Earlier that day…
"I think you're being a little bitch," said Willow, sipping on her smoothie.
"You've said that already. Thanks for siding with your brother by the way," I said, nudging her gently.
Not two hours after walking away from Stacy, I picked Willow up at the airport. She was here for the weekend, checking out NYU to see if she might want to go here next year and I was showing her around.
Seeing Stacy upset had caused me physical pain, a tightening in my chest, but I needed to get away from her. It felt like there was nothing else to say. She was going to do what she was going to do. That was probably the anger talking, but I didn't want to hurt her by saying something I couldn’t take back. So I left. Now the whole thing was haunting me.
"You didn't let me finish. You're being a little bitch and I think it's great. Fantastic in fact," Willow continued, as we walked the same paths I used to walk with Stacy.
"I went on live television and declared how well I know her. Well joke's on me, because she hid everything that's important about herself from me. If that wasn't enough, she's engaged and I kissed her. On live television. I'm a dumbass," I said, going on the same rant for the umpteenth time. "She's so—"
"Hot? Good kisser? Out of your league?"
"Infuriating," I said, shaking my head. "And yes, that other stuff too."
"And that right there is why this is fantastic. Beautiful," Willow spread her arms into the air and spun herself around. "Mr. I don't feel anything for anyone sure sounds like he's caught feelings."
I wanted to deny it, but I hadn't been able to get Stacy off my mind all day long. The idea that I was never going to see her again drove me crazy. For goodness sake, I was talking to my baby sister about it.
"You know what, end of discussion. Let's show you the library, where you'll be spending all your time," I said, ushering a protesting Willow away.
Willow and I hung out for the rest of the afternoon. After the college tour, I took her sightseeing.
When we got home, the emotional turmoil of the day had caught up with me.
"Going to take a nap. Leave this apartment and I'll kill you. That is if mom doesn't kill me first for letting you out of my sight," I said, yawning as I headed to my room.
"You know, one way to make sure I stay out of trouble is to take me over to Stacy's. We've narrowed my prom dress down to two options. How great would it be—"
"I'm not falling for that," I said in response. "Stacy's leaving for Chicago tonight. Nothing I can do about it."
"You're still being a little bitch," Willow called after me. "Obviously the thing to do is show up at the airport at the eleventh hour."
"Too many chick flicks, Willow," I called back.
And despite the words, I spent the next half an hour staring at the ceiling, willing myself not to call Stacy. Maybe this was for the best. Did I really want to get involved with the mafia? Was Stacy worth pissing off the mob for?
"Of course she's worth it. Fucking dumbass," I said to myself, tossing and turning.
I gradually drifted off to sleep, thinking of her lips lingering on mine.
"Ready whenever you are Scottie," said Stacy's giddy voice.
She was holding onto the hem of a knee length white dress, spinning herself around and coyly looking back at me over her shoulder. Her flirtatious smile was dazzling. We were in a studio and there was a spotlight on her.
"Are you going to take the photo or what?" she asked.
I looked down. In my hands was a camera.
"Sorry. Sure," I said, swallowing.
My throat was dry as I advanced on her, taking one step forward with every picture until I was right in front of her.
Without a word, she smashed her lips against mine, laying claim to my mouth with her own like I was hers to do with as she pleased. Her arms wrapped around my neck as she pulled me closer, deepening the kiss with gusto. I obliged her, eagerly returning her attention. I grabbed ahold of her ass to pick her up as our tongues battled it out, her legs wrapping around me.
My pulse skyrocketed, euphoria shooting through my nerves until I was buzzing with joy. She pulled back reluctantly, dragging a finger down the side of my face.
"Was it the photo shoot of your dreams?" she asked, warm, affectionate eyes staring straight into mine, both of us slightly breathless. "Are you happy, Scottie?"
Before I could answer her, the scene changed. I found myself in bed with her, sharing a slow, passionate kiss, both of us naked as the day we were born.
As my lips found hers again and again, I gently pushed her onto her back. When we broke the kiss, her eyes were back on me. She looked so content, so at peace in my arms as she played with my curly hair. Suddenly the answer to her question was glaringly obvious to me.
"I'm always happy when you're in the room. Even when I really, really don't want to be. You've always been the dream, Stace," I said, getting in between her legs, a hand gliding up her thigh.
All this time, chasing the elusive happiness, how did I not know that she was right there? Always right next to me.
"Good, because you're stuck with me," she said, reaching down between us to position me at her entrance. "Now fuck me."
Taken aback by the sudden edge in her voice, I plunged straight into her. Unfazed, she raised her hips to meet my thrust and let out a long, loud, pleasurable moan. Not taking her eyes off me for a second, she demanded once more, this time through gritted teeth, "I said fuck me, Scott."
Her legs wrapped around me and we started moving together. Once we'd established a rhythm, she pulled me down to her, kissed me and said, "Faster. Deeper."
"Demanding little freak," I said, but whatever she wanted she would get.
I increased the pace, made sure to bury myself deep inside her every time, and lavished her breasts with attention.
"Yes yes yes. Fuck me, fuck me," she screamed.
She wasn't satisfied until she was screaming her head off and I was pistoning in and out of her so fast and deep sweat was dripping into my eyes. Delirious with trying to keep up with her, I barely recognized her. She was slick with sweat, had unkempt sex hair and overlapping orgasms rocked her body, the second hitting her just as the first was ending. She insisted I didn't stop even then. She was an absolutely stunning mess.
"More," she insisted. "Fuck me more Scott, please," she begged feably.
"So impatient. Such a spoiled brat," I said, breathing heavily.
I had given in to her every whim and it was going to cost me. I was going to blow any moment now, but it was just as well. She was well fucked and thoroughly exhausted.
"One more time for me, baby," I heard myself say. "Come for me."
Only when I felt her pussy tighten around my dick one final time did my own release come.
The orgasm was so powerful, it had me sitting up in bed faster than the dream could fall away from my consciousness. I whipped the soiled sheets off of me to confirm what had just happened.
"What the fuck is wrong with me?"
That photo shoot was a real memory from my college days. She'd graciously agreed to be my model for a project and here my brain was, using this against me years later.
One little kiss and she had me dreaming about fucking her like a whore. What a kiss it was though.
"How does she know how to use her tongue like that anyway? Nope, I don't actually want to know that," I chastised myself.
I wish I could say that was the end of it. Once I had stripped the bed of the soiled sheets, I went to get new ones to replace them when I walked by one of the photos from the very photo shoot in question.
"No," I scolded myself, forcing my eyes to travel onto other photos of us stuck to the mirror. "Well that's not helping. Don't objectify her. She's your best friend. She's getting married. You're better than this."
Turned out, I really wasn't. I snatched the photo off the mirror and jacked off to it and the dream I'd just had. Every night she'd spent in my arms without me making a move. Frustration and all these foreign emotions I couldn't place combined to torment me as I came. The worst part? That was the best orgasm I had had in years.
If you're ever lucky enough to be so emotionally scarred by your parents' divorce that you feel nothing for the people you date, note to self: do not befriend Stacy Kendrick.
"Shit. I'm so fucked."
After putting fresh sheets on the bed and taking a shower, I hauled myself up in my dark room.
"Never going to see her again. It's fine. It'll be fine. I'm a creep. It's Stacy, dammit," I grumbled to myself as I developed the pictures of Amanda's brother's wedding.
"As expected, absolute crap. At least that's still true," I said, finding a strange comfort in criticizing myself.
Sometime later, I heard a knock on the door.
"You have a visitor," said Willow through the door.
"Can't be bothered," I called back. "Tell them to come back tomorrow."
"No can do. It's Stacy," Willow said, opening the door.
Mercifully, staring at bad photos taken by me was enough to keep me from getting hard again.
"Of course it is," I said, my pulse picking up speed.
"I'm home. Where's the new girl?" Kenny called out, the distinct rattle of his keys being set down on the counter reaching me in the living room. He walked into the room at the same time as Scott and the brunette. My insides turned and twisted in on itself when I saw Scott. We awkwardly looked away at the same time. "Stace? But you're supposed to be—" Kenny cocked his head to the side in confusion. "Nevermind her, we're going anywhere that's not here," said the brunette, grabbing her coat off the couch and forcing Kenny to backtrack. "We'll pick the one when I get back?" she said, looking back at me with a smile, sounding excited.It had taken me all this time to place her voice, having only ever heard it over Zoom calls. I took a step forward and looked her in the eye for the first time since getting here. "Willow Brady?" I exclaimed, covering up my surprise with a quick smile. "Yes, of course. I may have found you something even better than what we talked about."So this was the
"So what exactly do you do for the mafia that has your dad calling you back every couple of months?" Stacy scrunched up her face, hesitating. By now she had detailed her father's entire operation. What was one more thing? I knew more details than I was comfortable with knowing. Was knowing this shit safe? Sleep would not come easily tonight. This was the last question I got to ask Stacy before Kenny and Willow walked through the door at one in the morning. "Parrrr-ttttyyy," they howled together, stumbling through the door. "Willow Eleanor Brady, are you drunk?" I asked, getting up from my seat at the island to follow her into the living room. "I guess that's my cue to leave," Stacy mumbled behind me, taking the opportunity to get up too and duck her head. "Full naming me, I see cool bro mode is not active," said Willow, dragging Kenny's inebriated body to the couch and dumping him onto it."I'll see you both tomorrow," said Stacy, her eyes pleading for me not to ask my question a
"Boys are stupid," I said to no one in particular, as I entered my apartment. I couldn't really blame Scott for freaking out after everything I laid at his feet last night. Still, it would have been nice if Willow didn't find out like that. My past brought me no joy. In fact, I was ashamed of it. Now that it was all out there, I felt like Scott was judging me. How did he expect me to tell him my most personal shame? Aren't we all entitled to some secrets? As I went from the kitchen to the living room turning on the lights in the apartment, something immediately struck me. My study's door was open. I know I closed it before I went shopping with Willow this morning. The cushions on my couch were all at different angles. Passing the coffee table with quiet careful steps, I made my way over to the corner of the room where my bookshelf was located. I slid my fingers along the books until I found the one I wanted, pulled it out, opened it up and took my gun out of the hollowed out Physics
I watched her frame rise as she took a deep breath. I had turned the flash of my camera off after some nasty looks over her shoulder, but she was still painfully aware of me. How could she not be? It was a Sunday and this was a library. The place was a ghost town.Of course, I knew she would break any minute now, even if I was sitting a few chairs away from her. In the meantime, I wasn't complaining. It had been some time since I had last gotten a picture of her.She was sitting at a desk filled with textbooks, pulling her hair into a bun and piercing it with a pencil, before opening the book in front of her. It was her little ritual before she started studying. "Three, two, one," I counted her down. No sooner had I finished when she turned to me, her cheeks tinted a light pink, and whisper yelled, "Stop that. You're annoying me.""Permission to approach?" I asked.Not waiting for an answer, I jumped up and went to her. To piss her off just a little more, I took another snap, this ti
"You sure this is the place?" I asked, clocking the unmarked black van across the street. "Joey's not smart enough to bluff. He is ambitious though and he hates my guts. There's not much he wouldn't do to take me out of play as daddy's future heir. I'm not sure what we're walking into," said Stacy from next to me as we stood at the entrance of Hotel Topaz. "Yeah, I'm out," said Kenny on the other side of me, turning to walk away. I grabbed him by his suit jacket and pulled him back to the spot next to me."Sorry," said Kenny, fixing his collar before attempting to turn and make a run for it again. Just as he turned, he bumped into a man dressed in overalls, presumably some sort of service delivery man. This sent Kenny stumbling back, smack into me. "Sorry again," he said. "Look, I know this is scary. I'm terrified, but Willow is my sister and I don't really have much of a choice. If either of you wants out, I'll understand," I said, taking the invite Joey had given Kenny for us o
She grabbed my hand and we linked our fingers in each other's, her squeezing my hand hard as I led us to the elevator. Once we were in the elevator, we watched the manager unlock a little compartment below the button panel. It was a special button with a b for basement on it. The manager pushed the button while the rest of us anxiously waited for the elevator to move. When the elevator doors opened again, I asked the manager, "Where's the bathroom?" Following his directions, I pulled Stacy along behind me. "I guess I'll just go and mingle," Ken called after us. "Go team."By the time we got to the bathroom, Stacy was pale. I could feel her trembling next to me as her hand shook in mine. First, I locked the door behind us. Then, I let go of her hand and checked all the stalls to make sure they were empty. Finally, I went back to her and stopped her pacing by laying my hands on her shoulders and bringing her to a halt in front of the mirror. "I'm sorry, I can't do this. Scott, don'
Scott and I had what felt like less than thirty seconds to meet up with Kenny, who had found Willow throwing up in the bathroom, before we were discovered. "Stay with Willow. Lay low. Find a different way out of here and then text it to me and whatever you do, don't come up to us until the time is right," Scott had said to Kenny. "Incoming," I said, spotting Don Marcus and Luca at a poker table not too far away. Both of them here threw me for a loop. One was bad enough as it is, but both kof them? It was an uncommon and unfortunate occurrence. They had spotted us too. Luca and I made eye contact as he whispered to the two big hulks now headed our way. "How will I know when the time is right?" asked a nervous Kenny. "Trust me, you'll know. Now go," said Scott, seamlessly turning away from Kenny just as Luca's men approached us. "Don Marcus wants to talk," said one of the big guys, hands behind his back. "Lead the way," said Scott, his voice almost chipper. If his heart was beat
Scott and I had what felt like less than thirty seconds to meet up with Kenny, who had found Willow throwing up in the bathroom, before we were discovered. "Stay with Willow. Lay low. Find a different way out of here and then text it to me and whatever you do, don't come up to us until the time is right," Scott had said to Kenny. "Incoming," I said, spotting Don Marcus and Luca at a poker table not too far away. Both of them here threw me for a loop. One was bad enough as it is, but both kof them? It was an uncommon and unfortunate occurrence. They had spotted us too. Luca and I made eye contact as he whispered to the two big hulks now headed our way. "How will I know when the time is right?" asked a nervous Kenny. "Trust me, you'll know. Now go," said Scott, seamlessly turning away from Kenny just as Luca's men approached us. "Don Marcus wants to talk," said one of the big guys, hands behind his back. "Lead the way," said Scott, his voice almost chipper. If his heart was beat
It had been two months of us being in Europe. We were in France for about six weeks before the fixer moved us to Rome. I was bummed about giving up my job at the art gallery. It kept me sane that first month, but I didn't need it nearly as much anymore. I was so caught up in being between my girlfriend's legs that letting it go didn't matter the way it would have in the beginning. When the fixer offered us replacement jobs Stacy declined, saying she wanted some time together, just the two of us, to explore Rome. Being the pussy whipped idiot that I was, I just went with it, because that's what I did these days. Think with my dick. What she really meant was she wanted time to fuck. Since the exhibition, we went at it constantly. I knew it for the red flag that it was, but it had been weeks of not touching her and I was only a man. One desperately in love with her at that. When she walked into the room in next to nothing or one of my shirts or my personal favorite, nothing at all, m
And that's how we ended up here, with my dick up her ass. I spent weeks preparing her for this night, finger fucking her ass, starting her off with just my pinky. My little whore wasn't satisfied with this of course, so we had to get creative and explore positions that would let me fuck her pussy while I fingered her ass. I tried to do everything right to make this special for her. I took her to dinner and made sure she stuck to just one glass of wine so she could relax, but not be too wasted to follow through. I got her her favorite flowers. Booked a hotel suite fitted with wall to wall mirrors so I could watch her the whole time to make sure I wasn't hurting her. I made sure plenty of lube was involved and spoke to her constantly as I fed her ass my dick. Not even the excitement of finally being all the way inside her tight ass incident free was enough to make me less nervous. Not her though. She was all bubbly and excited, completely at ease on all fours before me. "How are you d
With a loving kiss and a doting smile, he pulled away. To test my theory, I picked up my phone, opened my notes app and started typing. The information flowed out of me freely, my mind still lingering on that last kiss. That final thrust. That first touch. In the two minutes that he was gone, I had recreated the very first entry I ever made into a Luciano ledger.When he got back to me, now fully dressed, he said, "Hurry up and spread them, just like you did forty-ish minutes ago.""So it's forty minutes now?" I said with a laugh, setting the phone down and spreading my legs to let him do his thing with the wash cloth."Hey, I checked my watch. The numbers don't lie, Stace," he said, gently going to work.As I watched him, I considered what I was about to do to him. To us. Then I thought about his complicated history with sex. At first, I thought he was full of shit about not enjoyi
"Say my name again and I'm going to fuck you senseless. Is that what you want, baby?" he whispered to me, his whole body pressed up against mine as he fucked me."Scott," I muttered seconds later, unable to help it despite pleasure shooting through my every nerve.True to his word, he sped up, grunting madly as he pounded my pussy. I didn't last much longer before I was coming for him, screaming his name into the night."I love you," he said, more to himself than me, a reminder that he cared about me and my pleasure."You're just a big softie in the end, aren't you, Scott Brady?" I said, unable to help myself as he stilled completely inside me, laying gentle kisses on my lips."Don't fuck with my head, Kendrick. You're so fucking tight tonight baby," he said, swallowing as he took deep breaths, hesitance and passion mixing in his eyes.&
My eyes fell shut as I purred, "No, I got all dolled up so you'd take me out" but when he reached for my panties I offered zero resistance and let him take them off. "I studied and everything," I complained.He chuckled and said, "Did you now? That would all be super sweet if you didn't put your pretty little self in my bed, lying in wait to get fucked like a whore, Kendrick."When he laid his mouth on my pussy, I was done protesting. A sigh of relief left my body as I fisted the sheets and he slipped a finger into me."We're going to be late," I told him, not resisting, but stating a fact."Then we'll be late. Shit you're tight," he said with a satisfactory groan as he pumped his finger in and out of me, licking and sucking on my folds and clit. "You're such a good little whore, keeping your fingers out of my pussy.""I was waiting for you to go there," I
… you fail, you'll still be my heir, but I will make you kill Scott.… you fail, you'll still be my heir, but I will make you kill Scott.My whole world became those words. Round and round they went in my head on a loop. I tried twisting the stupid anxiety ring, but I couldn't unsee Scott's blood on my hands.*Come on Stacy, calm the fuck down," I yelled, slapping myself in the face.I looked around to find something to distract myself. Nothing caught my eye.… you'll still be my heir…Stumbling my way out of my study, I made it into the bedroom. There were no photos of us in our new home. We had left them all behind in New York and Scott didn't take new ones anymore. Just in case it somehow tied back to our past, he said. Another thing I took from him.… make you kill Scott
The moment he left the coffee shop, I made arrangements to have the rest of my shift covered and went shopping for a new dress. Then I got my hair, nails and make up done. My excitement was palpable. I was on cloud nine, having finally gotten over the whole cappuccino mess.Being me, I even did some research ahead of time into the exhibition and the artist, so I would have some things to say to him. I wanted to be animated and conversational when he presented me with what he'd been surrounding himself with for the last few weeks. He deserved a lively back and forth instead of carrying the conversation like he had been for weeks now.Had I been leaning too hard on him? We were supposed to be in this together and I just sort of checked out. Well tonight would be different.Scott: Headed home now. See you soon?Stacy: Can't wait.Scott: Calm down, baby. Keep your legs together unt
He didn't leave the coffee shop that day. Not when I successfully completed ten orders in a row and threw myself into his arms because I was so overjoyed. Not when his lunch hour was over. Not when I made it through the day without a single mistake. He just sat there and watched me, waiting to talk to me whenever I had the chance.When he showed up the next day, I no longer feigned irritation or anger. He only stayed for the lunch hour this time, but I smiled and batted my eyelashes like every other girl that he gave half a look to. When he smiled back, it gave me butterflies like in the beginning.The stupid ring got me through the orders just fine. I still didn't believe in the pseudoscience that was anxiety rings, but it was a reminder of him and his love. In the end, that was enough to have me smiling at work. Breathing through the trigger word that was Cappuccino.Just the same, as the days passed,
When I turned to go back to the counter, he wrapped his fingers around my wrist and pulled me back to him, surprising me with a second kiss. This time his tongue slipped into my mouth and he held the back of my head to make sure he could control the kiss. I was breathless all over again, but this time I didn't mind one bit.His eyes dropped to my wet lips as he pulled away, then he looked up at me and said, "It's fucking sexy when you make threats because you're jealous. As long as my magic still works on you, I couldn't care less. I love you, Stacy.""I love you too, you fucking asshole," I said, beaming at him despite my irritation, watching our palms glide across each other's until it was just the tips of our middle fingers touching. Until we had let go.When was the last time he kissed me like that? True to his word, Scott said I love you every day. Before he left for work and when he got home like clock