Fortune and Glory by Stephen John

Author:Stephen John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Miss Fortune, Jana DeLeon, Cozy, Crime Thriller, Action and Adventure, Young Adult, women's literature, happily ever after
Publisher: Stephen John
Published: 2018-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

THE KNOCK ON MY HOTEL door startled me. I glanced at the digital clock on the end table. It was 3:15 a.m. Maybe I imagined it, I thought. I lay back down but heard the knock again as soon as my head hit the pillow.

“What is it, Gertie?” I yelled.

“It’s not Gertie,” I heard a male voice say. It was Carter Le Blanc.

“Carter!” I yelled. “What the hell are you doing here?”

I opened the door. There he stood. Normally clean shaven for duty, he had a two-day-old scruff on his face that made him look even hotter than normal.

“I may have to leave Sinful for a while,” he said. “I wanted to see you again before I left.”

“That’s so sweet,” I said. I felt myself blushing.

“Are you all right?” he asked, stepping forward. He was close enough that he was nearly touching me. Instinctively I stepped back. It was then I realized I was dressed in only a sheer half shirt and tiny panties that barely covered my...

“In case something goes wrong, I...” he added.

“What could go wrong?” I asked.

He reached up and touched my hair, pulling it away from my face and behind my ear.

“I don’t know,” he said. He put his right arm around my waist and gently pulled me into him. He gave me a long, warm kiss. It made me feel as though I was melting.

I heard a knock at the door. I ignored it.

“Carter...” I began. “Tell me why you are really here.”

“I think you know,” he said, looking deeply into my eyes. “I’ve been thinking. It’s silly for us to be apart. Fortune, I love you. I always have. I want to be with you forever.”

At long last, I thought. It was out there. I would not let it pass.

“I want to be with you, too,” I admitted. Tears welled in my eyes. “I’m so happy we are saying it.”

Carter kissed me again. It was passionate and lingering, unlike any other kiss I’d ever known. His hands rested on my lower back, just above my hips. I moved into him feeling the warmth of his body. His hands drifted lower.

The annoying knock came again.

“Fortune!” I heard Ida Belle calling.

I broke the kiss off and looked at Carter. He looked deeply into my eyes. He smiled and then slowly... he... faded... away.

“Fortune!” Ida Belle called again. “Wake up!”

Wake up?

Once again, a beautiful dream had been interrupted. My eyes opened. I was still in the bed and not in my panties and sexy t-shirt. I was in my flannel pajamas. No Carter. No kiss. No... nothing. I looked at the digital clock. It was 1:30 a.m.

“What is it, Ida Belle?” I replied. “Can’t it wait until morning?”

“No, it can’t,” she said.

“Let us in, Fortune,” Gertie called.

I opened the door. Ida Belle and Gertie blew past me into the room. Ida Belle was carrying her laptop. “Wait until you see what we found out,” she said.

Ida Belle sat the laptop on the small table which served as a desk.

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