Chapter 10
“How do you get takeout all the way up here before you even arrive?” Aurora asked as they sat down to their dinner on the roof of the building.
“I called from the chopper”, Lance bragged and even added a little head wag. “The real trick is find a security guard who knows how to set the table so that nothing blows away when the helicopter lands”. Lance took the paper weight off the stack of napkins and offered one to Aurora.
Aurora took napkin and sat down in the chair that Lance pulled out for her. She felt silly for spending the whole night obsessing over what Lance was doing. She tried to talk about it, but she was embarrassed.
“I noticed that I couldn’t call you from the helicopter”, Lance said knowingly. “Were you a little upset with me?”
“Why didn’t you tell me you were going out of town?” Aurora tried to keep her tone under control. She didn’t want to seem like she was still mad. She was trying to put it all behind her, but this one point was still bothering her.
“It was a last-minute thing”, Lance explained. He could see by Aurora’s face that the answer wasn’t good enough. “I got a tip about Trevor’s plan to buy up shares. There is a company out in Colorado that is looking to sell their shares, but we have to invest heavily in their company. Trevor was making promises, so I headed out there to talk to them directly”.
“How’s it going?” Aurora asked trying to change the subject.
“It’s going great”, Lance joked. “If you consider being held over a barrel and rammed up the ass to be great”.
“Depends on who’s doing the ramming”, Aurora said slyly. She couldn’t believe that she had said it, but Lance brought this out in her. There was an animalistic side to Aurora that she hadn’t been aware of before meeting Lance.
“Well, it’s a bunch of grumpy, old, fat, bald men in Colorado”, Lance sighed. He seemed tired. “Sorry, it’s been a long day”. Lance put his head in his hands and stared down at the plate for a minute.
“I’m so sorry, I just made you fly across the country and now I’m expecting you to keep up a conversation…” a finger on the lips stopped Aurora’s apologetic tirade. Lance let his finger linger for a moment and then he pulled it back.
“My day has been exhausting, but you are a delight”. Lance took in a deep breath of the refreshing fall air. “No more talk about work. Let’s just eat and pretend for one night that the company doesn’t exist”.
Lance seemed to be feeling better as soon as he said the words. It was clear that he was getting fed up with the politics. He had seemed fine until the subject was brought up, and then talking about the company had nearly crippled him. Aurora noticed it again when she talked about work. The mention of his building seemed to put Lance into physical distress.
They went down after they finished eating and Lance gave his lady a tour of the penthouse suite. “I have it listed as an office, but that is only this section near the elevator. Round, wooden walls curved in and met behind a small desk. Lance walked to a door right behind the desk. He pushed open the door and a beautifully furnished living room appeared.
“This is amazing”, Aurora gushed as she was led to the couch.
Lance went to the bar and made two drinks. “Scotch on the rocks”, Lance offered. He passed the drink before Aurora could respond. She took a sip. “I have no skills as a bartender, and I only really drink scotch on the rocks anyway”.
All Aurora could do was nod. Her face was locked in position after taking the poison into her mouth. “I like wine, or champagne”, Aurora said as her tongue moved awkwardly through her mouth. She looked around for a kitchen, or somewhere to get a drink.
“You’ll get used to it”, Lance teased as he took another sip of his drink. He set the drink down on the glass, coffee table in front of them.
Aurora looked around the room. Everything in the room, looked like it cost more than her rent. It was all modern and cold, and it reminded her of a club, or a party scene from a movie. She had never actually been in a room this nice.
Aurora turned back to see that Lance was moving toward her. His hand grabbed the back of her neck, and Aurora was pulled into a passionate kiss. She let her hands move freely across Lance’s silk shirt, and down the front of his pants. Aurora’s heart started to race as she felt the bulge behind the zipper jump at her touch.
Lance lunged, but Aurora pushed him back. She felt emboldened and powerful as she saw the look of concern on Lance’s face. A sly smile appeared on the young woman’s full, pouty lips. She stood up and looked down at her man. “Undress me”. Aurora could hear the power in her voice.
Lance smiled as he looked for the zipper to the dress. He was tall enough that he didn’t have to stand up to unzip the dress and guide it to the floor. With one hand, Lance deftly removed her bra. He buried his face in the c-cup breasts in front of him, and pulled the panties down to the floor.
Aurora grabbed a handful of the short, well-groomed hair. She guided Lance’s head down. With one leg up on the couch, Aurora pushed Lance’s face between her thighs. The light stubble sent butterflies fluttering through her stomach as the tiny, thick hairs grazed her upper thighs.
The long, gentle strokes sent shivers through her body, and Aurora’s hands gripped tightly on Lance’s head. The shivers forced her to sit on the arm of the couch. Lance’s tongue was working its magic so well that she didn’t realize that he had spun her around, until he stood up and thrust himself inside.
When did he take his pants off? Aurora wondered as she sat on the arm of the couch and rocked her hips. She could feel the orgasm building, but she wanted to be in control this time. She pushed Lance back and hopped off the couch.
She moved over to him seductively, and motioned for him to get on the floor. Lance laid down on the floor and Aurora climbed on top of him. She had very rarely been the one on top, but it felt good. It hit her just right.
Aurora started to ride Lance. She could feel his hands massaging her breasts and tweaking the now hard nipples. He had started very gently, but his fingers moved firmer as Aurora’s movements started to get wilder, and more frantic. She could feel the pressure building inside of her. She could feel Lance’s member starting to throb.
Lance felt so good inside of her. She never wanted it to end. They just moved so well together. Lance was always reading off of her sounds and movements. She would move, and he would push back in just the right way. He was grinding back as she rocked her hips on top of him.
“Yes”, Aurora just breathed the word, Lance started to move faster. The normally reserved woman liked being on top. She opened her eyes for just a second and looked out the floor to ceiling windows that looked out over the city. She had mounted Lance on top of the world.
Seeing their reflections in the glass turned Aurora on. She knew that she was young and skinny, but tonight she felt truly beautiful. Her delicate body rolling back against the hard, chiseled muscles of Lance’s body.
Aurora took one last look, and then she closed her eyes and threw her head back. She could feel it washing over her. Lance grunted and pulled Aurora down onto his chest. They laid on the floor for a while. The cool tiles felt nice against Aurora’s hot flesh.
When she tried to get up, Lance stood up and carried her into the bedroom. They made love tenderly in the bed. Looking into each other’s eyes, Lance took long, slow strokes in and out. Aurora loved to feel the whole length of Lance on each stroke. They didn’t get dressed until the phone rang.
“Are you kidding me?” Lance screamed into the cell. He was turning colors as he listened to the person on the other end. Aurora decided to get dressed, but Lance gently knocked the clothes out of her hand, and pointed back to the bed.
Aurora thought a fifth time sounded ambitious, but she was willing to give it a shot. Lance got off the phone and flung himself backwards onto the bed. Aurora swung a leg over him and kissed Lance’s full lips.
“I have to go back to Colorado”, Lance groaned.
“Now?”
“Now”, Lance said as he let his hands fall over his face.
“Okay”, Aurora said as she got off the bed. She started looking around for her clothes. Lance got off the bed and then looked at the young woman.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m getting ready to go”, Aurora said as though the answer should’ve been obvious. She went back to looking for her clothes.
“Get back in bed”, Lance laughed as he guided Aurora back to the bed. “It’s 3 in the morning. Get some sleep and don’t worry about locking up in the morning. Just leave and I will send Ralph up to take care of it”.
Aurora went back to bed and Lance kissed her on the head as he ran out of the room. The place was strange and cold, but Aurora was tired enough that it didn’t matter. She was asleep in seconds.
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“AHHHHHH!” Aurora screamed as she opened her eyes to see a woman standing in the room beside the bed.
“So, you’re the new girl?” The words seemed like a judgement, but Aurora’s heart was racing, and she was having trouble dealing with the whole situation. “What lines did he feed you?”
“Are you the cleaning lady?” Aurora wondered, she assumed that this woman wasn’t Ralph. Then an awful thought struck her, “Oh my God, you’re his wife! I’m so sorry…”
“I’m not his wife!” The woman screamed. “I was the last you. The one that came before the new you. This was all mine”.
Aurora didn’t know how to respond. The woman was only a little older than Aurora, and they looked like twins. Blonde hair, blue eyes, c-cup breasts, and full lips, except this woman looked strung out. It wasn’t drugs though. Aurora recognized this look, this pain, the pain she had felt the night before when she believed that there was another woman in Colorado.
Lance clearly had a type that much was clear. Aurora got out of the bed wrapped in a blanket and found her clothes. The whole time the other woman was standing in the room staring angrily. “I’m going to call security”, Aurora said after asking the woman to leave.
“You’re going to call security on me?” The woman was outraged. “I am you, welcome to your future!” Aurora could see the woman’s anger frothing and shaking inside of her. “Tell Lance Rita says hi!”
Aurora stood in the middle of the room. She stood in complete silence for a long time as she tried to process the events of the morning, and the night before. Lance’s love was a drug, and she was hooked. Aurora needed to find out more about Rita. There was no way that Aurora wanted to end up like that, but she feared it was already too late.
She got dressed and headed out the door. She had to make it back home and then to work. Aurora realized that her phone had been off the whole night. She turned it off and it immediately started buzzing like crazy.
Lance and Max had already sent messages, and Sheila was texting the coffee orders. “You need an alarm clock!” The message came through after the coffee orders, and then the phone rang.
“I’m sorry”, Sheila said before Aurora could say hi. “I know break ups are tough…”
“Actually…” Aurora barely got that word out and Sheila’s voice raged out in a violent growl. The phone went dead.