The Deal

"I love waking up every morning to find you laying next to me," he said when they woke up and he climbed on top of her. "I also like it when you sleep in the nude, makes it so much easier for me to do this," he said, pushing her legs apart he entered her slowly with his cock that had gotten hard.

"Austin," she moaned when she felt him moving inside her. She kissed him back, her hands moving over his shoulders, loving the feel of how hard they felt as she caressed them. She never thought she could be this happy or fulfilled. When his lips went to her neck she sucked in a deep breath when she felt him sucking hard and she let out a loud moan, her core tingled. He had her coming in minutes, not once but twice before he got his own release.

After they showered and got dressed for work she looked at her neck in the mirror and saw the hickey he had left on her. "Austin, look what you did to me," she said, coming into the bathroom where he was combing his hair and she pointed to her neck.

Turning and placing his hand on her neck he smiled when he ran his thumb over the mark. "This is a good one."

"Austin, I can't be seen with a hickey on my neck, what will people think?"

"They will know you belong to me, you didn't seem to mind when I was giving it to you."

"You just don't understand," she snapped and walked away.

Knowing she was a little upset with him he walked up behind her, putting his arms around her waist, leaning over to kiss her cheek. "I do understand, I'm sorry. It's just that you seemed to be enjoying it and I guess I got carried away. I couldn't help it, you were squirming and moaning, you got me so hot."

Her hand goes up and to the back of his head, she closed her eyes. "It did feel good. I guess I can wear a scarf for a few days."

He turned her around. "So you're not mad at me anymore?"

"No, but next time don't leave a hickey where people can see it." She shook her head when she saw a devilish grin appear on his face, knowing just what he was thinking. She put her arms around his neck. "I'm so happy, promise me we'll always feel this way."

Taking her face gently in his hands he looked deeply into her eyes with love. "I will make sure you are always loved and taken care of, you are my life, my true love." He lowered his mouth onto hers, giving her a passionate kiss.

The next four weeks went without any problems, their love grew stronger. They were both so deeply in love and thought nothing could go wrong. Austin was in the process of having the shares he couldn't sell and the ones she had given him put into her name. Once that was done he would come clean and tell her everything, about his revenge and prayed she would forgive him. He knew he couldn't keep it from her much longer. Little did they know that their world was about to come crashing down, leaving them both heartbroken and shattered.

On Friday Blair was wrapping things up for the night, she was looking forward to the weekend. She and Austin had plans to go away for the weekend to the country. He had booked them into a quaint little bed and breakfast for a weekend of love and relaxation. They both had been working a lot the last few weeks and didn't have much alone time, they needed this time to be together. She was talking to Rachel when Patrick showed up, walking right into her office without knocking.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Rachel snapped when she saw him. It seemed like whenever he showed up it was just to cause trouble.

"I'm here to see you, Blair," he said, looking at her and ignoring Rachel as he walked over to her but stopped when he saw the angry look in her eyes.

"Well you saw me so now you can leave."

"I need to talk to you, alone."

"We have nothing to talk about so leave," she said, pointing to the door.

"It's about Austin, there's something you should know."

"Whatever you want to tell me about my husband I don't want to hear it."

"You'll want to hear this. I'm not leaving until you hear me out and look at what I've got to show you. It will prove what a lying, dirtbag he is."

"What the hell are you talking about," she snapped, whirling around to face him.

"It would be better if we discuss this alone."

"Whatever you have to say you can say it in front of Rachel."

"Alright, if that's the way you want it. Your so-called husband has been going behind your back and buying up all of the available shares to your company. Why do you think he's doing that Blair? He can end up pushing you out and taking control of your company. Right now he owns more than you do. I believe it has been his plan all along to destroy you. I'm so sorry sweetheart. I did try to warn you about him."

Rachel looked from Patrick to Blair, her jaw dropped, she couldn't believe what she was hearing and thought it was just Patrick trying to cause trouble.

Blair felt as if her world was crashing down, her heart ached and she fought to hold back her tears. "I don't believe you, you're lying. Austin would never do anything like that."

"I have proof," he said, moving closer to her.

"What proof?" she asked as a cold chill ran through her, making her shiver. She was scared, scared at the so-called proof he had.

He reached into his pocket and took out some papers, handing them to her. "Take a look at this and tell me if you recognize any of these names."

"What is this?" she asked, recognizing some of the names as she skimmed down the list.

"Those are all the names of the people who had shares in your company. He had his assistant Harry buy them for him. He paid a very high price for them, almost double what they had paid."

Her voice cracked when she spoke. "How did you get a hold of this?" she asked, her eyes blazing with fury, she had never been this angry in her whole life.

"A friend of mine, Ross told me when we were having lunch a couple of weeks ago. Austin bought his two shares. When I heard that I did some checking and found out he attained all but a few shares. I'm so sorry but I knew I had to tell you for your own good."

She glared at him. "My own good, you're a liar. You did it for yourself, thinking I'd be so grateful that I would fall back into your arms. Guess what pal, I can't stand the sight of you. Get out and never come back, you make me sick."

He put his hands on her shoulders, gripping on tight. "I did it for you because I love you and I want to be here for you."

She shrugged him off her. "Leave or I'll have Rachel call security." She looked over at Rachel. "Call security and have Patrick removed from the building."

"I'll go, but if you need me, call me anytime, I'll be here in a flash." Giving Rachel an evil look he walked out in a huff. He was pissed at Blair, he was so sure she'd be grateful for him coming to her with the truth but instead, she dismissed him as though he were dirt under her shoes.

When Patrick left she felt lightheaded and needed to sit down, she hung her head as she rolled the pieces of paper up into a ball, sniffling. "I can't believe he did this, I trusted him. He told me he loved me and would never hurt me. How could he betray me like this?" she asked, looking up at Rachel.

"Blair, I'm so sorry." She didn't know what to say to her best friend, in the time she had been married to Austin she was like a new woman, always smiling and happy.

"You know Rachel, my whole life I tried to avoid love, I didn't want to get hurt. Then Austin came into my life and changed everything. I opened my heart to him, he became my whole world. I would have given up this company for him. I would have given my life to save his and he does this to me."

Rachel put her arm over Blair's shoulder when she started crying. "You should talk to him, maybe he has a good explanation for what he did. I was never on his side before but I believe he does love you."

She looked up at Rachel. "If he loved me he would never have done this." She gets up, uncrumpling the paper and going into the bathroom she fixes her makeup.

Rachel followed her. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to his office and confront him about this. Please finish up here for me," she said, grabbing her purse she stormed out.

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At Austin's office: Harry was handing Austin papers to sign before they went home for the night. "So you and Blair are going to the country for the weekend?"

He loosens his tie and smiled. "Yup, she's been working hard and I want to pamper her all weekend. Before I go have you started the paperwork on signing all those shares into Blair's name? I want to be able to hand them to her when I tell her the truth as to what I did."

"She might never forgive you." He knew women like Blair, strong, determined and takes no shit from anyone and whoever crossed them lived to regret it. He had the feeling she wouldn't forgive him and if she did it would not be for a long time, if ever.

"She'll be mad at first but when she sees how sincere I am when she gets the shares she'll forgive me, I hope. Don't get me wrong, I know I'll have to grovel and fight to get her to forgive me. It might not be easy but I'm not going to lose her ever again."

"If you give me more time I might be able to sell the rest of the shares and then she'll never have to know," Harry said, sitting down across from Austin. "That way you won't risk anything, your marriage will be safe and you two can live happily ever after."

He shakes his head. "No, I want to come clean and tell her. We're starting our life together and it has to be with complete honesty. I love her, she makes me happy." Sitting down behind his desk he opens a drawer and takes out a bottle of scotch and two glasses. Pouring them both a shot hands one to Harry.

"I can see she makes you happy. You were never this happy when you were married to Betty, you were more uptight, always in a bad mood."

"That marriage was a big mistake, I never should have married her, it was doomed right from the beginning. I do regret hurting her to the point where she had to cheat on me. But thinking back I don't blame her, I deserved it."

"Why is that? You never did tell me what happened."

"Never mind that now Harry, it's ancient history."

They were enjoying one last drink before leaving when the door opened with a bang, making them both jump when it hit the wall. His heart flipped when he saw her, she had on a black skirt, with a silk top and her hair was done up on top of her head. She looked glamorous but then he noticed her face. There was a fury in her eyes he had never seen in her before, he got to his feet and moved around the desk.

"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" he asked with concern. Before he could say another word she rushed over to him and he felt the sting from the palm of her hand when she slapped him hard against his face and his head was jerked over to the side. He was taken by surprise and saw stars behind his eyelids and had to hang on to the desk to stop from falling over.