bedroom. He approached the enormous bed which he had turned down earlier. He laid her down and climbed in next to her pulling the covers up around them both. She looked up into his eyes, and he kissed her delicately. She had never been more comfortable and satisfied than she was at that moment. They fell asleep in each other’s arms.
Coffee and Luscious Fruit
When she woke up in the morning, she smelled coffee brewing. She sat up just as Graham was walking through the door with a tray carrying coffee for two, fruit, and fresh-cut flowers in a small vase. He set the tray on the bedside table and got back in bed. He handed her a coffee mug and smiled.
“Good morning, sweet Jade.”
She was confused. Was she still supposed to submit? She didn’t’ want to mess things up if she could keep from it. She needed the coffee to get her brain pumping, so she took a couple of sips. It was hot, but not too hot, and it tasted really good.
He fed her a piece of kiwi that was at the peak of ripeness. The juice shot through her mouth.
“Yum,” she said.
He asked her how she was feeling. She motioned to the room as if to ask if this was part of the dungeon.
“Oh heaven’s no,” he said lightheartedly. “This is the bedroom, part of the house.”
She looked at his face as he took a bite from a strawberry. He was so handsome!
“How did I get so lucky,” she asked.
“I’m the lucky one,” he answered.
And right then she knew she had found the man she would spend the rest of her life trying to please.
The Billionaire's Crush
(Erotic Romance, BBW, Billionaire, HEA)
Harley Baker
Copyright 2013 Harley Baker
Wild Charm Publishing
Best Laid Plans
"Your dad is sick, call me. Love, Mama"
She instantly pushed the call button. Oh no, what could be wrong? She imagined the worst until her mother answered.
"Hello, Lucy?"
"Yeah mama, it's me. What's wrong?
"Your dad, uh, he, um, he is in the hospital. They don't know what's wrong yet, but they are running tests."
"Let me talk to him."
"He can't, dear. He's unconscious."
"Oh mama!"
While her mother talked, Lucy went online and booked the first available flight home. She went to get the gifts under her tree that she had already wrapped. Gently picking up her daddy's gift, she ran her fingers across the nametag as she packed it. Tears streamed down her face as she threw her necessities into a bag, and headed to the airport. When the plane taxied back toward the runway, she hung up her phone, her lifeline to her mother, and prepared for the two and half-hour flight.
Lucy Butler had founded The Butler Foundation which sought ways to eliminate animal cruelty. She really loved her job. Just this morning, she had glanced at the calendar counting seven more days until Christmas. She was making good progress on a her to-do list. There were still a few things left, but she had been sure it would all get it done. All the fuss of season usually thrilled her silly!
Sam, the mail clerk, had stopped by her office. She always took the lid off of her candy jar and offered him a piece. He would take a Hershey's kiss and thank her for it every day. She had always admired Sam for his gentle heart and his loyalty to his wife and children. He was such a good role model, she often thought he was wasted in her mail room when he would make such a good school teacher.
Her secretary, Clara Stone, was the closest thing she had to family in Virginia. Clara mothered her and invited her to have home-cooked meals with her family in their home. Lucy was very grateful to have Clara, and tried never to take her for granted. They had been together for five years, and Clara was always wanting to fix Lucy up with someone. Lucy really hated that. She hated blind dates because she felt like men judged her on her outer appearance and did not want to get to know the real her.
She had always been bigger than her friends. Her whole family was big, but that did not make them any less awesome and