FOOTBALL ROMANCE: SECRET BABY ROMANCE: Going Pro (Bad Boy Alpha Male Pregnancy Romance) (Contemporary New Adult Sports Romance) by Vanessa La Porte Page B
Authors: Vanessa La Porte
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sure, I will just have to wait and see if it works.”
How did she do it,
Riley thought as she looked at Carmen, she can’t recall ever seeing this woman looking down in the dumps or remotely depressed. She’s always fucking smiling and cheering everyone on like she’s the goddess Laetitia herself.
Riley tugged the bathroom door open and stalked out with Carmen following close behind. She was going to simply tell Grace that she needed some time off, and take it from there.
“Riley, I’ve been looking all over for you!” Grace was right behind her as she exited the bathroom.
“Can’t even go to the ladies without the dragon hunting me down.” she mumbled under her breath to Carmen. “I’m sure she’s got her period again.”
Carmen choked back a laugh and hurried to her desk, and Riley obediently followed Grace to her office.
“You’ve had three weeks to give me something to work with, how is this coming along?” Grace asked without looking up from her laptop.
“I, uh, I’m working on it.”
“What’s it about?”
Shit.
Riley cursed inwardly. “Well, it’s different, but I can’t tell you yet,” – she lied – “I need some time off for research though.”
Grace looked at Riley over the rim of her spectacles and paused, “Very well, whatever you need, just get it done.”
And just like that she was dismissed. Thank god Grace didn’t have a hundred and one questions about her taking time off. On the bright side, she didn’t have to get up early to rush to the office.
Relieved Riley walked over to her desk and packed up her laptop, if she left now, she could go past the novelty shop and see if she could pick up something special to help her with her research. Not that she needed any, over the past two years in writing her Sex-Ed column for Action Inked; she had collected plenty of sex toys from suppliers who subtly bribed her just so that they could have one mention in her articles. They either gave her demo models of end of the range out dated toys. Perhaps it was time she invested in something unique.
*******
Riley pulled up to the adult novelty store contemplating whether or not to go ahead and actually waste her hard earned money on sex toys. After much thought she grabbed her handbag and exited the car. She had been to this store once before, when she came to get her
gift, back
when she featured the store in one of her articles a few months ago, it was just like all the other gifts, a cheap silicone dildo, one of the many she had stashed in her Pandora’s box, she preferred to call it. She stood in front of the store and looked at the shop front; she couldn’t help but wonder how many employees pass through a store like this. It’s not like anyone goes to school or college with the ideal to one day work in a sex shop, then again, no one ever considers being a fast food vendor either, it’s probably just the luck of the draw, and nowadays, with the economic state, people would accept any paying job to put food on the table.
She finally entered the store and then cringed as the door chime rang, how she hated those stupid things, announcing your presence to the world. She mentally rolled her eyes, squared her shoulders and then passed the cashier, making her way to the toy section. She didn’t even give the rubber dildos a second glance; she headed straight for the state of the art electronic toys.
“Can I help you?”
Awkward,
she thought and slowly turned to eye out the creepy guy smiling at her as if she was a slice of pizza.
“I’m just browsing thanks.” she said and shifted further along the isle.
“Aren’t you that writer?” the guy asked in his heavy southern accent.
Great, another fan,
“you’ll have to be more specific, there are plenty writers out there.” she said blankly.
“The one from Action Inked. I know you; you gave our store a special mention a few months ago.”
And you don’t even know my name,
Riley thought as her irritation escalated.
How did she do it,
Riley thought as she looked at Carmen, she can’t recall ever seeing this woman looking down in the dumps or remotely depressed. She’s always fucking smiling and cheering everyone on like she’s the goddess Laetitia herself.
Riley tugged the bathroom door open and stalked out with Carmen following close behind. She was going to simply tell Grace that she needed some time off, and take it from there.
“Riley, I’ve been looking all over for you!” Grace was right behind her as she exited the bathroom.
“Can’t even go to the ladies without the dragon hunting me down.” she mumbled under her breath to Carmen. “I’m sure she’s got her period again.”
Carmen choked back a laugh and hurried to her desk, and Riley obediently followed Grace to her office.
“You’ve had three weeks to give me something to work with, how is this coming along?” Grace asked without looking up from her laptop.
“I, uh, I’m working on it.”
“What’s it about?”
Shit.
Riley cursed inwardly. “Well, it’s different, but I can’t tell you yet,” – she lied – “I need some time off for research though.”
Grace looked at Riley over the rim of her spectacles and paused, “Very well, whatever you need, just get it done.”
And just like that she was dismissed. Thank god Grace didn’t have a hundred and one questions about her taking time off. On the bright side, she didn’t have to get up early to rush to the office.
Relieved Riley walked over to her desk and packed up her laptop, if she left now, she could go past the novelty shop and see if she could pick up something special to help her with her research. Not that she needed any, over the past two years in writing her Sex-Ed column for Action Inked; she had collected plenty of sex toys from suppliers who subtly bribed her just so that they could have one mention in her articles. They either gave her demo models of end of the range out dated toys. Perhaps it was time she invested in something unique.
*******
Riley pulled up to the adult novelty store contemplating whether or not to go ahead and actually waste her hard earned money on sex toys. After much thought she grabbed her handbag and exited the car. She had been to this store once before, when she came to get her
gift, back
when she featured the store in one of her articles a few months ago, it was just like all the other gifts, a cheap silicone dildo, one of the many she had stashed in her Pandora’s box, she preferred to call it. She stood in front of the store and looked at the shop front; she couldn’t help but wonder how many employees pass through a store like this. It’s not like anyone goes to school or college with the ideal to one day work in a sex shop, then again, no one ever considers being a fast food vendor either, it’s probably just the luck of the draw, and nowadays, with the economic state, people would accept any paying job to put food on the table.
She finally entered the store and then cringed as the door chime rang, how she hated those stupid things, announcing your presence to the world. She mentally rolled her eyes, squared her shoulders and then passed the cashier, making her way to the toy section. She didn’t even give the rubber dildos a second glance; she headed straight for the state of the art electronic toys.
“Can I help you?”
Awkward,
she thought and slowly turned to eye out the creepy guy smiling at her as if she was a slice of pizza.
“I’m just browsing thanks.” she said and shifted further along the isle.
“Aren’t you that writer?” the guy asked in his heavy southern accent.
Great, another fan,
“you’ll have to be more specific, there are plenty writers out there.” she said blankly.
“The one from Action Inked. I know you; you gave our store a special mention a few months ago.”
And you don’t even know my name,
Riley thought as her irritation escalated.
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