“Sit down,” Kelly snapped, finally starting to lose her patience. She grabbed Dimitri’s arm, stopping him midgrowl as he began to climb over the back of his seat. “You, too. Before you get us all thrown out.” She said to him
“Kelly…” he began.
She kept her hand on his arm, her nails digging in tight, determined to handle this situation herself. Without violence.
Though, she had to admit, a teeny, tiny part of her liked how protective Dimitri was, even if she usually had absolutely no use for such blatant displays of testosterone.
“You. Sit. I mean it,” she ordered the intoxicated stranger, pointing to his seat.
The man sat.
“Now, I’m quite certain that somewhere in your beer-sodden brain, you believe I’m flattered by your eloquently worded… compliments.
Dimitri laughed, "Actually I was going to say tough, but annoying works too." he said, and Kelly laughed. "So he made you quit dancing too I guess" he added.Kelly shot him a glance, "How do you know that?""Well, I remember the first time you were in my office, and I mentioned something about telling your dad about you dancing at the theater, and then you threatened to kill me.... That was my first que" he replied.Kelly blushed and looked out the window and Dimitri grinned."It's okay" he said, "I know you didn't mean that, and I don't blame you either, even I can admit that I was really annoying that day. But I'm not too sorry though. I kinda enjoyed it. You are very cute when you are angry. Kinda fun to watch""You are annoying all the time" Kelly said teasingly."And you love me for it" Dimitri cut in, and then realizing what he h
For once, Dimitri found himself stunned speechless. This woman was calm and collected, but also wild... And he loved it so damn much. “We really don’t need to do this, you know. I mean, I love the idea. But do you really want to do it? I kinda find it hard to believe.” “Hush,” she said. “Just get out of the car.” She got out, and Dimitri followed suit, trying to imagine just what she had planned. He walked with her to the entrance of the club and followed her inside, where dark corridors were lit with blue lights. After following a velvet-roped walkway, they emerged in the main club. A large, U-shaped bar dominated one side of the club, and a stage dominated the other side. Dance music blared from speakers overhead, and on stage, a lone blonde did a pole dance for an audience of eight or ten guys. He watched Kelly’s gaze slide over the whole scene without reacting
“This was fun and all, but I’m going to come in my pants if you don’t get over here, and I’d much rather come in you.” Dimitri replied hoarsely.“I’m sorry, sir. We’re not allowed to interact with the customers.” She gave him a look that was pure steam. “Now please, sit back and enjoy the show.”From somewhere he couldn’t see, she produced a shiny black dildo. Crawling back away from the window again, she held the dildo to her mouth and licked it, and, on her knees now, her legs spread wide, she gyrated her body slowly to the beat as she brought the dildo down between her legs and stroked it against her clit.Dimitri’s breath grew quick and shallow, and he all but abandoned his own pleasure as he found his attention completely focused on watching hers. Her eyes were closed again, her face softened with pleasure, her mouth open as she moan
"I feel like you know almost everything about me and I know so little about you." Kelly said one night to Dimitri as they lay in bed."That's not true" Dimitri said, "You know my name. You know what I do for a living," he paused, then added, "... Oh, and you know a lot about my body too"Kelly hit him playfully on the shoulder and he giggled."Seriously, come on, Dimitri. I'm serious" she continued, "What about your family, your parents.... Do you have any siblings? What was your childhood like?"Dimitri hesitated. They weren't supposed to know so much about each other according to their initial agreement that they stay in a purely sexual relationship, but who the hell was he kidding? He knew that they had gone way beyond that... At least he had."Apart from a few cousins that I rarely speak to, it's just me" he said finally. "Like you, I had just my
"Reckon I knew my daughter Lara was pregnant even before she did," Evelyn went on, leaving no doubt about the subject she was bent on tackling.Kelly realised it was useless to deny it. "Have you told anyone?" she asked anxiously, alarmed at the thought that maybe her father was aware of her condition and holding to a conspiracy of silence until she was ready to admit it."No. But I’ll tell Mr Darcy if you don’t," came the challenging reply."You mustn’t do that, Evelyn," Kelly instantly cried, panic welling up at the thought of any premature disclosure. She couldn't even imagine how pissed her father would be. He would feel so... Betrayed."No good comes from keeping secrets that shouldn’t be kept," Evelyn bored in with absolute conviction. "Especially from your father.... I know he can be tough but he really loves you very much and he would hate it if you kept this fro
A relentless drive for truth was looking Kelly straight in the face— impossible to ignore—impossible to even bend. Evelyn would serve Dimitri with the news if she was not satisfied with immediate action on this issue. She knew Evelyn and she knew the woman wasn't bluffing.Strong loyalties had been stirred. To Evelyn’s mind, Raymond Darcy's daughter had not been acting as Raymond's daughter should, letting go of everything she had been taught, lying to a man about his child, lying to her father, lying to himself. And perhaps the very longevity of her service did give her the right to feel she had to be the one to put her back on the right track, regardless of whether it served Kelly’s interests or not."I’m sorry you feel…so let down by me, Evelyn." Kelly said. She heaved a troubled sigh."I'm also thinking about your father, Miss Kelly. He might be pissed at first because I kno
Spencer only smiled and leaned back. “Damm, Dimitri" he said, "This woman got you good. Since when are you bothered by people's feelings or what people thought of you. I can't blame you though, I saw her that day at the theater, she looked beautiful"Tired of Spencer's teasing, Dimitri picked up his beer again. He was about to reply with a snarky comment of his own, when the elevator pinged open. Their attention was diverted from their beers and the television and they all watched as Kelly walked in.Dimitri stood immediately, "Kelly...." he said as he took a few steps towards her."Hi, Dimitri" Kelly murmured.Dimitri heard David murmur, "Speaking of the devil", and normally he would have replied, but he was way too focused on Kelly. There was this look in her eyes and he knew instantly that something was wrong.Kelly saw Spencer and David that mome
He watched her flounder, so many emotions flitting across her face, it was impossible to decipher what she was thinking. Dimitri decided it didn’t matter.The only important end to this conversation was to give the child she was carrying—his child—the kind of security every child deserved to have."Look!" she finally pleaded. "I did something stupid…I should have been careful and I wasn't…""We’re all guilty of rash acts from time to time, Kelly. And the relationship was my idea" he said sympathetically."I’m responsible for the consequences, not you, Dimitri" she shot back at him."That’s beside the point. Whether planned or not, I’m the father of this child," he stated simply."It doesn’t mean you have to marry me." Kelly said. Wild pride in her eyes. She couldn't even believe that he was making this suggestio
"You are being ridiculous..."His mouth moved closer to hers. "Do you really think that? You think what we share is ridiculous?""What we share is just sex, Dimitri. That's what this entire relationship has been built on. And I'm not prepared to stay with you until you get bored with me""Bored?" he laughed In genuine amusement. "Bored? I would give much for the opportunity to become bored by your company, Kelly. You tell me exactly how you feel.... I doubt you will ever learn to filter what happens between your brain and your mouth and you you are reliably unpredictable. There are many words to describe our relationship, but boring is certainly not one of them."He released her then and turned and paced back across the room, a weary look on his face. "I'm sorry" he said quietly. "I have been wanting to talk to you but you wouldn't give me the opportunity to do so"&nbs
She felt the force of him deep inside her as he took her with barely contained violence and she moved her hips and clung to him as excitement surged through her body, caring for nothing except the need which grew and grew from deep within. He came into her hard and fast and Kelly welcomed the union with as much savage satisfaction as he took in it, a tumultuous fever of possession gripping both of them.He thrust deep and he did it again and again until her vision blurred and her entire body exploded in a shower of sensation so exquisitely perfect that for a moment she ceased to breath. She felt him shudder as he reached his own desperate climax and then there was only the slow descent back to normality. The unsteady breathing. The sudden intrusion of the outside world into their private space. The scattered bed spread....Dazed and disoriented, it was only as he gently moved to the side that Kelly realized that, although she was
Kelly didn't let him finish."I'm fine, Dimitri" she snapped. "I was just tired and I lost track of time... Like I said before. Don't act like you care"Dimitri sighed. "You are my wife, Kelly. You are carrying my baby... Of course I care""Well not really" She pulled a face and turned away from him to fix the bed sheets. Anything to stop herself from looking at him. He was spectacular, she thought weakly. Stunning. Gorgeous. Virile. Masculine. Ignoring the slow curl of heat low in her pelvis, she closed her eyes briefly and talked sense into herself. "You married the company. And I sort of came along too, which must have been pretty inconvenient for you you"With a harsh expletive that she didn't understand, he crossed the bedroom and pulled her away from bed. "Enough, Kelly" his voice was a low, throaty growl as he powered her gently against the wall and trapped her there with the
He dropped the shirt on the floor, his eyes still locked on hers. "Why deny yourself what you know you want? The chemistry between us is all that matters right now" he said.The sight of his bronzed muscular chest was almost enough to make her believe him. Almost, but not quite."Yes, well, it would make it very convenient for you if I believed that. You think that everything can be solved by sex, but it can't" she muttered, ignoring the banging of her heart and the buzz in her ears.She couldn't do this right now, she reminded herself as she dragged her gaze away from the fascinating sight of dark, masculine body hair that followed a trail down his body and disappeared temptingly beneath the waistband of his trousers. Neverland, she thought to herself. She should never have gone there.As he reached for the button on his trousers she felt her blood heat and knew that urgent action was necessar
It occurred to her that she had never seen him look anything less than suave and well groomed. But tonight he looked anything but. He was dressed in the same suit he had worn for his meeting, but the jacket and tie had long since been discarded and what had started life as a crisp white shirt was now crumpled and dirtied. She wondered what he had been doing and where he went to."When I came back and couldn't find you inside, I got worried" he frowned slightly, as if that confession was as much of a surprise to him as it was to her."Worried about your investment, you mean. But it wouldn't have mattered if I had had an accident, would it, Dimitri? You've gotten what you want. There's no need to pretend to care anymore"He sucked in a breath. "Whatever you may think, this is not about the company""Of course it is" Kelly retorted.He dragged a hand through his gl
And neither did she, she realized miserably. Even when her dignity and common sense told her to leave the room.... Leave him... A tiny, stupid part of her wanted to hurl herself into his arms and lie there safe and warm while he used his diplomatic skills to talk his way out of this vile situation and made it possible for her to forgive him."I want to go home, Dimitri" she said, hanging on to the last of her dignity. "I want to leave""This is your home. You are my wife. You are carrying my child and you are not going anywhere" he replied angrily.One glance at the rigid set of his hard, handsome features told her that argument was useless. He wanted her here for some reason. His baby maybe. And she didn't have to be a genius to know what the other reason was.The sparks in his eyes. The sexual awareness that even now pulsed between them, all gave her the answer to that quest
"But that's because you are the reason why my plans never work. You were always there... Always at the right time to ruin it. You did it the first time and I let it go because you apologized. Turns out you never meant it"His firm hold on her was the only thing preventing her ignominious descent on to the smooth floor and perhaps he realized that because she felt his grip tighten.The way the sunlight came through the window made Kelly’s hair look like it was on fire. Her hair was red normally, but in the sun, like this? It looked like somebody wove each strand from molten rock. Kelly lifted her hand and tucked some of the locks behind her ears to get them out of her way as she glared at him. Dimitri had to stop himself from thinking about tucking those locks of hair behind her ears for her. He was sure she would slap his hand away if he tried anything like that. She hated him right now, he knew that just by looking at her
Torn in two by the agony of his betrayal and the effort of holding on to her steadily collapsing emotind, she walked across the room and stared out the window. Then she trun, her voice little more than a whisper. "You bastard"Something flickered across his faceHe had the look of a man who knew he was under attack but so far hadn't managed to identify the enemy."Kelly...." he began, but she didn't let him finish."I thought you cared. I really thought you cared about me. And what sort of a fool does that make me? You lied to me"He rose to his feet in a fluid movement, his hands on the table. "I didn't lie. Kelly, We need to....""All those things we did together. All that time we spent together" she lifted a hand to her forehead and rubbed. "All those things you said to me. And you didn't mean any of them""That's
Not once did he speak of loving her, and Kelly could not bring herself to admit to the feelings had about him. She was the mother of his child. That was what their marriage was based on. And Dimitri certainly did his best to be a husband she could be happy with.And she was happy for the most part. When they returned home, she moved to Dimitri's place. Dimitri threw himself into work, coming home to her each evening with the air of a man well satisfied with jobs done. Sometimes he even worked from home so he could help her, especially when she was a little sick, he tired his best to be there for her.She couldn’t fault his commitment to their partnership. Things seemed to be going well, and Kelly hoped that it would continue to be that way. That even if he didn't love her, he understood her and wanted the best for her and her baby. But her hopes were short lived when she checked her email one afternoon.