still…facing an alley in an area not populated with other apartments for neighbors.
“Do you feel safe here?” he asked with bite in his tone, his irritation showing.
“It’s not so bad,” Annie admitted reluctantly. “I don’t go out at night. If I’m in the clinic late, then I use the inside staircase and I always keep the outside door locked.” Shrugging, she continued, “It works for now. Sometime, when there is more money, I can move out. But it keeps me close to the animals if we have a patient that has to stay over, like Sarge. That way my employees don’t have to try to come back.”
“Who works for you?” As he asked, he found himself thinking when was the last time I gave a fuck about talking to a woman for any reason other than sex or information?
“Suzanne is a dream. She is almost finished with her vet tech degree and we’ve become good friends. She could work anywhere but said she wanted to work for a female vet. She’s kind of quiet and doesn’t go out much, so she is willing to work for me as she finishes her classes. Leon is my vet tech and surgical assistant and they both are my receptionists for now. I’m hoping to move her to a full-time vet tech position when she graduates and then be able to hire a full-time receptionist.”
“Money a problem?” Stoney asked cautiously.
Laughing, Annie replied, “Who doesn’t have money problems?”
She really didn’t know she was in possession of a quarter of a million dollars of cocaine. Twice. Throwing that shit out in the garbage.
“But you know what is nice?” she asked as she looked into his face. “Suzanne and Leon aren’t just employees. It seems as though we are starting from the ground up, building something special. We work closely and we have fun. So even though I can’t pay them what they are worth, and after the business expenses and my loan payments are paid each month, there is very little for me to live on…I love what I’m doing and who I’m doing it with. That makes it special, don’t you think?”
Stoney looked into the face of the woman sitting next to him. Eyes bright with excitement, not dull with drugs. Taking in a man and his dog, not expecting him to pay instead of trying to figure out exactly what she could extract from him. Stoney tried to remember a time when he knew women like Annie. But right now, all he could see in his mind was her. Her goodness.
They stared at each other for a few minutes, the street noises fading away until the only sound they heard was their breathing. Slowly drawing toward each other as though a magnet was pulling, they met in the middle of the sofa.
“Doc, I’ve fucked you up against a wall and then on the floor. A woman like you deserves to be taken in a bed by a man who cares. You got a problem with that?”
Annie’s eyes registered surprise. “You care?”
Stoney’s lips moved toward hers, stopping only when they were a breath away. “Girl, I’m so fucked, but yeah. I care.”
Seeing the slight smile curve the edges of her lips, he couldn’t wait any longer. Pulling her toward him forcefully, he took her mouth in a possessive kiss. I need this now. The rest of this shit, I’ll figure out later. His tongue plunged into her mouth and she moaned as he sucked on her tongue.
He stood, pulling her up with him, then scooped her up and walked past the kitchen counter. There were two doors, one obviously the bathroom. Turning right into her bedroom, he continued to kiss her as he slowly let her slide down his body. He could feel his dick tightly pressing into his jeans and knew she could feel it as well, as her body was pressed full frontal into his. Just as quickly as earlier he divested her of her clothes and for the first time perused her completely naked body.
Petite, she couldn’t be over five feet five inches tall. But curvy. Tits, ass, and long coppery hair that waved down her back. Green eyes that stared directly into his. He felt her hand raise up
“Do you feel safe here?” he asked with bite in his tone, his irritation showing.
“It’s not so bad,” Annie admitted reluctantly. “I don’t go out at night. If I’m in the clinic late, then I use the inside staircase and I always keep the outside door locked.” Shrugging, she continued, “It works for now. Sometime, when there is more money, I can move out. But it keeps me close to the animals if we have a patient that has to stay over, like Sarge. That way my employees don’t have to try to come back.”
“Who works for you?” As he asked, he found himself thinking when was the last time I gave a fuck about talking to a woman for any reason other than sex or information?
“Suzanne is a dream. She is almost finished with her vet tech degree and we’ve become good friends. She could work anywhere but said she wanted to work for a female vet. She’s kind of quiet and doesn’t go out much, so she is willing to work for me as she finishes her classes. Leon is my vet tech and surgical assistant and they both are my receptionists for now. I’m hoping to move her to a full-time vet tech position when she graduates and then be able to hire a full-time receptionist.”
“Money a problem?” Stoney asked cautiously.
Laughing, Annie replied, “Who doesn’t have money problems?”
She really didn’t know she was in possession of a quarter of a million dollars of cocaine. Twice. Throwing that shit out in the garbage.
“But you know what is nice?” she asked as she looked into his face. “Suzanne and Leon aren’t just employees. It seems as though we are starting from the ground up, building something special. We work closely and we have fun. So even though I can’t pay them what they are worth, and after the business expenses and my loan payments are paid each month, there is very little for me to live on…I love what I’m doing and who I’m doing it with. That makes it special, don’t you think?”
Stoney looked into the face of the woman sitting next to him. Eyes bright with excitement, not dull with drugs. Taking in a man and his dog, not expecting him to pay instead of trying to figure out exactly what she could extract from him. Stoney tried to remember a time when he knew women like Annie. But right now, all he could see in his mind was her. Her goodness.
They stared at each other for a few minutes, the street noises fading away until the only sound they heard was their breathing. Slowly drawing toward each other as though a magnet was pulling, they met in the middle of the sofa.
“Doc, I’ve fucked you up against a wall and then on the floor. A woman like you deserves to be taken in a bed by a man who cares. You got a problem with that?”
Annie’s eyes registered surprise. “You care?”
Stoney’s lips moved toward hers, stopping only when they were a breath away. “Girl, I’m so fucked, but yeah. I care.”
Seeing the slight smile curve the edges of her lips, he couldn’t wait any longer. Pulling her toward him forcefully, he took her mouth in a possessive kiss. I need this now. The rest of this shit, I’ll figure out later. His tongue plunged into her mouth and she moaned as he sucked on her tongue.
He stood, pulling her up with him, then scooped her up and walked past the kitchen counter. There were two doors, one obviously the bathroom. Turning right into her bedroom, he continued to kiss her as he slowly let her slide down his body. He could feel his dick tightly pressing into his jeans and knew she could feel it as well, as her body was pressed full frontal into his. Just as quickly as earlier he divested her of her clothes and for the first time perused her completely naked body.
Petite, she couldn’t be over five feet five inches tall. But curvy. Tits, ass, and long coppery hair that waved down her back. Green eyes that stared directly into his. He felt her hand raise up
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