The Pleasure of the Dean (11 page)

“I like it.
 
I’ll be sending you a large bonus if
this works out Alex.”

“I’ll be expecting it,” she
replied confidently.

Cole and Alex knew the details of Bruce and
Crystal’s nefarious plan before Sam came to his office, but they had yet to
formulate a plan to twist it around.
 
Sam presented the perfect opportunity.

Although Cole was basking in his victory,
deep down he felt a sense of sadness.
 
He wished Sophie was snuggled up next to him, sipping scotch, enjoying
the view, and sharing in their triumph.
 
Cole wasn’t even sure Sophie was aware of what went down at the faculty
council meeting.
 
On their final
morning together, they vowed not to engage in personal communications for the
next 6 months.
 
With Bruce’s
indiscretion coming to light, it was more important than ever for Cole and
Sophie to wait until their relationship wouldn’t need to be shrouded in
secrecy.
 
Cole wanted to be able to
court her properly, out in the open.
 
He had Sophie’s residency graduation date circled on his calendar.
 
Cole was counting down the days.

Epilogue

Six months later

Sophie opened her locker door and excitedly
put her lab coat on.
 
This was
it!
 
Her last day as a
resident.
 
Tomorrow she would
officially graduate from her residency program and could move on with her
life.
 
She already had dozens of
offer letters from clinics and hospitals around the county.

As she tucked her stethoscope into her coat
pocket she felt a strange, heavy piece of paper inside of it.
 
She pulled it out.
 
It was a sealed envelope.
 
Her name was written on the front in
bold script.
 
She opened the
mysterious note and began to read:

Sophie,

This has been the longest six
months of my life.
 
Meet me here
tomorrow at noon.
 
It’s on a parcel
of land in Snohomish recently purchased by a friend.
 
Wear your tight little yoga outfit.
 

A map was included at the bottom.

Sophie’s heart started skipping.
 
Cole!
 
She could finally see him again.
 
The last six months had been tough.
 
Knowing he was near and she couldn’t see
him drove her crazy.
 
Luckily Sophie
had been able to bury herself in clinic shifts.
 
She worked so hard she dropped off each
night from sheer exhaustion.

Sophie tucked the letter back into her pocket
and headed out for her last shift as a resident.
 
Dr. John Harris, the new residency
director, would sign off on her final charts at 5:00pm that evening, effectively
ending her appointment.

Life in the residency program had been
smoother once Bruce Mapleton left the school.
 
Sophie still didn’t know the details of
what happened, but rumors swirled around the hospital.
 
Some people said Bruce was fired for a sex
scandal.
 
Some people said he went
crazy.
 
Some people said he and
Crystal Bridges eloped and ran off to Brazil.
 
Sophie shuddered at the thought and
headed off to her shift.
 
Tomorrow
she’d be free!

****

Sophie drove up the twisted mountain road
towards the area on the map.
 
As she
turned the corner an imposing stone house came into view.
 
“What is this place?” she wondered.
 
“It looks like a castle.”

Despite the size of the place there was only
one other car in the driveway, a familiar red Porsche.
 
Sophie’s heart leapt at the sight.
 
She pulled her own car in next to his
and got out.

The large oak front doors swung open and Cole
strode out onto the walkway.
 
He was
wearing his Northwest mountain man performance outfit and he looked more
amazing than ever.
 
They both froze
at the sight of each other and stared.
 
Sophie broke into a huge smile.
 
Cole did the same.
 
She ran
at him full speed at didn’t stop until she crashed into him.
 
Cole wrapped his strong arms around her
and buried his face into her hair.
 
They stayed like that for a long time, reveling in being in each other’s
arms again.
 
Sophie felt her eyes
tear up.
 
She was so happy.

Cole pulled her back and studied her face.

“You’re more beautiful than I remember,” he
said brushing strands of her hair behind her ear.

“Where are we Cole?
 
Is this a B&B or something?”

Cole laughed.
 
“No, it’s not a B&B.
 
It’s Liam MacGregor’s new home.
 
I told you about him.
 
Liam’s the college buddy I was trying to
recruit.”

“I remember,” Sophie replied.
 
“I’m guessing you were successful.”

“Yes.
 
He’s starting in a few weeks.
 
Liam bought this place, sight unseen.
 
He’s a trusting guy.
 
His new secretary, Sam, found it.
 
Liam’s letting
me borrow the place this weekend since he’s still in Scotland.”

Cole grabbed her hand.
 
“C’mon.”
 
He led her around the stone house to the
back garden area.
 
It was beautiful,
landscaped with natural northwest vegetation and coniferous trees.
 
Beyond the garden,
 
Sophie could see the land cut up into a
craggy hillside and then spread out into a
wild forested
area.

She grasped his hand tightly as they
continued on a path leading through the trees, towards the side of the large
hill.
 
The terrain was rocky.
 
Around the next bend Sophie saw pieces
of familiar equipment trailing up the side of the hill.
 
“Are we going rock climbing?”
 
Sophie asked.

Cole stopped walking, grabbed her to him, and
kissed her deeply.
 

“Eventually.
 
But I have a better idea first.”
 
He led her to the face of the climbing
wall.
 
A couple of ropes were
dangling down from the bolts imbedded up the side.
 

“Ever since you took my rock climbing course
at the resident retreat I’ve been wanting to see you strapped into this gear
again”
 
Cole bent down to reach a
harness.
 
“I found the sight to be
incredibly erotic.
 
This time, I’m
going to assist you the way I was dying to back then.”

Sophie remembered how she’d reacted to the
Dean strapping her into the harness, his fingers inches away from her
core.
 
Her nipples grew hard at the
memory, drawing Cole’s eyes to them.
 
“I’m going spend hours sucking and licking these later,” he said,
touching one of her nipples with a fingertip.
 
Sophie whimpered in response, months of
celibacy making her arousal feel even more intense.

Cole tossed the harness over his shoulder,
freeing up his hands.
 
He ran them
down Sophie’s body, reacquainting himself with the curves of her body.
 
Sophie sighed, “Oh Cole, I missed you so
much.”

Cole looked into her eyes.
 
“I missed you too.
 
More than I thought possible.” His roving
hands continued to roam down her back, over her rear and up to her breasts,
circling her body like a
race car
doing laps on a
track.

“I’m so glad you wore this particular workout
outfit,” Cole said.
 
His hands
changed course and cupped the warmth in between her thighs.
 
Sophie sucked in a sharp breath.
 
Cole felt the dampness already soaking
the spandex of her fitted shorts.
 
Cole grew painfully hard in response.
 
“Now I get to take it off of you like I
wanted to the first time I saw you in it.”

He grabbed the hem of the cropped workout bra
and lifted it up.
 
Sophie obliged by
raising her hands in the air, allowing Cole to easily pull the fabric off her
body.
 
The feel of the crisp
mountain air on her bare breasts caused Sophie’s nipples to contract further.
 
Cole was momentarily entranced with what
he uncovered.
 
After looking his
fill, he took one of the aching nubs into his mouth, sucking deeply.
 
Sophie thought she would climax right
then and there, the relief was so sweet.

Cole worked back and forth from one breast to
the other while his hands stayed busy cupping her rear and lifting her up to
straddle his rock hard thigh.
 
Sophie eagerly clamped her legs around his and ground her throbbing sex
against him.
 
She grew wetter as her
arousal rose higher and higher.

Suddenly, Cole was gone.
 
Sophie opened her eyes, surprised to
find him two feet away from her with a chest harness in his hands.
 
He walked back to her, pulling Sophie’s
arms through it and fastening the buckle tightly under her breasts.
 
Cole stood back and admired his
work.
 
The harness framed her chest,
flushed with arousal, perfectly.

“What are you doing?” Sophie asked.
 
“Are we climbing now?!
 
I don’t remember wearing one of these
before,” she said, plucking at the straps near her breasts.

“It’s only necessary when upright stability
is critical,” Cole replied with a wink.
 
He picked up the bottom part of the climbing harness.
 
Cole knelt at Sophie’s feet and began
pulling her yoga shorts down.

Sophie stilled his movements before her sex
was exposed.
 
“Wait, Cole.
 
We’re outside.
 
What if someone sees us?”
 
Sophie was open to new sexual
experiences, but she didn’t want to put on a show.

“This is private land.
 
Don’t worry.
 
We are the only people here for
miles.”
 
He kissed her navel and
licked down her stomach. “In fact, you can scream as loud as you like.”

With that knowledge, Sophie shed her
inhibitions.
 
She let Cole pull her
shorts completely off and toss them aside, leaving her naked save for the chest
harness.
  

“Now, let’s get you strapped in,” he said
playfully.
 
Cole held the harness
still so she could step into it.
 
He
wrapped the leg loops around each of her thighs and buckled them securely
before tightening the strap around Sophie’s waist.
 
He then took the lengths of rope already
hooked to a clip several feet above them on the hillside and tied it to the
metal loops on the sides of Sophie’s harness.
 
Cole pulled on the ropes.
 
Sophie felt herself being hoisted in the
air.

She laughed once she was suspended a few
inches off the ground, her wet core level with Cole’s erection.
 
“I swear,” she said.
 
“If I fall down and we have to explain
what happened to the paramedics, I’m going to kill you!”
 
Cole grinned mischievously in response.
 
He secured the ropes with a strong knot
before slapping her exposed rear end, making Sophie squeal as she swayed in the
air.
 
When her shrieks stopped, Cole
pulled her into his body and began kissing Sophie, tasting her deeply with his
tongue.
 
She relaxed in his arms.

Cole broke the kiss and let his eyes feast on
the sight of Sophie’s beautiful curves. His cock throbbed painfully,
constrained by his shorts.
 
Cole
cupped her ass, lifting while spreading her legs apart.
 
The harness and ropes absorbed the bulk
of Sophie’s weight, so he was able to easily lift her sex to his mouth.
 
Cole began greedily feasting on her
engorged flesh, tasting the essence he’d been craving.
 
Sophie cried out loudly.
 
Cole’s ministrations combined with the
sensation of weightlessness and the thrill of being suspended was overwhelming.

He laved the pulsing bud of her clit, with no
pretense of going slow or being gentle.
 
Cole knew neither of them could wait.
 
Sophie flew apart in his hands, howling
her release into the wind.

Once her climax receded Cole released her and
stood upright to shed his clothing.
 
Sophie longed to touch Cole as she passively watched him reveal his
sculpted physique, but her straps prevented the range of motion she
needed.
 
Sophie’s frustration was forgotten
when Cole, now fully naked, pulled her towards him.
 
He positioned himself so his jutting
manhood was perfectly aligned with her open legs.
 
Before he thrust inside, Cole paused to
admire Sophie’s glistening flesh and total abandonment.