Twice the Temptation by Rochelle Alers

Author:Rochelle Alers [Alers, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9781426870002
Google: FZ38Nhdr94gC
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2010-10-01T10:36:02+00:00

Chapter 9

Denise felt like a kid at summer camp when she discovered the en suite bathroom was designed like a mini-spa. A garden tub with a Jacuzzi, free-standing shower and a sunken hot tub, surrounded by a water-impervious wood floor, was the perfect setting for total relaxation. She smiled. Now she knew why Rhett wanted her to relax.

Walking across the space, she opened the French doors to reveal another set of doors that opened onto a balcony overlooking a sizeable semicircular terrace off the main floor. Moving closer to the edge of the balcony, she rested her arms along the railing and closed her eyes. The warmth of the sun, the cool breeze off the bay and the smell of the water swept over her like a magical concoction, renewing and reviving her.

It had been so long, much too long, since Denise had been able to kick back and relax. Attending family gatherings didn’t count, because they only lasted a day or two at the most. She hadn’t taken a real vacation since opening the center, and long weekends didn’t count. Her entire existence was wrapped up in making a go of New Visions, and she hadn’t realized how staid her life had become until now.

Rhett had become a master at buying, renovating and flipping properties, and yet he still took time out to relax. Denise opened her eyes. There had to be something wrong with her. She was working very hard but not very smart. It wasn’t as if she didn’t have anything to show for her sacrifice—the progressive child care center was a model that she was very proud of. Maybe, she mused, reuniting with Rhett was what she needed to gain some insight into what she’d been doing and needed to do.

Rhett had talked about burnout when he’d attended Wharton full-time while working full-time. Maybe it was fatigue that had made him less than alert when he’d left his research paper on his desk at work. Fatigue that had been the impetus to change him and his future after his boss had claimed the work Rhett had done as his. It had been enough to fuel his rage where he’d been able to shake off the complacency and strike out on his own—something he’d talked about incessantly when they’d been in college together.

Even when she’d told Rhett that she wanted to follow in the footsteps of her mother, aunts and cousins to become a teacher, he’d asked her whether she wanted to spend the next thirty years of her life in a classroom. When she hadn’t answered he’d continued, asking whether she would consider becoming a principal or even a superintendent.

Rhett had always told her to aim high, and every five years reassess where she was and where she’d want to go. It had taken less than four years of classroom teaching before Denise knew she wanted to open a child care center. Teachers were hired to educate, and she wanted to blend education with what she’d

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