Dark & Dirty: A Dark Erotic Fantasy Anthology by Lea Bronsen & DC Stone & R. Brennan & Kastil Eavenshade & Jenika Snow

Author:Lea Bronsen & DC Stone & R. Brennan & Kastil Eavenshade & Jenika Snow [Bronsen, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Writers in Crime
Published: 2016-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

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At lunch hour, the restaurant buzzed with low conversation and clinks of cutlery and glasses.

Roman hunched over the table. His neck and shoulders ached. A headache hovered, threatening to cripple his mind for the rest of the day. Work always piled high this time of year, but today, his secretary, Cindy, stayed at home with a sick child, so he had more on his desk than he could handle. It didn’t help that his kids had a day off from school, and since Jen, their mother, attended an important meeting, he brought them to his office. Well, it didn’t help in the sense that the kids were high and low, exploring, asking questions, taking up his time. But they were sweet and good-hearted, and he loved them more than life itself. If he had to sacrifice something for them—anything—he would not hesitate a second.

Time to go. Impatience made him sizzle. So much to do. At the end of the day, after Jen picked up the kids, he had two meetings to attend. One with representatives from a construction company, and the other with his organization’s board members.

He drew a deep, relaxing breath and looked at his kids. Usually, it took little Lily ages to finish her meal, but now she ate like a trooper. Maybe she sensed daddy carried a load of stress and she decided to be nice. As for Nick, he went to and from the kitchen twice to refill his plate with meatballs and fries. He dreamed of becoming a famous soccer player, so he ate huge servings to grow big and strong.

Roman smiled. “C’mon.” He stood from his seat and took his tray. “Let’s go put this in the dishwasher and—”

“They have a dishwasher?” Nick asked, his clear blue eyes big. “I thought they had people to clean stuff for us.”

Roman raised a brow. “Who told you that?”

“Mom.”

He held back a groan. Jen was such a snob. How typical of her to think floor-level employees had to do the dirty jobs for others. They disagreed on a number of issues. Their ongoing divorce wasn’t solely due to her finding a new man. He had loved her fiercely for years, but nowadays, he grew tired of her. “No, it would be too much work for them. Just imagine, there are about a thousand people in this building. How would the kitchen workers be able to wash a thousand plates and…?”

Nick smiled, exposing a couple of missing front teeth. “The plates would pile aaall the way to the roof.”

“Exactly. So they have a really big dishwasher in the back of the kitchen. A monster of a dishwasher.”

“Oh,” Lily exclaimed, her baby-girl voice full of wonder. “Can we see it?”

“Sure.”

Both kids hurried up from their seats and, trays in hand, steered to the kitchen with Roman in tow.

Behind the counter, uniformed workers moved back and forth. He was usually too lost in thought to pay attention to them, but his kids’ questions had him take in the scene.

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