AJShe’s beautiful, AJ thought to himself as he watched the woman next to him shift into her pillow. She was snoring slightly, and instead of finding it annoying like he usually did, he found it adorable.Which meant he liked her.He turned on his side to watch her. A strand of dark brown hair fell gracefully across her cheek. He reached out and gently tucked it back behind her ear. She smiled and something deep in his chest responded.He wasn’t sure if he should smile or run from the bed screaming. This wasn’t how a man should feel after a one night stand. It certainly wasn’t what he was expecting, though she was amazing. Beautiful, sexy, fearless, funny, and sweet.He felt like a thesaurus, yet it didn’t faze him. There weren’t enough words in the English language to adequately describe the woman sleeping next to him. And he’d only known her for a few hours. The idea of spending more time with her actually excited him. She was different than the usual heiresses and aristocrats that
Fun KatKat woke up in the dark hotel room. She glanced over at the hotel alarm clock to read the green number seven and two zeros.Thanks, internal alarm clock, she thought to herself. I was allowed to sleep in today.She tried to close her eyes and go back to sleep, but she knew it was futile. She was up. With a sigh, she officially opened her eyes.It took a moment for her to focus in the dark of the curtained room, but she found herself smiling at the sleeping form of the man next to her. He was still as attractive in the morning as he was last night, which was pretty amazing for something that was supposed to be a one-night stand.She grinned and wondered if he had any plans for today. If she was lucky, the two of them could hang out and get to know one another better today. The idea of sleeping with someone and then getting to know them was so different than what Kat usually did that the idea tickled her.Fun Kat was way better at picking guys than Regular Kat. For the first tim
Boring Kat“Just know that this is going to require a bottle of wine,” Kat said. “And chocolate,” she added.“You got it,” Cassie promised. “I’ll have a bottle ready for you.”Kat thought of the way the man smiled and those blue eyes. “Better make it two.”“Done,” Cassie replied. “I’ll see you soon.”Kat clicked ‘end call’ and leaned her head against the bathroom door-frame. Her sigh echoed through the bathroom.“Get a move on, Kat,” she whispered to the empty room. “The job isn’t going to do itself. He’s cute, but he’s not worth your job.”It took her a moment more before she was ready to actually get going. The unfairness of it all weighed heavily on her shoulders, as she opened the bathroom door and went back into the room with the ridiculously good-looking man she was about to leave.Fun Kat would have stayed, but Fun Kat didn’t have a job to keep. It was time to let Boring Kat back out.There was something that she could do that both Boring Kat and Fun Kat would approve of, thoug
AJWarm hands touched AJ’s shoulders, waking him from sleep. A slow smile spread across his face as he remembered that there was a beautiful woman sleeping in the bed next to him. If he was lucky, she was as ready to go for some morning fun as he was.“Good morning, beautiful,” AJ murmured, keeping his eyes closed as he reached for the woman shaking him.Except she was wearing a man’s dress shirt. And a tie. And a goatee.“Sir?”AJ opened his eyes to find himself staring at his very nervous assistant.“You are not a beautiful brunette woman, George,” AJ informed him, pushing the other man away. He looked over to see the bed next to him was empty. Slept in, but empty.“No, sir. I am most certainly not,” George replied, stepping back and straightening his tie.“What are you doing here?” AJ asked, rubbing sleep from his eyes. He looked at the crumpled bedspread beside him. She had clearly been sleeping there, so at least he knew he wasn’t dreaming. But where could she have gone? He had b
AJTwo weeks later...AJ sipped at his morning coffee as he sat down at his office desk and started his day. The leather seat creaked slightly as he leaned forward to turn on his computer and the smell of dark roast filled his nose. It was his third cup but he still felt groggy, like his brain wouldn’t turn on.He began flipping through his emails absentmindedly, not really reading any of them. He knew the reason had nothing to do with stress or lack of sleep. His mind was on someone.His mind was on Kat. It had been the only thing on his mind for weeks now.AJ leaned back in his chair and stared at the screen, at a long chain of replies about the proposal that he was hearing tomorrow. He had been skimming when his eyes fell on a signature line.Yours Truly,E. RyderWhat an odd way to sign off on a business email, he thought. It wasn’t even part of her signature line. She had specifically typed it out. It was so familiar, but then he knew that everything was reminding him of that nig
KatThe presentation was tomorrow and Kat felt like she needed an IV drip-line of coffee to make it. There was still so much to do, despite having worked her ass off for the last two weeks. Her normal work hours were long over, but she still had to put the final finishing touches on her presentation to the CEO of the company.If the presentation went as well as she thought it should, she’d be glad she’d done all this work.“Oh and when you go to Hawaii, you have to try the malasadas,” Renee told her, spinning in her desk chair and oblivious to the concentration Kat was putting in on her computer.“Mmm hmm...” Kat replied, not really listening. She had started out paying attention, but at the two hour mark of Renee going on about how amazing and expensive her Hawaii vacation was, Kat had zoned out.“They’re like donuts only better,” Renee said. “I wish we could have stayed longer, but Bob had to get back to work.”“Is he working right now?” Kat asked, hoping that he wasn’t. Maybe that
AJAJ rubbed his temples and considered getting another cup of coffee. He had spent the morning trying to find information on Kat again, and it had gone nowhere. He knew he needed to just accept the fact that he wasn’t going to find her. He had done everything in his power to find the woman, but it just wasn’t meant to be.He figured that, if he didn’t let this go, it would eventually drive him mad. AJ was a billionaire CEO. He had built a company from the ground up. Now that he was at the top, he was used to getting what he wanted. And he wanted her. Or at least her phone number. There wasn’t a problem that he couldn’t find a solution for, especially now that he had basically unlimited funds.The fact that he couldn’t even figure out who this girl was seemed to make all of his money and power feel worthless.But he knew he had to let it go. The sooner the better. And so, with a heavy heart, he decided that he’d give up the search.The intercom on his desk buzzed, breaking his train o
KatIt’s him.Katie’s heart sank with the weight of an anchor into the pit of her stomach and crashed there. Her throat tightened and for a moment she forgot to breath.It’s really him. Immediately her mind began running at a breakneck pace. This couldn’t be true, no, she was dreaming. Her subconscious forced a momentary blink, only to once more reveal her one-night-stand staring at her not ten feet away.Her hands clinched into a warm and sweaty fists. No wonder he never called! He’s a freaking CEO! I was in bed with the CEO. If I was a CEO, I wouldn’t call me back either!Katie swallowed hard, trying to keep the panic from overwhelming her. She felt trapped with the big door closed behind her. There was one large window near the back of the room where the shades had been let down, casting a dark and heavy shadow that made the room feel even smaller than it was.“AJ?” She finally whispered, though it felt like someone else was speaking.“Kat?”His words were soft and sounded more lik