Chapter TWENTY
Betty practically ran down the stairs of the boarding house before EJ had even turned the engine off to his car and leapt into the passenger seat of the car. She grinned up at him, her face practically glowing.
"You didn't let me open the car door for you," protested EJ with a smile, feeling his heart begin to hammer painfully in his chest at being near her again.
"I couldn't wait to do this," said Betty happily and leaned over and kiss him which EJ returned wholeheartedly.
It had practically killed him to leave her last night and only knowing what he had planned for them today had made it even possible. They broke apart at last, both of their breathing uneven now.
"Can we go back to your hotel now?" she asked him, biting her lip and looking up at him coyly, "I missed you so much yesterday."
EJ rested his forehead against hers and wondered how it was that he could keep falling more in love with Sami every second they spent together.
"Yes," he said huskily and then kissed her.
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The bed creaked as EJ joined her on the bed, the both of them still half clothed but working hard at divesting each other of their clothing while refusing to stop kissing one another.
"I… I didn't shower," said Betty breathlessly as EJ finished removing her bra and started to kiss his way down the line of her body to her flat stomach.
EJ lifted his head, his eyes flaring at the information, already knowing that but loving to hear her tell him anyway.
"Good girl," he growled and caught her mouth up in a fierce kiss, his tongue taking possession of her mouth and tasting her fully.
Betty could feel EJ's straining erection against her stomach, even through his trousers and her hands went to undo them quickly, eager for them both to be naked again. She'd only managed to undo the top button when Betty felt EJ suddenly leave her and her eyes flew open and she made a protesting groan. EJ was standing by the bed now and looking down at her hungrily and before Betty could ask what he was doing he was scooping her up in his arms and heading towards the bathroom.
"I didn't shower either," he told her throatily, "I wanted the scent of your body on me last night."
Betty put her arms around EJ's neck and snuggled into him, knowing where this was going and very happy about that thought. Once in the bathroom EJ carefully put her down and then turned the shower on. While the water was coming to temperature he stripped the remains of clothing from both their bodies and then the two of them stepped into the shower. The warm water hit their bodies as Betty turned around to face EJ, initiating another kiss. The water slouched down between their bodies, adding to the sensation of being touched as they rubbed themself against each other slowly. EJ finally broke the kiss and looked down at her with brown eyes that burned where they touched.
"Like last night?" he asked her throatily and Betty looked up at him excitedly, nodding her head eagerly, feeling the intense anticipation of more of the same that had caused her to nearly lose her mind last night.
"Please," she said breathlessly, already feeling her core beginning to pulsate at the thought of it.
EJ saw the hungry look in her eye and knew she was going to do as she always did when he had her like this.
"I need for you to come for me first sweetheart," he told her a little unevenly as his hand slipped down to her hip, "I won't be able to last if you come too quickly as soon as I'm inside you."
EJ was at a fever pitch with his need for her and he knew a quick release wouldn't satisfy him so he wanted to make this last. His hand slipped between their bodies then, making its way past the soft hair at Sami's apex and then he was finding her heat. His investigating fingers pushed inside of that warmth, finding her tight and very, very wet for him.
"Beautiful," he purred, languidly probing her with his two fingers, "My girl is so ready for me."
"I'm always ready for you," groaned Betty, closing her eyes as he pushed a little deeper into her now, varying his angles and finding how she liked it best, "Ahhh,,, there... oh yes there EJ!"
EJ let her enjoy his hand for a little longer but his own arousal was getting to a point that it was hard to deny any longer. He pulled his fingers out of her now, causing Sami to give a disappointed moan which quickly gave way to a happy one as those same fingers, now coated in her own juices found her nub and began to rub on it for her. EJ had barely started when he felt her erupt around him, crying out as she orgasmed against his fingers, her hips jerking wildly.
"God but you're so eager," growled EJ, even as Sami continued to gasp out her pleasure for him.
"EJ," she said shakily and looked up at him with the sexiest look he'd ever seen her give him.
She held his gaze then with blue eyes still fiercely flashing from the climax she'd just enjoyed. Sami turned around slowly, looking back over her shoulder at EJ the whole time and then gave him a sultry smile before bending right over at the waist and putting her palms flat on the tiled shower wall, either side of the facet. The shower water cascaded down and hit her back, streams of water coursing down her back and running off Sami's breasts as she bent herself to be parallel with the ground. She widened the stance of her legs a little, presenting herself to EJ in the most intimate of invitations. It was an invitation that EJ didn't need to be asked twice about.
She instantly felt his hardness between her legs, his swollen head pressing for entry into her. Sami went up on her toes as he mounted her without any further warning, biting down on her bottom lip to stop herself from crying out as he did. Her walls groaned at having to accommodate his vast size but the initial pain was so worth it when he was fully embedded in her, the feeling of holding EJ inside her body never growing familiar – it took her breath away each and every time. EJ reached around in front of Sami, his hands going to her breasts. His searching fingers found her nipples, tweaking each one hard and making her quiver around him. EJ had yet to start moving inside her and she was desperate for him to start but he seemed fixated on her breasts right then, rolling her nipples between his fingers and making her cry out.
"OoohHH!" Sami cried out, dropping her head down and tensing hard around EJ's member that was continuing to harden inside of her even as he teased her teats mercilessly, "EJaaay!"
"Betty," he grunted in return, loving to hear her say his name like that.
EJ could hear the tension in Sami's voice, knew that he could easily bring her to climax just by continuing to torment her breasts and keeping her in this position while he did but he couldn't stand it any longer, needing to claim her properly now. He withdrew from Sami almost completely and then tightened his hold on her breasts as he slammed himself back home into her, using her breasts to brace himself with.
"OH YES!" she cried out, "Oh god more EJ, don't stop!"
"Never," growled EJ and proceeded to ride her forcefully then, eager to pleasure her in this position as Sami began to immediately make tortured little grunting noise at each deep penetration of her.
Their combined release came at the exact same moment after a particularly vigorous coupling and it ended up with both of them collapsing on the shower floor when EJ refused to leave her body after climaxing. The two of them lay tangled up like that, intimately joined as the shower water rained down on them and they both struggled to catch their breath, their breathless sobs mingling with the sound of the shower.
"Oh wow," managed Betty breathlessly after a long time, clearly in awe, "Oh wow."
EJ somehow managed to find the strength to reach up and turn the water off but made no other move to leave her.
"I want you again like this," he told her unevenly, his voice muffled into her wet shoulder as he wrapped his arms around Sami and held her tightly to him.
"Mm," she said huskily, moving her hips back and forth so she could feel properly his length in her, knowing it wasn't going to take much from her to get him hard again, "Please..."
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EJ sat on the bed dressed only in his trousers and watched Sami walk around the room, completely naked. He loved how comfortable she was with him nowadays and the feeling of intimacy continued to grow between them daily. EJ never knew it could be like this between a man and a woman – the sense of completion and contentment that seemed to fill him to overflowing. Betty turned her head and caught him staring at her shamelessly.
"See somethin' ya like mister?" she teased him and arched a knowing eyebrow at him.
"Many, many things," said EJ huskily, an impish smile coming to his lips.
He held out a hand to her and Sami dutifully walked over to him. EJ pulled her between his legs, hooking one foot up on the bed frame and wrapped his arms around her, looking up at her adoringly.
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"You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen," he told her throatily.
"That can't be true EJ," she said with a little shake of her head but a pleased flush coloured Sami's cheeks anyway.
"It's is absolutely true my gorgeous girl," he told her firmly, tightening his arms around her waist, "And I won't hear otherwise on the subject."
"You're too good to me EJ," said Betty with a little smile.
"Impossible," declared EJ, pressing a kiss to her bare stomach and then looking back up at her, resting his chin on the stomach he'd just caressed, "I'm sorry that I have work to do today sweetheart."
"I don't mind," said Betty, running her hand through his dark mop of hair, "As long as I get to spend the day with you I don't mind what we do."
"I'm meeting the client at his house today," said EJ, "It shouldn't take long, just have a couple of things for him to sign."
"Is this the client that you've been so secretive about these last couple of days?" asked Betty, narrowing her eyes at him playfully.
"Maybe," said EJ and smiled up at her.
"How come?" she asked him curiously.
"He's just client who wants his privacy," shrugged EJ, "But like I said sweetheart, it won't take long and then I can go back to having you all to myself for the rest of the day."
"That sounds nice," said Betty shyly, "So I suppose I'd better get dressed huh?"
"Well," said EJ slowly, his hands dropping to her bottom cheeks and squeezing them, "I don't suppose it will matter if we are a few minutes late."
He grinned then and fell back on the bed, taking Sami with him, making her burst out laughing.
"You're insatiable EJ DiMera," she said with a grin, looking down at him from where she was now draped over his body.
"Yes I am Betty Jones," he agreed readily, his eyes warm with renewed desire as he reached up to kiss her, "Yes I am."
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"Are you sure we should be doing this EJ?" asked Betty nervously, looking around.
"The client gave me a key and said to make myself at home if he wasn't here when we arrived," said EJ easily, locking the door behind them.
"Did he just buy it?" asked Betty curiously, looking around at the boxes strewn everywhere and in the middle of the spacious lounge room was a mattress, "Or do rich people always have mattresses instead of sofas?"
"I believe it was a rush job to get him moved in," said EJ with a quirk of his lips at her humour, "Hence the general disarray."
Betty walked into the centre of the room and looked about, taking it all in. Despite the mess of the boxes and scattered furniture it was clearly a very classy home with a lot of room.
"Does he have a family?" asked Betty, walking over and peaking into the kitchen and being suitably impressed by what she saw.
"Not yet but I think he's planning on having one very soon," said EJ, watching her as she looked around, "Do you want to go upstairs and see what it looks like?"
"EJ we couldn't!" said Betty in horror even though she would dearly have loved to, having fallen instantly in love with the house.
"Of course we could," said EJ breezily, "My client said to make ourselves at home."
"I don't think that is what he meant EJ," she said hesitantly but EJ held out his hand to her and she took it, letting him lead her upstairs.
There were four bedrooms and looked to Betty to be as grand as EJ's hotel and certainly made her little room in the boarding house pale into insignificance. They walked into the main bedroom and she turned around, taking in the plush carpets and tastefully painted walls. Betty opened the door to what she assumed was the closet and gasped loudly.
"EJ!" she squealed loudly, "It's a closet… one you can walk into!"
EJ smiled to hear her excitement and followed Betty into the walk in robe as she looked at him in wide eyed wonder.
"Look at all this space," she marvelled, taking in all the racks and drawers that were everywhere, "Who on earth has that many clothes and shoes?"
EJ thought back to Nicole and her seemingly endless supply of both and just adored Sami even more for her lack of guile. He loved watching her get this excited about things and could have stood there all day and simply watched her.
"Some women do," he said with a half smile.
"It's hard to imagine," said Betty with a shake of her head as they walked back out into the bedroom and then she headed over to the window.
Betty looked down at the cottage garden that was the house's back yard and gave a delighted gasp.
"Oh look how pretty the garden is EJ," she said in delight and then gave a wistful sigh, "Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up every day and go for a walk in a garden like that?"
"I don't have to imagine Betty," said EJ evenly.
"The garden at the hotel doesn't quite count EJ," said Betty indulgently, turning around to face him as she leant back against the window frame, "People are coming and going all the time and it's so tiny."
"I didn't mean the hotel garden," said EJ with a small smile, "I meant this one."
"What do you mean EJ?" frowned Betty in confusion.
"I mean I bought this house," said EJ calmly, watching her face intently.
"You… you did what?" she gasped, putting a hand to her chest, "What… how… why…?"
EJ watched with great interest as so many emotions flittered over her expressive face.
"I bought it last week after doing some scouting around," he told her steadily.
"Why… why didn't you tell me?" asked Betty, still obviously trying to get over the shock of it all.
"I wanted to surprise you," said EJ simply.
"I can't believe you bought a house," said Betty faintly, "I can't believe you bought [i]this[/i] house!"
"Do you like it?" asked EJ, taking a step towards her and tilting his head at her, watching her carefully as he asked that.
He was pretty confident of the answer after having watched her reaction to everything but EJ needed to make sure.
"How can I not love this house EJ?" she asked him in amazement, "Who wouldn't love this house, it's absolutely gorgeous! I just can't believe you bought it and I knew nothing about it is all."
"I needed a house for what I'm going to do next," said EJ, feeling his nerves beginning to over take him now that the moment was finally here.
"What are you going to do next?" asked Betty in bewilderment, not sure she could handle any more surprises today.
EJ took a deep breath and was caught between wanting to jump up and down like and excited lunatic and throw up from nervousness. He'd done this once before with Sami but he was now dealing with Betty and EJ just needed to say the words to her seeing as he'd fallen just in love with Betty as he had with Sami. She was looking at him with a mildly concerned look on her face and EJ moved to put her mind at rest. He closed the distance between them and then took one of her hands in his; knowing that his were sweaty but EJ couldn't do anything about that right then. Betty looked up at him so trustingly that his heart just soared as well as practically leaping out of his chest at how fast it was beating.
"Betty…" he began and then to his embarrassment had to clear his throat when his voice cracked, "Betty…"
Keeping hold of her hand between his two hands EJ sank down onto one knee and looked up at her with all the love he had inside of him for her.
"Betty…"
"EJ!" said Betty in concern, seeing him suddenly kneeling on the ground, "Are you alright?"
On instinct she knealt down as well, facing him worried as her other hand went to his arm.
"What are you doing?" she asked him worriedly, "Do you feel sick?"
EJ gave a startled but amused laugh as they were now both kneeling on the ground; realising Betty had no idea what he was about to do. Obviously her amnesia had taken from her how a man should propose to a woman and it was unbearably adorable to see her so concerned for him.
"You have to stand up sweetheart," he informed her huskily.
"You too?" she asked him with a confused frown.
"No I have to stay down here," he told her indulgently.
"Can't you get up?" she fretted over him, "Have you hurt your back or something? Should I call a doctor?"
"Betty!" groaned EJ affectionately at her continuing unhelpful helpfulness.
Realising that this wasn't working EJ simply reached out for Betty and picked her up, sitting her on his knee as he remained kneeling on the floor. She looked down at him, still unsure of what exactly was happening. EJ put one arm around her waist and then with his other hand he picked up Betty's hand again, looking up at her with lovingly.
"Betty," he said, trying again as his stomach flip flopped nervously, "From the first moment I saw you I loved you, knew you utterly. I can't explain it other than to say I found my home when I found you Betty. I never believed in love at first sight until I met you. I only know happiness when I'm with you and I count the seconds we are apart, desperate to see you again."
Betty's face lit up to hear that, her eyes filling with tears even as she smiled back at him.
"I don't ever want to be apart from you again Betty," said EJ earnestly, "I want us to be together forever."
"Oh EJ," sighed Betty, a tear spilling over and streaking its way down her cheek at his beautiful words.
"You're the one for me sweetheart," he said throatily, "The only one. I have to know that you'll be with me always, that I can call you my own…"
EJ let go of her hand then and reached into his coat pocket with suddenly numb fingers. He withdrew a little black box which he flipped open and presented it to Betty to show a ring with a cluster of tiny diamonds circling one perfect one. Betty gasped at the sight of it, her mouth dropping open as she looked between it and the earnestly sincere look on EJ's face.
"Betty Jones," he said warmly, "Would you do me the very great honour of giving me your hand in marriage?"
Betty didn't speak for a long moment, rendered speechless but this sudden turn of events. She kept looking back and forth between the ring and EJ, obviously trying to have this sink in. EJ felt his nerves tightening the longer Betty didn't answer him but he comforted himself with the memory of Sami having had a similar reaction and then of course there had been her delighted acceptance. Betty loved him; just as much as Sami had, EJ was sure of that and he was sure of his love for her so all he needed to hear was that word from her that would make his joy and his world complete. Betty lifted tremulous eyes to EJ, so full of emotion that he could barely contain himself to see it.
"Oh EJ," she whispered, more tears coming to her eyes and making them look like liquid pools of the deepest blue.
She put a shaking hand to his chest and looked at him wide eyed.
"No."
The single word stopped EJ's heart beating in his chest as his world came to an abrupt end…