Rites & Desires (Ruby Killingsworth Book 1) by Amanda Cherry

Author:Amanda Cherry [Cherry, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DefCon One Publishing
Published: 2018-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Getting out of bed the next morning hadn’t been the chore Ruby had guessed it might be. Normally, functioning after less than five hours of sleep ended badly for her, and worse for anyone with whom she may have needed to conduct business. But the morning after the Pops, she’d rolled over in bed, slid open her drawer, and run her fingers over the Eye of Africa before so much as sitting up beneath the covers. That single action had done more to spur her to wakefulness than a whole pot of strong coffee ever had.

Not that she was planning to skip her morning coffee--quite the contrary. She threw on her black silk dressing gown, hastily discarded over a chair during the previous night’s adventures, brushed her teeth, and darted upstairs to retrieve her first cup of the day before dressing. Her household staff had learned over the years that Ruby was not to be dealt with before she was properly caffeinated. It was no secret that Miss Killingsworth was not a morning person. The house manager at the mansion and the building manager who also handled the domestic staff for the penthouse were both well aware that new hires were to be told in no uncertain terms to avoid interacting with their employer before she left for work in the morning. This interdiction had come after many, many members of the household staff had been dismissed (and a few of them literally cursed) for inciting Ruby’s ire before coffee. Both her temper and her penchant for revenge had become legendary in the music business, and those fearsome traits were never more prominent than when she was insufficiently caffeinated.

Her full pot of properly steeped French press coffee was on the counter where it belonged, her stark white ceramic mug and Goblin Records travel cup flanking it on either side. And there was not a soul in sight. Magic and coffee and not having to deal with other people--that was exactly how Ruby Killingsworth liked her mornings to go. She’d wondered when he’d left if Jaccob might be coming back, although she was pretty sure he wouldn’t. They hadn’t discussed it, and she wasn’t sure that one episode of burgeoning carnal knowledge was enough to get him to change his opinion on when it would be appropriate to let himself into her apartment. It was probably for the best he hadn’t come back.

She’d never gotten used to the idea of overnight company, always having preferred her gentlemen callers to take their leave as soon as it was polite. There was a niggling feeling in the back of Ruby’s mind that this was likely not going to be the case with Jaccob; if his penchant for post-coital cuddling was any indication, she’d likely be awaking to find him still in her bed more often than not in the near future. She briefly entertained the notion of trying to steer things to his place--that way she could be the one to politely excuse herself in the middle of the night.

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