Lahat ng Kabanata ng Billionaire Alpha: Kabanata 351 - Kabanata 360

EricaMandy walked beside me down the hall the next morning, rattling off a list of things that we needed to get through before our Monday afternoon meeting with Kent. I nodded and took note of the important ones, but didn't interrupt her until we were in my office, seated across my desk from one another. I had on my favorite grey slacks and a tight blue shirt that left me feeling powerful and pretty."E-mail that list to me, and you make sure you stay focused on the new service campaign. Kent is going to start offering a new line of advisory services to our customers in Dallas, and we need to make sure the imagery is spot on. Find a few pictures of men in the oil field, or grab the right models and get the photos ourselves.""Of course." She nodded and scribbled something down. "When do you want a mock up?""By Monday if you have stock imagery that you can use. Actually, use stock photos for now, and if we need to take our own pictures, we'll just make sure Kent knows that." I turned

MattI was having trouble breathing by the time I got to the bottom floor of McKenzie and Bryant's beautiful glass building in downtown Seattle. Erica was willing to go to dinner as my date, and I'd signed myself up to going to the Blink-182 concert with her the next night. Two nights with her tucked against my side. I might not survive it.The image of her standing in the doorway as I turned a few minutes before seared me. My cock twitched in my jeans, my stomach tightened as desire ran around crazy deep inside me. What I would give to let loose and rein passion all over her. She was so strong and fierce, and yet a softness played on her features moments before. Had someone upset her? The need to protect her roared to life inside of me, surprising me a little. I'd have to be careful that weekend, or all the walls I'd resurrected to keep myself in check would come crumbling down and she'd be mine - at least for a few days.The drive to the hotel was quick, but the luxury of taking the

Erica"Is he okay?" Jonathan asked me as he leaned back in his chair. The gangly artist was exactly what one would expect of an art dealer. His shirt was every color of the rainbow and his dark hair was slicked back. His wife was cute, but lost to a game on her phone. It was almost comical, at least it was before Matt got a wild look in his eyes and bolted for the door.Maybe I'd overstepped my boundaries."I think so. Let me go check on him." I got up and walked through the restaurant searching for him. Worry wrapped in fear danced through my stomach as I reached the front door. What was I going to do if he'd left me there?"Hey. I'm right here." He turned to face me as the wind picked up from the water and blew his blond hair about."You okay?" I walked toward him, wanting to reach out and touch him, but knowing that it was probably better that I didn't."Yeah. I just felt a little overwhelmed. I've wanted to share my art my whole life, but it needed to be on my terms, you know?""O

Matt"All right, so show me how to make the delicious brownies, and promise me that they're completely calorie free. I'm trying to watch my girlish figure." I shook my head like I had flowing hair and enjoyed the sly smile on her face far more than I should have."Let's just go on a run tomorrow morning and we'll be set." She bent over to pull a pan from under the cabinet, giving me a great view of her rear."You should go change. Get out of your work clothes and put on something comfortable." I moved up to the counter and took the pan from her. "Tell me what to do and I'll get the dessert going.""You haven't changed yet." Her eyes moved across me, leaving me to feel more exposed than I thought possible. My need to run was driving through me at breakneck speed, but the promise of having a little bit of fun with someone I'd fantasized as mine wasn't going to let me take one step in the opposite direction. I was stuck. Time to own it."I'll change in a minute. Go do what I told you to

EricaThe night before ended too soon, but after the long day, dinner, wine and dessert, my head started to pound. I tried to play it off for a while as Matt and I finished eating dessert, but I had to excuse myself and get to bed shortly after we cleaned up. Whether we would have slept together was a mystery, but one probably best untapped. I would want more than a night of passion, and he was probably like every rich guy I'd ever met.Love 'em and leave 'em was the theme. I wanted to think that Matt could be different, but I'd never seen him in a relationship. Not once since meeting him. There was something to be said about that. No way in hell a hot guy like him wasn't sleeping around if nothing else.My phone woke me the next morning, and damn if I didn't have a remnant of my migraine still messing with me."What?" I grumbled into the phone. Only a few people were stupid enough to call me on Saturday morning before nine, and of course it was the one I hated to hear from most. My b