Hanna asked. “Did she speak to you?” Carla only nodded. “Well, what did she say, child?” Carla closed her eyes as though she was in pain.
“She called me a slut,” Carla whispered, ashamed. And perhaps she’s right. Here I am, the taste of my boss’s lips on my tongue.
Hanna clucked her tongue. “Such a hypocrite. That woman ran around with every man who would bed her before she married Atreus. And then she runs out on her husband and child, with Atreus’s business partner! How can she call you such names when she’s no saint?” Heat burned in Carla’s cheeks at the thought of someone betraying Atreus so deeply.
“I wish I’d had my wits about me when she came here,” Carla said, looking earnestly at Hanna. “I would have told her exactly where to shove it.” At that moment, Dios finished his bottle and squirmed in Hanna’s arms, leaning towards Carla’s tired frame.
“Mama, mama, mama!” He cooed, and Carla felt herself smile, even though it was the last thing she felt like doing. Hanna handed her the child and promised to bring up some hot tea, leaving Carla alone with her ward. As Dios tangled his fingers in her hair and babbled nonsensically, Carla chided herself for acting so hastily and wanting to go home.
Dios needs me here , she thought, breathing in his sweet baby smell. And, perhaps, so does his father .
*****
Chapter 2
Carla had vanished, and Brian Kennedy was fuming.
“She never said she was going anywhere!” He paced about his apartment while his roommate Andrew watched.
“Dude, why are you freaking out? You were already broken up,” Andrew said, his eyes glued to a football game on the television.
“She still loves me,” Brian snarled. “I know she does. She’s just confused.” He flopped down on the couch next to Andrew and stared at the ceiling. Andrew set the television on mute and looked at his friend.
“If that’s really what you think, why don’t you ask her friends where she went? If she loves you after all, she wouldn’t have just disappeared without a reason.”
And that’s when Brian was struck with an idea. Sarah . Sarah was Brian’s latest catch, and a friend of Carla’s. They had met through Onella, for whom Sarah worked, and quickly became inseparable. That is, until Carla broke up with Brian and Sarah began seeing him on the rebound. Rich, gorgeous, and needy, Sarah was the perfect placeholder for Carla until Brian managed to win his girl back. Girls are ones to gossip , he thought, dialing Sarah’s number. Maybe she knows where Carla’s run off to . Sarah answered on the first ring.
“Hi,” Sarah’s sexy voice purred.
“Sweetheart. How’s my girl today?” Brian could turn his voice to honey when he wanted to, and he could just see Sarah squirming in her seat.
“She misses you something terrible.” Sarah’s voice was husky and dripping with sensuality.
“Hmm, whatever shall we do about that?” Brian asked, knowing just how to turn her on.
“My place, tonight?” Sarah asked breathily. “I’m so wet for you already, I can hardly wait.” Brian chuckled darkly, as he felt himself twitching beneath his trousers.
“God, Sar. You do know how to turn me on,” he said and she giggled sexily. “Tell you what. Satisfy yourself now . . . and I’ll do it again and again for you tonight.”
*****
That night, as they laid panting and glistening in sweat tangled in Sarah’s sheets, Brian ran a hand through her sleek brown hair.
“Did you really touch yourself at work today?” he asked, and Sarah rolled over to face him, smiling devilishly.
“I came so hard thinking of you, I soaked straight through my knickers. Had to take them off and throw them out. I went the rest of the day naked and sensitive and waiting for you.” She nuzzled against him and kissed him seductively. The moonlight shimmered off the modern surfaces of Sarah’s spacious apartment, dancing in her hair and gleaming in her
“She called me a slut,” Carla whispered, ashamed. And perhaps she’s right. Here I am, the taste of my boss’s lips on my tongue.
Hanna clucked her tongue. “Such a hypocrite. That woman ran around with every man who would bed her before she married Atreus. And then she runs out on her husband and child, with Atreus’s business partner! How can she call you such names when she’s no saint?” Heat burned in Carla’s cheeks at the thought of someone betraying Atreus so deeply.
“I wish I’d had my wits about me when she came here,” Carla said, looking earnestly at Hanna. “I would have told her exactly where to shove it.” At that moment, Dios finished his bottle and squirmed in Hanna’s arms, leaning towards Carla’s tired frame.
“Mama, mama, mama!” He cooed, and Carla felt herself smile, even though it was the last thing she felt like doing. Hanna handed her the child and promised to bring up some hot tea, leaving Carla alone with her ward. As Dios tangled his fingers in her hair and babbled nonsensically, Carla chided herself for acting so hastily and wanting to go home.
Dios needs me here , she thought, breathing in his sweet baby smell. And, perhaps, so does his father .
*****
Chapter 2
Carla had vanished, and Brian Kennedy was fuming.
“She never said she was going anywhere!” He paced about his apartment while his roommate Andrew watched.
“Dude, why are you freaking out? You were already broken up,” Andrew said, his eyes glued to a football game on the television.
“She still loves me,” Brian snarled. “I know she does. She’s just confused.” He flopped down on the couch next to Andrew and stared at the ceiling. Andrew set the television on mute and looked at his friend.
“If that’s really what you think, why don’t you ask her friends where she went? If she loves you after all, she wouldn’t have just disappeared without a reason.”
And that’s when Brian was struck with an idea. Sarah . Sarah was Brian’s latest catch, and a friend of Carla’s. They had met through Onella, for whom Sarah worked, and quickly became inseparable. That is, until Carla broke up with Brian and Sarah began seeing him on the rebound. Rich, gorgeous, and needy, Sarah was the perfect placeholder for Carla until Brian managed to win his girl back. Girls are ones to gossip , he thought, dialing Sarah’s number. Maybe she knows where Carla’s run off to . Sarah answered on the first ring.
“Hi,” Sarah’s sexy voice purred.
“Sweetheart. How’s my girl today?” Brian could turn his voice to honey when he wanted to, and he could just see Sarah squirming in her seat.
“She misses you something terrible.” Sarah’s voice was husky and dripping with sensuality.
“Hmm, whatever shall we do about that?” Brian asked, knowing just how to turn her on.
“My place, tonight?” Sarah asked breathily. “I’m so wet for you already, I can hardly wait.” Brian chuckled darkly, as he felt himself twitching beneath his trousers.
“God, Sar. You do know how to turn me on,” he said and she giggled sexily. “Tell you what. Satisfy yourself now . . . and I’ll do it again and again for you tonight.”
*****
That night, as they laid panting and glistening in sweat tangled in Sarah’s sheets, Brian ran a hand through her sleek brown hair.
“Did you really touch yourself at work today?” he asked, and Sarah rolled over to face him, smiling devilishly.
“I came so hard thinking of you, I soaked straight through my knickers. Had to take them off and throw them out. I went the rest of the day naked and sensitive and waiting for you.” She nuzzled against him and kissed him seductively. The moonlight shimmered off the modern surfaces of Sarah’s spacious apartment, dancing in her hair and gleaming in her
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