Page 43 of Captivated

Damn, she’s gorgeous.

I went to her Monday night to talk to her and get her to talk to me about everything I found out from Stefano. But of course, I was distracted by her right away, and my plan flew out the window. Not that I minded. I mean, Jesus, she suffocated me with her pussy and thighs, and had I died, I would’ve died a very happy man.

She keeps letting me do to her what comes to mind, and doesn’t pause to question me. I fucking love that. She’s adventurous and just as desperately horny for me as I am for her.

We drive in comfortable silence for a few minutes as we leave Atlantic City’s limits and continue down towards the southern point of the island through Ventnor, Margate, and Longport.

“I’ve wanted to buy a house down here for a long time,” I tell her as we drive along the stretch of road that borders the water.

“They’re all beautiful,” she says wistfully. “I’ve admired these houses for years. My aunt used to take Sean and I for drives and I’d daydream about living in one of these big houses on the water. I always thought life would be perfect if I did. I mean, what could be better?”

“A nice house doesn’t mean a perfect life.”

She sighs. “I know. It was just a daydream. I used to live in a nice house in Boston. I mean, it certainly wasn’t like these, but my dad, brother, and I were happy. My mom died duringchildbirth with Sean when I was four, so I only remember bits and pieces of her.”

“I’m so sorry, Cassie.” I reach over and place my hand on her leg, and she covers it with hers.

“Thank you.” She looks up at me and then back out the window. “I became a mom to Sean as we were growing up, and then after our dad was uh…” – she pauses – “died, I tried to be both parents to him.”

“What about your aunt? Wasn’t she there?”

“She was, I guess. She worked a lot. It’s a change for anyone who was single and free to then have two kids to take care of, so I tried my best to help her, and made sure Sean and I were never too much of a burden.”

“That shouldn’t have been your load to bear,” I tell her, and she shrugs and takes a sip of coffee.

“It is what it is. That might be why I went a little wild when I got to college. I mean, I still lived here, but Sean was older and able to stay home alone without me, which meant I got to have a little freedom for the first time.”

“There’s nothing wrong with that. You deserve to have fun, Cassie. Everyone does. We only have this one life, and if we don’t enjoy it when we have the opportunities to, then what’s the point?”

“I guess. But if I had been there for Sean more the past few years, maybe then he…” She doesn’t finish her thought, but I know what she’s thinking. Maybe then he wouldn’t have a gambling problem.

“Maybe, what?”

“Nothing. Just, maybe he would be surer of who he is and know what he wants in life.”

“He’s eighteen. He has time.”

“How do you–? Oh, right, you looked into me.”

“Don’t make it sound so sinister.”

“Sinister?” She chuckles. “No, but I’ve never had a man look into me, so it’s new.”

“I’m different, is what you’re saying?”

“That’s one way of putting it. I can say with certainty that I’ve never met a man like you.”

My chest swells with pride. Whether she meant it as a compliment or not, I’m going to take it as one. “Thank you.”

“You really will take just about anything I say as a compliment, won’t you?”

“From you? Yes, I will. Because it means I’m on your mind.”

I can feel her eyes on me, and when I look over at her, I see the amusement in them despite her straight face.

“On my mind. You could say that.”

“What else could you say?”

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