned, aching in every part of my bod, only for her. I kissed her mouth, her chin and lingered on her neck, nipping my way down. I was throbbing all over for her.

“Please, I need you now. Please don't make me wait,” I heard her pleading.

The next moment, she turned around and faced the window of my office, bracing herself against it. She wanted me to fuck her from behind right there against the window. I slapped her ass and drove my cock into her. She cried out and I plunged in deeper and deeper every time. She was moaning softly and the sound made me think that I would lose my mind. “Listening to your moans Harper is the best sound in the world.”

I could feel her as I was right up against her pumping hard and fast. She came so hard that I could feel her whole body rocked.

“Oh Finn, you feel so good, I can't stand it.”

“Oh baby, you are perfect. Every part of you. You are so wet I need to be inside you all the time.”

I could feel her coming once again.

I slid out from inside her and I took her hand pulling her over to my desk. She grinned as she watched me swipe everything off of it.

“I hope you realize you're cleaning that up after.”

I chuckled, “Oh darling, I would love to.”

I lifted her up and placed her on the desk facing me. I leaned in and slipped my hand around her neck pulling her into me as my mouth claimed hers. She tasted sweet and her taste made me horny. Her mouth was hot to the touch. I kissed her softly at first and then my kisses became more fevered as I needed her mouth on mine. I needed to claim her, mark her as mine – all over her body. My tongue slipped into her mouth, she sucked slowly, tasting me before I pulled away. I pulled her in again as I was not finished kissing her yet. My tongue found hers again and our kisses grew more passionate. My hand found her breast and I kneaded it softly.

“You have gorgeous tits, beautiful. I could suck on them all day.”

I smiled though all I could think about was my hard cock and what I wanted to do with it. My mouth found her nipple and I sucked hard, flicking my tongue against the perky nipple. She moaned softly as I replaced my mouth with my fingers and pulled on her nipple causing an ache between her legs. I could tell that she liked it, she liked everything that I did to her, and it made me so horny. I continued playing with her nipples causing her to moan as a pleasure built up in my body. Her hand reached down and she massaged my balls, and my cock grew harder as it pushed against her hand. I smiled at her. “Will you suck my cock, Harper, I want to fill your mouth.”

She nodded. To have her please my body, to give me what I wanted, she did that so easily. My hard cock bounced before her and I had never seen anything so sexy before. My cock could bring me so much pleasure when it was in her mouth. I picked her up off the desk and pushed her into the chair, while I stood in front of her. She smiled up at me and she took my cock into her mouth and sucked on it. My eyes closed as she sucked hard while she massaged my balls. Her tongue began to swirl against my shaft and then around my tip. It felt wonderful and her tongue continued to swirl as she took my cock in. I moaned with eagerness and she sucked me even harder.

“Oh Harper...wow.”

She took my cock deeper into her mouth until it hit the back of her throat. She moved up and down rhythmically until she was moving fluidly with me in her mouth. Her tongue continued to swirl the entire time.

My moans seemed to excite her and I felt the pressure in my cock intensify. I pulled my cock out of her mouth and stood before her. She was so hot, her body, her face, just everything about her. She was just staring at me and it made me want to cum.

“I'm going to lick your pussy until you come into my mouth, Harper.”

My heart started beating fast again and she smiled at what I said to her. She didn't hesitate to lean back in the chair and spread her legs for me. She wanted me between her legs, she wanted me to lick her pussy.

I dropped down before her and licked her pussy quickly, lapping over and over again. I then slowed my tongue down and licked gently. It felt incredible as my tongue licked the sides of her opening, causing a tingle to run through my own body. My cock grew harder, if that was possible as I licked her opening. I took her clit in my mouth and sucked on it causing her to moan loudly as her pussy dripped in my mouth.

“Oh yes, baby.”

I looked up and smiled, “You taste so good, Harper.”

“Your tongue definitely knows what it’s doing.” she giggled.

Her pussy was dripping and I was licking it up, tasting every inch of her. I could feel her buildup coming. She was going to cum right there in my office, right in my mouth. I had to remember to tell her to tone down her volume before someone else heard us. The last thing I needed was an employee hearing her orgasm.

“Oh god, oh wow, I'm going to cum.”

I was sucking on her clit when I buried a finger inside her pussy and started pumping away. It was too much, too much all at once and she cried out softly as she had an orgasm so delicious that she wanted even more.

“How was that?”

She just grinned with desire written all over her face. “Wow.”

“Trade me places and sit down on my cock.”

She got up off the chair and let me sit down. She grinned loving the sound of my words. She got into position with her back facing me in a reverse cowgirl position and plunged herself onto my cock. I was pushed right up against her g-spot in that position. She started moving slowly. It felt fantastic as she started riding my smooth cock even harder. I was moaning softly as well and all of this was making me lose control. I couldn’t let that happen.

“Wow, what a view I have. You look fantastic fucking my cock, Harper.”

She moaned and her voice was driving me mad. And just when she thought it couldn't get any better, I reached around and started playing with her clit. It seemed like this was almost too much for her to bear. Now, she was moaning softly, wanting to beg for more but feeling already possessed by me. Her pussy was so wet, she was soaking me and she was driving me wild.

“Just relax, sweetheart.” She gasped as pleasure coursed through to her. She continued pumping onto my cock as an orgasm took a hold of her once again. “Oh god Finn, oh god baby that feels so damn good,” she whispered as she plunged on top of me over and over again.

“I want to put my cock inside you and fuck you over and over again.”

She lifted herself off my cock and waited to see what I had in mind.

She was staring transfixed at my cock. I could tell that she wanted to be fucked by me desperately. “Please hurry,” she whispered.

I couldn't believe all that was happening, it was hard to believe I was in that situation, right there in my office but I was loving every moment of it. I needed her release now, I needed to see that she would come just for me, that she was mine and only mine.

She got up from the chair and I pushed her against it. She laid out on my desk and when I pushed her legs up over her head, her eyes widened. Wow.

She was lying on her back, her legs spread before me and above me.

“I want you so badly, Finn.”

“You can have anything that you want, Harper.” I positioned myself in the missionary position and put her legs up over her head. I entered her slowly and she gasped with how deep I went.

“Wow Harper, you feel so good.”

She leaned her head back, delirious with pleasure. I fit inside her perfectly and I got a wave of pleasure every time I moved inside of her. I began pumping inside her a little faster, causing her to moan, but those moans needed to stay soft. My cock was perfectly placed and with the position we were using I was in the perfect spot to make her cum fast. Her body built up once again and I knew that this time, she was going to come all over my cock!

“Come for me baby, come all over my cock.”

She exploded at that moment, doing as I asked, pursing her lips to avoid screaming. She was spent and yet I wanted to continue fucking her slowly. I pulled out and pulled her off the desk. She followed me around the desk to the couch that I had in the office. She climbed on the couch and begged me to fuck her again and again!

“Your wish is my command, beautiful. You have such a nice ass; I would do anything to fuck you from behind.”

I slid inside her pussy hard. She cried out as pleasure overtook her body and my cock filler her nice and good. She moaned, enjoying every inch of my cock as I pounded her over and over again. I leaned down towards her and spanked her ass. She cried out and I had never experienced anything so sexy in my entire life. I pumped into her harder, waves of pleasure rolling off of me. She smiled up at me and stifled her moans as best she could as another orgasm ripped through her. I moved inside of her harder and faster and the orgasms just kept coming. She couldn't get enough of me and I could spend every waking moment with her in bed and never be sad about it.

“You have a real nice pussy Harper; you make my cock feel so good.”

She moaned, loving the way I was making her feel, but even more so by the way I talked to her.

I pulled out again and turned her over. I slid my fingers into her pussy and finger fucked her for a bit, making her drip all over again, and at that point she was pretty soaked from all the fucking. We were definitely marathon sex maniacs. I moved above her and slid inside her as she wrapped her legs around my waist and met my thrusts.

“Harper, you are so sexy, it feels incredible being inside you.” She moaned in agreement.

God, I had wanted Harper so badly. She just made me feel so good. I thought that she would have let me do just about anything to her.

I pushed into her and her hips moved with me.

“Mmmm...baby.”

She felt full with my cock inside her pussy, but I loved every moment of it. I then began to move my hips and meet her thrusts. She moaned as I picked up pace, my cock gliding inside and out.

“Are you okay, Harper?”

“Yes, I'm perfect, this is perfect.” she whispered.

“Does it feel good?”

“God, yes.”

I rocked into her slowly continuing to meet her thrusts. I started rocking onto her faster letting the waves of pleasure crash into me repeatedly, not much break in between.

“Oh god,” I groaned. “Oh baby, I am going to fuck you so good.”

She was sexy and she was my perfect match in the bedroom. Whether we slept together in a bed or an office, we were on fire together.

The whole length of my cock slowly pushed inside her causing her to let out a slow and powerful moan. There were so many different feelings and sensations going through my body at that moment. I was lost in a sea of pleasure and I wanted to let go of an orgasm. It was becoming increasingly difficult not to cum.

“I want more. Give me more, Finn.”

I chuckled and I started pumping into her as she thrust onto me. She was delirious with the pleasure I was giving her.

She was dripping wet and I felt a build up inside her once again. I couldn't believe that she was about to come again. God, the thought was just too delicious. I was giving her multiple orgasms and that made me feel like a superhero.

“Finn, it feels good, you feel so good baby.”

“I know baby. I feel it too.”

“Yes,” she gasped, “I'm coming again.”

Her whole body shuddered as she came. I continued pumping inside of her breaking all reason inside my mind. She was glorious, all of it was so incredible. The best sex of my life was happening in my office, I would never be able to look at it the same again.

“Oh Harper, I'm ready too, baby. I'm going to fill up your pussy with my cum.”

She moaned. I spilled inside of her and collapsed against her chest.

I slid my cock out of her slowly and I knew for certain that she was going to be very sore the next day. I was totally okay with that though.

“Can I say, wow?”

With the water cascading down my body, I experienced one of the most powerful climaxes that I ever had. Wow, indeed. Just the idea of doing those things with Harper made me come so hard.

****

I couldn't have been happier that I had hired Harper, the girl was brilliant. The first few days with her seemed to fly by and she had been an extraordinary help to me. I had a good feeling about people and I knew on the spot after speaking with Harper in my office that she would be a good fit for me...for the company. She was remarkably quick at studying material and committing it to memory, which was a really good thing because she had a lot to learn in order to work for me. I had bigger plans for her, however, and I had yet to talk to her about all of that. I hadn't wanted to overwhelm her with too many details. I wanted to get her comfortable working for me first before I put too much more on her plate. I was confident that she would embrace what I wanted from her in the same way that she had taken on the rest of the position.

The best part of working with Harper was that she didn't need any supervision. I could easily leave her alone all day and she would be able to complete all the tasks I needed from her without complaint. I couldn't have been happier about the work she did which had been a significant relief to me, because the initial moment of hiring her had terrified me a bit. It was rare that I hired someone on the fly like that or at all for that matter...and by rare I meant I never did it. Not once had I hired someone because they had pulled on my heart strings. It usually didn't bode well for business. I had worried that I would live to regret that decision.

The fear was that she would turn out to be a real nutcase and then I would have to deal with the aftermath of that, as Bryce so candidly told me. The idea of having to get security to escort someone out of my building was never appealing. But I never had to do that. Harper had been true to her word the whole way; she had worked extremely hard to not only work on the task lists provided to her but also to get along with everyone at the company. She always arrived early and stayed late if I needed her to.

I laughed to myself when I thought about how I had worried that she would turn out to be a psycho one day. I truly knew nothing about the girl, I had just based my decision on my gut feeling and went with it. Every time she walked into the room, I always breathed a sigh of relief that she wasn't the psycho that I was so concerned about. That would have been a decision hard to explain to the people that worked around me, especially Bryce who would never have let me live it down. They knew me to be a solid businessman who didn't allow emotions to get in the way of my business decisions.

She was an amazing employee and I was grateful for her help; I hoped that what I wanted from her wouldn't scare her off.

Before hiring Harper those past few weeks had been crazy without having the additional help. I had a lot of things going on and I required a whole team to help me with the start of my dream project. It wasn't until I had to deal with Axel, that I realized the kind of workload I had to carry. Bryce had taken on a lot to just keep things running smoothly. Anyone in that position deserved praise for all the hard work that was involved in keeping me a happy man. That transition period was always difficult because there was a lot for Harper to learn just to be able to do her job. She needed to learn a lot about my business just to start and then everything about how to do her job was a lot for a girl with no experience. It must have been a shock to her system, but she never showed it. She excelled in her position and that strength would be what brought her out of the life she used to have.

I looked up from my computer when Harper walked in to report for the day. She was wearing a fitted skirt that fell to her knees and a blouse that showed off a decent amount of cleavage. Unabashedly I did a double take. She carried in my morning coffee and set it before me. I caught a glimpse of her full breasts and I had to will myself to look away. Black as the midnight sky was how I enjoyed my coffee. Just like me, the coffee was strong and tough, who needed sweeteners anyways?

“Good morning, Mr. Stark.”

“Good morning. Thank you, how are you today?”

“Great. I love being here, I certainly can't complain.”

“Really? You're not stressed out at all?”

She laughed, “Wel,l it has its moments but when I feel overworked, I just think about what a great opportunity this is and I'm back to smiling again. It's not an easy job Mr. Stark but it gives me purpose. This is like a dream come true.”

I smiled at her, satisfied with her answer, “That's good to hear. I'm certainly glad to help and I too have no complaints about you being here. Your work speaks for itself.”

“Thank you, don't worry about me becoming stressed. I couldn’t be happier to be here and to learn from you.”

“You look lovely by the way, Harper.” I couldn't help but give her another once over, but I tried to keep it subtle.

“Thank you.”

“Shall we get to work then?”

“Sounds good to me.”

I found myself distracted by Harper all day. It probably didn’t help that I had fantasized about her in the shower that morning. I couldn’t help stealing glances at my sexy assistant as she worked about my office. There was a time that I glanced at her and I could swear that I saw hunger in her eyes. She had caught me staring at her and there was fire coming from her gaze. It caught me off guard to see that kind of look in her eyes. It came clear to me instantly that Harper wanted me, too. It wasn’t just me getting hot and bothered over her, she was thinking about me too. I was pretty good at reading when a woman liked me and I had seen that look before.

Seeing that look in her eyes, I felt myself grow hard instantly. Down, boy!

I took a deep breath, trying to will my erection to behave itself. I had to remember that she was still my employee and that my office was my place of business and not a sex club. I really needed to get a hold of myself. I didn’t have to think about Harper every second of the day, it was getting ridiculous. I had to ignore my desires, or I would have a mess on my hands. The desire was strong, however, and would not be easily ignored. I had been shut down so much since Emelia died that I had forgotten how good it felt to desire someone so much. I hadn’t felt that in so long that now that it was coming to me, it felt like an avalanche of emotions.

It still hurt to think about Emelia after all that time. Every time that I thought of another woman, I felt guilty. Just thinking about what happened to Emelia sent me in a spiral of guilt and shame that threatened to send me into a depression. I didn’t always like to think about my deceased wife. I had loved Emelia, adored her as if she were a Queen and she really had been the one. I had never wanted another woman in my life, it had always been just her.

I had managed to completely fuck that up, though, hadn’t I? I had the perfect woman in my hands and I had ruined it. I had such a romantic plan to take her out on the boat and have champagne and dinner together. I had taken us out when the weather was turning. I thought that it was going to be okay and it wasn’t. I had been so wrong. The sailboat had capsized and my lovely Emelia had drowned. It had been all my fault. I had killed her by taking her out on the sailboat that day. A wave of guilt flooded my body to the point where I threw up a little in my mouth. I had to quickly sit down in the chair in front of my desk. I really tried not to think about Emelia when I was at the office because it could completely consume me. I didn’t want Harper to realize that I was upset. I didn’t need questions because I certainly did not want to have that conversation with her.

The memories of Emelia on that boat, happy and then falling over…I couldn’t get to her. I couldn’t save her. I had lost her forever. Those memories poured cold water all over my libido and I took a deep breath and went back to the spreadsheets on my desk. I needed to get my mind back on work because that was how I was able to forget that I was responsible for the death of my wife. It was time for me to ignore the world again until thoughts of Emelia disappeared. I needed to get the dizzy feeling out of my head. I lost myself in those spreadsheets until a familiar voice broke through my consciousness.

I looked up at the door in surprise to see Axel Mandrake standing there. I almost smiled at him. He was certainly every woman’s wet dream because he was a billionaire playboy. He didn’t dress the part of a successful man. He walked around in jeans and a leather jacket. He strolled right in my office as if he owned the place.

“Surprise, surprise, Finn. I knew that I would find you here, holed up in your office.”

I smiled. “Well, this is where I make the magic happen, Axel.”

“Well, do you ever leave this place?”

I laughed. I stood up and shook Axel’s hand. He was the man whom I was desperately trying to do business with, but I always played my hands cool. “So, what is it that I can do for you, Axel? What brings you to my office?”

Axel was about to answer but then he caught sight of Harper and it literally stopped him in his tracks. A slow smile crossed his face and I almost put my head in my hands. I didn’t like the smile that came over Axel’s face. He was clearly intrigued by Harper and I didn’t like it one bit. Just the sight of that smile made me want to wipe it right off his face. I didn’t want Axel anywhere near Harper. He made a beeline for her desk and she looked up at him and smiled.

“Hi there, my dear, you are a beauty. I’m Axel, and who might you be?”

I could see her blush as she stood up from her desk and shook his hand. “I’m Harper, Mr Stark’s assistant.”

Axel was shining a ridiculous grin at her, completely besotted with her. She was smiling back at him and it annoyed me to no end. The thought of Axel and Harper together made me just a little crazy.

“Axel, quit distracting my assistant, she has a lot of work to do. If you are here for any reason other than to ink a deal with me for the real estate that I have been after for a year, then you can take your bright smile elsewhere, because we have work to do.” I said it all with a smile on my face. We were still businessmen after all and there was still a chance that we might be working together one day.

Axel laughed. “C’mon Finn, you’re just no fun anymore.” He cast a glance at Harper and winked. God, the guy was completely irritating. But women loved him and he always got his way with them. I grit my teeth as I watched them exchange glances. Harper had a curious look on her face as she was trying to figure out who the mysterious character in my office was. I was just about to tell Axel to fuck off when Axel turned to me and tossed a fancy envelop on my desk. Confused, I picked it up and opened it. I pulled out a card that was just as fancy and stared at it.

“Since I haven’t received your RSVP for my charity event tomorrow, I figured I would just stop by and give it to you myself.”

“You know damn well that I haven’t been to an event in years,” I said, leaving “since Emelia died” unspoken. The guy was truly unbelievable and I could swear that he did stuff like that on purpose just to irritate me.

Axel shrugged turning to Harper again. “Would you like to come to the event, Harper?”

Harper had a look of surprise come over her face. “Well, I’ve never been to a charity event before.”

“I would say that it is about time that you go to one then, my dear. I would be more than happy to send a car around to pick you up from work tomorrow.”

I interrupted before Axel could get too far. “Don’t even think about it, Axel. You can find your own assistant. Stop trying to poach mine. If Harper is going to the event, I will take her myself. We wouldn’t want you to get any ideas about stealing her away from my company.”

Axel laughed. “I wouldn’t dare do such a thing, Finn. Don’t forget to bring your checkbook, Finn. I will see you both tomorrow.” He waltzed out of my office without another word. He came in like a tornado and always left debris in his wake. I shook my head as I stared after him. I had to wonder how on earth he got by Bryce. She would have let him come to the office of course but she would have made sure she was there to whisk him away when he became too irritating for me. Why couldn’t the guy just sell me the property and then get out of my life. I knew that he liked to lord what little power he had over me. He wouldn’t sell the property to me until he was good and ready and not a moment sooner.

It was then that I realized just what I had agreed to. I groaned loudly at the thought of going to another event, especially one that Axel was putting on.

I turned to Harper. “Well, I guess we are going to a gala.” I rolled my eyes and returned to my work.

8

Harper

I was absolutely ecstatic about the gala that Finn and I were attending that evening. I was bursting with excitement even though it didn’t seem like Finn wanted to go at all. I had never attended anything close to something as glamourous as a gala before and the thought about dressing up just put me in an amazing mood. I was also nervous however, for the same reasons. I had never been to anything like that before and I didn’t want to make a fool of myself in front of important people.

Finn would be picking me up at any moment and I was sitting in a sparkly black gown, something that I had never been in before. I felt like a queen and it was the best feeling in the world. I couldn’t wait for him to come and get me. I was sure that it would be a night to remember. I just had to get rid of my nerves because I didn’t want to screw up in front of Finn.

Carmen came into the room with a glass of wine. I took one generous sip from it. I was doing everything in my power to try to settle my nerves. Carmen started to flitter around me, adjusting my hair and makeup wherever she thought it needed some work. She was the one that lent me the fancy dress, I didn’t have anything like that in my closet because I never went anywhere that would require such a dress. It was one that she had worn to an event herself once upon a time. I had to admit though that the dress fit me rather nicely and it was just the kind of dress that could turn heads when you walked in a room. I did have larger breasts than Carmen and the dress seemed to showcase them perfectly. I looked at myself in the mirror and twirled around. I felt like a million bucks.

“You certainly look nice,” Carmen stated matter of factly.

“A part of me wants to chicken out. I’ve never been to anything like this before. What if I make a fool of myself?”

“Don’t be silly. Why would that happen? This is your opportunity to do some serious networking. You don’t get many chances like this in life so you have to take them when they present themselves to you.”

“Yes, I know you’re right.”

“Plus, when it comes to this Axel guy, you could make some serious moves there that get you what you want.”

“What do you mean?”

“You said that Finn was interested in a piece of property that he had. You told me that it seemed like he really liked you. He invited you to this event after all. If you can convince Axel to sell Stark this property that he wants or even come on as a partner with Stark, then Stark will owe you big time. Stark will have his property and you will have lived up to your end of the bargain. It’s a win-win situation. Then the two of you can start working on your project.”

“Wow, you’re a genius,” I said with a laugh. “You’re also completely right. It would give me the end to get what I want with Finn.”

I knew that Carmen was right, but it wasn’t as easy as that. The thought of trying to manipulate a situation for my benefit made me even more nervous. I just needed to gather the courage to do what needed to be done. I could be charming when I really wanted to be and I was sure that Axel selling that property to Finn would be the best thing for everyone involved.

My phone vibrated and it was a message from Finn stating that there was a car downstairs waiting for me.

“Ok, wish me luck.”

Carmen smiled. “You don’t even need it, girl. You look incredible.”

I hugged her and made my way to the elevator. When I got down to the main floor, I saw that there was a limo outside and the sight of it made my heart beat fast. Even though there was a driver, it was Finn that came out of the car to open the door for me. He looked devilishly handsome in a tuxedo. I smiled when he opened the door for me as I slid inside. We were heading uptown to the gala and I was hoping that my nerves would not get the best of me.

“You look very beautiful tonight, Harper, that dress is killer on you.”

I blushed a deep shade of red. “Thank you, you look great yourself.” I felt completely warm all over and it was so nice to be complimented by someone like him. I was thrilled to be his date for the event, even though it wasn’t an official date.

Finn began to give me some background information about the charity and the people that would be attending. I appreciated all the information; it would help me to not say something stupid when I was talking to the VIP crowd. I listened intently as he explained what normally happened at those events and what people it would be best to avoid. I was surprised when he mentioned Axel Mandrake in that group of people.

“I’m sorry, isn’t Axel someone that you are trying to do business with? Why would you want me to avoid him?”

“Axel is definitely someone that I want to do business with, but that’s business. Axel isn’t the kind of person you want to have as a friend, so to speak.”

“Oh, I see.” It sounded like Finn didn’t really like Axel all that much and he was telling me to avoid him. I would have to be creative if I was going to make this work. I wanted to follow through with the plan that Carmen had but I would have to try something a little different. I didn’t want to upset my boss by hanging around with Axel. I had to make it all seem natural so that he wouldn’t get mad at me. I needed to do my best to convince Axel to do what I needed him to do. Selling that property would be key to getting what I wanted.

“He’s a notorious bad boy, I just want you to know that. He’s known to play with people’s lives. He’s one of the most bored billionaires out there.”

“Wow, two billionaires in one room,” I said with a wink.

He laughed. “There might be more of us there. It’s a very different crowd, that’s for sure. Just focus on meeting new people tonight. The number one benefit of going to these galas is the networking you get to do. I’ve made million-dollar deals at these things with just the shake of a hand.”

I nodded, feeling more nervous than ever. To think about the movers and shakers that were present at these events was very intimidating.

The limo pulled up to the event and Finn got out once again to open the door for me. I stepped out and looked up at the massive building. There were plenty of people in gowns and tuxedos making their way inside the building. I was a little nervous and slipped my arm in his, and we walked inside…together.

The gala was quite the fancy affair. There seemed to be chandeliers and glitter hanging from everywhere. I rather enjoyed being on the arm of the great Mr. Stark. He seemed to know everyone in the room. Every few steps we were stopped by someone who wanted to talk to him. I turned from him and started to wander on my own. I didn’t know any of the conversations that he was involved in and I felt like I didn’t belong there. I stopped at the silent auction and took a look at the prizes while Finn was talking to just about everyone. There were some really nice items, all of it looking very expensive. There was a trip to a luxury resort in the Philippines. There were paintings, jewelry, a trip to a winery estate, it was an endless list.

“What do you like?”

Startled, I jumped in place. I turned around to find Axel Mandrake standing behind me. He had a big smile on his face that I found infectious. I looked back at the things on the table and shrugged.

“Everything is beautiful, it’s hard to choose just one thing.”

“Ahh, a woman that wants everything in life.”

I laughed. “Well, I don’t know about that. But a vacation on a private island in the Caribbean would be pretty nice.”

“Good choice. I couldn’t agree more.” He took a ballot and wrote his name on it next to what I considered to be a ridiculous amount of money and put it in the box for the Caribbean vacation.

“Maybe, I will win. I would love to invite you to my private island. If my charity gets some money along the way, then all the better,” he said with a wink.

“That’s your island?” I exclaimed with way too much enthusiasm. I needed to dial it back big time if I was going to make it with that kind of group.

“Yes, of course it is. I own a lot of cool things.” He was looking at me with an intensity that was hard to overlook.

“I didn’t mean for you to make a bid. I was just stating that it would be nice to go there. I was not angling for an invite, I swear.”

“No worries, my dear. I would have you there anytime.”

I felt a hand on the small of my back and I turned my head to find Finn there beside me. “Axel, can’t you find someone else to harass, other than my assistant. If I didn’t know you better, I would think you were trying to steal her away again.”

“I might just be doing that,” Axel said with a laugh.

9

Finn

I was a little surprised by my own behavior when I approached Axel and Harper. I wasn’t usually a possessive guy but when I saw the two of them talking all I wanted to do was pull her away from him. I didn’t say anything to her as I led her away from Axel. We headed toward the bar. They were serving champagne and I handed her a glass and she took it gratefully.

“You are old enough to drink, right?”

She laughed. “Yes, I’m 24, thank you.”

“Okay, just checking.” I grabbed a glass for myself and took a sip. “So, how are you enjoying your first gala?”

“Just fine, thank you. It’s all a little overwhelming, everything is beautiful and there are so many important people here.”

“Yes, but you get used to it after a while. You need to get used to these events if you want to play with the big boys.”

She nodded. “I wasn’t really sure what to expect at first but everyone here has been so lovely that it’s hard not to enjoy it.”

A hand landed on my shoulder and I turned to find a familiar face behind me. Miranda Phillips was a dear friend of my late wife, Emelia.

“Finn, it’s so good to see you, though I have to say that I’m surprised to see you out on the town.”

“I guess I had to get out there at some point.” I motioned to Harper. “This is Harper, she’s my new assistant and you guys actually have a lot in common. Harper is pitching a multi-use complex, and Miranda here is one of Manhattan’s best real estate agents. I need to excuse myself to go to the little boy’s room, why don’t the two of you talk.”

I made my exit quickly before anyone was the wiser. I headed to the restroom because I needed to wash my face. I felt a sweat break out when I saw Miranda. There were so many memories attached to her because of Emelia that I found being around her at times to be very overwhelming. I needed to get a hold of myself. I was starting to think that maybe I needed to see a therapist or something. Maybe I wasn’t dealing with my grief the way that I needed to. I got into the bathroom and hung my head over the sink. I turned on the tap and let the water run cool. I splashed water on my face to cool myself off. I wouldn’t be able to stay in there long. If I waited too long, I would probably find Axel with his hooks in Harper again. The guy was relentless.

It had been the first gala that I had been to since Emelia died and I wasn’t sure if I was ready for it all. It was sad that I was still in such a fragile state. It’s not like it just happened yesterday. Maybe hiding away all that time hadn’t done me any good. Emelia used to attend these events with me so it was hard to show up without her. It felt so weird. A lot of Emelia’s friends were at these events and it just brought back a flood of memories that were very unwelcoming. I just wasn’t ready to bump into all these people at that point. It just made it more difficult. Could I really hide away forever though? Wasn’t it time to get out there and get used to being around these people again? I didn’t have all the answers and I didn’t know what the right thing to do was in this situation.

I just didn’t want to go to those events and be reminded of her all the time. Her absence was still very painful and I felt it deeply when a woman like Miranda approached me. I looked forward to the day when the pain might, well… not be so painful, but I wasn’t sure if that day would ever come. I also didn’t want to answer any questions about Harper. I didn’t want anyone to ask who she was or really even talk to her. My possessiveness seemed to be getting worse by the minute. I just had a strong desire to keep Harper all to myself. Something was shifting inside of me and I knew that I didn’t want anyone to snatch her away from me, especially Axel. There was no way that he was going to own the candy factory and Harper.

I took some paper towels and dried my face off. I returned to the ballroom and headed straight to the silent auction before going to Harper. I found the list of bidders and crossed out Axel’s name on the list for the Caribbean vacation and wrote my own name but with an even bigger amount. I wasn’t sure why I did it, it wasn’t like I could take Harper there. I just knew that I wasn’t going to let him win and hear him offer the trip to Harper. That just wasn’t going to happen. I was in the mood to claim her as my own.

I returned to the bar to where Harper and Miranda were talking.

I smiled at Miranda, who asked if everything was okay.

“Yes, of course.” I looked at Harper. “We should probably sit down. Things are about to get started.” I took her hand and then turned to Miranda and said. “Thanks for keeping her company, it was nice to see you again.”

She smiled. “It was great to see you as well, Finn. I’m glad that you are coming out again. I hope to see you at more events.”

I just nodded, not wanting to discuss any personal matters in front of Harper. I led her away. I gave Harper a rundown of the types of things people tend to say at functions like that one, adding a bit of humor into it just so that I could see her smile. I really loved it when Harper smiled.

“Actually, before we sit down, I would love to use the lady’s room.”

“Of course,” I said as I pointed out the direction of the bathroom. I watched her walk away, enjoying every bit of the view.

10

Harper

Carmen had informed me to keep tabs on my appearance and to apply lipstick when I could. I quickly went to the bathroom before heading to the mirror to check my makeup. I was still shocked by how well she did with my makeup, it was astonishing actually, she was a real pro and I was grateful that she knew more about makeup than I did. I reapplied my makeup and blotted my lips. I was just about ready to head out when I heard the bathroom door open.

I turned, assuming it was another female only to find Finn standing there with a grin on his face. I laughed because I could not believe my eyes. The guy really did think he could do whatever he wanted to. I still couldn’t believe how amazing he looked that night and to think that he was on my arm for the evening, was just about as cool as it got.

“I'm not really sure it's the best idea for you to be in here. What if someone walks in?”

“Oh, I've made sure that no one would walk in.”

“Is this where you take all your favorite ladies,” I said sarcastically.

“Nope, I'm just playing with you. You were taking too long and I was bored. I had to come find you. I find you intriguing, you know that, right? I also want to make sure that Axel doesn’t get his paws into you. It seems like every time I turn around, the two of you are talking.”

“Is that right?” He came to me and took my hand in his. My fingertips tingled in a way that I was not familiar with. It felt like longing, as if despite my protests I didn't want him to ever let go of my hand. I sighed, that was the truth, wasn’t it? I wanted Finn in a way that I hadn’t wanted anyone else and I wished that he would just take me already. Seriously, what was he waiting for?

Golly, Harper, you really are losing it this time. This guy? This guy is the one you don't ever want to let go of your hand? Well, you can sure pick them. He was only one of the richest men in the city and why would he want some newly graduated girl when there were tons of eligible and far prettier females in the city. I needed to remind myself that he was way out of my league, big time.

I sighed deeply.

“There is no need to worry dear, no one will walk in and be outraged to find a man in here. So, you don't need to be nervous.”

“Who said I was nervous?”

“Your hands are shaking.”

I looked down at them and they were. I laughed feeling embarrassed. His seduction routine had me in a tiff. I didn’t even know what my own body was doing at the time. I needed to get a handle on myself before I made a fool of myself.

“Well that's embarrassing. Maybe it's you that makes me nervous.”

“You’re welcome.”

I laughed again, he could be charming when he wanted to be, but I guessed that was the whole point.

I gasped when he moved closer to me. I felt him move up against me and my breath caught again. He bent low so that his mouth was close to my ear.

He whispered, “There's just something about you that makes me not want to be far apart from you. Here feels just about right.”

My eyes fluttered closed as the heat between us consumed me. Really, he consumed me. I barely knew the guy and what I did know of him wasn’t much. I couldn’t even believe he was that close to me. What did he see in me? Did this billionaire actually have a thing for me? I did feel consumed, either way. There was no way around it and there was no denying it. A little heady mixed with some dizziness was what was swirling around in my brain at that moment. Maybe it was all that wine I drank. Yes, it was probably the wine or the champagne.

Both his hands found their way back to my ass and he cupped my cheeks. I gasped, shocked with his brazenness.

“Your ass is so firm.”

I felt completely warmed by his touch. I couldn't explain what was happening to my body. One minute I had been firm with myself that nothing would happen between us that night and the next thing I knew my body shook when he placed himself up against me. His hands were on my ass and I kept my eyes closed just to concentrate on the sensation his hands caused all over my body. I was burning up as if I had just finished a long run. There was a sensation between my legs that I had not felt in a long time. God, was I actually turned on by him right now? I was losing it, I had to be. Maybe I was, but there was no doubt about the faint throb that started happening between my legs.

I have to stop this right now. I can't do this. It's insane. It's insane for me to feel anything at all for this man. ESPECIALLY this man! God, he was everything in a guy who could break my heart in a million pieces. Well maybe that wasn't entirely true. He was ridiculously hot. It never hurt to have a hot boyfriend especially if this was what it felt like to have him touch you.

I turned around suddenly noticing immediately the feeling of his hands no longer being on my ass anymore. It was not a good feeling. He pulled me away from the mirror and pushed me against the wall.

“I don't think this is a good idea. What if someone comes in?”

He smiled before he claimed my mouth beneath his. If I thought the heat was consuming before, I absolutely lit up when he kissed me. He tasted sweet and his mouth was warm. I couldn't help myself I kissed him back as passionately as I could. I needed to match his intensity. I had never felt like this before in my life. No man had ever kissed me that way or brought out such an intense chemistry in me. I was out of breath from his kisses and I was beginning to feel overwhelmed again. I pushed against his chest and he relented.

“What's wrong? This feels incredible.”

“I can't breathe. It's too much.”

He smiled at me and moved close to me again. I clearly had no control over the situation and I was beginning to lose the ability to care. I was beginning to want to be consumed. To see what it felt like to let him do whatever he wanted to me. Would that be so bad? Would it be bad to let him have his way with me? I didn't know why, there was really no explanation for it but I couldn't remember the last time I had wanted something more than this man. We were in a bathroom however and I was a virgin. It wasn’t exactly the place where I thought I would lose my virginity. I would stop things before it got that far. It was really hard to want to stop him from kissing me because it was the best feeling in the world.

He softly kissed my mouth again and I inhaled the musky scent of him. His touch was exhilarating as he cupped my chin and bent down for another kiss. The kisses may have started off softly but it wasn't long before his mouth pressed into mine hard. His hands found their way into my hair and he pulled me in close, so close that I was amazed that we hadn't molded into one body. His tongue slid into my mouth and touched my own. I moaned softly and when he kissed me, he took my tongue in his mouth and sucked on it. God, he was so good at kissing, I could barely keep up. His kisses were insanely passionate and he nipped and sucked at my lips. I was paralyzed beneath him as my body responded to his kisses in ways that I had never felt before. I wasn't sure what was happening to my body, but I was aware that a kiss had never made my panties wet before. But that time...with him I was aching in every area of my body. I needed him and wanted him in every way that mattered.

His hand found my breasts and he cupped the fullness of them. He kneaded my breast causing my nipple to pucker underneath his grasp.

“You are driving me crazy, girl. Your body is incredible and I wish I could see what you looked like without this dress.”

I was shocked by the thoughts that were raging steadfast through my mind. They were taking over my reasoning and moving forward with their own wishes. I had never behaved that way ever in my life. I was a good girl; I never did anything wrong and I always knew everything about the man I chose to go out with. Always.

I didn't understand how that man who happened to be my boss had managed to have me pinned up against the bathroom wall, and yet I had no problem with it at all.

That wasn't entirely true, there was a part of me that knew I should pull myself away from him and run like the wind in the opposite direction. But the dominate part of me was enjoying herself, enjoying having his hands on my body and his tongue exploring my mouth. I molded my lips once again into his and he started to lift my dress up. My God, was he going to try to have sex with me right then and there? Was I going to let him?

He grabbed my ass once again underneath my dress that time and I moaned against his lips. It was then that I heard a sound. Sort of like an amplification of someone's voice.

“Wait...hold on one second.”

He wasn't listening. His hands were still on my ass and he was kissing my jawline and then my throat. My eyes fluttered closed again and it was then that I heard it clearly. It was someone talking, a man, and he was obviously talking outside the door. That was all it took to snap me out of the trance. There were people nearby!

“Finn, wait, I can't do this. I'm not ready.”

I pushed him off me gently and noticed the fire he had in his eyes. He reluctantly removed himself off my body.

“Sure. Let's return to our table. I have to say though that I have never met anyone like you before and tonight, my feelings caught me off guard.”

“Thank you, I have enjoyed myself as well.”

“I'm not ready to give you up tonight though, but we should probably get back to our table. It sounds like things have started.”

I smiled, “That would be wonderful.” Slam dunk Carmen. Looks like my best friend really made the dress work for me.

We made our way back to our table and sat down. I smiled at the other people that were at our table but I had yet to meet them. The speeches started and I tried to concentrate on them as best that I could but it wasn’t easy. All I could think about was having Finn’s mouth on mine and how incredible it had felt.

Finn started to guess at the bids before they were announced and I was surprised at how great he was at being able to predict the winning amounts. It was a fun little game we played together and it helped take my mind off the fact that ten minutes ago he had made my panties wet.

When he guessed the right number, I couldn’t help but giggle and some of the other guests at the table were looking at me. I had to try to suppress my giggling as best I could. Then, Axel Mandrake took the stage and Finn seemed to watch him intently as he approached the podium. Axel was indeed an attractive man. He had that devil may care attitude and I found him rather alluring but he was no Finn Stark in my opinion. Axel took the microphone from the Master of Ceremonies and thanked everyone for being there. He was very charismatic and I could see the crowd responding to him. I was surprised he didn’t already have a girlfriend on his arm.

“The bids are going well so far everyone but I expect to see much larger bids in the silent auction or I will be forced to have security lock the doors so that I can rifle through your wallets myself.”

The crowd burst out laughing but I thought it was such a weird thing for someone to say at a gala. I looked from the corner of my eye and saw Finn roll his eyes toward the stage. I felt like Axel was probably the type of guy who you could either love or simply hate. I don’t think there was an in between with Axel.

“It’s time now for the results of the silent auctions to be announced,” Axel stated. “I will be doing the honors.”

He read the bid for the Caribbean vacation and my mouth dropped open when he announced that he had been outbid. Who on earth would have paid more than Axel did? When Axel read out the amount of the winning bid it was such an outrageous amount that I wasn’t sure that I would be able to pick my mouth up from the floor.

“The winner of the tropical island getaway goes to Finn Stark.”

My head snapped to the side as I looked at Finn in shock. I couldn’t even believe what I was hearing. Why would he bid on a private getaway when he was a single guy and why did he pay such an extraordinary amount for it? Surely, he could book a vacation somewhere for half that amount!!

“Finn, my dear friend, enjoy my private island. I will make sure everything is stocked for your romantic getaway.”

Finn scowled at Axel while my heart started beating really fast. The people at our table was suddenly looking at me with interest. I knew they were wondering if I was his date. Had the great Finn Stark finally found a new woman in his life? By the look on Finn’s face, he was not at all impressed by what Axel did. He obviously did it to irritate Finn so I shouldn’t have read too much into it. Even with the make out session, I shouldn’t assume that it meant anything or that I was going on any type of romantic getaway with him. I was still pretty surprised that Finn had outbid Axel on the trip and it was obvious that Axel was pretty surprised himself to be duped by Finn. I didn’t want to get too excited over the whole thing because I was probably getting my hopes up. The last thing I needed to do was read too much into the situation.

The auction ended and yet the gala still raged on.

Finn leaned into me and asked if I wanted to go now that the auction was over and I nodded. We got up from our seats and I waited as Finn said his goodbyes to everyone at the table. We walked back out of the building and to the limo which was waiting there for us. He opened the door for me again and I slid into the backseat. Finn slid in beside me and when he got settled in his seat, he raised the partition between us and the driver. He then leaned back in his seat and turned to her.

“So, how did you enjoy your first gala?”

I smiled warmly. “I thought it was really magical. I didn’t even realize that you had a chance to make a bid. That was a very generous donation that you gave them.”

“It’s for a good cause.”

“There were certainly a lot of interesting people there.”

“The most interesting thing about most of them is their net worth.”

I laughed. I liked the fact that he had a coarse sense of humor at times. I was used to him being so gruff all the time and it was nice to see him making jokes. Finn just shrugged.

“Did you have a good time, Mr. Stark? I know you weren’t that happy to have gone in the first place?”

“How about you call me Finn when we aren’t at the office? It was actually a really fun night. I haven’t been to one of those in a long time. To be honest, I think I only had a good time because you were there.”

I couldn’t help but blush, it seemed to be the only constant thing that I did in front of him. I looked up at him and caught sight of that familiar intensity that I saw in his eyes regularly now. I sometimes felt hypnotized by those eyes. Like I was a mouse just sitting there helpless, waiting for a snake to pounce on me. Was that a good thing? I really didn’t know.

Finn mumbled something about not giving into temptation just as he leaned in closer to me. Our lips were just inches from each other and I help my breath waiting. Was he going to kiss me again? I wanted him to so desperately. I would wait all night if I had to. I licked my lips in anticipation and that was all it took for Finn to groan and capture my mouth with his own. The heat between us was intense and electrifying. I pulled away from him and we were staring in each other’s eyes.

He was inches from my lips and I knew that he felt exactly the same way that I felt. He pulled me in and sunk his lips onto mine. I parted them, letting his tongue devour my mouth, kissing him back slowly. His hand at my waist was squeezing tight and pushing my body against his.

The kiss was long and passionate, and it was hard for me to get hold of my senses. I pushed him away, gasping for air, and trying to clear my head.

“Don’t think about this, just feel it,” he said, coming back in for more.

It felt right, it felt good, but I couldn’t trust myself. I tried to move away from his grasp but he pulled me in close again and grabbed both sides of my face with his hands. His kiss was filled with desire and need, as was mine. Still kissing me, he pushed me up against the back of the limo and started to caress my leg. He grabbed the back of my thigh, pulling my leg up against him.

He had total control of my body at that moment in time. I wanted him. He unzipped my dress and cupped my breast, rolling his thumb over my nipple and sending sensations through my body. I arched my head back and let him kiss my neck, making his way down to my breasts. It felt so good, and I wanted his hands all over me.

He pushed my dress up to my waist. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to stop him when I saw the look in his eyes, and I didn’t want to. Staring into my eyes, he slipped his fingers inside me and a guttural moan rumbled in my throat. He knew exactly where to touch and what to do, and I knew he could make me cum with his fingers if he wanted to. I wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him while he continued to make me wet.

I gasped as we continued to make out in the limo. Finn pulled himself back and I could see that he was torn. He wanted to take me right there in the limo, I knew that he wanted to and I knew that I would let him.

“I want to devour you, Harper but not here. Will you come home with me?”

“Yes,” I whispered.

I straightened out my dress and he zipped it up again. He knocked on the partition and the driver moved it down.

“Take us to my place.”

The partition immediately went back up and my heart fluttered. I couldn’t believe that I was on my way to Finn Stark’s home and we were going to have sex. It was going to be my first time and I couldn’t have picked a better person to do it with.

Finn…He was everything any woman would want in a man and he was going to take my body as his own. I could hardly wait to have him inside of me.

When we got to his building, he pulled me from the limo and practically dragged me to the elevator and I giggled the entire time. My heart was beating through my chest and I could barely stand it. We went in the elevator and his mouth was on mine immediately, tasting every inch of me. I could barely get a breath in with all the kissing that was happening between us. We made it up to his penthouse and the elevator opened right up into his living room. I had never seen a more gorgeous room. I assumed we would head right to the bedroom but he surprised me by taking me to a room right off the entranceway. I had never been in a solarium before and that one was massive, to say the least. The walls were all windows and I stood there in the room just slowly turning in a circle. I could see the lights of the city all around me, and it was the most breathtaking thing that I had ever seen. I couldn’t think of a time that I saw something more beautiful. He went and sat down on a padded bench and watched me with a small smile on his face.

“Come here,” he said as he patted the spot beside him on the bench. I went to him and he pulled me on top of him. He pushed up my dress so that he could cup my bottom in his hands. It was amazing just how quickly I could get wet when he had his hands on me. I was nervous, more than a little nervous. I had never done anything like that before and I worried that I would be too inexperienced for him. I didn’t want to tell him that I was a virgin because that sort of thing could freak a guy out and I didn’t want to ruin the moment. I wanted this more than anything and I didn’t want anything to get in the way of my having it. Now…with Finn.

I was determined to go through with it and honestly, I didn’t think there was any way for Finn to know about my virgin status. But what if he noticed and maybe assumed that I didn’t have a lot of experience in the bedroom. I couldn’t let that happen.

I reached down and unbuttoned his pants and pushed them down. My aggression made him grin. He was huge and rock hard and I wrapped my hand around him, stroking slowly. I already knew I was going to let him put it inside me. He lifted me up and lay me down on the bench. I had no idea what had come over me, but I didn’t stop to think. It was wild and thrilling to think that I was about to lose my virginity. He was the hottest guy I had ever seen, and I wanted him to be my first.

He spread my legs and slid inside me, making me arch my back in sharp pain coupled with pleasure. He paused momentarily and looked down at me with surprise. I wasn’t sure why he had paused as I was begging for him to push it in deeper, and his hips pumped passionately.

“Oh, Harper,” he whispered, pushing deep into me.

I wondered if he knew that I was a virgin. Was that why he paused? Could guys really tell that sort of thing? I quickly pushed the thought out of my mind as Finn started moving faster inside of me. I put my arms around his back and held him close, felt his dress shirt and vest against my bare breasts. He was pushing up and in, and I was enjoying every single second of it.

“Don’t stop,” I begged.

“I’m not going to,” he said with a smile, continuing to push inside me harder and deeper. The sensations that were going through me was part pain and part pleasure. I hadn’t known what to expect but everything that I was feeling was wonderous. I was having sex for the first time and it was everything that I had dreamed about. I was being fucked gloriously by a man who could be on a Sexiest Man Alive magazine cover. I gasped as he lifted my butt up, getting me ready to come. I wrapped my legs around him and started to whimper.

He put his mouth over mine when he knew I was ready to orgasm, muffling my scream with his kiss. I was arching and digging at his back. It felt so good, the orgasm was a million times better than the ones I had done on myself in my bedroom at home. It was crazy to think what I had been missing out on that whole time.

Another moan escaped my lips as his mouth claimed them once again.

11

Finn

I knew right away that I shouldn’t have brought her to my home, but I couldn’t help it. She was all I could think about and I knew that I needed to have her or I would go insane. When we started kissing, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to keep my hands off of her. Her body looked incredible in that dress and I had been thinking about taking it off all night long. I almost took her in the limo and it had taken all of my self-control not to. She didn’t deserve that. She deserved to be taken in a proper way and that meant taking her to my place. There was something magical about making out with her in the solarium where we were surrounded by the city lights. I had loved the look of awe that had come over her face when she had looked around the room. Now, I had her in my arms and I wasn’t about to let her go. The moment that I slid into her, I knew that she was a virgin and it had completely shocked me. I hadn’t expected that, mainly because she had not said a word to me about it. I almost stopped what we were doing but she begged me to continue. She was clearly inexperienced and I worried that she might regret what we were doing. I was conflicted about what I was doing to her but now that the deed was done, I wanted to make sure that her first time was as pleasurable as possible.

I just stared down at her. Her blue eyes bore into mine. I wanted to ravish her right then, but I wasn’t sure that it was the right thing to do. I made her come which was just about as thrilling an experience as I could think of in that moment. I slid out of her, unsure of myself now that I knew that she was a virgin. I was conflicted and didn’t know how to proceed.

She got up then and made the decision for me. She bore her mouth onto mine and the fire that lit between us was intense. She gasped inside my mouth and my loins burned for her. My hands went into her hair, pulling her closer to me. I kissed her deeply finding her tongue and sucking on it gently.

She moaned and the sounds she made caused my cock to grow harder. Oh yes, I would have her tonight. I needed to hear her moan all night long. I stood up then and pulled her body to mine. I kissed down to her chin and trailed kisses down her neck sucking on her. Her hands found my cock and started rubbing me hard causing a friction that drove me insane. The knowledge that she was eager for my cock drove me half mad. I picked her up, carrying her down the hallway and into my bedroom. I laid her out on my bed and looked down at her. Her breasts dropped deliciously before me and I bent down to suck on her pink nipples. She gave a guttural moan and I sucked even harder.

I dropped to the floor in front of her, spreading her legs as she leaned back. Her pussy was so pink, it made me crazy. She was nice and wet and I slid a finger inside her, feeling her drip down my finger. She moaned my name and it was just about the best sound I had ever heard. I leaned in and sucked her clit, forcing her to thrash beneath me. I licked her pussy slowly as if I was enjoying a good meal. She moaned loudly as I licked her up and down slowly. It felt incredible as my tongue licked the sides of her opening, causing a tingle to run through her body. She shuddered beneath me and I loved that. I took her clit in my mouth and sucked on it, causing her to moan loudly as her pussy dripped. I flicked her clit with my tongue and she moaned so loudly that it brought through my consciousness. I sucked her good while fucking her with my finger. She came all over my finger and I pulled out.

“Please, Finn, I want you inside me.”

“Shhh, sweetheart, I’m not ready to come back inside you. I want to make you ache.”

I liked looking at her pink pussy, it drove me insane with lust. Her opening was wet and ready for me. I slid a finger inside her and rocked her gently. She was holding back her cries. I moved up close to her so that I was looking into her eyes again.

She smiled and crushed my mouth with a kiss searching out my tongue, sucking on it. I moaned and the sound thrilled her. My hands found her bottom and squeezed. She kissed my jawline, nipping at my throat. Her hands found my cock as she played with my balls before rolling us both over so that she was on top. I was surprised when she bent down and took my cock in her mouth. For a girl that was inexperienced, she was willing to pull out all the stops for me. I kept telling myself that this was something that she obviously wanted, so I shouldn’t feel guilty about taking her virginity but it was hard for me to get the thought out of my head.

That changed suddenly when I let out a long moan as she sucked almost greedily at my cock. My hands got lost in her hair and she swirled her tongue along my cock. It felt incredible and I had to hold back from not coming in her mouth. She sucked hard while massaging my balls at the same time. My cock hit the back of her throat and I called out her name. She moved in rhythm over my cock starting off slow then picking up the pace. She was obviously very good at that and maybe that was just where her experienced lied. I could have her suck my cock all day long, she was so good at it.

“God, Harper, that feels incredible.”

She continued to suck me twirling her tongue around my tip. The sensations were insane and all I could think about was being inside her again.

“Darling, I need to be inside you.”

She slid me out of her mouth gently as I helped her back up. There was a fire in my eyes and I wanted her to have a night to remember regardless of what happened the next day. She lay back down onto the bed, spreading her legs for me. I loved the look of her pussy and I climbed on top of her. I slid a finger inside of her and loved the sound of her moaning before me. I finger fucked her fast enjoying the look of ecstasy come over her face. She was a stunning woman, even more so when she was in my arms begging me to take her.

“Finn, come inside me, please. I want you so badly.”

I positioned her so that her feet were resting on my shoulders as I plunged deep inside her. She gasped as the full length of me went inside her, pumping in and out. She called out my name which drove me just a little mad.

“Your pussy feels amazing, Harper, I can't get enough of you.”

I could barely think as waves of pleasure washed over me continuously. I had lost all ability to think and reason. I only saw her, felt her and I had never felt so complete. I felt a tension build up inside of me and at the same time I could feel her tense and then she came on my cock, releasing an orgasm so strong it rocked her body.

I turned her over and laid her flat on her stomach. I kissed her neck and kissed all the way down her back until I got to her bottom. I kissed that too and rubbed her cheeks while she moaned. She was so incredibly hot that it was hard to believe that she was a virgin. And I was the lucky one – the first man to ever touch her!

“You are so sexy, Harper.”

She grinned, loving the sound of my words. I was in position and waiting for my moment to plunge my cock inside of her. She was lying flat on the bed and I was pushed right up against her ass and the feeling made me just about lose my mind. I plunged inside her slowly and carefully, always remembering that it was her first time.

She was rendered speechless as I started moving slowly. She felt fantastic and I started pounding my cock rhythmically inside of her. I was moaning softly as well and it was making her lose control. My body pushed against her ass and she looked over her shoulder at me. I couldn’t help but look down at her and I leaned in to kiss her on the mouth. She looked so sexy looking at me and smiling up at me as I fucked her.

“Mmmm, you sexy girl. You feel delicious. You should see the incredible view I have of your sexy little ass.”

I started kissing her neck again but this time with a purpose. Her neck felt good against my lips and my movements caused goose flesh to pop up all over her skin. The sight of it made my cock grow even harder if that was possible and I continued to move in and out of her. I craved her in ways that were forbidden to me and I knew that. I knew it even more so now that I discovered she was a virgin. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do about it but I so wished that she hadn’t been a virgin. She was still looking up at me and the fire was still in her eyes. She wasn’t ready to be done with me and I didn’t think that I could let her go quite yet, either. Her body had intoxicated me, like she was a drug that I could not get enough of. I could have her over and over again and I would have, had I not discovered her secret. Did she really think that she could have hidden that from me?

She gave me devilish grin and I kept kissing her ears, lips, and neck all the while slowly moving inside of her. I could feel her squeezing me and I knew that she was building up to another delicious orgasm. I had to wonder how many virgins had the opportunity to have multiple orgasms. She was having a night to remember and that was all I wanted for her. I kissed her back once again and her eyes fluttered closed and a soft moan escaped her. She was so beautiful especially when she was being pleasured. I could stare at her face in rapture all night long. It was easily the sexiest thing that I had seen in a while. Like I said, all reason left me the moment I touched her and kissed those lips. When I found her in the bathroom that night, it had taken me all my self-control not to make love to her there.

I slid out of her again and she turned over. She looked up at me like I was the most attractive man on the planet and that turned me on even more. I was having a really hard time resisting the urge to please her. I knew that she was going to be sore the next morning but I wanted her badly and I wanted her to have such an amazing sexual experience that she would never regret it for a moment. She spread her legs eagerly for me, longing to have me do as I wished to her. She wrapped her arm around my neck and started kissing my mouth passionately. At the same time, I slid two fingers inside of her. She was already soaking wet and I knew exactly where to touch her, my thumb stroking her clit, making it hard, my fingers inside her, expertly pressing against her sweet spot of sensation. She moaned as I finger fucked her, god she looked so damn good. I was so horny for her. She was the kind of woman that I could fuck all day long, I couldn't get enough of her. I knew that her clit was probably tender from all the action, so I was able to bring her to another orgasm quickly. My cock throbbed as she thrashed underneath my fingers, begging for me to stop, telling me that the pleasure was too much for her to take.

She grabbed my cock, hard and smooth as steel, and stroked it. I felt strong in her hands and the sight of my cock seemed to turn her on that much more. With a low groan I lifted her chin and kissed her passionately. She lifted her hips and guided my hard cock in between her legs. She wasn't waiting, she wanted to be fucked now.

She cried out as I pushed deep into her. She squeezed my cock and I groaned in pleasure. I covered her mouth with mine, drinking her in as I slid in and out of her. The fingers of one hand entwined in her hair, with the other I caressed her breasts and nipples. She pushed up on her heels so I could get deeper, and held on to my waist, moving in tandem with each thrust. She rubbed her hands over my abs and around my ass, loving the strength of my body as I moved above her. Her blue eyes were peering into mine and I could see the city lights passing by us and moving around us, and it was exhilarating.

I leaned my head down and took her breast in my mouth, my hips thrusting faster. She tensed and I knew that she was on the verge of coming, her muscles growing taut. I spread her legs wider, and my hands found their way into her hair. She moaned my name, begging me to pump faster. I covered her mouth with mine to muffle her scream when she came, her body bucking in ecstasy.

My thrusts became more urgent then as I knew I was about to come as well. I spilled inside of her and released all the pent-up aggression into her body. I breathed out and looked up into her eyes. I kissed her face and held her without saying anything. There was really nothing to say. She had rocked my world and even though I knew I shouldn't be with her, I was powerless to stop it. I fucked her so good that I thought I was becoming addicted to her. Maybe that would make up for what I had taken from her.

“You have completely bewitched me, Harper, whatever am I going to do with you?”

I slid out of her then and the evidence of her virginity spilled out onto my sheets. There was no denying it now. The sight of her blood on my sheets sent a shiver of guilt through me and that feeling was too much for me to take.

I sighed, “Maybe you should take a shower.” I pointed to her where my bathroom was and she got up from the bed quickly. I started to pull the sheets from my bed quickly. I tossed them in the laundry basket and went to the closet to get new ones. I made the bed quickly as I heard her in the shower.

I needed to shut down the way that I felt because things had totally gotten out of hand and what I had done was too much. I had allowed things to get too far and now I was going to end up hurting someone who didn’t deserve to be hurt.

I heard the shower stop and I picked up my phone and called for a driver. When I hung up the phone, she came out of the bathroom looking just as beautiful as she had before. She was wrapped in a towel with a smile on her face. I had to stay composed though because she was about to not be very happy with me.

“I called you a ride and the driver is probably here now so you should make your way down.”

The smile fell off her place. “Oh, I see. Thanks.” I could tell by the look on her face that she was upset, but I turned away, not wanting to make it any more difficult. She walked out of the room and the apartment without a word.

After she left, I couldn’t help but feel conflicted. I felt like a real ass if I was honest with myself. Not only did I just deflower my new assistant, I also felt as if I betrayed Emelia’s memory. It had been the first time that I had been with a woman since her death and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. At the same time, I already wanted to see Harper again, to bury myself inside her. She was absolutely perfect; I couldn’t imagine a better woman. I decided that I had to find a way to separate my desire from the rest of my emotions. Like any man, maybe I just needed a release. And maybe I could figure out a way to get one…

I had been so madly in love with Emelia that it was hard to believe I could ever be with anyone else. Even when I thought about another woman, I would get overwhelmed with so much guilt that it took my breath away. I was never sure how I would feel about moving on with another woman but the guilt overcame me to the point where I thought that I might throw up. It felt like I had cheated on Emelia. I had expressed such things to my friends who thought that I was being ridiculous but it was true. They told me that it was perfectly natural to move on and that it would be what Emelia would want for me but I could never get myself to feel that way.

It was silly to think that way, of course, Emelia would want me to be happy and fall in love again. She was the kindest and the most amazing woman in the world, she would not want me to be alone for the rest of my life. But I still didn’t think that I was ready for a proper relationship. No, I wasn’t ready for that but I thought that maybe there was something else that I could do. I could honor my heart while still getting what I want. I thought that maybe I could come up with a plan, one that would involve Harper. I could manage to keep my emotions separate from my lust if I devised a plan that was a no-strings attached deal with the girl. I could be crystal clear about my intentions right from the beginning so that no one would get hurt. She could always say no if she wasn’t really into it. I could even have a signed contract to make sure that her interests were looked after. If I made it lucrative enough for her, she just might go for it. I think I was sure that I could come up with a mutually beneficial arrangement that we could both benefit from. I just needed to get something out by tomorrow. I couldn’t bear being away from the woman.

12

Harper

My goal for the time being was to keep my head down as low as possible even since I scandalized myself after the gala. I had really not intended to go home with my boss nor did I intend on doing a Walk of Shame at the end of the night either. That night entirely was something that I wished that I could just erase from my memory. I still had to work with Finn, however, and I was determined to just keep myself out of trouble and to do that, I would be keeping my head low.

To say that things were awkward between us was the understatement of the year, in fact, it was downright brutal to have to go through. Leaving his home that night had been one of the most mortifying experiences of my life. I knew that I should have told him I was a virgin, that had been my first mistake. It was pretty obvious to the both of us after what had happened and when he told me to take a shower, I almost wanted to die. Then I came out of the bathroom to find that he had changed his sheets, I wanted to crawl under a rock. Clearly, that was a talk that I should have had with him. I had to assume that he was angry with me by how he had called for a ride for me right away. I was embarrassed so much that I could barely hold back the tears leaving his place. But what could I say to him that wouldn’t embarrass the both of us at that point?

When I had arrived home that night, I had walked through the door like a deflated balloon. Carmen could tell that something had happened right away and had pulled the whole story out of me. We went through a couple of pints of ice cream and some bad reality TV. By the time I had eaten all the ice cream and binged reality shows, I was over the whole thing. Some things just weren’t meant to be, there was nothing to worry about. It was a one-time fling, something that everyone did at one point in their lives. Not everyone could say that they had slept with a billionaire. The last thing that I wanted to do was allow a personal relationship to ruin my chances at my dream project so, I was going to be cool as a cucumber. I had become involved so that I could realize my dream project, I didn’t need a personal relationship to get in the way of that. The more I thought about it, the more foolish I felt to have gotten involved with him that way when I could have blown all that I had worked so hard to achieve. I had managed to get into the CEO’s office and get hired by him and now it could all be going down the drain because I slept with him. At that point, it would just be easier to forget the whole thing happened and just move on with my life. It might be easier said than done, but it was probably the smartest thing to do.

The next time that I would be seeing Finn, I planned on doing just that. I had made it through an entire day already without any incident. When he and Bryce walked into the office the next day, I didn’t even look up from my desk. I felt Bryce’s eyes on me but that was nothing out of the ordinary. Sometimes I felt like she was looking for any reason to fire me. I paid them no mind, and just focused on the property value spreadsheet that I had in front of me. I needed to get it done and it was at least keeping me distracted in the meantime.

The amounts are massive, which made me realize just how naïve I really was about my own project. Although Stark’s proposal was much grander than mine, even if my project was only a quarter of his, it would still be close to a billion dollars. And my measly quarter of a million, carefully saved and invested from my parent’s insurance policy payout, was not so much as a stake as it was wishful thinking. I sighed as I looked at the number. But that didn’t mean I was going to give up, I would not give up for anything.

I looked up when I heard Bryce talking to Finn.

“Axel Mandrake called the office earlier; he wants to set up a meeting with you.”

Finn glanced at me and I avertedly made eye contact with him. My eyes darted away from his and I could feel a deep blush creeping up from my neck across my face. I closed my eyes and cursed myself for being such an idiot.

“Okay, let me get back to you on that one. I haven’t had enough coffee for a decision like that.”

Bryce nodded and left the office, leaving me and Finn alone together. Now that the day was over, I was really looking forward to getting out of there. It was nearly five o’clock, and I was considering texting Carmen to meet me for a drink after work, so that I could vent about my day. The tension between me and my boss at the moment was becoming severely oppressive. I picked up my phone and started to type out a message.

“Harper, grab your things together, we are grabbing an early dinner.”

I stared at him in shock as I stopped typing the message. I didn’t even know what to say. I did as I was told however because I was a little worried that he was just going to let me go. The last thing that I wanted to do however was to go out for dinner with him. Things were insanely awkward between us and I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have dinner with him at that point.

I followed him out of the office with my purse slung over my shoulder. I didn’t say a word as I followed him downstairs and into the car he ordered. He took me to an Italian bistro that was almost empty. He motioned me towards a booth in the back. He was a very no-nonsense kind of person and his attitude had me keep my mouth shut until I found out what was going on. Was he about to fire me? Was he hoping to let me down easily? I was so confused as to why we were there together. Maybe he just wanted to go over the project with me again.

The menus arrive and I picked one up to distract myself again. I was dismayed when I realized that the menu was written in Italian and I had ave no idea what to order. I looked up at him sheepishly.

“I can’t read the menu.”

He glanced at me and said, “Don’t worry, I will take care of it.”

I nodded as he placed an order for us both. The waiter was back almost immediately with a bottle of prosecco, something I had never had before. Finn poured us both a glass and I took a tentative sip from it. It was rather tasty and it hit the spot. I would need some liquid courage if I was going to get through this meeting or whatever it was. I downed the rest of the glass and smiled across the table.

“Why did you want to have dinner with me, Finn?” It was best just to get things over with. If I was being fired, I wanted to know right away, so that I could get up from the table and go home.

Finn didn’t answer. He just opened his briefcase and pulled out a stack of papers. He passed the papers to me and I looked at him confused. It looked like the meeting was about the project after all and I could breathe a sigh of relief. I picked up the stack of papers and took a sip of my drink as I read them. I started choking on the champagne as I tried to stop myself from spitting it all over Finn. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read the project title.

Personal Sexual Arrangement.

“What the hell is this?” I couldn’t help but be point blank blunt with him. It was not what I expected and I felt like he should have given me some kind of a warning before hitting me with it. It was like the cruelest joke.

“I really enjoyed what happened between us the other night.”

“Really? Because you have a funny way of showing it.”

“I know and I’m sorry about that. You caught me off guard. Why didn’t you tell me you were a virgin?”

I blushed deeply. “I’m sorry, I should have, I was just worried that it would scare you off and I didn’t want that to happen. I really want to be with you and I really didn’t think that you would be able to tell.”

“Guys can tell pretty much right away.”

I thought I might just die of embarrassment right there. I remembered how he had paused when he first entered me and I knew what he was saying was true.

“I didn’t mean to send you out of my home that night. I was worried that I had taken something from you that you would regret giving to me. I felt terrible about the whole experience.”

“It was my choice. You weren’t taking anything from me.”

He nodded.

“What is this?” I said as I motioned to the papers. “Do you really think that this is something that you should just throw at someone without any warning? What makes you think that I even want a sexual arrangement?”

“I’m not sure that you do. But I have a proposal for you, if you are interested. I’m not in a place where I’m looking for a relationship right now. Having said that, I have enjoyed your company so far.”

“So, you just want to have sex?”

“Well, I’m hoping that we can make it beneficial to both of us so that it’s not like that? I don’t want you to think that I’m using you for sex. The purpose of the contract is to lay out all the details so that no one gets confused.”

I looked back down at the papers feeling more than a little overwhelmed. I started to read through the contract while Finn watched me. The contract was to last the length of my provisional employment – a little less than 6 months now – and at the end I would walk away with $5 million dollars. My mouth dropped open and I looked up at him,

“You can’t honestly be serious.”

“I couldn’t be more serious.”

“You are going to pay me $5 million dollars to have sex with me for six months?”

“I told you that I would make it worth your while.”

“How is this not prostitution for me? I can’t get my mind around that.”

“Harper, we’ve already had sex and it wasn’t after I found you on an escort site. Be reasonable here. It’s not the same thing at all. It’s an agreement between two people, much like “friends with benefits”, except you get a huge payout in the end. Let’s just say I’ll be your sugar daddy. Ever heard the term?”

I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I wasn’t sure what to think at all. It was very overwhelming and it was probably the last thing that I had expected at that point. It wasn’t something that I ever thought I would be involved in. Well, duh, Harper, you were a virgin up until a few days ago. I had been willing to sleep with him for nothing, so why wouldn’t I be able to sleep with him for $5 million. It was more money than I had ever seen in my life and there would be so much that I could do with the money. I could completely change my life in six months. After that, I could move on with my life and move on from Finn. There was clearly going to be nothing else between us even if either of us really wanted it. The money would allow me to go a lot further towards me having a real stake in my real estate deal, or whatever I settled on afterwards. I could actually be a key player in the project that we were running.

I started to skim the contract to see exactly what he was talking about. I read it through, unbelieving that it was actually happening. Was my boss really suggesting a contractual sexual relationship? Did he think that he was my sugar daddy? It’s not exactly something that anyone expected when they got hired for a job. It’s certainly not something that I would have thought I would be involved in. I looked up at him, assessing him all over again. I never thought he was the sugar daddy type, but then again, I was also not expecting the insane pleasure he brought to me. There had been a lot of surprises when it came to him.

13

Finn

I watched her read through the contract with interest. The look on her face was absolutely priceless. She was a cross between intrigue and shock. My heart thundered in my chest. I hadn’t expected to feel nervous when I handed over the contract. I had never done anything like that before and there was some risk getting involved in a situation like that. I knew that I was an excellent judge of character, so I wasn’t worried about Harper creating a huge scene for the world or something like that. She seemed to be an honest and forthright person which was the perfect combination for a situation like this one. I had really enjoyed the night before with her, more than I would like to admit. Aside from the surprise afterwards, the sex had been very pleasurable for the both of us. I really enjoyed the fact that she was a virgin, and that I was now the only man that she had ever been with.

She looked up at him. “I have a few questions about the contract.”

He nodded.

“I already have an apartment that I rent so I really don’t see the point in you renting one for me.”

I took a moment to think about how I was going to word things. “The apartment is for our intimate time. If this is going to be a business arrangement, then I don’t need to be running into your family and friends and vice versa.”

“Oh. You seemed to have a perfectly good apartment as well, that we’ve already had sex in. Why can’t we go there? It seems a bit excessive to rent an apartment just for sex.”

I watched her with interest. We hadn’t even agreed to move forward and she was asking questions as if the contract was signed. That was fine, she could ask all the questions that she wanted to as long as she signed the contract afterwards.

“I would prefer to have a separate space for this, a neutral space.” The truth was that I needed to separate Harper from my dead wife. There were so many memories of my wife around my home and I didn’t want to be overwhelmed with guilt every time I had sex with Harper. I wanted it to be a completely separate thing, doing absolutely nothing that would remind me of Emelia. I wasn’t about to discuss that with Harper however,r because that was a subject that I didn’t like talking about at all. Plus, there was no reason for her to know something so personal about me when we were just involved sexually. The truth was, that I didn’t want some mistress in the space where I used to make love to my wife. It just seemed so wrong. I knew thinking that way was wrong but I couldn’t help myself. I just didn’t want the two combined in any way.

“But—”

“Harper, I have enough money to rent a thousand apartments if I want to, do we really need to argue about this? It’s only for six months. Besides, I have already rented one, so we might as well use it?”

“You already rented one? Were you really that confident that I would say yes?”

I shrugged. “I think it would be foolish to say no.”

Harper frowned. I could see that she was torn by the whole thing which actually made me feel better about the situation. If she would have been completely fine with everything right out of the gate, I may have questioned her integrity on principal alone. She should put up at least a little bit of a fight. I was after all asking her to allow me to have complete control over her sex life for a six-month period.

“Now, this schedule is a little wacky.”

I smiled. “What are you talking about?”

“Well, it says here, that you expect me to be available every night and all weekend, even if you may not appear. That’s just a little ridiculous. You’re asking me to give up the next six months of my life and you might not even show up. You may not think my time is valuable but I do. I shouldn’t have to sit around waiting for you.”

“Are you serious?”

“Of course, I am.”

“Harper, I am giving you five million reasons to sit around and wait for me.”

She laughed and shook her head. “Well, everyone deserves a day off every now and then.”

I glanced at the waiter coming towards the table. I wanted to get things under wraps before dinner was served. I didn’t want to have to discuss anything else at that point. The conversation stopped suddenly when the waiter arrived at the table to top off our drinks. When the waiter left, I made sure that we got back down to business.

“So, do we have a deal?”

She looked at me and then back down at the contract. “I will agree to your terms as long as I get Sunday and Monday all to myself.”

“No.”

“Oh, as a businessman, you’re not willing to be open to negotiations?”

She did have a point. I should probably have some kind of flexibility with the contract. I was being selfish by asking for every day. I shouldn’t monopolize all of her time, even though I did want to spend a lot of time with her.

“Okay fine. We have a deal.”

She took a pen out of her purse and I watched her make the changes to the contract. She signed it and then passed it to me. I initialed the changes and then signed it myself. Now we could enjoy dinner without business getting in the way.

****

When dinner was finished, we left the restaurant and I had my driver bring us to the new apartment. I could tell Harper was nervous because she was wringing her hands the entire time. She had no idea what to expect and she wasn’t the only one. I had never done anything like that before. When we arrived, I let her into the apartment and allowed her to walk around the place to get a feel of it. I watched as she walked around, exploring the two-bedroom apartment. It was much smaller than my own apartment, but it was recently appointed. I followed her into the bedroom and watched her take a look around. I enjoyed watching her. She was stunning and watching her body move anywhere was a pleasure. I watched as she approached the bed and when she ran her finger along the bedspread, I felt myself get aroused. I walked over to her and spun her around, pulling her close to me.

“I rarely meet any women that are as compatible for me as you are. I know that I’m going to ravish you today and every day. We are definitely going to enjoy our time together.”

She smiled. “Who would have guessed that the great Mr. Stark was the sugar daddy type.”

I chuckled. “Please, Harper, just call me Finn.” I looked down at her before I kissed her.

I undressed as she sat on the bed, her eyes moving down. She then followed after me slowly undressing herself. I closed the door behind us and I turned around and she was completely and beautifully naked. She helped me unzip my pants and they dropped to the floor. She was wearing nothing but a thong at that point and I tore it off very quickly. I think my patience had been tested enough.

My mouth found her pussy and I tasted her in the same way that she tasted my lips, slowly…actually it was painfully slow. She moaned as my tongue found her open lips. I sucked on her clit and she was shaking in pleasure. I stood up and led her to the bed where she laid down. I stood before her with my beautifully sculpted body and my hard cock ready for her. She was incredibly sexy and I couldn't understand why I had waited so long to have this moment with her once again.

I climbed onto the bed, tasting her pussy once again…my hands on her breasts, kneading them slowing. My mouth was now on her mouth, and I am sure she could taste herself on me. Our tongues found each other once again and I adjusted myself to kiss her along her jawline, then down her throat to her neck and then to those lovely breasts. The best breasts God could create!

I sucked on one nipple as my hand kneaded her breast. I used my other hand to stroke her clit. God…she was so wet. Wet for me.

I loved to hear her moan and feel her dizzy. She was dizzy with pleasure and moaning with ecstasy.

“Finn…Oh, Finn…Please, Finn…”

I needed her so much. In fact, she seemed to know just where to touch me. My mouth now moved to her other nipple which was just as perky and craving for some attention. She seemed to ache for me.

She moved her hand down and felt my hard cock in her hands.

“Please, Finn. Please, give it to me.”

She met my eyes once again and kissed me softly. “Are you sure?” I asked.

I thought the question a little amusing but I decided to let it go for now and she just nodded.

I positioned myself and entered her slowly causing her to gasp as I filled her up.

“Oh Finn, that's so good.”

“You feel good too Harper, really good.”

I moved rhythmically inside her pushing in and out slowly. My pace quickened and she moaned as I pushed into her over and over again. I felt a build up inside of her and she arched her hips into me with every thrust I made. She felt incredible and I ached for more every time she pulled away.

I bent down to kiss her as I moved slowly inside of her. She accepted my mouth and kissed me hard releasing another moan as I pushed deep inside her. I felt her tense once again as she moaned through her orgasm. She was shaking from head to toe.

“That's it, baby, come for me. You are so sexy, Harper.”

The orgasm continued to rock through her and by the look on her face she was about to come once again. She cried out as the intense orgasm finally peaked and left her gasping as I spilled into her at the same time. I collapsed on top of her and her legs wrapped around to my back. Harper was strong and I enjoyed having her body against mine. I could smell the wine on her breath as she nuzzled into my neck and I hoped to remember the night when I woke up in the morning.

She looked up at me and kissed me once again, “How was it, Finn?”

“Delicious. So, let's go again.”

She chuckled and kissed me deeply. “Anything you want, Finn.”

14

Harper

I couldn’t believe what was happening. Twice in one night, what more could a girl want when she had a man as handsome as Mr. Stark in her bed?

He held me against him and nuzzled into the skin of my neck. My body was alive against his and I ached as het got closer to me. A moan escaped me and I think it was the greatest sound in the world. He had driven me mad with lust and I was so thrilled to have him alone with me finally. I kissed him deeply which caused him to respond with fire in his eyes. I released my lips and looked into his eyes, my gaze hot and powerful. He gazed at me possessively as if he had owned me his entire life. He possessed me in a way that no one else ever had.

“Tonight, my beautiful, Harper, you are mine.” All I could see in his eyes was desire. I was becoming lost in those beautiful eyes and I did not want to deny him anything. I nodded in agreement.

“I want you so badly Harper. How do you like it?”

“Any way that you like it.”

He kissed my mouth deeply, and I felt him growing rock hard again.

He cupped my jaw and put his lips to mine with a softness that I didn't even know was possible. I moaned and parted my lips slightly as I pushed my body against his. I wanted him to put his hands all over my body. In fact, I needed him to put his hands on my body. My hands were trembling when I grabbed his face and kissed him harder causing me to ache. Who knew that sex could be this delicious?

He kissed me so slowly and deeply and it felt like I was losing all control. Kissing him was becoming addictive. He took complete control of my mouth and tasted every inch of it. Sucking, nipping, tasting and I could tell by the look on his face that he was finding it difficult to concentrate.

I was consumed by lust and the desire to touch him everywhere. My lips were red and swollen from his kisses. Seriously, my friends didn’t know what they were missing by dating guys that didn’t even know how to kiss a girl properly.

Finn admired me for a moment while I laid on the bed. I guess he was amazing at worshipping women. I loved being worshipped under his gaze and it started to make me wet once again. I was dying of the need for him.

His cock stood hard before me and I took it in my mouth causing him to breathe sharply. I sucked him slowly taking all of his cock into my mouth. I could feel his legs shaking. He pulled his cock out of my mouth even though he loved the sight of it. He gasped in surprise a grin forming on his face as he looked at my breasts rising and falling before him.

He bent down to me and found my mouth once again. A moan escaped me when his mouth consumed mine. His kisses traveled down my neck and back up to my mouth. His hands were in my hair holding me in place while he kissed me.

His hands then moved on my breasts and he cupped one of them bringing it to his mouth to suck. His tongue twirled around my nipple making it harden instantly. The ache in my body throbbed harder as he tasted me. He sucked me and teased me, hearing the cries of passion come from my lips.

He put his hand between my legs and cupped my mound. He rubbed me with his palm, slowly rubbing his finger along the moist folds of my opening. I was shaking underneath his hand and I think that turned him on even more.

He stopped kissing me as he watched his hand create magic on my body. A smile formed on his face as I shook under him. I was becoming wet as he rubbed his fingers through my wetness.

“Tell me that this is for me.”

I nodded gasping, “It's for you, baby.”

I wrapped my legs around him and his cock grazed my opening. He pinned my wrists above my head, locking them tightly in one hand. His fingers entered me and I gasped.

“Do you want me inside you?”

“Yes, please.”

He was a handsome man and I wanted him. He was looking at me longingly as if he had never seen a more beautiful woman in all his life. He wanted to claim me and I knew that. He would definitely want to see me again and with our deal, he would see plenty of me.

“Beg me, Harper. Beg me to take you.”

“Please, I need you Finn. I need you inside of me, I need you to complete me. Please, Finn. Pleeeease.”

The next thing I knew he was inside me, he filled me up slowly, carefully drawing out the pleasure excruciatingly slow. I knew by the way that he moved that he was worried about me. I was so tiny beneath him, his body snuggled against mine. A moan escaped me as he filled me completely with his size. My pussy felt so incredible that I didn't want to be anywhere else. He grabbed my breasts and cupped them gently as he bent down to claim my mouth once again.

He rocked inside me gently as he walked a fine line between delirium and sanity. He sucked on my nipples as he could feel me clench around his cock, my orgasm building up inside me. I shuddered as I moved my hips against his. My eyes were rolling in the back of my head as waves of pleasure marked my face. I exploded around him and my whole body shook with my orgasm. He followed quickly after, unable to hold back. I clutched his hard body as I continued to orgasm. I licked his chest and bit into his shoulder. He growled in satisfaction as he continued to rock inside me even though our orgasms had stopped. I relaxed and attempted to catch my breath.

He grabbed my ass and was still hard inside of me. He began rocking inside me again, faster this time. I gasped as he plunged in hard and fast and my gasps turned into moans as my body prepared for another earth-shattering orgasm. He came again with me and my body literally started humming afterward. He had, in fact, claimed me as his own, at least for tonight anyway, taking what he had wanted.

He rolled off of me and pulled me close to him, wrapping his arms around me. The sex had been magnificent and I was happy that I had agreed to sign the contract. I liked him, he made me feel really good and that was all that mattered to me at the moment. I had wanted to feel good and I had succeeded pretty quickly at it. It wasn't long before I fell asleep in his arms.

****

I rolled over naked and slipped out of the bed. I looked back at the Finn and there he was as handsome as always but currently snoring right beside me. There was no denying it, last night had happened just as I remembered it. It was so hard to believe it all happened at all. I reveled in how sore I felt, as the sex had been marvelous. It was like he knew exactly where to touch me in every area to make me feel like ecstasy would never end. I could definitely do that again and I thought about going back to him. I went to freshen up in the bathroom as I wanted to return to his cock. Who knew what the morning would bring and I wanted to seize the day… or night as it turned out? I wasn’t sure if the scene seemed hotter because of how he made me feel or if it was because of how naughty I felt courtesy our arrangement. I wasn’t sure what it was but I was grateful for the experience. I had never thought that my first sexual experiences would be that intense. Had I known, I may have had sex earlier.

I was still unsure about the decision that I had made to have a sexual arrangement with Finn. It all seemed so crazy when I thought about it but there, I was in an unknown apartment having the best sex of my life. I was convinced that it was all going to work out for the better. It was a good time that we were having together. I just needed to protect my heart at all costs, and not allow myself to get attached to someone who didn’t want anything more from me than sex. I would just lock my heart away and hope that I would be successful at maintaining a distance from him. I didn’t need a broken heart at the end of the day.

I returned to the bedroom and looked at him sleeping peacefully and smiled. Damn, I was good. I hooked myself quite the catch, even if it was just sex. A hundred women would kill to be in the same position that I was and he did mention that I was different from all other women that he had met so far. That had to mean something, right?

I crawled into bed, wanting to feel his cock inside me again. I started to stroke him to make him hard and he moaned in his sleep. When he was ready, I climbed on top of him to take what I wanted.

A moan escaped my mouth as I rode hard onto Finn’s cock, grinding into him and feeling every inch of him fill me up. I moved my body in one fluid motion over him as I was looking down at him.

Finn was pretty good though and when I looked down at him, his face was scrunched up in ecstasy and I knew that he would do just about anything for me and that was a powerful feeling. I pumped my body harder on him and I could see by his intense expression that he was going to come, he could barely take what I was doing to him. I smiled as I moved my pussy against him and then moaned loudly encouraging him to come along with me. I wouldn’t mind sleeping with him again, the arrangement seemed to get better by the moment. He was huge and I enjoyed every inch of his cock.

When he exploded inside me, I arched my back and fucked him a little harder.

“Oh god, Harper, slow down. You’re driving me crazy.”

That was exactly the reaction I was going for and I slowed my movements as he came down from his orgasm. I lifted myself off of him and rolled down beside him on the bed.

“That was amazing, Harper. Talk about a great way to be woken up.”

I laid down beside him on the pillow. I had to admit that going out on a date with him had been more enjoyable than I had thought. Dinner had been a little more than I had bargained for. I hadn’t expected to have a good time, in fact, I thought he was going to fire me. But then he had invited me up to this new apartment, and I thought why the hell not. At the very least, I had orgasmed and I had also landed a pretty lucrative deal. I could see all my dreams coming true.

“Thank you, you weren’t so bad yourself,” I said with a wink.

****

An excavation crew were mining in my brain as I opened my eyes that morning. The sun was filtering through the windows and poking my eyes with knives. I quickly closed them again and tried again but the same thing happened, I may never be able to pen my eyes again. Oh God it was a bad one. I closed my eyes again willing the headache to go away. It was far worse than a headache, it felt like someone was trying to remove my brain without making an opening to do so first. It was a bad one and my head hurt so bad that I thought I may throw up and that was definitely not good for anyone. I didn't know what to do and it was probably best to just keep my eyes closed and get more sleep. If I had to sleep the entire day to get rid of it, then it was a far better idea than staying away and feeling the headache. Painkillers would probably be a good idea however, before I went back into sleep land. I was suddenly regretting downing the Prosecco that Finn had ordered the night before. Why did I have to drink it so fast? That was what happened when I allowed my nerves to get the best of me. Now I was really paying for it.

I thought about calling Carmen to bring me some water and serious pain killers, she would know what to do to make the miners stop. She was a true veteran of hangovers and she always had a cure. I was about to shout for her when I remembered that I wasn’t actually in my own bed. I was in the random apartment that Finn had rented for our playtime. I turned to see Finn but I was alone in the bed.

Wow, we had a lot of sex the night before. I couldn't remember how many times we had done it but considering how sore I felt it must have been one hell of a night. Finn had a knack for being able to get me out of my clothes on a regular basis and remembering the things we did made me want to propel myself into his bed. Signing the contract alone made me feel more than a little naughty. It was so unlike me and yet I had done it.

I had gone home with a guy that I had been working with, or working for, gosh - what had I been thinking? He was my boss after all, and it could all end in disaster if I wasn’t careful. I could not believe how much my head hurt. I really needed to stop drinking. Wasn't that what everyone said after a disastrous night of drinking, they always woke up with regrets and then vowed that it would never happen again, only to go out again the next night. Well, that wasn't happening that night, I was on that brink where you weren't even sure whether you could vomit or not and there was no way I was going to have Finn holding my hair back while I threw up.

I sat up slowly in the bed as my head pounded. I wondered where Finn was. Maybe he was making breakfast, though I didn’t hear any noises. It was a little weird actually. Surely, he didn’t leave me here alone. All I knew was that I had to get out of here and I needed to do it now. My clutch was on the nightstand and I reached over and fumbled in it for my phone. It was 9am, which would explain part of the headache I had. Why couldn't I have slept till noon, but had I done that, I would have had to experience one of those mornings that I always considered too awkward. But that didn’t seem to matter since there was no sign of Finn anywhere. I had a ton of messages on my phone from Carmen, who expected me home last night and I didn’t tell her that I was staying here. She wanted to know how work had gone considering what had happened. I should have told her that I was going out again with Finn even though she would have disapproved big time. Her messages had plenty of exclamation points after them which was never a good sign. Lots of people were unimpressed with me at the present time. Their messages had begun the night before and carried through till the morning. I would deal with them once I found myself a cab. Once that happened, I could reply to the messages while I was on my way home. But I needed to get out of that apartment first, that was the first goal of the morning.

My clothes were scattered all over the place and it took me a while to find them all. I silently slipped into my panties and clothing and wished that I had brought a brush with me. My hair must have looked a mess and I had nothing to apply fresh makeup with.

My head was pounding and I did not want to have to rush out. I wanted water, drugs and sleep, not in that particular order but I was certain that I did not want to be there in the random apartment that was just meant for sex. I wished I could sleep for the entire day but I needed to find my way back to my own bed first. Every time I was around Finn, I behaved like an idiot, well, when alcohol was involved anyways. I was not impressed with my behavior the night before; I never did stuff like that and I was starting to think that maybe Finn was a bad influence. I was still very much torn about the contract that I signed. Who did things like that? It was so unlike me. I was now under contract to have sex with a billionaire. It was very surreal and it was the last thing that I ever thought that I would do. Sometimes that was a good thing if someone could bring you out of your shell but waking up hungover and sore probably wasn't the best result of that.

I quickly took a peek at myself in his bathroom mirror and groaned, I looked exactly as bad as I felt. My hair was a mess and I had bags under my eyes from no sleep, in fact I could go as far as saying I could use a complete spa day to start looking normal again. Maybe it was a good thing that Finn wasn’t there anymore. But where was he? I had thought I would be waking up to Finn that morning. It was pretty obvious that he left the apartment as there was no other sound but the ones that I was making. As I was tiptoeing to the bedroom door my phone buzzed. Why was I tiptoeing? It was like I was afraid that someone would find me in the strange apartment, yet I was the only one there. I still didn’t understand why we couldn’t just have sex at Finn’s place. What was the big deal? I wondered if he was hiding something from me. He had been acting weird when I asked about his apartment. But what could he be hiding? What was the big deal?

I looked at my phone thinking that it must be Carmen trying to track my whereabouts again. She was worried that I hadn't returned home the night before but I was sure that she must have assumed where I had ended up. She was just mad that I ended up there, the question and exclamation marks told me all I needed to know about her mood and that’s who I was going home to. I definitely wasn’t in the mood for any type of lecture. I felt bad enough, as it was.

I walked out of the bedroom and made my way to the kitchen. I almost laughed when I saw a bottle of water on ice on the kitchen counter with a bottle of Advil beside it. The man literally did think of everything. I opened up the bottle and popped a couple of pills and washed it down with water. I drained the whole bottle, feeling a little better after doing so. I wasn’t sure that I liked the fact that I woke up alone. I wouldn’t have wanted Finn to see me in the shape that I was, but it still felt weird that he had just left without waking me up. I had to remind myself that this was just an “arrangement” and not to mistake it for a relationship. If we were just following a contract, there was no reason to wake up together. That’s what couples did and I had to also remind myself that Finn wasn’t my boyfriend and we weren’t going to run off into the sunset together. It just wasn’t going to happen, so I might as well get used to it. It was so important that I do not get attached because if I did, it would be a disaster.

Beside the water and painkillers was a folder. I opened it and there inside stood a wad of cash and a couple of credit cards. I shook my head as I picked up the credit cards. If I had to guess, I would assume that they had no credit limit on them. The sugar daddy had struck again. It was hard to believe that I was in the situation and I knew that the whole sugar daddy routine was going to take some time to get used to. I counted the money and realized that there was a couple of thousand dollars there in the folder. I just couldn’t believe my eyes. Another thing that was in the folder was a key. I assumed it was my key for the apartment that I would use when Finn summoned me. I still couldn’t believe that I would be “on-call” for sex whenever he needed me. But he was right about one thing, I had five million reasons to do so.

I collected my things and headed out the door of the apartment, locking it behind me with my new key. I headed to the elevator and made my way downstairs.

I pushed open the front door of the building and stepped outside. As I stepped out into the bright morning sunshine, I shielded my eyes and made a quick call for a cab to meet me at Finn's new place. I sighed gratefully as I saw the cab pull up to the curb. I got in and gave the cabbie my address and closed my eyes for the entire trip home.

When I got home, Carmen was up and waiting for me. She was pissed which was evident by the fact that her arms were crossed against her chest.

“Where the hell have you been? I’ve been worried sick. You look like you’ve been attacked by a wild animal.”

“Well, I assure you that I feel the same way. I’m sorry for worrying you. I really didn’t have a moment to text you.”

“I find that hard to believe. You can’t just not come home, Harper.”

“I’m sorry.”

“So, what happened?”

I filled her in on everything. How awkward it was when I went to work yesterday, and then how Finn asked me to dinner. My face turned red as I explained the contract and what he had offered me. I then went into our night of passion and how I woke up alone. Carmen sat there dumfounded the whole time not interrupting me once. When I finished, she was silent for a moment and I couldn’t blame her. It was a lot to digest and even I was still trying to.

“What do you think?”

“I have no idea. Not only am I shocked that he offered you that but I’m probably more shocked that you accepted.”

“You wouldn’t have?”

“I’m not saying that. I’m just shocked that you did.”

“He’s the only guy that I’ve ever been with.”

“I know, which is kind of my point. I just can’t believe it. I’m genuinely torn between how offended you should be and how I wish I was about to get five million dollars for doing something I love doing anyway.”

I laughed. She was right, the sex was amazing and Finn and I had already slept together before the arrangement happened anyway. What was the big deal now?

“I’m just not sure that it’s very ethical. This guy is your boss and you will be working with him the entire time. How is that going to work?”

“True, but so what? What would have been the difference if I would have just slept with him like I already did. We would still be working together but without five million between us. Seriously, Carmen, what is the big deal? This could give me a lot of leverage with the project now.”

“Yes, that’s definitely true. I’m not judging, Harper, please know that. I would probably do the exact same thing. He’s a hot, successful, wealthy man. Situations like this are truly once in a lifetime.”

“I figure, what could it hurt?”

Carmen nodded. “Just be careful okay? These things usually don’t end easily and you could end up with a broken heart. It’s not easy to turn off emotions and he’s the first guy that you slept with. It could be even harder for you to keep things casual.”

“I know, trust me, I know. But I’m not interested in anything serious either. I was just interested in the project. I’m not looking to fall in love. I can keep things light between us.”

“Easier said than done.”

“At the end of the day, I will walk away with enough money to make an impact on my life.”

I sure hoped so anyway.

15

Finn

I had a really hard time keeping my eyes off of Harper that day. All I could think about was the moments I was inside her the night before and how amazing it all felt. She was an incredible woman and she pleased me in a way that made me ache for her regularly. I found myself constantly looking at the time, counting down the hours until the workday was over and I could take Harper back to the apartment and then do all the dirty things possible to her. It was actually all I could think about and was having a hard time concentrating. I so badly wanted to bury myself in her young, willing body for the entire night. I was even thinking about taking the rest of the day off and taking her with me. Although I told myself that I wouldn’t get attached to her, I had to admit, I spent more time than I would like to just thinking about Harper and the things I could do to hear her moan.

I couldn’t keep my eyes off of her and it was starting to get irritating. What the fuck was wrong with me? Harper, of course, remained professional. There was no indication on her part that she had spent the night on my cock and I was grateful for her discretion. I did not need anyone to find out about the fact that I had slept with Harper, especially Bryce who would likely murder me.

Speaking of the devil, Bryce walked into my office briskly stating that she was taking a conference call and asked Harper if she wanted to sit in the meeting and take notes. Harper practically jumped out of her seat which brought a smile to my face. Harper was a smart woman and knew that an opportunity like that would gain her valuable experience. I frowned as I watched the two women exit the office, leaving me alone. It suddenly felt lonely without Harper in the room to keep me company. It was amazing how quickly I had gotten used to her being around and in my space. I almost forgot what it was like to have my office to myself. Currently, it felt rather lonely and I didn’t like it much. It was a strange feeling for me to have because I was used to being alone and I had always been happy about it. I was comfortable and content being alone since Emelia died and never had an interest in seeking companionship after she passed away.

It was strange because I had gotten used to the dull ache that had been a constant emotion of missing my sweet Emelia. That was why I felt so guilty all the time. I felt as if I was dishonoring her memory by enjoying time with another woman. For me it meant that I wasn’t missing Emelia anymore or that I was forgetting her and that was the last thing that I wanted. The dull ache of missing Emelia was a painful thing to endure but I was finding the pain of loneliness to be a sharper blade and it was digging into me right then. What did it all mean and was I making a mistake in my life by not grasping Harper stronger and holding on to her tighter? I shook my head. I needed to get those thoughts out of my head and concentrate on work while Harper was out of the room. I should be taking advantage of the lack of distractions at the moment.

I was just digging into some important spreadsheets when there was a knock on my door. I glanced up and was not impressed to find Axel Mandrake leaning against the door frame with a grin on his face. I was really starting to regret the open-door policy that I had and wondered if I needed to have a talk with the new receptionist about letting Axel in the building, never mind my office.

I leaned back in my chair but did not return the smile. “What do you want, Axel?”

“I have come to talk about your proposed for the real estate development deal. Since you aren’t returning my calls, I figured that I had better come and visit you. I’m sure it must have been some kind of family emergency for you not to return my calls.”

“I haven’t been returning your calls because you keep overcharging me on the property. I’m not paying more than what it’s worth.”

“Maybe, I am open to negotiations.”

“Really? And what made you come to your senses?”

“To be honest, it’s the sweet little blonde that you have working for you. She has captivated me. Where did you find her?”

I instantly felt my blood pressure rise at the mention of Harper. I could feel the hackles being raised as my possessiveness for the “little blonde” took over. “That’s none of your business, Axel.”

Axel laughed which pissed me off even more. “I knew it.”

“Knew what?”

“I had my suspicions after the charity gala but now I am certain. You are fucking your assistant.”

I stood up, anger rushing through me. I had a stronger inclination to jump over my desk and beat the crap out of Axel. Instead I said in a steely voice, “Get out.”

“Relax, Finn,” Axel said as he walked up to the desk and sat in the chair across from me. I had a hard time sitting down again but I did so as I waited for my anger to cool. I wanted to strangle Axel but that wouldn’t do any good. As much as I disliked Axel, I really needed him to work with me on a business deal.

“Don’t get me wrong here, Finn. I get it, she’s beautiful. I’m glad that you found someone new, it’s about time. I thought that you were going to die an old maid. You have been moping around for far too long and you were becoming a bore.”

I had a very controlled rage burning up inside of me and it took all of my willpower not to pummel him. The angrier I got, the calmer Axel seemed to be. As I stared at Axel, I felt some of my anger draining away.

“I understand loss, Finn.”

I narrowed my eyes, wondering where Axel was going with his talk.

“To be honest, Finn, I miss you.”

I raised an eyebrow surprised to hear Axel talking that way. “What are you talking about?”

“We may not have always been the best of friends, but believe it or not, I have always enjoyed being around you. If for nothing else, it’s easy to get your goat. Grief can drown a man, and you need to keep your head above water. Work might suffice for a while, but sooner or later, you have got to decide whether to sink or swim. You have been sinking for far too long, my friend.”

I didn’t like where the conversation was going at all. The last thing that I wanted to talk to Axel about was Emelia or how I was handling my grief. The conversation seemed to be coming out of left field and I didn’t like talking about it in the first place. So, why did Axel feel the need to talk about it?

“I thought you wanted to talk about the real estate deal?”

Axel laughed, shaking his head. “I do but I choose not to work with you until you can work out your aggressions. I’m not sure what is going on between you and the girl but if I know you, you have some kind of deal struck up with her. When that deal runs its course, Finn, only then will I be in touch.”

I watched Axel get up out of the chair and walk out of my office without another word. I stood there shocked unsure of what to think or do. I hadn’t even had the chance to respond to Axel because I was so shocked. I was completely blown away by everything that Axel said. It was astounding how well he knew me but whether I liked it or not, Axel and I had a lot of similarities. I had to wonder if he had struck up a few “deals” of his own in the past. I wasn’t sure how he knew about mine but I didn’t like that fact at all. It was worrisome to say the least. But most importantly I didn’t like that Axel found it to be a detriment that I was involved with Harper. Did he seriously mean that he wouldn’t strike a deal as long as I was with Harper? I had to wonder if that was because Axel wanted her for himself. Either way, it put a kink in my plans. I did not want to wait six months to make a deal with Axel, I wanted to do the deal immediately, that was the whole point. My arrangement with Harper didn’t expire for a while, so what the hell was I going to do?

16

Harper

I was coming out of Bryce’s office after we had concluded the conference call. I almost ran right into Axel Mandrake. The guy was imposing no matter what environment he was in.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Mandrake.”

“Please, darling, call me Axel. No need to have formalities, we are old friends.”

I smiled awkwardly not sure of what to say next.

“How are you liking it here, beautiful girl?”

I couldn’t help the blush that crept up on my face. He was very charming and I couldn’t help but be flattered that such a successful man seemed to be so interested in me.

“Axel, stop flirting with our employees. Don’t you have anything better to do,” Bryce snapped.

“Not hardly.”

“Well, be on your way anyways,” Bryce stated as she entered Finn’s office. I went to follow suit but Axel cut me off before I could enter the office.

I looked at him surprised, unsure of what to do next. I didn’t want to be rude.

“I know what you have been up to, little lady.”

Shock coursed through me and I stood paralyzed in front of Axel. What was he talking about? What the hell did he know? I glanced over Axel’s shoulder and could see Finn watching us. He was scowling from inside his office which was never a good sign. Thankfully, Finn was too far away to hear our conversation but he didn’t look very happy that we were having one.

“I’m sorry, what do you mean?” I whispered, not wanting to draw any more attention to me.

“I know that you have signed on to Team Finn, but you might want to consider Team Axel instead. The pay, my dear, is far better and you won’t find the fringe benefits any better anywhere else either.”

“Mr. Mandrake, I’m not sure what you mean.”

“Please call me Axel,” he said as he leaned in as if we were co-conspirators. “You are a beautiful woman and your talents are being wasted on a guy who won’t get over his dead wife.”

Stunned, all I could do was stare at him. Did he actually just say that to me?

“When you tire of playing second fiddle to a ghost, make sure that you give me a call because I know how to treat a woman right.”

He ended his statement with a devastating smile that would make any woman wilt before him and then he slipped a card into my hand. He turned from me and whisked himself down the hallway. I couldn’t help but stare after him feeling as if I had been hit by a hurricane. Hurricane Axel to be exact. I looked into the office to see Finn’s face a deep read. I chose to ignore it and I walked into the office. I could see that Finn was squeezing his hands into fists and my eyes widen. It was pretty obvious that Axel rubbed Finn the wrong way but he shouldn’t think that I was interested in him. It wasn’t my fault that Axel was interested in me.

I returned to my desk and sat down, determined to forget the whole thing and get back to work. I kept glancing at Finn throughout the day, keeping my eye on him. I was really surprised by his reaction to Axel, it seemed so extreme. Was it possible that he was jealous of Axel? I found that hard to believe. He was a handsome and successful guy; I couldn’t believe that he could be jealous of anyone. He was the one that told me that he didn’t do relationships so why would he care if another guy was talking to me? It really didn’t make any sense. He had nothing in the world to be jealous about especially since we weren’t dating. I was probably just over thinking things as usual. Finn was probably just upset that Axel was still holding the property that he wanted hostage. That would certainly bother anyone and adding the fact that Axel was talking to me, just irritated him all the more. It was nothing to worry about. It wasn’t real jealousy. Axel just rubbed Finn the wrong way in general. It wasn’t a big deal.

The problem was, Finn wasn’t calming down at all. As the morning dragged on, the more uncomfortable the room became for me. The tension in the room was high and I didn’t know what I could do about it. He hadn’t talked to me all morning so I worried that if I tried to, it would set him off. I needed to escape the tension in the room, if only for my lunch hour. I texted Carmen and asked her to meet me for lunch. I got up from my desk and left the office without saying anything to Finn.

****

“I honestly don’t know what the hell to do. Today was brutal and it wasn’t even my fault.”

I filled Carmen in on my morning and my interaction with Axel. I explained how upset Finn seemed by the whole thing.

We were sitting at a bistro down the street from my office. We were sipping champagne and it instantly made me feel better about how my day was going so far. Carmen picked up her glass and took a drink as she browsed the menu. The waiter came over and took our order and when he disappeared Carmen focused on me.

“I’m wondering if you have bitten off a little more than you can chew here.”

“What does that mean?”

“Let’s be honest here, Harper. You were a virgin not that long ago and now you have taken on something that would be overwhelming for even the most experienced girls. Now you seem to be in the middle of two warring billionaires. It’s a lot to take in - I’m sure, it’s very overwhelming.”

“I just don’t understand it. I think that it’s just because Axel won’t sell the property to him. That can be a frustrating part of business to begin with and then Finn sees me talking to him and it just further irritates him.”

“Maybe, or maybe he’s jealous. Guys are like that.”

“Yes, but he was the one that said he only wanted no strings attached.”

“That doesn’t matter. Even if all he wanted to do was sleep with you, that doesn’t mean that he wants his arch-enemy fawning all over you either. Guys are territorial whether they are sleeping with you or not.”

“I guess. I just don’t know what to do about it.”

“Do nothing. It’s not your fault that you’re a babe and that multiple guys are interested in you. If Finn gets worked up, then you tell him that if he wanted it, he should have put a ring on it.”

I almost spit out my champagne as I burst out laughing. I could always count on Carmen to cheer me up when I was feeling low.

“Thanks, I appreciate that.”

“Well, it’s true. Whether Finn likes it or not, he has no claim to you outside of this little arrangement so if you want to talk to someone else, you can.”

“I guess you’re right. It’s not like he had that in the contract.”

“Oh my god, could you imagine? Who knew rich people could be so weird,” Carmen said as she shook her head in disbelief.

I took a sip of my champagne and wondered what kind of mood Finn would be in when I returned back to the office. I was hoping his foul mood would be over with by the time I returned.

“So how are you really feeling about this whole thing?”

“Well, I really enjoy spending time with Finn and the sex is off the charts. I finally know what you have been howling about all this time.”

Carmen laughed. “I love sex, what can I say?”

“I am conflicted, though. I love spending time with him but sometimes his moods are hard to deal with. What was that whole thing that Axel mentioned about his wife being dead? That’s a heavy load.”

“Yeah, I’m not sure what to say about it. I wouldn’t even recommend talking to him about it. You don’t know each other very well and people can be very sensitive about death. You could easily set him off with something like that and really it’s none of your business, it’s not like you’re his girlfriend.”

“Yes, I’m definitely not that.” I frowned. It kind of bothered me that I wasn’t but I really didn’t want to put much energy into that thought because it was pointless to wish for something that wasn’t going to happen.

“I’m definitely learning a lot which I’m grateful for, I wouldn’t be able to do anything like it anywhere else and that’s invaluable. I sat in on a conference call today and it was amazing.”

“That’s awesome, Harper.”

“Yeah, it is. I just wonder what happens at the end of my provisional employment, and my contract. Is Finn going to just push me out the door with a check and a handshake?”

“Would that bother you? Isn’t that what you are there for?”

“Sure. I don’t know.”

“What’s going through your head?”

“It might not feel so good getting pushed out the door at the end of six months. I’m beginning to think a contractual relationship like this isn’t so great for me emotionally.”

“Well, I told you that in the beginning. It’s hard for women to not get emotionally attached to someone that they are sleeping with long-term. It’s a tricky situation. If I was you, I would look at it like a business deal and nothing more.”

“Yeah, I’m trying.”

“Just look on the bright side. If Finn tosses you out, you have another billionaire on the line waiting for you.”

I rolled my eyes and Carmen came to give me her a hug. “Hang in there, girl, you are almost a millionaire.”

17

Finn

I had been stomping around the office like a prickly bear for two days now and I was having trouble getting out of my bad mood. I knew that I was being a complete asshole to my employees but I didn’t care nor could I help myself. I could not get the image out of my head of Axel making a move on Harper yesterday, it was driving me crazy. I had ignored Harper yesterday and didn’t bother to call her for a rendezvous even though I wanted to badly. I was trying to punish her for talking to Axel even though that was stupid. It wasn’t her fault that Axel had the hots for her. She was a stunning woman and I was even shocked that someone didn’t take her off the market by now.

Thinking of Harper and Axel together made my blood boil. I couldn’t even fathom such a thought. Bryce was also onto me, so that wasn’t good news. She had asked me point blank yesterday if there was something she needed to know about. I brushed her off but I knew that she wouldn’t go down without a fight. She was very perceptive and noticed how my moods changed with Harper around.

Bryce decided to take matters into her own hands and showed up at my office asking to borrow Harper for a special project. I knew exactly what she was doing. She was trying to separate Harper from me so I could get my shit together. I watched as the two disappeared from my office and I had to hand it to her, Bryce knew what was good for me better than I did sometimes. She was no-nonsense and that was something that I loved about her.

It took an hour for Bryce to return to my office and Harper wasn’t with her. I looked behind her but I didn’t see Harper anywhere. I raised my eyebrows when she sat down across from me at my desk.

“Can I help you with something?” I asked.

“Absolutely. I thought you should know that you are acting like a jealous teenager and I think that you need to get over yourself.”

Ouch.

I sat back in my chair and scowled at her. I wasn’t about to dignify that with a response.

“I have no idea what’s going on here exactly but I’m not stupid. I do know that something is going on. It’s pretty obvious that you have a thing for Harper and I think it’s getting in the way of your work. I’m not going to ask you about your private life because it’s none of my business. I think that Harper is great, she’s a hard worker so I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt for now.”

I remained silent. I wasn’t about to discuss Harper with Bryce because I knew that only hellfire would await a conversation like that one.

“It’s also clear to me that you see Axel as competition for you. I’m not sure if Axel’s interest in Harper is genuine or if he’s just trying to fuck with your head, but it’s clearly working. It doesn’t matter about any of that because if you keep walking around the office barking orders like an angry bear you are not only going to lose the respect of your employees but you will also chase Harper right into the arms of Axel. So, if you want that girl to stick around, I would start to show your appreciation, not just to her but to everyone who works hard for you.”

Wow, I thought. She really gave me a tongue lashing on that one. It’s a rare day indeed that I got dressed down especially by an employee but Bryce always told me like it was. She never worried about hurting my feelings and that was why she was my top employee. I would do anything for her because she had pulled me through more scraps than I could remember and she had seen me through the darkness after I lost Emelia. I appreciated everything that she did for me but I also wasn’t going to show her any of my weaknesses. So, I frowned and crossed my arms against my chest.

“I don’t recall asking for your advice, Bryce, but in any event, you have nothing to worry about. Harper is not going anywhere because we have a mutual understanding so there is no need for me to ‘show my appreciation.’”

Bryce scoffed. “Are you kidding me right now? You make it sounds like you made the girl sign a contract.”

“Actually, I did.” I took a moment to fill her in on everything that I had done so far and I watched her face changed. She was gaping at me now. It didn’t take long for me to fill her in on all the details.

She shook her head and I wondered for a moment if she was going to slap me.

“You’re a fool.” She stated plainly.

“Excuse me?”

“I understand if you miss Emelia, I know that whole process gutted you. But your wife would have wanted you to move on and be happy with someone else. You’re a young guy, you aren’t meant to honor her memory for the rest of your life. I think Emelia would be ashamed to hear what you are doing with your life because you feel guilty. If I knew her well enough, then whatever is going on today isn’t what she would have called happy. Harper is a good girl; you should be giving her a decent chance. A real chance, not some twisted contractual obligation.”

She turned from me in disgust and marched out of the office leaving me more than a little stunned. She sure knew how to serve it to me when she wanted to. After she left, I returned to answering my long list of emails. I noticed that I got an email from Axel’s charity organization. It was a confirmation of my prize and it gave me all the details for the private island getaway that I had bought at the gala. I couldn’t help but think about what Bryce said. Her message hit home for me and it made me feel worse than I did when I thought about the guilt involved with Emelia.

I really didn’t think that it was possible for me to ever love another woman the way that I had loved Emelia. She had been everything to me, not to mention she was the perfect woman. Genuinely perfect, I couldn’t have asked for a better woman in my life. She had been strong, independent and demonstrated fierceness in everything that she did. She matched my ambition in a way that always fueled my fire. We had adored each other and it had been tough losing her because I loved her so deeply. How could another woman ever match the kind of woman that she was? I just didn’t think that was ever possible.

I would always love Emelia but surely it wasn’t a sin for me to enjoy my life in the present day. Maybe Bryce was right in some ways. She was right in the sense that Emelia would have wanted me to be happy in whatever way that was. She would have wanted me to go on with this life. She would have been appalled to find out that I was having sex arrangements with women. I was just trying to be happy in a way that wouldn’t dishonor her but I probably had done that anyway.

I started to get an idea and a smile formed on my face. I could pull something awesome off for Harper that would make up for everything. I peeked my head out of my office and hollered for Bryce down the hall. She peeked her head out of her office looking just as unimpressed with me as she was when she left my office.

“Get Harper back here from whatever wild goose chase that you sent her on. I have to talk to her.”

Bryce just nodded as she left her office to retrieve Harper. I sat back down at my desk and the smile was still on my face. I was going to really surprise Harper this time.

18

Harper

I returned to the office after Bryce summoned me, telling me that Finn needed me back in the office. I hurried down the hallway and entered the office to see what task he had for me.

He was standing behind his desk and he just blurted out that we were going on a trip. Stunned, I just stared at him. I hadn’t realized that there would be travelling for work but I was up for it.

“Is this for the project?”

He frowned. “No, Harper, it’s for fun.”

Again, I stared at him shocked. We were just going to leave in the middle of the day and head on a vacation, it seemed such a bizarre idea.

“The Finn is being fueled as we speak. So, we will need to be on the tarmac in an hour.”

“What?” I said my eyes as wide as saucers. “I won’t have time to get my stuff from my apartment and get back here. I don’t have enough time to pack. Do you think we can just go later?”

He laughed. “No, we can go wherever and whenever we want. That’s the joy of having a private plane. You don’t need to worry about packing. We will have everything we need delivered.”

I just nodded. I had no idea what was going on but I would just follow his lead and I would be fine. I was so lost in his world where you just ordered clothes and jumped on a private Finn.

“Why are we leaving on the fly, what’s the emergency?”

“No, emergency. It’s Friday,” he said with a shrug. He picked up the phone and called his driver, letting him know we would be downstairs in ten minutes. My head was spinning and I was trying to keep up with everything that was going on. I had never gone on vacation on the fly like that and it was very overwhelming.

“Should I prepare anything?”

“No, and you can leave your laptop here. It’s not that kind of trip.”

“What kind of trip is it exactly?”

He smiled and walked to his office door, shutting it. He came to me and pulled me into his arms, kissing me gently, his lips warm against mine. I felt the butterflies in my stomach again the moment his lips touched mine. I accepted his tongue eagerly as it slipped into my mouth. When we parted, he was looking into my eyes and I knew exactly what kind of trip it was going to be.

“It’s going to be the kind of trip where we lay on the beach naked all weekend.”

“Oh, I see,” I said giggling.

“Let’s go.”

I followed him out the door trying to appear all business as I walked with him down to the elevator. We didn’t talk as we made it outside and I wondered if that was because of his other employees. What would everyone think if they knew that he was whisking me away on vacation to a beach? There would be a ton of office gossip.

My mind was spinning as I climbed into the limo and made myself comfortable in the seat. I remembered that I had better text Carmen this time and tell her I was going away for a while. I sent a text explaining that Finn was taking me on vacation to a beach.

She responded to me almost immediately and I laughed out loud as she sent me a bunch of emojis. My screen filled up with a surprised face, high fives and a couple of eggplants. She may be shocked but she was rooting for a sexy weekend filled with plenty of eggplants. I giggled as I rolled my eyes. She was cute and I sent back a few laughing emojis.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Finn smiling at me. I decided to take an opportunity to let my guard down and see what happened. I laid my head on his shoulder to see if he would shrug it off. I wasn’t his girlfriend after all. Finn pulled out his phone and started barking orders into it. He was requesting an order of jeans, t-shirts and swim trunks to be brought immediately to the Nassau airport. Then he handed me the phone, instructing me to order whatever I would need for the weekend. At first, I was overwhelmed as I tried to think of what I would need for the trip. I started listing off toiletries first and then I asked for a swimsuit, a few t-shirts, a few pairs of panties, and some denim shorts. I was clearly talking to some form of a personal shopper. She then asked me for my sizes and what brands I liked for toiletries. It was kind of fun to order items randomly like that.

I handed Finn his phone back and my mouth dropped open as he told the shopper to cancel the panties, make sure the swimsuit was a bikini, and to send a few choice selections of lingerie along. Then he hung up the phone. When he saw me looking at him, he smiled sheepishly and just shrugged. I smiled back. Life seemed to be working out.

We finally arrived on the tarmac and when I got out of the limo my eyes widened as I stared in awe of Finn’s private Finn. The inside was even better than the outside. It was so wide and spacious. The luxuriousness came in the fact that you could literally lay down in a bed and sleep if you wanted to. Every comfort that you could want while traveling was on the plane. I couldn’t even believe what I was seeing.

We were waiting for the personal shopper to arrive with our order. In the meantime, a flight attendant approached me and offered me some champagne. I accepted and watched as the woman poured us both a glass. I was so overwhelmed with everything. I couldn’t even believe that it was all happening to me, it felt like a dream.

“Would you like a tour of the plane?” The flight attendant asked me. I looked to Finn, who was sitting down and he nodded. “Go ahead.”

I followed the flight attendant who showed me where the bathroom was. I couldn’t believe how big it was and it also had a walk-in shower and a bedroom. I couldn’t believe private Finns could have these things but of course it was meant for long trips so that you could have all the comfort that you needed. It was pretty cool and I couldn’t have been more impressed by it. I returned to where Finn was sitting and sipped at my champagne. The personal shopper arrived and we were now under way. We buckled in and the Finn took off. It was one of the best experiences of my life, it was so much better than flying coach which was all I could afford. Once we leveled off, Finn turned to me and took my hand. He motioned towards the bedroom with his head and I smiled. We unbuckled ourselves from our seat and he took my champagne from my hand, setting it down.

He led me back to the bedroom and closed the door behind us.

“Are you trying to make me a part of the mile-high club,” I said, smiling at him devilishly.

“Definitely.” He brought me in close to him and kissed me.

He ran his fingers over my cheekbone and pushed my hair out of my face, draping it over my shoulder.

He was inches from my lips as he pulled me in and sunk his lips onto mine. I parted them, letting his tongue devour my mouth, kissing him back slowly. His hand at my waist squeezed me tight, and I pushed my body against his.

The kiss was long and passionate, and it was hard for me to get a hold of my senses.

It felt right, it felt good, I had definitely made the right decision by signing that contract. He pulled me in close again and grabbed both sides of my face with his hands. His kiss was filled with desire and need, as was mine. Still kissing me, he pushed me up against the bed and started to caress my leg. He grabbed the back of my thigh, pulling my leg up against him.

He had total control of my body at that moment in time. I wanted him. He unzipped my pantsuit and cupped my breast, rolling his thumb over my nipple and sending sensations through my body. I arched my head back and let him kiss my neck, as he made his way down to my breasts. It felt so good, and I wanted his hands all over me.

We both disrobed quickly, an urgency in all our movements. Once naked, he was staring into my eyes as he slipped his fingers inside me and a guttural moan rumbled in my throat. He knew exactly where to touch and what to do, and I knew he could make me come with his fingers if he wanted to. I wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him while he continued to make me wet.

I reached out and pushed down his trousers. My aggression made him grin. He was huge and rock hard and I wrapped my hand around him, stroking slowly. I already knew I was going to let Finn put it inside me. He lifted me up and lay me down on the bed. I had no idea what had come over me, but I didn’t stop to think.

He spread my legs and slid inside me, making me arch my back in sharp pleasure. I was begging for him to push it in deeper, and his hips pumped passionately.

“Oh, Harper,” he whispered, pushing deep into me.

I put my arms around his back and held him close, felt his bare chest against my bare breasts. He was pushing up and in, and I was enjoying every single second of it.

“Don’t stop,” I begged.

“I won’t,” he said with a smile, continuing to push inside me harder and deeper. He lifted my butt up, as I was ready to come. I wrapped my legs around him and started to whimper.

Finn put his mouth over mine when he knew I was ready to orgasm, muffling my scream with his kiss. I was arching and digging at his back. His response to my orgasm was his own. He pulled out of me and released, his load pouring on my belly. When he was finally spent, he rolled onto his side and we lay there panting.

I started to sit up but Finn pinned me on the bed, kissing my neck and body. I laughed and swatted him away. He pulled a Kleenex from the side table and used it to clean himself off my stomach.

“I’ve only just begun. Give me a minute.”

I smiled, looking forward to what he had in mind. He stroked himself until he was hard again and then he moved towards me. Getting on top of me, he slid right inside.

A moan escaped my lips. I loved when he went in deep like that. It made me feel invincible and it charged my body with lust and wanting. Finn was filling my body with all kinds of pleasure at that moment.

“Stay right there.” He slipped out of me and kneeled before me as I gasped. He plunged a finger inside me immediately and started pumping. My head tilted back as heat filled my body. His mouth claimed my opening and he sucked on the lips of my pussy. I was so wet. He lapped further on my clit and I felt weak in the knees. I ached all over for him and moaned with every thrust of his finger. He pulled his finger out and used his mouth to drink my juices causing me to throb all over.

“Fuck me, Finn, please. I beg of you to make me feel good. I want to feel so good.”

He got up from his knees and got back on the bed. We were surrounded by every luxury possible and it was likely that the cabin crew knew exactly what we were doing.

“I'm going to make you come all over this room.”

“What? We aren't going to have sex in a bed?” I said laughing. Finn was really something else and I wanted to go home with him. He was the perfect man for me and had so much experience. But of course, he wasn’t really mine in the first place. The whole situation was a little overwhelming. I couldn’t believe that I was on a private plane, never mind having sex on one. I was now officially a part of the mile-high club. I couldn’t believe that this was my life. I was flying and having sex with a billionaire. It was a lot to absorb but I wasn’t about to complain for one minute. I was part of a fairytale and I really didn’t want it to ever end. How could I make it go on forever?

He looked down at me and bent forward, kissing me hard.

I gasped. I wanted him badly and I would let him take me anywhere.

“Well, what do you propose?” I asked, breathless.

He took my hand and pulled me from the bed. I could see that the sun was beginning to set and the sky was a brilliant orange all around us. It was stunning to see it come through the plane’s windows. Finn was the best part of the vacation so far and I was going to be sad to see him go after the termination of our six-month contract. Everything was so beautiful around me and he pushed me up against the wall and positioned himself behind me.

“Finn, what are you doing?” I said with a sly grin.

“Darling, what you should worry about is whether someone will hear your screams.”

He grinned mischievously and my smile matched his. It was the sexiest thing I had ever heard. We were standing there buck naked and I was pressed up against the wall. I wondered how easy it would be for the crew to hear us. He took my hand again and led me to the porch railing. He pushed me against the railing and I braced myself against it. He was going to fuck me right there against it and the thought of it made me so horny.

I bent forward a little allowing my bum to stick in the air for him and he smacked it lightly eliciting a giggle from me. I felt so naughty and I didn't care, there was a first time for everything. He plunged inside me without any warning and I gasped in pleasure. He felt incredible inside me and I moaned loudly enjoying every inch of his hard cock.

“How do you like that baby?”

I moaned again loudly, not caring who heard as my body filled with so much pleasure that I could barely stand it. He was pounding me hard, pushing against my bum and I felt crazy with pleasure. Wave after wave of pleasure was coursing through me until I started throbbing inside.

“It feels so good. You're so big Finn, nice and hard. I want more, harder… please give it to me. I need it. HARDERRRR.”

My words were making him crazy and he pushed into me harder and faster, and I tightened around him as he fucked me hard. My moans gave him all the encouragement he needed to plunge in deeper filling me completely with his cock.

“Oh Finn, oh god, you're making me crazy.”

“No darling, your pussy is perfect, so tight and smooth for me. Nice and wet, sweetheart.”

He fucked me good and I had the best view in the world for it. I had my head tilted to the side and I could see the sun setting as he fucked me. It was one hell of a vacation. I could feel myself building for a climax and I tightened around his cock, soaking him even more.

I moaned and gasped at the same time. I was losing my mind while he filled me with his cum and tapped my bottom before leaving me spent right there against the wall. I could barely catch my breath and I looked back at him as he went to clean himself off.

I turned and returned to the bed and dressed, all the while still feeling a little dizzy but deliciously satisfied. It was the best sex that I had in a really long time.

“How's that for the start of our vacation,” I said with a wink.

“So far so good,” he said as he finished getting dressed. “I want you one more time.”

“Finn,” I gasped.

He went to pour some more champagne and I admired his strong ass as he walked away. God, I loved that fit body, he was so hot. I could stare at him all day long.

I walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder forcing him to turn to me. He was surprised when he turned to me. I grabbed the back of his head and pulled him towards me. I planned on taking advantage of his hard cock before it disappeared. When our lips touched again, something lit up inside of me. I wanted him. I wanted him more than I had ever wanted anything in my life. He was incredible in every aspect of the word and I wanted to feel his cock slide into me - again. I had never wanted anyone more in my life. I always thought he was wrong for me when in truth he had been more perfect for me than anyone else. My mind was screaming warnings at me. That he would hurt me, that I would be scarred after this was finished. But I chose to ignore these warnings because I didn't believe that they could possibly be true. I was losing myself in Finn and I couldn’t stop at all. His mouth was hot against mine and his hands found my bottom as he lifted me up into his arms, my legs encircling his waist. It was one of the hotter moments that I had experienced. He carried me into the bathroom and set me down. His hands were hot against my skin as he caressed my breasts, his mouth tasting my lips, my throat and then my nipples growing hard in his mouth. My hands found his cock, hard and throbbing. I loved that cock, loved everything about it. The thought of it could make me wet. My pussy was already on fire and throbbing, desperately wanting to be pleased by this man.

“Finn,” I moaned. “Please.” He picked me up once again and headed to the shower. He turned the water on and pulled me in against him. Hot water poured down my body and I put my hands against his wet chest. The water poured down my back so hot that it gave me chills, or maybe it was Finn that was giving me chills. Our lips found each other once again. He lifted me into his arms and slid me slowly down onto his cock, penetrating me deep. I gasped in a pleasurable surprise. His hands under my bottom, he rode me against his cock smoothly building the tension inside me. I felt insanity kicking in and I wasn't entirely sure how much more I could stand. I felt like I was about to explode. He felt good; his girth filled me up completely making me throb inside. The momentum became faster and harder as he grinded me into him. He was good and I ached for more. I rode onto him harder and felt the tension inside me beginning to explode. I cried out as an intense orgasm ripped through my body and Finn continued to ride into me hard. We climaxed together once again, and it was just so perfect.

Wet and sated, I collapsed into his arms, feeling completely fulfilled.

Finn lowered me slowly, and looked into my eyes, kissing me softly on the lips and then he left the shower.

I followed him out and we toweled ourselves off. I was feeling exhausted after all that buildup and release. I collapsed on my bed where he proceeded to spoon me, it wasn't long at all before I fell asleep with his arms around me.

19

Finn

Harper was insatiable. I could barely believe my eyes. She just wanted more and more. It looked as if we were going to spend the whole trip in the bedroom and I was more than okay with that. She was super-hot and the fact that she couldn’t get enough of me, turned me on immensely.

We had taken a quick nap but as soon as we woke up, her red-hot lips were back on mine. I wasn’t complaining, I found her to be very addictive.

Her kiss had taken me by surprise and I gasped when I felt her tongue meet mine. All my reservations about her began to dissipate and it was like I couldn't remember what I had been worried about in the first place. Why I ever thought that I couldn’t have all of her at once. We were so connected that I felt like I never wanted to leave the room that we were in. She was intense and beautiful and I wanted to be with her every moment of the day. I had planned on drinking champagne with her on the flight but all that had been soon been forgotten as soon as we got into the bedroom. All my worries disappeared the moment her lips met mine. The chemistry between us was electrifying and I almost felt stupid for ever having doubted her or us for that matter.

Before I knew it, I was kissing her back fervently. She tasted incredible and I suddenly felt a warmth all over my body. I touched in between her legs and I could feel heat between her legs and she moaned when my tongue met hers again. I couldn't believe how good I felt around her and how easily I got turned on in her presence. Our kissing grew more passionate and I leaned into her. She put her hand over my rock-hard cock.

“Oh god, Finn.”

“See what you do to me?”

I kissed her again and I sucked her tongue a little. I wanted her so badly and I needed her to know that. “Oh Finn, I can't seem to get enough of you. You have so much power over turning me on.”

I chuckled. “Beautiful girl. That is the best news I have heard all day. I feel exactly the same way about you.”

“Really?”

“Are you kidding me? Look at you? You are the sexiest girl I have ever known. Just looking at you turns me on, never mind the fact that I get to touch you everywhere.”

She moaned. She loved hearing it, hearing me tell her things that she had never heard before. It was so hot and it added to the intensity of the moment. I loved the fact that I had been the only man that she had ever been with. Just that thought alone made my cock harder.

“I had never thought of myself as sexy.”

“You are, Harper. You have no idea how sexy you are.”

She was willing to believe everything that came out of that my mouth because she wanted to. She wanted to be the girl that I thought was beautiful.

I cupped her jaw and put her lips to mine with a softness that made me feel like we were being fused together. She moaned loudly and parted her lips slightly as her hands roamed through my hair pushing her body up against mine. She wanted my hands on her immediately, she needed my hands on her. Trembling she grabbed my face and kissed me harder, aching inside for me.

I moved above her on the bed and stared down at her. She was easily the most beautiful woman that I had ever laid eyes on. I could stare at her face all night long.

“You are so handsome.”

I smiled down at her and pressed my lips softly against hers. I kissed her so slowly and deeply that I felt like I was losing control of myself. I felt heady and emotional and being there with her after my nightmarish week just made everything better. I was glad to get her away from the office and most especially Axel. I needed her near me, pleasing me and making me feel good. She was taking away all the hurt that had been inflicted with every kiss that she gave me. I loved the feeling, I loved her in my arms. I wanted her so badly. My mouth had complete control over hers, and she wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Sucking, nipping and tasting, I was no longer aware of where I was or what I was doing. All I could see and feel was her.

My body was consumed by lust and the need for her to touch me everywhere. My lips felt raw and swollen. The sheets had somehow ended up at our feet, but her body was so warm that I clung to her.

I pressed my lips to hers and kissed her roughly, withdrawing only to let her catch her breath.

My chest was heaving, my heart pounding in my chest. Without thinking her fingers pushed into my hair and she pulled me towards her lips, rushing my mouth. Her tongue found mine first and I lifted her up closer to me so I could kiss her neck. Her closeness set me on fire, I was exhilarating as she made my head spin. She sucked my tongue hungrily and I was dying to be with her, wanting her so badly.

She sat up in the bed and looked glorious while doing it. God she was so hot, even better when she was naked.

“Wow, that's so hot. You want me to take you, sweetheart. I would love to do that. I will fuck you so good, Harper.”

She closed her eyes loving the sound of my voice especially when I talked dirty to her. It was one of her favorite parts of lovemaking; I loved telling her how turned on I was.

“You look so beautiful.”

She smiled, “Then get over here.”

I went to her and rose above her once more. I parted my mouth on hers, our breath becoming one, and a delicious shiver ran through me as our tongues found each other. Her breasts rose and fell as I ran my fingers up her leg, then possessively cupped her ass.

“You have such a hot ass,” I whispered.

She just looked up at me loving the feel of my hands on her ass.

A thousand emotions were going through my body as she touched me, I was dying of anticipation for her. I shuddered as she caressed my cock, and I briefly opened her pussy lips with my thumb as I sucked on her nipples. She bucked underneath me and I laughed softly as I continued to lick her nipples, tonguing them, playing with them, before covering it with my mouth and sucking.

“Oh God, Finn that feels so good.”

I ran my hands over her body, growling, “Harper, you knot me up and tear me apart.

“I want you in my mouth.”

I looked at her with surprise but that quickly turned to lust as I rolled over onto my back. She was immediately on me and took my cock in her mouth. I moaned loudly, “Harper, god that feels good.”

She sucked on me hard allowing her tongue to swirl around my tip. I felt the tip of my cock hit the back of her sweet throat. I was nice and big in her mouth and she ached to have me inside her.

“Harper, you make me want to take you right now. But I want to taste you first.”

She sat up as I pushed her back down on the bed. She spread her legs eagerly for me and I slowly rubbed my fingers against her wet opening. The sensation thrilled her. She was already wet for me and I could tell that she was aching for my cock. I bent down and lightly lapped at her opening. She moaned. I continued licking her opening as if she was an ice cream cone. I stuck my tongue inside her and she gasped. I began to suck her clit until she thought she would lose her mind. I had already lost my ability to think clearly, all I could see and feel was her. Tasting her pussy was one of the best experiences that I could have sexually. Licking her pussy turned me on so much.

“Please take me Finn, I need you badly.”

“You can have anything you want, Harper.”

I eagerly spread her wide, my erection pulsing and hard as I flattened her on her back and covered her with the heat of my body. My mouth was one with hers again and I could taste myself on her lips. I felt her melt underneath me. She clawed my back and I buried my face into her neck, biting and nipping her.

“Who do you belong to?”

“You,” she panted. “I only want you.”

I pulled out and flipped her over. She stuck her bottom in the air and I rubbed her ass.

The closeness to her, our limbs tangled together, and her bottom against my cock, I had never wanted anyone more than I wanted her at that moment. I wanted her tongue in my mouth once again but I would have to wait. Heat filled my veins as I continued to massage her ass cheeks. I slipped a finger into her opening and finger fucked her. She was so wet that she was dripping against my fingers. There was need written all over her face and she was easily the sexiest woman that I had ever seen. I could see her back muscles clench, her body working as I pushed myself into her deep. Thrashing as a sound of pleasure ripped through her, she pushed her ass against me taking in more of my cock. She muttered my name as she was bent over and I kissed her beautiful shoulders. I thrust inside her as she moaned my name over and over again. She came against my cock as I rocked inside her and she was panting as I followed suit filling her up. I slid out of her and rolled over on the bed. She moved up against my body. I wrapped my arms around her and held her naked body to me. I bit the back of her neck holding her tighter than she had ever been held before.

Summoning the energy to move after that took a lot of energy for me and I imagined that she felt the same way. There was no way around it, she was going to be tired and sore after that sex marathon. She was turned into me and was looking into my face and I smiled when she looked up at me.

I leaned in and kissed her on the forehead. “That was fantastic, Harper.”

“You were great as well.”

“Are you tired?”

“Nope,” she said.

“How do you feel?”

“Hungry,” she said and giggled.

I laughed, “Well I'm not surprised. Okay let's get dressed and see what we can do about that.”

****

When we landed at the airport, A porter was there to greet us. We had our packages, so that would do for our luggage. The porter took the items and we all headed to a much smaller water plane. This would be our mode of transportation to get to the island. She held my hand tightly as the small plane lifted up into the sky. The view around us was amazing and I loved watching her look at the surroundings in awe. She would gasp every now and then as she was looking out the window. We flew over the bright blue waters and the sun was setting there on the islands, it was a stunning sight to see in the plane.

I took a deep breath as the sight reminded me of Emelia. I hadn’t been on a vacation since Emelia died. I was finding it really hard to relax there beside Harper when visions of my wife kept cropping up in my view. God, I missed her so much. I looked to Harper out of desperation and when I saw the giant smile on her face, my gloom suddenly departed. It was hard to feel sad when there was a happy and beautiful creature sitting beside you. I was determined to enjoy my time with her on the island. She deserved my full attention. I didn’t want to get gloomy again in her presence. I had been miserable for a few days already and she deserved better than that. She deserved to be taken on vacation to a beautiful location and treated well while she was there and that included having me in a good mood. Otherwise, why be there at all?

It didn’t take long to get to our destination and the view from above showed an island that was lush and fertile. The greens and blues were so bright together and the view was breathtaking. It was the perfect place to take Harper and I couldn’t wait to show her around. We got off the plane and she ran ahead to the cabin-like location that we were staying in. The accommodations were beyond luxurious and I was rather impressed by Axel’s place. When I walked inside, I saw that Harper was playing with the TV and squealed that it turned on by itself.

Right away a video message form Axel started to play.

“Hello Finn and Harper! I wish you two lovebirds a good time while you are staying here. I have set everything up for your enjoyment while on the island. Have fun, Harper, though I would have preferred to be there with you rather than Finn.”

I heard Harper gasp and she turned to me. My anger flared as my feathers were perfectly ruffled. Axel sure knew how to get at me no matter where he was. Here we were on a private island and Axel still managed to get to me in the most irritating fashion.

Harper didn’t say a word, instead she just left the room to further explore around the cabin. My anger started to fade as I followed her around exploring. We were in an amazing place and I was with a beautiful woman. I wasn’t about to let Axel ruin that for the both of us. If I did, then he would only win and I didn’t want that. I could look at his antics with amusement and refuse to allow him to bother me. The truth of the matter was, I was the one there with Harper and he could eat his heart out. I should be the one gloating instead of being irritated by him. I had won the girl and she had never been interested in Axel in the first place, so there was no reason to be jealous.

I loved watching Harper delight in the luxury elements that were around the cabin. I was used to those kinds of things so it didn’t even faze me anymore but for her, she was seeing most of these things for the very first time. I found her reaction to these things to be very endearing. She stepped out onto the balcony and stared at the amazing view that we had. I walked up beside her and she turned to me. Her smile was about a mile wide and it was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen.

“This place is so beautiful, Finn. Thank you so much for bringing me here.”

I smiled. “You’re very welcome, Harper.” I leaned in to kiss her softly on the lips. Every time that I did that, it felt like I was complete all over again. What was happening to me? I wasn’t sure if I should be freaked out or not. But I was going to go with the flow.

“How about we go inside and you can start to model some of those lacy things that the shopper sent over for you.”

She grinned. “Well, you know what that might lead to.”

“Yes, that’s what I’m hoping for.”

She giggled. “I am up for giving you a tropical fashion show as long as you are going to model your swim trunks for me.”

“It’s a deal,” I said. She ran into the cabin giggling and I went after her quickly. I couldn’t let something that gorgeous out of my sight.

20

Harper

I sat out on the balcony of the cabin and just stared out at the view. I could easily stare out there all day and night. I had never seen anything more beautiful in my life and it was so surreal that I was there with Finn. A few short weeks ago, my life had been so different and now there I was, on a private tropical vacation with a man who was movie star hot. Being on vacation with a rich and successful man sure didn’t hurt either but I would have gone anywhere with him. I didn’t need luxury to be happy with him, I would have gone to Chicago and stayed in a dive motel and still would have been as happy as now. The luxury was just a bonus. What I really enjoyed was just spending time with Finn. I only had six months with him and then I wasn’t sure what was going to happen between us. I wanted to make the most of my time with him. I felt tender after our mad lovemaking session the night before and the plane but it was all worth it. There was something gratifying about being sore after having sex that I was just learning about recently. Sure, I was sore but it felt amazing to be that sore and I was still looking forward to making love to him again, hopefully sooner, rather than later.

The view was stunning but most importantly, I was having a ton of fun with Finn, more fun than I ever thought was possible. We just worked together and, in that sense, it made me a little sad because all I wanted to do was to be with him. But at the end of the day, he was just a contract and that was all we were to each other. I wished that there was something that I could do about it, but there wasn’t. It was just something that I had to accept. In the meantime, I planned to do everything in my power to enjoy the moment while I was in it. I had taken a few pictures of the island and sent them to Carmen and she was astounded that I was vacationing in such a beautiful place.

I had actually never seen Finn as relaxed as he was on the island. He still had moments of gruffness and tension but in general seemed more relaxed than he was when we were at work. I was hoping that I had something to do with that but I wasn’t sure. The relaxed version of Finn was someone who was not only funny but adventurous as well.

He walked out onto the balcony as I looked up at him.

“Breakfast is served, my dear.”

I smiled and got up from the chair that I had been sitting in. I followed him into the cabin and towards the kitchen. There was a private chef that had cooked the most mouthwatering pancakes that I had ever seen. They were topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit and there was a side of bacon. I noticed that there was tea by my plate and it made me happy to know that Finn remembered that I preferred tea to coffee.

I sat down at the table and picked the tea up, taking a sip. Finn sat down across form me and started digging right into his pancakes. I couldn’t blame him, they looked insanely delicious. Everything was cooked from scratch and I wondered what it might be like to have a private chef all the time. The thought of never having to cook again appealed to me greatly. I dug into my pancakes as well and made all kinds of yummy noises which earned me a laugh from Finn.

After the amazing breakfast we decided to work off our meal by taking a walk on the white sandy beach. I grabbed a pair of sunglasses and followed Finn down to the beach. He took my hand in his, which really surprised me. He lifted my hand and twirled me around on the beach until I was giggling. I unlatched my hands form him and started to run down the beach. He chased me and we ended up falling together in the waves. He scooped me up out of the water and brought me up on the sand again where we laid together. It was romantic and that surprised me. This sort of thing wasn’t part of the contract so I wasn’t sure why he was bothering to be romantic when he didn’t have to be. He wasn’t interested in a relationship so it was unnecessary for him to treat me any different.

The day was spent exploring not only the beach but each other. The island was so amazing that you could probably spend a month there and still not see everything. We went for a really long walk and found ourselves at a lagoon with a pretty little waterfall that had water cascading down into a pond. All it took was us looking at each other and dirty thoughts crossed our minds, I guess simultaneously. I ran in towards the waterfall. I dove into the lagoon naked, never feeling any better. The water was cool and refreshing after the long day that I had. The sex had made my body so sensitive and the water just intensified that feeling. There was no one to see us and I had always wanted to go skinny dipping with a handsome man. I was saying yes to every opportunity because I didn’t want to regret not doing something fun with Finn while I had the chance. It felt amazing being out in the water and I had practically forgotten about the contract that was awaiting us when we returned home. It was almost like a time clock that was counting down their time together.

I swam over to Finn and wrapped my arms around his neck. I then wrapped my legs around his waist and just hugged him tight. I just wanted to be as close to him as possible. I never wanted to let him go ever. We swam like that for a few minutes before he started to walk towards the waterfall to explore. I unlatched my legs from him and dropped back down into the water. I watched as he went behind the waterfall to explore. I hadn’t realized that there was a cave behind there. I followed him back there and it was like we were in our own personal cave. It was romantic and beautiful and more than a little mysterious. There was a rock ledge that made the perfect spot for the two of us to choose to sit if we wanted to. It wasn’t long before Finn had something else in mind for me.

He kissed me and I returned his passion with a little tongue. It took very little to get my heart beating hard around him. He gave me lustful thoughts and butterflies all at once. Things started to get hot and heavy between us and the air in the cave was thick with sexual tension. He lifted me up and sat me down on the rock ledge and started to explore my body. I melted at his touch and every part of my body was suddenly alert and ready for him. I was so wet, just for him.

I had never done anything so wild like this before but it was exciting...and a little naughty. I was liking the naughty side of Finn. What would Carmen think if she knew we were fucking in a mysterious cave? It was just between Finn and I; no one would ever know that I had embarked on a sexual interlude in my office, right? Finn was just a guy who wanted to please me in various ways and I really wanted him to please me. I wanted him more than anything. I grew warm all over with the thought, I was actually becoming incredibly horny as his tongue continued to play with my own. I moved over closer to him. He was right in front of me as I sat on the rock ledge. Were we actually going to fuck in there?

He just stared at me; I could tell he was feeling exactly the same way that I was. He wanted me and I remembered what he said about our connection and he was so right about it. We were connected in a way that I had never felt with another guy. God…that turned me on so much. What did it all mean, if it was just going to end in a few months? How many positions would it be by that time?

“So, what should we do first? Are we actually going to have cave sex?

He flashed me a devilish grin that made me warm all over. “I'm going to make you feel really good Harper. And yes, I think cave sex is the new vacation sex.”

I giggled, I loved the way he talked, it always got me in the mood. Why had no one done it before, it hadn't even occurred to me to request it or need it but I certainly liked it now. I had never had sex before but I had some pretty hot and heavy make out sessions and they were never like this. Ever since I had met Finn, he had talked to me in a manner that was so intoxicating.

He leaned in and slipped his hand around my neck pulling me into his arms as his mouth claimed mine. He tasted sweet and sexy. His mouth was hot to the touch and I almost moaned when we connected. He kissed me softly at first and then his kisses became more fevered as if he needed my mouth on his. His tongue slipped into my mouth and I claimed it. I sucked him slowly, tasting him before I pulled away. He pulled me in again as if he was not finished kissing me. His tongue found mine again and our kisses grew more passionate. His hand found my breast and he kneaded it softly. He began pulling off my t-shirt and tossed it aside. He stopped kissing me momentarily to look down at my breasts that were dying to be released from my bra.

“You are beautiful!”

I smiled though all I could think about was what he looked like naked. He unclasped my bra and he pushed me back until I was pushed up against the rock wall. His mouth found my nipple and he sucked, nipped and licked it. The sensation I was getting was making my panties wet. I moaned softly as he replaced his mouth with his fingers and pulled on my nipple causing an ache between my legs. I liked it, it turned me on so much. He continued playing with my nipples causing me to moan as a pleasure built up in my body. My hand reached down and I massaged the front of his shorts, I could feel his hard cock pushing against his shorts. He smiled down at me. “Do you want it. Do you want it in your mouth?”

I nodded, still speechless…I felt wanton around him, like I would do just about anything for pleasure. To have him please my body, to give me what I wanted. He undid his button and pulled the zipper of his shorts down. He brought his shorts down to his knees and slid his underwear down with them. He kept his shorts suspended on his knee so that they didn’t get wet in the water. His hard cock bounced before me, now free from his underwear. He was so big; the sight was always breathtaking to me. He pushed me further against the wall so that I was leaning back on the ledge and stood in front of me. I took his cock into my mouth and sucked on it. His eyes closed above me and I sucked hard while I massaged his balls. My tongue began to swirl against his shaft and then around his tip. He moaned with eagerness and I sucked him even harder.

“Oh god, Harper, that feels amazing.”

I took his cock deeper into my mouth until it hit the back of my throat. I moved up and down rhythmically and fluidly with him in my mouth.

His moans excited me and I felt my pussy dripping. He pulled his cock out of my mouth and finished undressing himself, tossing his clothing up on the ledge beside me. I followed suit and undid my shorts and slipped them off. I was only wearing a thong underneath so it was easy to dispose of. He watched me undress and he couldn't take his eyes off my pussy.

“Mmm, you look good. I want to eat you out, baby.”

I didn't hesitate to lean back on the ledge and spread my legs. I wanted him between my legs, I wanted him to lick my pussy.

He dropped down before me and ate me out, licking me slowly, lapping at my folds gently. It felt incredible as his tongue licked the sides of my opening, causing a tingle to run through my body. He took my clit in his mouth and sucked on it causing me to moan loudly as my pussy dripped.

“Oh god...oh god...”

He looked up and smiled, “Does that feel good sweetheart?”

“Oh god, yes, it feels incredible.”

My pussy was soaking and he was licking it up tasting every inch of me. I felt the buildup coming. I was going to come right there in the mysterious cave. I didn’t have to worry about volume on the private island so I moaned as loudly as I wanted to.

“Oh god, oh wow, I'm going to come.”

He was sucking on my clit when he buried a finger inside my pussy and started pumping away. It was too much, too much all at once and I cried out softly as I had an orgasm so delicious that I wanted even more.

“How was that?”

I just grinned with desire written all over my face.

“Let me sit down baby. I want you to sit on my cock and ride it.”

I grinned loving the sound of his words. He got up onto the rock ledge and I couldn’t wait to sit on his cock. I got into position with my back facing him and plunged myself onto his cock.

I gyrated slowly as I started riding his smooth cock. He pushed deep inside and groaned.

“Mmmm, you sexy girl. You feel delicious. You ride my cock good baby.”

I moaned, his voice, his words, his cock were driving me mad. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, he reached around and started playing with my clit. It was almost too much to bear, I couldn't get enough. I was moaning softly wanting to beg for more but feeling already possessed by him. My pussy was so wet, he was driving me wild. I was loving every minute of our lovemaking.

“Just relax sweetheart.” I gasped as pleasure coursed through to me. I continued pumping onto his cock as an orgasm took a hold of me once again. “Oh god Finn, oh god, that feels so god,” I whispered my yearnings to him.

“Okay my turn now. I’m going to get on the top and make you feel so good baby.”

I lifted myself off his cock and waited to see what he had in mind.

His cock, oh god, looking at his size made me horny all over again. I wanted to be fucked by him desperately.

I couldn't believe all that was happening, it was hard to believe I was in that situation, right there in the cave on the private island but I was loving every moment of it. My body throbbed and I was begging for a release. I needed him at that point, to fuck me in the most uninhibited way so that I would get the release that I wanted, the release that I deserved. I wanted to be fucked over and over again by that man. This was the kind of therapy one needed when you were stressed out. I loved it. I wanted him to take away all my worries with his sweet cock.

He got up from the ledge and pushed me against it. I laid out on it once again and when he pushed my legs up over my head my eyes widened. Damn, things were about to get seriously kinky.

I did as I was told, my body weakened from pleasure. I was lying on my back, my legs spread before him and above him.

“Touch yourself for me. It’s Daddy’s command.”

My eyes popped open. The word, Daddy, turned me on…But I shook my head, “I can't…Daddy.”

“Yes, you can. Daddy wants to see you please yourself, it turns him on and then he’s going to slide inside that wet pussy of yours and fuck you really good. So, be a good girl for Daddy. Will you?”

Nervousness swelled inside my stomach; I had masturbated before obviously but never in front of anyone – except that one time with Finn. So, I did what any sane woman would do and I spread my legs and slid my fingers through the wetness that was all over my pussy. I swirled it around before moving up my clit, massaging it with my finger. I grinded into it closing my eyes as I enjoyed my own touch. I was sure my face was a bright crimson but he didn't say a thing. In fact, when I opened my eyes, my sugar daddy was staring down at me mesmerized by what I was doing. He looked up at me with fire in his eyes and the look on his face made me feel incredible. Like I was completely in control of his pleasure. I loved the feeling of controlling his lust and I inserted two fingers inside my pussy and moaned as they went in deep. I finger fucked myself in front of him watching a slow smile form on his face.

“That is so hot.”

I moaned as I pleasured myself, taking my fingers out and swirling my juices around my clit. I was throbbing all over and I desperately wanted to be fucked at that point.

“Please?”

“Please what darling, do you want some help?”

“I want you…daddy.”

“Then you can have me.” He positioned himself in the missionary position and put my legs up over my head again. He entered me slowly and I gasped with how deep he went.

“Oh yes, this is nice. You're nice and tight baby. God your pussy feels so good.” The level of deepness in that position was crazy good.

I leaned my head back, delirious with pleasure. He fit inside me perfectly and I got a wave of pleasure every time he moved inside me. He began pumping me a little faster, causing me to moan loudly. His cock was perfect and with the position we were using he was in the perfect spot to hit my G-spot over and over again. My body built up once again and I knew that I was going to come all over his cock.

“Come for me baby, I can see it on your face. Come for daddy.”

I exploded then doing as he asked, screaming loudly. I was spent and yet he kept fucking me slowly. He pulled out and pulled me off the rock ledge. He took me by the hand and took me out of the cave. We left the lagoon and found a grassy area that we could continue playing in. I followed him around and he told me to lie down on the grass.

“What about our clothes?”

“Who cares? We will get them later. All I can think about is your pussy right now.”

He slid inside my pussy hard. I cried out as pleasure overtook my body. I moaned, enjoying every inch of his cock as he pounded me over and over again. He leaned down towards me and spanked my ass. I cried out realizing I had never experienced anything so sexy in my entire life. He pumped into me, harder waves of pleasure rolling off of me. I smiled up at him and stifled my moans as best I could as another orgasm ripped through me. I was having multiple orgasms with this man, how was I ever to return to normal sex again?

“I love being inside you baby, you are so tight…so beautiful…so delicious.”

I moaned, loving the way he was making me feel, but even more so by the way he talked to me.

I could hardly believe myself at that moment whatever had possessed me to do such a thing, having sex out in the open in the wild? God, I had wanted him so badly, I still did. Finn just wanted to bring as much pleasure to my body as I could stand.

There was no way to clean ourselves off that time, so we made our way back in the water and into the cave again. The water cleaned us off and we slipped into our clothing easily.

“Thanks for the great romp.”

I giggled as I pulled him in for another deep kiss.

“Ready to go?”

I nodded though I was sad to have the sex end and to leave the cave. We were creating our own memories and I would certainly never forget what happened in that secret hideaway cave.

****

We were staying at one of the most expensive places in the world. When I had a moment to myself, I looked up the price of a private island on the internet and was astounded to find out what Axel probably paid for the location. We had the whole floor of the cabin and it had a rooftop balcony that was breathtaking. There was the lower balcony that was just off the kitchen and now I was sitting up on the rooftop wondering how my life became so fabulous. The view was absolutely gorgeous and the balcony was home to a pool that just spoke of luxury and class. The pool was one of the best parts of the location. Not too many people got to live like that and I was lucky enough to be one of them. I had never seen anything like it, nor had I dreamed I ever would. Who lives like that after all? I guess flying girls off to a different island was a billionaire's idea of winning them over. I was in shock; however, I had felt blessed ever since I arrived there and I wished that I could stay there forever.

I thought it was a little too elaborate but I certainly wouldn’t complain if Finn told us we were staying forever. He didn't even allow me to pack, he just whisked me off and told me we could buy whatever I needed when we arrived. It had been a whirlwind so far but I was loving every minute of it. Carmen had been shocked, not at the fact that he took me there but the fact that I had no idea when I was returning. He was treating me like a Princess and it was an amazing feeling. No bad behavior at all, the grumpiness seemed to have completely faded and there was a whole new Finn that I was getting to know really well. In fact, he was such a nice guy on the trip that I thought he had been abducted by aliens!

The cabin we were staying in cost $10,000 a night, if Axel were to ever rent it out and that blew my mind more than anything. It was a little extravagant and he been generous enough to offer it at the charity and thankfully it was Finn that had won it. For anyone that was rich enough, the cost was well worth the luxury of staying in this kind of place. And then, we had the entire island to ourselves to explore.

I would have been just as happy spending the few days in the room with Finn. Just the idea of good company and long talks appealed to me. Good food, a little champagne, a gorgeous view with a moonlit dip in the pool, and to top it all off I was sleeping in the same room with a very handsome man. Why leave the room at all? But Finn wouldn't hear anything about it, he wanted to experience all the fun with me including touring the island and walking on the beach.

So, we did exactly what he wanted and we began the day with touring the other side of the island and walking on the beach looking for seashells. We stopped for lunch at a tiki bar on the beach and had fresh sushi and wine, compliments of the private chef on location. It was glorious. The flavors and taste mingled in with the heat of the day and my day had just been made complete. What a life! I was still getting used to it!

And Finn was incredible. God…the guy made me laugh. I was seeing a different side of my boss. Not only was he incredibly charming but he had an amazing sense of humor. I would be laughing up a storm by his side all day and it couldn't have been more perfect for me. He just made me so happy without any effort, we just fit together like a puzzle. Two pieces that had been lost finally finding each other and fitting together again perfectly. All because I had agreed to a sexual arrangement. I was hoping to God it wasn't all just an act. But considering he kept reminding me that he had never met anyone like me before, I was pretty sure he was being genuine and the bad part was, it was becoming really hard for me to keep my emotions at bay.

I was starting to feel a little buzz so early in the day from all the wine we were drinking so I suggested we hit up one of the trails to sober her up a bit. I didn't want to end up being tucked in at 3 pm in the afternoon. We spent the next two hours going through the trails until I literally felt like dropping. Thank god I wore sensible shoes or I would never have made it. I couldn’t wait to get back and enjoy some one on one time with him. He just inspired the naughty side in me. And he was way too generous when it came to splurging on the trip for me, I found it overwhelming.

Life truly was good for me at the moment and I couldn't believe how much had changed in a short period of time. I was afraid it was all going to disappear and I didn't want it to. Being there with Finn was truly a dream come true. This man was capable of bringing so much happiness to my life. And the way he completed me, filled me sexually – the things that he did, the effort that he put in, just to make me feel good…was this just a sexual contract? Was he just my sugar daddy?

When we finished our trail exploring, we decided to just order room service from the private chef and relax by the pool as we had an exhausting day of drinking and walking, so we decided a night in was just the answer. As we walked back inside, I reveled once again in the cabin that we were staying in, it was just amazing, I loved it.

We made our way up to our room and laid out on the bed.

“Would you like a drink?” I turned to find Finn behind me holding a glass of bourbon.

“Sure, I'm not a big liquor drinker, but hey we're on vacation, right?”

He laughed, “That's a good attitude to have.” He poured me a glass and handed it over to me.

I took a sip, a bigger one than I should have because it seared my throat as it went down. A coughing fit struck me and Finn started patting me on the back. “Are you okay?” he said laughing.

I composed myself as best I could. “Yes, I'm fine thank you. Real elegant, wasn't it?”

“That's what I love about you most Harper, you're normal. You don't put on airs for anyone.”

I looked deep in his eyes and something just clicked in me, “I want you.”

He moved in close, “I want you too, Harper.”

“Then take me, I'm all yours.”

He took the glasses and set them on the table and pulled me close.

He lifted me into his arms and carried me out of the bedroom and set me down on the kitchen counter. I giggled as I wrapped my arms around his neck and bringing him in for another kiss. He looked so hot that I could barely contain myself. He immediately took one of my nipples in his mouth and sucked on it. I gasped excitedly, wanting his cock that much more. I lifted my bottom up and wiggled out of my shorts and panties. He watched as I spread my legs on the counter revealing my opening. I was giving him the motivation to hurry up and fuck me. He bent down and started eating me up.

He looked up at me. “You taste like the sea.”

I giggled as I smiled down at him. He put his face in between my legs again and started to lick me.

I moaned loudly loving the feel of his tongue against my pussy. He was so good at oral; it was just heavenly.

I moaned his name as he sucked on my clit. He was so incredible in bed that I could just imagine what it would be like to be with him all the time. I knew with a guy like Finn, it probably had to do with his need to claim me in his own mind and I allowed it because it turned me on so much.

He sucked on my clit, slowly fingering me. I gasped and he pumped into me hard, my mind swirling with the intensity building up inside me. I knew what was coming, he would slide his cock hard into me right there on the counter and claim me once again. The fact that we fucked anywhere that we wanted without a care in the world made sex so much more exciting. Finn was very well endowed and it was always an overwhelming feeling to have him enter me especially if he was going in hard and fast. It was all in a good way no doubt, he hit every nerve inside me when we fucked.

He stood up and pulled me off the counter “Turn around baby, I want to fuck you doggy.”

He didn't need to ask me twice and I immediately turned around and pushed my bum in the air. “Fuck me Finn, really good. Fuck me hard.”

That was all the encouragement he needed to plunge his throbbing cock inside me.

I cried out with the pressure of his size pushing into me. He pushed into me deeper and I moaned loudly. Having him inside me drove me wild. I couldn't get enough of him.

“Please Finn, baby, I need it. HARDER.”

He pounded roughly against me and I moaned with every thrust. He rubbed my ass as he slowed his thrusts moving deeper in and out of me.

“Finn, god baby, you feel so good.”

“Your pussy feels incredible, Harper.”

He leaned over and reached around to my clit. He liked giving me double the pleasure when he could. That was why I loved doggy so much. I moaned feeling fulfilled in both areas. He rubbed my clit hard and I started to feel dizzy from all the pleasure he was giving me. He was thrusting his cock into me hard again while he rubbed my clit.

He fucked me slowly again with his hard cock and then bent over further. This time, he gently bit me on the shoulder. I was delirious with pleasure and wanted him to pump into me harder and faster. Sometimes, I wanted it rough too. And the best thing with Finn was that he made it all about me – me and my pleasure. How could a man do that? Experience, I guess.

“There you go baby, that feels good, doesn't it?”

“Oh Finn, you make me feel so good.”

He found my clit underneath and rubbed into me as his pace picked up. It felt so good having him tease my clit while he fucked me.

“Oh Finn, I'm going to come.”

He pumped into me until I came and then he spilled himself into my pussy releasing his own orgasm. He pulled out of me and I turned to him enveloping myself in his arms.

I was considering going for another dip in the ocean with Finn before we hunkered down for the evening. Finn did promise me a swim before we turned in for the night and I watched him head out to the ocean. I smiled feeling warm all over again. I doubted that I could tempt him with round three again before the swim but anything was worth a try.

Maybe skinny dipping would get him in the mood once again. I giggled at the thought.

21

Finn

Having sex with Harper was one of the best experiences in my life and I was so glad that I found a way to make it happen. We had so much sex so far on the vacation that I had completely lost count. It was magnificent and wonderful and I literally could not get enough of her. She was magic, pure and simple and she had me completely bewitched. I needed her every minute of the day and it was starting to scare the crap out of me. I hadn’t expected to get so attached to her but there was not a moment that I didn’t want to be inside of her. I was starting to wonder if I would be able to give her up after all.

When I placed her fine bottom on the kitchen counter, I could not wait to get inside of her. She was so hot that I felt like I would come before I even got inside of her.

She bore her mouth onto mine and the fire that lit between us was hot and intense. She gasped inside my mouth and my loins burned for her. My hands went into her hair, pulling her closer to me. I needed her closer to me at all times. I kissed her deeply finding her tongue and sucking on it gently. She moaned and the sounds she made caused me to go rock hard. Oh yes, I would have her tonight. I needed to hear her moan all night long and I was going to do everything in my power to make that happen. I stood up then and pulled her body to mine and held her tightly. I kissed down to her chin and trailed kisses down her neck sucking on her as I went along. Her hands found the bulge in my shorts, rubbing me hard, causing a friction that drove me insane. The fact that she was eager for my cock drove me half mad. I pulled off her t-shirt and unclasped her bra. Her breasts dropped deliciously from the bra and I bent down to suck on her pink nipples. She gave a guttural moan and I sucked even harder. She pushed me away, tearing off her shorts and I glimpsed a pair of white lace panties before she slid them to the floor.

I dropped in front of her, spreading her legs as she leaned back. Her pussy was so pink it made me crazy. She was already wet and I slid a finger inside her, feeling her drip down my finger. She moaned my name and it was just about the best sound I had ever heard. I leaned in and sucked her good while fucking her with my finger. She came all over my finger and I pulled out.

“Please Finn, I want you inside me.”

I loved it when she begged. I pulled her up and turned her over as she slid off the counter. She gasped in excitement as she bent over for me, her tight round bottom in my face. I bent down and kissed her bottom, moving in real close to her. I was hard and couldn't wait to plunge inside her pink little pussy. Her tight bottom drove me insane and I drove deep inside her causing her to moan loudly. She was tight and wet and I really had to control myself.

“Finn, I need it.”

She loved the sight of her magnificent ass as I plunged deeper inside and moved within her. She called out to me loudly and I briefly wondered if there was anyone within earshot. I couldn’t care less even if the whole island was hearing. I was fucking an amazing woman and I wouldn't stop for anything.

She came against my cock and I continued to rock inside her until I spilled into her as well. I leaned down on top of her back, breathing heavily into her hair. I was like a man possessed; I was working overtime trying to bring her as much pleasure as I possibly could.

“Oh Harper, that was incredible.”

“Yes, that definitely was amazing.” I could not wait to fall asleep tangled up in each other’s arms that night.

***

That night, we had a romantic dinner together and it was just as magical as the sex had been. Everything seemed brighter with Harper around, food tasted better, alcohol tasted better and the sunrise could bring a tear to my eye if it meant that Harper was there beside me, experiencing it with me. I just liked being around her all the time and when she wasn’t in the same room with me, I felt a sense of loss. I didn’t like that feeling because I knew that I was getting overly attached to a woman that wouldn’t be in my life in a matter of months. What the fuck was wrong with me? What was I doing?

The personal chef had made us up a fruit plate to go with our dinner. We were sitting side by side and I started to feed her pieces of fruit with my hand. She would take the pieces of fruit delicately into her mouth and I would watch her mouth as she chewed the fruit slowly, her gaze never leaving mine. It was almost erotic what we were doing. Once dinner was complete, we walked hand in hand on the beach to watch the sunset again. It was starting to become a ritual of ours. We hadn’t missed one yet and I really liked experiencing those moments with her. I couldn’t remember the last time that I had felt so relaxed and at peace. All the stress from work and the irritation of Axel just all melted away from me. I couldn’t remember the last time that I felt that good. Actually, I could, it was before Emelia died.

We sat on the beach together and watch as the sun met with the horizon causing a pink and orange hue to go over the water.

She turned to me. “Can I ask you a question, a personal one?”

I stiffened slightly and told myself to just chill out. I knew that the conversation was bound to come up at some point.

“Sure.”

“What happened with your wife?”

“My wife died in a boating accident.” A wave of fresh guilt overcame me as I thought about the incident again. Emelia had been too young to die and I had always blamed myself for it.

“I’m really sorry to hear that.”

“I’ve struggled with it a lot because I feel like it was my fault.”

“Why do you think that?”

“She didn’t want to go out that night, she wasn’t in the mood. I convinced her anyway and we got caught in a random storm. The boat capsized and she drowned. I couldn’t get to her because the water was too choppy even though I sure tried hard to.”

“How could you possibly think that it was your fault. Accidents happen.”

“If I hadn’t have convinced her to go out there, she would still be alive today. I should have watched the weather better and brought us in sooner. It was my fault.”

She stared at me and I couldn’t meet her eyes. I felt so ashamed. It sure didn’t take much to bring the guilt crashing back into my life. I felt humiliated and ashamed to have to tell Harper about what I did.

“Finn, this isn’t your fault. I can understand why you feel the guilt, anyone would probably feel the same way but it’s not your fault. These things happen and it was just her time. I really believe that. You can’t stop those things from happening.”

“I don’t know.”

“Finn, you couldn’t have known what was going to happen and I assure you that your wife wouldn’t want you to blame yourself for the rest of your life. That is no way to live.”

I smiled sadly at her. “I can’t help it, it’s the truth. I’m the reason we were out there to begin with.”

“What was her name?”

“Emelia.”

Harper smiled. “That’s a beautiful name.”

“Yes, it is.”

She got up from the sand and took my hand in hers, pulling me up.

“I think I’m ready to turn in. I am beat from the day.”

I nodded and we returned to the lodgings in silence. I tried as hard as I could to push away the fresh feelings of guilt that had overcame me on the beach but it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I didn’t want to feel guilty about moving on from Emelia, but there it was as fresh as the first day that I lost her.

When we laid in bed that night, I had a hard time falling asleep. All I could think about was Emelia and that brought the guilt along with it. I had no idea what I was going to do but I could hardly be with Harper if I couldn’t get over my dead wife. It seemed as if I was still attached to her as I was when she was still alive. Was I ever going to be able to get over what happened? I was starting to think that I wouldn’t and that was frightening.

The things that Harper had said to me on the beach haunted me a little. I struggled with the knowledge that Emelia wanted me to be happy. Logically, I knew that to be true because she was the kindest person in the world, of course she would want that for me. Love was just like that. If you were in love, you wanted the best for that person and I knew that deep down that would be true of Emelia. Even if it was true, the thought of moving on with another woman made me feel like I was betraying her. Had she not died; I would have never replaced her. We would have stayed married and grown old together. There was nothing else that I wanted more in life. She had been a wonderful woman, so how did I move on from that?

If it wasn’t for me talking her into going on the boat, she would still be alive. We would still be married and living in bliss together. I would not be on a private island with another woman. Since I blamed myself for her death, I really didn’t think that it was fair that I got to move on with someone else and be happy. Emelia had lost her life, her future, she had never been able to have children and do all the things that she wanted to do.

I needed to get those thoughts out of my head. I needed to cleanse myself of them. Harper had a great way of helping me to forget. I moved closer to her in the bed and spooned myself against her butt. It wasn’t long before I grew hard against her bum. Thoughts of her going down on me that night flooded my mind and I almost blew my load just thinking about it. It was kind of embarrassing how crazy this girl had me. I wasn't sure how to handle her and in truth I didn't really want to. She was a handful and so was I. I needed her more than anything and I knew there was a little more going on in my head than just sex because no matter how I sliced it I could not stop thinking about her no matter what. So, there I was torn between two women. The past and the future.

22

Harper

I woke up to Finn’s mouth on my body and it was the most electrifying feeling in the world. I didn’t understand what was happening at first, my thoughts foggy and lost but I loved every moment of it. To my surprise, he scooped me up and carried me to the bathroom. I looked up into his eyes as he carried me but I couldn’t read his thoughts. I wondered if he had a nightmare that evening. Was that why he was up so late?

He set me down and I turned the tap on so that hot water poured out and then I switched it to the shower setting and water cascaded from it. I closed the bathroom door and locked.

I undressed quickly and Finn undressed slowly as he watched me. I felt warm under his gaze and I went to him kissing him full on the mouth. I bit into his lower lip when he put his hands on my ass. I pulled away from him and stepped into the shower letting the water cascade down my body and soaking into my hair.

Finn joined me in the water and we switched positions so that he could rinse his body off as well. I watched as the water streamed down his hard stomach and I smiled when he turned to me. He had heat in his eyes and he surprised me when he bent down into the tub getting on his hands and knees. He buried his tongue into my pussy and I gasped as I braced myself against the walls of the shower.

I shivered despite the heat of the shower when he sucked on my clit. My pussy was throbbing as he continued to taste my opening.

He got up from his knees and without saying a word he turned me around so my ass was facing him. He pushed me into the shower wall and I stuck my ass out towards him.

“I want to bite your hot little ass.”

Confused, I asked, “My what?”

“Your hot little ass, I'm going to bite you.”

I was speechless and I wasn't sure if I should object or not.

I was bent over in the doggy style position with my ass in the air. He softly bit my cheeks and I groaned beneath him.

He pushed his hard cock into me and I moaned as he filled me up. I was panting as he pushed into me hard and fast. The waves of pleasure were completely taking me over and I could barely contain myself as I came all over his cock. He kept pumping into me fast and I moaned feeling a delicious sensation warming my entire body. I felt another orgasm building up and when I came again, he spilled into me making me feel complete once again.

He leaned against my back and I could feel him breathing heavy against me. “Now that's the quickie I wanted last night.”

I giggled. “That felt so good Finn, my body is just humming now.”

“Mmmmm, I like that.” He pulled himself out of me and I felt empty the moment he did. I turned to him and kissed him on the mouth, my tongue finding its way in to meet his. We kissed like that for a while, passion building between us.

My tongue slid gently into his mouth and touching his tongue. Electricity hit me and I started to feel warm all over. Oh God, what was with this guy? He was just so incredible, I physically needed him all the time and I wanted him to feel the same way.

His mouth was on my breasts and within seconds I was ready to go again and I think that he felt the same. His cock stood there before me rock hard again causing me to gasp. God, he was so big. I could stare at it all day; it was beautiful and it brought me so much pleasure.

He was looking me in the eyes, a hot intensity there. I wondered briefly why he was up so late and what made him bring me into the bathroom to have sex. He started rubbing his cock against my inner thigh and I felt myself grow wet.

He murmured into my ear, his breath hot against my skin causing goosebumps to break out along my skin, “Let me in, baby.”

“You know that you can have my anytime, Finn, I’m all yours.”

He practically groaned with lust as he pushed himself against me.

It felt right, it felt good, I had definitely made the right decision by being with him. It all made sense now that he wanted to see me every day in the contract. The man had no limit to how much he needed to be pleased or even how much he wanted to please me; it was endless. I wondered if he would ever tire of me.

“You are absolutely perfect,” He said as he pulled me in close. “I hope you realize just how much these moments mean to me.”

I couldn’t help the tears the welled in my eyes. It was obvious that there was more than sex between us but at no point had we discussed that and I knew that he planned on honoring that contract and then letting me go and that was the most painful part of the whole thing. One day he would let me go and that would be the end of moments just like this one. It had been a hell of a day but I finally had my dream life. But I knew that it was also going to end sooner rather than later.

23

Finn

I rolled over in bed and saw the most beautiful creature beside me. Sunlight shined through the window and caressed her face. I didn't want to wake her; I just wanted to watch her while she slept. She was peaceful and beautiful and watching her sleep, I knew what I had to do and she wasn’t going to like it. I had been living in a fantasy for far too long and I had to get with reality again. Even after the shower incident the night before, I had not been able to fall asleep as easily as it was for Harper. She had laid beside me sleeping soundlessly and all I could think about was the guilt I felt for my wife’s death. It wasn’t healthy, I knew that and it wasn’t the first time that I considered going to a professional to help me through the pain. There were times that I was absolutely consumed by the guilt that I felt when I thought about Emelia.

Just laying there and thinking about her, put me immediately in a foul mood and I was no longer in the mood to be on the island. I had so much work to complete with the project and to somehow convince Axel to get onboard with me. I didn’t know why I thought it was an appropriate time to go off on vacation with another woman. Another woman. Would Emelia really have wanted me to be with another woman? I knew in some ways that Bryce was right but in other ways, I knew that my wife would have wanted to be the one that brought me pleasure regularly.

Harper opened her eyes and the spell was broken between us. Watching her no longer mattered and I knew that I had to get home. Her eyes fluttered open and closed repeatedly as she was fully awake. She saw me staring at her and she smiled but I didn’t smile back. What the hell had I been thinking bringing that beautiful girl into my mess. She deserved so much better than me. I shouldn’t have gone anywhere near her because I was going to hurt her and I knew that now. I was going to hurt her in a way that she didn’t deserve especially since I was the only man that she had ever been with.

“We need to pack up and get back to New York.”

She looked at me confused, a cloudy look coming over her face.

She moved towards me and grabbed my cock underneath the sheets.

“No, Harper, we need to get going.”

“Shhh.”

“Harper, we can't.”

“Shhh, I'm not waiting, I want you now.” She whispered.

I knew what she was doing. She sensed that something was wrong and she was trying to reset the mood. I felt terrible because I knew that I would please her and then I would leave again. There was no way around it, I wasn’t ready for anything more with her and she deserved a far better man than me. I would never be able to give her my whole heart and she deserved to have someone wholly and completely.

We quickly undressed each other and I moved above her, spreading her legs wide. I liked looking at her pink pussy, it drove me insane with lust. I could touch that body forever, I knew that I could and yet I didn’t know how to make something so simple, a reality. Her opening was always wet and ready for me and that was one of my most favorite parts about her. I knew that she wanted me because she was always primed to be fucked by me.

We had a terrific make out session and then I got out of bed. It was time to get off the island. It was really easy to get lost in Harper but eventually my feelings always went gloomy. I heard her get out of the bed and she didn’t say a word as she started packing all of her things.

It wasn’t long before we were back in the seaplane, and then my private jet and finally back in Manhattan. We had said very little to each other through our journey back home and I knew that she was hurt by the fact that we had abruptly left the island. She knew that I was upset, she just didn’t know how to fix it. She was likely blaming herself in the same way that I blamed myself and that sucked because she didn’t deserve that. I didn’t want to get into a talk with her about what was bothering me because it would just hurt her and there was nothing that she could do to change my feelings anyways, so why talk about it?

The vacation with Harper was great, there was no denying it and it was rare for me to be with a woman that intensely. I couldn’t even remember having sex with another woman that many times and that included Emelia. There was something special between us but I could not seem to control the guilt that came afterward and I couldn’t live that way all the time. It was wreaking havoc on me mentally. It was time to get back to reality and throw himself in my work again.

I would stick to the terms of the contract and do what needed to be done but after the six months, I would be sending Harper on her way with a pile of money. I could at least give her a bright future financially, if nothing else.

I knew that I was going to break her heart with the project as well. I was going to have to tell her that her dream was not going to come true and that might be the hardest part of the situation for me. In regard to the candy factory, I was not going to help her realize her dreams. I had another direction for it and that was the way that I wanted to go. I would certainly try to help her with a developmental property in the future if she found something. If she could find another site and managed to make any headway with the development, I would be willing to put up half the stake. I would do that for her especially since she wasn’t getting the candy factory and that was something that she had really been passionate about. It was the least that I could do. She had done more for me than she realized and I was really grateful for that. She had allowed me the capacity to feel again and many other women had tried to do the same thing and had failed. She had made me feel alive again, more alive than I had ever thought was possible after Emelia’s death. That was a beautiful thing but I knew that it was almost over too. Time to come back to reality!

I couldn’t betray Emelia’s memory, especially since she died because of my carelessness. Being alone was my penance for what happened to her. She didn’t get the chance to fulfill all her dreams. We wanted to have kids, but that did not happen too. I did not deserve to go off into the sunset happy while she was gone, never to return again. It wasn’t right after what had happened to her. She had deserved so much better than what I had given her and so did Harper. Harper deserved to be with a guy that could give her everything and that included his heart. I just wasn’t able to do that and I wasn’t sure that I ever would be. Only time would tell but currently, I couldn’t do it. When the contract was over, Harper and I would have to split ways.

24

Harper

Two Months Later…

I was sitting on the couch with Carmen and we were watching the reality TV series Yummy Mummies and it was just one of those guilty pleasures that was fun to watch with a best friend. I spent most of my nights in the apartment that Finn rented for us but I always enjoyed it when I got to be at home with Carmen. I didn’t see her as much as I usually did because of the contract schedule. So, when I had the chance, we always tried to have a girl’s night.

Being with Carmen always felt good because I felt real and wanted, not like I was just a rental to someone. Things had changed a lot between me and Finn since returning from the island and it was confusing. On the island things had been so passionate and loving that it seemed as if Finn might actually be falling for me but since we returned, it seemed as if he was maintaining a safe distance, even in the bedroom. He never once spent the night with me in the apartment which I found to be puzzling. I often spent my evenings waiting around for him and there were times he didn’t show up even after he told me that he would. We would spend some time together, perhaps a dinner and then return to the apartment to have some wild sex and then he would leave abruptly. I could feel a wall between us but I didn’t know what to do about it. Things had not been the same between us since we talked about Emelia and I believed that was at the root of why Finn was keeping me at a distance. I understood his pain and how he didn’t want her memory to disappear but I didn’t understand why he couldn’t allow himself to be happy as well. He didn’t need to forget about Emelia, he just needed to allow room in his heart for someone else.

There were often nights that I laid awake at night unable to sleep and wondering how I managed to do that to myself. I got myself involved with someone who didn’t want more than sex. I knew that right from the beginning but there was always a part of me that hoped that it might be different, that he might change his mind.

Every time he left, it got just a little harder for me. I felt a little of my heart go with him and I often felt empty inside after he left. He was a good man, kind and funny and I just wished that he realized that he deserved to be happy. That I could make him happy for the rest of his life. How could I help but fall for him? He was incredible in every way, if only he could let go of the past. Still, it was clear that he didn’t feel the same way, which was disheartening as hell. I knew that I was falling for him, I loved him with all my heart, and now it was too late for me.

Carmen elbowed me, asking if there was any chocolate ice cream left, which brought me back to reality.

I shrugged. “I’m not sure.”

Carmen jumped up to grab some, asking me if I wanted some.

“No thanks, I’m good.”

Carmen looked at me like I was crazy.

“What?”

“It’s our period weekend.”

We had been living together now for so long that our menstruation cycles had matched up and we always got our periods at the same time. I was always craving chocolate when I was on my period.

I just stared at her confused.

“You are always dying for chocolate when you are on your period. So, what changed?” She asked.

I frowned confused. “I’m not on my period.” I pulled out my phone and checked the calendar.

Carmen dropped the pint of ice cream on the floor and I looked up startled. I was supposed to be on my period right then, she was right. So, where was it?

“You aren’t on your period? Since when? We have been cycling together since business school and we’ve always been regular like clockwork. Two bitches eating ice cream together.” Carmen added, “Come to think of it we haven’t run out of tampons yet. Did you get your period last month, too?”

I sat there stunned, trying to think of whether I had my period the month before and I couldn’t remember having it. My eyes widen and I cursed.

“Carmen, I can’t remember the last time that I had my period.”

“Shit. Let’s get you to the drug store.”

25

Finn

It was my job to make sure that Harper had the best birthday possible. I was working with an event planner to make sure that the arrangements for that evening were as perfect as I envisioned them to be. I had just found out the week before that her birthday was coming up and I wanted to do something special for her. My planning had spiraled out of control and now the party was going to be truly unforgettable.

Although I had been strict on myself, never staying overnight with Harper, and not making the mistake of burying myself in her for the entire weekend again, like I had on the island. In spite of all my rules, I was still falling hopelessly in love with her, to my massive distress. I couldn’t help it and yet I was not happy about it at all. There was just something unique about Harper, something that I didn’t see in other women. She was not like Emelia, who came from money and had a worldly sophistication that I had found attractive. Harper was different from that, more of an innocent young girl with loads of career aspirations, but she seemed to have a layer of sadness, underneath it all.

Harper came in that morning with a coffee in her hand for me and I gratefully accepted it.

“Harper, I need you to accompany me to a meeting tonight.”

Harper tried to hide her disappointment but it was written all over her face.

“Really? Are you sure you need me, I already have plans tonight?”

I felt a sting of angst as I knew that I was pulling the wool over her eyes and taking her away from birthday plans that she had already made but I decided to pull rank and demand that she be with me.

“You are my plans for the week, remember, it’s under contract and I need you at this meeting. You can do whatever you have planned tonight, tomorrow.”

Harper sighed. “Fine. Where are we going?”

“We are meeting a developer that I have partnered with in the past. It would be valuable to sit in on this meeting with us.”

She just nodded and sat down at her desk to begin working.

****

That night, we headed out of the office and got into a waiting car. Harper was silent throughout the ride and I wondered if she was still thinking about the fun birthday plans that she was missing that evening. I felt bad making her cancel her plans but I was sure that I would be able to make it up to her.

We pulled up in front of a block-long edifice and got out of the car. Heading through an archway, I led Harper into a green area. That was when her mouth dropped open and she looked around her, eyes wide with awe. The building that we were in was a multi-use complex just like the one that she had suggested in our first meeting together.

“Finn, this is gorgeous.”

My goal in bringing her there was to show her that she could still have her dreams realized without the candy factory. I knew that soon I would be telling her that the candy factory was not going to happen for her and I wanted her to know that there were other things open to her, like this complex. We are meeting Chick Francis at the complex and she was the one responsible for the development. She was a tough woman and she reminded me of Harper so much that I thought that they should meet. Chick would be someone that could work with Harper and would likely be interested in some of Harper’s plans. It could be a match made in development heaven. I introduced them and then allowed Chick to give Harper a tour of the place while I started making calls to make sure the rest of the birthday celebration was coming together nicely.

****

26

Harper

I was so appreciative of the meeting that Finn had set me up with and talking to Chick really allowed some creative juices to flow through me. I couldn’t figure out why Finn had set everything up like that for me but I was grateful that he did. I really liked Chick and I thought there might be an opportunity to work with her in the future. When I returned to Finn, he was just getting off the phone.

I approached him and he whisked me into his arms, taking me by surprise. “Happy Birthday!”

I smiled. “How did you know?”

“Oh, a little bird told me.”

I had no idea that he knew that it was my birthday. I was shocked that he put any effort at all into it. I had originally planned on spending the night with Carmen, drowning my sorrows in ice cream cake. I knew that it was technically “Finn’s time” but I had intended on just faking that I was sick and couldn’t meet him. I was glad that I didn’t or I would not have met up with Chick.

Finn and I walked past the retail outlets that opened onto the green space, and I realized that they ran the breadth of the building, with public entrances on the main street and neighborhood entrances on the inside. There was a high-end fashion boutique in one of the spaces and we went inside to take a closer look.

The clothing inside looked elegant and classy. I had never shopped that brand before. I started to browse the aisles looking at some of the dresses that were hanging there.

“Why don’t you choose something that you can wear to your birthday dinner?”

I turned to him and smiled. “You planned a birthday dinner for me?”

“Of course, I did.” He pointed in the direction of a sleek sequined dress with a deep V neck. I smiled and picked the dress up from the rack and took it into the dressing room. I pulled it over my head and zipped it up the side It felt slinky and sexy on me, and when I came out of the dressing room, I could see hunger in his eyes and it turned me on immensely. I loved the way that he looked at me, it made me feel so desirable.

“You really need to have that dress,” he said and I couldn’t have agreed more. He also threw in some sickeningly expensive high heels to complete the look. They were Jimmy Choos and I couldn’t believe that I was actually going to own a real designer pair of shoes.

That night I felt like I was a Queen when I dressed in the gown that he had chosen for me. I couldn’t help but stare at myself in the mirror. I felt like an absolute goddess and I couldn’t wait to go out with Finn. When he arrived to pick me up, he took me to a fine dining establishment where he had rented out a private dining room for us. That was the sweetest thing that he could have done.

Champagne was brought in and Finn had prepared a menu of his own choosing.

“How did you enjoy the complex,” he asked.

“I thought it was marvelous and Chick is really cool as well. I think working with her would be a great experience in the future. The complex wasn’t exactly the neighborhood that I was pitching however but it is nice. The area that I’m looking for is middle class so having designer shops on the complex wouldn’t really work for the people that I want to help. My buyers would be middle class so my goal would be to have a grocery store and a casual dining restaurant, not fashion boutiques and four-star restaurants. That wouldn’t fit what I’m looking for.”

“I’m surprised that you wouldn’t go for luxury brands. You look like a million bucks in that dress.”

I blushed deeply, feeling completely warm inside.

“I have something for you. Your birthday would not be complete without a birthday present.”

I smiled. Now that was the Finn that I loved. He was kind and considerate, much in the same way that he was on the island. He had decided to come back just for my birthday, it seemed like that at least.

He pulled out a black velvet box and I gasped. He opened it before me and a stunning diamond necklace sat inside the box.

“Finn, oh my god, that’s too much.”

“No, in fact, it’s not enough and I know that it’s going to look gorgeous on you.”

He got up from his chair and walked to me. He put the necklace around my neck and clasped it. He took my hand and pulled me up form the chair. He twirled me around and I giggled feeling the weight of the diamonds against my chest.

I stopped and fell into his arms. He turned me around and slowly zipped my dress down and took it off.

“Here?” I whispered.

“Well, it is private and I have asked that we not be disturbed. You just have to keep quiet, my dear.”

I blushed and felt a heat travel through my body.

“You are so beautiful and the most desirable woman that I have ever known. I want you so much and I’m going to have you right here.”

He kissed me then and I felt the passion building in me once again. My heart started beating faster and I realized that I was helplessly in love with him, that I had given my heart to a man who wanted no strings attached. I was also pregnant with his child, a child he was definitely not interested in. He had no idea that I was pregnant but if he didn’t even want a relationship with the mother, then why would he want anything to do with the child? I had decided to keep it a secret, at least until the end of the contract period because I didn’t want anything to mess that up. I was going to have a child now and needed that child to be financially secure so I didn’t want to do anything that would break the contract and leave me with nothing. I would live up to my end of the bargain, and see what happened next, if Finn backed my project, or if he asked me to move on. Until then, I just couldn’t afford to make waves.

“Happy birthday to me,” I stated plainly, swallowing hard.

“It should be a happy birthday. You are being wined and dined by a man who is crazy about you.”

He hadn’t noticed that I hadn’t taken a sip of my champagne and I was hoping that I could distract him from that fact.

He came to me and kissed me full on the mouth sending shivers up my spine. I couldn't get enough of his kisses. He had just the right firmness, and were never overly wet. Not to mention, every time his lips met mine, I felt the heat all over my body that I could not get anywhere else. I could easily kiss Finn all day long. Maybe that was why we are such a great match, our lips and out bodies fit perfectly together. I needed everything to work out between us, because I couldn't imagine not having Finn’s lips on mine again.

“Have I told you how incredibly sexy I find you? Especially right now? Wow, this glamour side of you is hot as hell.”

I grinned, “Down boy.”

“On the contrary I think I want to dip into you.”

I laughed as I blushed deeply, “Wow.”

“I need you badly Harper, my god it hasn't even been 24 hours and I need to be inside you right now.”

My breath caught and I couldn’t even respond to him. What a turn-on to have a man talk to you that way. To show you he needed you that much. My body was warm all over at the thought of him taking me right there in his office.

I smiled up at him, “I would like you to touch me.”

He groaned. “Baby, that's all I want to do. I want to have that sweet ass in my hands once again. You are so hot Harper.”

“Oh Finn, that is so sexy, I love the way you talk to me.”

I moved closer to him and rubbed the front of his pants pressing my hand against his cock. Thank, god I wore a dress that day. Though standing there in just diamonds made it as easy as possible for him. I had never felt more glamourous decked up in just diamonds and high heels. I kneaded hard against him until I felt him growing hard still. He groaned at my touch and his hands slowly grasped my ass.

“I was wondering if we could try something new.” He whispered.

“New?” I laughed, “Everything is new with you Finn, do you realize we rarely ever have sex in an actual bed?”

He smiled, “I can't help me. I just want you immediately regardless of where we are, I don't want to wait to find a bed. That takes too long; when I want you, I can't wait.”

I loved hearing the things he said to me, he was truly the perfect man for me.

“I know how you feel,” I giggled.

I moved over to the table and bent over slightly.

“I’m already undressed. It will be nice and easy, Finn.” I bent over the desk completely presenting my ass in the air for him.

“Oh, dear God baby, you want me to fuck you from behind? Right against our dinner table. You are so hot Harper. I'm going to make you feel incredible.”

My firm ass was there for him to take and he wanted to slip in from behind nice and deep, I could tell by the intense look on his face. He was so perfect for me. I couldn’t take it, I wanted him to pound me hard from behind and make me say his name again and again.

“Fuck it, I want you so badly baby.”

I turned around and he looked down at my breasts.

My breasts though small were perky and alluring to him. My breasts nice and round, waiting there for him to suck on. At that moment, he lost all control.

I hoped that he was going to give me exactly what I wanted. He was going to fuck me good I just knew it. He squeezed my breasts, his mouth finding my nipple and sucking on it hard. I released a soft cry and he nipped me with his teeth. I knew I had to be quiet this time, we couldn't allow the hostess or restaurant patrons to know that we were fucking right there in the dining room.

He sucked on my breast while his fingers found my opening. He loved how I was always ready for him, my pussy wet with need for him. “Oh baby, you are already so wet.”

He plunged a finger inside me and fucked me gently while I mewed in his arms. He lifted me up and set me atop the table.

“Don't worry sweetheart, I'm going to fuck you good doggy. I just want something first.”

I lay back onto the table and spread my legs my high heels on the edge of the table. Seeing me spread out like that before him made Finn want to fuck me right then but he had something better in mind. That much was obvious. He pulled a chair around and set it before me. He sat down and bent forward placing his lips on my clit. I gasped in surprise as his lips touched my pussy. He loved tasting me and drank me in as I cummed against his mouth. It was terribly hard to keep quiet while he was providing my body with such exquisite pleasure.

He licked me slowly and plunged his tongue inside me. I ached to be fucked but having him taste me was hard to pass up. He licked my pussy all over, and the thought of coming in his mouth made me so horny.

“Baby, you are so hot, I love this.”

I writhed against him and he knew he had to have me. I couldn't believe we were fucking right there in his restaurant, where anyone could walk in and see us. So much for the quickie fuck but things with Finn and I always had to be right and perfect. There was no need to rush great sex.

He pulled me up to him and I hopped off the table. I turned around and leaned forward against the table. My firm ass was high in the air as Finn slid inside my warm pussy and felt my deepness. He groaned with pleasure, and I felt amazing. Would I ever tire of having him inside me? He was so deep I couldn’t believe how incredible I felt.

“Harder Finn, pleeeease.”

That was all it took, despite the fact that we were fucking in the restaurant, he pumped against me hard feeling every inch of me. My fingers clenched against the table as waves of pleasure went through me. I really had to hold back from not screaming his name.

I would be sore tomorrow he was guaranteeing that much. He fucked me hard, listening to me whisper his name. He shushed me and I hoped that no one was close enough to his door to hear anything. Though at that moment I doubted he would have stopped fucking me for anything. He fondled my breasts from underneath. He could feel me tightening around him and he knew I was going to come again. He pumped faster and I muffled my cries of pleasure against my palms. Oh, he was good, really good. My orgasm broke through and I whimpered as I finished. He continued to pump me hard and fast.

Suddenly a knock came at the door and the fucking ceased immediately. I giggled as he slowly bent down and kissed my shoulder.

“Yes? What is it?” He sounded completely out of breath and I doubted anyone believed he was behaving himself.

“Dinner is ready.”

“Great,” he shouted. “Give us ten minutes and you can bring it in.”

“Holy shit.” Finn muttered as the waitress left the door. We had ten minutes to pull ourselves together.

He rubbed my ass while he was still inside me. “You truly are a gift to me Harper, I can't get enough of you.”

I murmured unable to say anything more. I was fairly alarmed that there was someone right was outside making a scene and a little surprised he wasn't rushing right out there.

He slid out of me and patted my behind gently. I stood there in silence and watched him quickly get dressed. I smiled seductively at him.

“Should I come out?” I was hoping that he would say no.

“No sweetheart, you wait here. I'll be right back, I just have to go to the washroom.” He finished getting dressed and quickly headed out of the dining room closing the door behind him.

I finished getting dressed as well. Dinner would be arriving soon and I needed to be polished.

27

Harper

The next day, Finn was in a strategy meeting with his team of lawyers while I was making photocopies for Finn’s presentation. I was heading back towards the office when I saw Chick get off the elevator.

I waved to her and she headed right over to me.

“Hi, Chick, I didn’t know that you were coming in today.”

“Oh, I was just stopping by to see if Finn was free for lunch. I wanted to discuss some potential projects with him.”

“Sorry, Chick, Finn is in a meeting right now and he’s probably going to be awhile.”

“No problem. Hey, Finn told me a little bit about your mixed-use complex idea.”

“Oh, he did?” I said, feeling pleased that Finn was talking about her project with others. He must really believe in her idea.

“Do you mind if I pitch the idea to you to see what you think?”

“Sure,” Chick stated with a smile on her face.

I pitched away and Chick had a huge smile on her face the entire time. My pitched seemed to be going well until I told her that I planned on building on the old candy factory. Then the smile slowly disappeared from her face.

“What?”

“Nothing, I’m just surprised. Did Finn change his mind on the proposal for his own development on the property.”

Confused, I stated, “What do you mean?”

Chick started to describe the project that Finn had in mind for the property. She told me that Finn planned on using the candy factory as a piece that needed to be re-developed. I swallowed hard as I listened to her wondering why Finn had kept his true intentions with the candy factory from me. It seemed so dishonest especially since we were intimate with each other. When was he planning on telling me? After the six months when he sent me away? My stomach hit the floor and tears welled up in my eyes. I felt betrayed in the worst way possible. I knew why he hadn’t told me about his plans, it was because he had his own plans that had nothing to do with me.

“Are you okay?” Chick looked at me with concern. I just nodded.

“I have to go Chick, but it was nice seeing you again.” I walked away before she could say anything else to me. I felt terrible and I needed to speak with Finn immediately.

When Finn came into the office after his meeting, I was fuming. I couldn’t remember ever being that mad. I was trying to keep control of my temper however because I intended to also keep my knowledge of things a secret from him. He was doing it, so why couldn’t I? I knew even more that I had to keep my pregnancy a secret because I had no idea what Finn’s true intentions were. I was however going to give him a piece of my mind.

I walked to the door and closed it behind me. He looked up in surprise at me and I gave him a steely look.

“So, why didn’t you tell me what you were really planning for the candy factory?”

****

28

Finn

I was stunned when Harper shouted on me in my office about the things that Chick told her. I hadn’t meant to hurt her, in fact I didn’t see what the big deal was. I didn’t realize just how important it was to her until she unleashed in my office that way.

“Harper, it’s nothing personal. I had plans for that property before you ever walked in my office. I had already asked Axel to sell it to me. You can ask him yourself, he will tell you that we talked about it long before you came here. Why can’t you find a new property to buy?”

“That’s why you took me to that new complex, isn’t it? You wanted me to invest there instead of the candy factory.”

I shrugged. “What’s the difference?”

“I am so tired of being treated this way. Just because I signed his stupid contract doesn’t mean that you can ignore my feelings. You knew from the beginning that I had my eyes on that property. Why didn’t you say anything then? It’s just so dishonest of you.”

I shrugged again. “You have to be joking, you didn’t have a chance in hell of getting access to that property especially with your lack of financial stake and experience. To me, it was a non-issue. How could you do it without me?”

“Oh, so my dreams don’t rate as an “issue” with you? Good to know. I don’t mean anything to you, do I?”

I was stunned by her outburst and the conversation definitely had more to do with us than it did with her want of the stupid property. I was starting to realize that I had already hurt her in more ways than one and I hadn’t meant to.

“You have never been serious about me, have you? Not when I walked in the office with my proposal and certainly not out of it. You may be giving me money, but you certainly haven’t been giving me anything of yourself. You are so filled with guilt that you refuse to give me the one thing that I have been dying for.”

“You seem to be mixing two different issues here, Harper. What’s this really about?”

“It’s about how you don’t seem to give a shit about me.”

“That’s not true. It’s just a piece of property, why are you getting so worked up.”

“It’s not just a piece of property to me. It’s so much more than that to me. If you cared at all to know about me, you might know something about me. It represents my parent’s legacy.”

I listened in horror as Harper told me the story of her parent’s death. She told me how her family was hit hard by the recession following the financial crisis a decade ago. Her father became so desperate, he was going to burn down the storefront they owned in her Rust Belt hometown for the insurance money before they lost the store and their house. Her mother found out at the last minute and went to stop him, but it was too late. They both died in the fire as it accidentally went out of control too quickly. She lost them both, so she had saved the money from their insurance policy to build the kind of neighborhood they used to have. A place that they used to love as a family.

“But you don’t care about any of that. You just think of yourself. I’m trying to work out my own grief just like you are by building something lasting in my parent’s memory.”

“Harper, please calm down. I had no idea. I really wish that you would have told me that story. It’s beautiful and what you wanted to do with it is beautiful.”

She just stared at me as tears streamed down her face. I felt like a complete and utter asshole for not talking to her about my plans before. I of course had no idea that she had personal reasons for wanting the candy factory. I had assumed that she just liked the property. Now that I knew I wanted to give it to her, to make her happy. I couldn’t believe how close I had come to fucking everything up. I just hoped that she could forgive me. I wanted to do right by her.

It was in that moment that I realized just how much I loved her. The fact that I was willing to give up my own plans for the candy factory just to make her happy showed me that I was madly in love with her. I just wanted to make her happy and it was time that I let go of Emelia. I could always have her in my heart but I needed to make more room for Harper because she also deserved that part of me. I had to let go of Emelia to make space for Harper and I knew that my wife would understand. It was time to make things right with Harper and to stop treating her like she was my personal property. She deserved so much more than that and I wanted to give her everything that I could. There would be other properties and I could let this one go for her. I would do anything for her, and I knew that now.

29

Harper

I was in my apartment and Carmen was helping me out. We were trying to look for baby supplies on the internet. After all, I was going to be a single parent – I needed to be prepared.

It was all so overwhelming, I had been the only child of my parents. And therefore, had no idea how to raise a child, I did not even have siblings that grew up with me!

“Don’t worry at all, we are going to do this together. I’ll help you out. I’ve had so many siblings and then a few of my cousins have babies too. So, Aunt Carmen knows exactly what the little one needs,” Carmen said playfully patting my belly.

I was grateful for her friendship. She was the one who stood by me through thick and thin. We definitely were inseparable.

As I was going through one of the baby sites, an idea struck my mind.

“Hey, do you want to come for a field trip with me? I am thinking of getting some stuff for the baby. Let’s get some mileage from Finn’s credit card. It’s his baby too, right?”

“Yay!!! Shopping for the baby. I am so excited! Let me quickly go change” Carmen replied.

We went to an exquisite shopping center and stocked up a stroller with some ultra-luxurious and high end baby products.

Carmen was so excited!

“This is the Porche of strollers. Only the best for Billionaire Baby Finn”, she shouted.

I was shocked to see Axel there.

Shit. He had heard.

He knew it now.

Axel knew I was pregnant with Finn Stark’s baby. How the hell was I going to cover this up?

“Hey Harper, good to see you. You look…radiant. And who is this pretty lady with you?” Axel said.

“Axel, this is Carmen, my best friend and roommate. Carmen, Axel is a very successful business owner and Finn’s good friend.”

The two exchanged glances and I saw a spark there. I did not want to read too much into the lines, I had my own shit to take care of.

Carmen and I got into her car, and moved back home. On our way back, I told her how terrified I was now that Axel knew about my pregnancy. He might just go and tell Finn. I mean, technically getting pregnant was not a part of my sugar daddy agreement with Finn, and I could lose so much money.

OMG…what was I going to do? I needed the money, single parents could sometimes do with support, right?

Once we moved the stuff that we had bought inside our little apartment, I told Carmen that I was going to spend the night at Finn’s rental apartment. It was closer to work and I was too tired to travel.

“As it is, Finn’s not going to be there and it’s all going to be cool. He’s never there these days.” I told Carmen.

“Promise to call me if you need anything, even if it is the middle of the night.”

“I promise.”

And I headed to my ‘other’ apartment.

To my shock, I found Finn sitting on the couch, waiting for me. He seemed drunk.

“Finn. What are you doing here? I thought you wouldn’t come today.”

“Harper, baby can you forgive me please. I know I was an ass. I know I should have told you about my plans for Axel’s land. And I apologize for everything, for every little act of mine that hurt you. Would you give me one more chance please?”

“Yes Finn. I forgive you. Although I must admit that your hiding this big secret from me made me really mad. Do you know that I would easily give up the candy factory for you? You could have just said it to me once.”

“Darling, I know you would do anything for me. Speaking of which, I want to do right by you. So, our sugar daddy contract does not break. Not yet. In fact, we can amend it a bit…to suit both of us. What say?”

I melted into his arms as he stroked my hair and we fell asleep right there on the couch. We did not make out that night, but it all seemed to perfect.

I woke up to the smell of freshly prepared coffee and some omelets.

A girl could get used to that.

30

Finn

I loved making breakfast for Harper. I loved doing anything for that woman. She did something to me.

We showered and dressed up together. Of course, I took her in the shower. How could I not?

She seemed needy and vulnerable. She was practically begging me to make love to her.

“Finn Stark…Daddy…”

“Say that again.”

“Take me, Daddy…hard, rough, fast.”

God, I loved that dirty mouth of hers.

We made out like sex maniacs and then dressed up for work together. We felt like a couple…almost. Wasn’t this something that couples did?

I reached office and Bryce popped in telling me that Axel was expected in a few minutes.

I asked Harper to accompany me to the meeting.

“Just follow my lead”, I said and she nodded.

Axel showed up right on time, and we moved to the meeting room. Bryce had set up the projector and refreshments. She was good.

I thanked Axel for showing up.

“Let’s not waste any time Finn. I am ready to hear about your plans for the site”, he said.

“Well, I’ve got a vast plan to create a whole new borough along the waterfront. I’ve got separate zones for commercial, light industrial, and residential. The corner piece of my plan, however, is for a neighborhood unto itself, in the old candy factory, and to explain that in detail, I would like Harper to take over,” I replied as I walked him through the mock up slides that we had prepared.

I could see Harper was overjoyed, and I was so happy, just seeing her smile.

This definitely was love.

The contract needed some rework, I thought. How great would it be if she made me her sugar daddy for life?

I was in awe of the way she spoke about her dream project. There was fire in her eyes, and she presented that confident business woman body language. I was proud of my Harper.

In fact, I could notice that Axel seemed interested too.

“I’ll be back with some mock ups,” Harper said as she moved out of the room.

“Finn, it’s cute that you are Harper are teaming up on this development, and one that seems so family-oriented. It looks like becoming a father is going to change you.” Axel smiled as he said that.

“Becoming a father? What do you mean?” I blurted out.

“Well, the other day, I ran into Harper in the mall, and she was coming out of a baby boutique, with loads of baby supplies. By the way, your lady has an excellent choice. The stroller that she picked up was really good. Congratulations Finn. It’s good to see you finally happy.”

Harper entered the room with her promised mock-ups, and Axel seemed genuinely interested in her idea. I was too distracted by what I had just heard.

How could she?

Agreed, we did not use protection. But I had assumed women use birth control all the time. I was a fool.

And think about it now. Harper hid this news from me!

What has she been thinking hiding such a huge secret from me?

What did she want to achieve?

“Alright, your proposal finally excites me. You two are a great team – Finn and Harper. I’ll ask my team to crunch up some numbers and let’s see how best we can work together. I am sure we’ll be able to make this project a success this time,” Axel said as he walked out of the meeting room.

“Yayyyyyy…..did you hear that?” Harper jumped into my arms.

I pushed her aside and moved out of my office. I was too distracted. I got into the elevator and then on the street, not knowing where I was going.

What Harper did to me was just not fair and this was unpardonable. I would never forgive her for this. She kept my child away from me!

Alright, the child was unborn yet. But was she not planning to keep it a secret.

This was just unforgivable.

31

Harper

I was really confused about Finn’s reaction to Axel’s response.

Axel liked the pitch. That much was sure. So where did Finn go?

Well, may-be he wants to surprise me. Possible he’s gone to pick up a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

I went back to my office to start work, but minutes converted into hours and Finn was not back from wherever he had gone.

Was he okay? What if he had met with an accident? Oh no…that couldn’t happen.

I think I was panicking unnecessarily. People could get tied up at times, right?

But then they respond to calls…and texts. What the hell was wrong with Finn.

I decided to wear my best lingerie as I went to our little contractual apartment. It was my day off, but I still dressed up and went there, hoping that Finn would come wanting to celebrate with me. I was thinking of telling him about the baby too. So, I decorated our little living room, and got us a cake to celebrate.

How would Fin react to the news? Would he think I was playing him by getting pregnant?

Oh god…I wanted to run away from the place. The last thing I wanted was for Finn to think that I was a gold digger.

I waited up the entire night but Finn did not show up. I threw the cake in trash, and cried. I was heartbroken. It could just be my hormones. He was not obligated to come. So, why was I thinking that he would come over, listen to me, hear about my pregnancy, and be as overjoyed as I was?

What would I have said anyway?

Hey, sugar daddy…you know I gotta tell you a little secret. I got pregnant…with your baby. But don’t worry at all, I’ll take care of it.

Oops…Carmen had warned me. She had said that sugar daddies never want to see their women pregnant. And here I was!

God, I was such a mess.

“Don’t worry baby. It’s not your fault. Mommy will take care of you,” I told my unborn and dressed up for work.

Finn did not come to work either. Was he unwell?

He almost never missed work.

I decided to visit him in his penthouse apartment and somehow managed to talk my way upstairs.

“Oh my god, this is not a pretty sight,” I said to myself as I saw Finn drunk, sitting in his bathroom and muttering angrily at me.

“What’s going on Finn? Why are you so drunk this time of the day? Get a hold of yourself. Tell me what’s going on, you can trust me.” I said.

“Oh…so I can trust the woman who’s been keeping secrets from me. This woman was accusing me of keeping the candy factory business deal a secret, and look at her…she’s been keeping such a huge secret. Your secret, Harper, dwarfs my little candy factory bullshit. And by the way just to let you know, Axel told me everything. The baby is mine, isn’t it?”

“Finn, I wasn’t sure what to do,” I managed to get some words into my mouth.

“We had a contract, a no strings attached contract, and the baby…well, the baby was definitely a string, right? Believe me I did not do it on purpose. In fact, I wanted to tell you the moment I found out. But I was not sure of what would happen when the six months are over. I had thought about waiting until then to tell you. I wanted to see if you’d moved on or if you were even serious about my proposal.”

“So, that’s what this is all about, isn’t it? You wants your precious dream proposal to become a reality, and of course, I am the one who can do that for you. Hell, I basically already paved the way for you with Axel. What a fool I’ve been. You outsmart me Harper.”

“No Finn, it was nothing like that. I hadn’t planned anything. Trust me please. I just didn’t want to be treated like I didn’t matter. I did not want my baby to be treated like it didn’t matter. So, I wanted to wait and watch.” Tears roll down my eyes as I tried to explain my perspective to Finn.

“Well you should have waited to see what a devious bitch you are. I am so ashamed. I can’t believe I dishonored my wife’s memory over you. I hate you Harper, I am so ashamed of having hired you in the first place. You are a selfish bitch,” Finn shouted.

“And you are an asshole Finn. To hell with you, your contract and your job.”

I fought back tears during my cab ride home knowing fully well that I had fucked up royally. But so had he.

How was it possible to build a relationship with things like that?

Well, as if he was ever interested in a relationship!

I walked into my apartment, kicked my shoes and collapsed on my bed, howling and crying. I had screwed it all up.

32

Finn

The office looked bleak without her. And I was so lonely.

Angry and lonely.

The problem was the entire office was a witness to my anger outbursts. Did they know what my problem was? Did I know what my problem was?

“How could you drop that call? Did you realize how important it was to me? One more instance and you are fired,” I yelled at Lia, the new receptionist.

“Woah, woah, woah. Easy boy. What’s up with you Finn?” Bryce walked into my cabin shouting.

“It was an important call that I was expecting, and since when do I answer to you?”

“Finn, you know what your problem is? It’s you! You think you can be rude to people and no one will say anything. Fine, none of your employees will utter a word. But I am the operations in-charge here and I will not tolerate any of your bull shit. Neither to me, not to any of the employees.”

“Get your shit together Finn. Figure out what you want in life. Stop being an asshole and get Harper back into office. She’s the only one who can bring you back to your senses. She made this place lively Finn. She made you lively. She changed you. You know that, right? All you got to do is give her that room in your heart. She doesn’t need a place to live, she needs a place in a your heart. And trust me, I am a woman, I know,” she continued.

“You don’t understand Bryce. For Harper, I was just a means to an end. I fucked up…big time. I fell for the wrong girl, I dishonored my wife’s memory. And she used me all the time, hiding so much,” I fought my tears.

“Hmm…What do you mean ‘fell for the wrong girl’ and ‘means to an end’.”

“Harper is pregnant Bryce. And she did not tell me. In fact, she said that she wasn’t sure about my attitude towards her once the six months are over, and therefore she did not tell me. She’s mean, and…”

“Hold on…stop…,” Bryce interrupted.

She went on and on explain how I behaved like an asshole. As if I fucked up the entire thing.

But she had a point.

How could I expect Harper to volunteer that information when it seemed like I didn’t take her seriously at all. I didn’t want a relationship, didn’t want anything but six months of her basically acting like my personal prostitute.

Sugar daddy was just a glorified word for ‘I’ll fuck you and pay you for your pussy.”

Even though the candy factory thing wasn’t a lie according to me, Bryce considered it a blatant lie.

“You have been lying to her, Finn. Admit it now. And get your act together. Get your head out of your ass, go after the one that you love and bring her back. Now.” Bryce commanded.

“Nopes. I don’t need a manipulative bitch in my life.” I retaliated.

“Oh my god Finn, be a man. For Christ’s sake, that woman is carrying your child. She’s probably scared and alone. And look at you, sitting her and sulking. There is enough blame to spread around, and the only way to move forward is to talk to Harper,” Bryce reiterated.

“And I’m going to find a new job Finn. I cannot work with a boss that has the emotional maturity of a five year old,” she stormed out of the door.

Could Bryce be right?

Could I really blame Harper for keeping silent, especially when after she found out that I’d been lying to her?

God, I made a mistake. I need to get to Harper. I need to show her how much I love her. And tell her that I don’t need any contract.

No contract will ever bind us, only love with bind us.

33

Harper

“But I’m feeling lazy and I don’t want to change, Carmen. I can go to this pre-natal yoga class next week,” I tried to convince Carmen as she persuaded me to go for the class.

“You’ll have to cheer up babes, you can’t be sad and gloomy all throughout the pregnancy. And the baby’s mommy and Aunt Carmen will leave no stone unturned to give it the best life possible. Don’t you worry.”

“Yeah…a jobless mom, who also breached her six month sugar daddy contract!” I sighed.

The bell rang and Carmen went to answer the door.

And exactly two minutes later, she was back.

“Now if this doesn’t cheer you up, nothing will,” she pointed towards Finn who was standing in front of me, looking as handsome as ever.

“And now I’ll excuse you two love birds,” Carmen said as she picked up her purse and walked out of the door.

“What do you want, Finn?” I asked.

“I want to apologize for making your life so difficult, Harper. I want to apologize for compartmentalizing my heart and not allowing you to enter, when that’s the only place you deserve to be in. I want to apologize to you for making you feel unloved, I want to apologize to you for making you feel like you couldn’t trust me with the baby. Will you forgive me, my sweet Harper?”

“I’m sorry,” she whispered. “What did you say? You forgive me for getting pregnant during our contract? I know it’s not what you wanted from this. I don’t expect anything from you. I’m not even going to force you to get involved if you don’t want to be.”

“Was it that first night?” His voice was tender.

“Yes.”

“Wow, you’re right, it’s not at all what I expected. Thinking about children hasn’t been on my mind since before Emelia died.”

Harper cringed. “Yes, and I’m sorry. It’s not something that I intended either from my first time having sex. But I want to keep it. I know that’s not fair to you, but I love him or her already and I want to keep it.”

I nodded. I would never expect anyone to do away with a child that was growing right in their own belly. I had no idea what to say, I figured I was effectively still in shock.

“I don’t want to remain on the contract anymore. I’m pregnant now and the contract is just not what I want anymore. I allowed my heart to get carried away and now I have nothing. I will be raising a child on my own and I don’t even have my dream of the candy factory. I don’t want to be part of this sugar daddy arrangement anymore Finn, I feel so different now and I’m so hurt.”

“What are you saying?”

“I’m in love with you. I think I always have been. I only agreed to the contract because I wanted to be with you and there was a part of me that thought that I could make you love me. But that was really stupid of me.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. She loved me, she actually loved me. And she was pregnant. She had my child growing inside her and there was something magical about that too. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“I love you too.”

She blinked. “Excuse me?”

I laughed. “You heard me. I love you. I have for a while but I was filled with guilt over Emelia. I truly believed that I was dishonoring her memory by loving another woman but Bryce made me see that I could have you both. Emelia had my past and you can have my future if you want it.”

“What are you saying? You want to be with me? What about the baby?”

“I’m not going to lie to you, Harper. A baby wasn’t part of my life plan right now but the idea that my child is growing inside of you right now fills me with so much joy.”

I went over to her and cupped her belly even though she wasn’t showing yet. She looked up at me and smiled. Tears poured down her eyes.

“I can’t believe what I’m hearing. We are really going to be together?”

“If you will still have me, of course. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the candy factory, I wasn’t trying to hurt you or even be dishonest with you. I didn’t see it as a personal thing for you. I figured you would just go after another project. I hope you can forgive me.”

“Yes, I will. Being with you makes up for everything. Having this baby with you will be my new dream, you are literally making my dreams come true right now.”

“No, I’m going to make all your dreams come true.”

She wiped away her tears and she looked as beautiful as ever. “What do you mean?”

“I will make sure that Axel sells me the candy factory, I don’t care if I have to pay him triple for the property. You will have your property to honor your parents because that is a beautiful story that we can tell our grandchildren.”

“Oh my God, stop, you are going to make me cry again. I’m hormonal, you know.”

I pulled her into my arms and held her tight. She was literally everything to me and now we were going to have a baby together. It was too amazing for words.

“I love you, Harper.”

“I love you, too.” She looked up at me and I placed my lips on hers feeling like I had finally come home.

“You have burrowed your way into my heart anyways, and I couldn’t be happier. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Harper.”

I let her go and walked over to my desk, pulling out a drawer.

“I meant for this to be far more romantic than at my office but here we go”, he walked over and presented in front of me a small velvet box. I looked up at him, knowing exactly what it was.

“Oh, my God.”

“I’ve known I was going to do this ever since your birthday. You caught me off guard with your baby bombshell but we will be married before you start showing. If you will have me, of course.”

I opened the box and presented her with a 12-karat solitaire diamond that glittered all over the place. She gasped and I took it out of the box. I slipped it on her finger and she gazed at it adoringly.

“I would love to marry you but Finn, I could never replace Emelia.”

“I would never expect you to. I love you because you are you, not because you are like Emelia. I want you for you and no other reason. I will give you everything that you could ever want in life, including that candy factory.”

“Well, I do then,” she said with a laugh. She kissed me then and I couldn’t have wanted a better experience. It wasn’t the proposal that I was going for but it would do. In the end, all I wanted was her and I was getting what I wanted.

“I have one condition though,” she said with a wink.

“And that is?”

“Would you be my sugar daddy throughout my life? I love being your pretty baby, I love pleasing you and I love…” I was crying and I had no clue why. I was the happiest woman alive.

“Yes, my sweet Harper, I’ll be your sugar daddy forever.” Finn embraced me and started kissing me passionately. His hands found my sore breasts and I knew that we were now going to christen my tiny apartment.

34

Epilogue - Eighteen months later

Baby Sara was giggling as I bounced her on my knee. We were sitting in a rocking chair out front of the Healthy Grocers, a mom-and-pop general store in the complex where Finn and I lived. It was my complex, my dream, right on the land where the candy factory once stood. Axel decided to join our partnership too and we’d developed the land with my complex being the first project. It was still brand new, but people were responding positively to the neighborhood vibe.

“There you are! I knew you would be in front of the grocery store.” I heard my husband’s voice.

“It reminds me of my parents place and I know they would love it here,” I laughed.

“Everyone loves it, and it’s all because of you, my darling.” I was blushing with pride.

Finn then showed me a newspaper article that talked about the impact our complex was making in the neighborhood. Other developers were already scouting for sites to build nostalgia complexes like ours

“And there’s more good news. The complex has just won a major architectural award for community impact. The Mayor is going to give her the key to the city,” Axel walked towards us smiling.

I couldn’t believe all the blessings raining on me.

“I’m so proud of you, wifey,” Finn said beaming with joy.

I told them both that it would not have been possible without their support.

“Don’t underestimate yourself Harper. You need loads of courage to sneak into a CEO’s office. And that’s what made this happen.” Finn winked.

“Well, in that case, fortune favors the bold,” I laughed.

Finn smiled and kissed me, as Axel picked up our daughter and twirled her in the air. She giggled, and Finn took her from Axel, hugging her to him.

“I can’t remember ever being so happy,” Finn smiled.

“And I am so happy for you my friend,” Axel said.

We walked to our townhouse within the complex and my heart swelled with pride and satisfaction. My life was perfect, and I was never more happier.

And tonight, I was going to give Finn another surprise.

After dinner, I called Finn and Baby Sara into the little balcony adjoining Sara’s room.

I had arranged a nice cake – the icing was half blue, and half pink.

And I wore a lacy red nightdress with a ‘question mark’ print on the tummy.

“So, what do you think? Boy or Girl?” I asked pointing to the question mark.

“ Oh my god…you mean…Oh my darling Harper. You are full of surprises…all good ones,” Finn kissed me. “You make me the happiest man alive.”

I heard Sara drop something and realized she had made a mess of herself. Her hands were smeared in cream and she had cake all over her pretty dress.

“Hold on. Let me get a picture before cleaning you up,” I smiled.

Life was perfect.

***The End***

Best Friend’s Daddy (Excerpt)

Description

I know it’s so wrong, but my best friend needs to know.

So, how do we say it?

Hey, I’m pregnant with your father’s child! You’re gonna be a big sister! Yay!!!

No, this can’t happen.

She can’t know. No one can know.

I always understood he was off limits,

But I couldn’t imagine my life without him.

In fact, I saved myself for him!

And working at his restaurant was…fun.

My ‘let’s seduce Michael plan’ was working,

And soon he was feeding me chocolate covered strawberries,

And I was tasting whipped cream off of his lips and…you know what…

But we screwed up…big time!

So, time for Plan B now.

Yep, when shit hits the fan, I do the easy thing and run away.

Will my Prince Charming come after me?

Or did I just ruin my only chance at a happily ever after?

Prologue

Stevie

It was The Day.

I remember that I had written it in all caps on my calendar hanging on the wall of my childhood bedroom. Mom and Dad assumed that I wrote it that way because it was the day of my high school graduation, and I let them keep thinking that. They would have lost their minds if they’d known what it really meant.

The thing was, I knew I was graduating high school. I had always had great grades, I was an active member in the drama club and the field hockey team, my teachers loved me – but in my head, graduation day was more for my parents. They got to see their baby girl walk across the stage and get her diploma. For me, all the hard work had already been done.

So for me - for me, the big day wasn’t about graduating.

It was about the afterparty.

I was finally eighteen, and I was out of high school. Two very important distinctions when you’ve got a huge crush on a man who is old enough to be your father.

Nobody knew about my crush, of course. I wasn’t an idiot and I knew what everyone would think. But all through high school I was just so… done with all the boys my age. Even the college age boys that I met at parties or through my older brother Andy. They were immature, and inexperienced. They didn’t know what they wanted out of life, they were thoughtless and honestly wouldn’t know how to get a girl off if their lives depended on it.

I wanted someone with class, someone who had his life together, someone with maturity and brains and compassion. And someone who knew what he was doing in bed. Someone who could take charge and make me beg for him.

And that man was Michael Madison.

I met Michael through his daughter - my best friend Brooke. Brooke was… not the sharpest knife in the drawer, bless her. But she was kind, so very kind and thoughtful. She had a smile for everyone. She was always one of the most popular girls in our school and not because of any machinations on her part, shockingly, but because she was genuinely such a lovely person that everyone wanted to know her and be her friend.

Everyone always said I was lucky to be her best friend, and I was. Brooke was there for me no matter what, and I was happy to be there for her too.

I was just also lucky in another way.

Michael - he insisted I call him that rather than Mr. Madison—was tall, fit, and so very handsome. He had this light brown hair that curled a little when it got humid or when he’d been working in the hot kitchen all day, and these soulful green eyes that sucked me in, like an ocean. I often found myself accidentally staring into them for too long, just… lost in them.

But more than just being handsome as sin - he was such a good person. He never spoke to me like I was a child but talked to me like I was the same age, like an adult. It was so refreshing, after dealing with everyone still treating me like I had no idea what I was doing with my life. He would teach me how to make fancy dishes when I slept over at Brooke’s house while Brooke watched us, making jokes. He never chastised me when I used swear words - which I used a lot. I’d always had a problem with cursing.

He gave me my love of cooking, my love of food. He was the reason I had decided to go to culinary school instead of a proper four-year college. My parents didn’t mind, thank God. I thought they might protest, but instead they thought a vocational college was an excellent idea and they were grateful to Michael for his mentorship.

If they knew all the things I thought about Michael fantasizing alone in my bed at night, touching myself, whimpering into my pillow as I imagined him inside me, pulling my hair, biting my neck and telling me stay quiet, that’s a good girl.

He was the reason why I hadn’t had sex yet. Oh, sure, I’d fooled around a little, but just a make out session with a guy was enough to tell me that just as I’d suspected, they didn’t have what I wanted. And I listened to Brooke talking about her experiences and… no thanks. I was going to wait for someone who knew what he was doing, who knew how to get me actually turned on and desperate and needy.

Now I was eighteen, legally an adult, and out of high school. Also about to leave for culinary school and be away for three years.

There would never be a better time for me to make a move on the man starring in my fantasies for years.

Of course, all this would be a moot point if he was married, but Michael’s wife left him last month for another man.

That was… that was hard. Brooke cried on my bed for hours. She and her mom had been extremely close. Brooke had always looked up to her, as well as her father, even as she’d admitted from time to time that her mother was focused on the wrong things in life—the material things, money and clothes and objects instead of people. But Brooke loved her and they would go shopping all the time, hanging out, friends as well as mother and daughter. She told her mom everything, and she said her mother was always very patient and understanding about things like high school parties and fooling around with boys.

Then the other shoe dropped, and Brooke was left to wonder if the mother she’d known and loved all this time had been a lie.

Virginia - that was her name, broke her daughter’s heart. I don’t think I would ever forgive her for that.

But hey. It meant that Michael was single and in need of some sweet, sweaty, sexual comfort after the shock of his wife leaving him. Right?

Right.

We even had the perfect setting: my joint graduation party with Brooke at Michael’s restaurant.

Michael insisted on hosting the party and making sure it was perfect for Brooke and me. He went all out, putting up streamers and balloons and getting a big sign. Brooke and I talked for days about exactly what kind of cake we wanted (alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla) and Michael insisted he’d make it for us, don’t even worry about it. I know my parents were grateful not to have to plan anything. I thought it was incredibly sweet of Michael… and I hoped I’d get to reward him the way I wanted to.

For my plan to work—to finally get to have him touching me, kissing me, the way I’d been dreaming of for years—I had to make sure that he saw me as an adult, and not a child. It would be difficult, sure, I was his daughter’s best friend and this was my high school graduation party. But I’d always been told I was mature for my age, and then I had those curves…and moves…I’d like to think so at least.

I wouldn’t lie, I was quite proud of my body. I didn’t go around preening or anything but when I looked at myself in the mirror I thought yeah, nice. Especially if it would help me get Michael’s attention. I hated going to school with my ass and my breasts because the boys were constantly catcalling me and making remarks, as if I was some kind of… piece of meat, ugh. I would wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts at school whenever I could to try and minimize comments.

But for Michael - I was glad of my curves. I wanted to show them off, I wanted him to notice, to look at me with dark, hungry eyes, to get his mouth and hands on them.

I got a dress just for the occasion. White, so that I would look nice and stand out, but tight, really hugging my curves, with a daring leg slit up my thigh and a single, diagonal gauzy shoulder strap that went across my body and wrapped around my waist. It took me forever to find it, to know that it was the right one. And then my hair—oh man, that had taken me hours. My makeup I tried to keep minimal, focusing mostly on my eyes, adding a touch of silver glitter.

Everyone was giving me compliments at the party. “You look beautiful, Stephanie,” was what I got from my relatives, and, “smokin’ look, Stevie!” from my friends.

Personally, I had always preferred Stevie to my full name. Stephanie was sort of reserved for family.

I was just making the rounds, saying hi to everyone, thanking my aunts and uncles and all for their lovely graduation gifts, and trying to keep an eye on Michael without being too obvious about it, when Brooke finally showed up.

“Where have you been?” I whispered, hugging her quickly. “This is your party too!”

“Jake and I got distracted,” Brooke replied, laughing and wiggling her eyebrows so I had no doubt what distracted meant.

Jake was our high school’s quarterback. Brooke was totally into him and he was totally into her, which I suppose made up for the fact that—

“Hey, if it isn’t the woman of the hour!”

My older brother Andy came up, hugging Brooke hello. He was four years older than Brooke and I were, in his senior year UC Berkeley. He was also a massive flirt which was probably why Brooke hadn’t realized Andy had a massive crush on her.

“Your sister graduated too,” Brooke pointed out.

“Ah, yeah, but we all knew that was going to happen. It was a little touch and go with you for a while.” Andy winked at her. “I’m shocked I tell you, shocked that you earned a diploma.”

“Very funny,” Brooke replied, rolling her eyes.

I had to work hard with Brooke to help her pass some of her classes, but I had faith that college would be easier. In college you didn’t have to take a bunch of random math and science classes if they weren’t in your major, and those were Brooke’s weakest points. I’d always been good at numbers, and I loved chemistry once I realized how important it could be to cooking.

“Oh, Jake!” Brooke waved him over.

I grabbed Andy by the arm and asked him to take a selfie with me. I felt bad for him, and I was only glad about Jake because of how happy he made Brooke. My poor brother was pining away for years and Brooke had no idea—and I knew how that felt. It sucked.

But hopefully, for me at least, tonight would change all of that.

After my selfie with my brother, I spotted Michael over by the food table. Okay, this was as good of a chance as any. I’d said hi to everyone, done my duty. Now I could set my plan into motion.

I could practically feel his fingers thrusting inside me already and I shivered as I walked up to him. “Hey, Michael,” I said, giving him my sultriest smile.

Michael kissed me on the cheek and my whole body got warm. “Congratulations,” he told me. “I know you’ve probably heard this from everyone else but graduating is an achievement. You should be proud of yourself.”

“Are you proud of me?” I asked. I wanted to tell him there were so many other ways he could be proud of me - for keeping quiet, for sucking his cock - and that I could keep being a good girl, just for him.

Or a naughty girl, if he wanted.

Michael just grinned at me. God he was handsome. He could’ve had his own cooking show on TV if he’d wanted, with rugged good looks like that. Then his eyes slid over to right over my shoulder, and I smelled - ah, my dad’s distinctive Old Spice cologne.

Call it a result of enjoying cooking, but I was really good at telling who was who by their smell. Not to mention, my mom had never been able to get across to my dad the truth that he wears too much of that damn cologne.

“Robert!” Michael grinned at my father. I could feel my own smile fading, just a little. “You must be so proud of her.”

Well, fuck, I couldn’t very well flirt with Michael - or anyone - in front of my dad. I made an excuse and slipped away, but I kept an eye on Michael all throughout the rest of the party.

When he slipped into his office, I knew I had my chance.

I walked up, putting an extra little sway into my hips to help get myself into the mood. I was fond of these heels, and I thought they looked great with the dress, silver to match my eye shadow.

I got right to the door of his office - thankfully it was in a small hallway where the bathrooms were, so nobody could really see me - and was just about to open it, my hand on the doorknob and everything, when I heard what he was saying.

Oh man. That sounded rough.

“I don’t even care, okay? I don’t care. You can have whatever you want. I just want this over with.”

Okay, I knew it was wrong, but I pressed my ear to the door. I wanted to know what was going on, if Michael was okay.

I heard him sigh. He sounded just… wrecked. Exhausted. “Just keep your damn hands off the restaurant. That’s the only place I’m standing firm.”

There was a pause as the person on the other end of the line spoke. Then Michael said, with so much bitterness in his voice it didn’t even sound like him, “well, what else could I possibly want to hold onto? I poured my love into this restaurant and it stayed true to me, unlike you. I suppose I should be thanking you for showing me what a lie love is.”

The person on the other end started to say something, but Michael cut them off. “You don’t get to say that. Not when you spent months fucking my employee behind my back. My fucking protégé, I mean, Jesus Christ, you just had to pick the person I trusted most besides you, it’s the ultimate sick joke, you know that, right?”

Michael sighed, and I realized who he must have been talking to: his ex-wife. Virginia.

Fuck.

Well, I couldn’t go in there and seduce him now. Not when he was hurting like this. It would be, well… he wouldn’t be in the right headspace and honestly, I’d feel almost like I was taking advantage of him. He must be vulnerable in that state of mind, and I didn’t want him to fuck me because he was bitter and upset. I wanted him to be with me because he actually saw me as someone he could be with. Someone whom he was genuinely attracted to, someone he could fucking have feelings for just the way I had feelings for him.

But I couldn’t just leave him alone in there to argue with that woman.

I took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

There was a pause on the other side, and then I heard Michael saying, “I’ll call you back.”

A moment later the door was opened and Michael was staring down at me.

He looked so tired. It was horribly unfair - why should his wife get to run off with some pretty boy and strip Michael dry when he’d been doing all this hard work with the restaurant all these years?

“Everything all right, Stevie?” he asked.

Shit. I needed to think of a reason for knocking on his door and comforting you after I heard you arguing with your ex-wife is probably not going to cut it.

“…I was wondering… since it’s a special occasion and all… could we have a bottle of champagne?” I gave him my most winning smile.

Michael laughed in a startled kind of way. “Last I checked, people graduated high school at age eighteen, not age twenty-one.”

God, the low gravel of his voice was just - the hottest thing ever. I dared to take a small step closer and look up at him through my lashes. “I won’t tell if you won’t.”

Michael shook his head. “No way, your parents would kill me.” He put his arm around my shoulders. “And don’t you give me one of those pretty pouts, either, it’s not going to work.”

Pretty. He thought it was pretty when I pouted. It felt like my entire chest lit up in response.

“C’mon, I think it’s time we cut the cake,” he said, and led me back to the main room - still with his arm around my shoulders.

The warmth of him pressed against my side, the weight of his arm, the firm muscles I could feel against me - I thought all about it later that night as I was lying in bed. Oh, God, yes, I imagined him picking me up and lifting me against the wall easily, making me whimper and moan for him, telling me to spread my legs for him…

But I couldn’t just waltz in and seduce him like I’d originally planned. No. Michael still saw me as too young, as a child, and he was still dealing with the loss of his ex.

Well, that was fine. I could be patient.

I didn’t know the whole story about his wife, but I did know from the phone call I’d overheard that she’d been with Michael’s protégé. I’d met him a few times—Theo Simmons, almost ten years younger than Michael, early thirties, handsome, tattooed. You know, the works.

With the man he’d been training gone, Michael would need a new protégé, wouldn’t he? Someone who could be relied on, someone he could come to trust and care for.

But of course, that protégé would need to have gotten through culinary school - and how convenient, that’s what I would be doing.

Once I was a professional with training, once a couple of years had passed, after there’d been some time apart where he hadn’t seen me… Michael would come to see me as an adult. As someone he could care for, and someone he could be attracted to. Not a child, not anymore.

I was going to go after what I wanted, and I wasn’t going to give up.

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