HAPPY FOREVER AFTER のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

Emma's warning fury returned to full flame. "This so called "matter" better be about something reasonable. Because if you mess with my job, I will yell sex discrimination so loud that these concrete building blocks will crumble" her fingernails raked the wooden arms of the chair. "I'm the right person for this job. Mr Rohan""You sure as hell are right for something" he snapped. " I got a taste of it the other night. You were like hot silk in my arms when we danced, woman. Why the hell did you walk away from me?"Emma felt the blood drain from her cheeks. "Finally you said what you have been wanting to say since. Is this interview over, Mr Rohan?""The interview is over, but you and I are not." he stood up menacingly, then leaned forward to brace his fists on the desk. "Take a note, lady. You and I are not through. I want to know why you walked out?"Emma's head went up; her jaw jutted forward. She jumped to her fee

Emma fumbled with her key, poked it into the ignition, and turned it. The engine revved and she reversed, careless of Daniel's jump from her car's path. She clamped a hand over her hair to keep it from flying out the open window. All she needed after a long, hard day filled with work was a sexy, possessive, chauvinistic boss who wanted her in his bed.Gravel spun away from the rear tires as she left the lot. The man reflected in her rear view mirror stood, feet apart, hands braced on lean hips, his smug grin widening.Emma shook. Her insides barely unknotted as she met the first curve. She took it with a squeal of tires, her knuckles white on the steering wheel. The rear end of her car fishtailed, and when she came out of the curve, a dark green sports car was closely following her. Her mirror caught the flash of white teeth and the sheen of black hair.The image stayed in the mirror as she drove home and pulled into the driveway. T

Emma was putting the house in order. Her sister Isabel was coming over today and she was obsessed with every part of the house clean. Emma was fairly neat, but Isabel's kind of neatness was over the top.Karen came into the living room "Hey girl... Guess what happened last night?" she said without greetingEmma stared at her. "You look super excited. And you know I will never be able to guess right so just spill"Karen replied by raising her left hand. On her finger there was a beautiful ring."Oh my God!" Emma cried. Abandoning her cleaning and rushing to Karen's side. "Frank proposed?""He sure did" Karen said excitedly."Oh and the ring is so beautiful... I'm so jealous...""I knew he was acting all weird about where we were going last night but I had no idea what he was planning...You know Frank can be really weird sometimes.."Emma laughed. "I

"Put me down!" Emma said."You choose to invite attention, lady--" he tried to ignore the low, throbbing ache that threatened to test his legendary self control. "--and now you have it". He strode to his car.She weighed virtually nothing, he thought, as he all but thrust her into the car and delivered instructions to his driver in a clipped angry tone."Daniel... I'm not going anywhere with you" she said"Be silent!" still seething, he shrugged out of his jacket for the second time that evening and dropped it on her lap."I don't --""Cover yourself" The ferocity of his tone shocked even him so he could hardly blame her for shrinking back in her seat. Her reaction shamed him because whatever his faults, he had never struck a woman and never would. He was a man who prided himself on his self control and yet at that precise moment he wanted to kill someone."You are

Daniel opened the door and stepped out of the car. He tried to help her out but she refused his help. Grabbing her bag in one hand and using the other to keep his jacket wrapped around her."I don't need your help" she said as she got out, forgetting about the incredibly high heeled shoes she was putting on and loosing her balance. He caught her just in time. Wrapping his arms around her."Easy" he said. His hands around her incredibly gentle."Thanks" she said. Then proceeded to follow him into his house.Daniel clicked on the right, stood aside as Emma entered, then closed the door."Thank you for coming" he said deliberately trying to annoy her."It's not like I had a choice" Emma said.She glanced around the huge room. She was uneasy, a state Daniel kept her in constantly.Daniel's eyes followed hers. He surveyed his home, attempting to view it