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STOP staring at him. 

It was the umpteenth time telling myself. A group of interns were proudly presenting their idea about another AI app (yawn) that could save manhours by requiring more manhours to train it to do something we’d already perfected. But as a penance to my director Chuck after nearly fucking up a half million dollar contract, I’d hear out new business quarterly. What he failed to explain was its nature of a mere college senior project. The interns would be gone in 90 days, sans proprietary property.

Rico was one of them. Except he didn’t fit into the teeny tweens and golf bros around him. From where he was sitting, he was tall. Even hunched over, reading his notes, lips moving in silence as he practiced his piece, he towered over the people around him. I was itching to hear his voice.

I’d given my thoughts & voted on the current group in a blur. He glanced in my direction as he rose and I felt myself exhale a bit louder than I’d expected. I forced myself to look away as his team came up on stage but I could feel him staring at me unabashedly. I pressed my thighs together, hunger creeping down to my toes. I didn’t know they made men like this in real life. Gladiators. Greek Gods dipped in cocoa powder. Puppy dog eyes, juicy lips, and curly hair down to the middle of his back. He was a common topic for the girls in the office, single and otherwise.

He stepped forward, speaking calmly, his voice rolling across the room like a distant thunderstorm. It rumbled under my skin. Even his smile uncurled something inside of me, something that wanted to see those dimples every day for the rest of my life. 

I didn’t listen to what he said. it didn’t matter. We’d discussed it last night. His group wouldn’t win. They couldn’t. Not after what we did. 

You would think the idea of me, the design manager of a major firm, fucking a summer intern 5 years my junior would send me into moral turmoil, especially when others’ hard work had been at jeopardy. And yet here I was, practically vibrating thinking of the next time we were alone. In reality, it wasn’t solely my decision – I sat on a panel of 5 and we’d often disagree. 

I had forgotten about him when I saw him again, bumping into him on the way out the door. 

“Long night?” I asked innocently.

“Yeah, my group wanted to download. Chuck actually wants to know more, so we boned up on some of the questions he asked.”
“I’m sorry you all didn’t win.”
“It’s okay.”
“Any plans for the weekend?”
“I’m hoping I can spend it with my lady. Get over the pain,” he said grinning. “You?”

“Oh I plan on going out and having a wild time with my girls in Chicago.”

An eyebrow, deliciously threatening.

“Oh man, I hope you have fun.”
“I will. I am turning my phone OFF,” I said, strolling out of the elevator. For dramatic effect, I silenced my phone in full view. 

I had three missed calls when I pulled up at home. I grinned to myself, eager about the game I’d started. I wasn’t going out of town until next month, but it was fun to make him wonder. I had managed to shower and slip into my favorite muu muu when the doorbell rang through the house. 

Hands on my throat pushing me inside gently and shutting the door. He pinned me against the wall with a gasp from me. 

“You ignoring my calls?”
“And if I am?” I tilted my chin up to him, offering more of my throat. 

“Why do you like to toy with me, woman? Do you want me to put you over my knee?” 

I nodded, lip between my teeth. God yes.

“You think it’s that easy? Piss me off then you get to play?” 

I nodded again. he growled and kissed me. then stepped away. 

“I’m not even gonna touch you. And you’re not gonna touch me,” he said, stopping me in my tracks. 

“You don’t listen. Only good girls get to play with me,” he said, flicking my chin. He pushed down the strapless dress I was wearing, exposing my damp skin to the chill air. My nipples swelled at the sensation. He looked down my body, taking small steps away from me. I let him look as his eyes traveled back up to mine. 

“Don’t move.”
His hands dropped to his belt, opening it along with his button and zipper. I stepped forward and he moved back, touching the wall. 

“Back.” I went to my original position.

“Stay,” he growled. 

He stripped, exposing his beautiful body, his dick hard like marble in the center. He didn’t break eye contact as he spit onto the tip & began stroking himself. I started to join when he stopped me.

“No no. None for you.”

I whined. I definitely took it too far.

“Baby.”
“This is your fault. Now I have to waste a whole nut.”

A tragedy. I aimed to drink every ounce of him on night one. He moaned so deliciously, stroking his hand with all the passion in his hips.

“Fuck baby. I wish this was you.”

“It can be,” I said, my foot itching to move. He cast a dark look at me, daring me.

“Don’t fucking do it. You stay there and watch.”

I was sure I was dripping down my thighs. How long did he plan to keep this up? was he really going to finish?

“God baby. I’m so hard. See?” he said, letting go, before giving it a hard smack. His balls clenched up against him in joy. I could decide if I would watch his face or his hands. He’s stunned me since we first bumped into each other, late to a party that ended way too early. Now here I was, a speechless sloppy mess over him. 

“You know what happens next baby?”
“No?”
“after I bust this one. I have to teach you how to listen.” He moaned deep, his free hand flying to his stomach. I moved my hands slowly up my thighs, across my stomach just below my breasts. I wanted to draw his eyes to his favorite place. I wanted him to beg me to come closer in time. instead, he huffed a few times and came into his hand. His cum was nearly clear, spreading a thick gloss across his palm. 

He walked to the kitchen and rinsed it clean to my chagrin. 

“Get over here.” I scurried over to him, ready for him to do anything to me, the center of me needy and empty. 

“Look at you,” he chuckled. 

“Now you’re making fun,” I said, standing on my toes to get in his face. I kissed him, damn the rules. He captured me in his arms and kissed me like he needed air to breathe. He pushed me up onto the counter and held me close. His fingers slipped between my legs and touched me, pushing a gasp from me.

“A mess you’ve made,” he said, pushing his fingers deep inside me. Thick and rigged against my tender flesh, I convulsed around him. Too quickly he was gone, moving away from me again.  I had posed my face to whine but I was stopped short by him sucking his first then second fingers clean. 

“What am I going to do with you?” he said, his arms closing me in against the counter. I pressed myself against him – soft against his hard – and whispered. 

“Whatever you want. I’m yours,” I said before I bit his bottom lip. 

Before I could register, he’d thrown me over his shoulder and walked off. I bit his shoulder as he dragged me to the living room, dropping to the couch and throwing me over his knee. I did a poor job containing my glee. I wasn’t supposed to enjoy this – it was supposed to be punishment. But the second his rough hand connected hard to the skin on my ass with a SMACK, that concern evaporated quickly into moist flesh. He rubbed my stinging cheek to gently soothe it before walloping me on the next cheek. I yelped and jerked forward in his lap. 

SMACK – SMACK.

“Don’t run,” he huffed, his voice low and husky with lust. His dick pressed up into my chest and I could feel his need growing. 

SMACK SMACK SMACK. He alternated between the rounds of flesh, his palm running all over. The sensations were overwhelming – the pain, the lust, the gentle caress of his hand. He spread my cheeks open, my lips giving away my excitement with a messy noise that made him jump beneath me. 

“I’ve been thinking about you all day. I just knew those people saw how hard my dick was on stage.”

SMACK.

“Thinking about this perfect ass in that leather skirt.”
SMACK SMACK.

“Begging to be punished. Do they know you come undone like this for me? Know that you like to be treated like a little naughty slut?”

SMACK SMACK SMACK. 

I could only respond in moans and begs.

“Imagine if they knew what the boss lady liked,” he said, his delicious fingers finding their way inside me again. I was so close, just a couple more strokes and I’d be putty in his lap, but he was gone again, replaced with the ungentle raps from his open palm. 

He bent down and planted kisses across my ass. I’d be tender later, his way of marking his territory. I’d think of him every time I sat for too long for the next few days. He fingered me again, taking his sweet time as those juicy lips traced up my back. 

“Rico,” I whined, prompting his hand to stop moving. 

“Beg.”
“Please.” He grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked my head back. 

“Please what?”
“I want to come for you so bad. Please,” I whined, pushing back onto his hand and grinding my body against his hard member. He was leaking – I could feel his tip slipping against my skin. He continued, at a slower pace, determined to drive me crazy.

“Do you? Do you deserve to come?”

I nodded fervently. My toes curled in anticipation as he hovered me right on the precipice. 

“No,” he said, nearly pulling a cry from my throat as he removed his fingers again. He pushed me back so my mouth lined up with his dick and pushed me down onto him. He tasted clean, still sticky from the first orgasm he forced me to watch.

“Eat this dick up first. I know your slutty little mouth has been aching for it.” 

I’d never had someone refer to me in such a way before Rico, but it filled me with such fire, I knew it was mental illness. But something about not being in charge and trusting someone wholeheartedly to do what they wished to me was also new. Rico took care of me in ways I never knew I needed, in- and outside of the bedroom – later, when we were sprawled together in bed still damp from our fun, he’d put words to what I was feeling. He called it love. 

“Camille,” he groaned, pushing deeper into my throat. If this was a punishment, I wanted trouble every day. I’d had him where I wanted him – writhing under me, his hands swirling through my curly hair as he tried to control my pace. When he failed, his fingers crooked back up towards my g-spot as we raced to see who would finish first. He cheated and pushed a third finger into me, sending me into a quivering spasm. I pushed down onto him, letting my moans vibrate against him in my throat. 

“Jesus Christ Camille, I’m cumming,” he said, thrusting deeper. I rose slowly, my tongue dragging across the bottom of his dick and allowing him to squirt on different parts of my mouth. I loved when he marked my flesh. 

“I’m sorry I didn’t answer your calls, baby. I know I play too much,” I whispered into his dick like a microphone, dropping kisses across his shining skin. We both knew it was an apology I didn’t mean, and one I’d planned to make every time. 

That didn’t stop him from switching our places, giving him the space he needed to push my legs open and reveal my soaked middle to the light. I loved the way he deftly spun his hair into a bun with the tie he saved on his wrist. 

“You’re beautiful,” he said, his eyes taking me in fully. There was no place to hide from the glow that shone off his skin. Post-coital bliss looked good on him. 

He distracted me with his mouth, those plush lips sucking in on the tender part of my flesh, drawing a moan from me immediately. 

“And you taste so good,” he said, his tongue drawing against me lazily but at a consistent pace that had me immediately panting. 

“You’ve been such a good girl,” he said, wiggling fingers up inside me, coaxing a gentle rush of liquid onto his chin. He locked his arms around me as I clawed at the couch under me, desperate to stay on this plane of existence as I came aggressively, finally, all over him. He didn’t release me, eager to serve as my gravity. With his lips, tongue, and fingers partnered against me, I quickly surpassed his orgasm streak 3-to-2. 

He yanked me down mostly off the couch so I straddled him and quickly slipped inside me with a groan. He pulled my legs into the crooks of his arm, pinning me against the front side of the couch, a new and delicious position that trapped me between a rock and literal hard place. I was filled, hovering at the line between pain and pleasure. Jutting my hips didn’t create the minute space I planned. 

“Uh uh don’t push me away. Take it.” He rocked against my g-spot, forcing another orgasm from me with a grunt. 

“Rico,” I moaned, grasping onto his shoulders as my bottom hit the top of his thighs.

“I got you baby,” he said, rising up slightly to angle differently inside me. He loved that, evident by the string of cuss words that came from him. 

I forced my legs from his grip and pushed him down, giving him a split second to adjust his legs so I could buck my hips against him. I wouldn’t last long on top – Rico’s dick was too perfectly angled this way that set me off like fireworks regularly. I knew he enjoyed watching me unravel on top of him, liked to watch my body jiggle as I rose and fell over him. He sat up and pulled me close to him, kissing me deep as he pumped upwards to push me along.

“Oh!” I gasped, eyes rolling back in my head as I felt that familiar binding inside me. 

“Be a good girl and give it to me. Give it all to Daddy,” he whispered into my chin as my head rolled back. Whatever power he had on me possessed me as I bounced harder against my man. I wanted him to fall apart for me. I wanted to see his face right at the moment of collapse. He gripped my ass hard and drove into me hard and fast, his breath ragged and off beat. 

“Do it baby. Make a mess inside me,” I said, biting his lip. He kissed me back, grunts slipping between his lips as his dick throbbed against me. The sensation made me cum again, soaking us both where our bodies met. 

We laid out on the floor, still in awe with one another. The warmth of his body on mine was one I never wanted to unknow. The warmth that spread in my heart would last past the summer, for a lifetime. 

The Emerald Truth: Five

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Noelle sat on the edge of the bed, her skinny knee bouncing rapidly as she waited. She could still hear the men outside talking and she needed to pick the right moment so she wouldn’t get busted. A few more moments passed before she heard the car door slam and she made her move. She would lose them if she moved too slowly out the bathroom window or down the block to their car. Kyle had been excessively anal about their movements for years, for good reason. Noelle watched the black van pull away from the hotel parking lot as she jumped into their blue Honda. She’d wished her father was inside the car with her during her first pursuit, but she could hear his voice in her head as clear as a bell. Not too close, two car lengths behind. Stay in the next lane so they can’t see you. Be careful.

            She followed the van to the entertainment district; a block lined with strip clubs, bars, and a movie theater advertising XXX classics. The van turned down the alley behind Club Solo, obscured in the darkness. Closed for the evening, it was a perfect mark. Noelle parked the car across the street and made her way back to the alley, hiding behind the few still cars that lined the street. She could see her father and the mysterious man breaking into the building and disappearing inside. Noelle leapt from her hiding place and raced to catch the door before it locked her outside. She found herself in a dark stairwell and had to use the red EXIT sign to find her way up the narrow stairway. She could hear voices as she approached the door at the top. The doorway led to a balcony above the abandoned dance floor of the club. The lights on the stage were on, shining purple and blue discs across the room. She followed the balcony and the voice to the hallway, where she could finally see her destination.

“You got a lot of fucking nerve, Santos,” the man said with a scowl. His palms were flat on his desk as Kyle rapidly relieved him of the contents of his floor safe.

“I’m just coming for what’s mine,” Santos said, shrugging his shoulders.

“Dirty pig motherfucker,” the man spat. Santos stepped closer to the man, his aim unwavered at his head.

“We’re good, let’s go,” Kyle said, standing. He swung the heavy bag over his shoulder, ready to escape.

“One more thing. Give me the ring,” Santos said. From the hall, Noelle couldn’t see the item he’d requested, but for a second, it drew the attention of all three men. Continue reading

The Emerald Truth: Four

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Dr. Wilhelmina Harris didn’t have an appointment for another 2 hours, so the light rapping on her door surprised her. She opened the door for Dorian Shaw, one of her more unwilling patients. He hadn’t been to see her in some time and she assumed it was important if he was here. “Good morning,” she said with a smile, letting him into the well-lit room. It seems as if the sun was shining in the room as beams of white light illuminated the modest room. “Hey Doc, do you have a minute? I didn’t make an appointment or anything but…” Dorian started before the doctor ushered him inside.

“No, no, it’s fine. Please, sit,” she said, gesturing to the oversized teal sofa in the center of the room as she sat in the matching armchair.

“Everything I say here is confidential, right?” Dorian said, wiping his damp palms on his slacks. Continue reading

The Emerald Truth: Three

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They’d shut the door, but Noelle could still hear from inside. “She stays here or the deal is off,” Kyle said, puffing his chest towards Santos, whom was unfazed by his bravado.

“She‘ll Have world-class care.”

“No deal,” Kyle said, starting back towards the room, before he was seized by Santos.

“Eh, amigo, don’t forget, I own your Black ass. One phone call and your little girl will have a lot more to worry about. This isn’t a discussion,” Santos growled into Kyle’s face, before releasing him and straightening his jacket.

“My daughter is staying here. You need me,” Kyle said, unwilling to back down. Santos smiled, his gold molar shining against his weathered skin. “Fine. I’ll have a patrol car sit out front. Just in case,” he said, pulling out his phone. At least, in the motel room, she’d have the option to escape. Santos dialed a number and Kyle took the opportunity to go and prepare her for the worst.

“Dad…”

“We don’t have time. If I’m not back by midnight, I want you to go out the bathroom window.”

“What?”

“I don’t have time to explain. If I’m not through that door, you need to leave. Go as far as you can with what’s in your bag and I’ll find you. I promise,” he said, planting a kiss on top of her head. As much as she wanted to believe him, she couldn’t find the words to say as he walked out the door. The empty feeling that settled over her was familiar, since she’d been abandoned before. Continue reading

The Emerald Truth: Two

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Dorian had been seeing things, or so he thought. It’d been a while since he was haunted by the ghosts of his wife and daughter. In the beginning, he saw them everywhere, in the faces of every stranger. At night, he could almost feel Olivia’s arms around him and smell the conditioner in her hair.

It had nothing on the déjà vu he was having today, and it wasn’t Olivia. He looked over his shoulder for the 3rd time, looking for the familiar shape. As he approached the building, he turned around, his back to the rotating door. He’d felt it: someone was following him. He scanned the busy avenue, looking for anything or anyone suspicious. Continue reading

The Emerald Truth: One

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I can help!” Noelle repeated, following behind her adoptive father. Kyle ignored her again, going over his checklist in his head once again. He just wanted this night to be over.

“Dad!” Noelle yelled, hands on her narrow hips. The moniker still caught him off guard; never did he expect to become a father in such a short amount of time.

“El, you are helping me. Your job may be the most critical of all.”

“Packing bags? That’s kid shit!”

“Yes, well, with the way you’re acting, I’d say you were very much qualified.”

“What if you need me to squeeze into a ventilation system or sweet talk a guard? I’m useful!”

“You don’t need to prove yourself to me, El,” Kyle said, sighing.

“Then what is it?” A knock on the door interrupted them.

“It’s time to go.” Continue reading

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Of all the men Ray brought home, Trenton was the worst. Outside of the often visible and audible PDA they engaged in, he never seemed to leave. Reagan, now 15, usually ignored her mother’s company, since they never stuck around long anyway.

Reagan stood in the bathroom, snapping pictures of herself in the new striped shirt she’d purchased with her first paycheck. She’d felt him creep past a few times, but ignored him. If he was hovering for the bathroom, he could wait; this was HER house.

The last time he walked by, he lingered in the doorway. Even though he was obviously homeless, his clothes and shoes were always brand new. “Don’t you think those shorts are too short?” he said. Reagan turned to see his eyes snap back upward to her face.
“What?” she said. Normally, she’d answer respectfully, since he was an adult, but she didn’t take kindly to her mother’s company talking to her. At all.
“You got…a lot going on. I don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea about you,” he said. By now, he was obviously looking at her body with more than concern. Reagan reached the handle and slammed the door in his face.
 
She remained there for the rest of the afternoon. Alma marched up the stairs and banged on the door with all the strength her palm could muster. “Reagan Mae Dobson, you better get the hell out my bathroom before I tear this door off the frame!”

Reagan opened the door, now clad in her grandmother’s robe. “I thought you had somewhere to be. Why are you in my robe?” Reagan tried to open her mouth and tell her grandmother what happened but she closed it. The only thing she felt was shame and couldn’t handle whatever her grandmother would say. She crossed the hall into her bedroom and shut the door.

Alma was on her heels, joining her in the room before the latch could catch in the doorframe. “Reagan, talk to me,” Alma said. She knew something was wrong with her granddaughter and she feared the worst.
“Trenton told me my shorts were too short.”
“Well, who the hell is he? If I bought them, they’re okay.”
“No. It’s not that,” Reagan said, folding her arms across her chest. She couldn’t shake the disgust that snaked up her spine. Alma sat on the bed next to her granddaughter, patient as she waited for her reply.
“It was the way he…looked at me. Like he does when he follows Mah into another room.”
“Lust,” Alma sighed. Beneath the surface of her smooth cocoa skin, she was fuming.
“Talking about he didn’t ‘want anyone to get the wrong idea about me’,” Reagan said. She roughly wiped away the tears that had begun to fall, annoyed she’d become this emotional again. Alma pulled the girl into her chest and held her. “You didn’t do anything wrong, Reagan. You’re a good girl, you always have been and I promise that it will never happen again, as long as you are under this roof and there is breath in my body.”

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“I wanna meet this girl who’s been occupying all my baby’s time,” Ricky’s mother, Phyllis, said. Before her son could reply, the waiter returned and deposited their brunch in front of them.

“Things are still new. I don’t wanna chase her away,” Ricky laughed before scooping potatoes into his mouth.

“Tell me all about her.”

“She’s wonderful, really. Smart, funny, gorgeous. She keeps me in check.”

“I love her already.” Time with his mother was precious to Ricky, since he’d so nearly lost her at the beginning of the year. The one thing she wanted was to know her son would be taken care of. He hadn’t told his mother, but he’d already begun falling in love with Alex.

“You should bring her to the barbecue this weekend. I promise, no grilling,” Phyllis said, mimicking the Boy Scouts pledge.

“I’m going to see her tonight so I’ll bring it up. No promises,” Ricky said. He was excited that his mother was excited about his new relationship, especially since she had been so negative about the girls he liked.

“Just promise me you’ll try and make this work. Treat her with all the respect and dignity you show me,” Phyllis said, taking her son’s hand. Ricky smiled and nodded, giving his mother a squeeze back.

“I promise.” Continue reading

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It was inevitable that I’d sell my body for money. Most of the girls I graduated high school with went on to procure dance cards to gyrate under hot lights the day after our matriculation. It was just the environment we’d become products of: most of our mothers were slaves to their vices, leaving us defenseless in homes throughout the county. One way or another, a man would make us victims, by force or voice. Continue reading

More of the Same

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The stove’s clock changed to 10:52 silently. The flat was dark, except for the dim light that shined in from outside. Sonia sat at the dining room table, spinning her 3rd glass of cognac between her fingers. The last 6 years had been the same: her husband would walk out the door for work and manage to find his way between the legs of a young co-ed. Marcus was beautiful and charming in the beginning. He’d lavished her with gifts and trips, promising that she was the only woman he’d ever loved. They consummated their relationship in the balmy waters of Santorini & they were inseparable from then on. The first year they were married was everything she’d hoped. He spoiled her, prompting to her to quit the measly desk work she’d believed was her career. He helped her mother & sister move to a better home in a better community and doted on his wife, loving her as largely as he could. Continue reading