The Billionaire's Dance(11)

Jessica still wanted to rip her baby away from the stranger but knew she  would look bad in doing so. "I will walk with you to the nursery so I  know where Jacob is. Are baby monitors set up so I'll be able to hear  him in other parts of the house?" Jessica asked with concern.

"Yes, and you can carry around portable listening and video devices so  you know your precious one is safe at all times," Tina reassured  Jessica, as they walked up the grand staircase.

They reached the second story and walked down a well lit hallway. "This  is the master bedroom, here to the right and the baby's room is right  here across the hall. Mr. Anderson said you'd want the baby close by."  Tina pointed out a few more doorways and then led Jessica into a lovely  baby's room. The walls were identical to what she'd done at her old  place. Alex must have taken pictures and had someone reproduce her  artwork. All her nursery items were there, along with many new things.  She noticed the camera angled in the corner and felt some relief.

Tina laid Jacob in his crib and Jessica bent down to kiss his soft cheek  and cover him up. She could stand there all day and night watching him  sleep.

"Here's the monitor, Mrs. Anderson," Tina said, handing over a small  device. Jessica looked at it and not only were their voices coming  through but there was a small screen showing her son sleeping in his  crib.

"Thank you so much Tina," Jessica said with real gratitude. The home was  very large and she would feel comforted being able to keep an eye on  her son no matter where she was.

Jessica turned to find Alex right behind her. "I tried to match Jacob's  old room as much as possible," he said in explanation of the  decorations. "My father bought this home a while ago waiting for the day  one of us would choose to settle down," That explained how he'd been  able to have the nursery prepared.

"It's lovely, thank you. It has a lot more room than his old one," she  said honestly. She really did like the room. She liked everything about  the home.

"This door over here leads to the nanny's room … Now before you protest,  we'll hire one together and I'm not expecting you to not take care of  our son. It's simply a good idea to have a nanny here to help you. That  way you can have some free time to do whatever it is you want or need to  do."

"I, in no way need a nanny." She wasn't happy about him thinking he  could control everything. She'd been doing fine taking care of her son  on her own.

"Your father told me you had a passion for writing but hadn't been able  to do any the last few months because you were either too exhausted or  taking care of our son. I just want to give you a chance to be able to  do what you need to do. You can still be with him full time. The nanny  can be more of a helper for when you need her," he spoke reasonably.

"I'll think about it," was all she said. The thought of writing again  was tempting but she would feel like such a bad parent, passing her  child off to a stranger. She would at least consider the possibility.

Alex took her around the rest of the home. The home was decorated in a  way she would've done herself. Some of the rooms reminded her of her  childhood home. She loved everything about it. They arrived in the  kitchen, where two other staff members were waiting for them.

"This is Edward, our gardener. He's married to Tina. They live in the  cottage on the back of the property. This is Maria, our housekeeper.  They've all been with the family as long as Tina, which is why I wanted  them here."

"It's really great to meet all of you," Jessica said, while shaking  their hands. The staff left them to eat the food and then an  uncomfortable silence fell between them. Tina had said master bedroom.  She wasn't ready to share a room with her husband nightly. She needed  more time to protect herself, to keep her heart out of it.

She would keep her things in that room but sleep in the nanny's room for  now. When the silence seemed to stretch on forever, Jacob's cry came  over the baby monitor. She jumped up in relief to get away from Alex and  take care of her son.         

     



 

Jessica changed Jacob, then fed him and was laying him down when Alex  walked into the room. "Hold on, I want to kiss him goodnight," he said,  before gently kissing Jacob's head. She had a very difficult time  staying angry with Alex when he was always so loving towards their son.

They both stood over the crib for a few moments, both of them content  watching him sleep peacefully. "Let me show you to your room," he said.

Jessica breathed a sigh of relief, although she also felt a tiny twinge  of disappointment at the same time. This is what she wanted, she had to  remind herself. She didn't want to share his bed, yet she felt bad he  didn't seem to want her at all. She was a little curvier since she'd had  the baby. Maybe he was turned off by her new body.

Alex led her into the master bedroom. There was enough space for an  entire apartment to fit into the huge room. The master closet was the  size of her old bedroom. She stepped into the bathroom and was  immediately in love. She didn't say another word to Alex. She shut the  bathroom door and started filling up the huge tub.

Jessica had to chuckle to herself at the size of the tub. It was large  enough for a few people to have a hot tub party in it. After adding some  soap from a bowl on the side of the tub, she placed her hair in a bun  and stepped into the hot water. As she sank down to her chin and the  bubbles surrounded her, a sigh of ecstasy escaped her lips.

Jessica finally relaxed and let the scents take her stress and worries  away. She stayed in for over an hour, then finally managed to pull  herself out of the cooled water. She wrapped herself in one of the  luxurious, oversized towels and stepped through the doorway.

She wanted nothing more than to crawl into the huge four-post bed. She  started to pull the towel away and noticed Alex sitting on the bed in  nothing but a pair of pajama pants. She sucked in her breath at the raw  power rolling off of him. He had to be the sexiest guy she'd ever seen.  With clothes on he was enough to accelerate your heart, with them off he  could cause cardiac arrest.

"Wh … what are you doing here?" she stuttered. She was praying he wouldn't  come towards her because if he took her into his arm she would cave  quickly. She couldn't seem to say no to him.

"I've been waiting for you. How was your bath? I was beginning to get worried, you took so long," he said casually.

Jessica braced her shoulders. She knew she had to get all of her words  out quickly or she'd lose her courage to do so. "Alex, I know we're  married but I'm not sharing a room with you. I can use the one next to  our son's," she finished weakly.

Alex's eyes went from casual to smoldering in one second flat. He slowly  stood up and walked towards her. He was like a panther, stalking his  prey. Her stomach felt like it was crawling up into her throat, she was  so tense.

She wanted to be in his arms and knew it would be fantastic but she  needed to protect herself. It wouldn't take much to fall head over heels  in love with him. She took an involuntary step back and then another,  as he got closer to her.

He slowly looked at her from her head to her toes and back up again,  without saying a word. When he finally reached her eyes again, they were  both breathing heavily. He placed one hand behind her neck and the  other at the small of her back and jerked her into his body.

"Alex, this isn't a good id … " she tried to tell him but he swallowed her  words as his lips took possession of hers. He kissed her with anger,  passion and need. She tried not to respond but after a few seconds she  was giving just as good as she got.

Her hands wrapped around the back of his head to pull him even closer.  He was pressing her stomach into his obvious arousal. Knowing he wanted  her was like throwing a lit match into a puddle of gasoline.

His hand slid down past the bottom of the towel and began touching the  bare skin at the top of her thighs. She pressed even closer and a moan  escaped her lips. He pulled back and turned away from her.

They both stood there, trying to catch their breaths. Alex cursed  himself. He hadn't meant for the kiss to go that far. She had a way of  blocking out every thought in his head except for his desire to take  her.

He finally gained control over his raging body and turned to face her  again. Her breasts were still heaving with the deep breaths she was  taking in. He could tell she was trying to gain control and not doing a  very good job of it. He almost lost his will to turn away from her, at  the look of desire in her eyes. He had to prove a point though. He knew  later when he was standing in a cold shower he'd have to try very hard  to remember what that point was.

"You're my wife. You will be sharing my bed and you will be my wife in  every way that matters. I will not disgrace my son, or my family, by  having affairs and in case you haven't noticed, I'm a man with needs.  This marriage is for better or worse and we'll make the best of the  situation." He said all of this in a smooth, calm voice making her  temper was rise.