The CEO Commands (manxman)**Power Tops Book 1**

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

(Marcus' Jet------->)

 

 I woke with Marcus reaching a muscular arm over me to turn off the beeping alarm on the nightstand by my head. Pasted as I was to his sculpted chest he still managed not to squish me into the bedding. I cuddled into his warmth and moaned I didn't want to leave this bed. We were still at the hotel. We were planning to go home after the court hearing today. They were officially charging James today, and Marcus had a press conference set for afterwards on the steps of the courthouse. After many an argument with Marcus and Big Mike about me wanting to be there, they finally relented and Mike went into full out scary protector mode.

 He was anxious about some crazy media freak pushing through their boundaries and Marcus' reaction to it. They were worried for my safety, but I was determined. Marcus had always wanted to be together in private and public and I have hidden, first, for my job, then, from the press's negative comments, well no more. I am going to stand by my man, so I won that argument and we were going to go to the hearing and I was attending the press conference at his side afterwards. Everybody is supposed to meet up in the kitchen a half an hour before leaving for the courthouse.

 Marcus nuzzled his nose along my cheek. "Good morning, Baby."

 I smiled. I loved when he called me that. "Good Morning." I replied snuggling my body closer into his. I could feel his morning wood against my hip and almost groaned out loud as the delicious feelings of wanting him inside me burned through my veins fully waking everything up, including my little Corey.

 He rolled his hips against me and purred. The sound almost did me in, but I held fast and just ran my hands over his cut biceps enjoying the early morning intimacy. "Are you sure I can't convince you to stay where I can guarantee were you will be safe?" He stated as he rolled us over, now I was lying on top of his chest.

 I sighed and pecked him on his lips. "Marcus, stop worrying, I will be fine, there is nothing they can say that will hurt my feelings and you have Mike creating a wall of security so that they can't even breathe on me, so no, I am not staying behind. I am going to be at your side and show the world that I am your partner, not some scared delicate flower that needs to be protected and hidden from the ugliness of this world."

 "Okay, Babe. Let's get up and get this show on the road then." He relented and we did just that. We brushed our teeth side by side and I got into the shower while he went to pick out our clothes. I let the warm water soothe me as I lathered up with my favorite body wash. This situation has been so stressful for everyone, especially Marcus. In public, he is this cold commanding Business Mogul, but in private he is very human, with feelings that can be hurt and this whole situation with James trying to destroy him has cut him deeply. All I could do was just be there for him, offer whatever strength I could to him.

 He has been so preoccupied these past couple of days and I have a feeling that he is keeping something from me, every time I came into the room everyone switched the topic of their conversation and he has been making phone calls arranging something over the phone, but I trusted him. If and when there is something that I needed to know he would tell me. That was just the nature of our relationship. It started out as this D/s relationship but it has evolved into so much more. I couldn't imagine my life without this complicated man in it. I needed him like the very air I needed breathe.

 Rinsing off, I grabbed a towel off the rack and dried the excess moisture from my body. I wrapped another towel around my waist and made my way back into the bedroom. Marcus was shrugging into a pristine dress shirt. From the looks of him he had showered and shaved in the other bathroom. I smiled as his scent washed over me. I couldn't help but walk up to him and bury my face into his rock hard Pecs. I sighed as his hands caressed my hair. I stepped back and smiled up at him before walking away to get dressed. Marcus finished dressing and left to go check with Mike on the details of our morning trip. I slipped on my jacket and made my way down the hall into the sitting area. I was about to sit down when Elise breezed by grabbing my arm and propelling me into the kitchen. She plopped me down in front of a heaping plate of eggs, toast, and bacon. She raised an eyebrow at me and I heard Marcus chuckle into his cup of coffee as I picked up my fork.