After lunch, I came back to my desk a little more refreshed. The break had helped to clear my head, at least enough so that I felt I could finally finish the project I was working on. I sat down and grabbed my pen, ready to come up with two more ideas for Carter. I'd hardly touched the pen to the paper, though, before I heard a knocking on my office door.
I let out a discouraged sigh, before calling out, “Come on in!”
Carter opened the door and stepped inside. My frustration turned to happiness, as soon as I laid eyes on him.
“Hey there,” he said, with his boyish smile. He walked across the floor and circled around the desk. He leaned down to give me a kiss on the cheek.
“You're in a good mood,” I said. “Did something happen? Please tell me the media left. Or did the SEC decide not to go through with the audit?”
Carter shrugged. “Neither of those things happened. In fact, there's more media outside than when we got here this morning and based
Driving up to the front entrance of a mall in the back of an eighty thousand dollar SUV with black tinted windows was definitely the thing to do if you wanted to garner stranger's attention. It seemed like every soccer mom that was out there glanced over at us as soon as we pulled into the parking lot. “Carter, I can just run in really quick if you don't want to be seen,” I said. “Your face is all over the news right now and I'm assuming you don't want any extra attention.” “It's fine. I'll go with you,” he said calmly. “Besides, I'm not going to let the damn media run my entire life. They've already taken over my building for the moment and I refuse to give them any more control than I have to. If I want to go shopping with my girl, then I'm going to do just that. Also, though, and more importantly, I kind of want to see you try on a swimsuit for me.” “Oh yeah?” I asked, raising an eyebrow flirtatiously. “Yes, please,” he said, with a wink. D
“Hey now, you know what that does to me,” he said as I bit my lip. “Oh, I know. We can’t do anything here, though. We have to be good. Come on and wait for me outside of the dressing rooms. I’ll try this on real quick and we can get out of here.” I spun around and made my way to the back of the store. There were only three booths to change in and all of them were empty. I chose the one on the right and stepped inside. My heart was thumping excitedly behind my ribs. Seeing Carter's pupils dilate like that sent a wave of excitement into me. I loved that expression of his. It always got me going, because just about every time I'd ever seen it, he ended up ravaging me sexually. Before closing the door, I saw Carter take a seat on the chair just outside of the changing room. It kind of made me laugh. I wondered how many thousands of boyfriends had sat in the exact same chair while patiently waiting for their girl to try on clothes. He's so damn
The drive down to the docks took a little over an hour. I really enjoyed the trip, though, because I got to see the Southern park of New York for the first time. It was nice get away from the concrete jungle for a bit and see a little bit of actual countryside. I'd almost forgotten how beautiful trees and grass were, and the hand-planted foliage in the city didn't count. It was completely different. When we finally arrived at Raritan Bay, I was still completely clueless as to what this date with Carter entailed. All I knew is that outside of the car were tons of boats, fisherman, and seagulls. Needless to say, that didn't really help me figure it out. “You won't even give me a little hint, huh?” I said, staring out of the rear window. A seagull landed nearby on the sand and squawked at me, as though we'd just interrupted his day by showing up. “You'll find out soon enough,” Carter said, patting the top of my knee. “Just don't forget your bag from the
Carter unlocked the door that led into the Captain's cabin. Thanks to Carter's five second lesson, I now knew that this part of the boat was near the Bow. “Welcome to my happy place,” Carter said, as he pushed open the door and stepped through. I followed him in and looked around. To my left was the controls of the yacht. It had three massive computer monitors in front of two leather seats. There were dials and buttons on the control panel below the computer monitors. The kid in me felt like running up and pushing every one of them. I obviously controlled my urges, though, since the last thing I wanted to do was to cause the boat to capsize before even leaving the docks. “You know, I've never had an official First Mate before,” Carter said. “You get your very own chair and everything.” I walked over to one of the leather seats and slid into it. “This is pretty amazing, Carter. How did you learn to drive something like this?” “Like I said, I've
My new swimsuit was laid out on the counter in the bathroom located at the back of the ship's cabin. I'd already taken the price tag off and was busy just admiring it for a moment. It was the nicest suit I had ever owned. Every part of it looked expensive. The craziest thing about it, though, was that it cost more than my very first car that my parents had bought me when I turned sixteen. I stripped out of my uncomfortable work clothes, then took off my bra and panties. I placed my hand over my belly. Touching my stomach had become an uncontrollable habit lately. Every time I was in front of the mirror with my top off, it was like I just had to say 'hello' to the new life inside of me. With Carter on the other side of the door, though, I couldn't exactly have a full on conversation with the unborn baby. He would think I had officially lost my mind. So I spoke quietly. “Hey, little one,” I whispered. “Daddy has taken us out on his boat. I hope you're ready to go for y
“Not exactly an idea,” he said. “I'm afraid you might think I'm a total nerd if I tell you, though.” “Carter, you're taking me on a cruise aboard your private yacht,” I said. “I'm hard-pressed to believe that there's anything you could say to me right now that would make me feel like you're a nerd.” “Check this out,” he said, taking my hand and leading me toward the center monitor. “See this line right here, the one we're about to pass?” There was a light blue line across the map. The red dot that represented us was about to touch the line. “Yeah, what is that?” I asked. “We're about to head into International waters,” he said, with a smile. “Are you serious?” I said, leaning closer to the map. “Is that bad?” He shrugged. “No really. You know what it technically means, though, right?” I shook my head. “I'll be honest. I have no clue.” “It means,” he said slowly, as if to build anticipation. “As soon as we cross
A cool breeze blew off of the ocean, sending a chill through my body as we made our way up the ladder and back onto the deck of the Mary Lynn. Carter and I headed straight into the cabin, where he grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my shoulders. “Thanks,” I said. “It was starting to get a little chilly out there.” “Once you dry off you'll feel better,” he said. He grabbed a second towel and wrapped it around his waist, tying it at the front. “So, ready to see the rest of the boat?” he asked. I nodded. “Yes, definitely.” “Follow me,” Carter said, walking across the cabin toward a small door along the back wall. “You're going to laugh when you see what I've done to some of these rooms. You'll think I'm ridiculous.” “I doubt it,” I said. “I'll probably love it.” We stepped through to the adjacent room and I glanced around, immediately realizing why he'd said I might think he was ridiculous. “An arcade?” I asked,
“Fuck me.” I wasn't sure if I was asking or begging or merely ordering him. It didn't matter, though. He got the hint. Especially when I did the one thing that I knew would get me what I want. I sucked in the right side of my bottom lip and clenched down on it with my teeth. “Goddamn,” he said, his eyes now focused on my lips. “You know what that does to me.” I nodded, but didn't remove my lip from between my teeth. Instead, I locked eyes with his and at the same time, began touching my breasts. I teased my fingers over my nipples, surprised by how hard they'd become. Carter's breathing became heavier and even though the light was dim out there on the deck, I saw his pupils dilate. He quickly stood up on the couch and untied the towel that was around his waist. He tossed it to the side and my eyes weight down toward the bulge underneath the front of his swim trunks. His cock was eagerly pressed against the material. It was ready to be released and I w
Carter was still inside me as he began to stroke my hair. “So, you didn’t really tell me if you liked this bedroom.”“I do,” I said.“How would you like to share it with me?” he asked.I figured he would try to get me to move in with him. “Are you sure? That’s kind of a big step.”“So is having a baby,” he said.I thought about it. “I think I want to stay in my own apartment for now.”“Well, I can pay for it for now. That’s not a problem. But I’m going to want you to move in with me by the time the baby is born.”There he was with that patriarchal attitude again. “Or maybe I’ll spend my own money to live the same way I have been living, and you can just buy the baby some gold-plated diapers,” I said. I couldn’t help but overdo the sarcasm a little bit.He shrugged, then moved his hand to my shoulde
I hadn’t even begun to drink in the fact that Carter’s penthouse loft had a helipad before my breath being taken away by the sheer size of the apartment itself.“Carter, this is huge!” I said, looking around the place. There was a piano, a bar, and an entertainment center. That was just what I could see from the main entrance.“You want to see something else that’s huge?” he asked. I slapped his chest playfully, then moved to check out the rest of the apartment. He didn’t let me, though. He grabbed me by my waist and brought me in for a kiss.I squealed in surprise. “What’s that for?”“I know it’s been less than 24 hours since I last saw you, but I feel like so much has happened since then.” He kissed me again. “I found out I had a baby, I found out who the mole was in my company, I had my name dragged through the mud in all the tabloids-”“Carter,
The second I was in the door of the SEC headquarters, I went to a pay phone. I was surprised these things still existed.I copied a phone number from my cell phone and punched it in. It rang once before a gruff voice answered. “Who is this?” it asked me.“Carter, it’s me,” I said.He sounded relieved. “Jane. I’m glad it’s you. Somebody else got this phone number earlier and I was afraid they were calling again.” There was a pause. “Why aren’t you calling me from your own phone?”“I’m afraid it might have been tampered with,” I said. “That’s not important. What’s important is that I met with Delaney. Cindy is the mole in your organization. You have to monitor her access in general, but in specific, monitor any emails that you had with Greg about New York Solar.”“All emails are backed up on a weekly basis, and-”
“I didn’t think I’d ever see you again,” said Roger Delaney, President of New York Solar Company. I didn’t know how to respond to that. I just squirmed in my seat a little bit. He sighed. “Look, you came to me, and now you’re wasting my time. What is it that you want?” I gulped. I really wasn’t cut out for this kind of confrontation. “I... I’m pregnant,” I managed to choke out. He rolled his eyes. “Yes, I hear celebrations are in order. Did you want me to go to your baby shower or something?” I looked down at my feet. I was so embarrassed right now that I thought I could pass out. But I had to keep going. I had to. This was the only way that I could keep Carter and support my baby. I looked back up at him. “I’ve also been fired from Winthrow Financial.” He snorted. “That’s what happens when you deal with a snake like Winthrow. You end up knocked up, thrown out on your ass, and the subject of a government investigation on top of
I pulled up the text from Maddy again. You’re on TMZ right now. I tried to put myself in Maddy’s shoes. Every new piece of information in this drama, from the boat ride to my firing to the pregnancy, she had found out by seeing it on TV. I had thought about telling her about the pregnancy a few times, and it had come up against last night, when formulating the plan. Who else did you tell about you being on the boat?Carter had asked last night. Nobody, except... Except my friend Maddy,I had replied. Somebody’s leaking information to somebody, Jane. Somehow, the press or Roger Delaney keep knowing everything about us. Do you trust her? I did trust her. Even when Carter had suggested telling her about the pregnancy first, to see if she would leak it to the press or to Roger Delaney, the CEO of New York Solar Company. I was sure that it would just
I walked into the doctor’s office with a mixture of hope and dread. Hope because I’d finally be able to share the news with somebody else that I was pregnant. Dread because of all the things that would follow. Still, I had to be brave. It was all part of the plan. I had promised Carter that I’d go to the doctor’s office, and he got to pick the doctor. It still seemed a bit too patriarchal to me, but I’d go with it for now. I hadn’t been to the doctor since I had moved to New York City. This doctor’s office was right between the building for Winthrow Financial and Times Square. I could only imagine what the rent was on a place like this. It was late, almost 8 PM, so I expected the office to be dark. It was lit up like it was open 24 hours a day. The receptionist area was like any other, but I could tell that it catered to a wealthier clientele than I was used to. Everything about it seemed to scream “boutique”. I walked to the receptionist and gave her
My heart had been racing just a minute ago as Carter had pounded into my body. It had calmed down as we laid there in post-coital bliss, but now it was pounding so hard that I thought it would fly out of my chest.He laid there, looking at me like he didn’t understand what I said. My breathing had stopped and I found it even harder to speak than before, but I managed to repeat what I said. “I’m pregnant.”He swallowed. “Are you sure?”I nodded my head. “I took a pregnancy test.”I braced myself for his next questions.Are you sure it’s mine? Didn’t you say you were on birth control? Are you trying to trap me?I knew I had to give him a few minutes for this to sink in, and I vowed not to hold it against him that he had these questions.His hand moved to my tummy, touching me through the see-through fabric of the purple lingerie. Then he pushed the fabric up my body, press
After beckoning to Carter in my sexy purple lingerie, I didn’t expect to wait long after beckoning him for him to react. He didn’t disappoint me. He had his hands around me before I even got to the bed. I moaned as I felt his lips connect with my neck from behind. His hands grabbed my hips, roughly bringing my ass toward his crotch. I could feel him getting hard already. This would be our third time having sex in 24 hours, but he showed no signs of losing any of his stamina. He turned me around quickly and looked at my body. I could feel him appraising me, but I didn’t mind. His looks, always so intense, made me feel even more beautiful than his touches did. And, especially in this outfit, I knew he’d like what he saw. He licked his lips. “I knew this would look stellar on you,” he said. His eyes moved up and down, but eventually settled on my chest. I smiled. The lacy fabric was just short of see-through, and I knew he could see my excited nipples poking thr
“It’s me. Open up.” Part of me was excited that Carter actually came to see me. Part of me was still mad that he sent me home from work. Allof me didn’t want him to see the current state of my apartment. It was a mess. “Why should I?” I asked, quickly picking up a handful of dirty clothes and putting them in a hamper. “Because I want to apologize. I tried to call, but you didn’t pick up. I really do have pizza.” I smiled. I could use some pizza right about now. “Should you be seen with me right now?” I asked as I sealed up the ice cream and put it back in the freezer. “Uh, hello? I know you looked through the peephole. Didn’t you see my awesome disguise?” I laughed. “A hat? That’s your disguise?” “And a pizza. Don’t forget the pizza.” My tummy rumbled, even though I had just been shoveling ice cream into it. “How could I forget the pizza?” “So let me in before someone really does r