“Excuse you? Get out of my way.” She tried to push past him but he was a solid wall of lean immoveable muscle. His skin was warm under his shirt. Her mouth felt dry as she remembered the feel of his chest on Wednesday when she stumbled out of Sheldon’s with him and on Thursday night when he held her against his chest. Which begged the question, what was he doing following her to Ermernia? “How did you find me?” she demanded. “Sit down Rachel. Don’t make me beg,” he warned but she wasn’t having any more of his nonsense. Crossing her arms in front of her chest she stared him down – which was kind of hard since he was taller. “No. I don’t care if you beg, how hard you beg I don’t want to be here! You wanted me out remember? You said we couldn’t see each other again so why did you come for me? Why did you trail me all the way to Ermernia you stalker?” “Because I want you. And for all the wrong reasons." Rachel sputtered. That effectively took the spark out of her. “And you want me t
This time when he reached for her she went willingly into his arms eager to start her lessons. Hooking his forearm beneath her legs Nate pulled her close to the edge of the bed and rose on his elbows to regard her without touching her with any other parts of his body. His eyes drifted from her eyes to her nose, lips then the opened neck of the shirt. Rachel laid under him waiting for him to make the move. She was eager what all he had to show her. It occurred somewhere in the corner of her mind that she should feel guilty but the way she saw it, she wasn’t doing anything wrong. Jacob broke the trust in their marriage when he started cheating on her, since they were nearly divorced she was free to do whatever she liked. Nate tapped her head gently with the index finger of his right hand. “You’re overthinking.” “I’m sorry,” she smiled. Then smile turning sultry she lifted herself a bit and wound her hands around his neck bringing her lips close to his. His breath fell on her face hot
“You are still with him aren’t you?” Mabel’s tone was neutral but Rachel could just detect the concern in her voice. She was curled up on a plush cloud sofa with her phone to her ear. When Nate had cleaned her up and given her another shirt of his to wear she decided to explore the place and discovered it wasn’t the other apartment. This was his home, a three-storied stucco with a Victorian look which he said he got off a realtor who owed him a great deal. So far he wasn't pawing her at since he had some work to do and he said she was free to do whatever he wanted. She was done reading the pile of Reader’s digest she had found in a cupboard in one of the rooms. It was when she was bored out of her mind that she decided to call Mabel and Mabel wanted to hear everything! “Yeah, I would have to go back to the cottage eventually.” “So…you guys are a thing then?” Rachel chewed her bottom lip. “A thing? I won’t go that far.” Mabel’s next response was heavy with sarcasm. “You had sex wi
Eventually that evening she had to go back to her cottage since Nate was called abroad for business. He didn’t push when she asked to go but he got Tom, his sneaky, smart and charming middle-aged driver to drive her home. Tom talked to her on the drive back and he was quite engaging with his many stories of his children and his divorced wife. He obviously adored his kids. Rachel listened to him slightly envious of the relationship he had with his ex-wife who remained friends after their divorce and his children who clearly adored him knowing that she once planned to create a family with her backstabbing snake of a husband. She would never have that now because not only was she going to be enemies with Jacob once he served her the divorce papers, she was now down a path where love had no place. Would Nate ever want… No, she shook her head vigorously. They weren’t in this for love. Hours later she was settled in her cottage selecting Jacob’s things from the closets and cupboards so s
Tom was right on time to pick her up. But she had delayed the packing and arrangements of her things and by the time she had gotten Larry to hurry up too, it was late into the night. “I suppose we would have to wait till tomorrow now since there are likely no more flights at this time?” She said smugly feigning regret. “Actually we will be taking Mr. Madden’s jet, ma’am,” Tom said watching her carefully. Of course, he has a private jet! He was Nathaniel Madden after all. Well, there would be other ways to punish him. Nate had sent her the suite number he reserved for their stay in Mainland. Larry was going to stay with his friend but she was hoping she could get Nate to get him a room close to theirs because she needed support from her agent and best friend. She had called Mabel and told her about the freelancing leaving out the detail about Nate and Mabel had been thrilled and wished her luck. Then she called Ben who was also elated and promised to keep mum about this new opportu
She obeyed. Rachel climbed the tub shivering slightly against the slight draft in the air. She heard Nate moving around in the room then the bathroom door opened and he walked in. Naked. Her eyes dropped to his huge cock bobbing, pointing angrily toward her. In spite of herself, she drew her bottom lip into her mouth. His body was lithe and powerful with tight rippling muscles. He was a beautiful man. Nate went about, unabashedly, turning and adjusting the water temperature then he turned to face her once he was satisfied with the temperature. Rachel stood to one side. His control was terrifying. It was hard to reconcile him to the man smiling into cameras as they flashed around him. Here in the privacy of their suite, she felt the full force of his power. “Relax, Rachel. You don’t have to be scared of me. Have I given you any reason to be scared?” She shook her head. “No.” Why she had thought ignoring his instructions was a good idea she didn’t know. Now all she could do was wa
It was the Eastern Plaza de la Magnifique overlooking the big Eastern Ocean awash with lights and fanfare. “Marcus and Dana Giannio have just arrived. Hmm, Millie, I wonder if this couple will bring the spice to the carpet like they did last year, what do you think?” “Definitely.” Rachel forced herself to calm down. She always was a wreck of nerves before major events like this but this was much worse because she was now a disgraced TV host. Hopefully, some of the elites would be merciful and sympathize with her? Nate's fingers squeezed her waist. “You are trembling.” “I’m nervous,” she confessed. “You are with me.” That was supposed to be comforting. Rachel smiled at his arrogance. The man was full of it it was a surprise he wasn’t bursting with his ego. Good thing he had the shoulders for an ego as huge as that. They were behind a new break-out couple that had starred in a new show directed by the renowned Emilia Cartridge, a trailblazer like her name indicated. The cameras
Jacob and Dana?!How often do snakes meet? Rachel wondered. And grudgingly she admitted that Jacob looked as good as ever and Dana glowed under his gaze yet she couldn’t shake the anger of betrayal. Jacob and Dana.Thankfully they hadn’t seen her yet so she hurriedly look away only to plant her face in Nate’s suit. Her makeup left a stain on the black material.“God, I’m so sorry.”He was carefully wiping the dusting of her powder off. He cast her a side glance.“I just saw my husband,” she confessed. The night was about to get worse with the both of them here. Her fingers trembled as she helped him clean the suit and just then a flash went off.“Rachel Rivers is your divorce finalized yet?”Rachel started to hide her face from the pesky reporter in a pink flowery gown. Nate pulled her even closer and glared at the woman.“You should ask Jacob Henderson over there too, shouldn’t you?” he growled. The woman’s eyes sparkled with interest as she scanned the rooftop and saw Jacob and Dana