Rules Of The Game (Part 2)


5 1/2 years later... 


“D.J., honey, hurry and finish eating. We’re going to be late.” 

“But Mommy, I wanna say goodbye to Daddy first.” 

Lisa inhaled deeply before exhaling through her nose. She was doing her best to try and curb her impatience with her precocious son, but she was quickly losing the battle. At five years old, he was showing signs of being just as strong willed and determined as his father. He had a stubborn streak a mile long, but this morning, Lisa wasn’t for it. 

She lifted her daughter out of her high chair and perched her on her hip. Three-year-old Shania was a healthy, happy little girl and the light of her father’s eye. She smiled up at Lisa and reached up to pat her mother’s hair. Lisa gave her a distracted kiss as she turned to head out the kitchen. 

“DJ, we discussed this already…several times. Daddy’s been on the road for three weeks and got back very late last night. He’s still asleep, but you’ll see him when you come home from school.”She glanced over her shoulder and gave her son a stern look that he knew brooked no argument. 
“I’m going to finish dressing your sister. If you’re not ready by the time I come back, we’re leaving whether you’re finished with your breakfast or not. Do you understand me?” 

D.J.’s mouth turned down at the corners and his brows bunched together in a petulant pout. He scooped up a spoonful of cereal and shoved it in his mouth while shooting an unhappy look at Lisa.She stopped, turning completely around to face him, and perched her hand on her hip. “Excuse me, but I didn’t hear you.” 

D.J. cautiously eyed his mother. He knew he’d just about pushed her as far as he could, but being his father’s son, he had to go a little bit further. Mumbling around a mouthful of cereal, he gave her an adoringly innocent stare that didn’t move Lisa in the least. 

“But Mommy…” The words came out a jumbled mess. “You told me not to talk with my mouth full.” His smile was as sweet as an angel's.However, when his mother took a threatening step towards him, his eyes widened and took over his face. He sat up straight and quickly gave her the answer she was looking for her.“Yes, ma’am. I’m almost finished.” 

Lisa raised her right brow and sent him one last long glare for good measure, and was turning around again to leave when she and Shania ran into the hard, unyielding wall of her husband’s bare chest. 
Shania squealed and jumped with excitement as Dorian slipped his arms around Lisa’s waist to steady her while at the same time leaning down to place a quick peck on his daughters nose. 

“Hey, baby. Where you rushing off to?”The question was directed at Lisa, but his attention was on Shania as he made funny faces that had her jumping and falling out with laughter.“Hi Daddy’s girl,” he grinned. How’s my little sweetheart?”

“I’m trying to hurry and get the kids ready, but your son–” 

“Daddy!” D.J. slipped out of his chair and ran full speed towards Dorian.A wide grin split Dorian’s face as he turned towards his son and lifted him up. D.J. squealed with laughter as Dorian threw him up in the air. “What’s up, sport? How’s my li’l man this morning?” 

Lisa sighed as she looked at them. “Dorian, he just finished eating. Be careful.” 

“Awww, he’s fine. Aren’t cha’, sport?” Dorian tossed him up one more time then set him down and began to play box with him.Lisa started to say something, but thought better of it and shook her head as she walked out of the kitchen. It would be a lost cause now to try to make D.J. finish eating. He was in straight heaven now that Dorian was up. As she hurried towards the long winding staircase that would take her to the second floor, Shania began kicking her legs and screaming as she tried to wiggle out of Lisa’s arms so that she could stay and play with her father and her brother. 

Great,Lisa thought. 

Ignoring the large crocodile tears that ran down her daughter’s face, she continued upstairs. Once they’d made it to Shania’s room, Lisa looked around the beautifully decorated area, which was done in soft, pastel colors. A mural of fairies and angels had been painted on the wall, and in the middle of the room was a gorgeous canopied bed with a frilly comforter and loads of pillows.Lisa placed Shania on the bed and went about the task of taking off her nightgown and putting her clothes on. After making quick work of dressing her daughter, she impatiently blew a wayward curl out of her face and picked Shania up. 

One down, one to go, she said to herself as she went back downstairs.Walking back into the kitchen, she glanced over at the breakfast nook where Dorian and D.J. were sitting. She shook her head when she saw her son dutifully finishing up his breakfast without so much as a frown. 

Dorian glanced at her and winked, accurately guessing Lisa’s thoughts as he picked up the now empty cereal bowl and placed it in the sink. A reluctant smile crossed Lisa’s lips. He and his son were like two peas in a pod, and shared a bond that had been established while DJ was still in her womb.

Towards the end of her pregnancy with him, Lisa had been extremely uncomfortable. The doctor had told them D.J. was going to be a long baby; he seemed just as uncomfortable in Lisa’s stomach the last couple of weeks before his birth. He would constantly move, throwing his little elbows and heels against her stomach as if telling her he was ready now. The only time he seemed to calm down was when Dorian would put his large hands and lips to her stomach to talk in soothing tones to him. As if by magic, D.J. would almost instantly stop his restless movements, instinctively recognizing his father’s voice.

“You coming right back after you drop the kids off, babe?” Dorian helped his son slip his arms into the backpack then walked the three of them to the kitchen door leading to the garage. 

“I hadn’t planned on it. I really thought you’d be asleep for hours.” She ran a hand over her hair, smoothing the strands back into the ponytail she wore. “I told Christy I’d meet her at the athletic club for the 9:00 spinning class, and then I was going to beg Louis to squeeze me in at the salon. If I don’t do something with this hair, I’m going to chop it off myself.” 

Dorian was on one side of the Escalade in the garage making sure D.J. was buckled in, and Lisa was on the other side putting Shania in her booster seat. Dorian gave D.J. a high five before closing the door and walking over to Lisa. Just as she reached for the handle to open her door, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her towards the back of the luxury SUV out of the kids’ line of vision. 

His body pressed hers against the truck. Lisa looked up at him with a question in her eyes, which quickly turned to enlightened comprehension when she felt his erection jabbing at her through his sweat pants.

“Dorian…the kids.” The mild protest was accompanied by a smile as she slipped her arms up around his neck. 

“Come home after you drop them off,” he whispered, nibbling on her ear.Lisa’s lashes fluttered closed as a delicious shiver ran through her body. After all this time, Dorian still only had to touch her to make her lose control.“I’ll give you a workout to rival any exercise you could ever get in some old spinning class. You’ll enjoy it a lot more, too. I guarantee it.” 

““But…I…” Unable to form a coherent sentence, Lisa let out a soft mewl as his teeth moved to her neck.Dorian brought her hand to the front of his sweats so that she could see for herself exactly what he had waiting on her. Lisa’s fingers immediately grasped his thick, rigid shaft through the material. 

“Does that mean yes?” He lifted his head and stared her in the eye as he gently closed his teeth around her bottom lip. 

“Uh huh…” Lisa nodded her head up and down.Dorian smiled and pulled her towards the driver’s side and opened the door. “Hurry back,” he said in a low tone. “You know you got me feenin’ for my goodies, right?” 

Lisa glanced back at the kids to make sure they weren’t paying attention to them. “Baby, don’t act like its my fault it’s been so long. I know things have been hectic, but you know this is yours for the taking whenever, however, and wherever…” 

“Well, I’m here now, so I plan on tearing that shit up as soon as you get home.” Dorian closed the door after she climbed in the vehicle.Lisa’s feminine core tightened in reaction to the look on his face, but now that she’d had a chance to catch her breath, she purposely shrugged her shoulders, giving off an air of nonchalance. 

“Guess we’ll see, won’t we?”

Dorian had been walking backwards when he heard the challenge in her words. He stopped and tilted his head to the side. The expression on his face told her he couldn’t have heard her correctly. “Excuse me?” 

Lisa pushed the remote for the garage door and put the truck in reverse. She struggled to keep the smile off her face as she looked at him through the open window. “You heard me…sport.”A second later, she slowly backed the truck out of the garage, but the words he directed towards her drifted through the garage and into the interior of the truck.“I got your ‘sport’, baby. He’ll be waiting on you as soon as you get back. You just make sure you ready for him.” 

Lisa put the car in drive and retorted, “Promise, promises…”She burst out laughing as she looked in the rearview mirror and saw him staring at her while nodding as she drove away. She knew he would make her pay for her taunts and innuendos the moment she got back home. That’s what she was betting on.****With his good mood restored, D.J. chatted non-stop during the fifteen-minute ride. When Lisa pulled up to the building which housed the exclusive private school where he attended kindergarten, the teacher on duty waved at her and opened D.J.’s door. Seeing his best friend, Jonathan, getting out of the car in front of them, D.J. threw a quick goodbye and ‘love ya, Mom’ Lisa’s way before scurrying down and running to join him.Lisa saw Jonathon’s mother, Staci, waving through the rearview mirror of her Range Rover. Staci held her thumb towards her ear and her pinky to her lips while mouthing ‘call me’. Lisa nodded and waved as they pulled away from the school.The next stop was dropping Shania off at the daycare academy she attended three days a week. Today, her class was going on a day trip to the zoo. After parking, Lisa took Shania to her class, nodding and smiling as Shania tried to tell her about the different animals they would see at the zoo, seemingly without taking a breath in between sentences.Ten minutes later, Lisa was back in her vehicle and on phone with Christy to let her know she wouldn’t be meeting her for the exercise class.“Oh, okay girl. I guess I’ll go by myself, then. How about we make plans to go together tomorrow?”“Welll…I’ll have to let you know,” Lisa grinned.Silence met her on the other end for a moment. “Ohhh, okay. Now I get it. Dorian’s back, right?”Lisa smile grew wider. “Yep. He came in last night and he’s waiting on me at home.”“Girl I swear, you two act like newlyweds! You’re disgusting!” Lisa laughed at the choking sound Christy made. “I’m serious. Even when you’re out in public together, that man can barely keep his hands off of you.”“Hey, what can I say? You don’t hear me complaining, do you?”“Hmph. I wouldn’t complain either if I had ‘one of the sexiest athletes of the year’ keeping me warm at night.” Christy was referring to a popular magazine that had voted Dorian one of the sexiest 100 men who played sports. “I mean, you know I’m crazy over Terry, but that husband of yours is one fine specimen of a man. And I tell you everything, but you never want to dish and give up details. At least tell me if he’s as good in bed as he looks??”“Okay, end of conversation.”“But-”“Goodbyyye, Christy…” Lisa sang out. “I’ll talk to you later, nosey ass.” Lisa laughed and hung up the phone, effectively cutting off Christy’s protests.Shaking her head, it wasn’t the first time the other woman had tried to get in her business like that. Yes, Christy was her friend, but Lisa also remembered what her mama told her years ago, and any advice Justine Miller gave her was the gospel as far as she was concerned. If a woman ran her mouth to her friends about how good her man was, especially in bed, she wasn’t doing anything but whetting their curiosity to find out for themselves if everything they’d been told was true; Lisa had seen it happen before, especially in this business. The only woman she really trusted was her best friend, Mona. All those other bitches? She fed them with a long handled spoon.Lisa had been part of this life long enough to know how scandalous the females were. It was just something about athletes that attracted women like bees focused on a honeycomb. They didn’t give a damn whether or not the men were married, and to be honest, half the men didn’t care if they were married themselves. New pussy was there for the taking, every single day if they chose to take advantage of it, and a lot of players felt they were entitled to as much as they could get. 

As confident as she was of her marriage, Lisa wasn’t naïve enough to put her hand on the Bible and swear that Dorian would never, ever cheat on her. But she trusted him and knew beyond a shadow of a doubt how much he loved her and loved their family to mess it up over a fleeting moment of pleasure.When he’d proposed to her, he’d made it clear that he was ready to settle down and that he didn’t want anyone other than her.It was still hard to believe that he had actually been bold enough to interrupt her wedding ceremony almost six years ago. And poor John. Lisa didn’t think she’d ever get over the guilt of leaving him at the alter and cancelling their wedding. But it had been for the best. John deserved someone to love him the way a woman was supposed to love the man she’s pledging to spend the rest of her life with–and that woman hadn’t been Lisa. She could still remember how horrified she’d been when she’d turned around and spied Dorian standing in the back of the church... 

‘If there is anyone here who objects to this man and this woman becoming man and wife, speak now or forever hold your peace.’‘I know a reason.’ 

The moment had been surreal, like a scene out of a bad movie. When Lisa turned around and saw Dorian slowly walking towards them, she’d felt herself sway, become lightheaded. If John hadn’t held her close, she would’ve surely ended up on the floor surrounded by the satin and lace cloud of her wedding gown.

As if in slow motion, she’d watched Dorian take one step after another, deliberately holding her eyes with his  and refusing to let her look away. Lisa heard the shocked and excited gasps that sounded throughout the church as everyone’s eyes darted from Dorian to her. 

‘Oh my God, isn’t that the professional baseball player? DBrad?’ 

‘No, he is not coming here and interrupting their wedding!’ 

‘Ooowee, where’s my phone? Girl, we can sell this to the Inquisitor and make a boat load of cash…’ 

The murmurs had gone on and on. People took out cameras and their cells phones and began taking pictures and recording the entire episode playing out in front of them. No doubt dollar signs danced in their heads, especially her ghetto ass cousins. Lisa had stood there, frozen in place until she’d seen her father jump up in outrage followed by her two brothers, moving towards Dorian. 

‘Just what in the hell do you think you’re doing! Get out!’ Byron Miller’s hands were clenched into meaty fists, only moments away from knocking Dorian on his ass. He stepped in Dorian’s pathway to block him from getting to Lisa. ‘Son, you can either leave on your own or I’ll throw you out myself!’ 

‘Daddy!’ Lisa took a step towards her father, but John held fast to her arm and kept her by his side.Lisa sent a horrified look Mona’s way, and in turn Mona turned to Ray, who was now her husband, to do something to stop the spectacle Dorian was making of Lisa’s wedding–and himself–but Ray was already on his way to Dorian’s side. 

‘Man, what are you doin’!’ Ray hissed. ‘Are you crazy?’ 

But Dorian ignored his cousin and addressed Lisa’s father in a respectful, but firm voice. ‘Mr. Miller, my name is Dorian Bradley–’ 

‘I know who you are, but what I don’t know, nor do I care to find out, is why you’re interrupting my daughter’s wedding! I wont tell you again to get out of this church!’ Lisa’s brothers’ faces showed their confusion, but they were ready to toss Dorian out on his ass and ask questions later. 

‘Sir, I mean no disrespect, but I cant do that. I love your daughter. I’m sorry, but I’m not leaving here. Not without Lisa.’ 

Lisa gasped when she heard what Dorian said, and before all hell could break loose, she wrenched her arm away from John and hurried to try to stop the catastrophe taking place, which could only be described as her worse nightmare. Mona and a couple of her bridesmaids ran behind her, picking up the train of her gown when she stumbled. John was right behind them. 

‘Daddy, wait!’ Lisa reached for her oldest brothers’ arm and tugged at it just as he grabbed for Dorian. ‘Jeff, stop! Please! You too, Nathan!’

Somehow, she got everyone to calm down. Now that the shock of seeing him had passed, Lisa glared at Dorian with angry tears shining in her eyes. She could tell from the obstinate set of his jaw that he wasn’t leaving willingly. 

‘What’s wrong with you! Why would you ruin my day like this?’ 

‘Five minutes, Lisa. That’s all I ask. Five minutes.’ 

‘You can’t be serious,’ John blustered. ‘Leave now or I’ll have someone call the police!’ 

Dorian ignored John as if he were of little or no consequence and kept his eyes glued to Lisa’s face. ‘After you talk to me, I promise I’ll leave if you still want me to.’ 

‘You’re crazy!’ John sputtered. ‘Someone call the police! I want him arrested for trespassing!’ 

Lisa pulled her eyes away from Dorian and touched John’s arm. ‘John, wait. I don’t want this to be any more of a sideshow than it already is. I’ll talk to him, he’ll leave, and then we’ll finish the ceremony.’ 

‘Lisa–’ 

‘Sweetheart, please.’ Lisa looked beseechingly up at John who reluctantly stepped aside as she walked passed him with Dorian behind her.Lisa gave her mother what she hoped was a reassuring smile as she passed her, then went through a door off to the side. The moment it closed behind them she turned and slapped the ever loving shit out of Dorian as hard as she could. When she opened her mouth to blast him to hell and back, he swooped down and pressed his lips against hers in a hungry, ravishing kiss.

Lisa’s cry of outrage changed to one of longing when his tongue touched hers. Fists that had been balled up and ready to deck him again at the first opportunity uncurled to clench the lapels of his jacket.When their lips finally parted, they were both breathing hard and heavy. Dorian rested his forehead against hers for a moment as he struggled to catch his breath. Lisa inhaled large gulps of air to help her gather her strength before pulling away from him. 

‘Dorian, why are you doing this? I don’t hear a word from you in almost five years, then you show up like this? On my wedding day?’ 

‘You ran out on me, Lisa. You haven’t heard from me because I’ve been trying like hell to get you out of my head, to convince myself what happened between us didn’t mean anything, but–’ 

‘Don’t give me that!’ Lisa’s anger returned. ‘Don’t make it seem like what we had was some great love affair that I ran away from. It was just sex. Nothing more. Besides, from all of the women you’ve been photographed with, I doubt very seriously you’ve been pining away for me.’ Lisa couldn’t help the bite of jealousy that accompanied her words. 

‘They weren’t you.’ 

‘Oh, bull!’ 

‘Are you trying to say that you’ve never thought about me? Never thought about us?’ 

Lisa cut her eyes away from him, unable to lie. ‘I’m getting married. I want you to leave.’ 

‘I never stopped thinking about you. Not once. I’ve kept up with you through Ray.’ 

‘And if that’s true, you knew I was getting married months ago. Why wait now to do this. You could’ve saved us both a lot of embarrassment.’

‘Because I told myself you wouldn’t actually go through with it, that the wedding would never take place. The closer this day came…’ Dorian shook his head as he took a step towards her. ‘I struggled with myself to stay away Lisa, you’ll never know how much I did, but just the thought of not ever having you in my life the way I always thought you eventually would be–’

‘What?? You have some nerve, do you know that? But of course you do. You’ve always been an arrogant son of a bitch. You’ve just proven it by putting your own selfish needs ahead of my happiness.’ 

‘Are you?’ 

‘Am I what?’ 

‘Happy.’ 

Lisa blinked rapidly as she looked away. ‘Yes.’ 

‘Liar.’ 

‘Dorian…’ 

‘Lisa, I love you.’Lisa slowly turned back to him. ‘What?’ 

‘I said I love you, baby. I think I always have, but I was too stubborn to admit It.’ 

‘Don’t…’ Lisa’s voice was a low whisper as she took a step back. 

‘Do you think I would come here and humiliate either one of us like this if I didn’t? Lisa, please don’t marry him. You don’t love him. And maybe I’m wrong, maybe you don’t love me, but I swear to God, baby, I’ll do whatever it takes to make you love me. Just please. Don’t do this.’ 

The two of them stared at each other with an intensity that was almost tangible. Dorian’s eyes were pleading and Lisa’s were scared…yet hopeful. The reason she’d left him without a word all those years ago was because she’d fallen in love with him and couldn’t stand the idea of him walking out of her life. So she’d done it first. But she’d never loved anyone else the way she loved Dorian–the way she still loved him. 

Hearing the door open, neither of them moved, not wanting to break the tenuous spell that had weaving its way around them. Then Lisa heard John call her name. 

‘Lisa? Are you alright? Is he leaving now, or do I need to call the police?’

Lisa finally broke the stare she and Dorian seemed to be locked in and dropped her eyes before turning to look at who she now knew was ex-fiancé with an expression full of sorrow and regret. She slowly pulled off the diamond ring he’d given her and held it out to him. 

‘John…I’m sorry…
Pulling into her circular driveway, Lisa shook her head and tried to banish thoughts of that day from her mind. John had contacted her a couple of years ago to let her know he’d forgiven her and that things had worked out the way they were supposed to have worked out.Sadness still lingered at having hurt him the way she had, but she’d never regretted the decision she’d made. Not for one moment. How could she? She had a wonderful husband who’d given her two beautiful children. No, she wouldn’t change a thing. With that being said, Lisa firmly put the past back where it belonged.Besides, she smiled as she jumped out of the truck and hurried to the front door. What she had waiting inside for her was going to require her full and undivided attention. 

Thoughts of her husband made her quicken her steps. Once inside, she hurried though the house and up the stairs to their bedroom, calling out Dorian’s name. He’d been on out of town for the last three weeks and she’d missed him like crazy. In the years they’d been married, their sex life had not diminished in the least. If anything, it had gotten hotter, more intense…and extremely satisfying. 

They’d been video chatting almost every night since he’d been gone. The kids got a kick out of seeing their Daddy talking to them through their tablet, and after Lisa would put them to bed, it was Mommy’s turn to get her grown up ‘kick’ from Daddy as well. Lisa’s nipples hardened at the memory. If she didn’t get a taste of her sexy ass husband in the next few minutes, she was going to scream! 

“Dorian? Baby, I’m home.” Lisa walked into the huge master bedroom with a look of anticipation on her face for what awaited her.“Honey?” She smiled when she saw him at her desk in the adjoining sitting room. “What are you doing? You’re supposed to be bare ass naked on the bed waiting on me to…” 

The rest of the sentence died on her lips and her steps slowed down when she saw he was reading something on her laptop. She immediately knew what it was. Damn! She’d forgotten to close it in her rush to get the kids ready this morning. Of course she’d planned on telling him, just not like this. 

Dorian stood up and turned to her with a closed expression on his face, but Lisa could see the anger simmering in his eyes. He folded his arms and pinned her with a direct stare that let her know he was indeed hot–but not the way she’d been anticipating. 

“You and John been emailing each other? How long has this been going on?”Lisa opened her mouth and took a deep breath. “Okay, first of all we haven’t been ‘emailing each other’ as you put it.” 

Dorian’s dark brows almost met as his forehead immediately knotted up. Glancing back down at the laptop, he hit the back button with the stroke of a key and scrolled down to two more emails from her ex-fiancé before looking up at her.“He’s sent you several emails.” The words snapped out as he pointed towards the screen. 

Lisa held her hands up as if to head off any potential misunderstandings. “And I only responded to the first one out of common courtesy. It was all very general. When I checked my email this morning, I saw that he’d written me again. As soon as I have a moment, I’m going to send him a message and tactfully let him know I think its best if we don’t communicate with one another.” 

“Tactfully? Lisa, just tell his ass not to contact you anymore. Better yet, block his email address if you have to. What does he think, that ya’ll gonna be buddies or something?”Lisa bit her lip and counted to ten before she answered. “I was going to tell you today, Dorian. I didn’t want to bring it up while you were away from home because I knew this is how you’d react.” 

Dorian leaned against the desk and crossed his ankles, silently studying Lisa when she moved the couple of steps it took to reach his side. She placed her palms on his chest, absently caressing his pecs. “I don’t want to argue. You know you have nothing whatsoever to worry about when it comes to John.”

“I’m not worried about him, but I don’t like the fact that it sounds like he’s trying to be friends with you. Would you be okay with ex-girlfriends of mine wanting to stay in touch with me?” 

“No, but I’d trust you to handle the situation. Matter of fact, I’ve trusted you to handle it on more than one occasion.”Lisa’s not so subtle words were a reminder of the women who, at the beginning of their marriage, had popped up seemingly every time she turned around. For a while it seemed like the only time they talked was when they argued. The first year of marriage was the hardest for most couples anyway; throwing in a never ending array of hungry women whose main goal it was to bed your husband made it an almost impossible situation. 

Lisa had been used to seeing women go crazy over Dorian in college, but the new breed of groupies at the professional level were a different animal altogether. They had no conscience and no morals; they collected pro-athletes as if it were a favorite hobby or full time job. And for some it was.
She lost count of the number of times she’d be standing right beside Dorian and women would dismiss and blatantly disrespect her by propositioning her husband right in front of her. But Dorian dealt with the ones bold enough to do so swiftly, at times cutting the more persistent ones down with words sharp enough to slice them to the bone. 

Eventually, the two of them hit their stride in their marriage. They became stronger and their bond unbreakable. But John remained a touchy subject for Dorian. This was the man he almost lost Lisa to, and he didn’t want him anywhere near his wife. He trusted Lisa. But John? That was a different story.“Lisa, you might think he doesn’t mean any harm, but fuck the ‘cant we all just get along’ bullshit. It ain’t happening. No, wait,” he said when she tried to cut in. “I’m not saying I don’t trust you to take care of it, Lisa, but if you’re going to handle it, then handle it.”Or I will.

Those three unspoken words loomed between them. The tension in the room became thick as they stared at each other. This was one of those pivotal moments where the next words said could either set things off and start an argument or break the ice and warm the chill that was in the air.
Lisa chose the latter option. Her face softened and her hands flattened against his chest before leisurely sliding up and clasping themselves behind his neck. She’d known he would be upset, but she didn’t expect it to be this bad. If he needed to be reassured that John was not a threat, then she had no problem doing that. She refused to let the issue cause discord between them. 

“I’ll handle it today and make sure he understands that I don’t want him contacting me anymore.” She reached up and kissed him softly on the lips. “Okay?” 

After a brief hesitation, Dorian’s arms circled around her waist and the tension melted from his body. He pulled her against him and meshed their mouths together in a long kiss while his hands found their way to her backside. Lisa stood up on tiptoe to deepen the kiss. 

When Dorian lifted his head, she murmured a protesting whine. Dorian smiled, tempted to tear her clothes off right now and give them what they’d been looking forward to the last few of weeks, but he forced himself to get control. 

“I just turned the bath water off a few minutes before you came in so it should still be hot. I know you’ve been a little stressed out while I’ve been gone, so go on and relax for a bit. I’ll be waiting for you when you come out.” 

Lisa frowned. She opened her mouth to tell him the only stress reliever she needed was him buried deep inside of her, but she saw the slight smile that played around his lips. He was up to something. Okay. She’d go along with him and play. 

“Alright. Don’t go anywhere.” 

“I won’t. Take your time.” Dorian smiled as he watched her walk away with that sexy walk of hers that he would watch all day if he could.Lisa deliberately put a little extra swing to her hips on the way to the master bathroom. Knowing he was watching, she decided to give him a show. Slowing her steps, she left a trail of clothes along the way: the tank top she wore ended up hitting him square in the face when she tossed it over her shoulder.Dorian’s laugh was low and sexy. It was obvious he was enjoying the mini strip tease. A low growl came next when she tugged her shorts and bikini panties down in one fluid motion. Lisa stepped out of the articles of clothing when they dropped to the floor, never breaking her stride. 

“Mmmmm….” The rumble of appreciation rolled from Dorian’s chest as his eyes dropped to her more than ample derriere. His dick jumped as images played out in his mind of how he planned to hit all that from the back.

Standing in front of the doorway to the bathroom, Lisa unsnapped the front opening of her white lacy bra and slipped the straps down her arms, letting it, too, fall to the floor. Just before she closed the bathroom door, she slowly pivoted around and gave him a good, long look at what she’d just unveiled for his viewing pleasure. 

Even though he had each and every inch of his wife’s body committed to memory, Dorian never tired of looking at her: 5’3”, almond shaped eyes, flawless milk chocolate skin all within an hourglass frame. She was one of the sexiest women he’d ever met. Her sensuality was innate and he loved that he was the one who’d tapped into that part of her and brought it out.He saw the way men stared at her.Far from being jealous, it brought out the male beast deep inside of him that made him want to beat his chest and yell out to them, ‘Yeah, motherfucker, she fine as hell and she’s all mine’. 

As his eyes traveled from the top of her pretty face on down to the hills and valleys and crevices of her body, he’d just about decided to say ‘fuck it’ and take her right where she stood. He straightened up from his stance against the desk to do just that when a satisfied smile touched her lips. Lisa wiggled her fingers at him and slowly closed the door. 

Dorian laughed when he heard her giggle. Little teasing minx. It was cool, though. He hadn’t forgotten about her little comment this morning as she was pulling out of the garage. He was going to enjoy making her pay for that. 

He shook his head and let out a deep breath, still seeing her naked body in his mind. Then he remembered the email. Dorian turned back to the computer and brought up the last one, silently reading it again: 

Lisa, 

It was good hearing from you. I guess you haven’t had a chance to answer my last email. I wanted to add that yes, I’m glad we made peace with one another years ago as well. I have to tell you though, and please don’t take this the wrong way. You’re one of those rare women who come along once in a lifetime. Your husband is a very lucky man.
I’m glad you’re happy. That’s really all I ever wanted for you. Hopefully, we can always remain friends. Matter of fact, I do quite a lot of business there in L.A. Maybe the next time I’m in town, you and I can have lunch to catch up. I’d love to meet those two adorable kids of yours. 

Don’t be a stranger, and hopefully we’ll talk soon. I’m enclosing my number if you ever feel like calling. Take care. 


John 

Dorian’s jaw tightened when he finished reading it. What the fuck was this dude’s angle? What man tried to be friends with a woman who dumped him at the alter for another man?

I do quite a lot of business there in L.A. Maybe the next time I’m in town, you and I can have lunch to catch up… 

Bullshit! 

Dorian drummed his fingers on the desk beside the computer as he took a deep breath, and held it before exhaling. The only thing he could think of was that the motherfucker had a death wish. That had to be it. Because if he came anywhere near Lisa, he’d get his ass kicked back to wherever he came from. 

His fingers drummed faster. He sat down in front of the computer and was just getting ready to click the mouse to send a replying email telling John just that, but he paused. No. He told Lisa he would let her handle it. But he wanted it nipped in the budnow. Today.Because like he’d told his wife, if she didn’t feel comfortable doing it, he had no problem whatsoever getting’John’sass all the way straight if he had to. 


***Inside the bathroom, Lisa’s smile stayed on her face as she leaned back against the door. The look on Dorian’s face promised a retribution she had no doubt he planned on dishing out. She’d gladly accept her punishment like the bad girl she planned on being.Pushing away from the door, though, her amusement quickly faded when she glanced towards the tub. Her lips parted in surprise when she saw red, pink, and yellow roses floating in the water. With her mouth still open, she walked over to the Jacuzzi tub and trailed her fingers through the water, causing the petals to lightly float around in the ripple. Dorian had added her favorite scented oil, and as he said, the water was still hot.Lisa sighed in utter contentment when she lowered herself into the steaming water and sank down low. She closed her eyes and rested her head back against the bath pillow and just…relaxed. So good to have her baby home. She missed the little things he did to spoil and pamper her.When he was home, and especially in the off-season, he was a hands on dad, which included taking the kids every once and a while so that she could have some ‘me time’. While a cleaning lady came in several times a week to help with the upkeep of the large home they lived it, she didn’t employ a nanny. Never had, which was a rarity in this world. She could count on one hand the number of women she knew who didn’t have nannies to help take care of her children. Some had two and even three.But Lisa was from the old school. She didn’t need anyone in her home to help raise her kids. She was raising them with the same morals her parents had brought her and her brothers up with, and that’s the way she intended it to stay.Languishing in the water for about twenty more minutes, she finally stood up to dry off. She was getting ready to wrap the towel around her when she looked over and saw a pair of sky high black Louies with large satin bows on the back.Lisa let out a small scream when she saw them. Dorian knew she was a self-proclaimed shoe horse; these were simply gorgeous. He’d apparently bought them and put them in the bathroom as a surprise. Beside them was a sheer, black negligee.Deciding to forgo the gown, Lisa quickly dried off then slipped the shoes on before opening the bathroom door to join Dorian in the bedroom. As an afterthought, she went back for a bottle of edible massage oil and a towel. He deserved a special treat for the shoes alone.Dorian was lying on the bed wearing a pair of satin red boxers with one leg hanging over the side and the other propped up on the comforter. One of her favorite songs played softly in the background. He’d been staring up at the ceiling, frowning as if in deep thought with his fingers interlocked behind his head, but when he heard the door open, he turned to look at her with a slow smile pulling across his lips. 

Lisa studied him from where she stood and took in the delicious sight of his body. She lusted after this man almost as much as she loved him. The diamond earring in his ear sparkled as he sat up on one elbow while his eyes visually fucked her and told her just what he planned on doing to her. Lisa’s eyes lingered on the cross he’d had tatted on his chest back in college. When they'd gotten married, he’d added his initials at the top of the cross and hers to the right because he’d told her she was his right hand, his everything. After the children were born, he’d tatted their initials in the remaining points of the cross, making it complete. 

Watching her walk across the room, Dorian’s teeth gnawed on his bottom lip. His eyes dropped to the shoes. “I see you found the gift I brought you.”

Lisa pulled her hungry eyes away from him long enough to answer. “Yes. I absolutely love them. You did good, Mr. Bradley,” she grinned.Standing beside the bed, she held out her hand to him, and when he stood up and took it, she led him over to the large overstuffed chair that sat on the other side of the bed. 

Dorian’s eyes were fastened to the slight bounce of her ass as he walked behind her before sitting down.“What happened to the gown?” His voice was laced with amusement, but the way his hot gaze ran over her body, she could tell he didn’t mind. 

“I’ll save it for another time.”Lisa put the massage oil and the towel on the floor then placed a hand on either side of the arm of the chair. She leaned down until she was eye level with him and gave him a long, wet kiss.Dorian reached up and placed his hand on the back of her neck when Lisa sucked his tongue into her mouth, but when he tried to pull her down on his lap, she placed her hands against his chest and stepped back. 

The next song on the mixed CD Janet Jackson’sAnytime, Anyplace. Dorian’s eyes were smoldering hot. He watched her with an intensity that scorched her body. She felt like she was on the verge of exploding and he hadn’t even touched her yet. Closing her eyes, she reached up and covered her breasts and began to move to the music, letting the words sweep her away: 

In the thunderin' rain… 
You stare into my eyes 
I can feel your hands… 
Moving up my thighs… 
Skirt around my waist… 
Wall against my face… 
I can feel your lips… 
I don't wanna stop just because… 
People walkin' by are watchin' us… 

Her hips swayed seductively. She opened her eyes and saw he’d sat back in the chair and was watching her every move. Just the knowledge that he found her sexy turned Lisa on even more. 

Working the four-inch FMP’s like a pro, she let her ands roam across her skin and explore her body before slowly sinking down and squatting in front of him. Dorian licked his lips when her hands rested on her knees and teasingly spread her legs open to give him a glimpse of what awaited him. She was so wet that her juices reminded him of the sugary glaze on a doughnut. 

Dorian’s hand covered the erection swelling up in the front of his boxers. “Come here, baby.” 

Lisa bit her bottom lip and kept eye contact with him. She got on all four and crawled the short distance to where he was.Dorian settled even deeper into the plush softness of the chair, not taking his eyes off of the sexy picture Lisa made. This was why he had no desire to stray from his wife. Aside from the fact that he loved her more than anything in the world, she was everything he could ever want in a woman. In public, she was the perfect package: gorgeous, funny, intelligent, great conversationalist… 

But behind closed doors, she was anything he wanted her to be. She could be sweet and sexy or his nasty little freak. Nothing was off limits. He watched her slither between his widely spread muscular thighs and kneel in front of him before bringing her hands to the waistband of his boxers. Dorian lifted his hips so that she could pull them off.Lisa reached for the massage oil and poured a generous amount over her breasts so that it ran over her nipples and trickled down the center of her chest to her stomach. 

Dorian’s hand grabbed his shaft and slowly started to stroke and squeeze his dick as he watched her rub the oil into her skin until her breasts were slick and glimmering wet. “Damn, Lisa…” 

Lisa lowered her head and swiped her tongue between the soft slit on top of his dick before sucking her lips just over the head. Dorian closed his eyes but opened them just as quickly so he wouldn’t miss a minute of the visual stimulation she was giving him. He cursed under his breath when Lisa lifted her head and replaced the warmth of her mouth with the warmth of his dick between her breasts.“Awww, yes. Shit.” 

Sandwiching his shaft, Lisa slid her breasts up and down his thick, long, inches. Dorian groaned and pumped his hips in between the tight fit of her plump breasts. His hands took over for a moment, massaging and squeezing her tits, and telling Lisa how good it felt. When he pushed up, she swirled her tongue around the head and licked at the drops of pre-cum gathering at the tip. 

“Baby…” Dorian’s voice grew hoarse. “That shit feels good as fuck.”But not ready to cum just yet, he wrapped his fingers in her hair and pulled her head up, letting her lips slowly slide up until he slipped out of her mouth. Standing, he lifted her up and walked her over to the bed. Lying on his back, Dorian brought her down on him in the 69 position so that her pussy straddled his face and her mouth hovered over his dick.The erotic smell of her sex acted as an aphrodisiac to his senses. His fingers separated the lips of her sex, allowing him unrestricted access to what he wanted. With his mouth opened wide over her opening, he dipped his tongue in and out, licking around the outside of her labia before snaking inside her tunnel while she went back to tasting his dick. Dorian’s groan of pleasure vibrated on her clit, making Lisa raise her head up and moan out his name.
At times like this, she could understand how a man could let his little head take over and run shit, because when it came to Dorian, her kitty ran the show and did his bidding.

“Dorian, baby please….” She knew he was teasing her because he could’ve made her explode moments after touching her if he wanted to. She’d barely gotten the plea out of her mouth, however, when Dorian flipped her over on her back. His mouth never left her pussy.Pushing her legs back, his tongue stroked her clit like the strings on a guitar, and the sounds she made was the music he played. Seconds later, flashes of light went off behind her tightly clenched eyes as she came hard. Dorian held on and continued to devour her sweetness as she writhed and thrashed about on the bed. 

Breathing hard, Lisa opened her eyes when he finally lifted his head and looked at her. “Turn over.” 

Lisa assumed the position she already knew he wanted her in. Once she was on her hands and knees, she glanced over her shoulder and watched him as he stroked his dick while staring at her ass. “I missed you, baby.” 

“Did you miss this dick, too? Because I damn sure missed my pussy.”

“Yes, baby, you know I did.” 

Still holding his shaft, he slid the head up and down her slit. “Come and get this, Lisa. Fuck Daddy’s dick.” 

Wanting him inside of her more than anything else she could think of, Lisa moved her hips back and ran her pussy back on his dick. With his hands to his side, Dorian watched as she fucked him, circling her ass up his length and squeezing her muscles as she slid back down. Dorian let her work his shit for a few minutes before he took control. Holding on to her hips he buried himself inside and fucked her deep and hard just the way she liked it.

“Is this what you missed, Lisa?” 

“Yes, baby…oh, yes, fuck me like that, Dorian. Take your pussy, baby.”
Dorian placed a hand on the small of her back, wordlessly directing her to lie down on her stomach. He moved his legs on the outside of hers. Lisa brought her thighs together, crossing her ankles so that his dick was trapped in her tight heat. Dorian placed his hands on either side of her body and looked down so that he could watch himself move in and out of her pussy, feeding her his dick.

“Daaaamnn baby,” he breathed. “I’ll never be able to get enough of you. You know that?” 

The friction the snug fit created along with his wife’s good pussy sent him over the edge. Dorian moved faster and faster until his body stilled and tensed moments before releasing his cum deep inside of her. His grunts of ecstasy sounded through the straining chords of his throat as he emptied every bit he’d had backed up and waiting to let loose. Feeling as if he’d sprinted across the finish line of a marathon, he collapsed down on her and turned his face to rest on her back. 

 


Lisa’s breathing slowed as she drifted into a light doze. Dorian’s hand ran soothingly along her skin, knowing they were far from finished. He placed several kisses on her back before inhaling deeply and lying back down on her. 

His thoughts drifted back to the emails again. Opening his eyes, his gaze went to the computer. John was trying to fuck with something that Dorian placed above anything. He would hurt a motherfucker who tried to worm his way between him and his family– between him and his woman, and he meant that.Apparently, John didn’t know the rules of the game, but if he persisted with this dumb shit? Dorian would gladly be the one to school and educate him straight from the playbook.© 2017 S.K. HardyALL RIGHTS RESERVEDAll rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means without the written permission of the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.