Loved by the Billionaire: A Torrid, Romantic BWWM Story (5 page)

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CHAPTER EIGHT

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CHAPTER NUMBER EIGHT

The next morning, Anthony glanced down at LaKeeta as she lay cuddled in his arms. He hadn't told her about his run-in with the two men at Body Work Zone the previous day. But, because of them, he'd intended to park down the street and watch her place that night, so that he could make sure she was safe.

Sergeant Wilshire had promised to discreetly place an undercover patrolman on LaKeeta's street until they could clear the matter up. However, in addition to the officer,  Anthony knew he would feel better being on the street, too. He needed to look out for her himself.

His protective instincts — where it came down to LaKeeta — hadn't really surprised him. He'd been fantasizing about her, practically ever since they'd met. In all honesty, he hadn't been able to get her off his mind. 

Despite his growing feelings for her, he hadn't been expecting anything remotely sexual to go down between them the previous night.

He grinned. Despite not expecting what had happened, he damn sure wasn't about to complain about any of it. Deep down inside, he had known for weeks that he was attracted to LaKeeta, he'd just been fighting it. He frowned.
I have my reasons
.

He quickly pushed the events of his distant past from his mind. He refused to allow them to taint his future.

He smiled. Now that he had experienced LaKeeta's sweetness in an intimate way, he was more than certain that he was starting to fall for her.
Already 'have' fallen for her
, he mentally corrected himself.

Still half-asleep, LaKeeta grimaced, then smiled. She'd just felt a muscular arm around her waist. “I must be having the dream about Anthony again,” she murmured sleepily under her breath, without opening her eyes.

It took her close to a full minute to realize that the long finger stroking the walls of her pussy was not her own. Her eyes flew open in surprise. She stared straight into a pair of gorgeous gray ones. Then everything that had happened only hours earlier quickly washed over her.

Anthony grinned, then leaned into her ear. He whispered, “It's not a dream, babe. I hope you like what I'm doing to you.”

As much as she wanted him to take her over the top again, her logical mind was screaming to her body that everything going on in that bed was madness.

Sensing her feelings, Anthony reluctantly pulled his finger away from her honeypot.

He'd already seen and touched every inch of her body, so she knew the act of pulling the blankets up to her chin to protect her nakedness was ludicrous.

“I hope you're not regretting what we shared last night, LaKeeta —,” his eyes met hers, “—because I'm not.”

She closed her eyes. She wasn't exactly sure of what to say to him.
All of that fantasizing about him fucking my brains out evidently got the better of me
, she thought to herself.

“You wanna talk about us, LaKeeta?”

She shook her head, then frowned. “No....yes....maybe.” She sighed. “There's no
us
to talk about
, Anthony. This is crazy.”

He reached over and took her hand into his. “What's crazy about it, LaKeeta? This attraction has been between us ever since we first met. I'm pretty much sure you felt it, too, sweetheart. I could tell from the look in your eyes.”

She sighed, then pursed her lips. “Yeah, there was an attraction alright. It's called pure, unadulterated lust.”

He shook his head. “It's more than that.” He put her hand up to his chest. “I can feel it in here.”

“That's impossible, Anthony. We've only know each other for a little over three weeks.”

He gave her a smile. “I take it you don't believe in love at first sight?”

She frowned. “Um,  you don't expect me to think that you've fallen in love with me do you?”

The smile left his eyes. It was replaced by a serious expression. “Why wouldn't I fall in love with you LaKeeta? You're beautiful, smart, sexy, funny, kind....the total package.”

She couldn't believe she was actually hearing him tell her all the things she'd been fantasizing about hearing him say for weeks. It was too unbelievable for her to wrap her brain around.

She was aware enough about her body to know that she was attractive to certain men. She'd just never thought that she would be Anthony Paulson's type.

As if reading her mind, he gave her hand a gentle squeeze. He smiled. “Once again, you're the complete package, LaKeeta Hunt. Trust me and believe that.”

She thought about what he'd just said. He looked so sincere. But should she believe him? Or was he just bullshitting to stay in her panties.

He continued. “I was hoping that we could have a relationship that went beyond just sex.”

She shook her head. “I don't know, Anthony—”

“
Tell you what. Give me a chance to show you that we could have much more.”

She looked at him with her eyes full of doubt. “Show me?”

He nodded his head. “Yes.”

She tilted her head to the side. She somehow really wanted to give him a chance. What girl wouldn’t want to believe that her very own knight-in-shining-armor had galloped into her life?

She sighed. “By show me….what do you mean?”

He grinned. “Well for starters, I’d like for you to go away with me for a week. I own a ranch right outside of the city. Spend some time with me out there. We could get to know each other much better.” His smiled widened. “And I could teach you how to ride. I have a stable full of horses and several acres of property. It would be like a mini vacation of sorts.”

She frowned. “I have my bakery to run. I just can’t up and leave it for a whole week.”

“
You told me just yesterday that your sister could run the place by herself. If I paid for a couple of your other part-time workers to help out during the week, do you think you would consider it?”

She shook her head. “I don’t know, Anthony.”

He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “Okay, LaKeeta. I won’t try to pressure you. But will you think about it?”

She gave him a tiny smile. “Okay. I’ll think about it and let you know what I’ve decided tomorrow when we meet for our exercise session. In the meantime, my sister will want my head on a platter if I don’t make it in to help her this morning.”

She grinned again. “By the way, thanks for recommending Keeta’s Just Dessertz to your friends and family. It’s made a big difference in my bottom line.”

He returned her smile. “How’d you know about that?”

“
Oh, I have my ways of finding things out.”

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Later on that Evening:

Since she wasn’t going to meet with Anthony to train that day, LaKeeta, her sister, and a couple of their friends had decided to meet at Hermann Park to walk.

As the four women in their crew completed the second mile of their five-mile trek, Adina McAlister gave her old friend a tiny smile. “You’re glowing today, LaKeeta and not from the walk. You meet someone special or something?”

LaKeeta's younger sister, NyAsia giggled. “Oh, she met somebody alright. That fine ass trainer of hers over at Body Work Zone.”

LaKeeta glared at NyAsia, then shook her head. Adina smiled. “Which one? Calvin or that other guy?” She fanned herself with her hand. “Ladies, if I wasn't a happily married woman, I'd be all over the blonde one.”

“Oh, neither,” NyAsia said with a grin on her face. “The new guy's the one she has the hots for.”

LaKeeta couldn't deny that she did indeed have the hots for Anthony. The fact that they'd been intimate the past night was proof of that. However, she wasn't quite ready for the world to know about them being a couple just yet.
Hell, I don't even know if we're a couple for sure my damn self
.

“What new guy?” Adina asked them.

NyAsia grinned over at her sister. “His name is Anthony....Anthony Paulson. Isn't that right, Keeta?”

Adina crinkled her brows deep in thought. “Um....Anthony Paulson. The name sounds very familiar for some odd reason.”

At that point, Adina's best friend, Jessica, joined in on the conversation. “I don't know if it's the same guy you're talking about, NyAsia, but Anthony Paulson is the CEO of Body Work Zone. I remember reading that article on him in the paper when they first broke ground here in Houston a few years ago.” She turned to LaKeeta. “And yes, girlfriend....he
is
a certifiable hottie. And he's loaded. He used to stay on the US most eligible bachelors list. That is until he took a hiatus from dating several years ago.”

Jessica stopped and took a swig from her water bottle, then she continued speaking. “The tabloids had said something about some wretched, ditzy bitch getting him to sleep with her and then taking the used condom out of the trashcan. Apparently the woman inseminated herself with his seed without him knowing about it.”

Adina nodded her head, agreeing with Jessica. “Yeah, I remember. She would have gotten away with it too, but the baby died halfway into her pregnancy. Some people speculated that he'd had a hand in the baby's death somehow. But nothing ever came out to prove it. His ass is a billionaire and shit, you know?”

Jessica playfully cut her eyes at Adina. “Honey, I don't know why you're making that face about somebody being a billionaire. Your husband is loaded, as well.”

Adina playfully stuck her tongue out at her friend. “But my husband isn't running around killing noboby.”

A frown came across LaKeeta's face.
There's no way in hell that my Anthony is the CEO of freaking Body Work Zone
. At the same time, as soon as she got home, she had every intention of finding out for sure. She was gonna Google his ass online.

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When she finally got home that evening, it was close to nine o'clock. She was tired, hot, and sweaty. But, the first thing she did was to boot-up her laptop.

Five minutes later, she closed her eyes, then frowned. Jessica had been right. Her trainer—the very same man who she'd been falling in love with and who she'd given her coochy to—was indeed the CEO of Body Work Zone.

She couldn't find but a small amount of information on him and the woman who had stolen his sperm. Deep down inside, she couldn't imagine Anthony doing anything to harm anyone like that—especially not a woman who was carrying his child.

She frowned.
But how well do I 'really' know this guy? We've only known each other a month
.

She instantly thought about how he'd laid her out on her bed before leaving her place that morning and fucked her pussy until they'd both cum. It had been one of the best orgasms of LaKeeta's life and Anthony had nutted deep into her womb.

She frowned again. She was on the Pill — had been for years. But she was smart enough to know that sometimes the Pill failed.

She sighed. Including Anthony, she'd only been intimate with a handful of guys in her life. She hoped like hell that her luck—as far as getting pregnant was concerned—had not run out this time.

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CHAPTER NINE

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CHAPTER NUMBER NINE

The next morning, Anthony picked up his cellphone and dialed the number to the security team that he'd hired to discreetly follow LaKeeta. His friend Sergeant Wilshire still didn't have a real break on the two assholes from the center. Until he did, Anthony was going to be vigilant in making sure that LaKeeta stayed safe.

He, of course hadn't told her that he had a security detail following her. He was pretty much sure that she would've been angry if he'd done that.

He smiled as he sat back in his chair, conjuring up an image of her pretty face. It was only a little after ten in the morning, so he wouldn't be seeing LaKeeta until her training session later on that evening. He hoped like hell that she would be saying yes to going out of town with him for the week.

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Eight hours later, LaKeeta walked into Body Work Zone. She gave Jan at the front desk a smile.

“
Hi, Jan. How are you doing today?”

LaKeeta was surprised how the girl kept working at her computer monitor, pretending like she hadn't heard her greeting.

LaKeeta frowned.

She decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. She tried it again. “Hi, Jan. How are you?”

Still nothing.

LaKeeta shrugged her shoulders and scanned her barcoded membership card at the little machine on the counter. She made her way up to the aerobics room where she and Anthony were supposed to meet for her workout. She didn't know what Jan's problem was today, but she refused to let it worry her.

Jan watched LaKeeta's retreating back as the pretty brown-skinned girl made her way to the elevators. She wasn't sure of how she was going to do it just yet, but she was going to get LaKeeta Hunt's pretty little fingers the hell away from her man.

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It wasn't until their workout session was over with that Anthony decided to mention something to LaKeeta about her decision. He was escorting her out to her car when he turned and said, “Well, LaKeeta. Have you decided on whether or not you're gonna go out of town with me for the week?”

LaKeeta frowned. “I don't think that'll be a good idea, Anthony.” She paused for a moment, then continued. “I don't have a problem with us staying in town and getting to know each other a little better.”

He nodded his head. He wouldn't press the issue. He didn't want to push her away. “Okay, LaKeeta. Maybe someday later, then.”

She smiled, relieved that he wasn't going to make it difficult.

“
Well, if you're not doing anything tomorrow, how about we just spend the day at the ranch? I promise you I'll have you back into the city by nightfall.”

That particular arrangement she could work with. “Pony ride included?”

He nodded his head. “Of course. It wouldn't be a complete day out at Paulson Place without it.”

LaKeeta nodded her head. After reading about what had happened to the woman who had been supposedly carrying his child, LaKeeta had felt the tiniest reservation about Anthony. Then almost immediately, her instincts had kicked in and told her that he wasn’t the type of person the tabloids had tried to paint him out to be. She trusted him.

She gave him a smile. “Okay, Anthony. You're on. I’ll go out to your ranch with you tomorrow.”

Anthony dipped his head and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. “Thank you.”

Two cars over, Jan couldn't erase the scowl that was etched on her face. She was sitting in her car, with her front windows down. She was smoking a cigarette on her evening break.

She brought her eyebrows together in anger. “He kissed her....he fucking kissed her!” she hissed under her breath. “That bitch is slobbing on his knob….I’m sure of it.”

She angrily tossed her half-smoked cigarette on the ground. She frowned. “I know how to put an end to all of that.”

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A half hour later, Anthony was sitting in his office at Body Work Zone, checking on the progress of the latest location they had just broke ground on — this one was in Honolulu. He leaned back in his comfortable office chair and smiled. He laced his fingers behind his head.
I’d love to take LaKeeta to Hawaii. When I convince her that we belong together, I think we should go there on our honeymoon
. Now that he was sure that he’d met the love of his life, he didn’t intend on wasting any time in pursuing her.

He was pulled away from his thoughts about him and his beautiful lover by a knock on his office door. He sighed, then called out for the person to come in.

Jan stepped into Anthony’s office and slyly locked his door behind herself. She walked up to his desk.

“
Jan,” Anthony said with a smile on his face. “What can I do for you?”

She began unbuttoning her blouse, then unsnapped her bra. As her fake breast spilled out into plain view, she stepped around his desk and forced her hand between his legs. “I think the question should be what can I do for you,” she whispered.

Anthony immediately stood and pushed her away from himself, but not in a violent way. “Jan! What the hell are you doing?!”

She snickered at him. “Don’t try to tell me that you don’t want it, Anthony. You’re fucking that bitch LaKeeta.” She stepped out of her her skirt, then turned around and flashed her naked ass at him. She didn’t have on any panties. “My ass is cute and tight….nothing like those two watermelon halves that she expects you to nestle your dick between.”

She gave him a sexy look. “And it’s all yours for the taking.”

Anthony shook his head. He loved everything about LaKeeta — including her cute, round bubble butt. He didn’t appreciate Jan trying to insult his girl.

An emotionless expression spread itself across his face. “I want you to get dressed right now. If you don’t, I
will
call security to escort you out. And after that, I’d like you to clear your things from downstairs. You’re fired.”

Jan couldn’t believe what she was hearing him say. But from the look on his face, she knew that he was dead serious. She pulled her clothes back on as her entire body turned beet-red in embarrassment.
The nerve of the asshole
, she seethed to herself as she quickly buttoned up her shirt.

She didn’t say another word as she rushed out of his office, slamming the door behind herself. She had one thought in her mind as she collected her things and hurriedly made her way out of the building. And that one thought was that she was going to pay both Anthony and LaKeeta back — Anthony for refusing her advances and LaKeeta for stealing her man.