Bayou Stix Series: Bayou Stix Limited Edition Box Set (45 page)

A smile spreads across his face, even with the bruises and cuts, he’s gorgeous. “Yes, ma’am.” He leans down more and licks me once. I buck off the couch. I’m so wet; the couch is slick underneath me. Grabbing his head and tangling my fingers in his hair, I hold his head hostage. He chuckles.

Wrapping my legs around his head to make sure he can’t move, he starts to lap at me. Licking followed by sucking and the entire time, he’s gently circling the rim of my back door. My excited moans seem to fan his desire and he starts flicking my clit roughly with his tongue as his finger slides into my ass. I buck off of the couch, screaming with my orgasm. “
JESSIE!”
Mumbling incoherently, “Dear God… You’re amazing… Never stop… Never in my life…”

Kissing the inside of my still quivering thighs, I think I hear him mumble, “Holy shit. What the hell? So fucking responsive.”

Using my foot to turn his head towards me, I smile as our eyes meet. I am splayed out, legs spread, on the couch and he’s just looking into my eyes with awe. “Jes-Jessie, I…”

The doorbell rings.

Jessie

I
s that the doorbell? Who the hell is here now? Blue pushes me off and starts scrambling for her clothes. “Just a minute.” She calls out towards the door. Then under her breath mumbles, “Who the fuck is that?” I grab her pants, which are near my feet, and toss them at her.

“I’ll get the door. Go get dressed while I see who’s here and what they need.” Grabbing my shirt and pulling it down to try to cover my raging hard on through these thin lounge pants I hobble to the door.

She looks at me and heads towards the bedroom. Sighing, I check the peephole. It’s an older man with slicked back hair and he’s holding an envelope. Who the fuck is this? Only one way to find out. I open the door and lean against the jam taking care not to draw attention to my groin.

He looks at me and his eyes take in my appearance; he pauses at my waist. He gives a calculated smirk. I get a sense of foreboding. “Can I help you?”

He looks at me again and smiles coldly. “I’m here to see Blue. It’s important.”

I quirk my brow and pull my lip ring into my mouth as I take in his appearance like he just did to me. “And you might be?”

He holds out his hand. “Anthony. I’m Anthony Jager.” My brows raise in question. He isn’t pleased with my lack of response to his name. He tries again, “I own Rock Hard Magazine. I’m Blue’s boss.”

Oh shit. This can’t be good. Why would her boss be paying a visit to her house on a Sunday at 9pm?

His eyes look around me and the calculating smile comes back to his face. From behind me I hear, “Hello, Anthony. What can I do for you?”

She walks to the door. He takes in her appearance and I swallow. It’s very obvious from her flushed skin and her mussed up hair what has been going on here. He smiles again and looks at me before returning his gaze to Blue. “Can I come in for a moment? This won’t take long.”

Stepping aside, she gestures him in. I place my hand on the small of her back and I feel how tense she is. She looks at me and shakes her head “no”. I step back. She walks into the room, leaving me near the door.

“I don’t think this is a social visit, Anthony, so let’s get on with it.”

He tries to look contrite, but I can see the ill-disguised glee in his eyes. He dramatically sighs. “Sadly, Blue, no this isn’t a social call. I thought about doing this at the office tomorrow, but out of respect for you, I decided to come here tonight. It seems that you and Mr. Adams have become involved in conduct unbecoming. It was brought to our attention that while on the tour, you two became ‘involved’, and well… you know that is strictly against our moral code at Rock Hard Magazine.”

She gasps. I turn to look at him. “Are you serious right now, man? ‘Conduct unbecoming’? You mean like screwing an intern on your desk in the office?”

Blue shakes her head at me and murmurs, “Jessie, no.” while his face blanches and then turns a mottled shade of red.

“That is not what is under discussion here. Blue represented
my
magazine. She works for
me
! Her behavior was inappropriate and cast a negative light on Rock Hard Magazine. Becoming sexually involved with
you
while on assignment is strictly frowned upon. Not to mention what I clearly just walked in on here.” He opens the folder and removes a few pages, before he turns muddy brown eyes towards Blue, spearing her. “Can you tell me that you are not involved with Mr. Adams, Ms. Delaney?” He’s holding up photos from earlier today at the café. We are clearly kissing and touching in the photos.

“Now, wait just a damned minute. Those are from today, not on tour! And we are both consenting, single adults, so there is no issue that I can see…”

He holds up his hand to stop me. He takes out another photo and pushes it towards me. It’s from the elevator incident in Vegas. It was taken right after we got off and from our appearances, you can tell something went on. Fuck me!

I’m about to punch him in his smug face. Blue, grabs my arm. “No, Anthony, I can’t tell you that. Jessie and I
are
involved. Though it’s very recent and didn’t happen on tour. Not that you care. Thank you for coming tonight. You can mail my last check and I’ll expect compensation for my vacation and sick days, it’s quite a bit. You owe me a hearty bonus for the tour. You can also send my things from my office; make certain my signed memorabilia is packed carefully. I won’t be back to collect any of it.” She walks to the table by the door, grabbing her purse she removes her wallet, and takes out her Rock Hard ID. She then takes a key off of her keyring. Handing both to him with a smile, “Now, since that concludes our
business
you can let yourself out.” She gestures to the door behind us.

He looks at the ID and key and glares at her and me. “That’s all you have to say?”

“Yes, that’s all I have to say. Goodnight, Anthony.” Her head is held high and her back is straight. I’m so proud of her right now.

“Don’t forget, Blue. You signed a non-disclosure clause. You can’t utter a word about Rock Hard Magazine
or
its employees.” His fists are clenching and unclenching and his face is almost purple.

“Oh, I’m aware of that. Your secrets are safe and trust me, the world doesn’t need me to tell them that you and your son are disgusting pigs. You send that message out loud and clear, all by yourselves. Now, it’s time to go. Or, I can call security.” She smirks coldly. “Your choice.”

I look at Blue. Her steel backbone amazes me. Why did it take me so long to realize what a treasure she is? But she just lost her job because of me… sonofabitch. Blue has no job… Because of me. Fuck!

Blue

As the door ricochets off of the wall from Anthony’s exit, my resolve drains and I slump to the floor. I knew something like this would happen, but fuck! I’m unemployed! I’ve worked for Rock Hard for eight years! I’m one of the main reasons it is what it is. And this fucker just fires me because I refused to take his cheating son back. Shit!

I feel soothing circles on my back and look up into the concern on Jessie’s face.

“I’m so sorry, Blue. I just got you fired.” He runs his hands through his hair and pulls. “
SHIT!”

Placing my hands on his, I stop him. “Stop, Jessie. You didn’t get me fired. They were looking for a reason and you provided a scapegoat. It’s fine. Really.” I smile at him. “I don’t blame you. And I was going to quit anyway… soon enough. I can’t work for people like that.”

“What will you do now, Blue?” His concern and obvious distress makes my stomach flutter.

I shrug and smile. “I don’t know. Whatever I want to, I guess.” I laugh. “I can freelance. I can start my own company. I can call any other magazine and get hired immediately. I have options, Jessie. And I have money. I’ve been a single girl working seventy-plus hour weeks for eight years. I’ll be ok. But right now, I’ll be taking some time for myself.” Wrapping my arms around his neck, I nip his chin. “I was thinking I might like to hang out in Louisiana for a while.”

He pulls back and looks into my eyes. “Yeah?” I nod. “It just so happens, I have some connections. I can probably make that happen.” He smiles at me. “You want to come home with me for a bit? We can hang out and really spend some time together. Get to know each other in every way.”

The permanent smile on my face has my cheeks hurting. “You want to get to know me, Jessie?”

He shrugs. “Yeah. I do.” Smiling sheepishly, he says, “I like you, Blue. I enjoy spending time with you. We’re great in bed. But I really like
you
and I want to know more.”

My heart speeds up and my stomach does a flip. “Ok, then.” Kissing his mouth and pulling his lip ring into my mouth, I wink and whisper, “I like you too, Jessie Adams. Very much.”

Walking me backwards to the couch, he sits us both down, and pulls me into his side. “When do you want to go?”

I think about it. I have no job. My apartment is paid through February and there’s really nothing keeping me here anymore. There’s nothing in my office I really care about, I just wanted to rile that asshole up. “How about tomorrow? I can help Lexi and Bradi with the wedding while I’m down too.”

“Tomorrow?” The shock on his face is hilarious. “Wow, ok then. Nothing like jumping right in.”

I laugh. “I don’t wade. I’m an all-in kind of woman. If I’m going to do something, I do it big!”

Growling at me, he pulls me into him. “I like that about you. But right now, I have something big that needs attention.” He wiggles his eyebrows at me and smirks.

“Well, I guess I should return the favor.”

We move the couch with our ministrations again and then settle in to watch more Vampire Diaries before retiring to my bedroom. Jessie falls asleep with me on his chest. Looking around I realize, I won’t miss this place all that much. Tomorrow, a new adventure awaits me in Baton Rouge. I look back at the face of the man I’m involved with and realize, I am very much in love with him. I’m scared to death. I just pray I don’t get my heart broken.

Jessie

I
t takes Blue all of about two hours to pack what she needs after we schedule our flights back to Louisiana. By 9AM, we’re at LAX, waiting to catch our direct flight back to Baton Rouge. Jude will meet us at the airport once we land.

Blue has left word with her apartment building to forward all of her mail to my place for the foreseeable future. I’m freaked out as hell about the fact that this is the first time I’m going to have a woman stay with me. She’s essentially going to be living with me while she’s in town. What am I doing?!

I’ve let Liam know he’s not bunking at my place anymore, and after some discussion, he’ll be moving in with Dade. It’s just going to be Blue… and me.

What the fuck am I doing?!

As we wait for the flight to be called, I notice we’re being tailed and photographed. Leaning in, I whisper into Blue’s ear. “Don’t turn, but we have an audience at nine o’clock. He’s snapping away.”

She smirks at me. “Hmm, well I guess the fact that the manwhore, Jessie Adams, has been seen with the same woman on numerous occasions is newsworthy. I’m messing up your game.” And she winks.