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
"So my sister called this morning.. She and her son Chip will be coming to visit me". Emma said to Karen as she prepared for work."Oh cool" said Karen. "how long is she going to stay""Just the weekend... Chip has to go to school. I haven't seen them for a while so she decided to come over". Emma said as she put the eggs she had been stirring into the frying pan. "although I have a feeling mom sent her. To check up on me.""Uh uh" said Karen"So I might not be around when she gets here so I'm gonna leave my key at Frank's place. Just in case you are not around to let them in with yours""Uh uh" Karen said again."Is everything okay?" Emma asked her. "You seem distracted ""Oh I'm not distracted.. I'm not distracted at all" Karen said. "I was just wondering, isn't there something you wanna tell me?""something... Like
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
He was so fucking late. He hadn't meant to be but those documents needed his immediate attention. He hoped she would still be at the party when he got there.His driver parked the car and he stepped out. The fact that he'd had to go home to change even took more time. Attending the party didn't matter to him. It was just an opportunity to spend time with Emma. He saw a chance and he took the opportunity.He walked into the hall and looked around, his eyes searching for her. She was no where to be seen. Maybe she had gone home. He thought. He would be disappointed if she had.He saw Karen and Frank at a corner and walked up to them."Hey man" Frank said. "Where the hell have you been?""I got held up at work" Daniel replied. "Had some paper work to take care of. Where's Emma?" he asked Karen."Oh she's somewhere around" Karen replied. Last time I saw her she w
"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
His movement was swift and smooth and came without warning. In a show of ruthless determination and masculine strength, he powered her back against the seat and trapped her mouth under his with such ferocious passion that her whimper of shock was swiftly transformed into a soft sigh of acquiescence.Her skin tingled, heat exploded deep within her and every inch of her trembling, quivering body cried out for him. Ached for him.She had dreamed so often of the two of them together. Had tried to imagine what it would be like to be with him properly.But now she didn't have to imagine and his hard body came down on hers, one muscular thigh sliding between her legs as he held her captive with the weight and the heat of his mouth. The hard thrust of his arousal touched her intimately and she shifted and arched in an attempt to bring them closer together.She felt hot. So hot. Her body burned and craved. He
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
"You mind your manners, Daniel Rohan" Emma said, getting up and helping him clear the table. "I'm not afraid of you"."I know you are not" He said as he poured out two glasses of wine and handed it to her. They went back to the living room.Emma looked at the newspaper strewn couch, gathered the papers together, and stacked them neatly on the floor."I know you are not afraid of me" he said softly as he handed her a glass of wine. "But I wonder if you know how much you scare me. Here sit down". He patted the couch cushion next to him. "The moon is bright enough tonight. We don't need this." He clicked off the lamp.Emma took a quick swallow of the wine and sat down on the end of the couch. She watched shadowy leaf patterns play on the carpeting, highlighted by the glow of the moon, and took another sip of wine." Take it easy on the wine, my lady. We don't want you getting amorous." he said
When Emma woke up the next morning, the first thing that registered was how comfortable she was. Too comfortable. And warm. They were in Daniel's room. On his bed.The second thing she realized was that she was on top of Daniel. Not just on top of him, but sprawled across him as if she owned him. Her cheek was plastered to his shoulder and her forehead pressed against the side of his neck.Appalled that she could betray herself like this, she started to ease away but Daniel tightened his arm around her."Don't go." he said." This is nice."But Emma sat up anyways. She stared at him."did we...?" she began to ask. But he interrupted."No we didn't" he answered. "jeez... what do you take me for Emma?""I'm sorry... I didn't mean to""it's okay". He said. "I guess you should go get ready. So I can take you back home."