A/N: This is just a warning that this chapter is sexually explicit and I may have gotten carried away at some point because I actually love writing scenes like this. I'm sorry, but I did warn you.
Chapter 8 – Under Starlight
Lucas watched at Riley's family slowly got to know her new life, together they entertained them and talked about Riley's business aspirations. As she explained every detail to her family including menu options he watched her face light up. She told them all about how she applied to go back to school in the fall and get her degree, while running the business she was getting together. He was proud of her because she was following her dream.
"So when can we expect grandbabies?" her mother asked causing Lucas to choke on air, and Riley to spit out the drink she was taking.
"Mom," she squeaked. Lucas was trying to breathe, because the shock had been too much.
"Seriously though, I want you two to think about when you want to expand your family," she said looking at them. "It doesn't have to be now because Riley's going back to school, and Lucas is getting that huge deal that would give him access to that land in Arizona that he wants."
"It's still in the works Mrs. Matthews and you know it," he said trying to move the topic away from him being a father. He didn't want to be, he didn't know if he was good enough to be a father considering his own family was in shambles. He also didn't want them to know that their marriage had a shelf date.
"No babies," her father squeaked as he finally got his voice, for once Lucas was grateful for the man's need to protect his daughter. "I'm still getting used to the fact that she's married, so please no more surprises."
"Don't worry, I'm not thinking about babies right now," Riley said. "One day in the future yes but that day will be a very very long time from now."
Lucas didn't say anything, all of a sudden the thought of Riley pregnant with another man's child pissed him off, he kept his face as guarded as ever but in his head he was screaming. He shouldn't want her like this, he knew he would have to let her go but the thought pissed him off.
As the night wore on the urge to drag her away grew, he knew he shouldn't want her like this, they have only known each other for a few days. Yet fate was tempting him. When everyone was getting ready to leave he felt like he no longer had control of himself and he didn't like that.
"Goodnight," Riley said as she closed the door. Zay had been pushed out with the rest of them and Lucas made sure that the door was locked so that his friend wouldn't come in. He counted to twenty to make sure that everyone was gone, as Riley started to pick up the dishes and cups that were littered throughout the living room.
"Leave it, the cleaning crew will be here in the morning, they'll get to it," he said his voice was rough but he was slowly regaining his senses.
"Okay," she said but she walked to the kitchen with the plates she had gathered and placed them in the sink. His eyes followed her movements as she walked back and forth, when she returned to his side she handed him a beer, and grabbed the cup of wine she had poured before everyone left.
"How about we drink this outside and get some air," he said looking at her. "It has been a very long day."
"Yes, it has," she said walking towards the terrace.
The city below them was lit up with the lights of the passing cars, and the lamppost illuminating the walkways. The buildings were slowly coming to life around them but all he could see was Riley in front of him taking in the view. She stepped towards one of the lounge chairs and sat down and watched the sky light up around them.
"Is there anything else in that report I should know about," she said as she took a sip of her wine. "I know I said that I didn't want to know but I have a feeling that there's something in there that you know would upset me."
"Do you really want to know? Are you sure?" he said wondering if it was a good idea to bring it up.
"Yeah, I don't need any more surprises."
"You were attacked one day, the guy was wearing a mask right," he said trying not to look at her and failing. When she nodded he took his beer and sat it down on the table before sitting down on the chair next to her. "The attacker was arrested based on DNA evidence from a scratch you gave him. Turns out he was in violation of a restraining order," he said before looking down at her hands. She was shaking, the wine in her glass was moving from side to side. He took it from her and set it down.
"Charlie attacked me," she said not believing the words coming out of her mouth.
"Yes, although he's not in jail, I don't know why when he should have been, he violated the order against him by coming after you."
"His dad worked for the NYPD well last time I check, he was a high ranking officer, and his mother is a socialite, they would have made sure that the scandal disappeared," she said her voice shaky as she finished. "They left the restraining order in place because they knew that they would have to answer for some part of what had happened with me."
"I'm sorry you had to go through all of that," he said as he pulled her close. He held her there under the little bit of stars that hung over the New York City skyline, while the city was lit up around them. His shirt wet from her tears, as her body shook from the revelations that she had seen with her own eyes, with what he had just told her. She had gotten a bad deal in life, as much sunshine as she brought with her, it was only there to cover the scars on her heart.
He hadn't known how long they had sat there until he realized that Riley's breathing had evened out, she had cried herself to sleep and it was all because of him and his fear of the press taking advantage of her. He held onto her as he tried to move to pick her up, she had instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck and burrowed her face into his chest. He felt his heart tug as she made herself comfortable in his arms. She felt safe with him and he was going to break her heart in a year.
What if it doesn't have to be a year, his mind told him but he knew that it wouldn't be a good idea. It can be.
He didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't know how it was possible that she had already become a part of his life and they had only known each other a handful of days. Yet the smell of her body wash drove him crazy with need, and the way she smiled made him feel like anything was possible. He put her in bed and went to the bathroom to gather himself, sitting there on top of the counter he felt as though the missing parts of his life were slowly coming together and it was all because of one person.
Riley hadn't known that she had fallen asleep until she realized that she was in bed fully clothed, she hated sleeping in her regular clothes and got up stumbling toward the closet to grab some pajamas. She hadn't seen Lucas when she had gotten up so she figured that he must have gone to work on something in his office so as she pulled off her clothes and left them lying in the closet and pulled on her pajamas, she decided to go to the bathroom and brush her teeth and scrub the little bit of make-up she had on off.
She opened the bathroom door as she tried to figure out the buttons on the nightie she had picked up when she came face to face with Lucas sitting on the counter, staring at her bare chest. If it was possible for a person to become a tomato she would have, instead she felt her body flush at the sight of him and covered her chest up with her hands. The only problem was that she had let go of the nightie and it fell to the ground revealing her panties, which had been nothing but black lace and practically see through.
The sound of Lucas swallowing made her slowly step backwards, as she tried to get to back to the bedroom and hopefully lock herself in the closet from embarrassment. She realized that they were even now, since she had walked in on him the day before. Oh god… oh god… he saw me naked, she screamed in her head but she hadn't realized that trying to walk out of a room without knowing where you were she was going was a bad idea. Instead of walking through the doorway she had bumped into the door and closed it.
"I'm just going to…" she tried to say but it he jumped off the counter and rushed towards her grabbing her face and kissing her.
She felt her body slowly melting against his as he deepened the kiss. It felt as though he were trying to consume her, the kiss slowly ended and when she saw his eyes all she saw was the black of his eyes.
"I want you," his voice hoarse as he said it. He slowly kissed the soft spot between her neck and her shoulder before biting down making her gasp. "I've wanted to do that all day," he whispered in her ear but she couldn't say anything.
"Lucas," she whispered as he lifted her up onto the counter. She didn't think it was fair that she was naked in front of him as he stood there completely dressed but as she tried to pull off his shirt he grabbed her hands and pinned them to the mirror.
"I'm going to do everything tonight," he whispered in her ear making her shiver with anticipation. "No touching."
"But, I want to feel your skin against mine," she said her voice so quiet she almost missed it and she was the one who said it.
Lucas pulled her close and picked her up, slowly moving towards the door, "I need your help here sunshine," he said as he slowly nibbled on her ear.
Using her hand, she twisted the door knob and pulled it open as he guided them towards the bed. The room was dimly lit but the feel of the silk sheets against her bare skin made her hyperaware of what was happening around her. As he latched himself onto one of her nipples she moaned causing him to stop and look at her, just the look in his eyes was enough to send her over the edge. She had been celibate since before whatever his name was, they never got that far, he was only after her money and she had never felt this heat with Charlie in the years that they were together.
"I want you now," she said to him causing him to jump up and strip off his clothes, standing in front of her completely naked, his body was full of hard lines and muscles. A small tattoo just under his collarbone, she didn't know what it said but she wanted to taste his skin there and find out. He went to his drawer and grabbed a condom and was on top of her in an instant.
"You're going to undo me Riley," he said to her as he kissed his was down her chest to the line of her underwear. He licked the skin where the lace met her body as he slowly pulled them off of her body. His hands leaving a hot trail down her legs all the way to her toes before he tossed them across the room and smiled when he saw her completely naked in front of him.
"You're beautiful."
She couldn't talk, he mind wasn't forming the words as he slowly kissed her from her toes all the way up her leg. "Lucas," she whispered. He started to move slower than before stopping at her breast and giving them equal amount of attention until she was ready to scream. When he stopped and faced her his lips slammed down on hers and pulled her into a deeper kiss than the one that had started this all.
In her mind a memory was trying to surface, of a kiss from their wedding, but she couldn't form the memory as his tongue was in her mouth and his hands roamed around her body. When he pulled away and slipped on the condom her body was screaming at the loss of contact. He was on top of her as fast as he could be and slowly pushed his was inside of her, filling her in places she didn't even know existed. She grabbed onto his back and held on as he slowly thrusted inside of her, without thinking she had bit down on his shoulder as he began to go faster. She screamed out his name just before he stopped panting next to her, his body on top of her. He pulled out and took off the condom before pulling her into the blankets and pulling her body close to his.
"That's something I don't think I would ever get used to," he said as he yawned. The clock on the nightstand read one in the morning, and they were both tired from the long day and all of the conversations they had had. They slowly fell asleep in each other's arms.
❤?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ
Lucas walked into his afternoon meeting with Zay, still smiling from the night before, even three meetings with investors and board members didn't dampen his good mood.
"If you smile and wider I might have to punch you in the face just to get you to be surly again," Zay said as Lucas sat down at his chair. "I'm guessing you had a good night, especially after that long dinner with Riley's family."
"I'm not getting into my night, just give me the final contracts so you can go back to work annoying Riley's mother," he said but the smile hadn't faded.
"It's a good thing I went home last night," Zay said handing him the contract. "Dude is that a bite mark?"
"Zip it," Lucas said. A knock on the door drew their attention away from their conversation and towards Iz who was standing at the door with Farkle behind her.
"Lucas, I forgot I made the meeting with Farkle last night but didn't put it in your schedule," she said, that's when he noticed that she was wearing a red dress with her blazer. It seemed that she was trying to impress Farkle, and he was glad because that meant she would leave him alone for a little while.
"It's okay he can come in I'm just signing these and sending Zay on his way," he said looking at the contract quickly to make sure that nothing was added at the last minute.
"Yeah he doesn't want to talk about the bite mark his wifey left on his neck," Zay muttered making Farkle laugh and Iz run out of the room.
"You know what Zay, I'm going to tell your boss the most embarrassing story that I can because of that."
"Dude, don't you dare."
"It seems fair," Farkle said as he sat down with them.
"No, you're not allowed to gang up on me, I'm helping Iz with your best friend's problems," Zay blurted out as Lucas cursed under his breath.
"What is he talking about?" Farkle said looking at Lucas. "What is going on?"
"You can't say anything we're trying to keep this underwraps, the only people who know are in this room, and Iz, as well as Riley, Maya, and Mrs. Matthews. Riley doesn't want this to get out because she doesn't want to relive it but we're working on getting her money back, and going after both of her exes for what they did to her."
"I can help, I'm good at creating programs to fish stuff like that out, I hadn't done it because Riley told me to stay out of it, but she deserved more than she got out of those relationships. Charlie was bad enough, but Logan was a straight up asshole who should have been in jail for what he did."
"You can help Iz, Zay and Mrs. Matthews are building a case against them, especially since Charlie had violated his restraining order and didn't receive jail time," Lucas instantly regretted the words.
Farkle stood up and walked out of the room only to come back pulling Iz in with him. He stood there as he made them spill the details of everything that they had found out, by the time they were done Lucas could tell that Farkle was angry but also determined to help them out.
❤?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ?¬ンᄂ
Riley stood in her doorway looking at her best friend who surprised her with a visit, "Maya what are you doing here?"
"Oh please like you have anything better to do," Maya said as she walked into the penthouse carrying several bags. She stopped and looked over at the table and the sets of sandwiches sitting on the bar. "What are you doing with all that food?"
"Creating samples, I was going to have someone come over and take them to FIC, and have the staff pick out which ones they want on the menu," she said as she walked over and wrapped up the food. "Or if they want to order the food at all."
"You really are making a business, well I'm going to design your menu."
"That would be great," she said as she grabbed the basket she had set out for the food and started putting everything inside. She had questionnaires for everyone to fill out and left a few blank spots for things she hadn't thought of. Richard knocked on the door just as she finished.
"I'm here for the delivery Mrs. Friar," he said with a smile. "Thank you Richard, and there's a bag in there labeled for you to try some of it out as well. Lucas said that Isadora set up an office for the tasting so just give it to Isadora, and she will set everything up."
"No problem miss, and thank you for the food," he said before walking away. Ever since she moved in the old man had taken care of her, and she wanted to make sure he ate properly.
She turned her attention back to the blonde in the living room who was staring at her as she walked back in.
"So," Maya said. "How did you get that hickey?"
Riley had thought that she had hidden the mark but the shirt had ridden down exposing the mark that Lucas had left on her.
"Um, well Lucas and I got carried away last night," she said feeling her skin flush. "I also left a bite mark on him."
"I didn't know you were so kinky Riles, Oh my god, your father would freak if he knew any of this, he still thinks you're as pure as holy water in the Vatican."
"And you're not saying a word or else I'm telling Uncle Shawn about that time in eleventh grade when you stole that bottle of vodka and started taking shots on my roof."
"You wouldn't dare," Maya squealed.
"No I wouldn't because I don't go around blabbing secrets, and neither do you so shush."
"Whatever, I'm actually here because you were going to help me pick out a hairstyle for the wedding, and I brought your dress from the shop. It's finished and you need to hang it up before it wrinkles."
"Okay, let's go upstairs to my room and hang this up, that way I can also sit you down in the walk in and use the mirrors to figure out your hair."
Riley worked with Maya all afternoon, with the wedding just days away her best friend was only nervous about not looking her best in front of Josh. But as the talks kept going to the wedding, Riley wished that she could remember hers, for now all she had was the small memory of Lucas kissing her at the alter but it was still a memory she wanted to keep.
