Punishing His Accountant 3: Contract Settlements by Alicia Roberts

Author:Alicia Roberts [Alicia Roberts]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00BLQYVF2
Published: 2013-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Ella’s new job was with a large publishing company in the northwestern suburbs, not far from where she grew up. It was a long commute from Hyde Park, but the company gave her flex time and even let her work from home two days a week. She had been there a month and had already mastered the job, so her career was stable again.

After she left Josh’s house the morning she signed the release form, she had resolved not to let the end of their relationship bother her. After all, he had never pretended it was anything other than what he’d presented her with – a business agreement. Ella decided to do the same. It wasn’t her style to play the fool.

After her experience with Josh, she found herself getting more dates. Maybe she carried herself differently, or maybe she was dressing differently, but the offers were frequent and numerous. Most of the men she went out with were nice and had good jobs. She even slept with a few of them, but only once. That was probably a mistake. They kept calling her and leaving messages, but Ella didn’t return their calls.

The sex had been average. Before she met Josh, she probably would have been satisfied with it. Now Ella realized how powerfully the role of submissive had become a part of her, and how much she needed a man who was dominant.

The truth was, Josh had ruined other men for her.

Ella resolved to cope as best she could. She boxed up all the lingerie he had given her in a storage bin and stashed it in a closet. She kept the three-inch heels for special occasions but stowed the four-inch pumps away with her winter boots. Shoes like that would only look out of place in the life she was living now. She made a resolution not to break any more hearts, so she stopped going home with her dates. She bought a box of fresh batteries for her vibrator.

***

The snow had melted and the city crews were planting flowers in the enormous street planters the day she bumped into Josh.

She was coming out of the bank through the revolving door as he was going in. The sight of him on the other side of the glass startled her so much that she forgot to exit the revolving door, which continued to spin until she found herself back inside the bank and standing next to him.

“Well, hello, Ella,” he said warmly. “It’s good to see you.”

Ella’s heart was pounding so hard that she wasn’t sure she could speak. “Hello Sir,” she said, before she caught herself.

She had called him Sir in public, by mistake. It doesn’t matter, she thought to herself. Their contract was no longer in effect.

Josh had noticed her error and looked amused. “How is your new job going?” he asked.

Ella’s heart rate was slowly returning to normal. “It’s really working out well,” she said. “I appreciate your helping me get it.”

“My pleasure.”

Ella took a deep breath.

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