My Emerald

Deadlines

“Good morning my love,” her mom's voice called from downstairs, “I’m on shift soon, come down and tell me how the party was?” Charlotte was hoping to spare her mother the sappy love story that was her father's current relationship but would not refuse a meal, especially made by her mom.

“Good morning mom. How was work last night? I didn’t hear you come in.” Charlotte asked, trying to redirect the conversation. She also had not told Heather about the internship or the change in her major.

“Eh work was work, people do dumb things, medics bring them in, we patch them up and send them out to do it again.” She said with a shrug. Heather had switched from working in pediatrics to the ER after they had Charlotte. She said she couldn’t look at the kids anymore without seeing her own baby. It was easy to have empathy before, but once she became a mother, it turned to sympathy and that is the downfall of a good nurse, as she would always say.

“So, the party? How did it go with your dad?” Heather asked again.

“It was nice mom. You would have loved the family estates, the gardens were amazing, and Daphne’s Aunt and Uncle actually seemed like nice people. Dad was dad, played his role in public perfectly, doting on his only child, everyone ate it up.” Charlotte said with an eye roll, she was not going to offer up anything more detailed about Daphne, Gerald, William or the internship for that matter.

“Oh well, that’s annoying, but I guess better than the alternative. You don’t want to walk into a new family, the black sheep.” Heather replied.

Charlotte took her hand across the table, “You’re my family mom.” Giving a small smile.

“You really are an amazing girl. He’ll realize that one day. I just hope it’s not too late. You two used to be so close.” Heather said with a sigh, getting up to clear breakfast, “I’ve got to head in and I'll see you soon darling.” She kissed Charlotte’s cheek and took off back to work.

Charlotte finished picking up the kitchen and doing some light housekeeping. She had no plans today other than sending in her resume and reading some new books she had picked up recently, so she figured she’d help her mom with some of the house responsibilities. She started cleaning, had some lunch in their garden and finished the evening with a book by the fire. As far as birthdays went, she would consider this a pretty good day, even if she had spent it alone. The rest of the week went by in a blur, the girls turned in their assignments, graduation responsibilities quickly took over. Charlotte had completely forgotten to send over her resume to Williams' assistant with everything else happening.

“Sir, still nothing from a Miss. Cross.” Joe had said after picking up William to head to work.

“Change of plans, reschedule any meeting we had today, take me to Sutton.”

“Of course sir.”

Charlotte had just picked out her cap and gown for the ceremony and was walking home on the phone with Nancy.

“This week has been crazy! Becca is on about going back to The Valley tonight, what do you think? I was thinking more of a movie and pizza kind of night?”

“Movie and pizza night sounds good to me, this week has been a lot. My moms at work if you want to come by here?” Charlotte offered.

“Sleepover like when we were kids,” Nancy squealed, “I’ll be there in 20!” and disconnected the call.

Charlotte smiled, no matter how crazy life got she would always be happy she had a friend like Nancy. She rounded the corner on the street to her house and was shocked to see William standing in their courtyard. Be in more of a walkway compared to his life. She had no idea why he would be there. They hadn’t spoken since her birthday.

“William, hi” She tried to keep the confusion from her voice, “What are you doing here?”

“Char.” He said, leaning in to kiss her cheek in greeting. “Can we take this inside? Discussion on the street are not my preference.” he asked. Of course, your majesty, she thought, rolling her eyes, she walked over to unlock the door. As she turned the key and pushed the door open she was all to aware of his close proximity. William pulled the door closed behind them and grabbed Charlotte by her hips, pulling her back to his chest, “Did you roll your eyes at me baby girl?”. Charlotte couldn’t think straight. She could feel the heat coming off of his body, his muscles flexing over her back and something else firm on her buttocks. All of this was making heat pool in her core. Wait did he call me ‘baby girl’? She opened her mouth to tell him to remove his hands from her, but no words came out. Thankfully, he let her go as quickly as he had grabbed her, “the sitting room is right over there.” Charlotte gestured to the common area of their home, “I’ll be there in just a moment.” After I get myself calmed down, she added to herself. Will smirked before heading in. The family home was small but he could feel the love in it. The walls were adorned with photos of Charlotte and who he assumed was her mother, as well as a few that resembled her friend Nancy. “So William, is everything OK? Did Gerald do something or?” That’s when it hit her, her eyebrows rose with the realization. “Or I am here because you did not send in your resume, or a copy of your paper Char.” She loved the way his deep voice said her name and could feel the heat building in her core again. “I meant what I said and I am here to collect,” Will was amused with himself, while he didn’t know fully he could see how flustered she was by his close proximity and the heat that covered her body whenever he touched her. So sexually frustrated he thought to himself the things he could do to relieve that for her, the bulge in his trousers only growing by the minute. William was never a philanthropist, as David could be described, he was definitely no stranger to a woman's body and right now all he wanted was Charlotte to be moaning his name. “I’m sorry collect? I didn’t realize I’d have to pay or what the exact deadline was since the internship wouldn’t start for another 3 months.” Charlotte was rambling, her arousal quickly fading as nerves set in. She couldn’t afford to lose this internship, she needed the final tuition payments as well as the pay to help her mother move forward with life.

“ I have a copy in my room, ill grab it for you please, it was an honest mistake.” She jumped up to grab it.

William sensed her change in attitude and tense body language, what happened my emerald he thought to himself. He grabbed her wrist as she went to skate by him pulling her down into his lap. Her round buttocks pressed onto his bulging member was painful but not as much as the silent tears he caught from her eye.

“What is this about, hmm?” He coaxed her towards his chest and much to his pleasure Charlotte molded into him perfectly. She grabbed his shirt pulling herself closer, tucking her head into the crook of his neck. His warm hands stroked her hair while the other holding her close to him. He could feel her heartbeating fast and chest rising and falling as she tried to maintain control.

“I really need the internship, I’m fine.” Charlotte tried to reason.

“Baby girl, I told you it was done, the resume is a mere formality. Please do not be upset.” Will lifted her chin so she was facing him, “you have nothing to fear my emerald I will keep you safe.”

Charlotte didn’t realize how much she had needed to hear those words. Her eyes fluttered clothes as William leaned down to capture her lips, running his tongue along her bottom lip asking for access. Charlotte gasped as she felt his hand gently graze her breast and giving Will all the access he needed. He kissed her passionately and gently, taking in all the emotions she was giving him. Without realizing it Charlotte had readjusted and was now straddling William on her mother's settee. She was grinding her hips along his hard member and the friction was becoming too much for her, but she couldn’t stop. Wills' strong hands ran down her sides again, grazing her breast as he grabbed her waist, trying to direct her motions. Charlotte lost it as he trailed a kiss down her neck, collarbone sucking on the top of her breast coming undone. A knock resounded from the front door, pulling her down from her high faster than Will had liked, “Char why is the door locked!? Let me in. I have pizza!”. Charlotte jumped from her position embarrassed at the transaction that had just occurred. Wiping her lips to try and hide the evidence, William tilted his head in amusement. He had one large case of blue balls to fix in the shower later, but by her ragged breaths and moans he was sure Charlotte had just came during their make-out session. Pleased with himself, he was also intrigued with her experience level. Could his emerald really be that pure?