A Fresh Start
Chapter Eighty-One
Buzz is standing at the counter when Jeffrey and Sam walk in. "Hey Buzz." They both say as they walk over to a table and sit down. Lynn walks up to them a few minutes later.
"I'll have a coke." Jeffrey says, as she nods and turns to Sam.
"I'll have some water with lemon." Sam says.
"I'll have them right out." She says turning away from the table as Ava comes in.
She spots them and walks over, sitting down beside Jeffrey. Jeffrey can tell immediately that something is wrong. "What happened?" He asks.
"Alex, just let me go."
"From Spaulding, you're serious." Jeffrey says, sounding really pleased.
"You don't have to sound so happy. What am I going to do? I've got the baby coming and I don't…?"
"We'll help you out." Jeffrey says, sounding more sympathetic.
"You have your own…."
"You're my daughter. It's my job to look out for you. You can stay with us until you get another job."
"I can't move in with you. You don't have the room."
"I'm sure Buzz will work with you." Sam says.
"And what about William…." Jeffrey suggests.
"I'm not asking him for help!" Ava says, shaking her head no.
"Why not, it's his child you're carrying. He should be helping you. In anyway he can."
"I'm not asking him." Ava says firmly. "I've got to go talk to Buzz." She says, looking over at the bar.
Getting up, she starts to walk away as Jeffrey says. "Ava, you should…."
"I'm not asking William for help." She replies, before she walks away.
"How did she get to be so stubborn?" Jeffrey asks, looking at Sam.
"I don't much about Olivia, but maybe she's stubborn because her father is stubborn." Sam replies as her cell phone rings pulling it from her phone as Jeffrey gives her a look and she smiles. "Hello." She says, as Lynn brings their drinks.
"Sam, its Megan."
"Hey, how are you? How are the boys? I miss them so much."
"I know, and we're fine. They miss you too…."
"Meggie, can you hold on for a moment?" Sam says, as Lynn turns to her to take her order.
"I'll have the steak too but I want it medium well, a dinner salad, stemmed broccoli and the steak fries." Sam says, while Jeffrey watches her. "Okay, I'm back." Sam says, ignoring Jeffrey's look.
"Where are you at?"
"Jeffrey and I are getting something to eat."
"Oh, okay. I won't keep you long. But I wanted to give you our flight information."
"Okay, hang on." Sam says, reaching in her purse and pulling out her organizer. "Go ahead."
"Alright, we're flying in on Tuesday morning. The flight lands at 10:35."
"I'll be there waiting. I can't wait to see you."
"Me either." Megan replies, as one of the boys comes into the kitchen to ask her something. "Sam, I've got to go, the boys need me."
"I'll see you Tuesday." Sam says before she hangs up.
"Megan?" Jeffrey asks, as he takes a drink of his Coke.
"Yes, she called to give me their flight information." Sam says, as her cell phone rings again. Reaching for it, she answers. "Hello."
"Sam, it's me." LaKeisha says.
"Hey girl, I just talked to Megan. Tell me you're still…."
"Yes, I'm still coming. You think I'm going to miss this. You getting married, not a snowball's chance in hell would stop me. I've already told the head nurse I'm taking the days off."
"So when are you coming?"
"I'll be there Wednesday morning."
"What time?" Sam asks, flipping the page in her organizer.
"10:35."
"Alright, we'll be there to pick you up."
"You and Jeffrey."
"No, me and Megan." Sam says, as Lynn brings her, her salad.
"I'll see you then."
They hang up as Jeffrey asks. "Was that LaKeisha?"
"Yes, she'll be here Wednesday morning." Sam says as she reaches for her fork. "Why do you think Alex let Ava go?"
"Probably because she realizes that Alan's going away for a long time and so they won't need Ava to be his assistant if he's in prison."
"But they could have moved her to another position. They didn't…." Sam looks up and notices the look on Jeffrey's face. "Alright, I know you want her away from them. But she's right. She's got a lot to think about. If she looses her insurance coverage how is she going to pay for…?"
"That's why she needs to tell William what's going on? He's partly responsible for this and I know he would take care of her." Jeffrey says, reaching into his pocket.
"You can't call him. She doesn't want him to know and you have to respect that." Sam says reaching to stop him, as Lynn brings out the rest of their food.
When she walks away, Jeffrey says. "She's my daughter. I'm supposes…."
"You have to respect her wishes first. She doesn't want William to know and you can't tell him."
"Alright fine, but…."
"She'll be fine." Sam says before they start to eat.
Cassie's looking over the file that Olivia left when her desk phone starts to ring. Picking up, she says. "Yes."
"Ms. Cassie, your sister's on line one for you."
"Thank you." Cassie says, pushing the button for line one. "Hello, Reva."
"Hi, Sis."
"What's wrong?" Cassie asks, putting the folder down and sitting back in her chair.
"Nothing's wrong, well if you want to over look the fact that my husband is hiding something from me and he's refusing to go to Jeffrey and Sam's wedding, then there's nothing wrong."
"So, you're still having problems with Josh. Why don't you just point blank ask him?"
"I have, but all he'll tell me is that I have to trust him."
"Maybe you should then."
"Cassie, he's behaving completely irrationally."
"This coming from Reva Shayne."
"Yes, I know. I can be irrational too. But that's not why I called you. Sam came by to see me yesterday."
"I know she did me too."
"So you know that she's asked me to be in the wedding."
"Yes, I was planning on going to look for a dress this afternoon."
"Good, so was I. Do you want to go together?"
"Sure, maybe we can grab lunch and then we can go look from there."
"I'll be at the Beacon around one."
"I'll see you then." Cassie says, before hanging up the phone.
William is in his office looking over paperwork. Laying the file on his desk he picks up the phone and buzzes for Jodi to come into the office. Tapping lightly on the door, he calls. "Come in."
And she opens the door and says. "You wanted to see me Sir."
"Yes, are the arrangements made for me to go to Springfield this weekend?"
"Yes Sir, I've booked you a suite at Towers from Thursday evening till Tuesday morning."
"Good, that will get me back in time before the Presidential visit from Mexico."
"Yes Sir."
"Thank you, did you inform the Lord Chancellor that I would be leaving the country for the weekend."
"Yes Sir, as well as Natalie and the usual security detail."
"Good, thank you. That will be all."
"Yes Sir."
Sam and Jeffrey have finished eating. Getting up, Jeffrey lays some money on the table before he puts his hand on Sam's back as they turn to leave. They are about to walk out when they bump into Olivia.
"Hello." She says, stepping back to let them pass.
"Olivia." Jeffrey says, waiting for her to say something else.
"Have you seen Ava?" She asks. She doesn't acknowledge that Sam's standing beside him.
"Ah, yes. She was here earlier."
"You know about Alex letting her go." Olivia asks.
"Yes, I'm relieved that she's not working for them anymore, but I know this comes at a very hard time for her."
"Has she spoken with William?"
"No, and she says she doesn't want him to know." Jeffrey replies.
"And you're obeying her wishes." Olivia asks.
"Yes, for now. She'll be alright. And I'm sure that she'll be able to get another job in no time at all."
"And what about the baby, how is she going to pay for that?"
"We'll have to help her."
"Is she upstairs?" Olivia asks, nodding.
"Yes, I assume that's were she went after she spoke with Buzz.
"He's not…."
"No, he's not throwing her out. This is Buzz we're talking about. He'd let her live here for free."
"I'm going to go check on her." Olivia says, stepping around them
Jeffrey watches her walk away before he looks down at Sam and she shrugs her shoulder. "I don't know." She says, reading the expression in his eyes. "Do you have to go back to City Hall?"
"No, I took the rest of the day off, but I do need to make a couple of calls."
"I'm going to go do some last minute shopping. I should be home before dinner."
"Alright." He says, leaning over to kiss her. "I'll see you later."
"Yes." She says, stepping back.
He watches her walk across the parking lot to her car before he heads for his truck. Pulling out his cell phone, he dials the number for the Bedham Hall Bed and Breakfast.
"Bedham Hall." A lady says, answering on the third ring.
"Yes, this is Jeffrey O'Neill. I need to confirm a reservation."
"Yes Sir, what day will you be arriving?"
"September 4th."
"And may I have your name Sir."
"Yes, this is Jeffrey O'Neill." He replies, opening the door to his truck.
"Yes Sir, we have your reservation for the honeymoon suite staying for two weeks."
"That's correct."
"We have your credit card on file for the reservation and we will be holding the suite for you. If you should need to cancel…."
"That won't be necessary, we'll be there."
"Yes sir, we'll see you next week and congratulations."
"Thank you." Jeffrey says, backing out of his space after he hangs up his phone and starts the truck.
He wasn't quite sure what to do with his time since he had taken the rest of the day off from City hall. He's driving down town and happens to drive by where Sam's office will be. He stops when he notices that Billy has started working on the house. Pulling up behind Billy's truck he gets out and walks onto the site. He walks up to one of the guys on the crew and asks. "Billy Lewis."
"He's over there." The man replies, pointing to the left side of the house.
"Thanks." Jeffrey says, walking towards that side of the house.
"I want that whole section cleaned out and ready for bulldozing by the morning." Billy says to the man standing beside him.
"Billy." Jeffrey says, walking up to him.
"Jeffrey, hi." Billy says, turning to him.
"You started early."
"Yes, the job in Laurel Falls wrapped up early so I sent the crew over here."
"Thank you, I can see that you've made some progress." Jeffrey says, looking around the site.
"We're getting ready to bulldoze this side for the parking lot and I've got several bids in for the wiring and plumbing. I'll be making the decision on that probably by tomorrow. So they'll start work next week and we've hired an architect to draw up plans for the actual…." Billy hears someone call his him and he turns to see Josh striding towards him. "Oh hell." Billy says, as Jeffrey turns around as well.
"What's he doing here?" Josh asks looking at Jeffrey as he walks up.
"He's…."
"I asked Billy to…."
"I was asking him." Josh says, glancing at Jeffrey and then turning back to Billy. "What are you doing? And how is he involved?"
"Jeffrey asked me to look over the property for him after he bought it from the city and then he's hired Lewis to remodel the house for Sam as a wedding present."
"We're not working for him." Josh says, turning to the crew. He starts to tell them to pack up, when Billy steps in.
"Josh, wait a minute. Jeffrey, can I speak to my brother alone." He says, turning to him.
"Sure." Jeffrey says, looking at Josh before he walks over to house.
"What the hell are you doing?" Billy demands, when Jeffrey's out of earshot.
"I don't want this family having anything to do with him, you know that."
"Yeah, I know that. But do you have a valid reason for that."
"I don't need…."
"You may have a personal grudge against Jeffrey. I don't know what that is, but when it comes to business, he's a paying client and…."
"And we don't need his money, his business, his… anything."
"This isn't about him. He's doing this for Sam, for his soon to be wife."
"Until he gets bored and moves onto the next woman, or whatever he's…. I don't want him involved with Lewis or this family."
"He's not involved with Lewis or this family. He's a paying client. He hired us to do a job and we're going to finish that job. You may not like him, but we're honoring the contract we…."
"You made the agreement with him."
"Alright, I'm honoring the agreement I made with him. You don't have a say in that." Billy says, walking away from Josh.
He stands there for a few moments before he storms off to his truck. Glancing one more time at the house, he sees Billy and Jeffrey standing at the front sidewalk, discussing something with another man. He pulls away from the house.
Cassie is finishing up on some paperwork when her phone rings. Picking it up, she glances at the clock and realizes that its ten minutes till one. "Yes." She says, laying her pen down.
"Ms. Cassie, your sister's here."
"Alright, I'll be right out." Cassie says, opening the bottom drawer of her desk and pulling her purse out as she stands up.
She's walking towards the door when it opens and Reva says, "Hey sis."
"Hi. I'm sorry. I got caught up…."
"It's alright, I'm actually early. Where do you want to eat at, Olivia's?"
"No." Cassie says, remembering that she might run into James if they ate here at the Beacon. "How about Towers my treat?" Cassie says, as she pulls the door close to the office.
"Towers, your treat, okay."
Cassie turns to her assistant. "I'm taking the rest of the afternoon for personal business. If Olivia needs me, tell her she can call me on my cell phone."
"Yes ma'am."
"I'll see you in the morning."
"Yes ma'am."
Cassie leaves the office with Reva following behind her. When they reach the parking lot, Reva asks. "My car or yours?"
"Let's go in your." Cassie replies, as they start across the parking lot.
About thirty minutes later, Reva is pulling up in front of Towers. Parking the car, she hands the keys to the valet before she and Cassie walk into the building. Pushing the button for the elevator, Cassie steps back and then asks. "So, what's going on with Josh?"
"Like I said on the phone, he's hiding something. He won't tell me what it is but he keeps insisting that we have nothing to do with Jeffrey."
"Jeffrey…. He can't still be going on about him and me? Is he?" Cassie asks, looking at Reva.
"No, I don't know. He says that he's not upset because of you and Jeffrey and San Cristobel, but he won't tell me what is upsetting him."
"Nothing at all?" Cassie asks, as they ride the elevator up to the restaurant.
"Only that we need trust him and that he doesn't what us around him." Reva says as the doors open and they walk into the lobby of the restaurant.
"Have you figured out how this is all tied to Lewis?" Cassie asks, as they both sit down.
"No, but Billy's looking into it. He had Wanda go through every legal file in Lewis."
"Did she find anything?" Cassie asks glancing over the menu as Reva looks up from hers.
"No." There are a few moments of silence before Reva asks. "What?"
Cassie looks up from her menu. "Okay, don't take this the wrong way. But I think you're going about this wrong."
"What do you mean?" Reva asks, putting her menu down.
"We both know Josh. He's a good man."
"Yes he is." Reva says, sitting back.
"Maybe he has a valid reason for what he's doing."
"Are you saying that you believe that Jeffrey's not trustworthy?"
"No, no, next to Richard I would trust Jeffrey with my life. What I'm saying is that maybe in Josh's mind he has valid reasons for his feelings about Jeffrey."
"What possible…?"
"And whatever they are we should respect them, until he feels comfortable enough to share them with us. Maybe you shouldn't be using Billy to look into whatever this is that Josh is feeling."
"Would you respect Richard's feeling's if he was hiding something from you and not telling you what was going, or why he was treating someone the way Josh is treating Jeffrey." Reva asks. Cassie starts to reply. "And I'm not using Billy to do anything. It was his idea to look into the files after he and Josh got into an argument when he heard us arguing about Jeffrey. I'm his wife and he should tell me what's going on. And you would be the same way if it was Richard, Jeffrey or Josh."
"So maybe you're right. But I don't want you to do anything you're going to regret. You and Josh just got back together."
"Which what does that say? He can't tell me something that is so important that he feels the need to forbid me to have any association with someone."
"I don't know, Reva." Cassie replies, as their waiter walks up to the table.
"May I take your order ladies?" He asks, looking at both of them.
"I'll have the garden salad, w/the house dressing." Cassie says, handing the waiter her menu
"I'll have the chicken oriental salad, with the rice vinaigrette dressing." Reva replies, handing the waiter her menu.
"I'll have those salads right out for you." The waiter replies, taking their menus and leaving the table.
"Thank you." They both say. As the waiter walks away
James is standing at the front of the restaurant. He spots Cassie as he's waiting to be seated. And when the hostess comes up to him, he asks, nodding towards Cassie. 'Is there anyway you can seat closed to Mrs. Winslow?"
The hostess glances that way and notice that a table close to them is empty. "Yes Sir." She replies, picking a menu, as she asks. "Mr. Richards will there be anyone joining this afternoon."
"No." James says, automatically as he follows the hostess
"So, do you have any ideas about this dress for Sam's wedding?" Cassie asks, as she looks up,
Reva looks up and catches the expression on Cassie's face. She turns to see what she's looking at. "What, do you know him?" Reva asks. Cassie doesn't answer her. So Reva snaps her fingers. "Hello Cassie."
"I'm sorry what were you saying." Cassie says, shaking her head.
"I didn't say anything. Do you know him?" Reva asks, looking back over at the man sitting beside them.
"Ah, yes and no." Cassie says, looking away from James.
"Yes and no, what does that mean?" Reva asks.
"He's a guest at the Beacon."
"So why do you look like you had rather see Alan Spaulding than him?"
"I do not. He asked me to lunch this morning."
"Out of the blue, one of your guests asked you to lunch. He didn't see the ring on your finger."
"It wasn't that kind of lunch. I thought it was at first…."
"At first, what kind of lunch was he offering?"
"He says he wants to take the same idea we have at the Beacon and open a series of hotels in Europe."
"Europe, what? Why?"
"I don't know. But Olivia recognized him when she found me upstairs talking to him. Apparently he's the world renowned owner of several luxury resorts across Europe, some of which Richard and I stayed in while we were Prince and Princess of San Cristobel."
"And he's here in the middle of the US to expand on his business, in Springfield."
"I don't know, but Olivia talked me into having lunch with him. He's supposed to call me assistant to schedule something." Cassie says, as the waiter brings their salads
James has been watching Cassie since he came into the restaurant. Something about the woman with her reminds him of Sarah. When his waiter comes up to the table, James orders and then on impulse orders two glasses of wine for Cassie and her friend. When Cassie and Reva's waiter brings their salads, he also places the two glasses of wine before them.
"Wait a minute, we didn't order any wine." Cassie says.
"Yes ma'am, the gentlemen over there ordered them for you." The waiter replies, nodding in James's direction.
Cassie looks over at him as he nods to her and she nods back. "Tell him…."
"Tell him thank you." Reva says interrupting her as Cassie looks at her.
"Yes ma'am, enjoy your lunch."
"Thank you." Reva replies, while Cassie continues to watch her.
When the waiter is out of earshot, Cassie asks. "What are you doing?"
"It would rude to turn down the wine."
"Reva, we don't know him. And I certain don't know if I trust him. I don't…."
"Cassie, come on. He's a business man. He wants to do business with you and Olivia, grant it, it's a little strange that he's decided to do it in Springfield, especially if he's who Olivia says he is."
"Oh he is, but I don't accept that he's only here on business." Cassie says, taking a bite of her salad.
"Well, you won't find anything out being rude. Now, back to Sam's wedding. Did she give you any ideas on dresses?"
"No, all she told me was that the color was lilac for the maid of honor and bridesmaid dresses."
"So where do you think we should start at, Fifth Street or the Mall?"
"I say we start on Fifth Street and if we have to end up at the mall. Maybe we should start at Marsha's"
"Alright, I'm finished if you are."
"Yeah, I am too." Cassie says, laying her napkin on the table as Cassie signals the waiter they're read for the check. A few minutes later, they are downstairs waiting for valet to bring Reva's car around.
Ava is sitting on her couch when someone knocks at her door. She didn't want to answer the door but who ever was on the other side was insistent that she answer, because they only waited a few seconds before they knocked again. Getting up, she walks slowly over to the door. Unlocking the locks, she pulls the door open and is shocked to find her mother on the other side. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see how you are doing?"
"I'm fine, but it's been a rough day and all I want to do is be alone, so if you'll…."
"I know Alex let you go today." Olivia says, quietly.
"How do you know that? Never mind that, what do you think you're going to gain coming here? I'm not coming back to the Beacon. I'm not going to run to William, even if that's what…."
"I'm not here to tell you to go to William. Your father already told me that you didn't want him to know."
"You saw Jeffrey?"
"Yes, downstairs, with Sam." Ava looks up quickly and behind her mother. "I didn't do anything to them. I didn't start anything with either of them."
"What are you up to?"
"Nothing, I heard about Alex and I came to see if you're alright. I know what it's like to be pregnant and scared."
"I'm not scared. I'll figure something out, without yours or William's help. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go draw myself a hot bath." Ava says, starting to close the door.
"Ava." Olivia says, reaching out to stop her.
"What?" Ava says, turning back to her.
"If you need me…."
"I won't." Ava says, closing the door in Olivia's face.
Olivia stands there for a few seconds before she walks downstairs.
Richard is in his office when Cassie comes home. "Richard." She calls.
"I'm back here, darling." He calls, putting down the file he was looking over.
A few moments later, she walks in. "Hi." She says, walking over to his desk. "I'm sorry I'm late." She says, leaning over to give him a kiss.
"It's okay."
"Where are the boys?"
"They are upstairs. RJ had his first…."
"Oh God, his first practice, I forgot all about it. Was he…?"
"He's fine, we went together. And I was talking to one of the other fathers and he told me about a league were Will can play soccer this fall." Richard says, getting up and walking around his desk.
"Really."
"Yes, it's over in Laurel Falls, but he can play."
"That's great, did you…?"
"Yeah, I told him. And we're going over there Tuesday night for the tryouts."
"That's wonderful."
"Is that all you did today?"
"No, I was at work. How was your day?"
"Well, it was okay. I was at the Beacon for most of the morning." Cassie says, as Richard nods as he turns off his desk light. "Where are you going?"
"Upstairs." He replies, taking her hand.
"Did you…?"
"Yes, we ate. I took them to Company, and no they didn't just have junk food. Although I did let them have ice cream, but that was…."
"Richard, you're their father if you think they deserve ice cream then its okay for you to give it to them. I just don't want them to have it all the time."
"We went to Company. And then I took RJ to his practice. He was really amazing, better than a lot of the other boys."
"So, he's okay that I…."
"He's fine, I think he liked having me there, like the other boys. His dad, you know."
"Yes, I do." Cassie says, as they walk up the stairs to their room.
So, you were at the Beacon this morning."
"Yes, till about one, and then I had lunch with Reva and we went shopping."
"You went shopping with Reva." Richard says, walking into their bedroom."
"Yes, it was great. We haven't done that in a really long time."
"Did you buy anything?"
"No, we were looking for a dress for Sam's wedding. We've got to find one before this weekend."
"So you went shopping. Is that all you did?"
"Yes, we went to Marsha's and then some other stories on fifth street and then to the Mall." Cassie says, walking into their closet with Richard following behind her.
They both change out of their clothes. Richard is the first to finish and he leaves Cassie in the closet to brush his teeth. Flipping the light off in the bathroom as he walks out, he looks up as Cassie comes out of the closet.
When she looks up, she smiles softly as she walks across the room. "I'll be out in a minute."
"Okay." He says, stepping out of her way.
A few minutes later, she turns the light off again. And when she steps into the room, he's sitting on the side of the bed, watching her. Walking over to him, she stops in front of him as he looks up. His eyes telling her everything she wants to see. Reaching out, she lightly moves her fingers along his jaw line till she reaches his mouth.
Lightly kissing them, he opens his mouth and takes one inside, gently sucking on it as she takes a deep breath. Pulling her to him as he stands up, he takes her finger from his mouth. Leaning towards each other, they kiss. Moaning softly, she wraps her arms around his neck, burying her fingers in the hair at the base of his neck. His tongue slips inside her mouth, lightly caressing her as he buries his fingers in her hair. After a few more seconds, he breaks the kiss, gasping for breath.
"It feels like forever." He says softly before he kisses her again as he walks backwards.
She follows him, breaking the kiss as he reaches for the hem of her nightgown working it up from the back. Stepping back, she pulls it over her head, tossing it to the floor, as he sucks in a deep breath and she looks up. The heat of his gaze warms her as he shivers slightly.
"Cassie." He groans, reaching of the waist of his pajamas he pushes them down. When they reach his knees he lets them fall as she looks up and smiles. He takes a step closer to her. Lightly caressing her cheek he whispers. "I want to love you like I've never loved you before."
"Richard." She sighs, turning her head and lightly kissing his palm.
Reaching around her, he quickly unfastens her bra and pulls it off her. The cool air hitting her breasts makes her nipples harden. Sucking in a deep breath, he lays his hands over them, gently massaging them. Kneeling before her, he slowly leans forward.
Letting her feel the heat of his breath against her skin and then he moves away. She gasps slightly, and then he reaches for her. Closing his mouth over her, he lightly caresses her as she reaches up and buries her fingers in the hair at the back of his head, holding him against her desperate to feel his caress.
Reaching up with one hand, he mimics what his mouth is doing as her head falls back and she moans softly. Wrapping his other arm around her waist, he pulls her closer to him, holding her still as he switches breasts. When he has her completely distracted he reaches for her panties, tugging on them until she steps back and pulls them down as he looks up, watching her. When they fall to the floor, he looks up and sees the desire burning in her eyes.
Standing up, he begins to tug on his boxers. When they are at his feet, she drops to her knees, shivering when she feels him sigh softly. Leaning back, she looks up at him. Softly licking her lips, as he tries to take a deep breath, leaning forward she repeats what he did. Letting him feel her warm breath before she softly kisses the tip of his erection.
"Cassie." He groans, reaching for her. She kisses him again, before she leans back. Watching him, "Darling, please." He whispers, looking down into her eyes.
Leaning forward, she takes him inside her mouth, gently caressing him as she feels him shiver, his breathing deepening even more as he buries his fingers in her hair, holding her against him. She slides her head back and forth as he quivers and begins to thrust. Not going deep enough to gag her, but pressing his body closer. After about a minute or so, he pulls away.
Looking up, he reaches for her hand and helps her up before he bends his knees and swipes her up into his arms, carrying her over to the bed. Laying her down across it, he pulls her to him, leaning over her as he slips inside her. "Richard." She moans
Slowly he begins to thrust, driving his body deep inside hers. He feels his heart pounding in his chest. He hears the roar in his ears. He feels the need burning deep inside them both. With each thrust he moves faster, driving them to the edge
"Richard, please." She cries, arching her back. He knows her desire.
Switching angles instinctively, he feels her begin to relax as she moans softly. He feels her beginning to surrender, tightening around his erection, caressing him from deep inside, as she reaches to hold onto him pulling him deeper. Arching her hips and back, she closes her eyes and moans loudly as surge upon intense surge of release crashes against her soul.
He thrusts for the final time. His release rushing through him, hot rippling swells of fiery passion that leaves him weak. Collapsing beside her, he takes a deep breath as she snuggles in closer to him.