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“Oh my God, this is good.” She puts her fork down and looks at me. I hold her stare, anxious to hear what will come out of her mouth next. “I thought you were sexy when I first saw you, but there is absolutely nothing sexier than a man who can cook. Had I known that the first night…” She smirks and returns to her food, but when she picks up her fork, I wrap my hand around her wrist.

She looks at me, surprised at the unexpected movement. Her eyes widen in anticipation, and I know right now that she wants me.

“Nothing sexier than my woman moaning every time the fork goes into her mouth.” She pulls her wrist free, pierces a shrimp with her fork and turns her beautiful brown eyes back to me. She puts the fork in her mouth, closes her eyes, and moans softly as she slowly pulls the fork out.

I take the fork from her hand and set it down while never breaking eye contact. I lift her from her stool and place her on my lap and immediately stick my face in the side of her neck. She shivers in my arms and practically comes apart when I lick the base of her neck.

“Don’t tease me, pretty girl. If I had a table, I’d throw you on top of it and eat you instead of this food. You taste far better.” I bite the skin at her collarbone, causing her to groan.

“Good thing that table will be here in four days.”

“I’m going to have you on every piece of furniture. I’m going to have you on the floor in front of the tree at least a hundred times before Christmas. I plan on being inside of you so much, I won’t know where I end, and you begin.”

I know she can feel how much I want her when she starts to grind on me. She leans up, her lips parted, and I give her a tap on the lips.

“Let’s eat first. You’ll need your strength.”

CHAPTER 18

MIRANDA

“Girl, I want to know what’s gotten into you. Or should I ask who’s gotten into you? You haven’t stopped smiling all day.” I turn to my friend Marissa and smile even wider. I pretend to ignore her by arranging bras in the drawer for our customers, but she nudges my shoulder with hers, urging me to speak.

I mouthlater, knowing full well I’ll tell her everything. We’ve been friends since high school, and she’s the manager of this store. In fact, when things ended with Brandon, I had no intentions of quitting my job, but he started dating another employee, and since his mother ran the call center, it got very uncomfortable for me there. When I told Marissa about it, she offered me a job as a sales associate in the store for the holiday season. She’s already told me she plans on keeping me on after the holidays.

“And why have you been keeping shit from me?”

“Because you’ve been dealing with your sick mother-in-law. Let’s just say I met someone, and it’s complicated.”

“Forget my mother-in-law. This was just her latest attempt at getting her son’s attention. That old bitch is much too mean to die.” Marissa grabs my hand and walks me to the back of the store where I tell her everything. Her jaw drops when I tell her my new boyfriend is my mother’s boss.

“She’s going to be pissed, but judging by the smile on your face, it’s totally worth it. And he wanted to tell her right away. Got to respect the man for that, and I agree with him; the sooner the better.”

Luckily, a throng of people walks into the store, putting an end to our conversation. Marissa goes to help at the cash register and leaves me to my thoughts.

I squeeze my legs together, feeling a tingle of pleasurable pain in the apex of my thighs. I put both hands to my cheeks, but I can feel the flush creeping on my face.

When my mother pressured me to go with her to her company’s Christmas party, I considered it as a favor to her since my dad refused. It was an evening I had to endure to make her happy. I never would have imagined what would come of that one night.

Her boss, the man she described as the devil in human form, was the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. But that wasn’t even the best part. He wanted me from the first moment our eyes met. I knew it. I felt it.

When he asked me to come to his house, I had no choice. It was inevitable.Wewere inevitable, like opposite sides of the same coin.

I absentmindedly help two older women, but I’m on autopilot, smiling politely and speaking at the appropriate times, but my thoughts are on Nick Bain, my boyfriend.

I almost giggle at the thought, but I catch myself and continue working the floor of the store. Visions of last night flash through my mind. The way he took control of my body in the middle of his king-sized bed; but what happened after was the best part. Being held tightly in his arms, our legs intertwined, and with my head on his chest, we fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning, dazed and confused, we were still wrapped around each other.

As I straighten a display of silk panties, I become aware of a change in the atmosphere, and when I look up, I find him walking toward me. His eyes hold mine until he reaches me in the middle of the store.

“Can I help you?” I ask him. I almost explode into a ball of fire when he smiles at me.

“I hope so. I’m looking for something for my girlfriend. Do you think she would like these?” He holds up a lacy red thong.

“I’m not sure. Tell me a little bit about her first.”

“She’s gorgeous. Easily the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.” My eyes widen at his words at the same moment my nipples harden. “She’s sexy but sweet and innocent. She drives me crazy, and she doesn’t even know it.”

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