The Guest (12 page)

He ran a hand down his face, sighing heavily. “That I would marry her,
without a prenuptial agreement and never see or speak to you again.”

A frown creased Julie’s forehead and she sat up a little straighter. “Why
no prenup? Isn’t her family already filthy rich? She didn’t need your money,
did she?”

“That’s what I thought, too, so I ran the whole thing by my lawyer and
he advised me to stay away from you and pretend to go along with Chelsea’s plan
just to appease her. That bought him some time to do some investigations of his
own.”

“And?” She prompted, sitting forward on the sofa now as if she was
watching an interesting episode of her favorite soap opera.

“Turns out that Chelsea’s father is on the brink of bankruptcy due to
some unwise investment decisions he’d made in recent years.”

“Damn! That’s pretty ironic, considering he was an investment banker,
huh?”

Cole nodded. “Very ironic. Ultimately, Chelsea wanted access to my
family’s money in order to save hers from financial embarrassment.”

“Wow. So it wasn’t you she really wanted, it was your money.”

“Exactly. She was used to a certain lifestyle and keeping up
appearances was important to her. She figured being married to me would help
keep her social status where she wanted it.”

Julie sat back in her seat again, twisting the edge of her skirt
between her fingers as a thought occurred to her. Cold dread settled in her
stomach and she had to force her lips to move so she could ask the question
that was plaguing her. “So … you’re here to tell me you’re getting married? To
invite Jared and me to your wedding?”

Cole gave a short laugh, pushing out of the armchair and moving over to
sit next to her on the sofa. Julie sucked in a breath, her pulse quickening at
his nearness. When he took her hand in his, her fingers trembled against his
even as hope bloomed in her chest like a new spring flower. “No angel, I’m not
getting married. I’m here to let you know that I missed you more than words
could ever express.”

She frowned, casting him a doubtful look. “But what about Chelsea?”

He brought their laced hands up to his mouth so he could place a gentle
kiss on the back of hers. “I took care of her.”

A jolt of awareness shot up her spine and she bit down on her lower lip
in order to remain focused. “How?” she asked, a little surprised to hear how
breathy her voice was.

“Well, now I know she has secrets of her own that she needs kept quiet.
I traded my own silence for hers.”

“Sounds a little sinister.” She wasn’t sure how comfortable she was
with that set-up.

“Don’t worry, everything will be fine. I also got my father working on
getting the Caldwells out of debt. The only problem there is Caldwell’s pride,
but Dad knows how to be diplomatic, he’ll handle this with care.”

She breathed a sigh of relief, unlacing her fingers from his so she
could throw her arms around his neck. “Okay, that sounds a lot better.”

“It does?” he whispered, shuffling closer.

She nodded, a little smile curling her lips as his head lowered to
claim them in a sweet kiss. There was no force in it, just a gentle, soft kiss
that she returned without thought. But then a thought flashed into her head,
making her pull away suddenly so she could pierce him with her gaze. “Wait a
minute. That doesn’t explain one thing though,” she said, a bit of her earlier
irritation returning.

He brushed her hair back from her face, trailing the back of his hand
down her cheek. “And what’s that, angel?”

“Why did it take you so long to tell me all of this? Did you think I
wouldn’t understand? I mean, I realize now that you must have been in contact
with Jared all this time, but neither of you said a word to me. Why was I kept
in the dark?”

“It’s what Chelsea wanted, for me to stay away from you. And we didn’t want
to take the chance that she would expose anything until I was sure I could keep
her quiet.”

He’d been looking out for her best interest all this time. Even when
she’d thought he was the lowest form of life on the planet, he’d been busy
trying to save them both from a nasty scandal. Her heart swelled in her chest
as she realized this man was just as perfect as she’d initially thought.
     
 

“God, I’ve missed you Cole,” she whispered, angling her head to invite
his kiss.

“Believe me, I know.” His mouth came crashing down on hers and Julie could
feel all the pent up passion that he must have kept on a leash for the past few
weeks.
 
She moaned, welcoming his
onslaught as anticipation of what was to come slithered up her spine.

Chapter Twelve

The sight that greeted Jared as he pushed the cabin door open and
stepped inside made his heart slam into his rib cage like a sledgehammer. His cock
was just as responsive. Within seconds of walking in on his wife, stripped down
to her panties and kneeling in front of Cole on the sofa, he had a raging
hard-on. The other man was already naked, his own cock at full mast as Julie
worked her mouth over the thick shaft. Cole looked down at her with
heavy-lidded eyes, running his hands through her hair and moaning his approval
of her ministrations.

Jared placed the bags he was carrying on the table and made his way
over to where the action was taking place. “Well what have we here?” he asked,
his mouth twisting into a smile. “I see you two worked out your differences.”

“Mmmhmm.” Julie moaned around Cole’s cock in her mouth, but didn’t stop
what she was doing even for a second.

“Damn right, we did,” Cole murmured. “Oh God, angel, that feels so
good.”

Jared was already half undressed by this time. His shirt was strewn
carelessly on the floor at his feet and he wasted no time making his pants join
it there. Seconds later he was flat on his back on the wooden floor, shuffling
his way between Julie’s legs. He quickly removed her panties so he could eat
her pussy while she pleasured Cole’s cock. The moment his tongue touched her
wet folds, a shudder coursed through her body and she gave another long, low
moan.

Pleased with her reaction, Jared began lapping at her sex steadily,
holding her legs apart with both hands for better access. After a few minutes,
she trembled above him uncontrollably, her knees almost buckling under the
pressure. The sweet rush of liquid that spilled from her core onto his tongue
told him she was coming for him, crying out her pleasure around Cole’s cock. He
didn’t ease up the pressure of his tongue on her clit until the last of her
tremors had passed, reveling in the feel of his angel coming so powerfully on
his face.
   

When her tidal wave had fizzled out, he slid out from beneath her and
quickly took her by the waist, lifting her off her knees so she could straddle
Cole’s legs. Instantly, Cole caught her face between both his hands and
captured her lips in a fierce kiss. While they kissed, Jared ran his hand
through her hair, caressed her shoulders, trailed his hands down her back and
finally brought it around to cup her breast. As he watched Cole thrust his
tongue into her mouth, he squeezed her breast in his palm then pinched the nipple
between his fingers.

After a while, Julie pulled away from Cole, twisting her body so she
could kiss Jared instead. He kissed her back eagerly, allowing his tongue to
delve deeply into the hot cavern of her mouth when she opened for him. At the
same time, Cole’s mouth was at her breasts, each one cupped in each of his palms
as he licked the nipples with long, slow strokes. She whimpered into Jared’s
mouth, arching her back a little to allow Cole better access to her swollen,
hard-tipped breasts. When he sucked one of the aching buds into his mouth, she
tore her lips away from Jared’s and screamed in delight, throwing her head back
and writhing against him.

“Why don’t you climb on Cole’s cock and ride him, angel?” Jared
suggested, taking his own cock into his hand and stroking it gently as he
watched Cole ravenously feast on her breasts.

“Mmm, yeah,” Cole said, pulling his mouth off her swollen flesh. “Come
ride me, love.”

Julie lifted her hips and aligned Cole’s manhood to her slick center,
then slowly began to sink down on it. Cole gripped her waist with both his
hands, helping to guide her downward on his cock until he was fully sheathed
inside her. “Oh hell, Jules, I can’t tell you how much I missed the feel of you
around me like this.”

“Yeah?” she said breathlessly as she began to move her hips back and
forth then up on down.

“Fuck yes,” he choked out. “You fit me like a glove.”

“Mmmm.” She moaned, gyrating her hips on his cock. “You feel fantastic
inside me, too.” Putting her knees up on the sofa beside his hips, she gripped Cole’s
shoulders and began to ride him.

Jared moved around to the back of the sofa to stand just behind Cole’s
head. Sinking his fingers into Julie’s mass of lush, dark hair, he slowly guided
her lips to his cock. She stuck her tongue out and licked along his length, then
slowly sucked him into her mouth. Jared allowed her to suck on the head of his
engorged member for a while, enjoying the sight of his cock sliding in and out
of her mouth. But after a while his passion became overpowering and he had to
take matters into his own hands. Thrusting his hands into her hair, he held her
head steady so he could fuck her mouth as gently as he could manage.

Meanwhile, Cole relinquished his hold on her waist so he could grab
hold of her ass and used this leverage to work her hips up and down on his
cock. Pleasure inundated every cell in his body as her slick little pussy
clenched around his cock, sucking him in with each pass. Her walls gripped him so
tightly, he thought he would pass out from the feel of it. Soon his balls were
pulling up, his semen rushing forward to flood his cock. “Goddammit, angel, I
can’t hold back any longer. It feels too good … too fucking good!” Then his
release hit him like an explosion on the fourth of July, and thick streams of
hot liquid rushed from his cock into her hot hole. His big body shuddered under
the force of it and Julie continued to work her hips on his lap until the very
end of his orgasm.

When Cole was completely spent, Jared pulled himself from Julie’s mouth
and lifted her off Cole’s lap. Holding her by the hand, he led her to the arm
of the sofa and indicated for her to stand with her back to him. He trailed his
fingers down her spine until he got to her waist, then he gently pushed her
forward so she was lying with her stomach across the arm of the sofa and her
head resting on Cole’s chest. Moments later, his huge member was at her
entrance from behind and he was pushing into the slightly swollen flesh of her
pussy, inch by torturous inch.

Julie gasped, her hands curling around Cole’s neck for support as Jared
began to move inside her. He pulled back slowly, then thrust in again,
repeating the action until he found a steady rhythm inside her. She groaned and
Cole bent his head to kiss her lips softly, brushing the damp tendrils of hair
from her forehead and whispering soothing words to her while Jared continued to
thrust into her body. Soon his hand was trailing over her skin, caressing his
way over her shoulders and down her back until he got to the lush rise of her
plump ass.

“Such a lovely ass this is, huh Jared?” he whispered, as he squeezed
the flesh firmly.

“It is a sweet ass, man,” Jared agreed breathily as he pumped into his
wife.

“Indeed. I can’t wait till I can sink my cock inside that tight little
hole.” Cole lifted his hand then, bringing it down to slap her squarely on one
ass cheek. Julie squealed, but it quickly morphed into a whimper of pleasure
when Cole slapped her ass once, twice, three more times.

“Mmm, soon,” Jared said, angling his hips to change the direction of
his thrusts and making Julie groan in ecstasy. “We need to prime her some
more.”

“Don’t mind if I do,” Cole said. Then he brought his hands up to his
mouth to wet his index finger before bringing it back to the crease of her ass.
Placing his finger at the clenched rosette at her asshole, he began to rub over
it until Julie was moaning loudly and the rosette opened for him. He wasted no
time pushing into the dark depths of her anus, forcing his finger past the ring
of muscles that stiffened to try and keep him out. Soon he was working his
finger in and out of her tight asshole at a pace that was totally different
from the pace Jared was keeping inside her pussy. After a while he inserted
another finger, stretching her even further.

“Christ! That feels incredible,” Jared said, his thrusts becoming
harder and faster as he felt his cock sliding against Cole’s fingers through
the thin membrane inside Julie. “So fucking tight!”

Julie’s pussy clamped down on his cock, her climax building inside her
like a tropical hurricane. “Oh God!” she cried, writhing against the sofa arm.
“Fuck me! Just like that … yes!” Then she was came, with spectacular fireworks
of pleasure exploding inside her body. She grabbed hold of Cole and screamed
her pleasure as both men continued to thrust into her at their own pace. It
took several seconds for her tremors to subside, but as she was floating down
from her high, she felt Jared stiffen behind her and knew he had gained his own
release.

****

Dinner was another culinary masterpiece by Jared. Julie spread a large
blanket in front of the fireplace and they’d taken their meal right there on
the floor. Now she lay propped up on Jared’s lap, while he fed her dessert and
wine. Her legs were resting across Cole’s and he was busy massaging her feet
right down to her toes. She sighed languidly after swallowing the last piece of
cake Jared placed into her mouth.

“A girl could get used to this kind of thing,” she said, snuggling a
little more into Jared’s chest.

“Go ahead and get used to it angel, you deserve it,” he said.

“Yep,” Cole concurred. “This is what we’re here for, to please you.”

Another sigh escaped her then, this one far less tranquil than the
first. “I wish it could be this way all the time.”

“Who says it can’t be?” Cole asked, quirking a brow at her.

“You know what I mean,” she replied, rolling her eyes at him. “We only
have five days here and then it’s back to reality. You’ll go back to New York
and we won’t see you again for another week at least.”

Cole’s eyes met hers briefly and she couldn’t quite decipher the expression
in their depths but then he turned away from her and he and Jared exchanged a look
before Jared nodded at him. A smile touched Cole’s lips and he returned his gaze
to hers. “What if we change that whole scenario? Take out the ‘me going back to
New York’ part?”

Julie stiffened then pushed herself off Jared’s lap so she was sitting
upright. “What? What do you mean by that?”

Cole lifted her legs off his lap and rose. “Hold on, I’ll be right
back,” he said then disappeared into the bedroom. She glanced at Jared who was
taking a sip of wine, but she could see the smile curling his lips around the
mouth of the glass.

 
“What’s going on?” she asked,
cocking a brow at him.

“Just hold your horses, angel, Cole’ll explain himself soon enough.”

“You guys like keeping secrets from me, huh? Well, I can tell you right
now, I don’t like it one bit! I…”

“Angel.” Cole’s softly spoken rendition of their chosen nickname for
her, brought her heated tirade to an abrupt halt. She glanced around to see him
hunkering down on one knee beside her on the blanket, holding a small black box
in his hand. Instantly, her heart relocated to the back of her throat and her
eyes almost doubled in size.

“C-Cole? What’s this? What’s going on?”

“Jules, this is for you,” he said simply, holding the box out to her. Her
eyes flashed to his face then down again to the box. When she finally reached
out to take it from him, her hands were shaking like leaves. “Open it.”

She sucked in a deep breath and then slowly did as she was told.
Sitting inside the box, on the plush, velvet cushion was a golden necklace.
Attached to it, like a pendant, was a small, gold ring, much like an engagement
ring. Her eyes flew up to Cole’s face again and she skewered him with a
questioning stare. “I … I don’t understand… What’s this for?”

“Julianne Matthews, will you be mine? Will you give yourself to me, be
my woman, for as long as we both shall live?”

Her breath caught in her lungs at his words and she craned her neck to
find Jared. The other man was smiling down at her, his green yes glinting with
pleasure in the warm firelight. “You’re … you’re okay with this?” she asked,
cocking a brow at him.

He leaned forward and placed a tender kiss on her forehead. “More than
okay, love. The three of us are perfect together, we complete each other. I
know Cole makes you happy, in a way that’s different from what we have. You
will always be my wife, but it’s totally okay with me if you’re his woman as
well.”

Julie’s face erupted in a smile that almost made her face hurt and she
flung her arms around Jared’s neck so she could kiss him long and hard. “I love
you Jared Matthews,” she whispered, when she pulled away again.

“And I love you, angel, now and forever more.”

She spun back around to face Cole, nodding her consent
enthusiastically. “Then yes! Yes, Cole. I’ll be yours, I’ll be your woman.”

The corner of Cole’s mouth lifted in a pleased smirk and he reached out
to remove the necklace from the box in her hand. He wasted no time placing it
around her neck and securing the clasp so that the ring settled in the valley
between her breasts. “Perfect,” he said, as he admired his handy work.

When he looked up again, their eyes met and held for a brief moment
then Julie voiced the concern that was at the forefront of her mind. “You’re
not going back to New York?”

He shook his head. “No, I’m not. I already handed in my resignation and
I’ll be putting my penthouse up for lease. Jared said it would be okay for me
to come stay with you guys.”

“But what about work? What will you do?”

Jared chuckled. “Cole doesn’t necessarily
need
to work, Julie, but he’s going to come on board full time at
Techtronics as chief financial advisor.”

“Wow, you guys have this all figured out, huh?” she said, before biting
down on her lower lip.

“We did think it through quite thoroughly, yes,” Cole replied.