Part 158
Say what?!
Opening the message she was appalled. Not only was there a description of what had supposedly happened, there was a picture. A very incriminating picture of Nick and his ex-girlfriend locked in an emotional embrace. Last night. It had to have been last night, because those were the clothes he was wearing at dinner.
"Son of a bitch." She must have said it out loud because Sarah asked her to repeat it.
"I'll kill him. No, I'll kill HER. No, I'll kill him and THEN I'll kill her." She saved the picture as the new background on Sarah's laptop and just as Sarah came back into the room, she pulled the plug.
"Bec, what are you doing?"
"I hope your battery is fully charged. I need to take this with me."
"Bec, what is it?" Just as Sarah caught a glimpse of the screen, Becca stormed from the room. "Oh god."
"Angel, what was that all about?" Howie was just pulling on his pants and his hair was still wet from his shower.
"I'm not sure but I could have sworn that was a picture of Nick with Willa."
"Shit."
"D?"
"She showed up at the club last night and was all over Nick before we could get away. Where's Becca?"
"She just stormed out of here." Suddenly she feared for Nick's life and Becca's blood pressure. Running out the door after her, she called out to Billy. "Stop her!"
Billy reached for her but he was too late. The door to the suite was already open and Becca was tossing the laptop onto Nick's chest.
"Wake up!"
Nick mumbled something incoherent which did nothing to pacify his enraged wife.
"I said, wake up!" Becca pulled open the drapes letting in the bright morning light.
"What the fuck-"
"Do NOT use that word in conjunction with this trash that I found in my email."
"Boss?" Billy had come into the room, followed immediately by Sarah and Howie.
"Don't look at ME," Nick said. "I'm not your boss anymore, SHE is."
"Billy," Becca warned, "stay out of this."
"I recognize that look AND that tone of voice, I'm outta here."
"Billy!" Sarah was outraged that he was walking out.
"You heard the lady, she told me to get lost and that's just what I'm doing. I'm paid to protect HER and from the looks of things, she's not the one needing protection right now." Grinning, he sauntered out the door.
"Explain this!" Becca opened the laptop and the full screen view of Nick and Willa appeared.
Nick began to laugh hysterically, which was the worst thing he could have done. "Where did you get that?"
"What?" Becca was outraged. "That piece of filth was in my email this morning. Where the hell were you last night?"
Nick tried so hard to stop laughing, but he just couldn't. Becca was a sight to behold when she was angry. She had pulled herself to her full 5'4", her hair was wild and her face was flushed. And over what? This fictionalized account of how he spent last evening?
Sarah was the first to notice that Becca's breathing was becoming erratic. "Howie, stop this, it's not good for her blood pressure." She pushed him forward.
"Becca relax, nothing happened. She just showed up last night and managed to piss Nick off. We had no idea there were pictures taken."
Becca turned back to Nick. "You didn't tell me you'd seen her."
"Bec, for crying in a bucket, you were asleep when I came in. The first words we had this morning were when you heaved Sarah's laptop at me."
"Oh. I suppose." Suddenly her anger was deflated. "What's she doing here, anyway?"
"Who the hell knows, Bec?" He ran his hands through his hair and yawned.
Becca's breath caught in her throat. He still had no idea what it did to her when she saw him do that. She must have made a sound, because he looked up at her and grinned.
Okay, so maybe he DID know.
"C'mere."
"Nick-" She was just close enough for him to pull her down beside him on the bed.
He whispered in her ear. "I swear I had no idea she was there. And we left as soon as we could." As his voice trailed away he took her earlobe between his teeth and nibbled gently.
"Oh-" She whimpered, completely forgetting that Sarah and Howie were standing there watching.
"Forgive me?" he asked, trailing his lips along her cheek and hovering over her mouth.
"Mm hmmm," she nodded in assent as he captured her mouth with his.
"Show me how much?" he whispered, kissing her again and pressing her down onto the bed. Completely unaware of their audience, he moved to cover her body with his and in the process showed Sarah and Howie a lovely view of his completely naked backside.
"Oh my GOD, that's more than I ever needed to see of you, Nicky," Sarah said in disgust, covering her eyes and walking away.
"Hey, Nick, remember what we talked about. NO SEX." Howie tried to remain stern, but was failing miserably as he watched Nick with Becca.
"Sure D," he called out, "starting tomorrow. Close the door on your way out."
Howie closed the door and laughed. As he closed and locked the outer door, he winked at Billy and hung up the do not disturb sign. Neither couple was seen until much later in the day.
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The next two days for Howie and Sarah were spent exactly as Howie had promised; in front of the fireplace making love. The couple catered to each other’s every desire, going to any lengths to pleasure the other. Following their own advice, they took the time to relearn every pleasure point on the other and found new ones. When they weren’t making love, the two talked. They talked about the babies, the house in Virginia, and their plans for the rest of their break.