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“Same ol’, same ol’.” Liz shrugged. “Zoe did leave her sketches for you to look at on your desk. Other than that, nothing going on but the rent.”

“Good to know.” Kieran sipped his coffee and made his way to the office. “I’ll talk with you ladies later.”

The ladies stood together and admired their boss. “I wonder if his brothers are still players?” Margaret wondered aloud.

“If they’re anything like Kieran, they can play me anytime they want.” Liz nodded.

“I’m sure they’re not that bad,” Karen added, “I think they just need to find the right girl to settle down with. I know one of them is the head of Madre’s. Maybe he’s just too busy running the family business to settle down?”

“That might be it. You know how those executives are – all work and no play.” Margaret mentioned.

“It only takes the right girl to make them play just as hard outside the boardroom and into the bedroom,” Liz chimed in. “Maybe that’s what Zoe has – she got herself an executive man.”

****

Lord have mercy.

She squeezed her eyes tightly shut as Joey’s tongue pleasured her. One hand had a death grip on the back of his head while her other hand searched for something to keep steady. He said he wanted to clean her body and she naively thought he meant just the loofah and soap. Oh, he did that as well but once he was finished, that’s when the real cleaning began.

“Shh,
regina
…” he put a finger to his lips as he carefully kneeled down on the tub floor.

Zoe felt her legs spread apart and Joey gripped the backs of her thighs tight, pulling her to his face. “I’m about to fall, J!” She cried.

“I got you, I got you,” he promised, “just trust me.”

Zoe opened her legs wider to accommodate him and watched him with curiosity. She felt her folds spread apart with one finger while another one entered inside her core. The sudden invasion caught her by surprise and a small yelp came out. “Shhh…” Joey purred. “…I got you.”

Zoe relaxed her body and let out a deep breath, closing her eyes and leaning against the shower wall. She had one leg placed on Joey’s shoulder while the other one remained spread.

She felt his warm mouth on her clit, his tongue circling the swollen nub as it bounced. He then dragged his tongue back and forth from her hole to her clit in a rapid-fire motion, causing one leg to buckle.

Take me higher.

Joey concentrated on her clit, alternating between sucking and licking, while he inserted a finger inside her core. Zoe shook her head from side to side, trying to remain steady but enjoying the pleasure. Her soft moans became guttural and her breathing, shallow.

“Oh fuck!” She squealed as the orgasm washed over her and her entire being convulsed, as if she was transported to another time and place. She felt her body shift a little as Joey helped her stand back up. Her heavy-lidden eyes slowly opened and she breezily smiled at him. “Where did you learn how to do that?”

“That’s a question you don’t ask,” he winked. “You just enjoy it.”

“I most certainly did.” She smiled and stroked his cock. “I owe you the favor.”

“When we’re finally out of the shower,” Joey interrupted and helped his girlfriend wash up, “I don’t want to interrupt your mouth just to get out of the shower and put on a condom.”

“Fair enough,” Zoe smiled.

****

Kieran flipped through Zoe’s sketches and became more impressed by the pages. She was beyond talented and there wasn’t a doubt that Tiana would agree. He saw some pages had unfinished sketches and thought it would’ve been a great idea to drop off the sketches in case Zoe became inspired and wanted to finish them. He decided to drop them off at her home.

Kieran got into his SUV and drove to Zoe’s place. Once he arrived, he grabbed the

sketches and made a beeline to her condo. He knocked on the door and skimmed through the sketches as he waited for her. He was very impressed. Colorful designs filled the pages and she scribbled notes as to what fabric she wanted to use and when the design should come out. A smile spread on Kieran’s face. His confidence in choosing Zoe to be the designer Tyson’s Heart grew exponentially and he couldn’t have been prouder of that decision.

He heard the door unlocked and slowly open. “Hey Zoe, I stopped by to drop off your…”

Kieran stopped cold in his speech upon the sight before him. He bit the inside of his cheek while his lips puckered. “…your sketches.”

Before Kieran was a soaking wet Joey, with one of Zoe’s plush pink bath towels wrapped around his waist. “Hey…bro.” He nervously smiled.

“I came by to drop off Zoe’s sketches since she left them at the office and she hasn’t been in all week.” Kieran felt the anger build inside him. “She said she wasn’t going out of town so I thought I would just drop them off.”

“I’ll make sure she gets them,” Joey reached for the sketches and was met with resistance when Kieran didn’t let them go.

“Tomorrow,” Kieran’s eyes had an icy glare to them, “we’re talking.”

“I got plans, bro,” Joey replied.

“You will make time.” Kieran emphasized.

Twenty-Two

“You look like you just saw a ghost,” Zoe commented as Joey walked back to her

bedroom.

Joey held up his girlfriend’s sketches. “Kieran dropped off your sketches just now.”

Zoe leaned back on the bed, supported by her hands. “Let me guess he saw you? Shit…”

“It is what it is,” Joey set the sketches aside and joined Zoe on the bed. “He’s not too happy that I’m here and I’m sure he could put two and two together as to why I’m here and why you’ve been missing work.”

Zoe sat up and wrapped an arm around Joey’s waist. “I don’t want to cause any problems between you and Kieran, J. If us being together is going to cause issues between you two…”

“It won’t.” Joey declared. “I promise you it won’t. It’s just…my reputation amongst my brothers, especially when it comes to women, isn’t necessarily a good one. I know where Kieran is coming from and I respect his opinion. But he also needs to stay out of my business and let things be.”

“He thinks you’re going to play me?” Zoe finally asked.

“In a nutshell,” Joey confirmed.

“Well…?”

“Well, what?”

“Are you?”

Joey turned to Zoe with an incredulous look on his face. “Are you serious right now?”

“It’s an honest question, J.” Zoe leisurely crossed her legs. “I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t have a reason to.”

Joey turned towards her. “Okay, I almost got locked jaw by going down on you and you’re still going to pursue that question?”

“Giving me a good licking doesn’t equate to you being a faithful partner,” Zoe explained,

“it just means you know how to eat the box.”

“I’m not going to play you, Zo. Is that better?” Joey was frustrated he had to defend his current actions to his girlfriend when he thought she should’ve picked it up long before he had to explain.

“Are you mad?”

“Irritated.” He huffed.

Zoe took off her towel and kneeled in front of her boyfriend. She spread his legs wide and played with his flaccid cock until it hardened within her hands. “Maybe I can make it up to you.”

Seeing a woman play with his cock was one of the most beautiful things Joey had ever seen. It was more special that it was a woman he was in love with. “I’m starting to wonder, Ms.

Mitchell,” Joey’s lips curved up into a large smile, “you did that intentionally.”

“Shhh…” she palmed his dick until it stood straight up for attention and service. She lightly kissed the underside of his cock before she gave it a long lick and suckled on the mushroom tip. “…are you going to give me a dissertation on your thoughts or are you going to shut up and enjoy this?”

She once again flicked out her tongue, snaking it around his long and hard cock as she took him again in her hot mouth. She relaxed her throat and began to deep throat him, using the extra saliva that collected in her throat and made loud slurping noises. Over and over, she took him whole into her mouth, one hand steadying herself on his thighs while the other played with his balls.

Zoe briefly opened her eyes and watched Joey’s reaction with a pride smile on her face.

His head was thrown back and his eyes fluttered as guttural moans escaped his throat. He gently tugged on her hair and a few times almost forced her down on his cock. Whenever he tried that maneuver, Zoe surprised him but wrapping her tongue around his thick shaft and sucked hard, forcing Joey to bite down on a fist and exert a ‘fuck!’

She suddenly stopped long enough to retrieve a condom and slid it on his shaft. She gently pushed Joey back down on the bed and climbed on top of him. She kissed all over his body, the way he did to her many times over, from his nipples to the hip dents leading to his cock and back up to his neck, where she sucked on it. She then sat completely on his cock, wiggling her hips a little.

“You feel so good inside my pussy, baby,” Zoe slowly rocked her hips back and forth, “I love how your cock feels inside me.”

She leaned forward and pinned Joey’s arms to the side as she increased her tempo to a light bouncing motion. She pressed her chest against his as their tongues intertwined, soft moans filling the room, as they once again became one. They were lost within themselves and in each other as they rocked together. Up and down. In and out. Back and forth.

Joey flipped Zoe on her back and pushed hard into her, burying to the hilt. He spread her legs wide with one hand while the other gently thumbed her clit. He looked down at Zoe and felt a slow smirk appear on his face. Her head was thrown back and her back was arched off the bed.

She clawed and scraped at his moist skin, begging him to not stop.

He soon felt the small flutters inside her pussy as her climax began. Her thighs trembled and her breathing became more sporadic. The harder she fought, it seemed the more tense she became, as she threw her head back and forth as if she silently telling her body to stop.

“Let it go,
regina
,” Joey purred, “let it go. Don’t fight it. I want you to come on my dick.”

Zoe’s entire body shook as the orgasm rippled through her, screaming his name and

shouting to the heavens. Her feet tightly curled up as Joey drove into her relentlessly, wanting his own orgasm. His body stilled as he emptied inside the condom, closing his eyes and catching his breath.

He pulled out of Zoe long enough to dispose the condom and came back to bed. He

wrapped themselves in sheets and Zoe fell into a deep sleep, snuggled against her lover. Joey softly kissed her forehead and gently rubbed her shoulder as he stared up at the ceiling.

He no longer cared about what Kieran or anyone else would think. He was in love with Zoe and that was that.

****

Kieran was the type of man who didn’t get easily annoyed by trivial things. Things that would bother her or other people, Kieran would just shrug it off like it was no big deal. It was one of the qualities she found fascinating and refreshing about her husband. He was always so calm, cool, and collected.

Except tonight.

He didn’t say much but she could tell he was seething with anger the moment he walked through the door. He finally had a smile on his face when he played with their children and ate dinner but Tiana could tell whatever was bothering him was just boiling and about to overflow.

When they finally made love, all the aggression and anger Kieran had pent up inside of him flowed out with every position and thrust, daring Tiana to remain quiet as he pistoned inside her with a reckless abandon and determination. He spread her legs apart and played with her clit as he pounded inside her, his eyes closed as if he was concentrating on something. When he flipped her over and rode her doggystyle, he slammed into her so hard and so deep, Tiana had to grab several pillows to bite down so she wouldn’t wake their children.

After the third exhausting sex session, Tiana finally called for a time-out. She was beyond sore and she still had to go to work and give a presentation in a few hours.

“You want to tell me what that was about?” She asked as she covered herself up with the sheets. “I can tell the difference between you missing me and you wanting to fuck the anger out.”

Kieran ran a hand through his hair. He was angry. He was frustrated. How dare his brother defy him? How long had he and Zoe been keeping that secret from him? It was already

November, which meant they were sneaking around for several months. Did Joey not care about Kieran’s investment in Zoe?

“Joey’s sleeping with Zoe.” Kieran finally admitted. “I found out when I went over to her house to drop off the sketches this morning on the way to meet with a new client.”

“Oh.” The news surprised Tiana. “I didn’t know he was out here.”

“You and me both,” Kieran replied and the thought made him even more pissed. “I don’t know how long it’s been but Joey and I are having a conversation tomorrow about it.”

Tiana bit her lip and looked out her balcony doorway. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“What do you mean? If he plays her, which we both know he will, it’ll mess up the fashion line.” Kieran shook his head in disgust, “I’m going to put a stop to it before it starts.”

“I think you need to fall back on this one, baby.” Tiana pressed. “I don’t think you getting involved is a good idea.”

Kieran turned to his wife with a smoldered look on his face. “Oh? Do you not care about your investment?”

“I care about Tyson’s Heart, yes. But Zoe is not the only designer in town, Kieran. If things don’t work out with her, we can always get another designer.” A slow smirk formed on Tiana’s face. “Me thinks your issue isn’t about what their relationship could potentially do to Tyson’s Heart but rather your feelings towards Zo.”

“Tee…”

“I know how you feel about her, K,” she interlocked her an arm with his, “I know you see her as the little sister you never had and you two have a very close relationship. I also know how you feel about Joey and his choice – or lack thereof – in women. I understand you don’t want to see Zoe getting hurt, especially by Joey. But they are grown people, baby. If there are going to be problems between them, it has to remain
between them
. Your involvement will only make matters worse. Let them love and live. If it works out, that’s great. If it doesn’t, too bad. But either way, it has to be because they were the ones that came to that decision, not you.”