Subordinate Position by Delaney Diamond

Author:Delaney Diamond [Diamond, Delaney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies, Short Stories, United States, African American, Romance, 30 Minutes (12-21 Pages), Single Authors
Amazon: B00DQXT4QY
Publisher: Delaney Diamond
Published: 2013-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

*****

Thirty minutes later, the two were seated in a corner of Danica’s office with several

Styrofoam containers of Indian food spread out on the round table she sometimes used

for smal meetings.

Marco had thrown his jacket and tie over the back of one of the chairs. Danica was

stil barefoot, with one stocking-clad thigh crossed over the other. She was laughing as

Marco entertained her with another one of his humorous stories about his mishaps as a

Mexican-American.

“What did you say to him?” she prodded, giggling before she even heard the

punch line.

“I just looked at him and said, with the thickest accent I could…taking it al the way

back to Mexico . . .”

“No, you didn’t. Tel me you didn’t!” His parents were Mexican, but he was born in

California, so he didn’t have an accent.

“Yes, I did,” Marco said with a remorseless nod. “I said to him, ‘ Lo siento, señor,

pero no hablo inglés.’”

Danica snorted as uncontrol able laughter erupted from her throat.

Marco leaned toward her. “Did you just snort?”

She clamped a hand over her mouth. She laughed so hard, the laughter turned

into a fit of coughing that had Marco leaning quickly toward her and patting her on the

back.“Are you okay?” he asked with a mixture of amusement and concern.

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Danica nodded her head vigorously. She pressed her palm against her chest and

inhaled deeply. “You’re a very bad man,” she said in an accusatory tone.

It was the first time Marco had seen her so relaxed around him, and the sight was

enough to make him catch his breath. Her lipstick was almost gone, and with the

combination of her face being lit up in amusement, she looked nothing like the aloof

thirty-something-year-old executive to which he was accustomed.

His gaze traveled over her face, taking in the high cheekbones and soft-looking

lips curved into an inviting, radiant smile that lit up his soul and made him forget the

stormy night.

He suddenly realized he was stil touching her. His hand rested on her shoulder,

and he became acutely aware of their close proximity. The same awareness dawned on

her at about the same time, and the smile slowly drifted from her face.

Fascinated, he watched the nervous slide of her tongue along the seam of her lips

and decided right then he could no longer hold back.

“I’m not, you know,” he said in a husky voice.

“Not what?” Danica breathed.

“Not bad.”

Marco eased his hand across her shoulder and felt the instinctive stiffening of her

body. He clasped her slender neck between his fingers and let his thumb rub against

her silky brown skin to ease the tension there. Her eyelids slowly lowered and her lips

parted into the most tempting invitation he had ever received. The trembling of her

shal ow breaths and the subtle scent of roses on her skin urged him to continue.

“In fact,” he whispered, bringing his face so close to hers that she must have felt

the brush of his breath across her irresistible lips. “Some would say I’m very, very

good.”

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