When Seeds Take Root
Page 11
She giggled. The sound of her laughter made his dick jump.
“No, I’m not old and feeble yet. I’m just lazy and out of shape.”
He swept his gaze away from her brown eyes and down the length of her body. She wasn’t skinny, but she definitely wasn’t out of shape. She was curvy, well-proportioned and had an ample amount breast to round out the beautiful ass he’d seen when he’d ran into the building. “You look like you’re in pretty good shape to me.”
Jeremy pushed his workout to the limit, using the maximum weight on all of his lifts in a vein effort to forget about the woman he had seen at the bottom of the stairwell.
It was like she’d put him under a spell. He couldn’t stop thinking about her smile or the sexy curves of her body. All he succeeded in doing with his grueling workout was tweak a muscle in his leg when he’d come down on a squat too fast.
Tired and in pain, thoughts of her were still running rapid as he stood in the shower. He desperately wanted to jerk off, but only creeps masturbated in public showers. He refused to be that creepy guy.
Damn. He needed to get laid. He needed his woman, but things hadn’t been going well with Lisa. She was always busy. But damn so was he, and he always made time for her.
He turned off the water and stepped out of the shower, thoughts of Lisa drowned out the other woman completely.
He wasn’t psychic, but his instincts were always spot on. Right now they were telling him, things weren’t right with Lisa.
He grabbed his towel off the shower hook and walked over to his locker. They were meeting tonight for dinner. Hopefully, by the end of tonight he’d be in bed with his woman.
4
The moment Jeremy walked into the office, Paige the part-time paralegal and part-time secretary smiled mischievously at him. He could tell from her grin that Paige had gossip, and he had no choice but to stop and listen. Besides the boss, there were only two of them in the budding law firm, so Jeremy was Paige’s only outlet for office and family gossip. He wished he could ignore her, but a pissing off the office’s only paralegal was stupid.
With only the three of them, there wasn’t much to gossip about, but Paige knew all the trainers in the gym across the hall and most of the wait staff who worked in the restaurants on the first floor.
“The new lawyer started today,” she whispered, conspiratorially.
“Damn. Really?” Bill had mentioned he was going to hire a new lawyer, but he hadn’t told Jeremy he’d gone through with it.
Paige nodded, with her lips pressed into a thin line.
“Is she in Bill’s office now?”
The moment I asked the question, the statuesque woman who smelled of peaches and was afraid to climb the stairs walked out of the boss’s office.
Jeremy knew it was a cliché, but he felt his heart lurched into his throat.
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Other Books by Constance Burris
The Everleaf Series
1: Coal
2: Chalcedony
3: Jade
Black Beauty (Urban Fantasy/horror prequel)
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Constance Burris is on a journey to take over the world by writing fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Her mission is to spread the love of speculative fiction to the masses. She is a proud card carrying nerd, mother, and wife. When she is not writing and spending time with her family, she is working hard as an environmental engineer in Oklahoma City.
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