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  I nodded slowly. “Yeah, you’re right. That’s usually why people find themselves in a place like this. Working off their sins, I suppose, or trying to save the world, yet sometimes I think the two are often connected.”

  “True enough, Ben. I can tell you are a good man though.”

  “I appreciate that, Paul. As are you.”

  Paul smiled and picked up his plate as he left the table. People started filtering out for the evening, the sun long gone now, leaving behind the moon for company. It was time for everyone to retire for the night as work started again at 6 a.m. I knew what I had to do; I wasn’t the kind of man that believed in having regrets. I stood up from my table and threw my plate in the garbage. I then made my way over to the table that Katie was in the middle of leaving.

  “Katie, I wondered if you would like to stick around and have another drink with me?”

  She smiled warmly, and her friends giggled beside her. They left immediately, knowing full well what Katie was going to say. It made me wonder if I had been the topic of conversation at their table for the evening.

  “That would be wonderful, thank you. You can’t keep me out late though—I’m not a morning person and I need my beauty sleep.” She laughed as she said it, and I had never heard anything more pleasing.

  “I doubt that.” I motioned for her to head up to the porch, and she did so, finding herself a seat against the railing. I went ahead and poured us both a glass of wine and handed her one. She took a sip and looked out at the night. The sounds all around us were nothing like what you would hear in the city; it was actually kind of magical. I sat down beside her, ignoring the chair. I didn’t want to be that far away from her.

  “Tell me, Katie, what brought you to Africa? Tell me more about the AIDS volunteer work you are doing.”

  “Well, for the most part it’s education based. We spend most of our time at the current school teaching the kids. AIDS is a real problem here, and we hope to try to stop it from affecting future generations. We are trying to teach the kids about sex and how the disease is spreading out of control. We hope to prevent it from happening. At this point, all we can do is educate them and tell them how to avoid it.”

  “I’m surprised that such a young girl is so invested in a project like this.”

  “I’m not that young,” she said with a laugh. She stared at me long enough to drive her point home. Every part of my body took the hint.

  “I just meant that someone as young as you should be out enjoying her youth, going out and having fun with friends and going to parties.”

  “Well, I did do all that, but that stuff gets old. I want my life to have a purpose. I don’t want to be club-hopping all through my twenties.”

  I nodded, watching her carefully. Paul was right; she had a good head on her shoulders.

  “So why come here?”

  She turned to me. “No, you first. We all know you to be quite a wealthy man, Ben. What brings you to Africa to slum with the rest of us?”

  I chuckled. “It’s hardly slumming it. Something unexpected happened at my company recently that really had me reevaluating a lot of things. Trouble is brewing, I’m afraid, and I needed a break from it all. This is my temporary escape, somewhere that I can do some good while allowing myself to get a clear perspective on things. Plus, it was time that I got my hands dirty for a change instead of constantly writing checks. It’s nice to come and meet a situation head on instead of just throwing money at it. By being here, I can truly see what’s going on and where I can help the most.”

  “Yeah, I can understand that. Well, to some degree—I don’t think I have any idea what it’s like to be in charge of a billion-dollar company. Your lifestyle is very different from mine, I’m sure.”

  “Maybe.” I smiled. “Now it’s your turn.”

  She looked into her hands, suddenly looking very sad. “I came here because I realized I had an amazing life, and I felt guilty for it. Sounds crazy, I know. All my friends back home thought I was nuts, but I’ve just been so blessed in life that I wanted to make my life matter more, I guess.”

  “Interesting. Explain it to me.”

  She smiled and took a deep breath, looking quite wistful about what she was going to say. “Oh, there’s no terrible past haunting me or anything. People just look at my life and think I should have this whole journey attached to it, and I don’t.”

  “What sort of story do they expect you to have?”

  She laughed. “I guess I’m not really explaining myself very well, am I?”

  I smiled.

  “Well, my family is completely normal and all well educated. A lot of people here are running away from something. I’m not. My life is normal and happy. I’m educated as well. I went to university for fashion, and that’s what I plan on focusing on when I get back. I already have clients lined up waiting for my designs. Some weren’t too happy that I decided to take a hiatus.”

  “You sound like you have a promising future, so I’m not sure what you feel guilty about.”

  She giggled. “I didn’t expect you to be so easy to talk to.” I smiled at her, glad that she found comfort in talking to me. I had to admit that I enjoyed talking with her as well.

  “Hold your thought while I pour us some more wine.” I left her sitting on the porch while I went to fetch another bottle of wine. I didn’t fill the glasses too much this time, as I didn’t want her to be hungover in the morning and it was getting late. I returned to the porch and handed her the glass.

  “I hope you don’t feel guilty about being successful, Katie, because that’s something that you are supposed to take pride in.”

  “I knew a girl once who had to struggle for everything she had. When we were in school together, she wrote a paper on the African American culture. It was rather beautiful.” She paused and I waited for her to finish. I was completely intrigued by her; I could listen to her talk like that all night, even though I couldn’t help but think how much fun other things could be as well.

  “I guess knowing this girl is where the guilt comes in for me. She ended up going into politics while I studied fashion. We got together once, and she ended up showing me a video of the things that were going on in Africa. She is a big advocate, and she wanted me to be more involved in the world than just fashion. It made me realize how much I had in life while there were others who had nothing at all. Do you know what I mean? I just knew that I needed to give something back, to try to make a difference even if it was just in some small way. So I left my sister in charge of the ordering of my designs, and I imagine by the time I get back I’ll have a whole fashion company in the works. Which of course is very exciting.”

  “You have a lot to be proud of, I hope you realize that. Your parents must be very happy with you.”

  “Actually, no, they’re not at all right now. They worked really hard in their life to give me a better life, something grander than the one that they had. They wanted me to enjoy the life they gave me, not come here and feel guilty about it,” she said with a laugh.

  “I guess I can understand that. Parents always want what’s best for their kids, and they just want you to be successful. This is temporary, of course, and they will see you happy in your business and the rest won’t matter.”

  “Thank you for saying that.”

  I chuckled, not wanting the talk to get too serious. I was surprised by how the conversation had turned. I wasn’t exactly the type of person that liked to dig deep when I first met someone—of course, things just felt different with Katie.

  “Well, you can’t be much older than I am,” she uttered.

  “A little bit. I’m thirty-six. Plus, I have a lot of experience, probably more so than you.”

  “Experience in what?” she whispered. It wasn’t so much that she whispered but how she whispered that caught me off guard. It was like she had lost her breath—it was kind of hot. I didn’t know what to say to her; she had rendered me speechless. I felt like I was losing control of my though
ts and wasn’t sure that it was the right time to make a move on her.

  “I really feel like you understand me, Ben, and that’s a rare thing to find. You make me want to tell you things that I shouldn’t.”

  She was looking up into my eyes. “Oh, I definitely like you too, probably more than I should.”

  “Well, we don’t always have to be good, do we? We can just follow how we feel, can’t we?”

  I stared into those insanely green eyes as they bore into mine. I could feel myself growing hard, and my eyes found her lips. All I wanted to do was take her right then and there, put my hot mouth on her body. We had just met, and I worried we would be starting something we couldn’t finish. I didn’t want to hurt her. I wasn’t exactly used to having attachments. And though we wouldn’t be working together exactly, we would be working close by, and I didn’t want to cause a mess with the important work we were both doing. The last thing I needed were rumors going around about the two of us. The problem, however, was that all I could do was think about how good it would feel to slide inside of her. I didn’t think I would be able to get that thought out of my head.

  “I should tell you, Ben, that no man has been able to give me an orgasm before.”

  Before I could process what she just said to me, she got up and made the decision for me. She latched her mouth on to mine, and the fire that lit between us was intense. Katie gasped inside my mouth, and my loins burned for her. My hands went into her hair, pulling her closer to me. I kissed her deeply, finding her tongue and sucking on it gently. She moaned and the sounds she made had me rock hard in a second. Oh yes, I would have her tonight. I needed to hear her moan all night long.

  I stood up then and pulled her body to mine. I kissed down to her chin and trailed kisses along her neck, sucking on her. Her hands found the bulge in my shorts, rubbing me hard, causing a friction that drove me insane. The knowledge that she was eager for my cock drove me half-mad. I picked her up, carrying her into the cabin, and laid her out on my bed.

  I pulled off her tank top and unclasped her bra. Her breasts dropped deliciously from the bra, and I bent down to suck on her nipples. She gave a guttural moan and I sucked even harder. I planned on giving her an orgasm she would never forget. I couldn’t believe that she had never had one before. Who were these men she was sleeping with? She was so responsive; the other guys she’d been with must’ve been totally clueless.

  She pushed me away to tear off her shorts, and I glimpsed a pair of white lace panties before she slid them to the floor. I couldn’t believe how badly I wanted to fuck her right then. She drove me insane.

  I dropped to the floor in front of her, spreading her legs as she leaned back on the bed. Her pussy was so pink it made me crazy. She was already wet, and I slid a finger inside her, feeling her drip down my finger. I bent forward, placing my lips on her clit. She gasped in surprise as my lips touched her pussy. I loved the taste of her, and I drank in her juices as I felt them against my mouth.

  I licked her like she was the tastiest ice cream and plunged my tongue inside her. I ached to fuck her, but having this taste of her was hard to pass up. I licked her pussy all over; having her cum in my mouth would be the ultimate victory. I moaned deeply. Licking her pussy made me so horny.

  “Katie, you are so hot. I love this.”

  She writhed against me, and I knew I had to have her soon.

  “Oh my god, Ben.” She moaned my name, and it was just about the best sound I had ever heard. I leaned in and sucked her clit, forcing her to thrash beneath me. “Right there, baby, that feels so good.” Katie made a high-pitched sound I had never heard before, and knowing I brought her so much pleasure had me bound and determined to give her the elusive orgasm she’d never had with a man.

  “I’m so close… oh god…” Katie grabbed the back of my head and pushed up harder against my mouth. I sucked her good while fucking her with my finger.

  With an earth-shattering scream, Katie came all over my finger and mouth. I pulled out and looked into her dazed eyes. Her face was flushed from her orgasm, and I felt a swelling sense of pride and satisfaction. Knowing I was the only man to ever bring her to that state made me harder than I’d ever been in my life. I wanted my cock in her pussy the next time she came.

  Katie panted heavily, trying to catch her breath, but she couldn’t have made it clearer that she wanted the same thing as I did with the next words that came out of her mouth. “Please, Ben, I want you inside me.”

  I never wanted a lady to beg. I would give her exactly what she wanted. I pulled Katie up and turned her over. She gasped in excitement as she bent over for me, her tight round bottom in my face. I bent down and kissed her bottom, moving in real close to her. I was rock hard and couldn't wait to plunge inside her pink little pussy.

  I drove deep inside her, making her moan loudly. She was tight and wet, and I really had to control myself or I would lose myself completely inside her.

  “Ben, I need it.”

  Her ass looked glorious before me as I plunged deeper inside and moved within her. She called out to me loudly, and I briefly wondered if there was anyone within earshot. I couldn’t have cared less, however—let the whole village hear us. I was fucking an amazing woman, and I wouldn't stop for anything.

  Katie was so sensitive from her first orgasm that she came against my cock with a couple of thrusts. I continued to rock inside her until I spilled into her as well. I leaned down on top of her back, breathing heavily into her hair.

  “Oh, Katie that was incredible.”

  “You bet your ass it was.” She giggled underneath me. I rolled off her and lay down on the bed. She lay beside me, and we were both silent, thinking about what had just happened between us. She rolled onto my chest and nuzzled into it. I wrapped my hands around her and kissed her on the top of her head.

  “Yes, that definitely was amazing.” We fell asleep tangled up in each other's arms.

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  Chapter Four

  Ben

  The next morning, I awoke well before dawn and felt a beautiful woman in my arms. I pulled her in tighter and felt myself grow hard again. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen between us after the night we’d had together, but I didn’t want to pass up morning sex with her. It was the best way to start the day after all, and there weren’t too many women that could make me hard instantly. I wanted to fuck her before we went off to work. I nuzzled into her neck until I felt her stir. She moaned as I pressed my hard cock against her bottom.

  “I need you badly, Katie. My god, it hasn't even been twenty-four hours and I need to be inside you right now. I would love to give you more orgasms—I know you’ve been denied them for far too long.”

  Her breath caught and she couldn’t even respond to me. What a turn-on to have a woman react to me in that way, to show me that she needed me that much. My body was warm all over at the thought of taking her again.

  She turned over to me and kissed me, her tongue sliding gently into my mouth and touching my tongue. Electricity hit me and I started to feel hot. Oh god, what was with this girl? She was just so incredible that I couldn’t keep my hands off her, and I was sure she felt exactly the same way.

  She smiled up at me again, her eyes watching me intensely. “I would like you to touch me.”

  I groaned. “Baby, that's all I want to do. I want to have that sweet ass in my hands once again. You are so hot, Katie.”

  She moaned. “Oh Ben, that is so sexy. I love the way you talk to me.”

  She moved closer to me and rubbed the front of my underwear, pressing her hand against my cock. Talk about easy access. She was kneading hard against me until I felt myself growing harder still. I had already been plenty hard when I woke up, and feeling myself grow turned me on that much more. She could make me rock hard so easily. I groaned at her touch, and my hands slowly went down her body and grasped her ass.

  I smiled. “I can't help myself. I just can’t get enough of you.”

  “I know how you
feel.” She giggled.

  She raised herself in the doggy position. She knew exactly what she wanted.

  “You want me to fuck you from behind? I'm going to make you feel incredible.”

  Her firm ass was there for me to take, and I wanted to slip in from behind nice and deep. She was completely perfect. I couldn’t take it; I wanted to pound her hard from behind and make her say my name again and again.

  I was going to fuck her really good. I squeezed her breasts from underneath, and she released a soft cry. My head was filled with this girl, and I knew I wouldn’t have been able to go to the site that day and try to work without dipping my cock into her first.

  My fingers found her opening. I loved how she was always ready for me, her pussy wet with need for me. “Oh baby, you are already so wet.”

  I plunged a finger inside her and fucked her gently while she mewled in my arms. I was already addicted to her, and I needed to fuck her more than anything. I knew she felt exactly the same way; I could practically feel her need for me. She made me lose all sense of reasoning—it was like there was a fog that surrounded us when she was around and she was all that mattered. She wanted me and she was going to get all of me. I lifted her up and flipped her over.

  “Don't worry, sweetheart, I'm going to fuck you good doggy-style—I just want something first.”

  She lay back onto the bed and spread her legs. Seeing her wet pussy right there before me almost drove me half-mad. She looked good enough to eat, and I planned on licking every inch of her soaking pussy. I bent down and started to slowly lick her opening, sticking my tongue inside of her.

  “Baby, you are so hot.”

  She writhed against me, and I knew I had to have her, to fuck her really good. I sat up and pulled her up to me. She turned around and leaned forward, her firm ass high in the air as I slid inside her warm pussy and felt the deepness. I groaned with pleasure. She felt amazing and I doubted that I would ever tire of having my cock inside of her. I was so deep—I couldn’t believe how incredible she felt.