Reckless (6 page)

              The rest of the day was spent in bed. When she wasn’t sleeping, she was crying her eyes out. It wasn’t until she felt a pair of warm hands on her shoulders that her body fully relaxed. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw Lucian sitting on the edge of the bed behind her, his eyes full of concern.

              “He’s gone.” He said.

              “The tour kicks off next week and he just hopped on the bus this morning.” She said.

              “Who?” Lucian’s eyes were filled with confusion before they cleared and she saw pity cross his features.

              “Who were you talking about?” she asked, before he could ask her about Jon. She sat up in bed and stared at him. “Who’s gone?”

              “James.” He announced. Her mouth opened in shock and he took the opportunity to kiss her deeply. “Do you still want to attend dinner with me? If so, get dressed. You have twenty minutes to earn your money. And when we get home, you’re going to be my whore.”

              He slapped her ass and she glared at him. But who was she kidding? Even though she’d turned him down flat the first time he’d propositioned her, she was most definitely his whore for the week and he’d taken full advantage of the situation. He’d taken her out as arm candy all week long, and never missed a moment to be inside of her. The man was worse than the Energizer bunny. She was surprised he didn’t have ten kids running around somewhere as the product of his never ending sex drive.

              With that thought, she blanched. They’d been having unprotected sex all week long. She lunged for her phone and pulled up the calendar. She wanted to hurl a lot of curse words at the device, but swallowed them down. Yes, she’d ovulated at the beginning of their week together, but there was nothing she could do about it now. The last thing she needed was a baby, but if she was pregnant, at least the kid had a rich dad. And living with the dad he or she would be. She was ill equipped for a child.

              She sighed. She wouldn’t mention it unless she missed her period and got a positive test in a couple of weeks. Until then, she was going to enjoy her last couple of nights with Lucian and try her best to forget about James for a few more days. It was obvious that Lucian didn’t want to talk about it, but she needed to know for sure that he was gone. So in a few days, she’d broach the subject again.

              Yes. In a few days. She needed a few days.

Fourteen

              Brianna was brilliant on his arm. She was smart, beautiful, and charming. It was obvious that she was studying business to him, but everyone else thought she was a graduate and asked where she worked. When she told them she was still a student, a few negative glances from the women were cast his way, the men gave him congratulatory pats on the back, and almost everyone she talked to offered her some sort of position with their company after she graduates.

              The night was going perfectly and every time someone eyed her in that sexy black dress he’d bought her, his hand moved possessively to her waist or his lips would be on her neck. It wasn’t rare for him to bring a date to these types of functions, and he was normally pretty hands on with his females, but it was never like him to be possessive or jealous. And tonight, he was both. Though he’d picked the dress, he suddenly hated the eyes that were on Brianna’s bare back, or staring at her cleavage.

              “I’m going to have to go home and fuck you silly for having all of these jackasses staring at you like that.” He whispered in her ear.

              She gave him a sexy glare that made him groan. “Why wait until we get home?” she winked at him, then started moving through the crowd.

              It was his hotel, he had a room upstairs, but he didn’t want to take her there. He wanted her at home, in his bed. Still, he followed her out of the ballroom and into a door marked for employees only. It was an electrical closet. This was new, even for him. The wrong move would knock out the power for the entire hotel. But when she unzipped her dress and let it fall to the floor, he couldn’t bring himself to care. She wore nothing underneath that dress. She’d been without panties in front of his colleagues all evening.

              “Fuck me.” He whispered.

              “I intend to.” She grinned.

              He couldn’t help it. He wanted to give her foreplay and make her wet for him, but his body did the talking for him. She was wearing nothing but those “fuck me” heels, so that’s what he did. He unzipped his fly, letting his erection spring out. Pushing her against the wall, he dominated her mouth, demanding her to open up for him while he fucked her mouth with his tongue.

              Lifting her off the ground, he positioned himself right where he wanted to be and slid expertly inside of her. She moaned and the sound just made his cock swell inside of her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and started bouncing on him. She was just as urgent as he was to get to the first orgasm of the night. She rode him until she couldn’t take it anymore. He didn’t bother to smother her screams with his lips. He found that he wanted everyone to know exactly what they were doing, and that it was him and only him who could give her that kind of pleasure.

              When her first orgasm wore off, he lowered her to the ground and pressed her against the door. He wasn’t thinking or being very careful with her. He smothered her body with his, thrusting into her until her legs were shaking with the force. He didn’t notice her hands, he didn’t notice that she was trying to hold on to something. All he noticed was how her ass bounced back with every thrust. It wasn’t until he grabbed her and yanked her to his body as his orgasm hit that he heard the system shut down. She’d grabbed a cord and pulled it with her when he yanked her against him.

              “What happened?” she asked, dropping to the floor to pick up her dress.

              He reached into his pocket and pulled out his lighter. Lighting it, he nodded to her dress. “Get dressed. We’ll sneak out of here before maintenance gets here.” He said.

              She hurried into her dress and he helped her zip it up on the side before grabbing her hand and extinguishing the light.

              They stepped out into the darkness, his eyes adjusting with the help of the moonlight coming through one of the windows. Keeping them against the wall, he led her through the crowd and out one of the side doors. They were through for the night and he really wanted to get her home and into his bed so that they could finish what they’d started in the closet.

              Elvin got them home in record speed and he practically carried her into the elevator. He struggled to hold her up and insert the key card into the slot to get to his penthouse. Lucian wished that their time together wasn’t coming to an end, and he thought about taking her to his home in the mountains for the weekend. The elevator door opened and he dropped Brianna to the floor and cursed.

              “Holy shit!” he snorted.

              “I see you couldn’t keep your dick in your pants for a week while I was gone.” Samantha scoffed.

              Brianna stood up and glared at him, then at Sam. “What’s going on?” she demanded.

              “If you took my boyfriend’s cock out of your mouth long enough to pay attention to your surroundings, you’d see that I’m back and you’re dismissed.” Samantha was on full attack and it pissed him off.

              “Girlfriend?” Brianna squeaked.

              “Do I need to repeat myself little girl?” Sam crossed her arms and dared Brianna to argue.

              He watched in horror as Brianna turned and stormed back onto the elevator. “Send my things to me tomorrow.” She called over her shoulder before disappearing into the elevator.

              As soon as she was gone, he turned to face Samantha. Who slapped him across the face.

Fifteen

              Brianna couldn’t be mad at Kelsey for not mentioning that her brother had a girlfriend. Really, how could she know that they’d hook up together the week she went away for spring break. And that wasn’t even the worst of it. For weeks, she’d had been silently staring at the check for twenty seven thousand dollars. The extra two thousand was supposed to cover the things she’d left behind and Lucian’s girlfriend, Samantha, destroyed.

              She didn’t want his money, but she couldn’t bring herself to cash the check. It reminded her of their week together. She almost thought that she was starting to develop feelings for him. It wasn’t love, but it was definitely more than just the raw, unadulterated lust that they’d both felt at first sight.

              “Are you almost ready?” Kelsey asked, slinging a bag over her shoulder.

              It turned out that they both had summer jobs in New York. Kelsey was going to work in the main offices of her father’s corporation, Davenport Enterprises, and it turned out that KLS Global was only a few blocks away. They would have separate apartments though because KLS Global required all of their interns, paid or not, to stay in a designated apartment building, while Kelsey owned her own apartment in Manhattan.

              “I’m ready.” She said, closing her suitcase and dragging it across the floor.

              If Kelsey hadn’t insisted, Brianna would have happily taken an economy seat on a commercial flight to New York. But since Kelsey was going too, Lucian insisted that they take the company’s private jet, along with Kelsey’s best friend, Amira who was shooting daggers at her the whole limo ride to the airport.

              Lucian was there to see them off, and when he tried to speak to her, she walked right past him and took a seat on the plane. She intended to just sleep the whole flight, but as the plane took off, she found her hands shaking. She missed Jon. She’d tried to call him several times since her sort of break up with Lucian. He was always busy or never answered, so she just gave up on him. Her next option was alcohol. So when it was offered, she took it.

              New York was supposed to be a magical place, but she couldn’t see it. Her heart was just in the gray zone and she didn’t understand why. It’s not like she and Lucian were dating. They were just fucking. It was never supposed to be serious. He was just supposed to be a means to an end. She needed money for school and for bills. He needed her to be with him. She did. She earned her money.

              She really earned her money.

              That check was going to be deposited into her account by the end of the week. She’d made up her mind as she approached the apartment building that was listed in her official acceptance letter. It was absolutely breathtaking. Almost like the building that Lucian stayed in back in Denver. She shook her head, determined not to let thoughts of Lucian pollute her mind.

              “My name is Brianna Michaels. I’m supposed to be in apartment three thousand three.” She told the doorman.

              He grinned and tipped his hat to her. “Of course, Ms. Michaels. Your key is with the Superintendent in apartment two ten. My name is Davis, if you need anything. And good luck with the new job.”

              “Thank you, Davis.” She smiled and headed inside.

              After retrieving her key from the super, she headed up to the thirtieth floor. Her apartment was amazing. It was tastefully simple. A large brown sectional sofa dominated the living room. The kitchen was elegant with stainless steel appliances, including a double oven, and huge island in the center of the kitchen. She rushed to the back of the apartment and saw the office first, and two bedrooms with nicely made king sized beds.

              The door opened and a pretty redheaded young woman walked in. She wore the same expression of awe that Brianna wore when she first saw the apartment. Brianna rushed forward, eager to meet her roommate.

              “Eleanor?” she asked.

              “Brianna?” her roommate had an accent. She was definitely a Texan.

              “Hi, I’m so excited to finally meet you. I was kind of nervous about this moment for the last three weeks.” She admitted.

              “Me too. I even set up a backup plan. I was looking at apartments to rent close by.” Eleanor said. She pursed her lips. If she was looking at apartments, that meant she had Manhattan money, so that already put her on another level. Probably the same level as Kelsey.

              “Well, I’m nice. I promise.” She said, laughing off the sudden jolt of insecurity she was feeling.

              “I’ve already met some of the neighbors. All boringly dull except for Kevin two doors down. Gay, but so fucking sexy.” Eleanor headed to the kitchen and Brianna followed. The mini beverage fridge beside the island was fully stocked and she hadn’t noticed until Eleanor pulled out two bottles of wine and held them up for her to choose one.

              She pointed to the one on the left and sat in a barstool at the island while Eleanor searched for an opener. She pulled two wine glasses down from where they were hanging decoratively above the island, and slid them over to Eleanor to fill. When she handed her one of the glasses, she closed her eyes at how rich the wine tasted on her tongue.

              “Most of the people in the summer program are snobs. High bred, ivy league, dinner club….” Eleanor gulped her wine and poured another one. “Wait. What school do you go to?”