by Lea Bronsen
He jerked, body tensing like a bow then groaned against her neck, loud and roaring as a bear in heat. “Oh, fuck, oooooh!” His cock jolted inside of her. “Oooooh!”
Trembling uncontrollably while he filled her with cum, breathing in the musky smell of sex and sweat that emanated from them, she shot the store employee a heated glance.
The young guy staggered backward into the store with his face flushed and a wet spot spreading at crotch level on his jeans.
Epilogue
Three months later. The last of the tenant families had left for their daily trip after breakfast, when knocks sounded on the front door.
Curled up on the living room couch with her legs folded beneath her, Anne looked up from her romance book and sighed. Tiredness and lurking morning sickness nailed her to the spot. She didn’t want to make a single move.
At this hour, it could only be the facteur. She waited.
Indeed, after more knocks, the familiar marine blue cap appeared in the window beside the door, a hand shading the side of his thin face from the sunny reflection. “Madame?” His breath left a little condensation on the glass.
She lifted a heavy hand, waved. “Yes, here.”
Squinting eyes darted toward her, and upon recognition, a grin spread across his features. “Madame, you have mail.”
“You can come in.” She dreaded the next minutes of interrogation.
Thanks to the constant poking of his curious nose in people’s affairs, last week, the news of her pregnancy had spread like fire. Every villageois, big and small, had congratulated her, from the corpulent, mustached baker at the corner to the high-heeled cashier at Boutique La Mode, to the chatty florist whose store overflowed the sidewalk with colors and smells of summer, and crooked, old Madame Bouvet on her morning trips with Bibi the pug. Their kindness and excitement were so genuine, Anne should have been happy.
She was happy. Despite her morning grogginess, these past three months were the most precious days of her life. Nothing could compare to knowing she carried a baby in her womb, the one thing she desired more than any other! And Brian’s eyes, filling with tears of joy and pride when she told him the news, had made it simply perfect.
But the postman’s zeal was exhausting. As he opened the door and rushed in, waving an envelope, she took a deep breath and promised herself to keep their chat to a minimum.
The smell of pre-winter, fresh and mint-sharp, flowed in with the sunlight. Next summer, she would sit in the same spot on her couch, nursing a newborn.
She didn’t know who the father was, Brian, Mica, or Todd. There were methods to determine that, if any of them wanted to be certain. But, to her, it didn’t really matter. In her mind, all three men had fathered her baby.
“This is for you.” Breathless, eyes gleaming with excitement, the postman stopped in front of the coffee table and handed her the envelope.
It was small, purple, and felt light in her hand, probably containing a simple note. When she saw the stamp marked Italia, her heart jumped so high, she thought she’d choke on it.
Mica!
She swallowed. She hadn’t heard from him since—
While the impatient postman fidgeted, she tore open the envelope with trembling fingers and waited a few beats before pulling out the card inside.
Hand-written and adorned with purple flowers, it said, Todd Saunders and Micaela Costa request the pleasure of your company at their marriage on Sunday.
Warm tears rushed and swelled in her eyes, blurring her vision.
She pressed the card against her chest, as if holding the boys’ announcement close to her heart confirmed her belief in life and its miracles. “Merci.”
~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~
Lea Bronsen has always had a vivid imagination and written since an early age. Now juggling life as a mother, full-time worker, and thriving author, she struggles to find any reading time - but when she opens a book, she wants it fast, hot, and edgy! Striving to give her own stories the same intensity, she currently divides her writing time between psychological thriller, erotic contemporary romance, and dripping erotica.
She loves to interact with her readers, so come visit her on www.leabronsen.com and drop a line!
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Five years ago, Maya Jain kissed her best friend only to have him run out of her dorm room and leave the state. When he shows up in Washington, D.C., a wanted fugitive sought after by every branch of the US government, she can’t bring herself to ignore his plight. As their physical relationship picks up where it left off, she decides it’s time to make him see her as more than the bespectacled, bookish girl he once called “Owl.”
After being accused of espionage and treason, Zack Strong needs a forensic accountant to help clear his name. Not knowing who he can trust, this white-hat hacker has no choice but to ask his former best friend and math tutor for help. Together they unravel a cyber conspiracy at the Barn, an NSA facility tasked to intercept electronic communications. But as they traverse the nation’s capital to avoid capture, Maya insists on letting their simmering sexual tension take its natural course. Even though he’s never been able to shake the memory of their one kiss, he refuses to let her give up her life for a man with no future.
Everything He Wants by Megan Slayer
Trace has almost everything he wants—a great job and a well-ordered life, but he’s ready for more—the right guy to share it with. A chance meeting after a hockey game with the man of his dreams spurs him on to turn to the one source he knows will help him out—Madame Eve’s 1Night Stand service.
Jeremy can’t forget the difficult childhood and subsequent bad decisions he made while trying to forget it. He wants the gorgeous air traffic controller, but he’s afraid his past will get in the way like it always does. If all Madame Eve can give them is one night…he’ll take it.
With Eve’s help, can the men forge the relationship they both want, or will they crash and burn?
Contents
Title page
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Epilogue
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