Page 58 of Prince of Darkness

We dance a few more songs before Max tells his sister we are leaving. “Your feet are hurting,” he says as he leads me out of the club. He is right. He opens the limo door for me. I climb in. He follows in after me. I start to kiss him, thinking I know where this is going. He kisses me back for a moment before sitting me in the other seat off of his lap.

“Hey, what are you-” I stop protesting when he pulls the heels off my feet. I let out a moan as he starts to rub my feet.

“You really are going to be the perfect husband.” I sigh.

“Don’t fall asleep on me,” he says as he keeps on rubbing my feet.

“I’m sure that mouth of yours will wake me up.” I let my eyes fall closed. I don’t have a worry in the world. Our wedding is days away but I know everything will go off without a hitch. If it doesn’t, I really don't care. All I care about at the end of the day is that Max Kennedy will be my husband and I know nothing will stop that from happening.

“You can count on that.” I can always count on him. In more ways than one.

EPILOGUE

MAX

Years later

Iyawn, leaning back in my chair at the office. I try to come in at least once a week to check on things. The place runs itself but it’s nice to keep people on their toes. That and one day one of our kids might want to take over. I am leaving all doors open for them. If they want the place and prove they can handle it, I’ll hand it over. If they want no part then I can sell it off. Either way there is no rush or need to do anything at the moment. I glance at the clock seeing I still have over an hour before we can pick our son up at kindergarten. Mia spent the day with my mom and Kim at some spa where they planned a handful of treatments and afternoon tea. They are having a girls’ day, taking our daughter with them. I think Mom did it to help Mia not worry over Cooper’s first day of school.

I knew he’d be fine. He has a lot of his mom in him. He is a social butterfly and can talk to anyone. I’m sure he’s already made friends with everyone in his class. Still, I am ready to go home. Mia said she’d meet me here and we’d go together to pick Cooper up from his first day. I am ready to get out of this office. The downside to only coming in once a week is when you’re here someone is always needing something. Mark has been all over me from the moment I stepped into the office. I have a feeling he might be doing the same thing my mom is doing with Mia. Keeping me busy so that my mind doesn't drift to the kids getting older and I turn into a cranky asshole. He is doing it for the good of the office.

My office phone rings. I sigh because it shouldn't be ringing. My family or the school would call my cell phone if they needed anything, so it has to be work related. Mark sent the call through, so it must be important. I reluctantly pick it up.

“Maxwell Kennedy,” I answer.

“Mr. Kennedy. My name is Mia Montgomery and I’m calling from Remex Collection Services.”

“Say your maiden name again, angel, and I’ll spank your ass tonight after we put the kids to bed.” I smile, sitting up in my chair. My cock goes hard thinking about all those years ago. The first time I’d heard her sweet voice. Who fucking knew this is where I’d end up? Life can really change in the blink of an eye—or I guess in our case a simple phone call.

“Hush.” She teases me. “I’m playing with my husband.” I close my eyes, savoring her words. She knows that gets me every time. I don’t care where we are or what we are doing. Anytime she refers to me as her husband I get hard. I didn't know I had a kink until that shit started happening.

“I’m sorry, angel. What can—"

“Do you call random women who call your phone ‘angel’?”

“Never.” I can hear her smile a second before my office door is pushed open. She’s more beautiful now than ever. Especially when she’s looking to be naughty. She was so innocent when I first met her and over the years, she’s really come into herself.

“Since you weren’t cooperating over the phone, I had to take my efforts to the next level.” She saunters over to my desk. “How are you going to pay your debt off, Mr. Kennedy?”

I smile as I motion for her to sit in my lap. “What exactly do I owe?” I sit back as she comes around my desk. My hand finds its way to her thigh that’s exposed from her dress riding up. I stroke her there as I wait for her answer.

“It’s pretty large,” she answers in a sing-song voice.

That brings a smile to my face. I take her hand and place it over my rock hard cock. “Yes, it is.”

She rolls her eyes but gives me a little stroke before trying to give me a stern look.

“Name your price, angel.” We both know that whatever she asks for I’ll give her.

“Right now, I’ll settle for a kiss but later when we’re home you’re going to have to work this debt off. Do we have an agreement?”

I love this woman. I couldn’t imagine spending a second of this life or the next without her. She is my heaven. People talk of love at first sight but for me, it was love at first sound. Her sweet voice turned my world upside down and then righted it.

“We have more than an agreement, angel. We have a lifetime.” I take her mouth as my fingers travel up her thigh. We may have to get our son from school but I have a little time to work off some of my debt.

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