Nikolas watched Brooklyn discreetly every now and then all throughout the flight. He didn’t want her to leave with Brandon. He had quickly wrapped up the formalities and returned back to Brandon’s room. Having heard most of their conversation, his restlessness started to grow. He thought of ways of holding Brooklyn back. Did she really have a crush on him? That was a question he seriously needed an answer to. Finally, they reached Napa Valley at around lunchtime. Bruce and his men had brought Nikolas’s car along with an ambulance for Brandon. After ensuring that Brandon was comfortable in the ambulance, Nikolas went to have a word with Bruce.Brooklyn buckled the seat belt on and waited for Nikolas in his car. Brandon had slept throughout the ride but she was eager to get home, fearing that she might have stained her clothes. It was her time of the month and she sat chiding herself for no

Nikolas was acutely aware of the way Brooklyn was staring at him but he dared not look into her eyes for fear of losing his shit. He carried her to her room and gently placed her down. “Thank you,” said Brooklyn wanting to just disappear into her washroom but he just stood there adding to her anxiety. “I need to go to the washroom,” she blurted out at last not knowing what he was standing and waiting for. He nodded, staring at her. “I’ll make dinner. Do you need bland food?” He asked, looking worried. Brooklyn smiled, seeing the agitated expression on his face. “No, I’m not sick at all,” she told him. He frowned at her and then turned on his heel and abruptly left the room. Brooklyn heaved a sigh of relief and quickly went to the washroom

Nikolas shut his laptop and strode out of the conference room.  The ordeal was over and he was now free to go home to Brooklyn. After the threat that still loomed before them, Nikolas had called a meeting with his Administrative Staff to step up the security system around the estate. He had received a call from officer Warner that they had arrested three more of Freddie’s men who were trying to break into his Willamette Valley house. He was at his wit’s end. Did Freddie seriously feel that the money that Benjamin Davis hid was at his house? He called Shelburne to increase the security there as well. Tired, he drove home at last, with a frown on his face. Although he had promised Brooklyn that he would return in an hour, it had been over three hours already. He wondered whether she was missing him! Although he had been busy, the wish to wrap up his work at the earliest and go home to

Brooklyn woke up with a start. The presence of someone in her room made her look up. “Nikolas?” She whispered, staring into a pair of hazel eyes that stared back at her wordlessly. Her heart somersaulted with joy and she blinked to focus better. She couldn’t believe that Nikolas had come back. Slowly opening her eyes she looked beside her but gasped with surprise. There was no one. Where did Nikolas go? Just a second back he was here! She looked around frantically but the whole room was quiet and it seemed that she was the only one present here. It seemed that Nikolas was just a figment of her imagination. Brooklyn sighed realizing that Nikolas wasn’t here in reality. She was hallucinating! But why was she missing Nikolas so much? He was only her boss, after all, a boss upon whom she had developed a mere crush. However, her heart told a different story. Was it just a mere crus

Brooklyn smiled in her sleep. She didn’t want the dream to be over! She pressed her soft lips to his in sweet surrender making Nikolas lose all semblance of control. His mouth immediately seized hers in a desperately intense kiss that rendered her breathless. Soon his large hands were on her, clasping her tightly to his body. Brooklyn sighed against his mouth and threw her arms around his neck, stroking his hair tenderly. It urged Nikolas to grab her cheek and tilt her face in such a way that he could kiss her more passionately. There was a strange restlessness in his body as if he wanted to devour her mouth completely. His hot lips burned hers and delved deeper into her mouth making her gasp and moan with pleasure. His tongue played havoc with hers eliciting a sweet response that blew his senses out. In her sleepy state, Brooklyn tried to match his passion, making him groan more with need. &ld