Page 53 of One Good Reason

“Me and Ava really appreciate that.”

“Joseph, this is Talitha Howard. Talitha, Joseph Pellayo.”

“Pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Howard.” He held his hand out.

“Miss,” I corrected and grabbed his hand.

“My apologies.” He bowed his head. “I see we have some catching up to do, Law.”

“Months ago,” he alleged and waved off Joseph who simply nodded. “Talitha is the new director at the youth center.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. She’s stepped in and made some pretty amazing changes. I, along with the rest of the staff, is happy to have her.”

“That’s good. What kind of changes are we talking?”

I guess this is where I’m supposed to be pimped out,I thought to myself.

“Well, I’m happy that you asked. Talitha came to me with an idea for the students and that idea has now morphed into me opening a technical college.”

Popping the button on his jacket, Joseph pushed it open and sat in the empty seat beside Law. “A technical college… tell me more.”

Law’s eyes rolled over to me. “I’ll let her do the honors.”

“Well…” I cleared my throat. “What I was doing initially was giving him a list of areas where I saw the opportunity for growth. I’m sure you know your friend doesn’t do anything small.”

“That he doesn’t,” Joseph chuckled.

What started out with me telling Joseph about my ideas for the tech school ended with me sitting in the middle of acircle at the end of the night talking to Law’s friends about my plans. We had received so many offers to help with funding, pay for textbooks, and help us secure a location. Everything I had detailed to Law, there was someone willing to help or donate funds for it. Thank God for his friends because they had really stepped in and lightened my load. Even if I was feeling like this was an impossible task before, I knew now that it wasn’t. It just took the right amount of people to believe in my vision. I had never been this happy about anything in my life and I owed all of it to Lawton Harvey.

“How are you feeling?” Law asked when the driver shut the door. The night had finally come to an end and my emotions were boiling over.

My chest heaved up and down as I stared at him with so many thoughts running through my mind. My stomach lurched and before my brain had the chance to register, I launched my body across the limousine and into his lap.

Smashing my lips against his, I reached between us and fought with the button on his slacks.

“Talitha,” Law groaned in between kisses. Slithering my tongue in his mouth, I silenced him while I worked to get his pants and boxers down a safe distance. Reaching my hand down his pants, I lifted up on my knees and freed his now hardened dick. Sliding my tongue out of his mouth, I kissed down his chiseled jaw line until my head was nestled in the crook of his neck.

“Talitha,” he mumbled and reached for my hand.

Shaking myself out of his grip, I fisted him. The sound of the partition being raised did nothing to deter me from my mission.

Tightening my hand, I stroked him up and down. I could feel his chest swelling between us, but I couldn’t stop. I wasn’t even sure that I wanted to stop. This feeling was one I had been fighting since the first time he and I were alone. I’d fought it long enough. Unable to stop the burning desire in my chest, I gave in and finally crossed a line that I promised myself I wouldn’t cross.

Cupping the back of my head, Law pushed out my name in a lengthy moan. “Talitha.”

Eventually my mouth made my way back to his and this time it was him stroking his tongue against mine. The harder I stroked his dick, the faster his chest heaved.

“Shit Talitha!” he groaned. The pain in his voice was breaking me down to the point where all I could do was whimper. I actually fucking whimpered like I was the one on the receiving end. When his jaw went slack and his eyes closed, he tossed his head back and erupted in the palm of my hand.

His eyes remained closed as he sucked air into his lungs and blew it out through his nose. I remained on my knees with my body still placed over his. My chest was tight, and I myself was trying to calm down. It took a few minutes for us to snap back into reality and when we did, I slid out of his lap.

Grabbing the bottom of my dress, I cleaned the evidence of what had just taken place off my hands. When I looked out the window, I noticed we were back in front of our hotel. I don’t know how long we had sat out there nor did I know how long that whole ordeal took.

Law was shooting daggers at me the entire time he was trying to fix his clothes. As soon as he had them zipped and buttoned, he lunged at me.

Taking my face between the palm of his hands, he pressed his forehead to mine. “Talitha Howard, if youeverdo anything remotely close to that again… I will bend you over, strip you bare, and fuck the shit out of you. Do you understand me?”

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