Seth was finally happy he was finally finished his series seven test and now he was sitting with his best friend who he happened to think of as a sister as well.  “So I’m going to be rich!” he replied excitedly.  “That’s great Seth!” Jade said hugging the brunette guy. 

          “You’ll have to come to work with me one day and meet the guys, I’m sure you’ll like them. They are really cool guys,” he replied with a bright smile and then she sighed.  “You know I can’t, Seth, I have to work to keep my apartment and education,” she replied feeling as if she had let him down.  “I know, hey, maybe I can get you a job over there?  I know the secretary needs help,” he replied trying to give his friend some hope at least.  “Yeah, maybe,” she replied uncertain, “just don’t forget me when you get super rich.”  “Hey, don’t worry about that, Jade, I could never forget you,” he replied and hugged her.

Ever since her mother died earlier that year, Jade had it rough.  She had two jobs, technically three if you count the illegal one she did for Seth.  She worked as a waitress at a bar and she sang there and then whatever time she had left she would work Seth’s casino in his apartment.  To top it all off, Jade was working on her degree the honest way. 

Seth felt really bad for his friend, he helped her whenever he could, which wasn’t much.  He was a screw-up according to his dad, who was a Judge.  He had given her the job at his casino and she proved to be really good at it. 

“So when are you singing?” he asked changing the subject.  “Tomorrow night and I think I’m singing tonight, I’m still waiting for the call,” she replied and stretched.  That was when he noticed that she had lost a lot of weight since her mother’s death.  But it looked good on her and she wasn’t losing any more than that, so he wasn’t took worried.  “Great, I’ll see if I can come by one of these nights,” Seth replied and she just smiled.

“Okay, I’ll see you later then, Seth, I have to get ready for work,” she replied and hugged him tight and kissed his cheek, “oh and let me know if you passed and then we can celebrate!”  “Don’t worry, Jade, I won’t forget,” he replied and hugged her back.

After she left he got a phone call, “Hello?” he replied.  Yo,” greeted a deep voice on the other end.  “Hey, Chris, what’s up?” Seth asked.  “Hey man, you passed the Series Seven test, so where would you like to celebrate?”  Chris asked.  Seth liked Chris, he was the nicest of them even though the mountain of the man was the first person that yelled at him.  “I can think of a place…” Seth replied with a smile thinking about his friend.

 

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With an exasperated sigh, Jade let her hair fall past her shoulder getting tired of messing with her hair.  She watched as the long black hair fall until it stopped at her breasts and flipped it over her shoulder.  She was wearing black tube dress that was tight around her chest but then flowed to mid shin.  On her feet she wore silver stiletto heels and an anklet.  Her make up was enough so that she did not look as if she was dead under the lights.  Her dark brown eyes were made darker by the black eye liner that she applied liberally to get the “bed room eyes effect” and she had blood red lips.  To finish the look she had a leather choker on that had a single red jewel dangling.  Okay, I can do this, I always do this.  I just have to keep my cool and not kill anyone.  You need this job and the money, so quit complaining, she thought.        

 

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Chris, Seth, Greg, and Adam entered the Blue Moon bar—the smell of smoke and alcohol assaulting their noses.    “Hey, Seth…man, this is more of a shit hole than…” Chris started to say but got sidetracked by the view on stage.

Chris saw the most beautiful woman on stage with long flowing black hair, black tube dress, and long legs made longer by a pair of simple silver stilettos.  “Beautiful,” he whispered and numbly made his way to the nearest booth and sat down, eyes on the woman.

“You move like honey in my dreams last night/yeah, some old fires were burning/you came near to me and you endeared to me/but you couldn’t quite discern me/does that scare you?  I’ll let you run away/ but your heart will not oblige you/ you’ll remember me like a melody/ yeah, I’ll haunt the world inside you/and my big secret—gonna win you over/slow like honey, heavy with mood…”

Chris watched the Asian looking woman sing, her voice sultry, and her body movements were sensuous.  But the eyes, the lips, and god he could not figure out what it was about her but he was thoroughly captivated.

“I’ll let you see me, I’ll covet your regard/I’ll invade your demeanor/and you’ll yield to me like a scent in the breeze/and you’ll wonder what it is about me/it’s my big secret—keeping you coming/slow like honey, heavy with mood…”

Seth could see that all of his friends were under the spell of Jade, but knew that Chris had fallen the hardest.  He knew that his best friend was not aware of her ability to capture men, but Seth was also glad that she didn’t know…it could be dangerous. 

“Though dreams can be deceiving/like faces are to hearts/they serve for sweet relieving/when fantasy and reality lie too far apart/so I stretch myself across, like a bridge/and I pull you to the edge/ and stand there waiting/trying to attain/the end to satisfy the story/shall I release you?/must I release you?/ as I rise to meet my glory/but my big secret/gonna hover over your life/ gonna keep you reaching/when I’m gone like yesterday/when I’m high like heaven/when I’m strong like music/’cuz I’m slow like honey and every with mood….” 

 

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Jade stepped off stage and had a feeling that one of her “favorite” customers was going to hit on her.   She also had a feeling that Seth had come in after all but she didn’t see him at all.  The Asian woman made a beeline to the bar, she needed to get a drink of water.  She sat there for a second and then stood up and searched for Seth. 

“Seth, you came!” she replied when she found him.  She hugged her best friend and kissed his cheek, “congratulations!  Was I okay up there?”  “Yeah, thanks, you were awesome!” he replied hugging her to him and then turned her so that she could see his friends.

“Jade, I would like you to meet the guys,” Seth replied, “That’s Greg, Adam, and Chris.”  He pointed to each man as he said the names.  Greg was the one in a ridiculously expensive suit and black hair plastered to his head like a helmet.  Adam was the one with brown spikey hair and also a ridiculously expensive suit and he was the hyper one among the group.  Chris was the one with the closely shaven head and a dark expensive suit.  She shook each of the men’s hand and Chris kissed her gently. 

“It’s nice to meet you all,” she replied blushing slightly at Chris’s actions.  She hated to admit but when they touched she felt a bolt of electricity.  “The pleasure is all mine,” the tall muscular man replied.  Seth leaned in and whispered in her ear, “Looks like you bagged one.”  Jade giggled and pushed Seth a bit, “Hey, Jade, now I can help you get a job over at Marlin, you’ll do great.”

“Hey, don’t do that, Seth,” she replied seriously, “I don’t need hand outs I’m doing fine by myself, thank you very much.” 

“Come on, let me repay you.  I mean you helped me study and everything.  Hell, you’ve been managing the Casino while I’ve been over at Marlin and I haven’t been able to pay you much at all.  Jade, I don’t like to see you working here with all the scuzy customers,” Seth replied and Jade took a step away from his group of friends and put a hand on her hips and raised a delicate brow, smiling in a feral way. 

Scuzy, huh?” she asked highly amused and Seth groaned inwardly, “That would mean that you and your friends are scuzy because they are here in this fine establishment.”  Seth was flustered about what to do and then Chris threw back his head and laughed a deep rumbling laugh that he had never heard before.  To speak truthfully, that was the first time any of them heard Chris laugh like that and they looked at Jade who shrugged. 

“Hey Jade!  Can I talk to you?” said a voice coming from behind and Jade groaned.  “Here comes one of your fine customers, Jade,” Seth said with a slight smirk.  “Up yours, Seth,” Jade replied as she saw a drunken patron stumbling towards her, knowing that he was coming to grope and ask her out like he usually did.  “How about we leave before there is trouble?”  “Yeah, let’s go,” Seth said as he saw the mean looking drunken man walking towards them. 

Jade took Chris’s arm and Seth and the group left the bar.  Chris looked at her in surprise for a second but became slightly smug cause she picked him.  He thought she was going to like Greg, all the girls liked that Jewish prick.  Hell, he didn’t even like Greg, that bastard always pissed him off. 

Despite the fact that the petite Asian woman was wearing extremely high heels, she moved silently out of the bar.  Once away from the drunken patron, she let go of the two men’s arms and turned around and smiled.  “Hey, I need to go you guys, can’t say that I want to leave but I have a final to study for and I’m expecting you to help me, Seth or else I’ll kick your ass.  You owe me for helping study for that Series Seven,” she replied poking her long finger at her friend’s chest after hugging him.  “No, problem, Jade,” he replied with an easy smile, “Hey you going to be work later on tonight?”  “Hell yeah, I love swindling money from our friends,” she smiled broadly and winked, “it’s just so damn easy.”  With that she ran off into the night her heels not making a sound on the hard concrete, not asking for a ride home because she did not need it.  She could easily make it safely to her place, no problem.

Chris stared after the woman, getting a slight feeling that she was not at all what she appeared to be, when realization struck him.  “Did she walk to work dress like that?”  “Yeah,” Seth replied as the rest of the guys went back to the bar.  “Why didn’t you offer to take her home?  I would have done it,” he replied looking at his new friend as if he was stupid.  “There’s something you need to understand about Jade, Chris, she is stubborn as hell and strong.  She can take care of herself, she’s smart,  the new guy in the group replied. 

“Do you think you could set me up with her?” Chris asked as he cracked his knuckles.  “Listen, Chris, I don’t think that’s a good idea…” he began and stopped when he noticed the larger guy look at him with daggers.  “Why not?  You think I’m not good enough for her?  You have some sort of claim?” Chris asked threateningly, not sure why he was doing this at all.  “How about we go to your place later on and do some Casino action?” Greg asked secretly wanting to get his money back.  “Yeah, let’s,” Chris replied keeping an eye on his friend.

 

 

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Jade’s brain was fried; she just spent two hours non-stop studying for the final earlier in the morning and she was on her way to Seth’s house to do some deals.  If no one was there, which she highly doubted, she would probably fall asleep until someone came.  Seth’s door loomed ahead of her and she saw a black suv parked in front and knew that they were there.  She sighed inwardly and knocked on the door.  Seth’s eyes came into view and he allowed her to enter.

She shrugged off the military jacket she wore revealing her simple red shirt and jeans, she no longer wore make up.  “Hey Seth,” she replied as she brought out her book from the recess of her coat and handed it to him.  Aaw, man, this is what you are studying for?” he asked looking at the thick computer book in his hands.  “Yep,” she replied with a smile and found two pencils in her jacket pocket and carried it with her into the dining room where the casino was set.  “Good evening, gentlemen, fancy seeing you all here,” she replied with a smile.

She pulled her hair up into a bun and stuck the two pencils in it to secure it.  Then she prepped the table, where Greg, Chris, and Seth sat.  Adam, the hyper guy was playing around with a video game.  Jade shook her head and smiled at how all men seemed to act alike.

“So, gentlemen, what would it be?  Jack, poker, rummy, goldfish, or poker?” she asked with a grin.  “Poker,” Chris replied enjoying the way she looked now.  “Place your bets,” she replied and then gave them suitable number of poker chips and dished out cards like a pro. 

“So you always walk around in the dark wearing stiletto heels?” Chris asked casually as he looked at his cards.  “No, I run,” she replied and took his money as he lost another hand.  “You run?  In those things?” he asked incredulously.  “I didn’t know you were my mom, Chris,” she replied with a slight smile and answered, “Yes, I do.  I run a lot now a day.” 

“So, here are some computer facts,” Seth interjected before Chris could go more into the subject.  Seth began to quiz her as the other two played and Adam joined in, taking over Seth’s cards.  She answered every thing he threw at her, even the toughest questions.  “Wow, I think you did a good job studying, Jade,” her friend replied shutting the book.  “Yep, and your friends did a pretty good job at losing, too,” she replied with a grin.

Seth looked at the pile of money his friends lost and saw Jade wink at him.  “So you studying computers, huh?” Greg asked eyeing the Asian looking woman.  “Yeah,” she replied and began to deal cards.  “Why?” the dark haired man asked.  “Because it’s easy to manipulate,” she stated simply and smiled sweetly, which led the men around the table to wonder if she was cheating them in anyway. 

“Okay, Jade, give them their money back and play fair this time or else I’ll have to beat you up,” Seth replied grinning.  “Oh, yeah?  You and what army, dreidle boy?” she asked as she gave everyone’s money back.  “Listen Chinks, I’m the boss of this “fine” establishment,” he replied standing up.  “Oh, did you say “Chinks”?  Are you inferring that I am Chinese?” she replied her face getting flushed with anger.  “Yeah, that’s right, so why don’t you find some chopsticks and sit on them!” Seth retorted moving so that he was standing in front of her.  “Yeah, well, why don’t you find a minora to shove up your ass, Seth,” she replied and Chris laughed because that was basically the same thing he said to Greg.

“So was she cheating us after all?” Greg asked looking at Seth.  “Oh, yeah, she was.  She’s a top notch gambler when she wants to be.  Has a poker face that you wouldn’t believe and everyone always buys into it without fail.  She’s got good instincts and I guess the slight of hand stuff helps her out, right, Jade?” Seth replied looking at Jade and Greg.  “I guess, so,” she said with a shrug, “but I will play straight now.”

After another two hours of playing, Chris won the game and the others lost sorely.  Jade stretched and let her hair fall out of the bun and grabbed a coke, tossing some over to the others.  She sat on the floor and leaned back on the wall and sighed.  “Well, that was interesting,” she replied eyeing Seth’s new friends.  She already decided that she did not like Greg and that Greg did not like Seth because of his involvement with Abbey.  But she did have a thing for Chris who was now staring at her.  She pointed her gaze at him and he flinched as if he was hurt but then he grinned at her causing her to do the same in return.

“Hey, Jade, do you want to go for a walk with me?” Chris asked as he stood up.  “Sure, why not, I could use a bit of fresh air,” she replied and took his massive hand to help her up.  They walked to the front door and she grabbed her army coat and walked outside.  “We’re not going to ruin your expensive clothes and shoes now will we?” she asked looking at him.  He just grinned.

“So how far do you live from the bar?” he asked breaking the silence.  “About three blocks,” she replied and smiled at his surprise.  “And you run all the way over there?” he asked and shook his head, “And I thought I liked to work out.”  “I don’t know, running makes me feel alive.  If it’s not too far I run everywhere I go, that way I don’t waist my energy on sitting on my ass and driving around aimlessly,” she replied with a shrug and looked at him, “you think I’m crazy.”  “No, I don’t,” he replied trying to suppress the smile.  She poked him in the side, pleasantly surprised to find that it was very firm, “Yes, you do.” 

“Seriously, though, why do you run?”  “It helps me think, I can cut all the emotional shit and just run and let whatever is worrying me come to play so I can plan the next stage of my life,” she replied with a slight sigh, running her fingers through her hair.

“Let me help you, I know you are having money problems…” he started to say but when he got the murderous look from her he was silenced.  She walked up to him and he took a step back, before Chris knew it he was pressed against a tree and she poked her finger against his chest.  “Like I said earlier, I don’t need hand outs, not from you, not from Seth, not from anybody.  I’ve made it by myself now for a few months and I’m doing pretty well and I don’t want anyone’s pity,” she replied looking him square in the eye.  Chris couldn’t help but to be aroused, she was unlike any woman he had ever met before.

He pulled her to him and kissed her soft lips and slowly asking for entrance.  She allowed him into her mouth and she sucked on his tongue for a second before she laved it with hers.

 He pulled away and replied, “How about I see if I can get you a job?”  “No, thanks, I know if I was to work there I would have to hold my own,” she replied and placed her head on his chest.  “Come on, I know that they were talking about letting a woman do some sales.  You already studied for the Series Seven all you have to do is pass it.  I have a strong feeling that you would be awesome at this job,” he replied making her look at him.  “Oh, I know that I would do “awesome” at the job, but I don’t want to deal with any more men than I have to.  Whenever I’m around things get really complicated,” she replied and added, “thank you though, I appreciate the thought.”

“You telling me you don’t want the money?  The financial security?” he asked incredulously.  “Sweetheart, if I really wanted the money all I had to do was hack and get it,” she replied and placed a hand on his stubbly face.  “You can do that?” he asked surprised.  “Well, yeah, computers are easily manipulated.  Anyway, I could do that instead of wasting three months of my life living really short on cash and join Marlin and still be rich.  I mean that’s what you guys are really doing anyway, right?  You’re not a real broker firm, it’s all a game.  You get the money and the stock that the investors put their faith on plummets.  Ingenious if you ask me, but dangerous,” she replied loving the shocked look on his face.

 “How do you know that?” he asked surprised.  “Easy, I looked the company up, anyway, I heard you just call random guys on the list.  Let’s see, I think I overheard Greg say “don’t pitch the bitch”.  He’s right, but then again some of them are pretty stupid,” she replied and cocked her head to the side gauging his reaction. 

Before Chris could even react he got another shock of his life by this strange woman before him.  She pulled him into a passionate kiss and then said, “Well, I have a test in about two hours to take, and I’ll most likely sleep for the rest of the afternoon, but if you want to have sex you can come by after six.”  He blinked, once, twice, and then three times before he spoke, “What?” 

“What?  You don’t want to have sex with me, Chris?  Cuz, I did see you staring at me and I assumed.  Okay, that’s cool I really need the sleep anyway,” she replied and started to walk back. 

“Wait!” he replied finally breaking out of the trance.  “Yeah?” she asked turning to face him again.  “Look, I’m not just interested in sex,” he replied glad that it was nighttime because he just knew that he was blushing.  She hugged him and whispered, “Who says that I’m not?  Will that be a problem for you, pet?”  “N-no,” he replied in a whisper with a dumb look on his face, “look are you sure? I thought you would want to take it slow.”  She laughed enjoying the sentiment and said, “I thank you for the thought, but we can take it slow afterwards.  You’ll find out what you want by then.  I know what I want, but I have to see if you are man enough to handle it.  Besides the last boyfriend I had was when I was a junior in high school and I’m a junior in college now…so that would be about five years without any companionship…well except Seth, but he’s a friend.” 

Jade looked at Chris’s watch and cursed.  “Gotta go, I’ll talk to you later….I hope,” she replied and gave him a savage kiss before she ran to the Seth’s place.  She entered without knocking, grabbing her book and her pencil and immediately ran to the campus. 

Chris slowly made his way back to Seth’s house.  His mind going a million miles an hour as he was still working out what had happened only minutes before.  He entered the apartment to find Seth looking at him.  “What did you do, man?  Jade ran in here and ran out in a hurry,” Seth asked and then noted the dazed look on Chris’s face. 

“Hey, Chris, man, you all right?”  “What?  Oh, yeah, man, I am,” the bigger man replied snapping out of it, “Seth, man, your friend is really something.  Damn, I would have never….can you give me her number?  She told me to get it from you.”  “Uh, yeah, sure, what exactly happened out there?” Seth asked as he gave Chris the phone number.  “You wouldn’t believe it if I told you,” he replied with a big smile, running his hand over the stubble on his head.

 

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Jade knew that she had passed the final with flying colors and she was currently, sitting on the floor of her living room studying for her next final.  She smiled when the phone rang and she walked over to it, taking her time.  She picked it up by the third ring and answered, “Hello?”  “You told me to call?” said a man with a deep voice on the other end.  “Hello, Chris,” she replied with a smile that probably matched his own.  “How was that final of yours, Jade?”  “Passed it, it was easy,” she replied and took her seat on the floor again and looked at the other book. 

“Good, congratulations,” he replied and then asked, “Are you sure you still want me to come over?”  “I’m not pointing a gun to your head, Chris,” she replied as she shut her book for the last time that night, “come only if you want to.”  “Okay, I’ll come over,” he replied playing that word like she had.  Jade gave him the directions and they hung up. 

 

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“Hey,” she replied as she opened the door to find Chris wearing a suit and she raised an eyebrow in amusement, “live in that suit, do you?”  He took a step into her apartment and answered, “Yeah, I’m proud of it.”  He looked at what Jade was wearing and gulped and she just smiled.

 “Before I ask you to take your shoes off and not track the mud into my home, I would like to inform you that this is a one time deal.  There’s no strings attached, I mean it.  You don’t have to call the next day or bring presents or give me excuses.  Just one night of fun, that’s it.  Can you handle that, Chris?” she asked as she stepped away from him. 

“You mean you don’t want a relationship?” he asked surprised, thinking that she was kidding.  “Yes, I know you don’t want to waste time just to get to the good part.  Just one night of fun, if you want something more call me in a month.  You can leave in the morning without saying good bye and there will be no hard feelings.  Nothing to tie you to me, except Seth, which I’m sure that we will see each other, but we’ll be friends or most likely acquaintances, so what do you say?  Can you handle this, Chris?” She asked looking at the stunned man and replied, “If you can’t…then maybe you should just go.”

She turned and entered the living room, which was warmly lit by some candles and a light perfumed scent was in the air that remotely smelled like vanilla.  It was then that Chris noticed that her hair was up in a bun, held with chopsticks.  He numbly took his expensive shoes off and followed her.  He looked around approvingly; she had a great taste when it came to decorating, not like the other girls he had been with.  I just can’t understand her, he thought as he followed her, she doesn’t even want a relationship.  I wonder why?

“Why don’t you want a relationship with me?  Do you always do something like this?” he asked and she turned around and smiled, handing him some wine that she had gotten at the bar.  “Well, I have never done this before,” she replied and took a sip of the red wine, “And I don’t want a relationship where I’ll be played.  Most guys would date a woman for about a month, maybe less maybe more, before they have sex.  I figure that we should just cut to the chase and have at, have fun with no strings.  We both get what we want and not have to worry about the other getting hurt.”  He took a sip of the wine and was pleasantly surprised that it was the really good kind. 

She walked up to him and took the wine out of his hand and pushed him gently.  Before Chris knew it, he was sitting on the comfortable couch.  Jade straddled him, her long black skirt bunching around her waist.  She held his stubbly head in her hands and began to kiss him softly.  He began to deepen the kiss and felt her caress his cheek.  She pulled back and got off of him.

“Follow me, lover,” she replied huskily, smiling as she took his tie and led him to her bedroom, “Please sit down, get comfortable.” He sat down on the bed that was covered with blood red comforter, loosening his tie and taking his jacket off.  He was totally aroused by now and very curious.

She leaned towards him and he anticipated a kiss but she moved past him.  So Chris kissed her neck instead and delighted when he saw her shiver, mentally remembering the spot.  She appeared with a strawberry in her hand that was dipped in whip cream.  “Would you like a taste?” she asked coyly and he nodded.  She rubbed the whip cream against his full lips and then she licked at it lightly.  “Sweet,” she replied and he opened his mouth and took a bite of the strawberry, the flavor bursting upon his tongue. 

She moved away from him and began to play some music.  Then she started to sing with the song.  “Take a good look at it/look at it now/Might be the last time you’ll have a go round/I’ll let you touch it if you like to go down/I’ll let you go further if you take the southern route/ don’t go to fast don’t go too slow/ you’ve got to let your body flow/ I like them attentive and I like them in control…” her hair was slowly coming out of the bun and her shirt was half off by this point.

She moved around the room seductively and sang the next course as she took off her shirt revealing a blood red, lacey bra.  “Baby it's yours/All yours/If you want it tonight/I'll give you the red light special/All through the night/Baby it's yours/All yours/If you want it tonight/Just come through my door/Take off my clothes/And turn on the red light…” Chris grinned when he saw a red light in the corner and then all the red candles in the room.

She moved up to him and smiled seductively, dressed in only her black skirt and bra.  “I know that you want me I can/ See it in your eyes…” she sang and slowly took the tie off and played with it for a moment.  “You might as well be honest ‘cause the body never lies,” her fingers caressed his face and slowly made its way down to his arousal which made him gasp.

“Tell me your secrets and I’ll/ I’ll tell you mine…” she sang and his shirt was taken off and she put it on and took off her skirt.  She stood there swaying to the music, seductively, wearing red lacey panties and bra with his black oxford shirt over her like a coat.  “I’m feelin’ quite sexy/and I want you for tonight/if I move too fast just let me know/’cause it means you move too slow/ I like some excitement/ and I like a man that goes…”

Jade took one of us hands and helped him up and she began to dance against him.  “Baby it's yours/All yours/If you want it tonight/I'll give you the red light special/All through the night/Baby it's yours/All yours If you want it tonight/Just come through my door/Take off my clothes/And turn on the red light…” She moved and began to unbuckle his belt and help slide it down his legs, making sure to graze his dick that was already tenting up against the black boxer briefs.

When she finally stood up and gave him a quick kiss, he took his shirt off of her.  He slid one of the straps off of her shoulder and kissed softly, and then lightly bit her. “If you want me/Let me know it/I'll make time but/You've got to show it/If you need me/I want to see it/But don't mistake me/I don't want you down on your knees I need someone a real man/I need someone who understands/I'm a real woman I know just what I want/I know just who I am…”  He took her bra off from behind and let his massive hands touch her pert breasts and began to massage her.  “Baby it's yours/All yours/If you want it tonight/I'll give you the red light special/All through the night/Baby it's yours/All yours If you want it tonight/Just come through my door/Take off my clothes/And turn on the red light…”

She pulled her panties off and then his boxers, gently pushing him onto the bed.  Jade smiled at him impishly as she slowly crawled up to his face.  Her hair gently tickling Chris’s flesh along with her nipples—she leaned her face and kissed him deeply and she found herself beneath him.

“You are a naughty kitty,” he replied with a growl and licked her neck causing her to shiver.  One of his large hands slowly caressed down the length of her body, twisting her nipple and then eventually finding its way between her sex, “Damn, Jade, you’re wet.”  She licked his lips in reply and he growled and put a finger in her tight hole and she gasped her hips meeting him.  He pumped his thick finger a few more times and then added a second one.  “Chris,” she gasped clutching him to her making her long nails bite into his skin slightly.

“Yes, kittie?” he asked with a slight purr, not sure how long he could go without stuffing her.  “Please, Chris,” she begged rubbing her hips against him.  He kissed her deeply and sat back on his hunches and stared at her beauty.   

Then he spread her legs gently and inhaled the scent of her sex and then he proceeded to pleasure her.  It was his first time doing it and it was hers having it done.  He took great pride when he brought her to a loud orgasm and enjoyed the sweet honey that flowed out of her because of him. 

He sat back and stared at her and kissed his way up to her lips, taking his times around her nipples, lightly biting them.  Jade kissed him deeply, moaning softly when she tasted herself up on his lips and tongue.  She wanted him in her now, more than anything.

Before she could ask him to enter her, she felt his thick cock slowly enter her and she moaned softly.  Jade kissed Chris until she had to gasp at how filling he was inside her.  He was so thick and so long, hitting places she never thought a man would hit inside her core.  He stayed that way in her tightness, reveling in the heat just as she was reveling with him in her. 

Slowly, ever so slowly, he began to move within her and she met each of his thrusts wholeheartedly.  They were like this for what seemed like hours, trying to prolong their joining.  Though neither of them wanted to admit what feelings were being provoked by their actions, they were enjoying it thoroughly.  Finally, Jade screamed and gently bit Chris’s shoulder as she came for the fifth time that night and he came with a growl and taking her mouth with his when she let go of his shoulder.

They stayed like that for a few minutes and then Chris pulled out and lay down on his side, pulling Jade next to him and the sheets that were stained with their joining.  He kissed her deeply and snuggled as close as he could from behind and fell asleep both thinking that that was the best sex that they had in the longest time. 

 

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Jade woke up to find Chris holding her protectively from behind.  She was surprised, she figured he would have been gone by now.  Damn you, haven’t you learned the ways of a one night stand? She thought frustrated.  She tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but he tightened his hold against her and she felt his arousal and immediately wanted it.  “I know that you are awake, Chris,” she replied and turned around to face him, finding Chris grinning at her mischievously. 

Before she knew what was happening, Chris was thrusting into her.  She kissed him deeply, lightly running her fingers up and down his back causing him to shiver.  It didn’t take long for either of them to cum and after Jade rested a bit she sat up and stretched.  “Want to shower?  I’ll wash your back,” she replied as she stood up.

After an uneventful shower, the two lovers shared a quick breakfast and Jade prepared to leave.  “I need to go now, I’m going to be late,” she replied and kissed him deeply, making him taste strawberries.  She pulled her hair up in a bun and put two sharp pencils in to hold it.  She hugged him tight and said, “Good bye, Chris, see you around.”  She ran out of the apartment before he could compose himself.

 

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A month went by and Jade was actually driving to a job in Long Island.  She found the ad in the news paper and figured what the hell.  She graduated, she had perfect scores and now she needed a better job.  She always worried that the old jalopy would break down on her in the worse way, as in the way where she would need new parts.  If it involved simple things, she could handle it.  Secretly, she thanked her ex-boyfriend who was a mechanic and made her watch him fix cars as a pass time.

She parked her car and walked towards the tall building, failing to realize that she had passed Seth’s new car—which was a Ferrari in the color of green.  She had everything she could possibly need with her and she was dressed to kill.  Her long hair was up in a French twist for once and now she had a white streak at the front.  She never told Seth what had happened to her after she finished her last final before graduation.

 She didn’t say a word to anybody and made sure that the police kept it quiet as well.  She was beaten, almost killed, and almost raped.  Jade was lucky that she knew some moves or else she would have been seriously dead and raped at the same time.  She did the incredible, according to the police in the precinct.  They were looking for the bastard, apparently he had been raping and murdering girls around the state and they figured that the bastard was going to be one of those serial killers.  They figured wrong.

She suffered a lot of contusions a few lacerations and a sprained ankle.  She was losing blood and she was dragging a two hundred pound unconscious whelp behind her all the way to the precinct, where she asked for help and filled out a report and passed out.  Secretly she was glad that she and Seth never talked to each other every night.  The longest they went without talking was about a month and that’s without seeing each other at all.  Anyway he was so busy with his girlfriend and new job that he sort of forgotten about her.  That was fine, she could make do, and she always had.

She healed pretty quickly, and had a special reminder of that night.  Apparently, during her attack her hair acquired a white streak to show how much mental trauma she went through.  Her contusions healed as rapidly as it could and the ones that were the most visible became subjected to her unique make up skills that easily covered them up.  The lacerations proved to be harder to hide while it was healing but once it scared up she didn’t care anymore.  It was her battle wounds; it was her “purple heart” just like her now white streaked hair.  She was proud that she made it through another obstacle and did it alone, like all the other times.

She took the elevator to the top floor, where the ground secretary told her when she entered the building and she nervously waited for the stupid machine to get to her destination.  The door opened and she moved silently down the corridor until she stopped in front of a black woman, who was filing her nails.  The black woman stopped and smiled at Jade, who in turn smiled back.

“Hi, I’m here for the interview,” she replied and the black lady nodded and dialed the phone up and talked rapidly.  Jade looked around and realized that the name plate said “Abbey”.  Oh, man…, she thought silently as she realized who she was speaking to.  “Excuse me, um, does Seth Davis work here by any chance?” Jade asked and Abbey had a look of jealousy cross her eyes.  “Yes, he does, why do you ask?” 

Jade didn’t bother to answer because she sensed someone coming up behind her.  “Hi, I’m Varrick…” said a deep voice and she turned around.  “Chris Varrick,” she replied with a slight nod.  He was taken aback by her.  She changed her looks, it looked like she aged and yet it didn’t.  He couldn’t place it, something changed…then he realized that she had a white streak.  He went to finger it but she stopped him with her hand.  “Why don’t you follow me to my office?” he said and Jade followed him ever so silently.

“Seth’s been worried about you,” he replied as he shut the door and found her seated in a chair, her long legs crossed.  He looked at them for a moment and saw a scar, a deep one that was still red.  He walked over to her and crouched and Jade immediately thought he looked like some sort of panther.

 “What happened to your leg?” he asked worry written across his face, but most surprisingly a silent rage.  “Nothing too important,” she replied looking him in the eye, studying him.  “Damn it!  Tell me what the fuck happened to your leg!” he demanded standing up, his large hands were pressed against the wall behind her.  He was caging her between his body and she started to get uncomfortable and wanted to panic but she controlled herself.  I will not break, she replied and took a deep breath, looking him straight in his brown eyes.

“You want to know, Chris?” she asked and he flinched when he heard an edge in her voice.  “Yeah, I want to know,” he replied clenching his jaw in frustration.  “I was attacked and this fucking bloke was trying to rape me.  We struggled a bit, he broke a window and used one of the shards to try and cut me up.  I pulled out some moves and knocked him unconscious and passed out,” she replied and silently felt better but she would never admit it to anyone.  Chris mouth fell open in disbelief and he backed away from her, running his hand over his stubbly head. 

“Are you okay?  Who did this to you? I never saw it in the news,” He replied immediately when he looked at the Asian woman who was sitting in the chair calmly, “And why the hell aren’t you crying!”  “It was the Brooklyn Stalker,” she replied simply, “and I’m not crying because I cried enough for a month to start again.  I have to build reserves you know?”

He didn’t laugh at her weak attempt at humor and stared at her with pain flickering in his eyes, Jade would have sworn he went through her whole ordeal.  “Look, Chris, don’t get upset about it.  Everything turned out fine and I got to keep my privacy,” she replied standing up.  “Why didn’t you call me?  Or Seth?  You know we would have helped you,” he replied after he let out a roar.

She stood her ground, even though she was scared and she knew that all the blood had run out of her face.  “I had to deal with it on my own,” she replied with a shrug.  “What the…what the fuck?!  You are not alone!  You have two people in this world who care about you deeply and you don’t have to go through a thing like that by yourself!  Jesus…what am I going to do with you?” he asked trying to contain his yelling but not doing too good at it because Seth entered the office.

“Would you two keep it the fuck down in here!” Seth replied as he shut the door and he turned around to find Jade and Chris standing in the middle of the room glaring at each other.  “Jade?!  Where the hell have you been?  I’ve been worried about you!”  Seth replied and immediately went to hug his affectionate friend and realized that she tensed in his arm.

“What’s wrong?” he asked as he pulled away to look into her eyes and found that they looked haunted.  She did not answer her question so he turned to Chris, who looked equally haunted.  “All right, my place, now!”  Seth replied getting frustrated.  He was glad that it was a slow day anyway.

 

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Chris drove them to Seth’s apartment, his jaw was clenched the entire time as he reined control over his emotions.  He was angry that someone tried to touch what was his.  That single thought made him almost hit a car but he took control again, she was never his.  She made it clear to him that she didn’t even want to waste time, crystal clear.  But he still couldn’t help squelch the need within him to get her, have her, be in her.  Everything about her was perfect.  Every woman that he had been with the entire time before and the few after her paled considerably--he groaned silently when he the realization hit him, Chris loved her. 

The second Jade was out of the car Chris was by her side and put his arm around her waist.  She looked at him oddly for a moment and kept walking.  When they entered, Chris looked at her pointedly and ordered, “Sit.”  She sat, there was nothing she really could do.  She crossed her legs and looked at the two men who were looking at her.

“Will someone explain to me what the fuck is going on?” Seth asked breaking the silence.  Jade got off of the couch and away from the two men who were looking at her, she felt uncomfortable.  She sat near the door and made sure that it was unlock if they decided to hit her or abuse her.

“About a month ago, I was attacked,” she replied looking them dead on, trying to hide the fear that she still suffered from.  “What?!  Are you okay?  Why didn’t you call me?” Seth asked immediately going to her but she flinched and seemed to curl in on herself. 

“I’m fine,” she replied as sternly as possible.  Chris snorted, “You are not fine, you just flinched at your friend!” 

Jade pulled her hair down and looked at the ground.  “He had been stalking me for about a month.  I never knew who it was, I felt it nearby.  I guess I should have realized that night you and your friends came to the bar.  I mean it’s not like I really pay attention when a fine patron is new or if he is a serial killer.  He was always asking me out and that night that I went with you guys…he got infuriated.  I know because he told me how he felt as he started to hit me. He was extremely livid when he saw Chris at my apartment. 

The Brooklyn Stalker took a liking to me.  He caught up with me after my early graduation.  It was supposed to be one of my best days too…” she paused not daring to look up holding in her tears, “Anyway, he pushed me into an alley and broke a window.  I fought him as much as I could.  He had me pinned against the wall and he was about to…with the shard of glass pressed against my neck.  He assumed that I was weakened enough with the other cuts, I guess it normally would have been if I wasn’t so stubborn.  I kneed him and he went down hard.  I kicked him several times and smashed his head against the ground and dragged him to the police station. 

I was beaten and bleeding pretty heavily.  I fought unconsciousness the entire time I dragged him to the precinct.  I told them what happened and fainted from blood loss.  I was in the hospital for about a week, by then I was fired from the bar and my phone was disconnected.  I had to use some of my savings to save the apartment.”

“How bad did he hurt you?” Chris asked with a quiet rage.   “Three deep lacerations: one on my upper thigh, one on my abdomen, and one on my back.  I had broken ribs, which is why I don’t like touching people at the moment, a sprained ankle and a killer black eye.  If I remember correctly, I think they said I had a concussion, not sure about that,” she replied looking up for the first time to see rage written on their faces and she slowly stood up, posing to leave if need be.

“Why didn’t you call me?  I would have helped you out,” Seth replied and Jade just shook her head silently.  “I don’t know, I felt so guilty, you’ve done so much as it is and everything was going great with your life.  I didn’t want to dampen it because of some psycho fuck.”

“How did you manage to get away?” Chris asked softly his expression softened tremendously even though there was something he was guarding.  “I-I-I don’t know,” she said and felt silent tears fall down her face, “I can’t remember that at all.  I just remember him hitting me; I don’t even know how I escaped.  The next thing I knew I was dragging his unconscious body to the police.  Whatever happened must have been pretty scary because I had a white streak.”

“Oh, God, Jade,” Seth replied softly and moved closer to her.  “I’m sorry, Seth, I didn’t mean…god, I don’t know, but I feel really sorry,” she said and started to sob, she covered her face with the wall, trying to hide from them.

 “What happened to him?” Chris asked softly, placing a soft hand on her shoulder.  “I think he’s dead, he died in the hospital that was what the cop that helped me said.  He lost too much blood or something,” she replied not look at anyone, “but I hacked into their system and read the report.” 

“What did it say?” the muscular man asked.  “It said that the man was murdered in the most unpleasant of ways,” she replied turning around to face him.  The look in his eyes surprised her.  She saw grim satisfaction in them and a strong love for her.  “How about we go eat dinner at my house with my mom?”  Chris asked changing the subject and she nodded silently.  The reasoning behind the grim satisfaction that showed behind Chris’s eyes was that he did something horribly inhuman for another human.  He killed a man.

You see, no one touches what he claimed to be his, no one.  That means no one hurts them either.  He led the woman that captured his heart for good and smiled evilly.  He killed before, many times, but never was caught because he killed the scum that affected the beauty.

The first one he killed was his own father.  He didn’t like how that man beat his mother, no one should beat women.  He took it upon himself to kill anyone who beat women and raped them.  Seeing that the man that tried to hurt his beauty tried to do both, he took extreme pleasure in it.  Chris was slightly surprised that she didn’t remember him there.  He was there to talk to her, to get her to take him back.  But he was glad that she couldn’t remember and was proud that she managed to take such a beating and still walk all that way.  This would be one of the few secrets he would keep from her, but tonight will be the beginning of their long relationship.  He liked her from the beginning, all that fire and passion and now he had to bring it back, starting with a little Italian get together.

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