CHAPTER 26
Scarlet
While I would have loved to stay in Tobias’s arms, I pulled back. I’d said what I needed to say, and it was time for me to go. At least now though, I could leave with my heart feeling significantly lighter.
As I drew back, Tobias stared at me, his expression somewhat surprised.
I shook my head. “I’m sorry, but I really do have to get going. I should have been on my way home by now, but I couldn’t leave until I’d set things straight with you. So thank you for giving me a chance to explain.”
“Don’t leave,” Tobias said.
I shook my head again, knowing that I couldn’t afford to check into the hotel again. I’d been on a budget for this trip to Chicago, and I was strapped for cash. And in light of the misunderstanding I’d just had with Tobias, the last thing I wanted to do was ask him for money. My pride simply wouldn’t let me. “No, really Tobias, I have to go now.”
“Why?” he challenged.
I sighed and lowered my gaze to the floor. “I don’t have any place to stay. I…I can’t stay at that hotel any more…” I swallowed and turned away from him. “I don’t have enough…I can’t afford it right now.”
Tobias laughed. “You know that’s not really a problem, don’t you?”
“It is for me,” I said, glancing back at him. “I won’t take money from you unnecessarily.”
“You can stay with me. I have plenty of room.”
“I don’t want to impose.”
“You won’t be imposing.”
“Yes, I would,” I said. I wrapped my arms around myself, suddenly feeling chilled. I hated this feeling, of not having, or not being, enough.
“Scarlet,” Tobias said, moving toward me again, “we’re about to start a family together. What’s mine is yours now.”
I shivered, not quite understanding why I was feeling so defensive and uncomfortable all of a sudden. I had come to his office with the sole purpose of making him believe me and understand that I wasn’t trying to use him for his money. Yet, now that I had succeeded in doing so, I was getting cold feet about our potential future together. On some level, I knew this was ridiculous. On the other hand, I wanted to prove that I was my own woman and that I could take care of myself.
“Okay, if you won’t stay with me, then let me pay for your hotel stay. I’d like to take you out to dinner tonight, if it’s all right. I want to make things up to you,” Tobias said, interrupting my thoughts.
“You already have,” I said. “You don’t need to do anything else.”
“No I haven’t, and yes I do,” he said sternly. “If you’re uncomfortable with letting me do this for you, then let me at least do it for me. It’s wonderful that you’re feeling better, but I need to feel better too, for what I did to you.”
I sighed and closed my eyes for a moment. When I reopened them, he was grinning at me. Moving closer, he stooped down and kissed my ear. The scent of his cologne drifted into my nose. “I’m going to make you some hotel reservations so you can stay a little longer,” he said. “And I’ll get you a driver to take you wherever you need to go throughout the day. I have some work to finish up here, but when I’m done, we’ll go out to eat. I’ll text you the time and place.”
He kissed my temple, and then I felt his hands slide around my body, warming me back up.
If this was what my life was going to be like from now on, it was definitely going to take some time to get used to. By the time I left Tobias’s office, he had provided me with a driver who’d been instructed to take me wherever I wanted to go.
“Do whatever you want,” Tobias had said. “Just make sure to pick up a dress for tonight. We’re going someplace special.”
Just for a moment, I had almost allowed myself to get swept away into the glamour of it all. But then I got a text from my job, which I had been neglecting for far too long. It was enough to send me crashing right back to reality as I stood before the department store mirror, wearing a long and elegant ball gown that managed to perfectly flatter my figure, baby-bump and all.
In the dressing room, I stared at my reflection and sighed.
“Is everything all right in there, Ms. Scarlet?” one of the store employees called out to me. She had been happily spending her afternoon helping me pick out dresses to try on.
“Yes, I’m fine.” I took a deep breath. “Just have to remember what’s important,” I muttered to myself, although I knew that whether I wanted to fully admit it or not, Tobias had become one of the most important things to me. Cold feet couldn’t change that.
“Here you are, Ms. Scarlet,” my driver said to me as he opened the car door for me. I stepped out, my eyes widening in shock as I looked at the extravagant hotel in front of me.
“W-What is this place?” I stammered.
“The Langham Hotel,” he said, bowing.
“This is too much,” I said. But the driver ignored me, retrieving my bags and then escorting me inside.
I had never seen anything so luxurious in my life. Halfway thinking this had to be some kind of mistake, I hesitantly approached the front desk, where the receptionist grinned widely at me.
“Welcome to the Langham Hotel. How may I help you?”
I swallowed. “Uhm…Do you have a room for Scarlet Kale?”
She typed my name into the computer beside her. As I waited, I held my breath, halfway preparing myself to hear that there had been a mistake. But the receptionist looked back up at me and smile. “We sure do. You’ll be staying in one of our Club River suites. You’re going to love it!”
The hotel suite was beautiful, but excessive. The whole time I was getting dressed, I couldn’t help but think about who Tobias Gentry really was. It had been apparent to me long ago that the man was quite well off, but I didn’t anticipate it to this degree. Clearly the money he’d previously spent on me had been nothing in comparison to what he was spending now to make such fancy accommodations for me.
The inside of the hotel suite looked like a house in itself. The furniture was modern and beautiful, and it had all the comforts of home, and then some.
I showered and slid into the new dress I’d bought, it was on sale and I bought it with my own money, at least that was something. As I was curling my hair and applying my makeup, my phone buzzed. I retrieved it, seeing that it was a text from the man himself.
Be ready by 7pm. The driver will bring you to Alinea. See u soon.
I’d stared at the message for a while, trying to figure out what Alinea was. A quick google search revealed that it was one of the most expensive restaurants in Chicago. Glancing through the menu, my eyes bulged at the prices of the dishes served there.
If Tobias had wanted to prove that he was sorry for jumping to conclusions about me, he had more than proved his point.
Similar to the first time I had gone out to dinner with Tobias, it seemed as if he had practically rented out the place for us.
“I think there was a pretty sufficient restaurant in the hotel you put me in, you know?” I said, sitting across from him at the table and taking in our surroundings.
Tobias shrugged his shoulders. “I figured you’d like to go out instead of staying in. You know, get a chance to see the finer side of Chicago.”
“It wouldn’t have mattered to me.” I paused for a moment. “I don’t know how else to say this, but Tobias, this is all too much. You didn’t have to do all of this for me. I feel like you’re trying to impress me. But you’ve already done more than enough. I don’t need all this…fancy stuff.”
His brow furrowed. “I just wanted you to know that I was sorry. I want you to know that I stand by everything I initially said. I’m here for you.”
“I already know that. You didn’t have to go the extra mile.”
He smiled, although the look of it was somewhat somber and took me off guard. “That’s what makes you different,” he said after a moment. He had spoken in such a low voice though, I wasn’t sure if he meant for me to hear him.
“Huh?” I said.
He shook his head and averted his gaze. “My ex,” he said. “She would have relished this kind of thing.” He waved his hand around, indicating our extravagant environment. “But I guess that’s because she ultimately was with me just for my money. She was far more interested in all of this than she was in me. I guess that’s why I can sometimes be so quick to jump to conclusions about people and their intentions with me.”
I took a sip of water from the glass in front of me. We had already ordered our food, or Tobias had ordered for both of us, rather, because I’d hardly been able to make sense of the menu. Swishing the water around in my glass for a second, I took a deep breath and then looked up at Tobias. “So does that mean you’ve been testing me then? Trying to make a comparison?”
He smirked, but the somberness in his gaze remained. “Yeah. I guess I have, to some extent. Probably not intentionally though. I honestly wanted to impress you, but deep down, I think of a part of it has been to see if you…” He paused and shrugged his shoulders. “To see if your affection could be bought.”
“You don’t have to buy me, Tobias.”
He nodded. “I know that now.” He leaned across the table and took my hand in his, giving it a gentle squeeze. “And for that, you almost seem too good to be true.”
I smiled. “That’s funny, because I’ve been thinking the same thing about you for a long time now.”
“The world is a funny place, I guess,” he said. “Always taking unexpected turns.”
“Tell me about it. It still trips me out to think that all of this is happening just because I originally thought you were Preston.”
Tobias laughed. “I swear, I need to meet this Preston guy, just so that I can thank him for changing my life.” His eyes sparkled and a sexy, flirtatious grin spread across his face. “In the best way.”
I grinned, a surge of adrenaline running through me as some of our more passionate moments inadvertently began replaying in my head. Feeling a flush coming over my face, I stared down at the table.
Shortly thereafter, our food arrived. My stomach rumbled at the smell of it, it was beautifully plated too.
Tobias suddenly laughed again. I looked up at him confused and then embarrassed when I realized he was laughing at the way my eyes had lit up at the sight of the food. “Have as much as you like, love,” he said. “After all, you’re eating for three.”
I chuckled. “And I’m definitely hungry enough for three, that’s for sure.” Embarrassment forgotten, I practically began shoving food into my mouth. “Oh my God, this is delicious!”
Tobias smiled. “There’s just one million-dollar question I have left for you,” he said.
I raised my eyebrows. “And what’s that?”
“Well, you know that fancy hotel suite of yours?” he said. “Are you accepting any company tonight?”
I placed my hand on my chin, rubbing it thoughtfully. “Hmm…I don’t know. There’s this guy who I spent a shitload of money on me tonight, maybe just for the sole purpose of getting into my pants. So I’m not sure if having company tonight is the best idea.”
Tobias’s brow furrowed, his expression taking on a look of mock seriousness. “I think you might be right about that,” he said. “In fact, you’re damned right about that. So you might want to clear your schedule for this guy. You know, just in case…”
I tilted my head to the side. “Wouldn’t it be funny if all his efforts were in vain?” I teased.
Tobias gave a smirk so sexy that I almost wanted to leap across the table at him. “The real disaster would be if you passed up the opportunity to experience what this guy wanted to do with you tonight.”
CHAPTER 27
Tobias
As soon as the elevator doors closed behind us, I pressed Scarlet against the wall and kissed her, unable to contain myself. I was so impatient for the last hour, close to counting minutes until the dinner was over and I had her all for myself.
So I used our short ride to her room to feel her, running my hands all over her. The dress fit her perfectly, accentuating her sexy curves, and I could hardly keep myself in check. Her scent engulfed me, and I almost snapped and took her right in the elevator.
What was it about her that turned me into this wild animal? What was about her that always made me come back to her—always wanting more and more?
Our mouths were fused as we swayed on our way into her room, both gasping for air. I barely gave her time to close the door behind her when I attacked her mouth again, working on the zipper of her dress. She looked gorgeous with it, but right now I needed her naked.
She giggled when I failed to unzip her, fumbling with the zipper. “Here let me take it off.”
“Do it, because I’m seconds away from ripping it off from you.”
She giggled again and stepped back to undress herself. I used that time to get rid of my own clothes, releasing my painful erection that had been uncomfortably nestled against my boxers. Her eyes flashed with desire when I removed the last piece of clothing from me, scanning me slowly, and my dick became harder.
I pushed her to the floor and separated her legs, burying my head in between her thighs.
“Tobias!” Her body jerked, her hands gripping my hair when I licked her clit once, twice, before I took that little, swollen nub into my mouth. “Oh God... That’s... Ah...”
Even though I wanted to devour her and get to fuck her as soon as possible, I went slow, wanting to drive her nuts. She had no idea how sexy she looked when she squirmed like this against me, begging me to make her come and calling my name as if the pleasure was too much.
Just like always, her pussy responded immediately to me, soaking me with her delicious juices, and it became harder for me to maintain my control. More juices poured out of her and I moved to pick them up with my tongue, lapping her pussy greedily.
She held my head against her firmly, barely leaving me any space for breathing, but that was the way I liked it best. I brought two fingers to her hole and thrust them inside. Her walls wrapped around them immediately, and it was so warm and tight. All I wanted was to put my cock there and never get out of it.
“Just like that... Ah... Please... I need to come...”
She was already trembling too hard, her fingers gripping my hair and never letting go, and I knew that if I kept this rhythm, she was going to come in a few seconds.
I liked playing with her and prolonging her orgasm, but I couldn’t hold myself much longer, so I started fingering her faster, needing to be inside of her right this minute.
With a scream, she fell apart around my fingers, but I didn’t wait for her orgasm to end. Hunching, I pushed her ass toward me and brought her legs around my waist, plunging deep inside of her.
Ah, fuck! Finally.
Our gazes connected, and I dug my fingers into her thighs as I drove myself hard into her.
She was so tight, and I couldn’t even think straight with the way her pussy was pulling me further inside of her.
“Scarlet, you’re so warm and tight...”
“How about now?” she asked, a mischievous glint appearing in her eyes, and clenched her pussy around me.
Shit. Where did she learn that dirty little trick? She was definitely driving me crazy.
“You’re such a bad girl.”
She ran her tongue over her lower lip, teasing me when she placed her hands on her boobs and started playing with her nipples.
“So what are you going to do to punish me?”
That was it. I stood up and pulled her to her feet. In a second, I was back inside of her, but this time from behind her, while she was bent over the edge of her bed.
I brought her hands behind her back and held them on the small of her back with one hand, while wrapping my other hand around her neck. I banged her harder, hitting her cervix mercilessly each time, and the room filled with her continuous screams. My cock was fucking throbbing inside of her, perfectly swallowed by her pussy, which spurred me to fuck her even faster.
“Tobias! Oh God! I’m going to come! I’m coming!”
She screamed, and the next moment her pussy began spasming around me, squeezing me so hard that I was about to come too.
“Scarlet! Fuck!”
My body tensed, and my orgasm started, but I didn’t stop fucking her until the last drop of my sperm was deep inside of her, filling her sweet pussy.
It was official. I was addicted to this woman.
We collapsed and fell into an immediate sleep.
I was in the middle of a vague dream when I felt a sudden jolt of pleasure. I tried to determine where it had come from, sensing my cock becoming fully hard in just a second. Something warm wrapped around it, and I let out a groan, still not fully awake. Someone squeezed my sac, applying the right amount of pleasure as the same warmness and wetness slid up and down my cock.
“Ah...”
Slowly moving through the haze in my mind, I realized that was Scarlet, who was sucking my cock like a pro. I opened my eyes and raised my head to look at her, grateful for the lamp on the nightstand that cast enough light for me to see her pretty face as she bounced her head up and down. She met my stare, and a pang hit my chest. So fucking sexy.
“Scarlet...” I threw my head back against the pillow and gripped the covers, experiencing continuous waves of pleasure that grew stronger the faster she sucked me.
My heart hammered against the chest, everything tightening in me more and more, and I felt close to my climax.
“Fuck.”
I grabbed her and flipped us over. Capturing her lips, I trailed her arms with my hands until I reached her breasts.
“I want you badly, Scarlet. I don’t want to cum before I get to fuck you.”
She smirked and arched her back when my fingers found her nipple and pinched it, applying a bit stronger pressure. She liked a healthy dose of pain, which made her wetter. And there it was—when I lowered my hand to her pussy, she was already wet. Not wasting a second, I thrust three fingers inside of her, stretching her sweet mound.
“Oh God...”
She grabbed my shoulders and arched her back once more. She was trembling, her pussy soaking my fingers and the sheets, and the sounds mixed with her moans proved to be almost too much for me. The way she looked, felt, and sounded was one major turn-on that threatened to break the little control I had over my body.
“Please, make me come... I need to come...”
I lowered myself and slid my tongue all over her softness, losing myself in her juices and alluring scent. She gripped my hair and pressed my head against her, silently demanding me to be rough, and I was more than happy to fulfill her desire.
With a growl, I began eating her like it was the last thing I would do, licking, biting, and sucking as fast as possible. It was a mess, but it was fucking sexy, and I couldn’t stop.
“Oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes. I love that... Ah, Tobias...” She chanted my name repeatedly, thrashing against the bed, and I felt her close to her climax.
I probed her entrance with my tongue, pushing it inside as far as possible, and she orgasmed, twitching and squirming underneath me violently. Her juices splashed my face, which was the last straw for me.
In an instant, I was on the floor, pinning her against the edge of the bed, and plunged into her. Her nails clawed my chest when I started banging her hard, unable to go slow even if I wanted to.
“What are you... Ah...”
I didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop. I brought her legs over my shoulders and entered her even deeper, feeling high on her. Her pussy was like a hot fist, squeezing each inch of me, and it was only driving me to fuck her even harder.
“Tobias!” She screamed and fell apart again, her walls clenching me too tightly, and if I didn’t pull out of her right now, I would cum in no time.
I stood up and picked her up, wrapping her legs around me. I went over to the wall and pressed her against it, covering her mouth with mine when I got back inside of her. This time I went much more slowly, but my thrusts were powerful, which gave life to a more potent kind of ecstasy that numbed all my senses.
Her tongue slid sensually over mine, making me dizzy, intensifying my pleasure.
“I love you,” I said into her lips and left tiny kisses all over her jaw.
“I love you too, Tobias.”
“I’ll never let go of you. You and our babies are so important to me.”
Her smile was dazzling. “And you’re everything to me. I... Ah!”
She moaned when I hit her g-spot, and more juices coated my cock. I increased my tempo, chasing the orgasm that was too close.
“So perfect and good. I’m going to cum...”
“Yes. Come in my pussy. Fill me with your cum...”
Her words were all I needed to let go, burying deep into her right when the first spurt of my seed ended inside of her. I pressed my lips on hers and gave her a lingering kiss, remaining in her long after my orgasm. Her arms were wrapped around my neck as we tried to even our breathing, and it felt good. It felt like home.
Slowly, I brought her down to her feet and hugged her, inhaling her sweet scent.
“This is just the beginning,” I told her, caressing her hair. “We managed to find our way to each other and create two new lives, and there is nothing more special than that.”
I leaned away to look at her and planted a kiss on her forehead, cupping her cheeks. “I’m never letting you go, Scarlet. You’re mine.”
“Only yours. Now how about we finally catch up on some sleep?”
I smirked at her. Exhaustion was finally getting the best of me. “That’s a good idea. Unless you decide to wake me up in the middle of the night again.” I winked at her.
“Maybe I will. You’ll never know.”