Twist (A BDSM & Romantic Erotica Boxed Set) by Tara Crescent & Livia Grant & Jennifer Bene & Sophie Kisker & Christine Hart & Alice Schermer & Livnah A. Eden & Richard North

Author:Tara Crescent & Livia Grant & Jennifer Bene & Sophie Kisker & Christine Hart & Alice Schermer & Livnah A. Eden & Richard North [Crescent, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Erotic Collective
Published: 2015-05-11T23:00:00+00:00

Calista shoved the stack of papers and lesson plans into her stylish leather briefcase. It wasn't that she was necessarily in a hurry to get home on another Friday night. Considering how long the weekends stretched out in the three months since Kevin's death, the only advantage of heading straight home from school was she could open the waiting bottle of wine sooner.

A fellow third grade teacher, Bethany, called out as she passed her open classroom door. "Night Cali. Hope you have a good weekend."

She stopped to poke her head in. "You too, Bethany. You and Jim have fun with your in-laws visiting."

"Very funny. I hope I'm still married when you see me on Monday."

"Me too. Just stay calm. They're leaving soon."

Cali headed out to the parking lot, thinking of how she'd love to get rid of her own in-laws. Since Kevin's death, they had barely checked in with her to see how she was doing and when they had, each conversation had gotten more accusatory about what she'd done to push their son into the arms of another woman. Not once had they said they were sorry about how Kevin had treated her. Not once had they offered to help her sort out her finances. It had been up to her to figure out that Kevin had neglected to purchase life insurance. It had been up to her to figure out how much debt they were in and how there was no way her teacher's salary alone was going to be able to dig herself out.

She wasn't looking forward to her appointment with a real estate agent the following day. It wasn't that she was emotionally attached to the house per se, but she wasn't prepared to deal with figuring out where she wanted to move yet. She was just grateful they had put close to fifty percent down on the house, with her in-law's help of course. She would be fine financially once she got the equity out.

She was approaching her car when she looked beyond to see Nicholas Mikos walking towards her. He looked even more handsome than she remembered from their dinner a few months before. She stood rooted to her spot as their eyes locked. She hadn't expected him to seek her out in person.

"Cali. I'm sorry to startle you, but I was worried about you and... well... I wanted to talk with you."

Her brain was running on high speed, trying to think of the right thing to say. "Nick. I didn't expect to see you here."

"I understand, but you aren't taking my calls. I didn't want to come to the house so I thought this would be the best place to approach you."

"I didn't take two of your calls and that was after you ignored several of my texts first. I get it. I knew reading the stuff on the USB would change how you felt about everything."

"I'm sorry. I was a jerk not to respond. It just took some time to process everything."

"Hey, you don't need to explain it to me.