Hayes
twenty-three
The lights of Las Vegas grow smaller as the jet climbs into the night sky, but they were never bright enough to outshine my new wife.
Paige is curled in my lap, my hand stroking her thigh, alternating pulling her left hand up to admire her new diamond rings, and proclaiming just how insane we are.
Cerberus is sprawled at our feet, his duties as best dog now fulfilled even though he’s still wearing his bow tie collar.
“Mama and Daddy are going to kill me.”
I kiss Paige’s silky, raven-dark hair.
“They’ll have to go through me first. Let me tell you, that would require a Herculean effort.”
“Really, though.”
She rests her head on my shoulder and threads her fingers into my hair to gently scratch my scalp. I shiver in response before she continues.
“I’m their only child, my mama’s only daughter and I just took away her chance to plan a wedding. Do you know how angry she’s going to be? She’ll be mad as a Hydra getting its heads cut off.”
I smile at her Hercules reference to match mine. She really is perfect.
“If the only thing she’s mad about is not planning your wedding, we’ll be just fine,” I assure her. “She can plan the five-year anniversary vow renewal. Or we can renew our vows every year. Whatever makes you happy.”
I feel her smile against me.
“She’ll have plenty to be mad about besides that.
I just cost her a manufacturing deal. I could be the reason the Thackery Agriculture Company meets its demise after more than a century in operation.
Not only have I single-handedly stolen the wedding planning she’s dreamed of my whole life, I’ve also crushed her own family legacy. I’m heartless.”
I pull her closer to me.
“You have the biggest heart of anyone I know. You also know your own mind, not content to be sold off to suit her business aspirations.”
“How do I tell them?” She shifts restlessly in my lap and twists my own gold wedding band on my left hand where it rests on her leg.
“We’ll do it together. We can go to Savannah tomorrow and plan to see them Tuesday.”
I have some business to conduct with my new father-in-law that could be done in person so making an appearance in Savannah kills two birds with one stone.
An unfamiliar stab of guilt pierces my chest as I think of the plans set to take place this week.
Olympus International is beginning phase two tomorrow, our teams are poised and ready to deploy lucrative offers to each of the hoteliers targeted for acquisition.
The Xenios Group will be in a nice long meeting with my team while I keep to the background.
My brothers and I stay out of the negotiations until absolutely necessary, keeping the family anonymous and some distance from our company with its many branches.
I look down at Paige, my wife, and wonder if she’ll ever understand that my motivations for marrying her have nothing to do with buying out her legacy. I shut my eyes and hope like hell I’m not about to sabotage my own happiness. She will eventually see I’m doing this for her.
“Are you a part of the mile-high club?”
My eyes pop open and I move so I can see the devilish grin Paige is giving me.
“Why do you ask?” I slip my fingertips under the hem of her dress where it rests just above her knee and grip her thigh.
“I think I’d like to join. I was hoping to find an existing member to grant me membership to this exclusive club. I am the wife of a billionaire now. I might as well have all the perks.”
“You are a billionaire now, Mrs. Olsen. What’s mine is yours.”
Her eyes widen. “There wasn’t a prenup, but I will absolutely sign anything you want me to in order to protect your fortune. I’m not in it for money, Hayes. I’m in it for you.”
“That’s exactly why there wasn’t a prenup.” I slide my hand up higher to grip her hip and she gasps with the pressure. “We’re not going to fail, so there wasn’t a need. I want you to be completely provided for in any untimely event that could befall us.”
Her legs spread apart. “Well, it sounds like you have everything covered. How about you make love to your new wife and admit me to the club.”
I gather her in my arms and stand. “Cerberus, stay.”
I cross to the private bedroom at the rear of the cabin.
“What my wife wants, she gets.”
Paige sighs as I lay her out on the bed.
“That’s a word I like a whole lot more with you than I did when I was fighting the other option.”
I shrug off my shirt and make quick work of my pants. “You’ll never have to fight alone, and you’re free of that scoundrel.”
She giggles at my wording, but the laughter stops when I grip her ankle and tug her toward me.
“Show me that juicy pussy.”
She drags her teeth across her bottom lip and pulls the skirt of her soft cream-colored dress up her thighs. She is the goddess of anticipation, knowing just how to drag a moment out to completely savor it, but it jacks up my libido, and my impatience to have her gets the better of me.
Just as her dress skims over her hips, I dive in, pulling her lacy panties to the side so I can sink my mouth in her silky warmth.
Her hands bury into my hair and hold me close as I devour her.
She moans as I delve two fingers into her folds and push into her center, her hips rocking against me.
I give her everything she loves with my own ferocity and when she comes, it’s with my name on her lips.
I pull away from her slick pussy and move up her body, kissing her while her taste is still on my lips.
I undress her relaxed body and return to my pants for a condom, turning once it’s on to catch her dip her fingers in her pussy, and then bring them to her mouth.
My grip on the base of my cock tightens as her pink tongue licks a finger and then plunges it into her mouth.
“Jesus, Paige, I’m going to blow just watching you taste yourself.”
“I wanted to know what you were tasting. I think I prefer your cock, though.”
She skims her slick fingers down to her breasts and rolls her nipples, her back arching.
“I need you. Please, Hayes.”
I’m back on the bed in an instant, but I surprise her when I lie on my back next to her and drag her body to cover mine.
“Ride me, angel. I want to see you on top, taking everything you want.”
She slowly lifts her body and scoots so she’s sitting on my thighs, my dick hard and ready in front of her. She eyes my length with trepidation, visually measuring the cock I want to bury as deep as I can into her perfect pussy, bottom out, and push in even more.
“How do I do this, exactly?”
I take her hand and move it to the base of my dick, wrapping her fingers around the shaft so she lifts it straight up.
“Climb on.”
I keep my hand around hers as she shifts, rising on her knees and moving forward so my dick is notched against her opening. She presses down tentatively, her body yielding to my cock and taking me in.
“Oh, God,” she moans as she takes me to the hilt. “How are you bigger this way? I feel you everywhere.”
“Rock your hips,” I instruct, my hands finding the delicious spot where her legs crease at her hips and start the motion. “Up and down is fine, but I think you’ll like this better because of where it hits you.”
Her eyes flutter closed. “Oh, wow, okay, that’s good.”
She takes over the rocking, starting slowly, but discovering the rhythm that suits her quickly and in no time, my angel rides me like a pro.
Her hands press into my chest, giving her more purchase to drag her body back and forth on mine as her nails embed in my skin.
I hold her tightly, increasing the friction and the motion she’s enjoying.
Just watching her face as she gets closer to her release could make me come, but I hold back.
“Oh, Hayes,” she says, her head tipping forward to spill hair around her face as her hips rock harder, dragging out the pleasure that is rising between us. “God, I love this.”
The overwhelming need to be even closer to her pushes me to sit up and I grip her ass in my hands. I pull her hips back and forth again. Her arms wrap around my shoulders, nails digging into my back.
“Come with me, baby.”
I pull and push her hips, my thrusts pumping into her as her body begins its trek to ecstasy. I drag my teeth across her shoulder and nip at her neck as she stops breathing and reaches the cliff.
When she tumbles head-first into her orgasm, I’m right behind her.
I keep my arms tight around her as our hot breaths mix between us, feeling closer to her right now than I have with any other person in my entire my life.
I can’t lose her, no matter what. No matter my greed to have what’s rightfully hers.