The Master: Steamy Boss Romance (Manhattan Records Book 3) by M. S. Parker

Author:M. S. Parker [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

Nate

“Ashlee…” I didn’t know how to ask what I needed to know without the question sounding stupid. She clearly wasn’t okay.

“Mom wants to see me tomorrow.” Her smile was forced. “She didn’t want to talk about it on the phone.”

“Is she sick again?” I hadn’t been able to hear Roberta’s response to Ashlee’s question about the cancer being back. If it was, I’d make sure Roberta had the best care, the best doctors, whatever it took.

“She said no.”

I could hear the doubt in Ashlee’s words. I squeezed her hand. “If she is, we’ll make sure she gets the best of everything.”

“Thank you.” She sighed. “I don’t think that’s it. I mean, I’m petrified that she just didn’t want me to worry tonight, but when I come at it logically, I know she wouldn’t make me wait for something like that. If she’d had a bad test result or something equally negative, she would’ve come straight to me. Or if she didn’t feel like she could come here, she’d have asked me to come over right away.”

I didn’t like this. I was supposed to take care of her, but how could I do that when there wasn’t anything I could do about the situation? It was frustrating enough, not being able to go to the media to defend myself and Ashlee against the accusations made against us, but this was worse. At least with the things going on with Calah, Roma, and Flora, I had legal recourse. I still preferred to fight my own battles, but I hadn’t been completely sidelined.

With this, I had no power, no plan. Nothing. I didn’t even know who or what we would be fighting against.

“What can I do?” I asked, putting my hand on her cheek. “Tell me how I can take care of you, le soleil.”

The hurt and anxiety in her eyes cut me deep. “I need to forget. To not think about all the things that could be wrong. I need to get out of my head.”

That, I could do.

I stood up and pulled her to her feet. One arm went around her waist, the other on the back of her neck, my thumb brushing back and forth across the bottom of her jaw. I held her tight, letting my body tell her without words that I’d never let her fall. Gently, my lips pressed against hers, the kiss soft and sweet.

Yesterday and earlier today, we’d both needed the distraction that came with rough intensity, with mind-clearing pain and the headspace that came with it. Right now, she needed to be comforted, cared for. As a Dom, it was my job. As her boyfriend, it was my privilege.

Neither of us spoke as I led her to my bedroom, though I felt her pause when she realized we weren’t going to the playroom. I took my time undressing her, letting touches linger on her soft skin. The tops of her breasts. The slight curve of her stomach. The backs of her knees.

When I knelt

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