The Red Panda's Fake Mate by Sophie Stern

Author:Sophie Stern
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Stern
Published: 2022-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

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Jennifer

THERE ARE A LOT OF places I thought I'd find myself in my life, but none of them was a dressing room at a hotel boutique trying on overpriced swimsuits so my boss could approve or disapprove.

The fact that this resort even had boutiques still killed me.

I was kind of a Motel Six sort of person.

If a hotel had doors that closed, that was enough for me. I didn't need for it to be a place that had all of the best amenities.

And I certainly didn't need it to sell swimsuits.

When I'd packed, I'd done so purposefully. I knew that there was no chance in hell I was going to be wearing a swimsuit in front of Lewis, yet there I was strutting around, trying things on for him.

It really was a bit embarrassing.

He was my boss.

He wasn't my boyfriend or my lover or my partner.

He was my boss.

Yet when I stepped out of the dressing room and saw him sitting with his legs crossed in a plush armchair, I absolutely melted.

My body felt hot.

Really hot.

The sensation of excitement flooded my body as it wrapped from my neck to my thighs and everywhere in-between.

His expression didn't change as I walked toward him. He was leaning back with one elbow on the chair and his hand resting on his fist, as though he was considering an important piece of art and not looking at his employee's almost-naked body.

I scented something, all of a sudden. I didn't consider myself to have the best scenting abilities, but the smell that hit my nostrils was so much more than anything I'd ever experienced before.

And that was when I realized what it was

Arousal.

He was aroused.

By me.

Lewis, the man I was crazy about, was excited about me.

He liked the way I looked, I realized. I glanced down at the two-piece suit. It clung to my body, showing off everything about me. It was a high-waisted two piece, which covered most of my tummy, but not all of it, and it showed all of my curves

He liked the way that I looked, I realized.

He liked me.

Oh, maybe he didn’t like me enough to make a move or to date me, but then again, I hadn’t made a move, either. We both recognized the impossibility of dating each other while maintaining a professional relationship, and we’d silently made the decision to move forward in different ways.

Still, knowing that he liked my appearance filled me with this deep sense of satisfaction. I liked knowing that he was interested in me, too. I liked knowing that he was intrigued by the way I looked and by the way I modeled this particular suit for him.

He didn't seem to notice the little problem areas that I noticed, either.

There were things that I definitely noticed, but not him.

He just liked me.

And in that moment, I suddenly realized that I had power.

I had the power to make this man melt.

I had the power to get him excited.

And if I wanted to, I had the power to sleep with him.

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