The Job Offer

Ben woke up a little before five am, stretched his arm out in the dark to feel Anne's warm body in the spot next to him, and sighed in relief. He watched her fall asleep the night before, and held her in his arms, afraid that if he let go that she would get up and leave. He looked at her now with the light of the alarm clock casting enough light to see the softness of her face while she slept. He stared at her committing her face to memory. It was Thursday, and he only had less than four full days to try to win her heart. On Sunday he would be leaving, and she was leaving next week sometime. He never asked on what day she was planning to go back east. After Sunday morning, he would never see her again. It did not matter until now.

  He wasn’t ready to let her go, but he did not know how to keep her in Seattle. Her life was out east, and his was here. She said she only wanted this to be a vacation romance and that once she left then that would be it. He had agreed to it because that was all he thought he wanted at the time. But he was wrong. He wanted her for a lot longer than a vacation romance. He had to woo her. He had to show her how good they were together. He knew it was too soon after their reunion to be in love with her, but he was. When she asked him last night how he saw their relationship, he realized that he loved her. Maybe he always had.

  He thought about their unprotected sex yesterday. He never asked her if she was on birth control. Right now, he didn’t want to know. Right now he wanted to think that there was a chance that his baby was already growing inside of her. She would be a good mother; he knew that. He asked her last night about what she thought about a baby being a good reason for marriage, not because he had past girlfriends who tried to trap him, but because of the idea that if she became pregnant then he would marry her. Then when he heard her talk about her natural father and that she would not get married just because she was pregnant, he knew that she was right, and he was thinking foolishly. But if she became pregnant, he would be there. A baby would give him a reason to still keep her in his life.

  He looked at her face with the digital light shining on it and smiled. He had dated several women over the years, some of them he had a physical relationship with and some he did not. There were several who dated him because they wanted something from him, namely his money. Now, here he was with a woman who wanted nothing from him, and he was hooked.

  He reached out his hand and traced her breast running his fingertips over her nipple until it hardened into a pebble. Then he twirled it in his fingers and tugged on it gently. Anne began to stir. Leaning over, he took her breast into his mouth and moved his hand down until his fingers found her already wet. He pushed his finger inside of her, and she moaned with pleasure. Then he teased her until she began to push herself into his hand.

  Letting her go, he quickly reached over to the nightstand and grabbed a foil packet. Then he slipped on the condom and positioned himself between Anne's thighs, the head of his penis pressed against her opening, waiting. She opened her eyes and looked at him then said his name breathlessly. Watching her face, he pushed himself inside of her slowly feeling her open a little bit at a time to hug him in her warmth. Her eyes remained open watching him. When he was in a far as he could go, he held still watching her face. Then he pulled out slowly and pushed back in. He watched the different expressions of passion cross her face at the sensation of him moving inside of her.

  He pulled out again until he was almost outside of her then pushed back in more forcefully. She gasped and closed her eyes enjoying his movement. He waited for her to open her eyes again then began repeating the movement, each time pushing in a little further with more force. Each time, he waited until she was watching him before he began again. She began to pant and he watched her breasts rise and fall with each breath, her nipples hard. He moved his hands to her breasts and pinched her nipples gently with each thrust until she was crying out with pleasure.

  He kept up with the torment of her body until he could feel her inner muscles begin to quiver. Then he pushed himself in so far he felt the wall of her womb open to him. Her body exploded in an orgasm that went on and on, and he held still inside of her absorbing the sensation of her body gripping his in this timeless dance of lovers. When her body quieted, he started again from the beginning until she reached another orgasm. This time, he let his control go when her body began to contract around him, and he had the most power orgasm he had ever experienced. His vision went white for a second as he began to release his seed into the condom.

  He collapsed on top of her and she wrapped her arms and legs around him to hold him against her and inside of her. He wrapped his arms under her back then held her tight and pushed his face into her neck. They stayed that way holding each other with their bodies still joined for several minutes until he was sure he was squishing her beneath him. Finally, he removed his arms and put them on the sides of her head so that he could lift his weight off of her. After raising his head, he looked at her face and was surprised to see a trail of tears that ran from her eyes to her hairline. He kissed one of her eyes then the other and pulled himself out of her body. Then he rolled to his back. She moved against him until her head rested on his shoulder, and he held her against him until the sun came up.

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