Chapter 4: The Aftermath
By: courthale
POV: Emmett

WHAT THE FUCK, MCCARTY?!?!

She just looked so damn good, and she got me all riled up flirting with those guys. She wasn't mine to be all protective over, but I didn't want anyone touching her. At least without her knowing she was mine.

Back up! You've known her for a week. She can't be yours anyway, she's your bartender.

Well, fuck that. I just screwed her on top of my desk.

Fifteen minutes and she still never came out of the bathroom. If I hadn't of known we didn't have windows in there, I would have thought she escaped out of one. I knew I couldn't wait by the door all night, so I headed back to the bar to help out Felix, Paul and Mark.

"How's Bella?" Mark asked concerned. I freaked out for a second then remembered he was talking about Mr. Grab Ass.

"She's fine. Just a bit weirded out." I shrugged and made up some of the orders they were behind on.

"Good. I like her. I hope she sticks around for a while." He said while running the tap. I grimaced at how she reacted to our episode in the office. I wanted it and I thought she did too, but her reaction after told me different. I was afraid of losing her. Not only as a bartender, but also as something more. More what? I had no idea.

"Yeah, she's great." I sighed and passed off the drinks to one of my girls. I saw Bella come out of the bathroom with her hair up now and her clothes back in order.

God, I love her body. I wish I could worship every inch. Not just a quick fuck, but a slow torture of kisses all over……

"Emmett?"

"Hmm?" I said distractedly.

"Looking at the new girl too intently." Felix nudged my shoulder. I shook him off and went to talk to her. I walked up to her and she looked like a deer in headlights.

"Emmett, I need to get back to work." She swallowed hard. I leaned in so she could hear me over the noise, but that made her take a step back. I sighed and ran a hand over my face, feeling the sweat still there from what we had done.

"I wanted to talk to you." I told her.

"I think we should just get back to work." She said with a pleading look in her eyes. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.

"Fine." I said and stepped to the side. She let out a breath and walked over to the bar to finish out her shift. I watched for a few seconds and then walked back to my office to get the schedules for next week finished.

I walked back into my office and was attacked by the memories that only happened a short time ago.

"Fuck, you smell so good." I said through clenched teeth and heard her moan for more.

"Oh God, Fuck!" She screamed as I thrust into her tight pussy. She felt so good.

I shook my head and sighed. I couldn't seem to figure out all that I'm feeling. I know I should regret fucking one of my employees on my desk, but I just didn't care. I would do it all again if she asked me too. The only thing I did regret was her reaction after. I felt so good after and then she ran. I just wanted her so much... I still want her, even more now... And I know she wants me too.

The week was not any better. We, and when I say we I mean she, avoided each other like the plague. When we looked at each other, eyes were averted. It was a nightmare. I liked her and I wanted a repeat, but I blew that shot when I screwed her on my desk. The whole thing was just a big disappointment. I hoped she didn't quit, but the only thing she had a problem with was me. She still talked to everyone and had fun with the customers. It was just me that she steered clear of.

And to top it all off we were still short staffed. I was just ready for the week to be over.

"Emmett, Jane didn't show up for her shift again." Heidi said as soon as I walked in Saturday night.

"Are you fucking with me right now?" I asked incredulously. She shook her head and turned to look at the full tables.

"We need to call someone in." She said. "Everyone but Bella and Kate are here. And Kate just got off of a full shift."

"Call Bella. We need hands." She nodded and went to call her. I got behind the bar to work. It was 6:30 on a Saturday and the place was packed. There was a Bulls game on tonight and all screens were showing it. And as a special every time the Bulls played we had half off pitchers from our normal 13 dollar price. It was a mad house. And Mark was going as fast as he could. Paul had his kid tonight and couldn't work, he only got two weekends a month with his kid and I wasn't going to ask him to come in then. Felix was in the kitchen dealing with the staff back there. So, I had Heidi help, but she wasn't a bartender, so it didn't help much.

Fifteen minutes later I saw Bella come in. She looked around and her jaw dropped at the craziness.

"Heidi, go help the wait staff. Tell Bella to get back here behind the bar for tonight." She nodded and dropped what she was doing.

"Where do you need me?" Bella said and took off her coat, putting it under the coolers. We didn't have time to be awkward tonight so I just ignored the electrical surge that went through me as she stood close.

"Get caught up on the orders. Some of the girls aren't coming back after they put orders in, so I need you to take them out too." She nodded and got to work. We worked well together. We were so in sync, people thought we were putting on a show.

"You guys been bartending together long? It's like you have this dance choreographed." One guy said after she handed me the gin without asking for her to even though it was exactly what I needed.

"No, just started two weeks ago, sweetie." She said and popped open his beer with her bottle opener. He nodded in thanks and went back to watching the game.

"Bella!" I shouted to her after a minute.

"Heads up!" She said and tossed me the vodka. I caught it and in the next second I poured out 5 shots for a group.

"Get 4 pitchers to table 8." I said and she was by my side in a second.

"Two gentlemen in the corner want longnecks." She said and walked away to take the order to table 8.

We went on for the next few of hours in the same fashion. It was finally closing time and we had to call a few cabs.

"Come on, honey. Let's get you outside for your ride." She said to a middle aged man who had occupied the bar for the better part of the night.

"We're going, Emmett. See ya." Felix said as he, Mark, Heidi and some others left. The floor and kitchen were all cleaned but the bar was still a mess. I got out the cloth and bleach to wipe down the top of the bar. Mark had been here all day so I wasn't going to make him stay back and clean the bar.

"What needs to be done?" Bella asked as she walked back in.

"I need everything refilled for tomorrow. Go ahead and get started on that." As she walked to the basement, I became aware that we were the only ones here and the tense atmosphere grew.

She walked back up after a few minutes with some longnecks and I think she noticed we were alone too, because she stayed quiet and never looked at me.

"How's everything been?" I asked to get the conversation going.

"Good." She said stiffly.

"Was I really that bad?" I asked with a chuckle to lighten things up. I heard a bottle drop. I turned and she was cleaning it up. I guess that surprised her. "Sorry." I mumbled and helped her with the glass so she wouldn't cut herself.

"No biggie." She said and then blushed. Ah, that blush...

"I'm offended, Bella. No biggie?" I said and scrunched up my face. She smiled and shrugged.

"Eh." She said in mock disinterest and then laughed. I threw my head back and laughed at her demeanor. This was the Bella I was attracted to.

"Well, we might just need to have a more thorough examination." I wiggled my eyebrows at her and she smacked my arm.

"Shut up!" She laughed. "Let's get this placed cleaned up so I can go home and put my feet up." I nodded in agreement.

"So, Bella, what makes you you?" I asked in a vague way. I was genuinely curious.

"What does that mean?" She was cleaning the beer glasses with a cloth as I hooked up a new keg.

"I don't know. You are a pretty unique person. I was just wondering how you turned out that way." I shrugged.

"Well, I was thirteen when my mother passed, so all I had was my brother and dad. I guess I'm not really all that girly because of it. I like to just hang out. I don't try to be something I'm not." She said and her eyes took on a bit of sadness, but it passed quickly and she smiled. I could tell she was a strong person. "What about you?" She asked as she wiped down the tap.

"Well, both parents still alive, but absent most of my life. They own a chain of hotels and decided those were more important than raising their own children." I shrugged. It was something I got over awhile ago. "My sister and I sort of just raised each other."

"Sister?" She asked curiously.

"Mary Alice McCarty, but call her Alice. She's really smart and hyper all the time. She's a personal shopper for some of the most elite in Chicago." I smiled as I thought of my baby sister. I was a very proud big brother.

"Wow, proud papa." Bella smiled and gave a little laugh. "Does she look anything like you?" She asked.

"No. She has long brown hair, just a bit lighter than yours. And she has dark green eyes. She looks just like our mother. She's short, shorter than you." I explained, we really didn't look like brother and sister. She took on our mother's looks and I looked more like our father.

"You said you had a brother, are you close?" I started to put the stools on the bar to sweep.

"Yeah, his name is Jasper Whitlock Swan." I gave her a strange look at his middle name. "It was my mother's maiden name. Anyway, he's a therapist and a damn good one." She laughed. "Our dad worked a lot. He's a detective. And when our mom died, he tried, but he had to work twice as hard and Jasper just sort of fell into place as a second father to me." She said, mopping up after I swept. "He's really cool" She went on to say.

"Wow, detective is so much cooler than hotel owners." I said in awe. I bet he would scare the shit out of me if he found out what I did to her last week. I winced at the scene of him shooting me for defiling his precious little girl.

"Don't worry. I know what you're thinking." She sighed.

"What?" I asked her confused.

"Every time a guy finds out about my dad, they run fast in the opposite direction." She let out a bitter laugh. "And he wouldn't have it any other way."

"Do you see me running?" I asked with a smile. She looked around refusing to meet my eyes.

"It looks like we're done."

"Yeah. Let's get out of here." I went to my office to grab my coat. It was already about 2 in the morning, but I was wide-awake. I could really go for some food. I walked out at the same time she came out of the break room.

"Well, I'll see you." She said once we were outside. She went to sit on a nearby bench and I tilted my head in question.

"Do you have a car?" I asked her concerned. I was not leaving her here by herself.

"I was having dinner with my brother when you called. He dropped me off. He's supposed to pick me up, but he's not answering his phone." She said and shrugged.

"I'm not leaving you here alone at 2 in the morning." I was stunned she was just going to let me leave.

"Don't worry. I'm not dumb. I was going to call my dad next. He would be here in a heartbeat." She said with a smile.

"Well, how about I take you. I was even going to grab something to eat. It could be a thanks for coming in on your night off." She looked at her phone and back to me. She smiled sweetly and walked over to me.

"Sure. Where are we going to go this late at night?" We walked over to my Range Rover and I helped her in before going to my side and starting the car.

"I know a place. I go there a lot after working late." I said, pulling out of the parking lot. She nodded and looked out the window. We got there in no time and I pulled over to the curb.

"Emmett!" Ralph exclaimed as we walked in. I smiled and led Bella into a booth. I came to this diner so many times, people always recognized me here. It was a friendly place and the food was great.

"Ralph, how's the world treating you?" I asked as Bella looked over her menu.

"Good, but not as well as you, I see." He said and looked over to Bella. She giggled a bit at his comment into her menu. Ralph was about 60 and balding. He wasn't an attractive son of a bitch, but he could make a killer steak.

"Bella, this is my good friend Ralph. Ralph, this is Bella. She's my new bartender." They shook hands and he took our drink orders, leaving us alone.

"This is…" She paused, looking for the right words, "cozy." She finished with a smile.

"They have the best cheeseburgers on this side of town." I said sternly.

"Well, I need to test that theory then." She put her menu down and when Ralph returned we both got the same thing.

"I like a girl that can eat." I said with my dimples showing when I smiled.

She looked dazed for a second and leaned towards to me. Ralph came over to us then. She snapped out of it and fell back to her side again. It was awkward for a bit so I decided to get her talking again.

"So, you have any aspirations in life? You are a kick ass bartender, but that's not what you want for forever. Right?" I asked and ate while she nodded.

"I like bar tending, but you're right. I've always wanted to write." She said and left it at that. "Did you always want a place like you have now?"

"No, I was going to follow my dad but decided not to. I wanted my own place." I shrugged. We finished up while making light conversation, discussing music and movies. We had different enough interests to make the conversation interesting. It was fun to just get to know her. And things weren't so tense now, at least she was looking at me again and talking too.

"Here you go." Ralph said as he sat down the ticket. "I hope to see you guys again sometime." He smiled at us both then nodded over to Bella and winked. I laughed and nodded just to appease the old man.

"Let's go." I said and placed a twenty on the table. We walked out in silence. It looked to be about 3:15 already. I should have felt tired, but with her, I just can't seem to get enough.

"Where to?" I asked once we settle in the car. She gave me directions that lead me to a modest apartment building. "Here we go." I said and parked. She turned to me and smiled beautifully.

"Do you want to come up? Have a cup of coffee. I don't want you falling asleep on the way home." She laughed lightly. I nodded.

"That would be great actually." We got out of the car and walked into her building. I could feel the tension building up again. It was like a live wire and we were the unsuspecting. The elevator ride was no better. I could smell her delicious scent and all I wanted to do was throw her over my shoulder and run to her apartment, kick open the door and ravage her on any available surface.

"Emmett?" She said from outside the elevator. I was so lost in my fantasy, I didn't even notice the doors open.

"Sorry, tired?" I said, but it came out as more of a question than an excuse.

"Sure." She nodded with a knowing smile. I adjusted myself from my uncomfortable confines and walked with her. She giggled slightly and I groaned. Just a little humiliation will be the death of me.

She led me to a door and slid her key in. We walked in and she put her things on the table right by the door. It was nice for someone on my payroll. I wondered how she afforded it, but it would be rude to ask, so I kept my mouth shut.

"Let me just start the coffee. Have a seat." She gestured towards the sofa. I nodded and shrugged out of my coat and sat it across the back. I heard her messing around with things in the kitchen and set the coffee maker on. Her footsteps got closer and I sat up straighter. She came into view and she had discarded her shoes and socks that were part of the uniform. "I'm going to change really quick."

"Kay." I said and felt my palms getting sweaty at the thought of her naked in the next room. I thought of her breasts bouncing as I pounded into her. The way they were in my mouth and I drooled just a little.

I heard the door open and she emerged in a Northwestern t-shirt and basketball shorts. I never had a hard on for such a sight before, but with Bella, every look looked flawless. I could also tell from her nipples that she was cold and braless. The timer went off just as she reached the couch.

"How do you take it?" She called back to me.

"How do you take it?" I mocked under my breath.

"Huh?" She questioned and poked her head out of the kitchen.

"Black." She nodded and came out with two coffee mugs and sat next to me. I took it gratefully and sipped it. "Damn, my kind of woman. Nice and strong." I said, referring to the coffee but I think she heard more in it. I hoped she did.

"Yeah, if you drink coffee, why put all that other shit in it? I like it for face value." She shrugged and took a drink. She made a moaning noise before swallowing and I gulped.

Fuck Me!

I put my coffee down on her table and turned towards her. She put hers down too and looked me in the eyes. I loved it when people could do that. It made them worth the effort to get to know. Means that they aren't afraid.

I reached over and tugged on the end of her ponytail. The majority of her scent came from her hair and I fucking loved it. She put her hand on my face and I nuzzled into her palm.

"I don't think I can stay away from you anymore." She said softly, sounding like she had just lost a fight... like she was giving in.

"Then don't." She nodded at my words and moved closer. I took her slim hips in my hands and pulled her to straddle me.

"I've been dreaming about this. Since the first day I saw you." She admitted quietly. I nodded in agreement.

"Tell me about it. I was harder than a rock the second you walked into my office." She laughed quietly and buried her face in my neck. I could feel her leaving kisses on my overheated skin. She moved to my ear and lightly tugged on my lobe.

"I want you inside me." She whispered and her voice made me even harder. She began grinding herself against me while I kissed what was available to me of her sweet neck. She threw her head back and moaned. I groaned at the rubbing of her hot core against my bulge, my hands on her ass pulling her closer in encouragement. "Bedroom. Now." She demanded breathlessly.

I stood and she wrapped her legs tightly around me as I carried her to the room she just came out of. I laid her on the bed and attacked her lips. She moaned into my mouth and I returned it with one of my own. She wrapped her legs tighter around me and I grunted at the feelings it caused in me.

"Patience, baby. I plan on savoring every inch of you." I said into her ear with hot air.

"Fuck, Emmett." She moaned at my words. I kissed her once more before I got off the bed. She sat up on the edge of her bed with me standing between her legs. She tugged at my shirt and pulled it from my jeans. I pulled it off me and my white undershirt followed it. I looked down at her to find her staring shamelessly at my chest, biting her lip. I chuckled and it turned into a gasp when she leaned forward and licked the line between my abs. Her small hands went to my back as she lightly scratched up and down. I am taking fucking pictures of those scratches in the morning.

"Lean back, baby." I said roughly. She complied and I pulled at the bottom of her shirt, praying I was right about her being without a bra.

Fuck, I was right!

"I want to taste you." She said, eyeing the bulge in my pants. I shook my head.

"My turn first." She lay down on her back and I pulled down her shorts. I stood up straight to admire her body. I hadn't seen all of her last time, and I was hoping to be able to some time. I looked back at her and smirked. She threw me back one of her knowing smiles and opened her self up to me. I gasped.

Shit! She waxed. COMPLETELY!

"Give me a pillow." She looked at me for a second before handing me one from her bed. I put it down and got on my knees and was face to face with her bare pussy. She moaned when she figured out what I was doing. I gripped her ass and pulled her towards me. "Want me to fuck you with my tongue?" She just moaned in response. I chuckled darkly. "I'll take that as a yes." I rubbed her clit with my nose and she bucked into my face. "Don't make me have to tie you down." I said sternly. She let out another moan. "Unless you like that kind of thing."

I let out my tongue and tentatively tasted her. She was amazing. I took on long lick up her sweet pink pussy and moaned at her taste.

Fucking Perfect.

"Oh, baby." She moaned and put her hands in my short hair, urging me on. I was relentless after that. I lapped, licked and sucked. She was screaming my name, begging for release.

"Want me to let you cum?" I asked as I traced a finger over her entrance. She nodded, unable to form words. I attacked her clit and plunged two fingers into her. How could someone be so goddamn tight? She was all around amazing. I could feel her tense beneath me and the flow of her juices gushed down my fingers. I pumped her to prolong her orgasm. I lapped at her completely and savored her taste.

"Fuck, Emmett. You should go into a sport for that." She said with a small giggle. I laughed into her skin and kissed my way up her body. I kissed each hardened peak, lightly sucking on each before moving further up her wonderful body.

"You're so beautiful. So damn beautiful." I said against her lips before taking them with my own. I was still wearing my jeans. I realized this when she began fumbling with them. I smiled against her lips as she fought to get them off.

"Get those damn things off." She said with a glare towards me. I stood and took of my jeans and boxers and breathed a sigh of relief at the constraining material coming off. She laughed at my face. "Better?"

"Much." I sighed, smiling down at her as she bit her bottom lip. She crooked her finger at me, telling me to come closer. I complied, of course. The woman was a seductress.

"Are you going to fuck me?" She said and palmed my cock in her small warm hands. I groaned and my head fell into her neck. I licked her skin and tasted the salty sweat of her orgasm. She moaned and tilted her head to give me better access. I got a bit mischievous and bit her. She gasped then moaned.

Christ, she likes it rough!

I ran my tongue over the bite to soothe her and she bucked her hips into me as I rested between her legs. I could feel her wetness rubbing against my hard cock. Just a bit more and I could slide right into her. I wanted to savor this, but she had other ideas.

When I was distracted and kissing her neck and torturing her, she somehow had me on my back before I could blink. I looked at her in awe. She smirked, sitting just above my erection. I could feel her wet pussy on my lower stomach. She was dripping.

"How did you do that?" I asked with a small laugh. She shrugged.

"I have a brother, remember? Years of wrestling and fighting, and many broken coffee tables to prove it." She shrugged again. I laughed at her innocent expression. She leaned forward and kissed my chest, licking and sucking her way down. She got to my happy trail and licked down. She took me into her hand and pumped me twice, spreading the pre cum as a lubricant. I thrust into her hand and she tsked.

"Will I have to tie you down?" She said taunting me. I groaned. "Unless you like that kind of thing?" She laughed. She went quiet and suddenly her mouth was on me. She was good. Her cheeks were hollowed out and when I hit the back of her throat she would swallow to make it even tighter around my head.

"Fuck!" I yelled and felt my release coming. I didn't want to assume she swallowed, so I gave her the courtesy tap on her shoulder. "Gonna cum." I gasped. She looked up at me and winked before she continued working. I fell back to the mattress and let the pleasure roll through me. I bucked my hips forward and stilled as several spurts of cum released from me. She gulped and sucked me dry without a moment's hesitation.

She crawled back up my body, kissing and licking along the way. I took her face in my hands when hers was level with mine. I stroked the apple of her cheeks and smiled.

"You are incredible." I kissed her nose and both cheeks.

"That's what they all say once they get head." She shook her head and smiled with her stunning lips. I kissed them out of instinct and she kissed me back with as much fervor.

"What do you want now, baby?" I said against her lips with her face still in my hands.

"Hmm, love it when you call me baby." She said with her eyes still closed.

"Baby, what does baby want, baby?" I said with a smirk. She let out a little laugh and hit my shoulder softly.

"Baby wants to ride you." She said after a minute. I was already hard and when those words came out of her mouth, I was even harder. I gulped and she kissed me one more time before sitting up. She sat back and lifted herself over my erection. When she took me in her hands and teased me with her wetness I thought I would die. I rubbed her thighs and sides, my hands could not get enough of her.

"Not nice." I said through my clenched teeth. In the next second, she impaled herself with my cock and gasped.

"Fuck, so big." She moaned.

"So tight." I replied. Seeing her like that was amazing. Her head back, eyes closed, back arched, and her breast just begging for attention. She finally began moving after what felt like forever. She began to ride me intensely. I skimmed her stomach, making my way upward. I reached her breasts and cupped both of them and tweaked her nipples and she gasped in pleasure.

"Holy fuck!" She screamed. She was moving every which way, working my cock like an expert. I met her hips, thrusting into her. My hands were still working her tits like a fucking instrument. I could feel her movements becoming erratic. I knew she was close. Fuck, so was I.

"Cum for me, Bella. Come on, baby." I grunted, holding off my release until she found hers. She gasped three times almost like she was hyperventilating then let out a small scream.

"Fuck!" I loved her potty mouth. Her walls tightening around me pushed me over the edge and I stilled inside her and came. I had never come so hard in my life. She fell on my chest as I fell deeper into the mattress, completely spent.

I stroked her naked spine with my fingertips as our breathing slowed and we were both a bit more coherent. I must have had a shit eating grin on my face because when she looked up at me she laughed.

"Happy?" She asked through chuckles. I nodded and flipped us to our sides.

"Very." I said and kissed her lips softly. Our lips became one for a few moments before she broke the connection.

"Do you……?" She paused, looking unsure of what to say.

"Do I what, baby?" I asked, stroking her hair.

"Do you want to stay with me, tonight?" She said quietly. I kissed her forehead.

"Of course." I answered sincerely. To be honest, I never wanted out of this bed. I knew things tomorrow would be tough, but right now I couldn't give a flying fuck. Because right now, I knew she wanted me as much as I wanted her.

I pulled the covers down and then over us. I lay flat on my back as she snuggled into my side. She let out a soft contented sigh before her breathing evened out. She fell asleep in my arms, and I followed quickly after, completely spent from our night of fun.