Touch of Smoke: Four20 Bae by A.C. Arthur

Author:A.C. Arthur [Arthur, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Artistry Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

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She crept into her apartment at a little after nine on Sunday morning, acting like she was doing the walk of shame. Only, she lived alone, so there was nobody to witness the walk and make it shameful. Unless she counted the guilt that had ridden in the car with her like an annoying passenger during the drive home from Ro’s house.

Ro’s beautiful home, she corrected because that place was more than just a house. Or rather it would be. She could see it so clearly in every room she’d walked into when they’d finally gotten around to a full tour. The bedrooms were large, the deck and yard were too. Definitely a home for entertaining. There was an amazing basement where Ro mentioned creating a home gym. He’d selected one of the rooms upstairs for his home office and she’d quietly envied the room at the back of the house with the window giving a fabulous view of a thick line of trees amidst the crisp blue sky. That would be a perfect office as well.

Going straight back to her bedroom, she dropped down onto her bed, falling back to stare up at the ceiling. “Girl, what have you done?”

She’d not only slept with Ro again, but she’d also asked him to help her get her new business venture off the ground. The new business venture that she’d been keeping quiet because she wasn’t convinced she could make it happen. But Ro believed in her. There hadn’t been a moment’s hesitation or doubt in his voice as he asked her questions about her vision. Then, when he’d come back with how he could help her achieve the vision, she’d been amazed and excited, and more in love with this man than she’d already spent half her life being.

A love that she never thought would see the light of day. Especially not after their first night together all those years ago.

“We can’t do this to our families, Ro,” she said sitting up in the hotel bed. She pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. Then, rested her chin on her knees. “Donyell and I have been friends since we were twelve years old. I’ve been in and out of your parents’ house like I was a member of the family since that time. My uncle and my mother still haven’t gotten past that awful summer when you were sent away and I’m not sure your parents have forgiven either of them for all the awful things that were said.” She released a heavy sigh. “There are so many more people to consider in this than just you and I.”

Glancing back, she noticed he hadn’t moved from his position on his back, arms folded behind his head. The sheet rode low on his hips leaving his deep mocha-hued chest bare for her admiration. But she didn’t look longer than it took to see that he was staring up at the ceiling and not bothering to look at her.

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