Amberleigh had cried herself to sleep in Leo’s arms that morning. When she woke up, puffy eyed, she cried some more. Every time she believed she had a handle on her tears, they seemed to come upon her again. Sometimes they crept upon her softly with seemingly little explanation and thoughts of sadness. Sometimes they came on violently with thoughts of anger. Needless to say, after an exhausted day of tears, Amber was in no mood to accompany Leo to the annual Godwin Foundation scholarship dinner that night.The last place she wanted to be was staring at Grayson and Courtney pretending to be a happy couple from across the table. To add salt to her wounds, she’d also be forced to play nice to Hugo Van Tessin, to face that evil bastard for the first time. And Daddy Godwin, another man she cared little for would also be in attendance. It seemed almost more than she could handle, especially in her current state of mind. She was a liability tonight and doubted all the concealer in the world
Amberleigh felt like she was intruding on what should have been a private moment between Leo and Elle. It had been five months since Leo had last seen the woman he’d once planned on spending his life with. Circumstances had pulled them apart, but had fate now brought them back together again? Was this the universe’s way of telling them all they had it all wrong? That Leo and Elle were destined to be together, and Amber was destined to be alone.Amber had once thought she’d be forever parted from Grayson, then a baby in her belly, and a life changing phone call had put him back into her life. But now he’d chosen to walk away from her once again. But watching Elle and Leo just gaze at each other with so many emotions on their faces, only helped Amber realize, that neither of them had walked away from each other in any ways that mattered. In any ways but the physical. Physical distance was often less painful than emotional.Elle and Leo looked like those people who could go a month witho
Luckily, Leo had saved the heavy topic of conversation for the next morning. Not that Amber had given him much choice in the matter as she had pretended to be asleep when he finally crawled into bed beside her that night. The chef laid it on a bit thick in the morning though, when she’d awoken to breakfast in bed and then a foot massage.“What’s all this for?” Amber asked as she speared a piece of sausage with her fork.“Because I love you. And a queen deserves to be pampered.”The scent of vanilla filled the room as Leo squirted some on his hands to rub into her feet. It felt divine. The food tasted wonderful as she hadn’t realized how hungry she’d been until the first bite hit her tongue. She’d skipped dinner last night after all.She snorted, “Don’t get me wrong, I like it. But you didn’t have to do all this babe. I told you last night on the phone I was fine with you spending time at the hospital.”“With Elle there. I think we should get our feelings out in the open Love. I didn’t
Amberleigh Dubois knew the chill in the room wasn’t the only reason for her goosebumps. On her right sat the father of her daughter, Grayson Godwin and on the left, sat his best friend since preschool Leo Clemonte. Both of the men whom Amber loved with all her heart, were in rapt attention to the doctor sitting in the chair across from them. But Amber had zoned out, she had to focus on something else to hold it all together. The sleeping baby swaddled in a sling against her chest was a nice distraction. Amber peered down at her daughter who had a way of making the world seem like not such a harsh place by just one look at her angelic face. With a full belly, clean diaper, and perfect pursed rosebud lips, the little princess slept blissfully unaware. Amber had her suspicions her daughter was the only one in that cold room who’d gotten any sleep last night. Amber smoothed down a tuft of silky brown hair on her daughter’s head. She loved the feel of it on her fingertips, loved everythi
Amberleigh Dubois was tempted to pinch herself just to make sure she wasn’t dreaming when she awoke to a naked man on her left and one on her right. And not just any naked men, but the two she loved most in this world. In front of Amber was her fiancé Leo Clemonte, his naked ass peeking out the covers, looking so delicious she was tempted to take a bite of it. And behind her was the father of her unborn daughter, Grayson Godwin, the covers dipped down low enough to reveal that tempting V and tuft of hair leading down to a happy place indeed. This was certainly the life a girl could get used to. Of course, it hadn’t started out this way. It had been a rocky road since the billionaire, railroad heir had handpicked Amber as his surrogate. Had it only been five months ago when Grayson had presented her that shady contract at The Cobra Club? He’d often treated her cold and distant in the beginning, until one night his drunken love confession had changed everything. Grayson had brought the
Grayson’s tongue against Amberleigh's clit was so mind blowing, she could think of nothing save the pure carnal pleasure of it. One stroke of his tongue was all it had taken to reduce her to a shuddering mess. And Amber fucking liked it even though she didn’t like men in general having that kind of power over her. But he was the exception of course.And she’d let him dominate her in the bedroom anytime he wanted. She liked the way he ran his tongue up and down her, to taste every inch of that hidden valley between her thighs. Not once, not twice, but three times his tongue ran her length from asshole to clit. On the third pass he showed extra, careful attention to her pulsating bundle of nerves. His tongue swirled across her clit, pushed hard into it, before it was sucked roughly between his teeth. Her ass came up off the bed and she cried out, her body electrified. It felt so fucking good it nearly hurt.Grayson only paused long enough to raise up his head beneath the covers to see h
For several moments after Grayson’s puzzling outburst then abrupt exit, Amberleigh and Leo were quiet. Both trying to process what had just occurred and what their friend was thinking. Was Grayson feeling guilt over their threesome? Guilt that he’d tasted Amber while Leo was asleep and had intended to fuck her after?Amber pulled her body from Leo’s and sighed.“Do you want to go talk to him or should I?”“You can Love. And I’ll make us some breakfast.”Amber raised a brow, “You think he’ll listen to me?”“I think you have a better chance getting him to talk than I do Love.”Amber didn’t know if she agreed, but she was willing to give it a shot. Leo was the one who could usually get the tight-lipped billionaire to open up. But Amber figured she’d made some progress lately with the father of her child.She gave Leo a kiss, “Wish me luck. And cook us something with meat. Need to replenish after last night.”“Of course they’ll be meat. What kind of man do you think I am?” he grinned.“Mi
While Grayson showered, Amberleigh returned to the other man in her life whom was cooking up quite the spread. The panic room was fully stocked with enough provisions to sustain four people for at least a year. In the past, Mr. Duvall was the one in charge of making sure all expired items were disposed of and a fresh supply of food and other necessities were maintained. Amber wondered if that was what had given the mysterious butler his way into spying in the past. She was still convinced Mr. Duvall seemed the most likely suspect. Someone had set up a feed to the security cameras without Grayson’s knowledge or permission. The source couldn’t be traced as it was an encrypted server, according to the tech from the security company back in December. Grayson had shut down the old system entirely and replaced it all with new. Added security measures made it unlikely to happen again, and the billionaire now controlled the stream of information in his own penthouse. They had yet to figure