The Rules Regarding Gray (38 page)

“My place?” Ian asked.

She hopped off the stool. “How about here.” She turned around, looking at the empty bar around them and holding her hands up in the air.

Ian glanced around. “Here?” He smirked.

“Here,” she nodded. “The Gray and Graystone send off.” She smiled broadly, her heart thumping loudly in her chest. She tugged on Ian’s arm and pulled him away to a nearby table, pulling the chair out.

Jasper rounded the bar, shaking his head as though he was still a bit shocked she wanted this. But as he walked up behind her, he ran his hand down her back. He leaned to her neck, biting her gently, and Ian chuckled as he sat down in the chair.

“I’ll be back.” Jas ran up the stairs to the apartment.

Ian watched her as she walked slowly toward him. He was hard and straining against the front of his pants, and she leaned over, placing her hands on the arms of the chair. Her shirt was low-cut, and his attention quickly moved down to her tits.

“Why do you want this, Gray? Tell me the truth,” Ian asked as his eyes returned to hers.

“Doesn’t every gal want two good looking men at one time?” In truth, she was more than happy having just one. It was an intimacy thing.

He chuckled, and as he did, Jasper reappeared from the rear of the bar. He froze for a moment as he took in Gray’s rather seductive position in front of Ian, and she glanced over Ian’s shoulder at him and smiled subtly. He nodded his head and then approached them, tossing a couple condoms on the table.

Jas stripped his shirt off, dropping it on the bar top, but Gray helped Ian out of his, pulling it up and letting her fingers trail over his stomach as he hummed. Jasper walked up behind Gray, reaching around her body and gripping her tits in his hands. He groaned against her neck as Ian stared at his hands as they groped her.

“I want you to suck his cock while I’m fucking you,” Jasper murmured against her ear.

Her lips parted, and she blew out a steadying breath. She nodded as she watched Ian, trying her best to appear nervous and excited at the same time. Jasper kissed around the back of her neck, and as his mouth moved, he reached down, slipping his hand past the waist of her shorts.

He cupped her sex, but he didn’t delve. She was glad. She didn’t actually want this to turn into something arousing, and were he to delve, he’d find her as dry as could be. She was entirely too terrified to be turned on at the moment.

“You are so fucking wet,” he lied as he murmured against her neck.

Ian sighed, and the moment Jasper pulled his hand back from her body, she approached Ian, stripping off her shirt and leaving herself in her bra. Actually to say
her
bra was a bit misleading. She didn’t own one, but Anna did, and Gray had needed one on this day. She tossed her shirt to the table, and Jas picked it up walking to the bar.

She knelt at Ian’s feet, and he parted his legs. He was wearing khaki shorts and deck shoes, and when she reached for the waist of his pants, his stomach muscles rippled, and he moaned. His fingers reached out, gripping her hair and twisting painfully through it. She gritted her teeth when he pulled her head closer to his groin, and when she glanced to the bar, Jasper’s lips twitched into a sneer.

She undid Ian’s pants quickly, and she pulled both his shorts and underwear down his legs as his cock thrust up on his stomach. She knew this was killing Jasper, and she moved quickly when Ian lifted his ass from the seat. She pulled his shoes from his feet too, and she tossed the clothes aside. Jasper scooped them up off the floor and set them on the bar.

Jasper slipped his own shirt back on, and he tucked hers into his pocket. But she trained her eyes on Ian, keeping his attention on her. She ran her hands up the tops of his thighs, and his cock twitched the closer she came to it, but she stopped short of touching. She pushed up from his body with a hand to both thighs, and she stepped back. She let her hands trail over her belly, moving up to her tits, and she squeezed her breasts as Ian moaned again.

“Christ, woman, enough already,” Ian muttered.

Jasper walked casually behind her, and she reached back, touching the clasp of her bra but making no move to unhook it. Ian licked his lips greedily. And that’s when Jasper touched the back of her neck.

“I think that’s enough, baby,” he said gently against her ear.

“Yeah. Enough fucking torture.” Ian chuckled. “Suck my cock already.” Ian smirked at her, but then his focus returned to her bra, clearly waiting for it to disappear.

But she pulled her hands back, and she smiled sweetly.

“I don’t think so,” Jasper said coolly as he put her shirt in her hand. He leaned to her ear. “I love you,” he said quietly.

“I love you too.” She stepped over to the bar as Ian’s wide confused eyes followed her.

Jasper watched her for a moment too, but his attention returned to Ian as Gray tossed her shirt back on over her head. Ian was starting to fume, his face red and pinched in confusion.

When Jasper smiled at Ian, it was sadistic. “I would love nothing more than to torment you by making you watch as I make love to Gray and denying you even the simplest touch. But, frankly, I’m not willing to share even the sight of her with you. Or anyone else for that matter.”

“What the fuck are you doing?” Ian seethed out the question.

Gray grabbed Ian’s clothes quickly while Ian’s focus was on Jasper, and she stashed them in the tote bag hanging on the back of her bar stool, quickly slinging the bag over her head and shoulder. Ian was too busy glaring at Jasper, who was standing in front of him with his arms crossed on his chest.

“Let me introduce you to the concept of ‘getting what’s coming to you.’” Jasper smirked, but it was a cruel expression, and Gray shivered at the cool heat that was radiating from him as she stepped back to his side.

“You fucking asshole. You think you’re going to get away with this?”

Jasper smiled. “Yes, I do. I’m guessing CFOs like to keep a low profile in terms of their debauchery. Am I right? Wouldn’t want the CEO of your company finding out about the cost accountant now, would you? I’m sure your reputation is quite an important thing to you. You should understand mine is not, because the only person in the world I care about knows exactly who I am and what I’m worth.”

Ian laughed. For a naked man, he was holding his own impressively. She couldn’t say she was surprised.

“You two made your own fucking choices,” Ian spat maliciously. “I didn’t force either one of you into this. You both agreed willingly—”

“We didn’t agree to be your fucking puppets. You played us—”

“You fucking played me too,” Ian erupted as he stood from the chair, his hands balled into fists.

“Did we?” Jasper nodded his head calmly as Ian’s face turned red in fury. “I’ll tell you exactly what I did. I fell in love with an incredible woman who was being disrespected by the man who was supposed to care for her. I
took
what you didn’t deserve.”

“That incredible woman,” Ian mocked. “You mean that fucking slut standing beside you?” Ian cried incredulously. “You’re a low life fucking loser, you know that, Jas. Always have been. Nobody ever gave a shit about you because you’re nothing.” He sneered as he spit his venom at Jasper. “You’re a worthless piece of shit. So worthless your own mother didn’t even want you.”

Gray’s hand instantly moved to Jasper’s lower back just under his shirt, and he glanced over to her as she watched him calmly. He swallowed harshly as he watched her, and she pressed her fingers gently against his skin.

When his eyes returned to Ian’s he took a deep breath. “You sound just like my father.”

“Yeah? Well, your dad had it right.”

“No, he didn’t.” Jasper was staying so calm. It was beyond impressive to her. “I know that now.”

She caressed his lower back gently, and he glanced down at her again.

“We’re going to be late,” she said calmly.

Jas nodded, and he leaned down to kiss her on the temple. When they looked back, Ian was eyeing them venomously.

Gray smirked at him. “We’re moving away from Austin permanently. Together. In fact, we’re leaving this very moment, so we can get to our hotel with plenty of time to spare for a late dinner and plenty of that love making we’re so very fond of. With one another that is. You, frankly, were a selfish bore in the bedroom.” She winked at Ian even as he snarled at her, and Jasper laughed quietly beside her.

But Jasper stopped laughing then. “And the moment we walk out this door, you will cease to be anything to either one of us except a bad memory. Goodbye, Ian. If nothing else, thank you for introducing me to the woman I love. I do appreciate that.”

Gray turned toward the back door, walking away, but as Ian growled and lunged toward Jasper, she turned back just in time to see Jasper bring his knee up into Ian’s balls. The sudden loss of color in Ian’s face suggested he might just pass out. He staggered back to the chair, collapsing to it and clutching at his crotch.

Jasper turned to follow her, but then turned back once more as she did too. “Oh, Seth is going to be here momentarily with the broker handling the sale of Graystone, a couple other investors who are going in on the purchase with him, and a few general contractors who are bidding on some renovations he wants done. Probably going to get a little crowded in here in a minute or two.” He chuckled. “Don’t bother trying the door to the apartment, because it’s locked. There is a dumpster out back, I suppose.” He shrugged.

And at just that second the sound of cars pulling up out front could be heard, followed moments later by car doors closing and voices.

“Seth’s always been so prompt.” Jasper commented casually. “Have fun, you worthless piece of shit.”

And then they walked out the door without a backward glance. Jasper’s car was parked there, and they climbed in together. Jas put his sunglasses on, turned to her, and smiled.

“Ready?”

“Ready.”

Chapter Forty-One

Gray asked Jasper to pull over when they were still in downtown. She politely offered Ian’s clothes to a homeless man standing on the corner, and he thanked her profusely as he took Ian’s pristine Tommy Bahamas, and his Hugo Boss polo shirt from her hands.

“What did you do with his wallet?” He asked, suddenly worried they were thieves.

She smiled at him. “Left it on the bar.”

“Good girl.”

“I might have dropped his car keys in the puddle in the back parking lot.”

“Very good girl.” He reached over taking her hand. “Revenge suits you, Gray.”

She laughed.

By nine that night, they were in El Paso and checked into their hotel. They opted for pizza delivery to maximize the fucking time, and he was inside her body by ten-thirty, with no plans to leave anytime soon.

He showered with her the next morning, crammed into the rather small hotel shower, and as he stood behind her body at the bathroom sink, she smiled shyly at him, biting her lip.

“Can I tell you something?” she asked quietly as he wrapped his arms around her, his hands covering her small breasts. She reached up holding his hands to her chest.

“Of course.”

“I’m excited.” She studied him for a moment. “I feel like I’m embarking on an exciting new adventure.” Her face was whimsical. “We can do anything we want, when we want, how we want, where we want. It’s such a liberating thing.”

He smiled. “Yes, it is.” He thought for a moment. “Do I give you what you need? Are you complete and happy with me?”

She nodded. “Yes.” She was silent again for a moment. “Do I quiet your past?”

He wrapped his arms all the way around her that time, holding her close to his body. “Yes.” He kissed her neck. “Very much, yes.”

She turned toward him, and he lifted her to the counter. He kissed her, gripping her hips and pulling her into him.

“We could keep my grandmother’s home,” he murmured against her lips. He pulled back, looking down on her. “She’d be happy, I think, to know that I was there with you. I had a rough time of it there when I was young. In a way, going back and staying is like … recovering. But I’m not sure I could do that without you.”

She studied him and then she reached to his chest, tracing the letter. She leaned forward, kissing him in the middle of his chest on his sternum, and when she leaned back, she nodded and his heart sped for a moment.

“We’ll have to deal with my father, I’m sure. The neighbors who don’t much like me… I no longer have a job… We have no furniture now. I still have a house to sell outside of Austin. You broke the lease on your loft, so you’re bound to get sued.”

“Don’t forget my career is over.”

“Well, yes, there’s that too.” He chuckled.

Her fingers gripped the sides of his waist, and they trailed up to his chest. “It’s an adventure. And we’ll be just fine.”

He leaned down and kissed her. “Yes, we will.”

Epilogue

Three Years Later

Jasper splashed Gray in the face as she came up for air. They were trying to be quiet while Henrietta napped in her Pack ’N Play. The weather was perfect, and she was under the part of the patio that was covered. She was only wearing a diaper, and she was sound asleep. Gray needed to be at the yoga studio in a couple hours, and Jasper was planning to go to the bar to do payroll while Gray taught her two back-to-back Tuesday afternoon classes.