14 comments/ 36716 views/ 33 favorites Cheating Hearts Ch. 00 By: PennyN Prologue He received the phone call at 2:00 am, but it would not have made any difference had it been at any other time of the day. Luke Randall simply was not interested in what happens to Elizabeth Mitchell the former Mrs Randall, and he did not hesitate to tell the person on the line that. "She is no longer my concern, so please don't call me again." Was actually what he said before he went right back to sleep. A few minutes later or what seemed like it to Luke, there was someone ringing his doorbell. He could not ignore whoever it was because they were very persistent. It was as if they were actually leaning on the bell, which was possible, so he groggily got out of bed. He grabbed his bathrobe form the floor and shrugged it on cursing whoever was at the door. It would serve the person right if he went to the door naked which was how he preferred to go to bed. A quick glance at his bedside clock showed it was only 2:30 am, anyone making house calls at this ungodly hour deserved whatever treatment he decided to dish out. He did not hurry but made his way down the stairs at a sedate pace, even stopping a few seconds to switch on the lights. But finally he was yanking the door open. His quick reflex allowed him to catch the slight figure of the person who had been leaning against the door before they fell. "What the hell do you want?" He asked coldly setting her away from him as if she was poison. Jasmine Mitchell has always been in awe of her ex-brother, and the circumstances forcing them to meet again were not the best, but she was determined to give it her best shot. She had even managed to stop crying on the drive to his house. "Luke... Luke cut her off before she could say more than his name. "I have already told the nurse I am not interested in what happens to your sister, so why the hell are you here?" "Please she will die if the hospital does not operate on her. And they... they won't do it because she has no insurance." Jasmine could feel the tears she had suppressed a few minutes ago coming back full force as she pictured the bloodied figure of her sister lying on the hospital gunny. "And you really expect me to care... This time it was Jasmine who interrupted him. "She made a mistake, even you cannot be cold-blooded enough to let her pay for it with her life." She was beginning to understand why Beth had cheated on him. He was a cruel, cold and hard man. Luke could have told her he had nothing to do with her accident, and failed to see how it connected with the dissolution of their marriage, but he was not in the mood to argue. "Just go away Jasmine." He turned to go back into the house. She made a desperate attempt to grab his arm and ended up with the belt of his bathrobe in her hands. Lucky for her it stayed in place. Even under these horrible circumstances she could not help recall Luke's magnificent nude body. She had accidently came across him swimming in the nude in his South Hampton summer House. She shook her head of the image. "Please I will pay you back. You must save my sister." He had always been fond of Elizabeth's younger sister. Her tearful state somehow touched him, or was it that somehow she still managed to look like an angel with tears streaking down the lightly creamed coffee coloured high cheekbones. She looked nothing like Elizabeth, which was not surprising if you knew she was adopted from Africa., Somalia to be precise. "Pay me back? Are you whoring yourself out like your sister now?" The last time he saw his ex-wife she had been heading out to pick up her sister from NYU, he had been prepared to continue paying Jasmine's University fees, but apparently the young girl had refused from pride. Since he was no longer her sister's husband she was no longer his responsibility. She had not wanted his help in the first place going so far as to apply for student loans. Looking back maybe he had married the wrong sister, not that Jasmine at 19 now had ever been in the cards. Cradle snatching was simply not his style. At 33 he was way too old for her, and who knew what she was really like deep down? Elizabeth had seemed perfect. Jasmine ignored his snide remark."Please Luke help us." She had never begged before, but she was willing to do so now. "I will do anything to save my sister life even work as your maid to pay off the debt." She will give up her medical studies what use would they be to her if she cannot save the one person that matters to her. "There is no need for such drastic measures, besides I already have all the house staff I could possibly need as a single man." He looked thoughtful for a few seconds and then he said quiet soberly. "What I need since your sister and I parted is sex, lots of it. And you can provide that to me in return for my assistance." She looked at him as he had gone mad for quite some time before she moved out of her frozen state. "In that case there is no time to waste so let's go to the hospital. Cheating Hearts Ch. 01 Thank you for the comments. I will try and proof read before submission, but English is not my 1st language, and i will need help. Hint: Urgent need of an editor. Here is chapter 1; I have tried to make it longer. * Chapter 1 "You never did tell me how you paid the hospital bills and how you are paying for this place." Elizabeth was not stupid, although some may argue on that given her recent actions over the past several months. She not only cheated on her husband and instead of dealing with it like the big girl she was she allowed herself to drink to access and then get in a car to wind up almost getting herself killed. Jasmine had known Beth would ask as soon as she started feeling better. It has been two months since the accident and she was almost back on her feet again. While she was recuperating in hospital Jasmine had gone back to University at Luke's insistence and found a better place for her and her sister. Luke had insisted on Manhattan. It was not Fifth Avenue, but it was a beautiful two bed roomed apartment and close to Luke's Penthouse which was the main reason he chose it. He had not made any demands immediately, but had given her time to help Beth. If not for this morning's phone call demanding she come over for dinner that night, she would have forgotten he was actually blackmailing her. "Did you hear me Jasmine?" Elizabeth raised puzzled ice blue eyes to her sister from the bed. Jasmine looked deep in thought as she stared out the window. It was snowing outside, and normally that would have made Jasmine very happy. At 27 Elizabeth was 8 years older than Jasmine, and though she had not readily welcomed the role of big sister, she came to love Jasmine, and to know her well, enough to know when she was hiding something. "Yes I heard you Beth." She turned to face the bed. Her sister had been lucky. Except for the fractured ribs which had perforated her lungs and the main reason for her operation she escaped unscathed in terms of physical scars on her body. She looked ethereally beautiful with the fragile air caused by her convalescence. Her beauty made Jasmine wonder what Luke saw in her. But whatever it was he was forcing her to behave like the whore he thought Beth was. "Luke gave us the money." Jasmine finally managed to get those words out. She could not meet her sister's eyes though. She knew hope would be reflected there, Beth would think he was ready to forgive her. "He did?" Elizabeth said in wonder. Could time have healed the wounds she had caused her husband? But then if that was the case he would have visited her in the hospital? She finally decided Luke was not the forgiving type. What else could be going on? Jasmine was not going to tell her sister that tonight she will be sleeping with her former husband. It would have been easier if she was not looking forward to it. She hated herself for desiring Luke, it was practically incestuous, but what red-blooded female could resist a gorgeous man like him? Normally she was attracted to men who were black like her, but Luke was a man in a class of his own. Over six two and built like a swimmer with the wide shoulders, a man who moved with the grace of a jungle cat. She had always felt as if his emerald green eyes could see right into her soul. The eyes were at odds with his jet black hair, and the slight olive tint to his skin, but made sense since his mother Consuela was Italian. The Irish eyes he got from his late father Matthias. She could not deny she had had a crush o him, but she should have gotten over that by now, but no matter it was not like Luke or Beth had noticed. She jerked herself back to the present before she stared fantasising about his sensual mouth. "I am going to pay him back when I start working." That sounded false even to her. It suggested that Luke was a very generous man because he was going to have to wait a long time for his money. "You have done so much already." Elizabeth quickly pointed out. "I am going back to work though, so I will make sure he gets all his money." Being beholden to him was not how she wanted to get Luke back. Jasmine said nothing. It was this desire of Beth to go back to modelling which had resulted in her infidelity. She did not understand how someone married to a hunky powerful worldly man like Luke could want any other man was beyond her. What could have been missing in that relationship? If anyone should know how loyal Beth was, it was Jasmine. James and Lorna Mitchell who were killed on one of their Red Cross missions in Iraq had adopted her when she was just a baby and had lost her parents to cholera. Elizabeth had just started modelling, when the Mitchells died and Jasmine who was a minor at the time would have been taken in by the social services, but Elizabeth had refused and fought to stay with her. It would have been too terrible a blow to be parted from the only family she had left. Beth was a wonderful person, a little vain, but who wouldn't be if the they blonde and supermodel thin and tall. She had professed to love Luke so her actions were kind of hard to understand. She said she not only regretted her actions, but never even enjoyed the sex. Jasmine had not really asked for the details having no desire to hear about her sister's love life down to the intimate details. It might be the 21st century, but Jasmine was very much a keep it in the bedroom kind of girl, not that she had ever shared the said bedroom with a man. She was not experienced in matters of passion and felt she was in no position to judge Beth. Beth had always liked attention, it might have started as harmful flirting because that was just how Beth behaved. She flirted with anyone male. All she knew was when she made a commitment she will make sure of her feeling for the man concerned. Make sure she loved the man completely so that she will never stray. "I am going out tonight Beth." Jasmine said never looking at her sister. She was not a very good liar, and was afraid Beth will be able to tell the truth of what she was up to. "Finally a man has snatched my sister's attention away from her books. I can't tell you how happy that makes me." Elizabeth cried out in an excited voice. She worried about Jasmine's deep concentration on her studies. She was too young to be so serious. The only time she had fun was when Beth dragged her out with her to the movies. It made Jasmine feel so bad. Was she any better than Beth who had cheated? Was it not worse to want your sister's man even if they were no longer together? "I need to make a phone call." Jasmine said. Jasmine hurried out to a phone booth to try and get out of this spider's web she was letting herself get tangled in. Luke's elegant secretary Mrs Margaret Read answered his office phone. She had only met the woman once and felt very intimidated by her, not that she looked like a dragon or anything. She looked like a woman in her 20's at 40, and beautiful. Luke liked beautiful things and could afford them, so why buy her? "Can I talk to Mr. Randall please?" Her heart was beating very fast from running and nerves, but it appeared there was no reason for her nerves as she never got to speak to Luke. He was tied up in a meeting and would be tied up the whole day. She knew it would not be productive to try again. Running an Internationally renowned billion dollar shipping company was a job that would keep any man busy 24/7. Luke not only made it look easy, but found time to play, and she was his new plaything. She recalled his phone call. "Go out and get something sexy to wear for dinner at my house. I will expect you at 7:00 pm sharp." Then he had hung up. She decided to go out shopping for the required dress. No doubt she will have to rely on the shop assistants to know what was sexy. Unlike Beth she had never really thought of clothes much. Jeans were her main clothes. If Luke was disappointed with what he got, that was his problem. Disappointed was the last thing Luke experienced that night. He had sent his driver to pick her up, and for that she was thankful for it. Having him witness her ungainly movements getting in and out of the car in her tight dress and impossibly long high heels would have been mortifying. She managed to trip herself just trying to get into the car and she was glad the only person who saw her faux pas was George. As it was George managed to refrain from laughter at her rude exclamations, he was a kind elderly English gentleman. She had liked him the few times she had come into contact with him while she stayed with Beth bad Luke before she moved to the University Campus to give them their privacy. Thinking along those lines made her realise Beth and Luke have been divorced longer than they were married. They were married for just six month and have been divorced for seven. Sooner than she wanted they arrived at Luke's place. It was even harder to get out of the limo than to get in. How women like Beth did managed wearing impossibly high heels and tight dresses and still perform the act of getting in and out of cars not only with dignity, but with style was beyond her. This time she did not have to ring the bell. The door was slightly opened as he was waited for her. "Come right in Jasmine." Luke said his attention on his blackberry. He finished and turned to look at her and barely managed to not gasp, as it was he blinked and stared. Who knew she hid such a lush figure with her baggy jeans and even baggier t-shirts? He had thought her quiet a tiny thing standing exactly five feet tall, and tiny she was compared to his height, but she was like a pocket sized Venus, with all the curves in the right places. He normally liked big breasts on a woman, but he liked that her perfect handful meant she could get away without wearing a bra and he could see the tight buds of her nipples. It could not be the cold outside for she had been wearing a heavy jacket when she came in, and the room was warm. Perhaps it was not just desperation that had made Jasmine agree to his deal. He admired her slender curvaceous body in skin tight blue silk held together by thin diamante covered straps with a square neckline and moulded to her body until it reached mid thigh level. He kept staring and she wondered if he was displeased and regretted making the deal with her. She could not have been further from the truth. He was admiring her shapely stocking free legs in black diamante encrusted high heeled sandals. She had beautiful tiny feet with her toe nails painted a clear colour like her fingernails. The exposed skin made him wonder if she was flawless all over. Her inky black hair which shone like spun silk was cut into a shoulder length bob with a centre parting exposing the beautiful curves of her cheeks. Her eyes seemed bigger, a beautiful brown like aged brandy and framed by dark curly lashes that seemed natural as she wore no makeup. Her small pert nose he had always found enchanting, but it was her pink glossed wide mouth that drew his attention now, and he stopped looking at her like a date. She was here to perform a duty that was all. "Come with me into the dining room." He forced himself to say. He did not want to waste time on dinner, but to go straight to bed, but she looked like she could bolt any second. Jasmine tried a smile. She did not think she could speak at the moment. He looked gorgeous, still dressed in neatly belted grey pants that must have been matched with a jacket and tie, but those were now worn with only a crisp white shirt. He had made no effort on her behalf, but he still looked wonderful in his work clothes. The dining room table was set and ready for them. He held out her chair and she sank into it gracefully. He liked her soft subtle scent, and the nervous smile that revealed small even white teeth. Luke sat across her. The flowers and candles a nice touch to what he had requested from his house keeper. Mrs Vine was a romantic who had not given up on him finding love not just passion, and he allowed her her delusions. "May I say you look more appetising than Mrs Vine's perfect fish dish tonight." Luke shocked her with his words, but it was his wicked smile that sent shivers up and down her spine. And it served to remind her he was not perfect. All his teeth were straight and white except for the crooked one on the left side of his two front teeth. "I... Well thank you." She could not believe she was stammering. She had never been comfortable around Luke. Her body hot then cold the next minute, and now the sound of his deep velvet smooth voice sent shivers up and down her spine. The meal was well prepared and quite tasty Jasmine was sure, but she hardly knew what she ate. Luke had asked her if she drank wine and she had declined. She did not have the head for alcohol it will take only one glass for her to be wasted. Luke was reminded of her age. What happened to him disliking cradle snatching? Was he really going to use a young girl like her because he was jaded over her sex? He would have changed his mind were it not for her moan as she enjoyed her desert. The way she closed her eyes and licked her spoon. Then all he could think about was her lying naked on his bed. Cheating Hearts Ch. 02 Sorry for the delay in submitting this next chapter, love scenes are harder than I expected they will be to write but here is chapter 2. * Jasmine loved cheese cake and as she indulged herself she forgot where she was until Luke spoke, bursting her happy bubble. "If you are done with dessert we can move on to the bedroom." She stared at him as if he had just said something totally outrageous. "My dear Jasmine our deal was for you to provide me with sex, not for me to indulge your culinary tastes." "Yes, but do you have to be blunt about it." True, emotions did not come into this, at least not for him, so it should be no surprise to her that he could be so blasé' about it all. Luke smiled and it was not his normal charming smile. "What were you expecting my little Jasmine? Surely as my new pleasure slave you should have expected that I will be dictating all the terms of this deal." "I never agreed to be your pleasure slave... whatever that is, and while we are on the subject how long will this... deal of yours last?" It was time she took back some control. A little fire from her was welcomed. "Shouldn't' you have negotiated the terms and conditions before agreeing to anything?" She shook her head confused. Did he expect a person under severe stress to negotiate terms and conditions of what amounted to a life saving deal? "We can negotiate... "It's too late for negotiations. You said you would do anything to save your sister and I am going to hold you to that. So starting from tonight will be at my beck and call until such time that I tire of your lovely body. You will not ask me questions when I tell you to do something is that clear?" He had been thinking about the deal for the past two month. On realising there had been virtually nothing agreed on except that Jasmine will be providing him with sex he had thought of nothing else, but how to capitalise on the deal. She was his to do with as he pleased. A sex slave, not a woman he will have to bother himself with much beyond ensuring her pleasure in his bed. It will make no sense not to ensure that happens, because doing so will make her more pliable and thus inclined to go out of her way to please him. Elizabeth may have turned to another man, but it was not because she had found something lacking in their sexual relations. In fact she thought he was too demanding in the bedroom. She had often left him unsatisfied because she could not keep up. If anyone should have gone looking for something extra it should have been him. Luke worked hard and he played just as hard, and for him sex was just that, a form of stress relief. Jasmine swallowed nervously before she replied. "Got it. You are the boss." She was a cheeky little thing from what he remembered, and spirited though she often preferred to be seen and not heard. "Good so there won't be any misunderstandings. I want you naked and kneeling at the foot of the bed when I come in. I am going to just lock the doors." He did not see the scared look in her eyes because he was already turning away from her. But what was there to do? Could she back out and wait to see what Luke would do to her? Kneeling at the foot of his king sized bed in his totally masculine bedroom as naked as the day she was born meant she had made her decision. She was going to be his pleasure slave, and he had made it clear what that would entail. It was all about his pleasure and she would just have to endure it and hope he will tire of her quickly. Luke thought she was more beautiful than he had expected in all her naked glory. There was a defiant look in her eyes. She was certainly not his first woman since the divorce, but she would be the first in his bed. Normally he preferred to use the spare bedroom. "Come here!" Luke commanded. He watched as she moved to obey instantly enjoying the view. What sweet curves she had hidden in her ugly tom boyish jeans. He liked that she had only trimmed the black curls of her pussy instead of going bare. Heat always suffused her skin every time he turned those emerald green eyes on her making it hard to stay numb and unresponsive. As it was her nipples hardened, and she could feel wetness seep from between her thighs. Luke drew her flush against his clothed body. He had to taste those sweet lips that were doing all kinds of things to his libido while wrapped around a desert spoon. It was not what she expected from her first adult kiss. His lips swopped down on hers forcefully, his tongue snaking out to trace her lips. He gathered her closer and the feel of his clothes against her body couple with the gentle bites to urge her mouth open drew a moan from her. Luke angled his head and his tongue delved in tasting her sweetness. He picked her up to ease his access to her mouth, deepening the kiss as he wrapped her legs around his waist. She placed her arms around his neck tightly as the sensations aroused by his mouth intensified until she felt faint. The powerful pressure against her wet heat had her drawing back from his kiss. "Luke!" she was a bit frightened now, knowing it was supposed to hurt the first time and having felt the hard wide head of his cock she knew he was built long and thick. Luke did not reply. He carried her to the bed and gently laid her down before attacking his clothes. Never had been so aroused from a simple kiss. He did not want to frighten her, as the wide eyed stare in her eyes suggested, but he wanted out of his clothes as quickly as possible. It was as she had feared. He was too big and was going to tear her apart. "Luke...I can't." She made a move to leave the bed. Luke snagged her around the waist with one arm and pulled her back. "No more games Jasmine. I want you now and mean to have you." His other hand went to her beautiful breasts taking hold of her left breast he lowered his mouth to the dark hard nipple. The feel of his hot wet mouth robbed her of her breath and speech. She placed her hand on the back of his head pressing him closer instead. He massaged her other breast sending a bolt of lightning throughout her body. Luke realised the tight bud of her nipple and met her dazed eyes. "Now do you want me to stop?" "No. Oh Luke please put your mouth on me again." She was not above begging something was just about to happen to her body before he realised her breast from his mouth. Luke knew what was happening to her. It was rare, but some women were able to orgasm from breast play. He decided to put her out of her misery as she had asked so sweetly. He lowered his mouth to her nipple and gently bit down as his fingers sought her wet heated pussy, exploring the lips down there before he stroked the little nub that was her clitoris and got to hear her cry out his name and watch her back arch as she pressed herself harder against his finger. Her whole body responded to the pleasure of her very first orgasm. "Oh Luke... that was fantastic." She drew him hard against her body and moaned at the feel of his heated hard body against hers. His skin was smooth, not as soft as hers but still not what she had been expecting a man to feel like. She kissed him this time needing to feel closer to him. Luke kissed back and the moved his lips to explore her slender throat as his hands explored her softness. She smelled so good and tasted even better. Her belly was flat, but with a soft give to it. She watched as he parted her thighs and gasped when he put his face between them. She had no idea what to expect, but could only writhe and cry out as his mouth went from exploratory licking with is tongue to gentle nibbles with his teeth until she was on the brink of another orgasm. She tasted sweet and tart and he could not get enough of her. "You taste so good." Luke said and with that he slipped his finger inside her. She was hot and tight, tighter than he had ever felt before. Another finger and he felt her pussy walls grasping greedily at his digits. "Yes that's it my pet, come for me." Luke thrust his fingers deeper into her. "Luke!" she cried. "I need you in me." She wanted to come on his cock. "I need your cock." Somehow that word was not something he expected to hear from those sweet lips even if he could picture them wrapped around his cock. It was the voiced plea that almost finished him. He gritted his teeth and waited a few seconds to regain his control before he moved up against her. She parted her legs wider to welcome his first thrust. She winched from the sharp pain. Luke held still in shock."You are a virgin?" Sure she was 19, but a virgin? The pain was melting away to be replaced by a feeling of fullness and heat. "I want you Luke, take me." She wrapped her arms around him. He wanted to pull away, but could not bare to leave the tight sheath enfolding him. "Stay still." If she moved it was over for him. She obeyed, but was thrilled when he finally moved thrusting deeply into her. "Oh yes, again. Do that again." And he did harder and deeper still until he was thrusting faster into her moist heat and she was pushing back as he retreated. The pleasure was almost a pain and she hung onto his muscular arms which he was using to support his weight to avoid crushing her. Her nails dug into him. Just as she reached that crest again she felt his cock expand which she had not thought possible. Luke threw his head back and barely managed to restrain a growl to answer her scream as his cock shot more cum than he had ever released deep into her body. She held onto him as they slowly came down from the high and got their breath back. Luke moved away as soon as he was able to move. "Get dressed." His voice was a rough command. "What's wrong?" She cried out. "Was I bad? Luke did you not like it?" he would not look at her. "The deal is off Jasmine, get dressed and George would take you home." He grabbed his pants and jerked them on." "Luke please I will get better... "Jasmine stop it." He could not look at her, could not watch the tears he was sure to see if he turned around to face her. She thought she was bad at sex, when she was the best he had ever had. A virgin giving him pleasure like no other woman ever had who would have thought it possible. She was not what he had expected, which was good. She had wanted him to tire of her quickly, so why was she crying instead of elated? Why was there such an intense pain in her chest? She was not going to beg and plead though, instead she grabbed her things and locked herself in the bathroom. Luke looked at the wrecked bed and it was then he saw the blood on the white sheets. He tore the sheets from the bed in fury. Fury directed at him. What kind of man was he? How could he defile such innocence? She did not look at him or say anything when she came out of the bathroom. Luke said nothing, He watched her walk away. Cheating Hearts Ch. 04 Sorry for the long wait, but anyway here is chapter 4. Thank you so much for the comments. They keep me going. * Mrs Read was in when Jasmine visited Luke's offices. She could see the younger woman's nerves were stretched to braking point and was quick to show her into Luke's office. Jasmine wasted no time getting straight to the point so much so she did not even give Luke a chance to rise from his desk, or Mrs Read to leave the office. "Alright Luke Randall I will marry you." Luke smiled. "I am glad you were finally able to see sense." Both Luke and Jasmine ignored the stunned woman before them. Mrs Read's gaze shifted from one to the other as if she could read the answer to this big puzzle on their faces. Jasmine threw down the note from Luke's lawyer. "If I had sense I would have never involved myself with you, but your lawyer's threats were most convincing." "That will be all Mrs Read." Luke waited until the other woman had closed the door behind her before he addressed his fiancé. "Since that's settled I will have my lawyer draw up a prenuptial agreement right away." "As long as you give me enough time for my lawyer to review it. I will also like enough time to put inputs on how best to protect my interests." Jasmine was not going to let Luke walk all over her, just because he had won this round did not mean the war was over. "What interests?" Luke asked rather surprised, but that was nothing compared to the smile she gave him. A smile that had him imagining whether her beautiful nude body looked more beautiful like as her face a face that glowing because of the pregnancy. He had not really paid much attention to pregnant women before, maybe every woman looked extra special during that time. "I am not going to let you push me out of their lives, and neither do I plan to be your whore ever again." Jasmine retorted. She remained standing wanting to be done with this as quickly as possible. She had no choice, but to capitulate for the present time, but had no intention of going along meekly with everything he wanted. "I have never forced a woman to my bed Jasmine. You should know that better than anyone. I am not about to start now." He could see that she had the grace to feel shame by her flushed cheeks. "I want this marriage to be in name only." She was not going allow her body to rule her body ever. "I have no problem with that, so if that's all I have to get back to my work." Luke dismissed her. Jasmine walked away with her head held high. The prenuptial agreement was a surprise. It did not state that it was a marriage in name only, because that would defeat the purpose of marriage. But it was surprisingly very fair to Jasmine. In the event of their splitting up they will have joint custody of the twins, and Luke would pay child support as well as alimony, but Jasmine had that scratched out. She wanted the monthly allowance he wanted her to have while they were married scratched out as well, but Luke will not budge on that one. She was his wife, he wanted her to look like it, even though she would not act like it. They managed to finally agree and from then on things moved quickly. Luke wanted a small wedding at a chapel for appearances' sake, but Jasmine put her foot down. They got married in a judge's office a week later after jasmine's visit to Luke' s office, with only Mrs Read as a witness. Beth had seemed to understand the need for marriage after Jasmine gave her the Lawyer's letter stating Luke's intention to sue her for custody, but was not at all pleased with it. She had still not really wrapped her head around Luke and Jasmine together, but she had not time to dwell on it as she was going away for a modelling shoot. She did manage to wish Jasmine luck however believing the younger woman would really need it. Jasmine had thought that they would be living in Luke's Penthouse, but Luke surprised her with a house. She loved the old red brick manor house outside the city, but within fair driving distance, but would not give him the satisfaction of knowing he had managed to surprise her in a good way. Though the house was big with three stories, it was not flashy like the penthouse, which had simply screamed bachelor. The house would have been a perfect home if they had been getting married for the right reasons. She did not object to his organising a housekeeper and other staff to help with the big house and gardens as she had her studies to concentrate on. She did not want to fall behind. Nor did she object to the SUV he bought for her. It really made life easier. Their living arrangement were not overall bad, so far over the past month they have managed not to kill each other and behave civilly towards the other. They had dinner together and shared the same bed, because Luke said people talked and had no desire to see their marriage being publicly questioned. She stayed as far away from him as possible and it should have been possible to manage that all night in a king sized bed, but unfortunately Jasmine was growing bigger everyday and needed more and more space. She wound up wrapped in his arms each morning. Luke was not complaining about her turning to him at night. But he would have never believed that he would enjoy holding a sleeping woman in his arms if it was not post coital? Not that she had lost the ability to arouse him. It was the latter, she had reduced him to beating himself off every morning like some horny teenager. He could not understand why he could not just get a lover like any man denied marital rights would. He came into contact with beautiful women every day, some threw themselves on him, but he could not bring himself to take the bait. Something was definitely wrong because Luke knew himself to have a high sex drive, and he was not getting any. On a bright Saturday morning Jasmine received a visitor. She rushed to the sitting room where the housekeeper had sat the visitor thinking it was Beth. The woman standing by the sliding windows gazing out into the garden was not a tall blonde, she was barely five foot and she was slender with jet black hair. She looked to be in her late 40's. She was to learn later, that it was actually early 50's. "Good morning." Jasmine said, as the woman turned to fully face her. "Good morning." She said brightly. "I thought even Luke would not be working on a Saturday." Her voice was soft slightly accented and friendly as she moved forward hands outstretched. Jasmine though taken aback by the stranger wanting to hug her nevertheless leaned forward and accepted the warm hug. "I waited for the honeymoon period to be over so I could meet you my dear. I am Consuela Randall." The older woman understood the younger's shock, but she herself had not expected a visibly pregnant bride. "You are Luke's mother. But my sister..." She stopped at the confused older woman' eyes and then explained while blushing. "Luke' ex wife said he told her his parents had died." She shook her head, a bewildered look in her eyes. There had been no one from his side of the family at Luke and Elizabeth's wedding, just like with their, only this time there was no one from her family as well. "I am sure Luke wishes it were so, but I am very much alive, though his father has passed away." An intense look of pain crossed the woman's eyes, but then she visibly brightened and turned to Jasmine. "I unfortunately missed both weddings since I received no invitation, but I heard about his recent marriage to you from a friend." She did not elaborate that Luke's lawyer Lee Brent who had been Matthias's lawyer and best friend fed her every scrap of information regarding her son' life, but Lee himself had been taken by surprise, by Luke's first wedding. None of them had ever thought Luke would get married, never mind going through it twice, and sisters at that. But his second wife's pregnancy made more sense to her now. Jasmine was just about to organise refreshments and seat their guest when both women heard the quick seemingly angry male steps making their way to the sitting room. Luke came in dressed casually in jeans and a white dress shirt. He had gone into the office to pick something up, and had said he would not be long because he wanted them to go shopping for baby things. She had been shocked he wanted to be involved in that, but the Luke who came in now was vastly different from the one who had tried to be charming this morning. He was in a towering murderous rage. "What the hell are you doing in my home?" Luke demanded, almost seeing red. He had seen her car parked outside. It was a bright green Porsche hard to miss and familiar. A present from his late father to a woman he had cherished, and loved beyond reason. "Get out.... "Luke you cannot speak to your mother like... "Stay out of this Jasmine. I want this murderous bitch out of my house right this minute." Luke said and Jasmine watched his mother flinch as if he had slapped her. She tried to speak, but Consuela held up her hand. "I had hoped that time will have helped you to calm down and listen to my side of the story. That everything is not as black and white as you want it to be. I am sorry I came, but glad at the same time. Take care of your new wife Luke. She is a keeper." A woman who will defend a complete stranger because she felt she was being mistreated was a good woman. She was crying as she made her way out of the house. "Luke." She moved closer to him. He still looked angry, but so lost as well, she wanted to take him into her arms. He almost fell into her arms too, but turned silently and walked away, and Jasmine could have sworn there was a sheen of wetness in his eyes. Who was Luke Randall, what could that poor woman have done to make him hate her so, and distrust all women. If there was something she had learned over the past month was that Luke was not really the hard unfeeling man he projected to the world. She had seen him concerned over her health, how he really wanted to be involved in the pregnancy, and how he interacted with people who worked for him, he knew their names and about their personal lives. She had overheard him asking Mrs Stephens, their housekeeper about her granddaughter who had just started school. And then he turns around and calls his own mother a bitch. Jasmine sighed, did she really want to open herself up to this man emotionally, and risk getting hurt again when he rejected her? She knew she had been half way in love with him before the night that had resulted in the twins, and that it will take little for her to be head over heels in love with him. Unfortunately she was not given a choice about getting involved when a few days later her mother called her and asked her to lunch. She wanted to refuse, but the pain and loneliness in the other woman's voice prevented her from doing that. And anyway did she owe Luke her loyalty, after all they were not truly man and wife, they were more like enemies. That was no longer true at all. Luke and she were trying to find some harmony. She had not really forgiven him for forcing this marriage, but he has not done anything else since then, nothing to show his power over her, going so far as to consult her with regards to the house. He did not think the previous owners' modern minimalist furniture suited the old house and she agreed with him. They were getting along which was why she was furtively looking around her as she made her way to the coffee bar they had agreed to meet at. Consuela did not look so good this time, she looked beaten and desperate, and jasmine's heart went out to her. She quickly sat, taking her mother's hands into her own. "I should not be forcing you to sneak around on Luke. He hates lies so, but I just need to know something. Is my son happy?" Jasmine looked down at their clasped hands and then at Luke's mother's face. "The reason behind our marriage is obvious Mrs Randall.... Consuela blanched. "No please call me Consuela." She did not want to think of the time she had been Mrs Randall. How happy she had been once, and then one foolish act had destroyed not just her whole world, but her family and Luke, her beautiful loving son. She did not deserve his forgiveness or love, but she longed for them with all her heart. "I am dying, and I need to do everything I can to help my son become the man he was meant to be, not the bitter stranger he is now." Consuela could see she had shocked the younger woman. She could see the sympathy in her eyes. She was saddened by the fact that she will never know her better. Cheating Hearts Ch. 05 Jasmine 's troubled conscience would not allow her to rest, which was why she was still sitting at the dinner table after she was finished. She and Luke were married, there was no escaping that fact. It was up to them to make this work, and being honest with each other would help a lot, she was sure of that. "Luke I would like to talk to you." Jasmine said on noticing he was almost finished with his dinner, and will be going into his study. He did that every night, and got into bed late when he was sure she would be sleeping. He avoided their bedroom even though it had been on his instance that they share the bed to keep tongues from wagging. Luke though surprised by her lingering over dinner and what she said did not react. "Join me in my study in 10 minutes, I just need to make a quick phone call." Jasmine helped the housekeeper clear the table before she made her way to her husband's study. She could hear him on the phone because the door was partially open. She almost turned back to give him his privacy, but when she heard him say a woman's name her curiosity got the best of her. She did not want to sleep with her husband, and it followed that he would go to another willing woman. What did not make sense was her feeling betrayed, or the intense jealousy that came over her as she imagined his beautiful sexy body entwined with this Fiona he was speaking to. Luke saw his wife at the door and did nothing to hasten his phone call, but he was almost finished anyway, so he said goodnight and then turned to fully face her, struggling to read the emotions passing through her eyes. "You have my undivided attention. So what did you want to talk to me about?" She straightened her spine deciding to face him head on. So what if she had been eavesdropping? She was not going to cower before his anger because then he will never listen to her. She had things she wanted to get off her chest and had every intention of doing so. "I need to talk to you about your mother." As expected he exploded in anger. "I don't have a ... "Luke please, listen to me." She hurried to his side actually daring to lay a restraining hand on his arm. She could feel the tension build in his body, but persevered. "She asked to see me, and I agreed. I wanted you to know because I am still going to see her, and I don't want to do it behind your back. She needs me." Luke wanted to push her away from him, but could not bring himself to do so. She looked vulnerable as she pleaded for his understanding, and so damn sexy, but her pity was misplaced. "So you want honesty between us, is that it?" He watched her and she did not try to avoid meeting his eyes. She gave her answer with a nod. "So would you say it is about time you welcomed the husband you desire into your bed?" Jasmine gasped and stepped back. "I don't want...anyway you have Fiona." "Fiona is not the issue here. Every night in bed you turn to me begging me to make love to you in your sleep something you can't bring yourself to ask for when wide awake." Luke found going to bed exhausting because taking advantage of a woman was not his style, but his wife was swiftly driving him towards that point. And she may as well blush for the things she said to him in her sleep. "I am not here to talk about us, but... "You said you wanted honesty between us, so let's be honest about everything." He had his doubts regarding the integrity of a woman, but was willing to go along to get what he wanted. He was not going to masturbate like some teenager anymore. She was his wife damn it and it was time she started behaving like one. "You can do whatever you want with regards to Consuela." Even saying her name pained him. He could not afford to think about the past. It was better where it was in the past. "Now about us, be honest. Do you want me to carry you to bed?" He moved closer until their bodies touched and she could feel his hard erect cock against her stomach. Did he really desire a fat pregnant woman like her, or would any woman do? And did it really matter what he desired? Because the truth was she wanted her husband. She should be honest with him as well as herself. No more running. She surprised him by taking the initiative. Her arms came around his neck as she pressed her soft lips against his. "Yes!" She murmured against his mouth. "Take me to bed. Take me." Luke did just that, his kisses were all consuming until she felt like her whole body was afire. She became aware of every nerve-ending in her body as blood rushed heatedly through her body. She felt like she could not get close enough to him. Luke was quick to remedy that situation, picking her up and carrying her to the long and wide leather couch near the windows of his study. The drapes were open, but at this time of the night no one would see them. "I am too heavy.... Luke cut off her protest with his mouth and laid her gently on her back reluctantly leaving her mouth to quickly divest her of her clothing. Jasmine realised her body had changed a lot due to her pregnancy and attempted to hide the bigger breasts and her no longer flat stomach. Luke was not having any of it though. "You look beautiful Jasmine, don't hide yourself from me." And Jasmine had to believe he really thought she looked beautiful, for the look of unbridled lust in his eyes and his quick movements to rid himself of his clothing told her he really wanted her. Luke moved over to the couch now as naked as she was. He carefully leaned over and took over her mouth sucking her soft tongue into his mouth tasting every crevice of her sweet mouth. Jasmine moaned and pressed her body closer until his chest was flush against her aching breasts. And she could feel his harder than steel cock leaking precum onto her softly rounded stomach. Just feeling his hot skin pressed against her felt so good. She gasped as his hand gently pinched one of her nipples and inhaled deeply as she felt his hot wet mouth on the other. "So good, it feels so good." Luke then remembered what a vocal lover Jasmine was. "I will make it even better my pet." Luke promised and with that said pulled her nipple deep into his mouth, suckling and then teasing her with the edges of his teeth until she was moaning and writhing underneath him in a wanton manner that threatened to unman him, and then all of a sudden her hands, tongue and lips were everywhere as if she could not get enough of his body. "Luke!" She needed him inside her, but he was not done teasing her, and he mobilised her hands above her head to keep her from touching him and hurrying their joining. She felt his hand run up her leg, touching the inside of her thigh, but withdrawing before reaching the target. She splayed her legs open in invitation. She was dripping wet and ready for him. "Touch me. Touch my pusssy please." She was hot and tight, but so wet two of his fingers glided in easily. He used his thumb to tease her clitoris and she screamed her release into his mouth. That's when he moved over her, his body covering hers as he thrust his hips forward burying his cock deep inside and stretching the walls of her pussy at the same time. Luke moved with his arms tightly wrapped around her until he was the one lying with his back on the couch. "Ride me."His voice was rough with need and the words came out as a command. She was more than willing to obey, as she moved, undulating her hips up and down then round for maximum pleasure, but apparently not to Luke's satisfaction because he grabbed her hips bringing her down onto his cock even as he thrust up. "Hard and fast my pet, come all over my cock." And to her shock she was coming again so fast. She arched her back, her eyes pinched shut and her mouth falling open in a soundless scream. The sight of his wife's body in orgasm sent shivers up and down his spine and he thrust even harder and faster stroking inside her wet sheath at a wild pace. Soon he was hurtling over the edge roaring her name as his cock erupted, shooting his seed deep inside her pussy. Luke gathered her close as their breathing returned to normal. He was deep in thought. Their first time had been amazing, but this time was even better. He had enjoyed countless experienced women, who knew all the tricks, but sex had never brought him so much pleasure. He had never come so hard or so long, that he felt like his body had been turned to mush and it will never move again. Jasmine sighed contentedly enjoying the feel of their sweaty bodies together, and was quick to fall asleep. Luke ended up carrying her to bed, a bed they were now going to share properly like a married couple. Consuela had doubted her son's marriage was a love match, but seeing Jasmine practically glowing she began to revise her opinion. "Luke knows I am here. I had to tell him." Jasmine said as soon as she was seated. They were having lunch at a quaint little Italian restaurant. "That's fine. It is not good to have secrets. Not if you want to make a success of your marriage." Someone should have given her that advice, and she would still have her family. "I want to tell you about my marriage to Luke." And so she began her explanations with Consuela listening without interruptions. "But you love my son now." Consuela could see it in the younger woman's eyes every time she mentioned Luke's name. Jasmine could not deny it. "Yes, I love Luke very much, but I am not sure how he feels." "And he used to be such an open and affectionate boy. I suppose I must really tell you what happened to make him the way he is." Consuela said. "Not if it brings such pain... The older woman put her hand on Jasmine. "You need to know. I want you to help my son become the loving man he was meant to be." Jasmine wanted to protest again. She had no power over Luke, but Consuela seemed to think otherwise. "What happened with your sister does make you look deceitful in Luke's eyes, but when he finds out it was because you loved him all along, he will finally understand. And then of cause you could not very well have stepped aside and watched your sister die." Consuela paused and looking at Jasmine. "I would like to think Luke would have helped out in the end." Jasmine too. "I am sure he would have done the right thing in the end." Besides his passionate side she has been seeing a lot of the other sides to Luke he himself was not aware made him a good man rather than the cold ruthless one he projected. For instance she had watched him take his jacket off to drape over an old lady to protect her from the rain. He then escorted her into the safety of a restaurant foyer. Consuela thought it best if they made their order so that there would be fewer interruptions to their meal. Afterwards they will go back to her place for privacy. Consuela was staying at a hotel. Her home was back in Spain, and that's how her story began. "I grew up in Spain, but in Madrid, so you could say I had more freedom than your average Spanish rich girl from old family money. And that's how I came to know and fell in love with Rafael Gualtierrez." Consuela had a faraway look in her eyes as if she could rally see the past. She had met Rafael at a concert, and they were soon a serious item, but at 18 Consuela had not been ready for physical intimacy. She had thought they had all the time in the world and it was good that they got to know each other first. But her father had other ideas. He learned about Rafael and whisked her off to America on the pretence of a family holiday. The Randall's were family friends, and of cause she knew Matthias, but had not seen him in years. "He was 21 at the time. The most beautiful man I had ever seen." Consuela smiled. "Luke takes after him. I was impressionable and when he started courting me I did not object. I forgot all about Rafael. At the time I thought I was fickle, but even though girls mature faster than boys, at 18 I was still very much immature. I developed a crush on Matthias quickly." But Consuela was to learn Matthias was being pressurised by his parents. He was too young at 21 to really want marriage. But the in the end they did get married under a cloud of much unhappiness at the forced union. Consuela actually went back to Spain with her parents, and feeling unwanted by Matthias made the mistake of getting involved with Rafael again. "Remember to validate the marriage Matthias and I had to consummate the marriage, and that's when I knew what I felt for Rafael had not been real. I wanted my husband, but he did not seem to want me. I was feeling resentful and rejected, and allowed myself to forget my morals and let Rafael persuade me into his bed." Consuela wanted to shut those memories out, but they had to be faced. "For me it was a disaster, but Rafael wanted to do it again and again. Two months later I realised I was pregnant." "But you said Luke took after his father Matthias?" A confused Jasmine asked. "I lost the baby and my parents disgusted with me on learning about my brief affair sent me back to Matthias. I had no idea who had actually fathered the child, but I felt the loss so deeply and being unable to communicate with Matthias did not help matters." Consuela explained how the marriage just seemed doomed to fail until she discovered she was pregnant again. "Oh yes, even when we were not really talking, Matthias and I enjoyed a full sexual relationship." Jasmine would have blushed if she was capable. "I never told him about Rafael or the baby I had lost. He was so loving and tender during the pregnancy we ended up falling in love. Then we had Maria, Luke's younger sister named after my grandmother whom I had loved dearly." Jasmine was could not help her gasp of shock. "Luke was not an only child. I had my son, daughter and husband and my world was perfect. I was happy until I ran into Rafael. Okay so it was not his fault that the shock of seeing him in New York of all places, and all those memories of the baby combine to make me almost collapse right on the street. He was gentleman enough to whisk me off to a coffee house so I was prevented from making a spectacle of myself." Consuela's arms came around her as if to comfort herself. "He was very nice, but I just wanted to get away. I had 12 years to forget him and the memories associated with him." Little had Consuela known someone had been watching them and that she will run to Matthias and tell him what she had seen. Matthias's secretary had a crush on him, and off cause she embellished on what she had seen. Matthias had wanted to know if anything interesting had happened on that day, and Consuela had lied to her husband to his face. She had vowed never to lie after her first lies by omission when she came back from Spain. "He asked me about the man I met at a coffee house. My shocked expression gave me away, and we just started arguing until it all poured out. The affair, the baby. He will not believe I had not resumed the affair, calling me a liar and a slut before slamming out of our bedroom and out of the house." How was she to know Luke had listened to their argument, or that 8 year old Maria as usual was playing in her daddy's car? It was still early, just around five, so she was able to hear and see Matthias's car shoot out of their drive. I ran downstairs and out the front door trying to stop him. I did not want him driving in the mood he was in, but I was too late to stop him. "Oh my God no!" Jasmine cried out in anguish. How any woman could have borne such pain as what she knew was coming? Consuela shook her head tears flowing freely now. "He did not intentionally kill himself, but he was so enraged that he was not paying attention and there was no way he could have seen the truck driving in the wrong lane or the little girl hiding in the backseat until it was too late. Mercifully they both died instantly before the car burst into flames. The doctors assured me they were already dead when the car burned." Jasmine was out of her sit very quickly her arms going around the poor ravaged woman to offer what comfort she could. "It was not your fault. How can Luke blame you?" "Because Luke listened to the rumours his secretary started and had witnessed the argument and because it was my fault. My lies had killed my husband and daughter. I should have had the courage to tell Matthias about the affair when I realised how much I loved him and wanted our marriage to work." Jasmine found she was crying as Consuela cried in her arms. "We all make mistakes, you should not go on blaming yourself for what was an accident." And the tragedy was given enough time jasmine had no doubt that eventually Matthias and Consuela would have worked out the problems.