Master of the Inn(28)

“Really? You’d want my whole family to come?”

“There’s plenty of room. The guest bedrooms are almost finished. I want you to wake up here with me on Christmas morning, but I saw how happy you were with your mom and cousins today.”

“I do love spending the holidays with my family, but if for some reason they can’t come for Christmas, I still want to be here with you.”

“We’ll spend a quiet holiday together.”

“Just the two of us.” She hugged him. “Can we get a tree?”

“Anything you want.”

“I want a really big one. We could put it in front of this window and we can make love under it every night until New Year’s Eve.”

“I like the way you think.” He kissed her. “We’ll go to the tree farm next week and tag the biggest one they have.”

“I haven’t looked forward to the holidays like this since high school. With you everything is perfect. This will be the best Christmas ever. ”

“Elyse.” He tilted her chin up. “I’ve gotten more done to this place in the two months you’ve been here than I had the whole time since I inherited it.”

“It looks wonderful. This place is going to be a great success. I’m so happy for you.”

“None of this would be happening without you.” He brushed his lips against hers. “I just want to say thank you for making me see what my purpose is.”

“I’m glad I could help.” She pushed him onto his back and straddled him.

“What are you doing?”

“I think my purpose right now is to ride you.”

“Happy Thanksgiving, woman. Lord knows I have a shitload to be thankful for this year.”

She tossed her hair behind her shoulder and laughed before sliding onto his cock.



***



Logan turned off the water, stepped out and toweled off. Elyse had changed his whole world and tonight he wanted to tell her how much he needed her. He’d gone over the papers with his attorney. Everything was in order for reopening of the inn. He’d begun putting advertising into place. By spring, Pleasure Inn would be a go, but the only way he saw his venture succeeding was with Elyse by his side. He wanted to make her a full partner in every sense of the word. Both in his business and in his personal life.

He had the perfect bottle of champagne to celebrate with. As soon as he ordered dinner, he’d head down to the wine cellar to retrieve it. Elyse was right. This would be the best Christmas ever. He wrapped a towel around his waist and stepped out into the bedroom. Tonight they would start off the holiday season.

“I love the progress you’ve made in here,” a soft voice said from a chair in the corner of the room. “I’ve missed that big bed.”

“What the hell are you doing here, Cora?”

“I miss you.”

“How did you get in?”

“You left the back door unlocked.”

“You just walked in?” He’d have to do a better job of securing the place – especially when he opened the hotel to guests.

“I knocked, but you didn’t answer, so I went around back and tried the door.”

“You have to leave.”

“I just want to talk,” she said, as she got up and walked toward him. She wore a tight chocolate brown dress that zipped up the front and matching knee high boots. She wasn’t unattractive and if she’d put half the energy into finding another man as she did focusing on him, maybe she wouldn’t be alone.

“Let me get dressed and I’ll meet you downstairs.” He didn’t want to engage her in a conversation, but he did want her out of his room. The room he now shared with Elyse. It didn’t feel right to have another woman in here with him. If agreeing to talk to her was the only way to get her out, he’d do it.

“We can talk here.”

“I’d rather go to my study.”

She pouted as she reached out and ran her fingers down his chest.

He grabbed her hand and pushed her away. “What do you want?”

“To talk,” she said. “And then I’ll go.”

“Make it fast.” He wanted to get this over with as soon as possible.

“She’s on her way home, isn’t she?” She laughed. “Oh Logan, what has she done to you?”

“You have two minutes to tell me what you came to say.”

“You were a strong-willed man before her,” she said. “You took what you wanted, who you wanted, and you made no apologies. You were having fun and she ruined it all for you. She’s castrated you.”

“She’s the best thing to ever happen to me.”

“I see it, I see the way you fall all over her and do whatever she says. It’s sickening. Aren’t you supposed to be the Dominant one?”