Home Is Where the Heart Is (7 page)

“
Well, Lila Pinkett is the only
celebrity we know. And even with her, we have to hustle but he has
all the connections. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had Jay-Z on
his speed dial,” Dana explained. “Right now, he is doing
great for us.”

“
Cool, I guess,” Julie
muttered.

“
He was flying back into the
country this morning. So how about you go pick him up? He wants to
hit the ground running,” Dana said.

“
He has a driver for that,”
Julie said matter-of-factly.

“
How can you be so sure?”
Dana asked looking at her.

“
Well,…he is a
millionaire….so I just assumed you know…,” Julie
stammered hoping Dana had not noticed. Dana shrugged and began
walking towards the door with Julie.

“
You have a point. But he did
say that he wanted to meet you first thing. So you need to get
yourself to the airport,” Dana said. “I will email you
the proposed listings,” she added.

“
Okay I’ll be going
then,” Julie said.

“
Wait, I have something for
you,” Dana told Julie as she handed her the package she had in
her hands. “It’s an alarm clock. You really need it,”
she added before walking away leaving a smiling Julie holding the
package. She then walked to her desk and picked up her bag before she
headed out. The drive to the airport was shorter than she
anticipated, maybe because she was trying to figure out what she was
supposed to say to Steven when she saw him. The truth was she was
really pissed off. The way she felt, she was just a few hundred
dollars away from being a whore. She spotted Terrence almost
immediately as she arrived at the waiting area.

“
Terrence, hi. Remember me?
Julie Parker,” she announced. Terrence smiled at her and
nodded.

“
Of course. How do you do,”
he greeted.

“
What time does Mr. Davenport’s
flight get here?” she asked Terrence.

“
It’s already
here…actually there he is.”

Terrence pointed to Steven who was
walking out of customs holding a black checkered bag. She suddenly
felt her heart skip a beat as she looked at him slowly walking
towards them. He looked even sexier than she remembered in a blue
pair of jeans, a maroon tribal t-shirt and a pair of white sneakers.
She tried smiling, but she found that she couldn’t. All she
could do was stand there and look at him in all his handsome glory
flashing them a smile.

“
Terrence,” he said when
he got to where they were.

“
Mr. Davenport. Very nice to
see you. Welcome back,” Terrence said as he took the bag from
him. Steven turned his attention to Julie.

“
Julie, hi,” he said as
he stepped forward to kiss her, but she turned so the kiss landed on
her cheek instead.

“
Mr. Davenport,” she
replied, albeit too formally.

“
Mr. Davenport? I thought we
were on first name basis,” Steven teased with a smile.

“
We all thought different
things, but you know shit happens,” Julie sniped. Steven raised
an eyebrow.

“
Okay. Are you alright?”
he asked.

“
I’m fine,” Julie
said as she turned to look at Terrence. “Shall we go?”
she asked just as she heard her phone buzz. She looked at it and
sighed. It was the list Dana had sent to her. “Dana just sent
me the listings we have to check out today.”

“
Alright,” Steven agreed,
not too sure whether he really wanted to go with her. “Terrence
can drive us,” he demanded.

“
I drove here…that will
be kind of hard,” she retorted.

“
Well, Terrence can take your
car back to the office and meet us later. We can take the town car,”
Steven said. Julie looked at him, unsure. “If you want to drive
so much, you can drive us there,” he added as he took the keys
from Terrence and handed them to Julie. Suddenly, he looked exactly
like Christian Grey in Fifty Shades of Grey, tall, handsome and
bossy. She gave her keys to Terrence and then walked to the airport
parking lot. She realized that she had not parked that far from
Terrence. After she and Steven walked to the town car, they got in
and she pulled out of the parking lot. She had to admit, driving a
car that sleek made her feel somewhat powerful. She loved the new car
smell that was still present. “So, I have to ask, I sense some
kind of hostility from you,” he said.

“
Really? I wonder why that is,”
Julie sarcastically replied without looking at him.

“
Well, I wouldn’t really
know,” Steven said.

“
Maybe that’s just how I
react after men see me naked and then don’t call me for days,”
she snapped. Steven smiled.

“
I’m really sorry about
that,” he said. “Something came up back in London, family
issue. I had to rush out there as soon as I could,” he added
looking at Julie who didn’t say a word. “One of my
sisters had an accident…I had to go,” he exclaimed.
Julie suddenly felt silly for making a big deal out of a family
emergency.

“
I’m sorry,” she
said still not looking at him.

“
Don’t worry about it,”
Steven replied. “If I was you I would be pissed too,” he
added smiling. She looked at him briefly before looking back on the
road. “There’s that smile I missed so much,” he
complimented when he noticed her smiling.

“
How is she now?” she
asked as she maneuvered one last corner before she approached the
first property she was supposed to show him that day.

“
Well, she is not going to be
riding that motorcycle of hers anytime soon, that’s for sure,”
he explained. “But she is going to be fine after some therapy
when she recovers.”

“
Well, we’re here,”
she said as she parked in front of a huge building. She turned and
looked at Steven who was rubbing his temples. “Are you sure you
want to do this today? Because you could rest up and then pick up
from here tomorrow,” she said. He looked at her.

“
I have gone to major board
meetings after twenty hour flights. I’m just looking at a
house. I’m okay,” he promised as he got out of the car.
She got out and then looked at him.

“
I need Terrence’s number
so I can let him know where we are,” Julie told Steven. He
smiled and shook his head.

“
Don’t worry about it,”
he said as he took his own phone from his pocket. “Terrence,
hello. Why don’t you take the day off. Just drop off my bag at
my place.” She looked at him, surprised.

“
Why’d you do that for?”
she asked.

“
I can only look at one house,
today,” he explained as they walked into the building. She
wanted to say something about her car, but she knew that it wouldn’t
do any good. They walked in silence as they approached the elevator.
They got off on the thirtieth floor and walked into a tastefully
furnished condo. They toured the house and scrutinized every little
detail. After about an hour, he had decided to have the place
repainted black and grey. “This is definitely a bachelor pad,
but not with this color,” he frowned as he looked at the bright
walls. Julie shrugged.

“
We could arrange that,”
she said as she noted it down on her tablet. They were in the master
bedroom at that point and he was looking at the lovely view the
balcony had.

“
There’s something else I
would want arranged,” he said as he walked towards her.

“
Okay,” she said, looking
up. He took the tablet from her and tossed it on a nearby couch.
Julie thought it was a miracle that it didn’t drop. She looked
at him in anticipation of what he was about to do.

“
Are you still upset with me?”
he asked. She looked into his eyes and nodded.

“
Kind of. You could have called
me,” she murmured in a low voice. By this time, he was right in
front of her. She wanted to take a step back but her body wouldn’t
let her.

“
I know. I’m sorry,”
he whispered, as he slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her
close. He pushed a stray curly strand away from her face and smiled
as he brought his head down to kiss her softly. Inside her, she
wanted with all she had to push him away, but instead, she just
wrapped her arms around him. The two shared a long beautiful and
romantic kiss before she broke it.

“
I can’t do this Steven,”
she said without looking at him.

“
Why?” he asked. She
shook her head. “Tell me,” he pressed.

“
I just…can’t,”
she repeated.

“
Tell me why,” he
demanded. She avoided eye contact as much as she could because God
knew, looking into his eyes would be the end of her. “Julie,
tell me,” he pleaded as he raised her chin with his index
finger. “Whatever it is, you can tell me,” he assured
her, his heart warming smile still present on his lips.

“
Because I like you,” she
said in a low voice as she looked into his eyes. She didn’t
know what to expect. This was the first time she had admitted to her
feelings and she knew that it could go either way.

“
I like you too and that’s
a good thing right?”

“
No, I don’t want to fall
for you, Steven I don’t want to get hurt,” she whimpered.
He smiled and kissed her softly.

“
I would never hurt you,”
he said when he pulled away. She closed her eyes and kissed him back,
loving the way she seemed to be melting in his arms. She didn’t
even protest when he pushed her down on the bed. She looked up at him
as he joined her, slowly running his hand down her body. She shivered
when she felt him brush her breasts lightly as his hand traveled even
lower on her thigh. He kissed her softly and then pulled at her
blouse, slowly untucking it as he did so. He began undoing the
buttons on her blouse as he kissed her softly. When he undid the last
button, he separated the two sides of the garment and looked at her
breasts concealed in her black satin bra. She looked up at him as he
admired her like a piece of art. He slowly caressed her down from her
shoulder to her waist before he got lower on the bed and began
lifting her skirt. She looked at him and raised her hips, allowing
him to push her skirt all the way to her waist. She looked at him as
he caressed her softly before he slipped two fingers on either side
of her panties and pulled them down.

Steven spread her legs and looked at her inviting pussy.
It looked just as beautiful as he had imagined it. He slowly brought
his head down and kissed her clit gently. She moaned when she felt
him pushing his tongue into her pussy. She was already wet with
desire, hot from wanting him. She grabbed the bedding and held on to
it as he kissed her pussy almost the same way he would have kissed
her mouth. She loved the way his tongue felt each time he sunk it
deep inside her. She raised her head and looked at him at the same
time he lifted his head to look at her.

“
I want you,” she pleaded
in a whisper. Steven smiled and then climbed off the bed. He took off
his t-shirt and then kicked off his shoes. Julie looked at him and
removed her blouse before she took her bra off. Steven looked at her
and then went on to take his pants off. Julie wriggled out of her
skirt and then kicked off her shoes as he took off his boxer shorts
before he joined her on the bed. He lay next to her and kissed her
for a minute before he got on top of her. He looked into her eyes as
he felt his cock at her sleek opening. He was still looking into her
eyes when he pushed the head of his cock into her. A gasp escaped her
lips when she felt him enter her. Steven kissed her softly as he
pushed more of his cock into her. When he finally had his entire
length inside her, she moaned softly into his mouth. Steven kissed
her again as he began moving in and out of her slowly picking up the
pace as he went on. Julie could not remember the last time she was
so full. He was stretching her out so much that she guessed that he
was able to feel all of her folds. She wrapped her arms around him
tightly as he went on moving in and out of her, harder and faster as
he went on.

“
Oh God…Julie,” he
moaned as he went on pumping in and out of her. By that time, Julie
could hardly talk. It was almost as if he was pumping all of the air
out of her. It was not long before she felt her walls quaking in the
wake of her orgasm. She cried out loudly as she felt her vaginal
walls squeezing against his rigid cock. Her orgasm must have been his
Achilles heel because he began cumming almost immediately. It was
hard to keep himself inside her all through her wild orgasm, but he
struggled to do it. When their orgasm died down, Steven got off her
body and then held her close.

At that moment, Julie realized that she might have made
the biggest mistake of her life. It was not sleeping with Steven…it
was sleeping with him without any kind of protection. She suddenly
hated herself as she lay down cradled in his arms.