The Russian's Stubborn Lover (The Fedosov Family Series Book 1) (10 page)

Dmitry’s driver was waiting just outside for them and he hustled her inside. After the vehicle started moving, he pulled her onto his lap, facing him and began kissing her again.

He let his hands skim up and down her fabric covered back, anxious to reach his home and feel her bare skin beneath his palms.

Julia was floating on the emotions and feelings Dmitry stirred within her. She never wanted him to stop kissing her, and all other concerns faded away.

As the car pulled to a stop, Dmitry exited the vehicle, pulling Julia along with him before scooping her up in his arms. “Put me down, I’m too heavy,” she protested, having never been carried before.

“Shush, you weigh nothing. Stop squirming, I don’t want to drop you.”

Julia stopped squirming and relaxed in his arms, being carried was its own sort of pleasure and she felt cherished and cared for with that one simple act.

Dmitry managed to keep from ravaging her in the elevator, content with kissing her lips and mimicking with his tongue what he wanted to soon be doing with other parts of his anatomy. He exited the elevator into his penthouse suite and headed straight for the bedroom.

Stopping just before the bed, he lowered her to her feet and began unbuttoning her blouse. “Undress me,” he commanded her when she made no move to help him. He was desperate to feel her touch.

Julia began slipping the buttons from his shirt, revealing smooth muscle underneath. She leaned in and placed kissed upon each newly exposed piece of skin, loving how his muscles contracted and the breath hissed from between his teeth.

Dmitry pushed her shirt off her shoulders, deftly unhooking the back clasp of her bra and pushing it down and off her arms as well. Palming her breasts in his big hands, he smiled at the gasp of pleasure that came forth, squeezing and molding them at her continued verbal response.

She was burning up! Julia had never felt so many emotions, nor had it ever felt so good to have a man’s hands caressing her. If he continued to play with her breasts, she wasn’t sure what might happen. Her body was drawing tight and the pleasurable sensations were becoming overwhelming. “Dmitry…”

“I have you. Let go,
moya lyubov
.”

Chapter 15

Gasping, she demanded an interpretation, “What. Does. That. Mean…oh…”

Dmitry had lowered one of his hands and had thrust it beneath the waistband of her short skirt, finding the front of her panties soaked with her desire. As he brushed his hands back and forth against her, she thrust up against him, all thoughts of talking fleeing her mind.

“Does that feel good, Julia?”

She nodded unable to do more.

“Good. I want only to make you feel good. No fear. No reason to be scared.”

“I’m not scared.” Julia had removed his shirt and was not working at undoing the belt that secured his pants around his waist. When the buckle proved difficult, she growled and doubled her efforts to remove it.

Stopping her hands, Dmitry chuckled at her look of frustration and took over the task. “Take your skirt off and get on the bed.”

Julia quickly did what he asked; leaving her underwear on, and crawling onto the bed just as he dropped his pants. She could see the evidence of his need for her beneath the thin fabric of his boxers, and was thankful that he left them on for the time being.

Dmitry joined her on the bed, leaning up on one elbow to better see her body with as his hands began to trace the lines of her legs and arms. He trailed the back of his fingers across her torso, watching her writhe beneath him in a silent plea for more.

Kissing her, he let his fingers drop below her waist, looping his thumbs in the strings of her underwear and pulling them off her body.

Julia gasped at he tore her underwear, but then his hands were discovering all of the newly revealed skin and she moaned and clutched at his shoulders. She was burning up and desperate to feel his body next to her.

Pulling, she managed to convey what she wanted to him and Dmitry lifted himself up and then made a place for himself to lie between her thighs.

The feel of her body pressed so intimately against his own robbed Dmitry of his self-control and he pushed up, thrusting his boxers down and off his feet. Grabbing protection from the side drawer, he quickly sheathed himself before slowly joining them together.

“Open your eyes, Julia.”

Julia did so, meeting his gray stare and unable to tear her eyes away from the look of affection she saw shining there. As he began to move within her, she felt her heart open and expand with emotion.
This felt so right!

“Julia,
milaya moya
, you feel amazing.”

“So do you. Please don’t stop,” she begged.

“I’ve no intention of stopping. Can you feel it? The connection between us. It’s more than physical.”

Julia nodded her head, never taking her eyes off his, “I can feel it. I’m not sure I know what it is.”

“Just feel then. Let go and I will catch you. Be one with me, Julia.”

Julia tightened her muscles around him, bringing her leg up to wrap around his waist in an effort to get closer to him, but also keep him from leaving her. She gave in to the emotions and feelings rushing through her body and moments later screamed his name as he flung them both over the edge of reason.

Julia struggled to get control of her breathing, loving the feeling of having Dmitry lying atop her. His head had dropped at was currently nestled against her neck, while his arms kept his full weight from crushing her into the mattress.

Julia reveled in the feeling of contentment and closed her eyes for a moment.

Dmitry finally gained enough control to lift himself off her. He stared down at the woman who had just rocked his world and then scooped her up, heading for the shower.

Julia once again protested being carried, but quickly stopped as he took her breath away with a soul-shattering kiss. Kissing Dmitry was quickly becoming one of her favorite pass times.

Dmitry set her down in the bathroom and started the shower. Pulling her inside, he quickly rinsed his own body and then hers, washing her head as she moaned in pleasure.

Julia could get used to being pampered like this and told him so with the moans of pleasure she let float around the shower stall. She loved having her scalp massaged, and with Dmitry’s big hands, he could cover her entire scalp all at once.

Dmitry turned the water off after rinsing the suds from her hair, handing her a large bath sheet to wrap around herself. “Feel better?”

Julia smiled at him shyly, “Yes. Thank you.”

“For what?” Dmitry asked, finishing drying himself and then tossing the towel into the corner of the bathroom. He stalked from the bathroom, confident in his nudity, and Julia wondered if she would ever be that brave.

When he stopped and looked at her, she realized he was still waiting for an answer, “Oh. For making this so special. For not letting me keep you at arm’s length anymore.”

Dmitry returned to her, kissing her before replying, “It was my pleasure. Come, I want to hold you while I sleep.”

Julia wanted that as well and quickly climbed beneath the covers. When Dmitry joined her, he rolled her onto her side, pulling her hips back against him, snuggling his hard body against her softness and sighing long and low.

“You feel perfect.” Dmitry closed his eyes and let his mind drift away. He woke several times during the night and made sweet love to her body once again. The third time, she barely opened her eyes, but her body responded fully.

As dawn approached, he kissed her forehead, whispering words of affection and love in her ear. Julia was his future. He knew it sounded insane; they had only met a few weeks ago. But she was his future. He could feel it in his heart and in his body as he made love to her. He thought maybe she felt the same way, but was too scared to admit it.

That was okay for now. He could be patient and woo her, up to a point. He would win her heart over and then when the time was right, he would ask her to become his wife.  The future planned out in his mind, he drifted off to sleep, content in the knowledge that Julia and he were meant to be.

Chapter 16

Julia and Dmitry settled into a peaceful routine. She no longer spent her evenings at the family estate unless Dmitry had to go out of town on business.

At work, things were as normal, with both of them doing their jobs to the best of their abilities. The only difference was when Dmitry joined her in the employee patio area for lunch.

The board of directors had noticed the budding romance between the two and were pleased with the progress being made. They anticipated a wedding announcement to be made soon, and then they would turn their focus to Alexey.

Mrs. Fedosov and Mrs. Padrov were pleased with themselves, and firmly believed that Alexey had been the impetus for Dmitry making his move. The thought that his younger brother might gain Julia’s attention had been a huge motivating force behind forcing Dmitry to act.

Dmitry loved the way things were going. Not only did he have a brilliant financial analyst working on his team, but she was also spending her nights in his bed. The best of both worlds.

Julia continued to make projections and tweak reports and ideas to yield better profits. Three months into her exchange program, she finished up the first quarterly report on the new mining operation the companies were undertaking in South Africa.

The numbers looked great, but not as good as either company had hoped. After looking at all of the data, Julia wrote into the report that the lower numbers were due to an overage on the capital expenditure to start up the operation. These numbers would disappear during the next quarter and things would look much better.

This report went out to both companies, and she hit send just before heading off to lunch with Antonia. Mrs. Rusnik appeared to have loosened her disapproval of Antonia and wished her a pleasant lunch meeting.

Dmitry was preparing for a board of directors meeting and had declined to accompany them today. Julia told him not to work too hard and headed off, pleased that she had finished the report before lunch and looking forward to a few hours of downtime before he board meeting.

Dmitry watched her leave the office, a smile upon his face. He headed back into his office to finish up his own reports and was immersed in what he was doing when the phone rang forty-five minutes later.

“Yes?”

“Mr. Fedosov, you have a call from America online two.”

Dmitry frowned at the phone, but picked it up, “Hello?”

“Dmitry, how are things going?” his old college buddy, Alex Swallow, asked. Alex was Julia’s immediate boss back in the states and Dmitry thought it very weird that he was calling at this time of day.

“Fine. What’s up?”

“Did you see the latest report Julia put together yet?”

Dmitry pulled up his inbox and clicked on the file in question, “I’m just opening it now. How does it look?”

“Horrible. That’s why I’m calling. I’m not sure what’s up with her but this report cannot be right. She sent it over to our office for confirmation of the numbers and my tech sent it out before I saw it.”

Dmitry looked at the report, frowning as he saw what she had written.
She was suggesting they abandon the entire project since it was doomed to loose both companies billions over time? What the hell?
Dmitry cursed and Alex chuckled through the lines.

“Temper, temper.”

“Why would she write something like this? There not a shred of truth to any of it. Are those numbers right? They can’t be. She just told me last week that everything looked like it was going well with this venture.” Dmitry was furious that Julia would take it upon herself to write such drivel and then have it sent out to everyone, including his board of directors.

“Let me talk to her and I’ll call you back.” Glancing at his clock, he realized she should be returning from lunch anytime.

“Okay. I’m sorry about this, Dmitry. I really thought she could handle the position. I’ll make arrangements to have a replacement sent over there as soon as possible.”

Dmitry stopped and carefully chose his next words, “Don’t do anything until you hear back from me. By the way, who is DJ?”

“David Jenkins. He’s been with us for almost nine years and I probably should have sent him over there, but Julia usually does better work then him and she has a knack for making money. Again, I’m sorry.”

“Let me talk to her and I’ll get back to you.” Dmitry hung up the phone, looking at the report again and wondering why she would have done such a thing.

Hearing her return from lunch, he hollered through his open office door, “Julia, could you come in here for a moment?” He strove to keep his voice calm and even.

“Hi,” she beamed at him. “What’s up?”

Dmitry steepled his hands on his desk and looked at her for a moment, “Have a seat.”

Julia’s smile faltered at the serious look upon Dmitry’s face, “What’s wrong?”

“Did you finish the report on the South Africa project?”

Julia was confused, “Yes. I sent it over to the American office to be proofed before distribution. Do you not have it yet?”

Dmitry nodded, “I do. I just got off the phone with Alex. He felt the need to call and personally apologize for you.”

“Me? Why? I know the numbers weren’t as high as everyone was hoping for but I explained that in my statement at the bottom of the page.”

“Yes, I read your statement. Do you remember what you wrote?”

Julia looked at him, “Of course I do. I explained that the lower numbers were due to the overages on the capital expenditures for startup and that the second quarter earnings should be more in line with the projections…” She trailed her voice off as Dmitry began shaking his head.

“No, that’s not what you wrote.”

Julia nodded her head, “Yes it is. I just did it a little over and hour ago. Dmitry, what’s going on?”

“Come over here and look at the report I received and tell me if it’s the same one you sent out.” Dmitry had a bad feeling about this and while he was relieved to know that Julia most likely had not written this report, that meant that someone in the states was out to sabotage her position in the company. That did not set well with him, nor would it sit well with Alex.