Her Man: An Interracial Romance (The Bentini Brothers Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

here’s one more person
who knows about us.”  Sitting on the edge of my desk, Antonio places his finger
under my chin and coaxes me until I raise my face to his.  “I hate seeing you
so upset, Ti.  You’re making more out of this than it is.”  When I begin to
protest, he silences me with a quick kiss.  “I’ll talk to Adam.  You’ll see,
there’s nothing to worry about.  Adam will keep our secret… the same as William
and Katherine.”
         “Oh no, not him too…William knows about us?”  I
can’t help trembling at the thought.  “Ti, my brother is a lot of things, but
stupid isn’t one of them.  Of course, he knows about us.  And if he had any lingering
doubts, my behavior at the company picnic took care of that.”
         “Tony.”
         “Baby, why are you freaking out about this?  This
is an office building and any place there are people, secrets don’t stay
secrets for long.  You weren’t as upset when my father found out about us.” 
         He’s right, it’s more distressing that William
Bentini knows than it is that Mr. Bentini knows…at least Mr. Bentini is kinder
and likes me.
         “Tony, what are we going to do?”
         “I told you, I’m going to take care of it.” 
Standing and pulling me up with him, he gives me an affectionate squeeze and a reassuring
kiss.  It doesn’t make me feel any better, but I do so enjoy the taste of his
lips.
         “As much as I don’t want to, I have to go.”  I
love his hugs, there’s something comfortable and yet wildly erotic about being
surrounded by so much hard body…It’s a bonus that he’s so damn sexy.  “I have a
meeting in about…”  Looking down at his watch, “In about seven minutes.”  He
says, touching his lips to my forehead before walking to the door.
         “What about going over security for the
party?”  Which is what we were supposed to be doing.
         “We’ll go over it sometime today.  I’ll call
you as soon as I get a break in my schedule.  If not, I’ll see you before you
leave tonight.”  With that, he saunters out of my office.
     
    ***    
     
         “Tiressa Hawkins.”  My standard phone
greeting.
         “You promised to call me.”
         Shit, I totally forgot .  “Allen.”
          “I’ve been checking my cell every two minutes
like a damn fool and you sound as if you never had any intensions of actually
calling me.”        
         “That’s not true Allen.  It’s just that I got
so busy that I haven’t even had time for lunch yet—”
         “Then come out for a quick bite to eat with
me.”
         “I can’t be too far from the office today, I
have a meeting sometime this afternoon, and since I don’t know the exact time,
then it’s best that I stay close by.”
         “Okay, Tiressa.  We can have lunch in your
office…or how bout walking over to the park across the street for a hotdog.”
         Knowing that it would be better just to get it
over with, I agree to meet Allen across the street.  “Okay Allen, I’ll meet you
at the park by the hotdog vendor in exactly twenty minutes.”
         “Why don’t I meet you down in the lobby and we
can walk over together?”  My heart skips a beat at the thought…this is so not a
good idea, but it wouldn’t seem right if I tried to avoid him –so, I agree to
meet him downstairs.  “Okay Allen, I’ll see you in twenty minutes.”
         Before going to meet Allen, I let Kathy know
that I will be out of the building for a few minutes, and that I’ll be right
across the street at the park.  Although she gives me a questioning look, she
doesn’t ask why; for which I am relieved.  As soon as I get to the lobby, Allen
walks up to me and tries to take me in his arms. 
         “Allen, don’t, this is just lunch, nothing
more.”
         “If that’s how you want it.”  He says
reluctantly, placing a hand at