Love Loyal and True: Must Love Diamonds Series, Book 2 by Stacey Joy Netzel

Author:Stacey Joy Netzel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stacey Joy Netzel

Chapter 17

Roxanna locked the door after Loyal, flipped her sign to Closed, realized it had already been flipped, and flipped it back again. Worried he’d see her acting like a befuddled idiot, she hurried to the register counter to turn off the lights for the front of the store, then turned around to lean against it as she pressed her hands to her hot cheeks.

What the hell had just happened?

And what the hell did I just agree to?

Sex with Loyal is what she’d agreed to. Again.

Oh, he could pretend he was offering his accounting skills all he wanted, but they both knew what services he was really coming back for. So much for one night. Her heart raced, and her body tingled in places he’d pleasured so exceptionally two nights ago.

She’d thought he might kiss her at the door—wanted him to—but thank the Lord he hadn’t. One touch of his lips and she’d have said the hell with waiting until Wednesday. She’d have hauled him in the back to the over-sized lounge chair in her reading room and had her way with him right there.

Her core muscles clenched with longing.

Thank God he hadn’t called her bluff. By respecting her request, he’d saved her without even knowing it. He’d given her time to think things through with a rational mind instead of a wanton heart.

So the real question was, could she do it? After all these years of fantasizing about him while also hating him and now liking him, could she sleep with him for as long as it took for him to get tired of her and still escape with her heart unscathed?

The swift, painful squeeze in her chest confirmed her worst fears.

No, she couldn’t.

Somehow, between now and Wednesday, she had to figure out a way to make herself immune to Loyal.

Yeah. Somehow, between now and Wednesday, she had to figure out how to do the impossible. Unfortunately, she was more likely to get the numbers in her accounting program to add up.

Numbers.

Roxanna straightened as her brain started working again. That was the key. She’d make it all about business. Call his bluff and actually have him balance her books—and pay him money to do it.

She blew out a shaky sigh and brushed her hair back from her face before finishing up her closing procedures.

Tuesday morning, she made it out to vote and back again before opening the shop at nine. It was a busy day of stocking new inventory with Tessa and Darcy in between scheduled readings, and as soon as she locked the door at six, she went upstairs to change and get ready for the Governor’s election night party. Early exit polling put the race closer than expected after the opposition party had done everything they could to spin the hell out of the now-old secret love child story and discredit the Governor.

After checking her coat a little after eight, Roxanna made her way through the crowd into the ballroom at the hotel, her fingers clutched nervously in the skirt of her blue bohemian maxi dress.

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