Chapter 9
Chloe
He smiled, then leaned in for a kiss, meeting my tongue with his as I sat on top of him. I opened my mouth and his sweet syrup-soaked tongue dance inside. I tilted my head back and let his lips fall onto my neck as my breathing became a passionate staccato.
“Hudson,” I said softly, but he lifted me up, my legs wrapped around him, and carried me into his modern and masculine bedroom. He laid me back gently on the bed and I writhed on top of the soft, plush comforter underneath of, relishing the feel of against my skin.
He pressed his body against mine and he moved his mouth back to my lips. His tongue ran across the edges before he opened and slithered his tongue inside again. I couldn’t believe that we were about to be together again, like this, enveloped in a passion beyond anything I had ever known. Last night, I had let my emotions run away with me because we’d been drinking but this morning, I was totally sober. I knew what I was doing yet I didn’t want to stop myself. I wanted him inside of me again and I didn’t care that we barely knew each other. Jade was right; I had to enjoy myself and now was the time to do it.
He put his hands on my backside. With each squeeze, he turned me on even more. My breasts sat right in front of him as he slid his lips onto my erect nipples, flicking them with his tongue as he hovered on top of me. He nibbled them softly, sending waves of ecstasy through my body. I curled my legs around him as he lay between them. I felt his hard manhood pressing against me, making me crazy with anticipation.
I gasped when I felt the tip of his cock enter me slowly, inching gently at first, just to prepare me for what was to come. He moaned when he slid deeper inside of me. My mouth opened, wanting to scream out in pleasure, but not able to let the words sing from my lips. He thrusted inside of me, holding my legs wide open as we bounced up and down on the bed.
My breasts moved freely until he put his hands on top of them and leaned forward to kiss me again. Sweat dripped from his brow as he slammed in and out of me.
“Yes,” I said, finally able to let the words out of my throat, “yes! Right there, Hudson. Right there!”
He growled as he continued, pushing my legs as far towards my head as they would go. He twirled his tongue around on my nipples as his abs brushed against my stomach. My legs clenched around him like a boa constrictor, and in moments, I felt myself coming. I put my hands around his throat and pulled him closer, so he could kiss me as I came.
“Yes!” I yelled out as his chest brushed against mine.
We came together in a glorious explosion of desire, his huge cock vibrating inside of me, causing wave after wave of pleasure. It was like nothing I had ever experience in my life and I never wanted it to end. It was perfection and he was a master musician, playing my body like a violin.
I glanced at him as he lay next to me, naked and beautiful. I couldn’t believe that we had just done that again. I never expected that it would be like this, that I would this way with him. What was happening with this god of man by my side?
When we finished, he gave me everything I needed to take a nice long shower before I headed out for home. Afterwards, I called for a ride to drive me back across town. He stood in the living room with me, dressed in shorts and a wife beater while we waited for my driver picked me up.
“So, when am I going to get to see you again?” I asked.
He ran his finger across my collarbone, then grabbed my hand and kissed the back of it.
“That’s up to you. I am beginning to shoot this movie in a couple of days, so my time is going to get swallowed up very quickly. That is one reason why I didn’t want to rush into a relationship with you, but trust me, you are definitely somebody that I would take seriously.”
“Is that how you let women down easily? Because by the looks of it, you don’t have a problem finding a woman.”
I smiled. “I’ll take that as a compliment. But seriously, I think you are amazing and that is why I just can’t let you go after this.”
Just then, my ride showed up outside. He opened the door and walked me to the car. “I guess I’ll see you soon?”
“I am sure of it. Sooner than later, hopefully.”
I kissed him on the lips, and with that, I got into the car and headed home. I couldn’t wait to tell Jade that I had finally had sex after all these years. Not only that, but I thought I was on the verge of becoming addicted to it.
I walked into the apartment with my high heels in my hands. As soon as the door closed, I heard Jade’s voice from the living room.
“Chloe? Get your ass in here right now!” I laughed because she sounded like my mother on the nights I stayed out and didn’t come home until the morning.
When I walked into the front room, Jade was sitting on the couch in front of the TV, watching an old sitcom. Her arms were folded across her chest with a smirk on her face. She tapped the cushion with a grin. “Come on and have a seat. I want all of the details.”
Lazily, I walked to the space on the couch next to her and plopped down.
“So. Spill it. Now,” Jade said impatiently.
A few moments of silence passed by. The commercial on the television urged watchers to buy the latest cell phone that was due to come out in another week. I glanced at it, thinking how much I wanted to upgrade until Jade’s voice broke me out of the daydream. “Chloe, I am not joking! Tell me what happened!”
I slowly turned back towards her, and with a half-smile, I responded. “Obviously, we had sex. Twice. Once when we got back to his place and another time this morning. He’s amazing. Like, better than I could have imagined.”
Her mouth dropped open and then suddenly, she lunged towards me, wrapping me up in a huge hug. “Yes! Yes, yes, yes! I am so happy for you! This is incredible! I can’t believe it.”
I laughed into her hair as I gently shoved her away. “I just had sex, Jade. I’m not joining the Army.”
“Still. I’m so happy you’re getting back out there. You deserve it, girl.”
“Yeah, well I’m glad that it happened. I don’t know where we are going to go as far as a relationship is concerned…”
“Wait a minute.” She looked me square in the eyes. “You didn’t ask him about that, did you? You didn’t bring that word up, right?”
“What word?”
“Relationship. Tell me you didn’t.”
“No, I didn’t. I mean, I just wanted to know where we stood, you know? This is all new to me, Jade! I don’t know what to say or what not to say. So, I just said what I thought was natural.”
She put her hand on her forehead. “Goodness, Chloe, you are going to run him away before he even has a chance to stick around! What did he say?”
“Well, for the most part, he just said we would take it slow. He said that he was about to start shooting a movie this Monday, so he wouldn’t have a lot of free time, but that he enjoyed hanging out with me and if he wasn’t busy, he wanted to make things more official.”
Jade laughed. “That sounds like complete bullshit, but at least he didn’t make you feel like an ass. There are plenty of guys out there who are straight-up assholes about blowing you off, so I am just glad that he doesn’t seem like one of them.”
“Yeah, he doesn’t. Anyway, I don’t know when we are going to see each other again and I won’t push the issue. But, if I can be honest, I like him. I think he is sweet and even though we had a few drinks last night, I still think that I would’ve had sex with him because our chemistry was amazing. By the end of the night, it felt like we’d known each other forever.”
“Awww, that is cute! Well, now that you have gotten that over with, I guess we will see where things go from here! Congratulations, Miss I Don’t Need a Man!”
I stood up from the couch. “Yeah, yeah, now we just have to find you someone, so you don’t have to obsess about my personal life!”
She threw a pillow at me as I left. When I got into my room, I crashed face down on the bed, anxious to catch up on the sleep I had missed the night before. Yet, every time I closed my eyes, I found myself thinking about Hudson, and I cursed quietly for letting myself get so caught up in something that hadn’t even technically happened yet.
I only spoke to Hudson over the phone the next day. He was tied up with his manager, making last minute changes and going over the script that he was supposed to have memorized by Monday. I hated the feeling I had about him. I couldn’t get him out of my mind, but I didn’t want to seem desperate, so I didn’t text him as much as I thought about him.
Each time my phone went off, I grabbed it quickly, hoping it was him, and the few times it was, my heart fluttered, and butterflies floated around in my stomach. I felt like I was in high school again, talking to the boy that I had a crush on during my freshman year.
Hudson: Hey. I will try to hook up with you next weekend. Hopefully, I will have some down time on set, but I’m not sure.
I was appreciative of his text because he didn’t have to explain anything to me. We weren’t boyfriend and girlfriend. Hell, we weren’t even dating. As of right now, we were just friends with benefits and that was something that I had to accept.
Me: Totally understand. We will have to see what happens next week though, because I am starting my new job too.
Hudson: You’re totally right. But I don’t want you to think I am going to forget about you. I could never forget about you. We’ll just have to work the timing out as we go.
Me: No worries. I’ll talk to you later?”
Hudson: Absolutely.
I double-checked that my alarm was set, then set my phone on the nightstand, and tucked myself in bed. Even more than my scattered thoughts about Hudson, I was anxious about my first day at work tomorrow. Jade said that she would take me in and introduce me to the person that was able to get me the job as a director’s assistant, so I was looking forward to that as well. I just hoped that I didn’t get there and piss everyone off because I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing.
I woke up in a flash the next morning and got ready in a hurry, trying to plan my outfit so I looked as professional, but comfortable, as possible. By the time I was done, Jade was already at the door, waiting to take me to the set.
“You look good,” she said, glancing at my attire. “The jeans are smart, the shirt isn’t too loose-fitting, and the sneakers are smart for running errands. It shows that you are not afraid to work. Perfect. Are you ready?”
I took a deep breath. “Let’s do it.”
The ride to the set took longer than I expected because traffic was horrible. Jade said that without traffic it was thirty minutes tops, but in LA, “no traffic” wasn’t a thing, and we were looking at an hour or more to the studio. I was used to traffic though, because New York was no different. A short ride through the city could easily turn into two hours stuck behind a pile-up of fire trucks or screaming guys in moving vans.
When we showed up at the set, there were cameras everywhere. People walked around frantically as if they were searching for items that they couldn’t seem to find. They walked with purpose, barely noticing Jade and me, standing in the middle of the set, looking for someone in particular.
“There she is,” Jade said as she lifted her hand. “Hey, Margo!” She yelled out a few times before her friend finally noticed us standing in the middle of the set.
With a smile, she hurried towards us. “Hey, Jade!” she said, embracing her. Margo was a short and curvy woman with a look of focused professionalism about her. I immediately wanted to know everything about her and learn everything she could teach me. “And you must be Chloe?” she asked, unsure if she was right.
“Yes, that’s me,” I said, extending my hand towards her. “It’s nice to meet you and thank you so much for the opportunity to work on set.”
She held my hand firmly with a genuine smile. “Oh, no problem. I just hope that you can hit the ground running. We started filming a little ahead of schedule, so everything is chaos. If you can handle the job, then I am sure there will be more opportunities for you down the line.”
I thanked her again and promised I would do whatever she needed, and with that, she walked Jade and me around, introducing us to a few of the producers, casting director, makeup crew and everyone else associated with the behind the scenes production. I thought everything would be overwhelming, but surprisingly, I felt like I was born for the position.
“And finally, this is Simon, the director. This is who you will be assisting during the production. Anything he needs, it’s your job to get it. Within reason of course,” Margo said with a laugh.
Simon wasn’t as welcoming as Margo. He was short and thin with cropped, messy blonde hair and light brown eyes that looked to be on the verge of shifting towards hazel. I forced a smile. “Hello, Simon. It’s nice to meet you.”
Simon gave me a once-over, then looked down at his clipboard. “Likewise. We need a few things added to the cast trailers. The actors are already complaining. Shocker,” he said as he pulled the paper off his clipboard and handed it to me. “Make sure you get that done. The trailers are back there,” he said, pointing in no particular direction, “and you’ll find supplies in the warehouse on the back of the lot. So, please, get to work.” He handed me a cell phone. “Oh, and before I forget, take that and keep it on and charged at all times. Whenever I need you, I will text you and it is in your best interest to answer promptly. You are on a short leash here, so don’t disappoint.”
Simon walked away as the three of us looked at each other with awkward smiles. Margo shook her head. “I guess I could’ve warned you that he is kind of… high-maintenance. But he is an amazing director, one of the best honestly, so the studios put up with crap.”
I kept my eyes on him as he walked further away. “Well, I guess I have to start at the bottom, so here I am.”
“Don’t let it get to you. You’ll do fine if you learn how to ignore his blatant disrespect.”
“Thank you, Margo.”
With that, she left me to get to work. Jade let me know that she was about to leave and that I would have to get a ride home later because she would be tied up. Jade had snagged a producer’s assistant job on the studio lot. I gave her a hug, and after she left, I got to work. I looked forward to the task in front of me, and no matter what, I was going to give it all I had.