Insufferable Proximity (43 page)

In the limo on the way, Julian gave Heaven a mimosa and then turned to look at her.

“I want you to stay close to me and I don’t want you to speak to anyone, under any circumstance. Do you understand?” he demanded

“Yes.” she nodded. He had taken her to a few strange places already and she was more than happy not to converse with anyone but him. However, if he was giving her specific instructions, then she knew this place was probably worse than the others.

“Only me, I mean it I don’t want you leaving my side.” he knew the men there very well and he knew they would go crazy over her.

“I won’t,” she moved a little closer to him and he lightly kissed her lips, tasting the mimosa she was sipping “but you’re freaking me out.”

“Just follow my instructions and you’ll have no reason to be freaked out.” At first Julian had been excited to take her to the party, but now he was not sure.

***

Aries, Julian’s closest friend was throwing his annual party. Julian was hesitant about bringing Heaven to Aries’s sex-themed party, but he had all intentions of setting the rules with the guests. Aries and Julian had started throwing these sex parties back in college but over the years they had dwindled down to one party a year.

Julian was instantly greeted by Aries, who hugged him and patted him on the back.

“It’s been too long brother, where have you been?” Aries said as he shook his head.

“I’ve been busy with a side project.” he grinned and the meaning was not lost on Aries.

“And who is this amazing side project?” he asked as he looked at Heaven in awe. Part of Julian was filled with pride, but the other part felt a twinge of jealousy, that dastardly emotion that was becoming second nature to him.

“She’s off limits.” Julian said and Aries raised his brows, truly shocked. Aries was never shocked, he had seen and done it all, but this blew his mind.

Julian King was not sharing? He never came empty handed and anyone he brought was there for the purpose of sharing. He had known Julian since grade school and Julian had never cared, he had shared every one of his girlfriends, if that girl was game, which they usually were. Julian tended to attract the freaky ladies, but not this one. It was obvious to Aries this one was different, she had an aura about her, the regality of queen despite the mask covering half of her face. He also saw an innocence in her that was impressive considering the scandalous outfit she wore. Not to mention that she had come to the sickest party in town with the original master of sex, Mr. Julian King himself.

“Really?” he grinned then raised his glass and shouted “a toast” and most of the people around him raised there glasses, they didn’t need to know what they were toasting to, Aries was their king, the king of all things smut, and if he raised his glass then they raised their glass. “To firsts.” Aries barked.

“Firsts” the crowd chanted a few times before continuing with what they were doing.

No one there knew what he meant except Julian who knew exactly what he meant.  That was the first time Julian had not shared. A fully nude woman with a black latex mask covering her entire head walked over to them, holding out a glass tray with a bottle of liquor sitting in the middle. Aries promptly grabbed the bottle then pushed the long hair away from her bare breast.

“If you can’t keep them uncovered then maybe you should tuck your hair up. Fix it or I will kick you out and replace you.” he said to the girl, who nodded and pulled her hair back and tucked it under the bottom of the mask. “Go!” he turned back to Julian and grinned “A toast to you, my brother.” he handed him the bottle of cognac.

“For?” Julian asked.

“I heard you made partner.”

“Not yet.” he answered seeing Heaven’s entire body tense up.

“You will.” he answered.

“But I did win the Hudson case.”

“Billionaire boys club Hudson?” Aries raised his brow.

“The one and only.”

“Well that definitely calls for a toast, I didn‘t think anyone could have gotten him off.” Aries said raising his bottle as Julian opened his and they both took a drink of cognac. They stopped, breathing deep as the fiery substance burned down their throats like lava.

“I could have.” Heaven murmured under her breath.

***

The large doors opened and Candy Flair walked in, her fiery red spiral curls bouncing with her swaying hips and a confident look on her flawless face. She wore knee high fire red boots and a skirt as thin as a belt that exposed more then it covered, she had red puffy lip appliqués covering her nipples and a red mesh tube top over that. She was one of the sexiest women at the party and she knew it, her confidence level high enough to crush a weak spirited woman, the type she usually dwelled on. Candy’s motto was simple, she liked her men strong and her women weak as well as unattractive. She outright refused to be involved with any woman that was more attractive than her.

Candy’s best friend Heidi stumbled in behind her in her usual clumsy style, her platinum blonde hair styled up like Marilyn Monroe’s. She was a pretty girl but to Candy, her nose was large enough to distract from her beauty which made it alright for them to be friends.

Candy only came to these parties for one reason and that was Julian King. She had met him years ago at a strip club she had been working at and the two of them had been having sex ever since, only lately he had been avoiding her. He was an amazing lover, the best she had ever had and she refused to lose that right now and decided to come re-prove herself to him.

“King is in the building.” Candy said as her eyes locked on Julian, “and looking delicious as ever.” she pulled the top of her tiny sheer shirt down, baring more of her cleavage.

“Who is that girl with him?” Heidi asked and Candy’s head darted over to see the woman standing next to him, holding his hand. She gasped, feeling nauseous, something about the way Julian was looking at the mystery girl didn’t settle right with Candy.

“Oh my god, he’s holding her hand.” she cried, and Heidi’s eyes grew wide as she gasped.

“I can’t believe it.”

“I couldn’t get him to hold my hand if I sewed it to his.”

“He’s even covered her face.” Heidi added. Masks were always optional at Aries’s parties and Julian had never worn a mask nor had he ever allowed anyone who accompanied him to conceal their identity, even if he was doing something particularly vile to them.

“What the hell is going on?” Candy almost cried before sprinting to the bathroom.

***

“I have to pee.” she said then he led her to the bathroom door and had every intention of going in but she wouldn’t allow it. Heaven walked into the gorgeous room, surprised to see bathroom stalls in such a luxurious home bathroom, she didn’t have to go, but she needed to freshen up a bit and she needed to get away from the thick perversity that was starting taint her own mind. She needed to splash her face with cool water before she dragged Julian in the bathroom stall and emulated a few of the strange positions she had seen tonight.

She had just washed her hands when she looked out of the corner of her eye to see two girls exit the toilet stall and stand to her side, staring at her. She immediately recognized the tall red head, she had been the one in Julian’s office that night he caught her peeping and she had seen her plenty of times before that in the past three years. She had also seen the blonde once as well, she had come to Julian’s office without her friend and spent most of the day in there with him. The only reason Heaven even recognized her from the dozens of blondes coming to his office was because of the unusual shape of her nose and the large tattoo BDSM BITCH stamped on her lower back.

“Who are you?” the woman with the bright red hair asked her. Heaven finished washing her hands before she stood up to face this girl, Heaven didn’t like her tone.

“Who are you?” she asked in return.

“I’m Candy.”

“Well, what do you want Candy?” she asked and even though the redhead was inches taller than her, Heaven still managed to look down her nose at her.

“How do you know King?”” she asked.

“Who?”

“King, Julian King?”

“How do you even know if I know Julian King?”  Heaven raised her eyebrow.

“You were holding his hand.” Candy answered.

“Was I?” Heaven asked.

“Yes.”

“How do you know Julian?”

“Me? Julian and I have been
friends
for a very long time.”” she said that word in a suggestive tone and Heaven almost grinned at how happy the girl was to explain her relationship with Julian.

“Just friends?”

“No, not just friends.”

“The two of you have had sex?”

“Lots of sex.” she grinned.

“So you were his girlfriend?” already knowing the answer to that since Julian did not have girlfriends.

“Not exactly.”

“So it was just sex.”

“So how do you know him?” Candy got back to her original question and Heaven looked at her like she was daft.

“I never said I did.” Heaven pulled her lip gloss out of her purse, “any more questions?” she asked and Candy, scowled at the uppity girl before spinning around on the heel of her red platform-boots and left the bathroom as Heaven turned to the mirror to fix her lip gloss.

Candy would love to take the time to battle it out with the slick-tongued female, but it was smarter to take the opportunity and speak to King directly. She rushed out of the bathroom and over to King where he stood obviously waiting for the other girl.

“Well hello stranger.” Candy smiled seductively, batting her thick false eyelashes. “I haven’t seen you in almost a month, where have you been hiding?”

“I’ve been busy.” he replied, not the least bit interested in her.

“Well how about you and I get together later tonight, I’d love to make up for lost time.” she purred, slipping her hands around his waist and leaning into him.

“I’m busy tonight too.” he said, the side of his mouth twisting into a grin. Candy was a very talented girl, who loved to use her mouth to get her way. She could contort her body into positions he had not considered possible. Despite her obvious talents, he was not the least bit attracted to her at this moment.

“You sure about that?” she asked, slipping her tiny red top down to give him a clear view of the 3D lip appliqués on her breasts then peeled one off to show him the little chains hanging from her nipple. “I finally got the nipple chains I was telling you about, we could have a lot of fun with these.”

Heaven opened the bathroom door to see the catty red head with her top down and rubbing her breasts against Julian. Heaven stood there quietly, watching them, Julian could not see her, but Candy and her blonde friend could. Candy’s eyes locked with Heavens before the flame haired woman stood on her tip toes and planted a kiss on Julian’s lips.

“Not tonight.” Julian answered and Heaven felt her blood boil. So he would sleep with that filthy tramp if she wasn’t with him tonight. Well he better not do it on her contract time. She left the bathroom and walked over to him as Candy slid her top back up.

“Well if you change your mind and prefer the finer things, give me a call.” she turned and walked away from him as Heaven walked over to stand near him. Julian turned to Heaven with a smile, reaching for her but she pulled back. He raised his brow then grabbed her arm which she promptly yanked back.

“Don’t you touch me.” she hissed

“What did you just say?” he asked, taking a step closer to her.

“You heard what I said, you keep your hands off me.” she scowled at him.

“What is the matter with you?” he asked seeing that temper of hers flashing across her face.

“I want to leave.” she pouted.

“We just got here.”

“I don’t care, I want to go.” she hissed with a look of pure hatred coming across her face. He followed where she was directing that murderous glare and looked directly at Candy. Maybe Heaven had seen Candy’s little bare breast display or maybe she had even recognized Candy from the office. But looking at the flustered look on Candy’s face, he realized Heaven had probably run into her in the bathroom.

He had been having sex with Candy on and off for years and despite the fact that he let her know they would never be exclusive, she still allowed herself to become possessive of him. She had also gone out of her way to antagonize any woman or women that accompanied him to these parties. Usually it worked, she managed to intimidate the girl to the point where he no longer found her attractive or he would give into Candy’s aggressive sexual tactics and fuck her or her
and
whatever guest he had brought with him.

Things were different now, first of all, there was nothing that Candy could do, that would distract him from his need for Heaven, and nothing Candy did could make him want her. Secondly, Heaven was not anything like any of the women who had ever accompanied him to any event, she was a hot-headed, spitfire who could never be intimidated by someone like Candy. If Candy was desperate enough to confront Heaven, she would quickly find out that she had met her match, Heaven would never back down.

He shook his head, seeing how stiff and unyielding Heaven was, he knew he should have cut all ties to Candy last month, when she started hinting about something more serious than the sex sessions that defined their relationship.