His Obsession Her Curves
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We went inside and got down to work. Jack began by tackling the boxes with my books. He seemed to enjoy going through all of them and commenting. He was even making a pile of books that he’d like to borrow, although I told him that it didn’t count as helping. As I said that, something in his eyes changed.
“Sorry, Tessa, I need to have a quick meeting outside with my children,” he said abruptly, jumping to his feet. I didn’t know what was going on, but I left them to it. I had too much to do to worry about what they were talking about.
After about ten minutes, they walked back in and Spencer came straight up to me and announced that they could no longer help me pack up. When I asked why, Jack answered:
“We think we should leave your things in boxes. In fact, we should pack up the things you’ve unpacked. We’ve discussed it as a family and we, especially me, would like you to move in with us. And not as a nanny, but as my girlfriend… and maybe even as more one day. I love you and I know it’s soon and it should be strange, but it’s not. We fit together. We work well together. And the kids are nuts about you. What do you think? I even have a spare room I could turn into a study for you… you know, for when you go to grad school?”
I couldn’t believe it. It all seemed so unreal. But I felt it too. I was in love with Jack. And I was just as nuts about the kids as they were about me.
I jumped up and kissed him.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” he said, grinning as he kissed me back.
Epilogue
Three months later, Jack got down on one knee and asked Tessa to marry him (with the kids’ permission of course). Tears streamed down her cheeks as she eagerly took the beautiful ring and said yes. It may have seemed soon to other people, but Tessa and Jack were meant for each other and anyone who ever spent time around them knew this.
It was a summertime wedding out in the countryside. Lissa was the flower girl and Spencer handed over the rings with a huge smile on his face. They were all so happy that they were going to be a family forever.
Shortly afterwards, Tessa finished graduate school and went out into the workforce. She took a job at Jack’s company. Whenever people ask whether it’s weird working for her husband, she laughs and says, “You should hear how we met!”
Once they’d been married for a year, Tessa fell pregnant. The couple were worried about telling Spencer and Lissa, but the children were thrilled that they were going to have another sibling. Nine months later, Tessa gave birth to a little boy named Jack Jr.
THE END
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BIllionaire’s Party Planner
Chapter 1 (Preview)
Anna
“How are the books looking?” I asked my assistant, bookkeeper and best friend without looking
at her. I knew the news would be bad. I just didn’t know how bad it would be this week.
“The good news is that my spreadsheet skills are amazing. The bad news is that we’re in the
red. Like, deep in the red, Anna,” Chloe replied with a cynical edge in her usually optimistic
voice.
I knew things were bad, but I thought they’d pick up during wedding season. The event industry
booms in spring and during the first month or so of summer.
“It was that damn review from the Collins. I swear, it’s like people don’t see all the five-star
reviews we’ve received and only the one negative one,” she continued.
I knew it was the review that awful couple had left. They’d come to us with an incredibly small
budget, but I thought they were really sweet and said I’d see what I could do. They then decided
that every idea I had was “too cheap.” They wanted an engagement party fit for the queen, but
were only willing to pay pennies. Even the venue they wanted was too expensive and yet they’d
pleaded with me to “make it work.” Eventually, I had to tell them that their budget wouldn’t even
cover the decorations they wanted. They didn’t like it and wrote a scathing review when they
ended up planning their own party in their backyard and it had been a total mess.
They were the clients from hell and the review was mostly made up. But as a business owner, I
didn’t have much say in what they chose to write online. People listened to them and very
quickly we began to lose business. My website was covered with images from amazing events
I’d put together and wonderful testimonials from happy clients. All it took was one bad review
and my business was failing. It broke my heart.
I had poured my whole life into building my business. I’d started it while I was studying and
slowly I went from planning 21st parties for rich students to doing engagement parties, tech
conferences, and weddings. I had completely ignored my personal life and I only spent time with
my best friend because I worked with her. And now, we were soon going to be looking for new
jobs.
“You know, all we need is one big party. I’m talking really big with a high budget. We do that and
get a rave review online to top the bad one and we’ll be back in business.” Chloe was back to
speaking in that over-the-top positive voice that I loved, even though it was usually saying
unrealistic things.
“Yeah, but where do we find a billionaire who is willing to give a small company like us a
chance?” I said, pacing my office trying to think of some way to find new clients and soon.
Chapter 2 (Preview)
Alistair
I could hear two female voices chatting from the hallway, which promptly stopped when I
knocked firmly on the office door. Two seconds later, a young woman answered with a bright
smile on her face. “Hi, welcome to Anna Glo’s Events. What can I do for you?”
“Could I speak to Anna, please? I need an event planned and I hear that’s what you do.” I could
tell that they weren’t used to people stopping by their office, especially not men in fitted suits
with expensive haircuts. I knew I came off as vaguely arrogant, but I didn’t care. I resented
having to organize my brother’s engagement party, but I knew it had to get done and I’d left it
until the last minute.
After the review I’d seen online, I knew this woman couldn’t possibly be too busy to take my
money. I didn’t care whether or not she did a good job… just that the party happened on the
right date and at the right place, which my mother had already stated on the invites. I wasn’t a
big fan of my brother and really didn’t quite care whether he enjoyed his party or not. In fact, it
would be kind of fun for me if he had an awful time. That’s partly why I’d chosen an event
organizer with possibly the worst review online.
“Hiya, I’m Anna. Please
come through to my office,” a pretty woman said as she skipped toward
me with her hand extended. I shook it and followed her into a small meeting room with
comfortable looking couches and black and white photographs framed on the walls.
“I have a proposition for you,” I started saying immediately, I didn’t really have time for
pleasantries. “I’m going to pay you a lot of money to throw my brother an engagement party at
my family’s estate in the countryside this weekend and you’re going to pretend that I asked you
to do this two months ago.”
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Hope Stone
Hope Stone writes hot and steamy short romances featuring heroes that can't help falling in insta love. She loves possessive and protective alpha men, instant love stories and always happily ever afters.
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