Chapter fourteen - No broken hearts

Adeline carefully opened her eyes. Everything was blurry and dark. Where was she? The place was for a moment unfamiliar. She winked a few times until her sight was back to normal. She felt soft mattress under her and silk duvets draped over her naked body. She remembered what happened - all the sex with Tony – that’s happened a few hours ago. What was the time, she had no idea. When her head turned to the right side, she saw a man complacently sleeping next to her. Tony was lying on his chest, his head was heading her direction but he was asleep. He looked peaceful and his mouth was finally shut for a while. She slowly inhaled the air around her and quietly as a mouse sat down, holding the duvet on the chest.

That night didn’t mean anything, she thought. Tony only used her for sex, like he always wanted. She was a little drunk and upset and that’s why she let everything be and slept with him. It was a mistake and she felt even more broken than before. She admitted him the hidden feelings she had. Then she wanted to fight with him – unfortunately, that didn’t happen but they ended up having sex. That wasn’t very clever.

Adeline quietly took everything she found on the floor. First, she found one of Tony’s shirts and put it on, so she wasn’t walking around naked. All of her stuff – the purse, dress, shoes, pieces of her last dignity were found on the ground floor. Tony took them off before they had sex against the piano. He was good – more than good. That she admitted. He was perfect from the sexual side.

“JARVIS?” she whispered. “Can you tell me what time it is?”

~ It’s twelve o’clock, Miss Montana,~ the system replied.

“Fuck.”

The brunette quickly put on the dress, high-heels and hid the underwear into the small stylish purse. There was no time to put them back on. With fingers, she brushed the long wavy hair and fixed it. The walk of shame was the worst thing after a one-night stand. For the last time, the woman looked around the room. It was then when she noticed the cleaned room – like there wasn’t any party before. When did that happen? No broken glasses poured alcohol or trash on the floor. Everything was gone. A loud sigh was heard from her throat. She wanted to remember the place. The brunette was sure she would never come to this mansion. The best thing she could do was to leave and never look back. There was a small tear in a corner of the left eyes.

She was about to leave when a voice behind her back made her stop. “Where do you think you are going?” Tony asked her calmly. The brunette froze.

“I’m going home,” Adeline replied and slowly turned to him. He was standing there shirtless, only with his black boxers on. The arc reactor in his chest was still brightly shining. “You got what you wanted, Tony. We had another one-night stand like you always begged for. Now it’s time for me to go home.” Before she could leave, she pointed her index finger at a bag lying next to the couch. “There are your clothes. I brought them yesterday.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” he stopped her from leaving. “You can’t just leave.” He stepped closer to the woman and looked into her eyes for a moment before they slipped down on the floor.

“I can and I will.”

“No! You can’t Adeline, because…”

“Because what, Tony?” she said angrily. “Give me one good reason, Stark. I don’t think you have any. What happened did – end of story.”

“Do you want one good reason?” the man gritted his teeth. “Because I have fucking feelings for you too Adeline.” He saw the change in her face. The green eyes were looking directly at him. Her green eyes they were wider, full of emotions. “This night,” he cleared his throat, “wasn’t just a one-night stand. Not for me. Things have changed. Even I changed.”

“You are lying.”

“I’m not. I really like you, Adeline. I do have feelings for you the same way you have for me.”
“But I saw you with those girls and with the redhead one,” she sighed. “There is no way you can like me, no matter what.”

Tony set his hand to her and waited. “I have a proof for you. I knew you won’t believe me. Come.” He was looking into her beautiful green eyes, waiting for any kind of response. When her hand reached for him, he knew she would listen. He took her hand and together walked to the sofa where they both sat on. “Yes, I was avoiding you.”

“Now that’s a great start,” she rolled her eyes. Tony gave her an unpleasant glance. “Fine, go on.”

“I avoided you because I couldn’t handle the fact I started to have feelings for you,” he tried to explain but his voice was shaky and uncertain. “I had work that was true but I was also ignoring your calls and messages because these feelings or what the hell it is came unexpectedly. It was weird for me – the feelings and how some things changed. I never felt like this and… I… I got scared.” Adeline was a good listener. “I know it’s pathetic. Unfortunately, it is true.”

“What about those girls that day?” she asked carefully.

“I called them and the plan was to have fun with them,” he smirked, “but nothing happened. I somehow couldn’t. And from the look on your face, I assume you don’t believe me… JARVIS?” he said the AI’s name. A hologram display appeared in front of them. Adeline’s eyes focused on the screen and she saw a video. It was Tony’s bedroom. Two girls were lying on his bed, being all slutty and sexy, while Tony was walking around the bed and talking to them. She heard the conversation. At first, it was some empty words and giggles coming out from the girls. Then it changed and she was shocked. Tony was talking about her – not directly - confessing his feeling to two random girls who listened to him. She looked at him; her eyes were wide open. “And this is from yesterday,” he pointed again at the hologram. Adeline once again looked at it. He showed her nothing happened with all those girls. The first two were left in the kitchen section and the redhead was with Tony for few minutes near the entrance door but they were just talking. From the look on that face, it didn’t seem like a pleasant conversation. The woman was frowning and rolling her eyes when Tony something said to her. This time, there was only an audio of the loud music

“Well, it was up to you. We are not together or anything,” she tried to stay neutral.

Tony put his arm around her torso and pulled her body closer to his. “Oh, come on Adeline, I can see in your eyes,” he was smiling. It wasn’t a smirk or any other devilish expression. It was a pure smile on his lips. The chocolate eyes were looking into the green ones.

“Are you quoting Lionel Richie’s song Hello?” she asked. And before he could say anything else, Adeline pulled him even closer and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips. When she pulled away, her eyes squinted and now she was the one with a smirk on the face. “Do you realize we didn’t clean our teeth?”

He laughed and brushed her hair with his fingers. “You still have the toothbrush here.” Tony could stare into that face for the rest of his life. Despite the messy hair and little panda eyes, she was still beautiful to him. He kissed the tip of her nose.

“Do you really mean this?” she had to ask. “You are Tony fucking Stark,” she winked with one eye. “All the women want you. Well, I didn’t at first.”

“But you do now,” he leaned his forehead against hers. “I’m charming as hell and I Tony fucking Stark – oh I love this – want only one woman and that is you.”

“Oh, I can’t believe this - you can be so romantic,” she sighed with a smile on the lips. “So, do you really want me here?”

“Not just here, baby. But I do really want you. Stay, okay? We’ll spend the day together. We can have sex and more sex and also we can work on our plan. What do you say?” His hand went down on her thigh and he was gently caressing it up and down. Then it went only up to her womanhood and he surprisingly gasped. “Ah! No underwear?”

“Put that hand away, Stark. Didn’t you have enough this morning?”

“Not enough with you, Adeline,” he was smiling like an innocent angel but he did as she told him. “I mean it Adeline, all of this. I should have told you earlier.”

“Can I trust you?” she asked with a smile.

“And can I trust you?” he gently stroked her cheek. They asked the question like that time when Tony discovered her abilities and who she really was. He pulled her closer and once again kissed her on the lips. “Okay, we really need to clean our teeth.”

“Agreed,” she laughed. Together they stood up from the sofa. Adeline left her purse on it and slowly went to the bathroom situated on the ground floor.

“One more detail, Adeline,” Tony quickly ran to the woman. “Why were you throwing glasses and a bottle of alcohol?”

“I was mad at you.”

“And that was the reason why you had to throw glasses at me,” his face changed to a funny grimace. “That wasn’t nice and you know that. I should punish you.”

“Can it wait for three minutes? I need to clean my teeth, Tony. And so do you,” her palm was suddenly on his cheek, sweetly caressing it. “Hey, I have a question – when did Rhodes leave? Is he coming here? What if he comes in the middle of shower sex?”

“So you want sex in the shower. You are a wild girl,” he slapped her on the ass and his hand stayed there for a while…

…

“JARVIS? Where is Tony?” Rhodes came to the billionaire’s mansion unexpectedly. He tried to call him. He also called Adeline but she wasn’t responding too. He was worried about her. What if something happened to her? She lost her at the party and from that moment he didn’t know anything about her.

~ Mr. Stark is in the workshop, ~ the AI replied once again calmly as always. ~Should I tell him about your arrival? ~

“That’s not necessary. Thank you,” the man went straight away to the workshop where the genius was probably working on his suits. Maybe he wasn’t interested in Adeline at all. If he was, Tony would call him and ask about her. After some seconds later, when he came to the glass door, he proved his theory. Tony’s hands were caressing someone’s tights. Feminine hands were wrapped around his neck and she was giving him kisses. Probably she was just another one-night stand for Tony. James opened the door and stepped in. “Stark?!”

“Can’t you see I’m busy at the moment?” he mumbled while he was kissing the woman.

“Are you kidding me? While you are here making yourself happy with another one-night stand, I’m trying to find Adeline. I haven’t heard from her since the party,” he rolled his eyes.

The woman stopped kissing Tony and her head popped out from behind Tony. “Hey pal,” Adeline smiled at the mat with dark chocolate skin. “I’m fine; you don’t have to worry about me. And I am not a one-night stand,” one of her index fingers was threatening both of the men.

“No way,” there was a little smile on his face. “So you two are finally together? What took you so long?”

“Mm, I don’t know if we are together,” she looked into Tony’s eyes, one eyebrow went up. “I don’t trust this guy,” she mocked him with words. One of her hands slipped down from his neck to his chest and even further down. She was still scanning his face, smiling like a devil and waiting for his reaction. Adeline loved teasing him. She did it a few hours ago when they were together taking a shower.

He quietly gasped and closed his eyes. He could feel her touch on his starting erection. “Yeah,” he sighed, “I don’t know if I can trust this woman too.” If Rhodes wasn’t there, Tony would fuck her right on the table she was sitting on. “Do you need anything else, my friend, because we are in the middle of something here?”

“Don’t worry, I’m leaving. I just wanted to know if Adeline is safe and as I can see, she is in good hands - literally. Have a nice afternoon. And next time, please when I call you, the decent thing you should do is to pick up the call, Stark.” With that, James left the workshop with a grimace on his face.

After the door was closed, Adeline put her right hand under Tony’s trousers and slowly, teasingly stroked his semi-hard shaft. “Didn’t you have enough?” she smiled, leaned closer and kissed his lips. His hands were immediately under the Black Sabbath shirt she wore, gently groping her breasts. “We should be working,” she said while kissing his sweet lips. Tony was heavily breathing while the brunette was playing with him. She took the opportunity and her tongue slipped into his mouth, exploring it.

“Um, my naughty girl,” he tried to catch a breath when she pulled away from him, smiling. “Where did you learn all these things?” he caught her hand and she stopped stroking his length. “All this teasing and playing with me…”

“I am good, baby. Believe me,” she winked at him.

“I already believe you,” he laughed a little.

“Ha! That was easy.”

“God, Adeline, I want you so badly,” he took a deep breath. “I feel like a horny teenager again.”

“You are a horny teenager, Stark,” she brushed his dark hair with fingers. “Would you like to hear a confession?”

“Always,” his eyes were suddenly shining.

Adeline kissed his lips, slowly grabbed the end of his black shirt and put it off, tossing it somewhere behind him. “You are the best fuck I’ve ever had. And I love it.” She knew his ego would fly out to the sky. “You have this moves which drive me crazy.”

“Fuck, woman, you must really like me,” he was suddenly roughly kissing her sweet lips, biting the bottom lip. He did the same what she did a while ago. The Black Sabbath shirt was gone and both of them were shirtless, adoring the view they had. Adeline focused on his ARC reactor and firm figure. Tony’s abs and muscles were just like she liked it – he didn’t have to be a flying muscular balloon. He had strong hands and every time he made a move, whether he took something heavy or lifted her, his biceps would show up.

Tony was looking at her breasts. They were perfect for him – something medium, fully fitting into his hands and he loved to play with them. “Oh yeah, baby,” she replied after a while and gasped when his mouth started to nibble her right nipple. “So, what now Tony? Are you going to fuck me like this early morning - up against the piano?”

“You want that? Just ask for it and you can have it,” he looked into her eyes, still squeezing both of her breasts with his hands. “I always wanted a woman like you. I can’t take it any longer. I must have you.”

…

“How many times we did it?”

“Well, after the party, shower, my bed then we had a pause. We did it again after the late lunch. When Rhodey left we did it on my table. Then we did if before we went to bed; two times in the morning and before we left my place,” Tony smiled like a child. “If you want, we can do it now in the car.”

“As much as I’d love to, I think we need a bigger pause than one or two hours. You really broke me, Stark. I feel like I was riding a bull,” she winked at him. “Anyway, I need to go home and take care of some things. And I don’t want to bother…”

“Don’t you dare say it, Adeline,” he interrupted her. “You are not bothering anyone. I just don’t like that you want to go home. You are safe with me.”

“Will you stop?” she laughed at him. “You are complaining, whimpering about it ever since I told you that I would like to go to my apartment,” her hand was suddenly on his shoulder, gently rubbing the thumb against it. “How about we make a deal?”

“I’m listening.”

She unbelted her body from the seat and leaned closer to the man. She started to whisper into his ear while he tried to focus on the road. “I’ll go to my place, pack some clothing, cosmetics and my suit of course and while I’ll be there you can go to the local shop and buy some quality alcohol. How about vodka, hm? And then you’ll come back for me and I’ll go with you.” Adeline was smiling. “Do you like this offer?”

The car slowly stopped. They were in front of Adeline’s building. “The truth is, I don’t have vodka in my bar…”

“I know, that’s why I suggested it,” her eyes seductively blinked. “So, do we have a deal?”

Tony leaned to her and gently kissed her lips. “Well, I think we have a deal. You go upstairs and start packing and I’ll be back in twenty minutes.” After he said it they both started to kiss passionately. Tony was driving without the belt the whole time and now he had a better and faster access to the woman. He wrapped his strong hands around her waist and didn’t let her go. Their tongues were playing together, fighting for dominance but none of them won.

“Mhm, I can’t believe this is happening,” said Adeline after they stopped kissing; their noses were still touching. “It’s so surreal.” Her tongue suddenly licked his bottom lip and she laughed. “See you in a few minutes.” With that, Adeline took her purse with the dress, opened the door and left the car, leaving Tony alone. He was looking at her until he lost her inside of the building.

Adeline was smiling like a crazy little girl. She felt happy, satisfied and even fulfilled. A crimson color appeared on her cheeks. When she was standing in the elevator, she got to think about the past few days. It was way too unbelievable but she liked it. Being with Tony, even when it was only for two days, was amazing. They had a very good time. When they didn’t have sex, they were talking about some funny moments in their lives, discovering something from their past.

When she got into the apartment, everything looked like before, nothing changed. The brunette opened the balcony door so the fresh air could get in. She took off Tony’s clothes she wore for the past two days and with some clean one she hid in the bathroom. She even took a mobile phone with her. Adeline sat on the toilet and sent a short message to Tony – a kissing emoji. She was once again blushing like a little girl! While she waited for his response, she put on clean black lingerie, denim shorts and a black t-shirt with a lace pattern on it. Her phone rang while she was dressing up.

Tony sent her a photo of the bottle of vodka. YOU LIKE THIS ONE?

There was a smirk on her face. Before she could reply, the woman heard a noise coming from the other room. She immediately set Tony’s number for an emergency call and then she slowly opened the door. Adeline was prepared to fight in every situation. When she slowly stepped out from the bathroom and looked around, she saw a figure of a man standing on the balcony, enjoying the view. Her green eyes widened and she stopped breathing.

Before the man turned to her, she pressed the “call” button on the screen and put the mobile into her pocket of the shorts. In a second, she was facing the unexpected visitor.

“Hello, Adeline,” Goth smiled.

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