The Same

The Same 1

The Restaurant was beginning to close as we walked to the valet to have our car returned to us. He turned and kissed me again, he was sober enough to drive home, I had suggested a cab, but he waved me on and said he able to drive us home.

As we drove home, he popped the

question, again, “you have not answered my question, are you seeing someone?” “Are you dating?” “When will we be seeing each other again?” being bombarded by his questions and I thought it was just the brandy, I was happy, but did not show any emotion, although I am sure he knew, he was also hiding his emotions; we had too much to drink, it was not the right moment or time for me to allow John Vanderbilt in my life, I needed to know him and who he had before this date. As there was someone meddling with our lives?  

Chapter Six

James Jones - Real Estate Billionaire

He wanted me to go back to his place, for a drink, as for which I declined the invitation.

He said okay with a warm air of relinquishment and disappointment. I said “we‟ll talk at lunch tomorrow”. We sat silent listening to classical music on the remainder of the ride home. John, walked me to my door and said goodnight, pulsating long kiss, our embraced seemed to last forever, for which he gasped as I let go of him as he said placidly, ” I‟ll call you the minute I get home and set up our next date for the weekend away from the city. I whispered

goodnight and said call me. We‟ll talk about lunch tomorrow.

I rushed to my bedroom, undressed showered, went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea, when the phone rang, I quickly answered, it was John, “did you shower?” he asked, “no I did not”, I jokingly replied. “I am in the kitchen making tea,” he said “I am too”, I said, and we continued speaking of each other the thigs we liked and disliked, the kids and everything else we did and shared in common until about 3:15 am, when I had to remind him I had a 8 am appointment with a client who I had to meet to view a bed and breakfast we were opening in Vermont and our lunch date, for which he said he would call. We hung up from each other at exactly 3:30 am that morning.

I rushed out the door to the meeting, which was very important to the Company, this was the deal of the year with one of our biggest clients James Jones, the appointment he was with a wealthy Texan, billionaire to be exact, he managed and did all his original transactions and new property investment personally, he has several investment with our company and I was to close this agreement with him, his assistant usually closes all the bids.

The Bed and Breakfast was located on Long Island, in the Wine Country of Suffolk County, the Company won the bid and I had to meet with James Jones, who I have been speaking with on the telephone and emailing for weeks, for dates, he wanted to spend some time with me, this was the big date; he was young and exciting very attractive to look at, short black hair, face of a Greek God..had the mannerism of cowboy who trained horses, he was not my type of guy but he was great for business and conversations.

I called John, and told him, I would call him after the appointment and gladly meet him for late lunch. I was out of the office until 3 p.m. that afternoon, had me accompany him to inspect the property with a team of engineers, inspectors and

designers, I don‟t usually inspect properties with my clients but, he offered me partnership with his company for which I told him I would have to think about it and inform him at another time, I had so many appointments on my schedule, there was no time to focus on a new contract for a new job, I take my work seriously, and had to see all the pros and cons of new business, I don‟t like losing or using, no matter how insanely attractive the incentives or bonuses was at this time, and moreover, my contract stipulated a five year deal which was binding for another month.

James laughed, that I have been putting him off for years, and he would let me decide when and if I wanted to partnered with him and or have dinner with him, he was so demanding but non-consenting as he walked alongside me and slipped his fingers through mine. I smiled as how now, I am being hunted and pursued, by two handsome and wealthy men.

The drive to Suffolk, the meeting and inspection went well, it was exhilarating, overwhelming and tiring, I did not hear from John, I thought he would called me, lunch was evidently, cancelled, I returned to my office, lazily tossed my bags and files on the desk picked up my messages and asked my assistant to bring me coffee, I went through my messages, upon doing so, I saw where John called the office, and left a detailed message and e-mail, he had made reservations for us to spend the week-end in Napa Valley, California, to begin on Thursday, (this could not happen I had a meeting schedule Friday Morning, anytime afternoon on Friday would be great). No if, buts, or no‟s, I had a fit, and remembered I dated him and now he is returning the favors of etiquette. I called John immediately and told him I would love to fly to Napa with him, but not until Friday Afternoon, he said

” great I will change the flight for noon (3 p.m.) and pick you up at home” we both laughed, as I hanged up from John.

I looked up and saw James walking into the office at 5 p.m. that afternoon, surprisingly, he apologize for stopping by unannounced or having made an

appointment, after all he said “we are more than just business partners,” softly curt and business like, he said “I would like for us to go to dinner I made reservations, I have a new project,” he wanted me to work on with his assistant, (his excuse for spending the evening with me ) I cannot refuse James offers, his company pays, high commissions, I try to please him, he is always satisfied with my decisions as I make him happy whenever, I close his deals. As I am also aware, he is terribly attracted to me, I don‟t feel a thing for him but l**t at his appearance and suave attitude of a Greek God, and as

I am in confusion as to why, I did not fall in love him more than I did with John. I am flowing with the moment with James, I met him for the first time at a conference on a field auction, a partners of the company introduce us, since then every deal of his was close by me and my assistant.

Dinner went well with James, this was my first informal semi-business meeting with him, unlike other dates with him, we discussed very little business and spoke lightly of music, current affairs and events in the Real Estate Hotel entrepreneurship business, thinking of being a partner with a billionaire, is being married to him, it was a giant step, James was implying more than business, I was not ready for this commitment and loyalty, as I know he inherited his wealth, was born into wealth and became the man he is today from dedication and hard work also, the proposal was informal and pertinent, we have only been 

Chapter Seven

Week-end at Napa Valley

I drove home alone, that evening, I had a full day, having spent the night before with John and the day with James I wondered if they had a wager, they both attended a few conventions I was present at and the conference in Houston was where the three of us had lunch. The thought went through my head as quickly as it came, the ride home up rejuvenating, as I drove up to the door of my drive-way my butler, who lived on the property came out to greet me, I had shopped at the mall and grocery store after dinner. As we both emptied the car of my loot, he mentioned Mr. Vanderbilt came by unannounced, he left a bottle of wine and some flowers, said Bill, and I laughed as both men are on the same thought waves as they both initiated the same actions in different place, one at my home and the other at the office. Bill said, “He told me not to notify you Janet, so I complied.” Janet thanked Bill, and assist with the packing of the goods she brought home.

We packed the stuff away out of the kitchen and I fled up stairs, to my surprise with some new outfits and toiletries I bought for the week-end with John, I looked up and saw my daughter sitting in the loft above the stair,(a space we used for relaxing when my ex- husband lived in the home) with her friend from France, Francois, they turned and said hello alternatively, “hello Mom”,

“hello Mrs. Alexander, he was visiting, it was the end of the summer and

Sheldon, Shaun and Shaneika went to get Visas for visiting Francois parents in September; this is the news they both had.

I sat with them spoke of their trip and my week-end plans with John for the following day, we laughed and left them going through magazines Shaneika looking at different places she wanted to visit, while in France.

I had a late night brandy, showered, washed my hair and jumped in bed, just as I was about to cuddle up with my pillow and

Brit (my terrier) the phone rang at exactly, 10:45 p.m. it was John, hello “Cherie” my nick-name for which he called me whenever he was in the mood for his passionate and innate love making, which has not happened

in the physical sense…but were we steaming…hi John, he said ” I can‟t wait for tomorrow afternoon, I hope you are ready,” “yes John I am, trying to keep the excitement out of my voice”, we both moaned on the phone with exasperation and remained silent for a while. John said “goodnight, I see you tomorrow” call me after the meeting.” I told him goodnight and hanged up.

Friday morning was right on time, Brit nibble my toes, and I was awake, I picked him up gave him a hug and returned him to his basket. Shaneika entered my room, at about 8 am the meeting was not until 9:30 am, the drive from Hudson Valley to Madison Avenue, was about an 45 minutes to an hour. We talked as I placed my suits on the bed, asked her to choose one, while I did my makeup and hair. She was a bit faint, as she said “Mom I feel as if I am in love with him” ” I said honey, it o.k. don‟t worry about it, go with the way you feel and let it happen, if it was not meant to be it cannot be”, “whatever decision is made, it is what will be”, I stopped a while hugged her and told her I am sure it will all work out in your favor, Francois and Shaneika has been friends for five years, they were both young, and happy, he flew to the States every summer, sometime he stayed at the Windsor Hotel in the City (I guess for their privacy and when he was with his parents) and other times he would stay at the house here in Newburgh.

We had relatives all over New York, you name the City my parents and cousins lived there and had ties to someone in or around the communities. It was getting late Shaneika chose, my suit, and outfits for the week-end, she packed the new things I bought and walked with me to the car after drinking a mouthful of orange juice and sip a cup of coffee, her brother was just returning from a business meeting, from Miami, so he said, he had a busy day ahead and needed to do some shopping for his trip to France. This being their first time, they wanted everything newly bought. I kissed them both, told them to have a good time and rushed out the door.

On our way to the airport, John asked of the happenings of the day, and relax into traveling mode of his day, he visited his mom, his once a week visit, she was now aging, and being her only son he thought it would be appropriate as he was concerned about her well being, to hire an assistant to live with her to help with her chores and other tasks. He, would mention his mom more than he would speak of his daughter, his daughter he said, “Jan is a loner, she likes being on her own and doing what she does with her friends and people she meets, she lives a clean and social life…she spends time with and live with her mother, John‟s, ex-wife, when she is not at her apartment. As my only child she become annoyed at my constant protective attitude and questionings, so as to not aggravate the relationship, I let her be and do whatever she seek to do. If and when she needs me I am here for her all the time, no matter where or what the situation may be”. I understood very well, I do the same for my children and John and I had an understanding, no matter how intimate we may be, our relationship and business will not come between us and the children. Shaneika, Shaun and Sheldon would be away in France for two weeks starting on Monday.

We finally, got the kids and his mom out of the way, we continued in light conversation of our progress on the job, the plans for the week-end in Napa Valley was on, the wine tasting occasion, a tour of the vineyard, spa and then just us, we both sighed, as we share some traits of compatibility, and in our astrological signs, I was becoming frustrated sometime by our attitudes and mind bending in our personal lives, the fact of the matter is I liked it so much, I was afraid of being in a relationship with John, it was as if I was him and he me is some of our thoughts and actions, the individuality was a concern, we were not engaged, how could this be, all we did was exchange kisses, the only “deoxyribonucleic acid” (DNA) we shared.

The Flight was on time, we departed at 5 p.m. and would not be in San Francisco until 11 p.m. that night, we had first class seats and decided to sleep, dinner would be served within a hour or two after takeoff and John had a bottle of Champagne sent to our seats. There were only two other couple traveling in our compartment so he had the mostly the stewardesses attending mainly his needs and crooning over him. On flight we, hardly spoke of anything or anyone we were careful not to fall in each other trance and or stare too deeply in each other‟s eyes. I have nothing in my life but by children and job at the Corporation, my dog Brit is my only personal possession who is handle and petted by me daily, my ex-husband lives on his own he was stricken by some unknown virus after the divorce, and he and his doctors are working on a cure.

The flight attendant interrupted us as we were about to land, the Champagne made me a bit light headed and I could hardly stand when it was time to disembark. John allowed everyone to leave the plane so I could stand on my own, as I did so he laughed hugged me as if he was a support beam and we walked side by side to our waiting car.

On our way to the lodge or villa, we played with each other until the giggles were silenced with kisses and moans and groans although we did not make love in the car, the passion and desired we had bottled up inside our being exploded and erupted into a wild frenzy of carnal ecstasy and pleasure. We stopped ourselves as the car pulled up at the entry of our destination of our excursion. I got myself together and stepped out of the car with my luggage as the driver was told to pick us up on Monday morning bright and early.

As we approached the entrance we were met by a Valet attendant, who took our luggage and escorted us to a four bedroom private house with extensive lush green meadow like view and acres of vineyard beyond, the warmth of the house made us shiver as we entered the living space with all the modern amenities, we were told pick for Spa at

11 am John said, sorry I think you have the wrong guest, Spa is a not until 1 p.m. and the tour and picnic Sunday afternoon. Please check our itinerary and call us in the morning, we are vamped and lagged. John politely thanked him and the Valet Tom left us to ourselves. As I ran out of the room and down the hallway to see the remainder of the house and the extensiveness of the view, the pool and the hot Tub on the terrace made the ambiance more romantic and ecstatic more than ever.

l felt weak in the knees, and continued to explore the house, as John was right behind me, with a quickness in his step, it seemed the trip he planned was for my seduction, I secretly smiled, he was at my side now, he grabbed me by the waist twisted me around to face him and whispered in my ears that he waited years to taste my mouth, and wanted all of me, and he will take what belonged to him without any repose from his touch she returned his longing as she drew his head down and his hard body reclaimed hers with a fierce yearning that aroused her own longing to a dizzy pitch, then slowly fulfilled it with piercing, welling intensity until her cry was swept away with the wind. He then lifted her to one of the bedrooms and devoured her flesh from head to toe, until they were both breathless and filled with the anxiety of making love again, and again until they were exhausted.

Shivering, and claiming the moment as heavenly, she screamed his name, and he murmured, brushing her lips with his. Gently he explored her face with his fingers as if he was blind, as if he had never seen him before and might never again. He looked at he and kissed he hard on the mouth and she rise above him as he rise in her and thrust again until moans exhaled into deep breathing and finally sleep.

They awoke in the middle of the afternoon in each other arms, smiling at each other, the hunger and craving for each other became a need which had to be fulfilled. I‟m caught in some spell, John said, no one has ever done this, or made me feel this way, your mouth and eyes are not of this world, my sweet, I kissed him and mounted him as he mumbled into unrest and listlessness of our passion and sweat into the afternoon.

We rise out of bed at 3 p.m., we said nothing as we wondered the room in nudity, listened to our messages from the Front Office in silence while we stared in each other eyes, we missed our appointment at the spa, and we hoped to go on tour in the morning if our hearts and body allowed to be apart.

I made a bubble bath in the gigantic bath tub for both of us in a gigantic jet streamed tub, while John ordered room service, in the room, the warmth and scent of the water restored my body, John entered the bathtub after the meal was delivered, he entwined his body with mine as we both sank into a bliss that our bodies seemed to be screaming for inherently and the quenching of the thirst of our desire for each other, we ended this splendorous moment with trembling kisses and sighs.

We lunched on the terrace and spend the afternoon in bed, hoping to have dinner later that evening, if our bodies would allow, there were no thoughts now, no business, no no‟s, just the satisfying of our s****l desires, and fulfilling every need, blissfully. John shamelessly took me in his arms again, kissing me everywhere exploring with his tongue, like a heat-seeking missile and taking my breath away over and over again, I fainted in his arms and he carried me to the other bedroom, place me gently on the bed, spreading my leg with his mouth, he entered me with his tongue, up and down he went until I flinched away, as the explosion between my legs made me screamed and grabbed him deeper within my loins. He mounted me and the rhythm was wild and rose into a flame of sighs and moans until we fell asleep.

The sunset was just happening when John held me in his arms and pleaded with me not to stop him, he wanted me to be aware of how he felt and wanted every moment to be his and his command alone we watched the sunset until the sky became lit with stars, silently, in nudity embracing each other in silence.

Dinner reservations, was at 7 p.m., we both got dressed, looked at the itinerary which was not observed at all, we were obsessed with each other and loving every moment of it, the car came on time, took us to a restaurant across town,

The cuisine was superb we had

Crustacean medley and red and white wine alternatively, we talked of the vineyard and hoped we would allow each other to go wine tasting and picnicking as these were the only two things which was left for us to do before our flight on Monday morning. The was a dance floor in the lounge of the Restaurant and piano bar, we both stayed over for a little disco and chatted with a couple who was also from New York City. The evening ended superbly with laughter and new acquaintances.

John, had a surprise for me when we returned to the house, it was filled with flowers, roses and orchids in every room, there was a huge champagne bottle on the table and a gift box, the aura and feeling of the place made me so weak, I stood there breathless as my words came out nervously, I said, pretentiously, who is this from, I told no one, only Shaneika, Shaun and Sheldon, I was afraid James, would do something like this, caused it seemed the moment I started dating John he became interested and proposed partnership which was much more than business.

John said “It is a gift from me of appreciation to you for your trust and love.

I was overwhelmed, by the sincerity in his voice and rushed to the bathroom, where I stayed for a few minutes and sealed the moment with a kiss. For which he hungrily cease her mouth and filled her with the intensity of his much desired manhood right there and then in the middle of the room, a long night stretches ahead of them, they had nothing else to do but to make love again and again until they tire of each other and limped lifelessly in each other arms.

John slept silently through the morning sunrise, as Janet watched him sleep, she never knew there would ever be such bliss with a man she desired for years, it was just the beginning, she thought, she would never tire of him and she would never be alone with Brit, she was looking and the emerald necklace and chandelier earrings which came with the week-end, she wondered if he had another love, and treated her this way too, the shuddered at the thought and dismissed it immediately.

Janet woke John, although she wanted him and ache for him that morning, she made a bath ordered breakfast and had him dressed in white linen shirt, light blue jeans and tan boots, very trendy and casual, I wore a white sundress with eyelets all over and a lacy ankle boots, the moment was divine, as we manage for the first time since Friday afternoon to keep our hands off each other bodies. He promised he would stick to the itinerary schedule be awake from the trance which commandeers his possessiveness and obsessive love making. Which we enjoyed so much it made us hungry for each other over and over again.

The car was on time as usual, we were out the door for wine tasting and picnic, we held onto each other as if we were about to become obsolete, the car took us at the Ferry Building, while we waited to be shuttled, there was no one else there, we had a

“quickie” secretly without anyone knowing of seeing, we laughed so much we cried at cravings we had for each other so hungry and naughty, it‟s as if we could not keep our hands off each other or our mouths away from each other lips, traumatized by the moment we heard the shuttle, we quickly, adjusted our clothes. We said “hello” and sat on board for our destination, we were shuttled to Napa Valley, (over the Golden Gate Bridge) entered the Winery, in Napa Valley.

We were taken to a Picnic Lunch spot, where the grass was green as green and soft as the plush rug in the house, everything was arranged, there was a basket with napkins, sandwiches, wine, silverware, wineglasses, nuts, fruits and more than two people could consume, the wine choice for the day was Chardonnay After our picnic lunch, we will taste more Chardonnay and Sauvignon.

The Napa Valley tour went on to several other winery after picnic, where we discussed the taste, flavors, aroma and age of the wines, it was all interesting I loved every moment of being with John and he showed me his love and appreciation that I dismissed all thoughts of another woman and James. The tour ended with us returning to the Ferry Building where we would be picked up by our driver, John carried me in the house as I was tipsy to the point of being stoned. I was unable to walk to the door, the scent of the orchids and roses restored my being and helped me to walk on my own, I changed into a light strapless dress, had some coffee, while John checked his

messages on his phone, “you cheated” I said I left my phone, as you told me no phone, I teased, we had coffee.

I ran a bath that evening, as there was no plans, we both agreed on spending the night together, by ourselves, there were no room service or anyone or anything else just us and the sweet scent of flowers and John. I soaked in the tub of scented oil and musk alone, while John sat in the Hot Tub, he seemed concerned about something, but said nothing as to why he was so aloof, a got out of the bath and wrapped myself in a beautiful gold lace robe, scented with his favorite perfume, the surprise of the evening, John met me in the other bedroom, that evening, with Champagne from the winery and caviar which he brought with him, the heat that arise from him as he leaned in on me caused to lift her leg onto his hips, he grabbed her gently and took her, right there, entering her until screams and moans escape her lips, as he placed her on the bed roughly, he mounted her again, she stopped him crawled forward, until she could lean even farther across him straddling his chest instead of his hips. Until her gold robe of lace was right there, nearly in his face, it slid off her shoulders and off the side of the bed, he could not possibly resist as he shifted down and kissed her, between the legs and roughly licked her, breathing in the sweet muskiness of her perfume, the gift for the last evening, musk and sandalwood with a hint of sunflower, her thighs tightened around his face and she gasped as he pressed his tongue deep within her.