Chapter Seven
Two months later
“What are your plans for Halloween?” Daniel asked, jumping on the bed beside her.
Elizabeth held her finger up as she finished e-mailing her tutor her final assignment.
“You know, I think you love that laptop more than giving me attention. An actual human person.” She giggled. “You know both of your subjects require you to give humans attention.”
It was Friday night, and even though she normally didn’t see him until Saturday evening, she’d noticed that Daniel liked to change the rules at will. Not that she was complaining. He could do whatever he wanted. All she had to do was keep up with it. He never asked her to sacrifice her classes or her work, even though he paid her enough so that she didn’t have to work.
She still hated using that money as each time she did, it made her feel like a whore. She knew she was one, but it didn’t mean for a second that she had to enjoy the feeling.
“I’m done. You said I had five minutes to finish my e-mail while you ordered takeout.”
“Takeout didn’t take that long to order,” he said. “We’ve got about thirty minutes until it arrives.” He dropped a kiss on her head and moved to straddle her ass. She rested her arms in front of her, glancing over her shoulder as he leaned down, kissing her neck. “Do you know the kinds of things I can do in that time?”
“I can think of a few.”
“The first is bringing you to orgasm with my tongue.”
“I can do the same to you using my mouth,” she said. She’d taken his cock into her mouth many times. Watching Daniel come apart as she pleasured him was one of the single sexiest moments of her life. “Besides, you weren’t talking about sex. What do you want to know about Halloween?”
“I’ve been invited to a party.”
“Really. I thought old people didn’t do parties.” She gasped as he slapped her ass.
“I love it when you tease me,” he said, biting her ear before moving off her ass to sit on the bed beside her.
She didn’t give him long before she straddled his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing his lips.
Elizabeth was addicted to his kisses. She could live without everything else, but his kisses were what she craved the most. “So, a party? Are you wanting me to come as your date?” she asked.
His hands went to her ass, squeezing the cheeks. “Yes.”
“Doesn’t that break your rules?”
“You’re always throwing the rules back in my face. Can’t we just have some fun? You know, party, date, enjoy the odd movie.”
“I guess we can. A couple of your friends have already met me.” She’d gone on two “experience days.” One day was to be with his friend who was a teacher. She’d sat and watched in horror and amazement how the kids tested him, constantly throwing out questions. Then she’d spent the day with a psychologist.
Each career had its scares, but she saw the rewards as well. Also, talking long and hard with both professionals, she’d found it far more thought-provoking than reading about it in a book. There was only so much someone could get from reading a book, and she liked to be more hands on.
“Don’t sound so excited about it,” he said, pushing some of her hair off her shoulder. She ran her fingers through his hair, staring into his blue eyes.
“I can’t wait until we go to the Halloween party. It’s going to be so much fun. We’ll play tricks, and have lots of candy. Oh, I can’t wait,” she said, bouncing on his lap.
“Damn, do that again. I love seeing your tits bounce.”
She did a little wiggle, pressing them up against his face. In the past few months she’d come a long way from being shy with her body. Daniel had a way of letting her see her own beauty, and she loved that.
The more time she spent with him, the more she realized why women fell in love with him. If he was like this with every single woman, he was kind, considerate, charming, sweet, and everything that was dirty in the bedroom. She had the best of everything.
“What should we dress up as?” she asked. “Killer doctor and nurse? Frankenstein? The mummy? Sexy maid? Dirty student? I could dress exactly as I am, and you could be the sinful, hard-ass lawyer.”
“I didn’t think much of the outfits, but how about tempting nurse, and I’ll play the dirty doctor?”
She burst out laughing. “That could be fun.”
“Do you enjoy Halloween?”
“Meh, not much to really talk about to be honest.”
“You’ve never had fun during it?”
She sighed. “It wasn’t exactly a big deal when I was at home. I was always a big kid, fat, and my parents didn’t want me eating candy, so I wasn’t allowed to go trick-or-treating. What they gave me was an apple, told me to enjoy that.”
“Your parents sound like assholes.”
“It doesn’t matter. What about your parents?” she asked.
“We had Halloween parties. It was a big deal. They always would show off their wealth and invite people just for them to see what they had, that others didn’t.”
“Don’t you get along with your parents?”
“My parents and I have an agreement to stay out of each other’s lives. It’s much better that way.”
“Sounds … sad,” she said.
“No different than the way you are with your parents. Mine want me to marry, settle down, create a male heir to pass shit along to. I never fell in line with what they wanted, and never would. It’s why I built my career up like I did. I’ve got my own money, my own reputation. I don’t rely on them. Never have, never will.”
This was the first time he’d ever spoken of his parents, and she saw clearly that he didn’t like them.
“At least we’re all making a life for ourselves,” she said. “I’ve struggled all my life to make friends. Even now, I have more acquaintances than I do anything else.” She shrugged. “Not a lot I can do about that.”
“My very experienced advice is this: some friends are really not needed. They tend to disappoint. Once in a while someone will come that you’ll trust, and they will be different.”
“Can I consider you my friend?” she asked.
“Yes. I consider you the same. I like the time we spend together.”
She smiled. “Me, too.”
Silence fell between them. Daniel teased her hair, and the tension in the air seemed to grow. She didn’t say anything for the longest time, and when it looked like he was going to, the doorbell rang.
“Food,” he said.
“Yeah, food.”
She climbed off him, grabbing a robe. He already had on a pair of shorts and was going to answer the door before she’d even finished getting dressed. She really needed to get her shit together when it came to Daniel.
Securing the belt on her robe, she stared at her reflection and berated herself. He doesn’t want a woman that wears her heart on her sleeve.
Feeling happier that she was in control, she made her way toward the dining room where Daniel already had food waiting for them.
Don’t fall.
Do not fall.
****
“I look like a fat nurse,” Elizabeth said.
Daniel grabbed her hand, pulling her over his lap and lifting up her skirt. Within seconds, he slapped her ass three times, making her scream as he swatted her flesh.
“Hey!”
Releasing her, he lifted her up, laughing as she rubbed her sore ass.
“That wasn’t funny,” she said.
“Don’t put yourself down. I think you look rather sexy, and you’re making me ache.” He grabbed her hand, placing it on his cock. “This is what you do to me.”
Standing up, he cupped her face, slamming his lips down on hers. He’d picked up their costumes before driving to the apartment he had just for their meetings.
She refused to move in even though it would be cheaper for her. He would never understand women.
“How do I look?” he asked.
The doctor’s uniform had a stethoscope, and had droplets of blood all over.
“Like the sexy doctor with a killing streak.”
There was blood on her uniform, which gaped at the breasts, showing a great deal of cleavage. He’d gotten her size right as well, which he loved.
“I can’t promise this party will be any fun.”
“Will it beat the haunted college?” she asked.
He frowned, looking toward her.
“It’s really lame, but campus has been preparing for Halloween all week, and they’re really excited about it. They do this haunted college every single year. They sometimes do these little tricks that if you enter a room you’ve got to solve it to get out while things jump out at you and freak you out.”
“Were you invited to go?” he asked, not liking the jealousy that once again struck him. In the past couple of months he’d noticed the guy who’d been sitting with her—Billy, she said his name was—kept watching her.
Daniel didn’t like it, and all it made him want to do was to stake his claim on her and to show everyone else who she belonged to.
Each time he had to force himself to stop because that wasn’t the agreement they had. She showed no interest in any other man. In fact, he’d seen her smile brighten more when she saw him.
“I was. My study group is going, and that guy Billy asked me to stop by. I told them all I couldn’t. I had a date and he wanted me to go with him.” She finished brushing her hair and placed a cap on her head. “I’m ready to go when you are.”
“Let’s go.” He took her hand, leading her toward his car. No one paid any attention to them, as it was Halloween and there would be random parties all around the city. Nothing to jump out at anyone.
The venue he was going to was one his offices had rented out. The party was always a big deal, allowing clients, friends, and family to come together.
Most of the time he avoided it, since to most people it was more of a pissing contest for who’d won the most cases, or who had the better family.
He didn’t compare shit with anyone.
This would be the first time he’d gone and ever taken a date.
Elizabeth wasn’t like the people he worked with. She was a sheep among wolves, but the only way he could get through the party was knowing she would be there so he had something to look forward to.
“What do I do when people ask how we met?” she asked.
“A friend of a friend. It’s not a lie,” he said.
“And what do I say if they ask what we mean to each other?”
“You’re my girlfriend. We stick to all the normal stuff. They don’t need to know our arrangement.” He took her hand, pressing a kiss to her knuckles. “That’s private and between us. No matter what, I won’t tell a soul what our arrangement is. Of that, you have my word.”
She relaxed a little but not completely. Arriving at the large venue, he rolled his eyes at the decorations. Shaking skeletons, coffins, cobwebs, it was all over the house, and so was the loud music as well.
Valets stood waiting, dressed as zombies. Handing the keys over, Daniel took Elizabeth’s arm, and together they entered the lavish party.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this,” she said, grasping his arm. Once inside, he saw a large buffet table, and everyone was dressed up as something.
“Well, well, well, I didn’t think for a second that you’d turn up. Isn’t this a little out of your league?” Lydia asked.
He smiled, looking toward one of his exes. She was a fellow lawyer who worked for another company. This was the point of the party, several different companies coming together to show how amiable they could be.
Daniel called it bullshit, and another reason to exploit their differences. He wasn’t interested in comparing cases he’d won or lost.
“I couldn’t resist seeing what all the fuss is about. After all, I help to fund them all,” he said.
“Yeah, but you’ve never brought yourself low enough to actually be part of it all. Who is this? A budding lawyer?”
“This my woman, Elizabeth. Baby, this is Lydia.”
“Hello,” Elizabeth said, shaking her hand.
“I’m one of the many exes around here. Don’t worry, you won’t be short of company. Daniel gets around a bit.”
He gritted his teeth. “Pleasure to see you. If you excuse me, I want to dance.” He took Elizabeth onto the dance floor.
“You don’t have to worry if we bump into one of your exes,” she said. “She seemed … pissed.”
“I ended the relationship when she hoped for a ring. I only wanted a good time. She wanted forever, and to use our names to further her own career. I believe she wants to run for office or some shit like that. She has no interest in the law. She’s using it to get elsewhere.”
“You have no interest in doing anything else?”
“I love the law. I spent a long time living and breathing it. I’m not going to throw it away on a future that is uncertain. If you love something enough, why change it to be something else?”
“I get it. I do. I respect it as well. I’ve also decided my major, and my classes will be changing after Christmas so that I can focus more on psychology.”
“That’s what you want to be?”
“Yes. I truly believe I can help people. That’s what I wish to do, and I have you to thank for that. I wouldn’t have been able to figure out what I wanted to be without you.”
It felt good having her in his arms.
“I’m glad.”
She pressed a kiss to his lips. “Thank you.” She rested her head on his shoulder, and for a few seconds he closed his eyes, basking in her touch. The way she drew him in, and just made him fall for her even more.
There was nowhere else he wanted to be right now.
Lydia had embarrassed him with her brash attitude, and the way she made it clear he’d been with her.
Elizabeth took it all in her stride, though.
After a dance, they mingled a little more. Several of his clients were intrigued by Elizabeth, but he didn’t let her out of his sight, not once.
Friends of friends had arrived as well, and he saw that a couple more of his exes had arrived.
“I couldn’t believe it when Lydia said you were here. Imagine my surprise, darling,” Katie said, leaning in as if to kiss him.
Taking her hand, he shook it.
“Katie, I’d like you to meet my girlfriend, Elizabeth.”
He watched as Katie gave her a contemptuous look. Wrapping his arm around Elizabeth’s waist, he pulled her close.
“Wow, I didn’t think for a second you did the girlfriend thing,” Katie said. “You know you’re one in a long line of them. If I was you, I’d stay clear of this man. Really clear.”
“Leave,” he said.
Katie shot him a glare before turning on her heel and walking away.
Turning to Elizabeth, he tilted her head back and saw her smiling. There was a little sadness in her eyes, but she didn’t say anything to him. “I think a couple of women miss you.”
He laughed.
There was no way he could help it.
“Come on, let’s dance a little more.” Once again, he had her on the dance floor, enjoying the beat of the music.
He held her hand as he twirled her out from his body, then tucked her back in so that her ass nestled against his crotch.
“I wish we were elsewhere,” he said.
“You weren’t kidding about women wanting a lot more from you,” she said. “They really don’t like me.”
He spun her around and brought her close to him, staring into her brown eyes. “Don’t let them get to you. I didn’t bring you here to throw them in your face. I’ve been asked to come so many times, and if I’m being honest, I wanted you here so that you didn’t go to your party on campus.”
Daniel had seen the flier in the coffee shop before she’d brought it up. In fact, he had to bring it up first in order to get her to even talk about it. She rarely talked about herself or her friends. They discussed everything but personal stuff, and it had taken him a long time to realize that he didn’t really know all that much about her. Sure, he knew what she liked in bed, and how to touch her to bring her to orgasm.
He didn’t know her favorite color, or what she enjoyed.
After mingling for a couple of hours, and her meeting his colleagues, Daniel couldn’t wait to have her to himself, and so, escaping the party, he took her toward one of the spare rooms.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
Opening one of the doors, he pulled her inside, pressing her up against the wall. “I think it’s time for the doctor to see you now.” He pressed a hand between her thighs, finding her incredibly wet.
His cock pulsed as a fresh wave of arousal washed over him.
“I feel sick, doctor. Only your tender care can help.”
Pulling down his pants, he pulled out his cock, lifted her up, found her heat, and filled her. Her tight pussy surrounded him, and he pulled out only to slam deep inside her.
There was no way he could give this up.
No way at all.