PARANORMAL ROMANCE: Shapeshifter Romance: The Vampire's Stolen Bride (BBW Fantasy Alpha Male Romance Books) (New Adult Vampire Fun Mature Young Adult Billionaire Steamy Love and Romance Novella) (16 page)

“Skinny fashionable Caucasian women. That is his type, not plus size black women,”
she thought as a lone tear rolled down her cheek.

Chapter 4

Nathan was having a hard time keeping his cool as he got dressed. Keisha had been speaking…no, yapping nonstop since Shannon left. It was the last thing he needed especially after a beautiful night of friendly and stimulating conversation with Shannon. He would have wanted to stay home that day if Shannon had been there with him but now that Keisha was there, all he wanted was to leave. He didn’t even care that she was in one of those tight bandage dresses that showed off everything she had.

“Are you going to just ignore the fact that I am talking to you, Nate?” Keisha asked as he fastened his tie.

“No, I just simply do not feel like talking to you right now, Keisha.” He turned around and looked at her. “That is all.”

“What the hell is that even supposed to mean?” she asked angrily.

“It means that the agreement between us was purely physical and nothing more.” He put on his jacket. “You have no right to come into my house and make a scene.”

“I was not coming to make a scene, Nate. I was coming to surprise you,” she said, flipping her luxurious honey blonde hair over her shoulder. “Clearly I was the one who got surprised.”

“I don’t want to be late, Keisha,” he said.

She walked up to where he was and put her hands on his chest.

“Babe, I was only gone for three weeks,” she said. “I really want us to…” Nathan held her hand and pulled it away.

“I cannot get into this right now, Keisha.” He started walking towards the elevator but she walked fast and got into the elevator. She looked into his eyes and then touched the side of his face.

“Don’t leave me like this,” she said in a soft voice.

“I have to go, Keisha. Please,” he said again. “So you are either coming with me or staying but if it is the latter, I would rather if I didn’t find you here when I get back.”

“Nate…no….” she started as he pulled her out of the elevator and then stepped in. ‘So you are going to leave all this for that…blob!” she suddenly exclaimed and he raised an eyebrow at her.

“Don’t you dare call her that!”

“Well she is a fat nobody and I am a runaway model so forgive me if I do not see how you would want to replace me with
her.”
There was contempt in her voice. “The least you could have done is upgrade.”

That was it. He’d heard enough. He stepped out of the elevator and looked into her eyes. His heart was racing and it took everything in him not to strike her.

“Keisha, you and I had fun and that was it. You were a mere placeholder so don’t get anything twisted.” He looked at her for a long minute before he spoke again. “Last summer in Milan, you asked me what I had in mind for us and I told you that I was not looking to make any serious decisions about us. Do you remember that?”

“Yes but I thought you were just…I thought you needed more time to make up your mind.”

“I didn’t,” Nathan said sharply.

“Then why did you string me along?” she asked and he shook his head.

“I never strung you along. My heart…my love has always been for Shannon.”

“Are you fucking serious right now?” Keisha asked, her voice louder than before. “What the hell does she have that I don’t?”

“For starters, Keisha, she has a heart and when she declares her undying love for me it is because she really means it and not because she wants a percentage of Willoughby Inc.”

Keisha raised an eyebrow and shook her head.

“I…I don’t know…I don’t know what you are talking about,” she stammered.

“Don’t insult me, Keisha. Please,” he said in a soft voice. “You will never be half the woman Shannon is.”

Keisha rolled her eyes.

“I couldn’t if I tried. That woman is about as big as the Great Wall of China,” she said under her breath but loud enough for Nathan to hear her.

“See, right there. That shallow thinking is the reason why you and I could never work out,” he said as he stood up. “Get out of my house Keisha, and out of my life.”

****

As Shannon pulled on her black pants, she was still replaying the last moment at Nathan’s penthouse. She would have wanted to talk to him again before she went in for her shift but she did not know what she would have said to him given the chance and her phone was still at his place anyway so there was no chance of talking to him. It was still a little early for her to get ready for work but she needed to be busy and getting ready for work was the only thing she could think of to take her mind of things, besides, she still had to pass by the shop to pick up her car.

“Maybe I can take a long ride around town before I go in today,”
she thought as she held her curls back and secured them with a few bobby pins. She had just put on her earrings when she heard a knock on her door.
“If that is Mika coming to squeeze more details out of me I will kill her,”
she thought as she walked to the door.

“Mika if you are back here for…” she started before her voice trailed off when she opened the door. Standing right there on her doorstep was Nathan, which was confusing because they never really mentioned her place. “Nate,” she said as she looked at him. “What are you…how did you know where I live?” she asked.

“I have my ways,” he said with a smile. “Besides, you are kind of an open book when it comes to your address.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” she asked, still surprised that he was there.

“You have all your personal details on Facebook” he said matter-of-factly. “At the risk of sounding like a complete know it all, but that is a little transparent.”

Shannon stepped aside and gestured him in.

“I was just about t head out but I can get you some coffee...but I have to warn you that it is not as fancy as the one at your place,” she said as she made her way into her apartment.

“I didn’t come here for coffee Shan,” Nathan said as she began filling the filter with ground coffee beans. She looked up at him and shrugged.

“Then why did you come here?” she asked.

He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out her phone. She smiled and took the phone from him.

“Thanks,” she said, looking at her screen.

“I didn’t know anyone could stay this long without their phone,” Nathan said as he looked at her. She shrugged.

“I didn’t want to risk bumping into your girlfriend again,” she said, a cynical tone in her voice. “She didn’t seem to like me that much.”

“She is not my girlfriend, Shan.”

“To be honest, I wouldn’t like myself after the compromising situation she found us in,” she went on knowing full well that he didn’t like the topic.

“Shannon! She is not my girlfriend,” he said again.

“You know that is exactly what a lying cheat would say,” she said as she looked at him. “Because you had an entire night to tell me that you had someone in your life and you didn’t.”

“Will just give me a second…” he started before she went on talking.

“And I know I may not be the kind of woman you are used to but I am sure not going to settle for…whatever the hell you had in mind, Nate. I might not be a skinny woman with long golden hair that I probably had to pay for but I’m sure as hell not someone to settle for.”

Nathan rubbed his temple and exhaled loudly before he made his way to where Shannon was. He looked into her brown eyes and brushed off the tear that was rolling down one cheek.

“I’ve been here before Nate and…I really don’t want to go back,” she said in a whisper.

“I don’t want to make you go back there. I would never hurt you like that,” Nathan said as he held her face in his hands.

“But the woman…” she started and he shook his head.

“Trust me, she is not my girlfriend,” he said.

“But she had access to your penthouse.”

“I know. A mistake that I have taken care of.” He stroked her cheek with his thumb. “You mean the world to me Shannon, you know that?” he asked in a whisper but she didn’t answer, mostly because she didn’t know what to say. She shook her head and her gaze dropped to the ground.

“Nate…this is not a good idea,” she whispered as he lowered his head and brushed her lips with his. She closed her eyes when he kissed her again and his hand slowly went down the side of her body slightly brushing against her breast making her shiver. When he pulled away she was almost breathless. “Nate…” she started.

“If you want me to stop, all you have to do is just ask and I will,” Nathan said softly before he lowered his head to kiss her again. She wanted to tell him to stop. She wanted to pull away but for some reason, she just couldn’t. Her hand slowly went up and held the back of his neck as he kissed her slowly, softly. She could not help but notice how soft his kisses were. It was like all her life the thing she had been doing in the name of a kiss was all wrong. It was always so rushed, so rough. Every single man she had ever kissed was always forcing his tongue into her mouth way too early and sometimes a little too deep for comfort. His other hand slid down the side of her body and held her waist before he pulled her towards him. She exhaled in his mouth as he took her upper lip and then her lower lip. He suddenly surprised her when he took her into his arms and placed her on the counter standing in between her legs. He pulled away briefly and held her neck as he looked into her eyes. He might have been breathing heavily but his breathing was controlled, a little too controlled compared to her panting.

She was looking into his eyes as he began undoing her blouse buttons. She was getting increasingly nervous as he unbuttoned her blouse. The last time he had seen her body, she had been a lot smaller and her body had been perfectly toned. But she was now almost three times the size she used to be and the visual of Keisha kept creeping into her mind.

“Nathan, wait,” she said in a whisper as he began pushing her blouse off. He looked at her and she was sure he could see the discomfort in his eyes.

“What? Do you want me to stop?” he asked and she shook his head. “Then what is it?”

“I don’t…I don’t look the same…” he leaned forward and kissed her before she could finish what she was saying. He gently pushed the blouse off her shoulders and looked at her. He was looking right into her eyes as he ran a finger down her chest and then her cleavage.

“You are perfect to me,” he said as he leaned forward. “You have always been perfect to me,” he said again as he kissed her shoulder. She closed her eyes again and tilted her head to the side allowing him to trace his lips up her neck. His other hand was slowly caressing her right breast making her moan softly.

“I want you, Shannon. I want you right now,” Nathan murmured against her skin and she brought a hand up and caught a fistful of his hair in response. He picked her up again and walked them to the living room. She was moaning softly as he gently lowered her on the couch. She looked up at him and she could feel her cheeks flushed as he slowly took off his jacket and then his tie. She could feel her own panties drenched in the wake of his kisses and caresses but she just couldn’t understand how he could be so composed. When he finally took off his shirt, her eyes ran over his perfectly muscular body and she sighed. He was a lot sexier than she remembered but it was not that she minded.

She looked at him as he climbed on to the couch and knelt in between her legs. He kissed her lips softly and then softly ran his kisses down her neck and then her chest. He slipped a hand under her back and undid the clasp with ease. She arched her back and he pulled it away exposing her breasts to him. She was biting her lower lip as he looked down at her. He interlaced his fingers with hers and pinned her hands down on either side of her body before he brought himself down and kissed her again. She let a moan escape her lips when his warm chest rubbed against her bare breasts. He went on kissing her down until he took a nipple in his mouth. She was moaning as he sucked on her nipple and without realizing it, she was arching her back, thrusting more of herself into his mouth. Nathan let go of one of her hands and gave her other breast equal attention from his flicking finger tips. She was moaning and gasping for breath as he kissed and sucked on her. When he finally released her nipple, she breathed a sigh of relief but it was short lived because he traced his tongue across the bridge of her breast to take in her other nipple.

Nathan pulled away and looked at her as he unbuttoned her pants. He then pulled down the zipper and looked into her brown eyes as he pulled down her pants. Shannon was raised her hips again allowing him to pull her panties down. At that moment, she found herself cursing for waiting so long before she did some highly needed grooming. Nathan caressed her thighs as he looked down at her already wet pussy and then lowered his head burying it in between her legs.

Until then, Shannon thought she had seen everything had to offer but the way he was eating her out made her want to scream. He was kissing her pussy the same way he had been kissing her mouth earlier and flicking his tongue on her already distended clit. Shannon was holding on to the edges of the couch as he kissed and sucked and thrust his tongue into her wet salty depths. She was not sure whether it was the fact that it had been a long time since anyone paid this much attention to her intimate areas but she could feel herself releasing into his mouth. She moaned and groaned as he secured his hands under her knees and went on flicking his tongue on her, sucking and taking in everything she had to offer.