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Trey Sunday, late morning, Trey was in his office for a couple minutes while Lucy was getting something to drink, and as his girl put it, “something to nibble on.” They’d had quite the emotional day on Saturday, and he thought back on it with a smile. He realized at that moment that he’d never in his life had more fun with someone, never laughed more in a twenty-four-hour period than he had with Lucy. After he’d surprised Lucy, catapulting them both into the pool, they’d each come up sputtering. Lucy, always one to run cold, had started shivering. They’d gone out to the jacuzzi and had stayed there for an hour, making out like teenagers. Later that afternoon, after much cajoling from Lucy, they’d made love in front of the huge fireplace in the library, and again hours later in their bed. There had been no role play and no kink, they’d been Trey and Lucy, and though they both admitted later they weren’t ones to enjoy vanilla sex, it had been exactly what was needed at the time to g
Miss Goody Two Shoes Chapter 37
▪️Ace▪️ They walked several blocks down Rivington to Orchard, and Ace was glad to see the restaurant he’d had in mind wasn’t crowded. The off-hour—three in the afternoon—was most likely the reason. Emily gazed at the sign. “Russ and Daughters Café?” “Where did you think I was taking you, a bar?” They entered and sat at a small table near the window. “We’re Jews. We don’t drink our problems away; we self-medicate with food. In this case, bagels and lox.” Emily's faint smile didn’t fool Ace. He hadn’t forgotten the painful admission she’d made—Emily honestly didn’t see the woman she was, separate and apart from Olivia's big sister and protector. The waiter gave them menus. “Can I get you a drink?” “I’ll take an egg cream.” Emily's brow furrowed. “I’ve never had one, but isn’t that also really sweet? You’re going to have a sugar overdose.” Speaking to the waiter, Ace pointed at Emily. “Bring her one, too. And we’ll start with a
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▪️Ace▪️ Emily choked on her food. “Okay, well, that’s a picture.” “Don’t you see? We’re all the sum of our parts. Yours are large and easy to fit together—helping your mother, taking care of Olivia, and work. Mine are a little more fractured and messy, without clean lines, but I’m trying to piece them together. Maybe I need a little more time and some help, but this is who I am.” Without another word, he attacked his French toast, and they finished as much of their meal as they could. When the waiter had taken the remains away and they sat with nothing left between them but silence, Ace couldn’t be sure where she stood. “I think you’re right.” Emily's quiet statement cut through the fog of misery in his head, where he contemplated going home to his tiny room and staring at something stupid on television. Either that or apologizing to Emily and telling her to forget it. His gaze snapped up. “What?” Just then the waiter dropped off t
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▪️ Emily ▪️ Emily's lips twitched as she held Ace's stunned gaze. “Surprise.”Ace shook with laughter. “Once again proving that neither of us knows shit about relationships.” “I don’t know,” Emily said, pulling him close. “We’re doing pretty well so far.” “I mean, yeah, the sex is off the charts.” Ace nipped at her neck, and Emily quivered. “No complaints on that front.” “I would think not, the way you scream my name.” If she sounded smug, she meant to. “Ow.” She rubbed the spot where Ace had sunk his teeth into her shoulder. “What’re you, a vampire?” “You’re not exactly quiet yourself, you know. Just wanted you to know it goes both ways.” Like a cat, Ace rubbed his cheek against hers, and Emily couldn’t help stroking him. “But there’s more than that. More than sex, I mean.” Her heart pounded. “Yeah?” “Yeah. And you know it too. That’s why your heart is racing a hundred miles an hour.” Before she could shrug it off,Ace grabbed her hand and pl
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▪️ Emily ▪️Intense golden eyes met hers, and Ace's hard jaw softened. “Then tell me. I thought we connected today, more than ever before. What changed?” “Nothing. That’s the problem.” Emily waved her hand in the air. “Nothing’s changed—not me. I’m still the same person you made fun of for being overprotective of Ilana and a hard-ass at work.” “That was because I didn’t know who you were. Now I do.” “And?” She heard the uncertainty in her voice and winced. Always determined and self-assured at work, in this minefield of personal relationships, Emily was flying without a safety net and scared to death. She wasn’t sure what Ace would say. “And I want you more than ever.” Blatant need shone from Ace's face, and Emily's last wall crumbled. She took Ace by the hand and walked with her to the bedroom, where she tugged off his T-shirt and undid his shorts, letting them fall to the floor, followed by his briefs. She was har
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▪️ Emily ▪️Her orgasm broke, and her chest grew heavy as her body exploded. She held Ace tight at the hips, gave one final push, then shuddered and lay still. Ace's foot rubbed along the back of her leg, and he arched up against Emily. “That was…nice.” Emily grunted and rolled off him. “Nice?” She waited a couple of seconds for her breathing to steady. “Is that the limit of your vocabulary?” Ace snuggled into her neck, and Emily's arm found its way around to hold him. “Fishing for compliments?” Ace's grin flashed bright in the dim bedroom. “I could say more, if you want me to build up your ego.” He drew a pattern on Emily's chest. “And when I say nice, I mean it’s good. Right. Everything. I want this to grow between us.” Emily rested her lips against Ace's hair. “What do you consider ‘this’ to be?” “A beginning?” Voice taut yet strong, Ace sat up, his face grave in profile. “Where we go is up to us, but right now we’re at a fork in the road. We can take
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▪️Ace▪️ Emily might have surprised him with her unbridled passion in bed, but Ace wasn’t fooled. No way would Emily be so forgiving to discover he’d been Taylor Croft's lover. She might believe fucking the boss was a habit of Ace's. Ace pinched the bridge of his nose as if it would keep the painful memories from bursting free. One of Taylor's acquaintances had joined them on the yacht for three days, for business and pleasure. The woman’s PA, a Harvard graduate who came to breakfast wearing a tie, for fuck’s sake, had sneered at Ace after seeing him exiting Taylor's cabin early one morning, clad only in his boxers. “How does it feel to be a whore?” Cruel as those words had been, they’d triggered a reassessment of his life. He supposed he owed the man a thank-you for opening his eyes, because it had led him here—to the brink of something life-changing. A path he couldn’t have predicted in his wildest dreams, but one he needed to keep following to discov
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▪️Ace▪️ A week later, he and Emily were having a particularly nasty and difficult day at work. A long-standing client had decided to pull a multimillion-dollar account from The Company. That had required several phone calls to Liam, who’d had to cancel the excursion he and Olivia had planned. And that made him unhappy and testy. Ace tried to calm him down, but Liam wasn’t having it and snapped at him. “You’re a personal secretary. You don’t know shit about accounts. Now let Emily and me talk.” Hurt and embarrassed, Ace ducked his head and faced away from the computer where they’d been video-chatting. Liam's words brought him back to his high-school days, when he’d spent so much time listening to teachers comparing him to Liam, and him coming up short. “That was uncalled for,” Emily said mildly. “Don’t take your pissy attitude out on Ace. He’s helping.” “It’s fine,” Ace mumbled, staring straight ahead at his tablet, hoping the burning in his eyes would fade.
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