More Than A Four Letter Word (15 page)

"Oh shit Julian!" Clarissa wrapped her legs
around Julian's waist as he rode her hard. His face flushed and his
eyes burned with desire. He pressed his lips in a straight line as
if he were trying to hold himself back. "Don't hold back on me
baby, I can handle everything you have to give." Julian lifted her
off the counter slamming her back into the door as he screwed her
until she almost passed out.

Her arms were around his neck as she held on
for dear life. Julian's mouth merged with hers, his tongue
duplicating the actions of his cock. Clarissa comes again, with
Julian following a few minutes after. He ripped her blouse open and
pulled down her bra exposing her erect nipples. He gives equal time
to her breasts, sucking and biting until he hears her moan.

After several moments of high-octane sex
aftershocks, Julian pulls out of her loved soaked pussy. "Oh God
Julian, the things you do to me make me crazy. I don't think I'll
be able to walk back to my office."

Julian disposed of the used condom and tried
to put Clarissa's clothing back in order. He didn't want to cover
her body. He wanted to put her on his sofa and start all over.
"Honey I'm sorry, I lose all sense of control when I'm around
you."

"Why don't you let me freshen up? If you stay
in here any longer, I'm going to beg you to take me again. Before
you leave, I want my panties back."

Julian pulled the dainty piece of lace from
his pocket placing it in her hand. "You should give up wearing
panties, especially when you visit my office."

"Okay, I don't know what type of women you
hang around, but only the biggest skank would come to work without
panties."

Julian gently touched her face. "I honestly
did call you up to my office for lunch. It's your fault I can't
keep my hands to myself. You're too damn irresistible." He lets
Clarissa push him out of the washroom, and he went to call
Ivan.

"What do you need boss?"

"Ivan I received notice that someone tried to
hit Clarissa with a car this morning."

"Whoa Julian! This is the first I'm hearing
about it, McHale isn't the culprit. We've been tailing him since
his arrival to Chicago."

Julian runs his fingers through his hair in
frustration. "I'm not sure that morning's incident is an accident,
I want that security detail on Clarissa to start now."

"I'll get right on it Julian. Miss Marks
okay?"

Julian sighed, "Just a few scrapes, but I
can't take a chance Ivan. I have to ensure her safety." He hangs up
the phone as he hears the door to the washroom open. Clarissa comes
out no worse for wear, but the mere sight of her has his cock
stiffening in his pants.

Julian stands up and ushers Clarissa over to
the table on the other side of his office where lunch awaited them.
Clarissa takes off the covered dish and the aroma of lasagna and
garlic bread permeates the room. "Oh this smells delicious." She
sits down and begins to eat as Julian pours her a glass of ice tea.
"Thank you Julian lunch is lovely. If I eat all of this food, a nap
may be in order."

"Baby my sofa is quite comfortable, you can
nap on it anytime you like."

"You take such good care of me."

"Taking care of you is exactly what I'm going
to do."

***

Clarissa makes significant strides in
decoding Lacey's alphanumeric filing system. She even comes across
a personal file that she hasn't read yet. She makes a copy of the
personal file, adding it to her files with the intention of
reviewing it later. She narrowed two hundred files down to fifty,
representing companies being tested for water and soil samples this
year. She did her research and finds out that a company who
violates EPA standardization policies could face fines and punitive
damages from 25 million dollars up to 100 million dollars.

She pressed her lips, closed her eyes, and
rubbed her temples. If a corrupt CEO or executive manager of a
manufacturing company knew that EPA testing results would cost them
of millions of dollars, what is the value of a scientist's life?
Clarissa feels deep in her soul that Lacey Hamilton accident is
indeed murder.

Clarissa went back to reviewing Lacey's
personal file; she comes across a document listing her team members
that may come in handy later. She also finds a virtual diary. At
first Clarissa feels weird about reading Lacey's diary, but what
did it matter now that Lacey is dead? She may even find some
pertinent information.

She's leaving for Orlando tomorrow morning,
and Clarissa is a little perturbed that Julian hasn't called. She
just finished packing when she hears a knock on her door. She
hurried to the door with the anticipation of seeing Julian before
she leaves town. She opens the door to welcome Julian into her
arms, only to find Julian there with two pizza boxes in his hands
and Micah, grinning from ear to ear.

Clarissa hugs Micah and ushers him into her
condominium as Julian follows close behind. He gives her a quick
kiss on the lips on his way into the kitchen. "How are two of my
most favorite men doing tonight?"

Julian put the pizza boxes on the kitchen
table, giving her an inquiring look before pulling plates off the
shelf. "You mean we're not the two most favorite men in your life?
Who's our competition?"

Clarissa winks at Micah before responding,
"My dad and brother Raymond are you only competition. I don't know
if that's a fair comparison they're family."

Micah sits down at the table taking a plate
from his from his dad. "We could be your family too."

Clarissa couldn't miss longing in his young
eyes. Her heart just melted for this child. "Well the men in my
family wash their hands before dinner." Both Julian and Micah
rushed to wash their hands at the kitchen sink. She opened the
refrigerator to pull out the makings for salad. She makes a salad
for all three of them, pours fruit juice for Micah, and grabs Cokes
for her and Julian.

She laughed when she placed a salad in front
of Micah. "The men in my life eat their vegetables as well." The
conversation at the table was full of life and never stilted. It
reminded her of the family dinners she shared with her family as a
child. She liked being around Julian and Micah. The love between
the two is evident as it should be between father and son.

"Uh, Rissa."

Clarissa looked up from her plate. "Yes
sweetheart." She could tell that Micah has something vital to ask
her, but he just didn't know how. She looked at Julian for guidance
he just blew her a kiss.

"Go ahead and ask her son."

"Well I have this recital in a couple of
weeks, and I hoped that you'd like to come."

"You really want me to be there?"

"More than anything."

Clarissa is becoming attached to Micah; he's
everything a parent would want in a child. "Of course I'm coming to
your recital. I wouldn't miss it for the world, just let me know
the time and place." She looked at his empty plate, "Come with me
Micah I want to show you a new game I'm creating. You can be the
first to try it out."

"What about me?" Julian pouted, pretending as
if he were a third wheel.

"Well you can start by loading the dishwasher
and cleaning up the kitchen. Then maybe you can join me and Micah
in the playroom."

"Playroom?"

"Julian, you should know more than anyone how
much I like to play."

Clarissa never stopped to wonder what her
playroom would look like to a child. She thought of her playroom as
an oasis where she could be in her own world. She has a pool table,
air hockey, three game stations, a 42-inch flat screen television,
and a couple of old school arcade games."

"Wow! This room is so cool."

Clarissa couldn't contain her laughter at his
excitement. "I'm glad you like my playroom. This is where I come to
relax. Most of my thinking and creating take place in this room. I
created a new game called Darkonian Quest. The knights have a quest
to destroy the wizard so they can claim his kingdom as their own.
The wizard is extremely crafty, and he sets up many traps that can
either kill them, or have them face the monsters and other minions
that help protect the wizard's castle."

"Can we play your new game?"

"Sure. We can play as teammates or
adversaries. You decide." Clarissa gave Micah a few minutes to
decide.

"Let's play as a team until I learn the game,
then we can play as adversaries."

"You're on partner." She hands Micah a
controller as he stands in front of the flat screen waiting for her
to start the game.

They were concentrating on the game and
didn't hear Julian enter the room. He's happy to see his son and
his woman getting along so well. Clarissa is the first woman that
Micah has formed an attachment to with the exception of Aunt Reva.
He's such an impressionable child he would never expose him to a
woman who isn't going to be a key factor in their lives.

Julian stared at Clarissa's flat stomach
imagining her pregnant with his child. If he could put in an order,
he'd ask for a baby girl. He's pulled out of her reverie when Micah
is so tickled that he falls on the floor laughing. A wizard popped
on the flat screen promising to crush them. A wizard who bore a
remarkable resemblance to Julian.

"So now I know what you do in your spare
time."

Clarissa laughed at the expression on
Julian's face. "Well I did you favor; usually when you don't get
your way you stick out your lip and pout like a little boy. That
doesn't make for a terribly scary wizard." If anything, her comment
made Micah laugh louder.

Julian picks Clarissa up, pins her against
the sofa and tickles her. "Stop it Julian I can't stand being
tickled."

Micah still laughing comes to her aid and
jumps on his father's back knocking him to the floor. "Rissa we are
knights from Darkonia we must defeat the wizard."

Julian falls on the floor and lets his son
have his way. Micah's laughter is contagious and he finds himself
laughing too. "Okay I give."

Micah sits on the sofa next to Clarissa,
placing his head on her shoulder. She is content to let him lay on
her; she touched the soft curls on his head. "My hero. I have a
dessert fit for a knight in the kitchen. I baked chocolate chip
cookies last night, and I think I may even have some vanilla ice
cream."

Micah was impressed Clarissa created games,
and she could bake cookies. "Can get dessert now?"

Clarissa stands up, holding out her hand to
Micah, "There's no time like the present."

Julian happily watches the pair leave the
playroom together. He wanted to sell Clarissa on the idea of
marrying him, and Micah may have just tipped the scale in his
favor. He gets off the floor and follows them into the kitchen.
Even evil wizard's like chocolate chip cookies. By the time he gets
to the kitchen, Micah is sitting next to Clarissa making ice cream
sandwiches.

Clarissa handed Julian the zip lock bag of
cookies. "If you want ice cream I can dish you up some."

Julian pulls a cookie out of the bag, noting
the cookie's size, which is bigger than the palm of his hands. He
bit into the cookie, and thinks he's in heaven. "This is the best
cookie I've ever tasted! How did you get it so big?"

"Sorry, that's a baker's secret."

Clarissa loved watching her men enjoy
dessert. Oh my, did she actually just call Julian and Micah her
men. If only it were true. She liked spending time with Micah, but
it would end when her relationship with Julian ended. Julian is an
excellent lover and father, but he doesn't seem to be the marrying
type.

Micah finished his dessert quickly so he
could go back to the playroom. "Rissa you can make me cookies any
time. Can I go back to the playroom now?"

"Go ahead sweetheart."

Julian looked at his watch it's getting late,
and he needed to get Micah home. "I can give you a few minutes son,
but we're going to have to leave in a little bit, you have school
tomorrow."

Clarissa and Julian watched him bounce out of
the room. "Kids use to get Good Friday off."

"Not anymore. We leave for Rockford tomorrow
evening to visit my aunt and uncle. I'll stay a few days, but Micah
is staying for a week. They're the only relatives we have, and
they're like grandparents to Micah. I'm hosting a party for a new
client and I'd like for you to be my date."

"I would be honored, Mr. Ross. When is
it?"

"Next Friday, I'll pick you up at seven."

"I'll be ready and waiting."

Julian gets up and pulls Clarissa out of her
chair. "Walk me to the door."

Clarissa wished they could stay, but Julian's
right, he needed to take Micah home. "Thank you for stopping by.
Tonight with you and Micah is like being part of a family."

Julian engulfed Clarissa into his arms.
"Micah and I enjoyed being with you. I can give you the family you
want Clarissa." He lowered his right and over her stomach pressing
it lightly. If you marry me, I'll give you as many children as you
want. I'm not getting any younger, and I would like to have more
children."

Clarissa couldn't ascertain if Julian is
serious. "I'm surprised that you would take another chance on
marriage, especially since it your first go around didn't end
well."

Julian cupped her face in his hands, "Donna
and I were practically kids when we married. This thing between us
is more than an affair. If what we have is just sex, I wouldn't
bring Micah around you. He hasn't been around my previous lovers.
You're mine Clarissa, and I know that you want to get married and
have a passel of children. I want these things too, and I want them
with you."

Clarissa wanted to believe Julian, but her
track record with men isn't that illustrious. "Julian, marriage is
too big of a risk." Julian gives her a grin full of temptation.