Moth to Flame

CHAPTER 7.1

Ethan

I had heard Abigail whimpering in the background. It had gotten to be too much.  I’d hung up the phone.  I had avoided all communication with my family up until recently. They may have hated me, but I knew that they would be cordial to Mia. 

She hadn't answered me yet.I started to get nervous." Abigail already invited me and Wyatt. She said you never go, so I declined. But if you're going, I would honored to be your guest."  

I smiled and kissed her cheek one more time before letting her go. "Good. You can just spend the night with me in the lair tonight, and we can go straight from there. Is that alright with you?"  

My baby doll started biting her lip as a blush crept up on her cheeks. I licked it, which caused her to giggle.

"Stop it, Ethan. I guess I can spend the night with you. If you promise to behave yourself."  

I crossed my fingers behind my back. "Of course. You know I am the consummate gentleman when it comes to you, baby doll."  

Mia laughed and then climbed back over into her seat. I leaned over and put her seat belt back on. My fingertips grazed her cheek. 

I raised her head to look in her eyes."Mia, I know the death of your mother makes you sad, but she wouldn't want that. She would want you to remember the good times with her and be thankful that you two got to spend time together." I hoped that I spoke with conviction.

Mia must have believed me because she turned her face into my hand and kissed my palm. For the rest of the drive, we talked and joked with one another. It felt f*****g great to have playful Mia back. I knew then that we could do anything as long as we did it together. 

Soon, I pulled into the grocery store parking garage and got my ticket. The parking lot was pretty full, but I found a space near the back away from the other cars and parked. Then, I got out to 3open Mia's door. She thanked me for that chivalrous s**t. 

I took her hand and held her close as we ascended the stairs. There was some motherfucker behind us who was ogling Mia's ass. I tensed. She must have felt it because she put her arm around my waist and squeezed. She looked up at me and mouthed 'behave', so I just gripped her hips harder and concentrated on her scent. 

Thankfully, we made it into the store without incident, and the fucker who was behind us went to another aisle. He didn't know how close he had been to a beatdown. If I saw him glance at her again, I would f**k him up.

Mia grabbed a grocery cart and started pushing it around the aisles. I tried to take the cart from her, but she slapped my hand away.

"You can put whatever I point to in the cart. Is there anything you particularly like?" she asked. 

"I'll eat anything you make, but I'm partial to Italian foods," I told her, picking up a loaf of fresh bread. 

There was some blonde, fake-titty b***h across from us who was eyeing me and swishing her hips. I just glared at the b***h, surprised by her boldness. Mia must have noticed because I saw a look of jealousy and sadness creep into her eyes. 

I wasn't f*****g having that, so I walked up behind Mia and pulled her tight little body to mine. I put a hand on her stomach and then leaned down and kissed her neck. The b***h seemed to get the point.  She walked away, huffing loudly.  

Mia laughed and turned to look at me.  She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and continued filling the cart. Two shopping carts and lots of bags later, we made it back to the Phantom. Thankfully, it was still untouched and no one had triggered the alarm. I opened the trunk and began depositing bags. Mia wanted to help, but I insisted that she sit in the car while I did everything. 

There were a few people in the lot near us. They noticed the car, and one man, who was holding the hand of a little girl, approached. He started talking to me about the Phantom, asking about the horsepower. I didn't f*****g need this s**t; but I knew Mia would get upset if I was rude, so I answered him. 

Unfortunately, he let go of the girl's hand. I could see that she was about to touch the car. I panicked. Mia must have seen my face through the window, because she got out of the car. 

My baby doll bent down and offered the little girl a piece of red licorice, which she took greedily. Mia kept the candy muncher occupied a few more minutes until the man finished his questioning. The little girl smiled and waved at Mia as she left. 

I looked over to see that my baby doll was laughing hysterically. "You are so funny, Ethan. You were scared of that little girl because she was going to touch your car. I saw it in your eyes. The great Ethan Sodero brought down by a kindergarten student," she howled. 

I joined in with Mia's laughter. It felt good to be so light and carefree. I was only twenty-eight-years-old, but for so long I'd felt older than my years. With my father as my mentor, I was never really allowed to be a child. I had always felt older than my peers. Right now, though, I felt young and carefree. I attributed it to the beautiful woman sitting next to me. 

Mia finally managed to stop laughing. The look she gave me was filled with so much love and longing that I nearly lost my concentration.

"I love you, baby doll. You are the most important person in my life. Without you, there's no reason for me to go on." I had never spoken anything so true in my life. 

Mia just blushed. A huge smile engulfed her face. I couldn't wait to get to the club and in my apartment so I could kiss her again. I was very excited that she was spending the night. I suspected we might not get much work done. 

Soon, I pulled up to the underground entrance of the club. Frank was already there. He smiled and greeted us both and then let us through. I parked in my usual spot. Then I asked Frank to unpack the trunk and bring up our bags. I held Mia's hand during the whole elevator ride.

When we got to our floor, I reluctantly let her go. She went over to her desk to put her purse and laptop bag down. I went into my office to wait for her. 

About ten minutes later, she walked into my office with some papers she needed me to sign.  I leaned over and kissed her while I put my signature on them. She giggled and swatted my ass before turning around and going back to her desk. I watched her hips sway as she left, letting my fantasies take over while I waited for Frank to bring up our groceries.

He, and two other guys whom worked for me, arrived holding all the shopping bags. They didn't know about my lair, so I just had them put the bags on the table in the kitchenette. 

I saw Frank stop to chat with Mia. She laughed at something he said. He introduced the other two guys to her. She held out her hand, waiting for them to shake it. They were watching me from the corner of their eyes.  I guess word had gotten around that Mia was not to be touched.  

I nodded at them, conveying that it was okay. They visibly relaxed and returned her handshake. Mia looked over at me and smiled. She was probably glad I had behaved myself.  I was just glad none of those fuckers could see her legs which were safely under her desk. Thankfully, they kept their eyes above her chest. They all left a few minute later, leaving Mia and me alone. 

She was still blushing with a tiny smile on her lips. I walked over and kissed her on the cheek. "Are you ready to put the food up and start dinner, baby doll? I'm f*****g starving."  

She got up and slipped off her heels and put on a pair of fuzzy ballerina slippers she kept hidden under her desk. "I only wore the heels and that dress for you. You hadn't touched me in a while, and I'd been wearing all those outfits to try to break you down."  

I was f*****g furious. That was the reason she had worn all of that s**t, because she didn't think I wanted to touch her.

"Mia I've wanted to touch you since that night, but I stepped back and respected your boundaries because that's what I thought you wanted me to do. You are sexy in whatever you wear. You don't have to impress me. I'm already infatuated with your sexy ass. s**t, you've given me more cases of blue balls this month that I've had in my whole life." 

Mia reached over and stroked my c**k through my pants. Her lips parted as she bit her lower lip. "Well, I'll have to make that up to little Ethan tonight," she said, squeezing me harder. She removed her hand and went over and started grabbing the grocery bags.  

I just stood there, trying to f*****g compose myself so that I could walk.  "You will pay for that later, baby doll, and there is nothing little about me," I said. 

"I'll look forward to it," she replied, blushing. 

I took the bags from her hands and led her to the keypad so I could type in the code and let us in. Once inside, I deposited the bags on the counter. Mia began to unload them. 

Since I never cooked, the kitchen was brand new, and there wasn't anything in the refrigerator. I had a maid that came by two days a week to clean. She would be blindfolded and chaperoned until she got inside, and then blindfolded again until she got outside, so that she never knew where she was. I paid her a nice salary to agree to the terms. 

Mia continued to empty grocery bags while I made a couple trips, until all the food was in the kitchen and put away.

"Ethan, I'm cooking lasagna tonight.What do you want for dessert?" Mia asked while pulling ingredients from the cabinets. 

"You," I replied. 

She laughed."You already have me. What do you want to eat?"  

"You", I replied once again. It was true, too.  I had never gone down on a woman before, but I f*****g needed to taste and lick every inch of my baby doll.

She looked shy and a little bit nervous."Oh," was all she said. I stood behind her, squeezing her little body close to mine. 

"I love you, Mia."  

She relaxed and shooed me away claiming that she couldn't finish with me distracting her. I went into the living room to watch television. Later, I got a text from Wyatt asking me to meet him downstairs. I knew Mia would be safe in my lair, so I told her I had to go see Wyatt and that I would be right back. 

Before I could reach Wyatt's office, I was assaulted by some b***h in a tight silver dress. I looked down and saw that it was Crimson, one of my working girls whom Chanel had had to fire. Crimson had been practically stalking my ass.

Well, f**k me. 

“Ethan! I'm so glad you're here.They wouldn't let me use the private elevator to come see you, so I came here and asked the new manager to call you down. I'm so happy to see you." 

She was trying to kiss me when Wyatt came out of his office. "I'm sorry, Mr. Sodero, but she wouldn't take no for an answer. I thought maybe you wanted to handle her personally." I nodded to Wyatt to let him know it was all right. He went back into his office, closing the door. 

"Crimson, why the f**k are you here? I told your ass to leave me alone. It's not like we were ever in a serious relationship. It was just f*****g, and I wasn't the only guy you were diddling. I'm going to have Frank escort you out. You are hereby banned from the club."  

"Why, Ethan? I can make you feel good. We used to have so much fun together," she pouted.  

As if the night couldn't get any worse, Paula spotted me and came over to glare at Crimson. They had worked together briefly and had a deep-seeded hatred for one another. I was sick of this s**t. 

My baby doll was upstairs waiting for me. I didn't want to deal with these bitches now. I waved down the nearest security guard and had him escort Crimson off of the premises.  I ordered Paula to get back to her pole and then headed to Wyatt's office.

 "Where's Abigail?" I asked, because lately they had been joined at the hip.

He smiled and told me that she was helping my mom prepare for the dinner. He looked like he wanted to talk, so I sat down. "Are you sleeping with my baby sister?" 

I hadn't expected him to ask that question, so I took a second too long to answer.  "Not that it's any of your business, but no, I haven't slept with her yet, but I plan to."  

He was up and over his desk in a heartbeat. I stood up ready to defend myself if he started punching. Last time I had deserved a goddamn beating, but this time I wasn't in the wrong. 

"You bastard! I knew it was a mistake to let Mia work here.  I am not going to let you pull a f**k and run on Mia. You can fire me, you can take the car, you can do anything you want to me, but you're not getting Mia. I promised our dad that I would take care of her, and you're not going to f**k that promise up, Ethan Sodero."  Wyatt's lanky fame radiated heat and he looked like he was about to punch me. 

"Jesus Christ, Wyatt. I am not going to pull a 'f**k and run' on Mia. I love her, and everything we do is consensual. She loves me, too. I promise you I will never hurt her again. “She is spending the night with me tonight, and we'll be at the dinner party tomorrow. I hope that's okay with you." I silently prayed that he would relax and not go off on me. 

"Okay, Sodero. Mia is a grown woman, so I'll respect her wishes. I'm sure you know how damn stubborn she is, but the next time you hurt her or make her cry, I will kick your ass." 

"And I'll let you. Goodnight, Wyatt. Hold the club down," I said, turning around to leave his office. 

I made it back to the eighth-floor unscathed, but I felt f*****g dirty because of my brief contact with those bitches. I stopped in my office to take a shot of Vodka and then headed back into my lair to join Mia.  

I could hear music coming from the kitchen. The sight that greeted me when I got there caused my hard-on to expand even further. My baby doll was dancing to a pop song.  Mia's dancing was naturally s****l. I was getting turned on seeing her hips sway to the music. 

She was so caught up in the song that she didn't notice me creep up behind her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and guided her body back to mine, while keeping the beat to the song. She ground her cute little ass against me and kept moving her hips back and forth. She was going up and down and back and forth, twisting her hips hard against my erection.

I reached down and put my hand on her abdomen, pulling her closer to me. We continued our dance, grinding on each other and swaying to the beat. After awhile it felt so good that I knew that if I moved, I was going to come in my f*****g pants. By the time the song ended, both of us were panting heavily and still molded to one another. 

"Mia, come with me to the bedroom. Please," I turned her around to gauge her expression. Her eyes were heavy lidded and her face was completely flushed. 

"Okay.  It will take the lasagna a little over an hour to be ready." 

She held out her hand to me. I took it and led her into the bedroom. I picked my baby doll up and tossed her on the bed. She giggled as I dove for her, shrieking before our hands were all over each other. 

Our kisses were passionate and desperate. I stripped the dress off of her and tossed it somewhere on the floor. Unfortunately she was wearing a bra, so I had to stop to remove that offending garment, too. 

When her breasts were bared before me, I stopped to take a hard n****e into my mouth. I licked and sucked on it like it was a sweet candy. I did the same to the other n****e. Mia cried out. I licked and kissed my way down her creamy flat stomach. I dipped my tongue into her belly button.  Her legs flew off of the bed.

"Easy, baby doll. I won't hurt you."  

She whimpered and tangled her hands in my hair. I licked around Mia's panties before pulling them off and putting them in my pocket. They would join the thong I'd taken off of her in my office the night I'd given her an orgasm. I was a sick f**k hoarding Mia's underwear, but it was f*****g sexy. 

She was really writhing now, and when I blew on her exposed core, she bucked again. "Ethan," she whimpered.

I shushed her and continued my torture by licking her outer lips. Mia's p***y was gorgeous.She waxed but kept a little hair, and it was soft and curly. I rubbed my cheek against her s*x.  She moaned louder. I was glad she wasn't completely shaved.  A lot of the bitches I had been with did that s**t, but I wasn't a fan of bald p***y. I liked Mia's better.

I inhaled the scent of her arousal and felt my boxers expand even more.  I paused to get up and take my clothes off.  Mia opened her eyes and just looked at me. She was so f*****g sexy. I smiled and she smiled back, laying her head back on the pillow and staring at my chest. I smirked, glad to know Mia thought I was sexy, too.

Her eyes were almost black now, and she was licking her lips.  I leaned down and stuck my forefinger in her mouth. She sucked on it hard.  My d**k jumped at the sensation.

I went back to Mia's thighs and placed them on each side of my head. I looked up at her one last time and then I devoured. I had never performed oral on a woman. Although  I'd seen plenty of pornos, so I knew how it worked. I had also read books about the G-spot and could find it in any woman. I had already found Mia's the last time. I was going to make her come so hard she would forget her own name. 

Mia's cries were the most erotic sounds I had ever heard. She babbled and moaned so loudly I was sure the entire city heard her. I sucked on her c**t and put one finger inside. She pulled my head closer to her body and  gripped my hair hard. The pain made my d**k f*****g throb. I sucked and licked Mia's wetness up as she rode my tongue. When I put in a second finger, she screamed.

I stopped to look up at her and make sure she was okay. She looked shy, because she had made such noise. Her brilliant brown eyes were still dark, and her face was flushed. 

I smiled before going back to work on her sweet p***y. I stuck a third finger inside Mia's molten core and found her golden spot. She bucked hard, almost throwing me off of her. I sucked on her c**t and continued moving my fingers inside of her. 

Soon, I felt her muscles tense up before she let go. She screamed, "Ethan!" to high heaven and shook uncontrollably. I continued licking her sweet honey until she was dry. 

Then I climbed back up on to the bed and shared a long kiss with Mia. She was tasting herself on me, and that s**t was hot. I had to resist the urge to plunge into her then. 

"Ethan. I can't move…feels so good," Mia said. She was completely blissed out with a goofy smile on her face.

She reached over and took my c**k out of my boxers. I pulled them the rest of the way down so I was completely naked. Her eyes widened when she took in my size. I smirked because I knew I was bigger than most other guys. I was extremely proud Mia had that reaction to my d**k. 

She smiled and began stroking my c**k with her hot little hand. I sat back and let her explore my body. She climbed on top of me and began kissing her way down my body. She licked my abs. I had to clench the sheets to keep still. "f**k, Mia, you're going to f*****g kill me if you keep that up."  

She just smiled coyly and continued her journey. Her hair was everywhere, and it was like being bathed in silk. I reached down to take a tendril in my fingers. 

"Ethan.I've never… want to…" and that's all I heard before Mia took my c**k into her cool mouth. 

I'd had this f*****g fantasy so many times, but the real thing was a billion times better. She licked and sucked me like a popsicle and made the sexiest little moans deep in her throat. I wanted to thrust, but I didn't because I didn't want to scare her. 

She solved my problem, though, by taking more of my d**k in her mouth. I felt myself hit the back of her throat, causing her to gag. I thought she would stop after that, but she didn't. She just continued stroking my shaft and balls while she milked me dry. I could feel pre-c*m building on my c**k, so I knew that I was close.

Mia began alternating between licking and sucking. Her tongue licked the head hard. When she went back down to take me in her mouth, I erupted shooting white-hot squirts of c*m deep down her throat. I screamed her name as I was coming down off my high, and she licked me until I was clean. 

I closed my eyes because I didn't want to look up and see Mia. I had spewed c*m in her mouth without warning. I was afraid she would be mad at me. 

She straddled me. I felt her lips caress my jaw. I opened my eyes to see her looking down at me with a brilliant smile on her face. "I liked that a lot, Ethan.You taste amazing, and I love your cock." I was thankful she had enjoyed giving me head. I had nothing to worry about after all. 

I kissed her deeply, and then ushered her into the bathroom so we could shower before dinner. We engaged in about fifteen minutes more of shower oral s*x and then got dressed. 

I gave Mia one of my black silk pajama tops to wear and another pair of the underwear I had on reserve. She looked so f*****g sexy standing there in my big clothes. I rolled up the shirt sleeves for her as we headed in the kitchen.  

She took the lasagna out while I opened a bottle of wine. The lasagna was f*****g awesome, even if Mia did make me eat a salad with it. She had even made fresh garlic breadsticks. I ate a whole pan of those by myself. She teased me throughout the meal by licking her wine glass and looking at me seductively. I would make her pay later. 

After dinner, Mia pulled out a tub of chocolate gelato. She put both of our desserts in one bowl and added strawberries on the top. We went into the living room to eat. I pulled Mia down on my lap. She fed us both until the bowl was empty. I put it down on the table.

Her body was lax and I knew she was going to fall asleep soon. "Ethan, you aren't going to tell me who you really are, are you?" 

The look on her face was one between frustration and grief. I wanted to alleviate her fears, so I opened the organ which had been iced over for so long. My heart. 

"Baby doll, before I met you I was no one. I remember going to Vegas last year to check up on one of my clubs. I'd decided to take a walk in thedesert and realized that was what my life was - barren, empty, and cold. You have changed all of that. For the first time, I want to let someone into my life. I promise that I will give you all of me. I will tell you who I am in time, and I pray that you still love me when you find out. I hope you can live with that for now Mia, because I can't f*****g live without you."  

She pulled my lips down to hers and kissed me passionately. "I'll always love you, Ethan. You're mine." With that she yawned and fell gloriously into slumber. 

I carried her to bed and tucked her head onto my chest. Her skin was smooth and her hair smelled like strawberries, but also like my shampoo. I smiled down at my angel sleeping peacefully in my arms. 

Tomorrow, we would be having dinner with Eleanor and Jeff. I knew that some piece of my puzzle would be revealed for Mia. I was f*****g nervous, but right now I had my baby doll in my arms, and that was all I needed. I drifted to sleep after I heard Mia mumble, 'love Ethan.' in her sleep.

The miraculous thing was that I loved her, too.