Chapter 15
Brenda walked to her car and hesitated before getting in. She put her hand on the door handle and looked at Ron. Ron knew that she was still not sure of his feelings toward her and she was afraid to pressure him.
"Brenda, your not going to chicken out on me are you?" he asked. "I want you to spend this week with me and I really don't think I can sleep without you next to me."
Brenda broke out in a big grin and said, "Follow me to my place."
Brenda led the way through the traffic to her condo. Ron went in with her and was impressed with her décor. He told her to bring enough clothes for a week and to be sure to bring some clothes for nighttime and a bathing suit. Brenda rushed around the condo gathering the clothes that she would need for a week and packed a bag with her cosmetics and toiletries as her overnight case was still in Alaska. Ron again warned her to bring clothes suitable for going out to better restaurants. Ron took the bags down to his car and stashed them as she brought them into the living room. They took Ron's car as his was a Ford Expedition and it would hold the considerable amount of clothes that she had packed.
As they were driving she asked Ron where he lived and he refused to tell her. He told her she would just have to wait and see. He started telling her that she had to be careful and keep the car windows locked as his place was in one of the rougher parts of town. She looked at him and saw the smile on his face and knew that he was kidding her. They drove north on Interstate Route 5 through part of Seattle and Ron got of the Interstate at exit 168 and on to Interstate Route 90 and started to head east. Brenda's eyes started to widen because she knew where this road led. Ron started across the Mercer Island Floating Bridge and she turned to him.
"You don't live on Mercer Island?" she asked incredulously.
Ron just smiled and continued driving. Brenda knew that Mercer Island was one of the upscale communities in the Northwest and she had never even been on the island in all of the time she lived in Seattle. The homes were in the $2,000,000 plus range and the homes were well kept and the community demanded that you keep your home in top shape so home values would be maintained. Mercer Island sits in the middle of Lake Washington and is connected to Puget Sound and the Pacific by the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Ron turned onto Mercer Way, which ran around the east side of the island and continued for a way. He pulled into a large modern home and up to a two-car garage. Trees on three sides of the home shielded it from the neighbors and the street. He pushed the button on the garage door opener clipped to the visor and the garage door opened. Ron pulled into the garage and shut off the engine. He pushed the button again and closed the door. There was a car covered in the other bay.
"What's that?" she asked.
"A Corvette," he said as he unlocked the door to the house.
Brenda shook her head, "Boys and their toys."
She followed Ron into the house and was amazed to find that it was professionally decorated and was neat as a pin. Ron showed her around the house. The house was a brick and wood house with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. It had huge rooms and she saw that it had a large porch. She suddenly realized that the house was on the waterfront and she saw a boat tied to the dock jutting from the shoreline. Ron took her out on the deck and she saw the porch went the entire length of the house. At one end of the porch she saw a large hot tub. Ron went over and turned a couple of knobs on the hot tub and she could hear the pumps start.
"Ron, this place is beautiful," she said. "Is that your boat, it's huge."
"Yes. It's mine. Its only 36 feet," he told her, "The dock is 60 feet long and sometimes a neighbor will tie a boat here if he is having a party."
"I didn't know that Howell paid this well," she said.
Ron walked over behind her and put his arms around her and kissed her neck, "They don't. When my parents died they had considerable assets. When Sam was appointed my guardian he liquidated everything and set up a trust fund for me. He never took any money from me for college and I didn't even know that I had a trust fund until I was 30. When I was given control of the trust fund I bought this house and a few toys. There's still quite a bit left.
Ron led her back into the house and started bringing her clothes into the house. He set the clothes on the living room floor and went back until he had everything out of the car. He started back to the bedrooms and stopped in front of the master bedroom.
"This is my bedroom, you can sleep in either of the other ones," he said with a grin.
She punched him in the arm, "I don't think so Mr. Simpson."
Ron put his arms around her and hugged her to him. He kissed her and let her go. He took Brenda's things and put them in the master bedroom.
"How about you get dressed real nice and I'll show you a nice restaurant in Mercer, he said.
Brenda used the master bathroom and Ron used one of the other bathrooms to get ready. She took her shower and dried her hair. She laid out a clingy, black dress that she thought would be suitable for dining in a nice place and found her lingerie and put on a bra and matching panties and garter belt. She put on a pair of stockings and clipped them to the garter belt. She put on the pair of black high-heeled shoes to match her black dress. She looked in the chest of drawers and saw that there were a few drawers that were not being used. She started to put some of her clothes in the drawers. Ron walked in to get his suit coat.
"You are one beautiful woman," he said startling her, "If you want, you can leave the dress off and go like that
She smiled at him and walked over to him. She loved his compliments. She put her arms around him and looked into his eyes.
"If you're real nice tonight I'll let you help me take them off," She smiled.
Ron kissed her and told her that she had better get dressed or he would go without her. She stuck her tongue out at him and started to put her dress on. Ron got his suit coat and went into the living room and sat down. He marveled that this was an entirely different woman than the Brenda Acton he knew a couple of weeks ago. Brenda came out minutes later and Ron just stared at the beauty in front of him.
"Are you going to stare all night or are we going to go out," she smiled. "This man was great for a woman's ego," she thought to herself.
Ron took Brenda to a local restaurant in Mercer. Ron had made reservations while Brenda was getting dressed. They had a cocktail at the bar before taking their table. The restaurant is a four star restaurant and has what they classified as an international menu. They made their menu decisions and Ron ordered coffee and Brenda decided the have the same. Their conversation was their lives before they knew each other. Brenda seemed especially interested in Ron's childhood and his college exploits. Ron enthralled her with tales of his wild college days. They finished their meal and ordered coffee while they continued their conversation.
"If I would eat like that everyday, I'd weigh 400 pounds by the end of the year," she said as she put down her fork.
She looked at Ron, "I am having such a good time. I don't go out to dinner much except on business. Thank you for the excellent dinner and the pleasant conversation."
The pleasure is all mine," he replied. "I don't often have such beautiful company dining with me."
"You're a flatterer," Brenda said, "But please don't stop, I love it."
While they were finishing their coffee, several people stopped by their table to say hi to Ron and he introduced Brenda to each of them. The two women that stopped at their table were obviously checking out Brenda. Brenda got the impression that the women were checking out the competition. A man came over as Ron was asking for the check and Brenda thought that she recognized him but she couldn't place him.
"Howard this is Brenda Acton, a vice president of Howell, " he said, introducing them to each other.
Brenda and Paul exchanged pleasantries and Ron asked Howard to sit down for a while. Brenda, Ron and Howard talked for several minutes and Howard complemented her on her beauty and asked Brenda if she liked working at Howell. Howard asked Ron when he was going to quit Howell and get a real job. The conversation was lively and the three of them thoroughly enjoyed talking to each other. Howard rose and shook Brenda's hand and told them that he had to get back to his table.
"Ron, you have a standing offer if you ever decide to leave Howell," Howard told him, "You know that I want you to come with us and I'll make it worth your while. Let's have lunch one day."
Howard thanked Brenda for letting him break into their dinner and walked back to his table.
"He seems like a very nice person," She said as Howard left, " It's obvious that he thinks a lot of you. I can't place his face but he looks familiar. What's his last name?"
"Howard Brandon," Ron replied.
Brenda almost dropped her coffee, "Not the tech wizard Howard Brandon?"
Ron laughed, "Yes, the tech wizard Howard Brandon. He lives on the island and I know him from a few golf outings and Howell has done a few things for his other interests. Computer chips aren't the only thing that he's involved in."
Brenda was still finding it hard to speak, "He seems like such a nice person. I never thought that a billionaire would talk to the likes of us."
Ron smiled and rose to leave. He and Brenda left the restaurant and waited for the valet to bring the car around. They drove back to Ron's house holding hands.
Once they were back at the house Ron went in and started a fire in the fireplace in the living room. Brenda went into the bedroom and Ron got a bottle of wine from the wine cooler. He set two glasses out and waited for Brenda to come into the living room. He heard Brenda call him and he went to the bedroom. Brenda had taken her dress off and was standing there in her lingerie.
"I thought you promised to help me out of these things," she grinned.
Ron went over to her and took her in his arms. He reached behind her and unsnapped her bra. The bra fell to the floor. Ron lifted her face to him and kissed her and her tongue started dueling with his. Ron pulled away and got down on his knee and started to take off her stockings. He unsnapped one leg and rolled the stocking down her leg and pulled it off of her foot. He unsnapped the other stocking and repeated the process. He reached up and grabbed the waistband of her panties and pulled them down her legs. Brenda stepped out of them and pulled him up to her. She kissed him and started to take off his tie. The tie joined Brenda's things on the floor. She unbuttoned the shirt slowly and pulled it off of his arms. She unbuckled his belt and unbuttoned the button on his trousers and slid them down his legs. Ron stepped out of his trousers and Brenda pulled his undershirt over his head. She slid his shorts down his legs and Ron stepped out of them.
When they were both naked, she led him to the bed. Brenda laid on the bed and raised her arms to him, inviting him to come to her. Ron got on the bed next to her and took her in his arms and kissed her. He started kissing her gently and the kiss grew in intensity until both of them were struggling to breathe. Brenda pulled away and clutched him to her tightly.
"I've wanted you all night," she said into his chest, "I almost threw you under the table in the restaurant,"
"That would have caused quite a stir," Ron laughed.
Ron kissed her again and started caressing her. He moved his hand to her breast and gently caressed her. He cupped her breast and felt her nipple harden in his palm. He started kissing her neck and kissing down to her breast. He kissed each nipple and grabbed them with his lips. When he sucked a nipple into his mouth Brenda gasped and clutched his head closer to her breast. He moved his hand down to her belly and to her mound. He cupped her mound and let his finger slip into her. She was wet and his finger went into her easily. He moved his finger up to her clit and gently massaged her with her wetness. He moved to her other breast and grabbed it with his lips and then sucked it into his mouth. Brenda was moaning under him and she was moving her hips to meet his fingers.
"Brenda grabbed his head and gasped, "I'm ready Ron. Please come to me. I need you now."
Ron got between her legs and positioned himself, ready to enter her. Brenda reached down and grabbed him and guided him into her. As he started into her she suddenly thrust up to him and forced him into her and wrapped her legs around his. Ron started thrusting into her and Brenda matched him thrust for thrust. Brenda started moaning and moving her head side to side on the pillow. She let out a scream and thrust up to him and held him to her as her orgasm took total control of her being. As she released him, Ron started thrusting into her again and he emptied himself into her. As she felt him tense she had another, larger orgasm and she fell back to the bed.
They lay joined together for several minutes and kissed each other tenderly. Ron started to soften and he rolled off of her and down next to her. He moved his hand over to hers and took her hand in his. They were silent for a few minutes trying to catch their breath.
Ron rolled over to her and kissed her. After they broke their kiss Brenda pulled him to her and hugged him tightly. They lay together for several minutes and enjoyed the bliss that they each felt.
Ron pulled away gently and kissed her again, "Come on out to the living room and I'll show you the hot tub."
Ron got out of bed and left the bedroom. Brenda got up and went into the master bathroom and cleaned up a little. She entered the living room just as Ron was coming in from the deck. He was wearing a terrycloth robe and he reached over to a chair and got one that he had put there for her. As he helped her on with it, he hugged her to him and held her for several minutes. Brenda was content to just stay in his arms. Ron pulled away and took her hand and led her out on the deck to the hot tub. Ron had taken the cover off of the hot tub. They took off their robes and Ron helped her into the hot tub. The night was cool but the water was hot and they were very comfortable.
Ron produced a bottle of wine and poured both of them a glass. Ron held Brenda to him and they sipped the wine and looked out over to Bellevue about a mile across the lake. They sat enjoying the swirling hot water and each other and looked out over the water.
Ron topped off both of their glasses and Brenda turned her head to the water and quietly watched the lights of Bellevue in the distance. She didn't say anything for several minutes.
"Ron, you have a problem," Brenda said quietly, "I love you and I'm not going to let you go. I've never been in love before and I...
Ron put his finger to her lips. "I don't remember asking you to get out of my life," he said as he kissed her.
Brenda leaned into his arms trying to get closer, though that was impossible. Brenda was more at peace than she had ever been in her life and Ron was happy that this beautiful woman was in his arms. Ron poured each of them another glass of wine.
After they had been in the hot tub for about 15 minutes Ron told her that they ought to get out before the hot water made them drowsy. Ron helped Brenda out of the tub and helped her on with her robe and they went into the living room. Ron pulled a blanket over in front of the fire and he laid down on it. He stretched his hand to Brenda and she lay down in front of him with her back to his chest. Ron put his arm over her and they lay together silently watching the flames. Brenda thought to herself that life couldn't be better than this.
The combination of the warmth from the hot tub and the heat from the flames and the wine made them both drowsy and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
During the night, Ron woke and hugged her closer to his body.
"I love you," Brenda said in her sleep.