Strictly Business: Hooded Pleasures, Book 1 by Sheryl Nantus

Author:Sheryl Nantus
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance;domme;submissive;love;red hot;bdsm;kink;contemporary
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Kate had been blocked creatively before—when her mother had told her she was getting married for the third time. When she’d walked in on her college roommate with her professor working on “extra credit”.

When Carl had left.

But this was the deepest, the worst she’d ever been. Hours had turned into days, and it dragged her into a void she didn’t see an escape from.

She couldn’t draw, couldn’t even begin to sketch. It was like her creativity was snarled up in a Gordian knot.

Kate surfed the websites, looking for inspiration. Webcomics, virtual museum tours, one link to the next to the next. Searching for the one image, the one phrase that would unstop the mental dam holding her creativity back.

She streamed her favorite television series in a viewing marathon. Documentaries. Movies she’d planned to see years ago and never got around to.

Her to-be-read stack of romance paperbacks dwindled to nothing.

She switched to her electronic stack and whittled it down.

The calendar glared at her accusingly as she finished cleaning the kitchen.

It’d only been a week.

Finally Kate gave in and called Ann.

Ann answered on the first ring. She listened to Kate’s mumbled, jumbled explanation about her impromptu vacation.

Finally Kate ran out of breath and stared at the phone.

“Stop.” Kate imagined Ann holding up her hand. “I’ll be over in an hour with a bottle of wine. Eric’s got some of his buddies coming over for a video game marathon so he won’t miss me and we won’t be disturbed.”

“But—”

“No buts. You’re freaking out and I’m not even going to try to handle this over the phone. You dig up some munchies, and I’ll be there soon.”

Kate hung up the phone and sighed.

The rambling had started the second she’d opened the door and seen Ann standing there with the bottle.

Kate burst into tears and babbled the entire way back into the kitchen, where she’d snatched a tissue from the half-empty box on the counter and tried to regain her composure while digging in a cupboard for the comfort food she knew was there.

“You’ve been like this for a week? Why didn’t you call me earlier?” Ann shook her head. “What are friends for?”

“I just—” Kate ripped open a bag of chips and placed it on the counter in front of them. “I thought I’d be okay. I mean, it’s only a break.”

“A break from what you like to do. What you love to do.” She handed Kate the wine bottle. “You know my track record on opening these things without breaking the cork.”

Kate chuckled as she found the corkscrew in a drawer and began peeling away the seal.

Ann eyed her. “So do you like this guy?”

“I’m not sure.” Kate wrestled the cork free and filled the waiting glasses.

“Liked him enough to sit and play on his computer for hours, let him feed you pizza and then kiss the hell out of him,” Ann said. “That’s something.”

Kate paused. “I’ve also, ah—” She looked at the bottle and considered taking a very unlady-like swig before continuing.

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