Boss by Claire Donovan

Author:Claire Donovan [Donovan, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult Fiction
Publisher: Claire Donovan
Published: 2015-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

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ROAD TRIP

Mace

FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO go see the lake house so bad, Alyssa sure is taking her own sweet time getting here this morning. I’m parked in my car waiting, heat running, in one of my designated spots in the covered garage.

I’m baffled at how Alyssa even managed to talk me into this trip up to the auction. Oh, that’s right, by using her sweet sexy voice and emphasis on it being an investment property. I know that if I actually buy the rat-hole and later try to sell it, she’ll chain herself to the front door to stop me.

At the very least I hope that she doesn’t irritate the shit out of me on the drive up to the lake. She better not get too damn excited about buying the house while we’re up there. I’m not investing in any property that isn’t in decent condition and at the right price. Even if it was our house at one time, it sure as hell isn’t now. Alyssa needs to remember that.

Speak of the she-devil, her little white sedan finally pulls into the space next to mine. I get out to load her shit into my car. When she pops her trunk, it looks like there’s a half dozen bags of different shapes and sizes. “Are you packing for the fucking zombie apocalypse?”

“Mace! There’s only five bags! And one of them is a tote full of snacks.” Whatever. I seize her luggage and toss it into my trunk. She snatches one of the bags back. “That’s the snacks for the trip! It goes with us in the front seat. Stop being such an ass.”

“What took you so long to get here?”

She glares at me and gestures to her gorgeous face and body, “This illusion doesn’t just happen on its own you know.”

“Sorry. I didn’t realize I was looking at an illusion,” I say. That’s when I realize it’s going to be a long goddam drive to Lake Canandaigua.

About half-way through the drive, Alyssa scoots over next to me and relaxes against my chest. Her champagne hair smells nice enough for me to want to keep breathing her scent in forever, and the soft skin of her cheek pressing against my shoulder makes me want to kiss her lips. She sighs and I can feel the last wires of tension in her let loose. She falls asleep with her head in my lap. I slide my fingers through her hair while I’m driving. I really like stroking her hair with my fingers. Whenever I touch her or smell her my senses explode, and if I dare look into her blue eyes I become strangely unhappy. Like I’m missing something important in my life. It’s hard to keep resisting her, even when she’s not trying to entice me.

Truth be known, for the first time in a long time I’m not trusting my feelings. I’ve always been able to keep myself out of relationships, but being around her has made me look at just how empty my life is.

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