by Ava Lore
Tara started, then blinked, trying to comprehend what he was saying. When she realized she hadn't misunderstood him, she frowned. “You... you are?”
Amiably he nodded. “I have... a newfound passion for my work.”
At the word passion, she licked her lips and became very still.
“Oh?” she said.
“Yes.” He turned to her, and his green eyes bored into her, intense, absorbing. She wanted to fall into them. “Would you like to come?”
Yes. “With you? Ministering?”
He nodded.
She thought very carefully. “Are you... angry with me?”
He closed his eyes and breathed deeply, turning his face to the sky. “'And the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a help meet for him.”'” He paused. “Help me, Tara.”
She didn't know what to say. “I... I don't know if I can work closely with you,” she told him finally. She knew she couldn't. Her heart would break a thousand times each minute she was near and yet still forbidden to touch him.
And then he turned and kissed her.
Shocked, she held very still. His lips were warm, sweet, inviting. Memories slammed into her. Fire rose in her belly.
He pulled away. “No,” he said. “Be with me, Tara. Lend me your strength.”
She wanted to cry, wanted to tell him it was his strength that sustained her, that it was he who had pulled her from the dark, but maybe, just maybe, she had repaid the favor.
“Yes,” she said.
He kissed her again, and this time she threw her arms around him and they kissed until they couldn't breathe and broke apart.
Tara pressed her forehead to his, and against her face she felt the wind pick up. Just as if someone, somewhere, had opened a window.
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About the Author
Ava Lore was raised by wombats and lives to corrupt the innocent. When she's not writing erotic romance, she spends her time thinking about writing erotic romance and drinking enough iced coffee to kill a musk ox.
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The Billionaire's Wife (A Reluctant BDSM Erotic Romance):
Bartered Proposal: The Billionaire's Wife, Part 1
Bartered Seduction: The Billionaire's Wife, Part 2
Bartered Bride: The Billionaire's Wife, Part 3
Bartered Desire: The Billionaire’s Wife, Part 4
Bartered Submission: The Billionaire’s Wife, Part 5
Her Alien Abductor: Galactic Concubine, Part 1 (Alien Erotica)