Leather & Lace

Chapter 11

Brett and Shondra finally arrived home. He apologized to her, but she didn’t say anything. She just went to his car. In all honesty, although he didn’t love her, he did care about her well-being.

“So you’re really going to ignore me.”

“I know our marriage is over, but that was really f****d up, Brett.”

Brett sat on the couch. “I know and again I apologize.”

“What don’t you want to make our marriage work?” She asked curiously. Brett looked up at her and frowned.

“What do you mean? Shondra, you knew that this was an arrangement. You were still sleeping with other guys after we were married and I was okay with that.”

“Yes but you didn’t even fight for me.”

“Fight for you! You’ve already made your choices. There was nothing to fight for.”

She sat down next to him. “You could’ve tried.”

“You could have too, but you agreed to marry me because you knew I was going to be rich. Don’t pretend you weren’t in it for the money. I worked hard and invested so much of my money and time into those companies. You haven’t contributed to a single thing.”

Shondra knew he was telling the truth. Even till this day, she has slept with different men. Whatever they had before has sailed. She just wasn’t sure if she wanted to leave without anything. She also suspected that there was something going on between Brett and Lacey and whatever it was, she was going to use it to her advantage.

“You may have worked for it, Brett, but without me, you wouldn’t have any of this. Since our marriage is over, you need to leave. We can file for divorce and I hope you’re able to find a good lawyer because I’m coming for everything you have.” Her words burned through his skin like venom.

Instead of arguing with her, Brett went upstairs to pack some clothes. He looked forward to the divorce because that meant he had a chance with Lacey. When he came back down, Shondra was on the phone. He just walked out of the door, feeling a little nervous, but relieved.

He could’ve checked into a hotel or stayed at one of his other places, but here he was driving to Lacey’s. He pulled up in front of her house and shut off his truck. He just watched her house. Almost every light was off with the exception of one room. He took a deep breath and got out of the truck. He knocked on the door and waited a few minutes before he was greeted by her.

“Brett? Wh-what are you doing here this late?” She was standing barefooted in a red robe.

“I need you, Lace.”

“Brett, I already to-“

“Please. I don’t want to be alone right now.” Lacey could see that Brett wasn’t himself. She groaned before opening her for him to come in. He followed her to the kitchen and she turned on the light as she walked towards her cabinets. She took out two small glasses and then opened another cabinet and took out a big brown bottle. She poured a shot into both glasses and gave him one.

“Do you want to tell me what happened?” She asked.

“I apologized like you said.”

“It was the right thing to do.” She leaned against her island.

“Yes,” he agreed. “So, um I need a favor.”

Lacey narrowed her eyes. She didn’t like where this was going. He looked nervous. “Okay..so what’s the favor?”

“I need you to represent me for my divorce.”

Lacey almost dropped her glass. “Divorce?”

Brett nodded. “Yes, Shondra said she was going to file tomorrow. She told me to get out and also threatened to take everything that I’ve worked for.”

“Wait a minute, is she divorcing you and not the other way around?” Lacey threw back her shot and poured another glass.

“She knew I wanted the divorce. I guess she just finally gave in.”

“And you want me to represent you in the divorce case?” She was confirming.

“Yes.”

“I can’t do that.”

Brett squinted his eyes. “Why not?”

“Because we’ve slept together. It’s a conflict of interest.

I could lose my job if that was ever revealed.”

“No one knows that but us, Lace!”

“It’s still a huge risk.”

He walked closer to her. “Please? I just want this to be over with. I want to be a free man, mainly for you. This is what was holding us back right? So if we can get through this process, we can finally give ourselves a real shot.”

“Brett..”

He trapped her in between his arms and the island. “I don’t know what it is about you, but you have become my drug and trust me when I say, I’m highly addicted to you.”

Shit. She cursed herself. He was standing in her personal space. He trailed his hands down her sides until they wrapped around her lower back. She knew she should have been pushing him away, but he was her weakness.

“Fine, I’ll represent you. But you know I’m kinda seeing Eric.” Brett rolled his eyes.

“So are you guys together?”

“Well, no. But-“

He cuts her off. “Well may the best man win and make no mistake that I will be the winner.” It fell silent and Lacey can feel herself cracking again. Before she could, Brett stepped away from her.

“Can I stay here tonight?” He asked.

“Yeah, you can sleep in the guest bedroom.” He playfully pouted as he went to his truck to get his clothes. Lacey quickly made sure his room had everything it needed before going back into her room.

“What the hell are you doing, Lacey?” She muttered to herself. If her dad finds out about this..oh boy.. this will not be good.

She could hear him turning on the shower. She imagined him getting naked and stepping into the shower and she joining him. No, no, no. That can’t happen. She shook her head trying to get the raunchy thought out of her head. Fuck.. Now she was horny. She walked back to bed and reached in her night stand to get her vibrator.

This will have to do, she thought. She took off her panties and climbed into bed and turned on the toy. The buzzing sound was so loud in her ears, but she could still hear the shower so that was good. She closed her eyes and pleasured herself. Her core was wet as she twirled in a circular motion.

“Ahhh, yesss.” She closed her eyes and arched her back. “Mmmm.”

She turned up the toy to a higher speed as she used her other hand to grab on one of her breasts. She twirled the n****e in the same motion of the vibrator. She imagined the time she and Brett f****d in front of Edward. She wasn’t picturing Edward there, but just their interaction.

“Ooohh f**k yess,” her brows creased as she was getting closer to her release.

Her legs shook and her clit throbbed before her orgasm crashed in. Her body jerked, but she didn’t remove the vibrator. Half of her back was completely off of the bed as she let out her cry of pleasure. When she was finished, she turned it off and let out a breath.

“Damn, I’m jealous,” Brett smiled with satisfaction. His voice made Lacey damn near jump out of her skin.

“What the hell? Were you watching the whole time!” She covered herself, embarrassed that he saw her doing that.

“Yeah, you left your bedroom door open.”

Stupid..Stupid..girl.

“You weren’t supposed to see that.”

Brett chuckled. “I’m actually glad I did. Now I have something to dream about. Good night, Lacey.” He walked away laughing.

“Ugh!!!” She grunted into the pillow. She tossed the vibrator and turned over to her side. Her body was relaxed now and she wanted nothing more than to sleep.