Romance: Seducing The Quarterback

by Stacie Duncan

  “Does this mean we are having a child together?”

  Megan bit her lip, “I guess we are.”

  The next thing she knew, Mike was crashing his lips down on her. He could not help himself – it was both a mixture of happiness and sadness. Megan responded almost immediately – it had been far too long and she could not resist him.

  Somehow, now they both knew that they were going to be just alright.

  Chapter 14

  It had now been two weeks since Megan had delivered the news of the baby to Mike and it seemed that their relationship had strengthen since then.

  Today, Mike had taken out Megan for dinner. He did not care about the press anymore – he showed her off to the cameras and was proud of it.

  “I don’t understand why we could not have just stayed in and eaten Chinese food on the sofa, though,” she told him.

  Mike laughed, “Stop it – you are now the mother to-be of my future child. I want to spoil you,” he said and then turned serious, “But there was also something else I want to say to you.”

  “What?”

  Mike bit his upper lip, “Listen, I know it has only been two weeks since we properly got back and this is too soon but I love you! I realized that when I was away from you and the feeling only keep getting stronger and stronger.”

  Megan nodded, “I feel the same way!”

  He took her hand in his, “I know and that is why I think we are ready to take the next step. Honestly, I am not comfortable with you living alone whilst carrying a child. I know we are always together anyway but I feel like, I need to be with you – more.”

  “What are you suggesting, Mike Ferguson?” Megan teased playfully.

  “Will you move in with me?”

  Megan laughed – it was a big question but her answer would be yes. There could be no other way. But she decided that she was not done with teasing him just yet.

  “That’s a big question to ask considering how you still haven’t even asked me to be your girlfriend yet,” she winked at him.

  “Is that even a question? You are my girlfriend – hell, with how things are going right now, one day I want to make you my wife,” he nudged her back.

  Megan was surprised but it was pleasant. And then she was laughing. “Of course – my answer is yes. I will move in you!”

  * * * *

  [A Year Later]

  Mike had remained true to the promise he made her that night and when she had entered her last month of pregnancy, he had gotten down on one knee to propose to her. He had known that she was the one for him – there was no doubt in his mind.

  Of course, Megan had said yes.

  On the 9th of October, they welcomed a baby girl into their family. They named her Kimberly. They had gotten married shortly after.

  Megan played with the rock on her finger as she lounged on the sofa – she watched her husband play with their daughter.

  “You’re so good with her,” she told him in admiration.

  Mike laughed, “I never thought I would love having a kid this much,” he said and then picked up Kim to scoot over next to Megan, “Honestly, I love her so much, it has gotten me thinking,” he trailed.

  This caused Megan’s curiosity to perk up, “What have you been thinking about?”

  “Oh you know,” Mike replied, “I was wondering maybe – well, we could have more kids.”

  Megan was not surprised but she did not know he would want more so soon. Mike continued, “Now that I am with you, I realize that I want a big family. And I want it with you.”

  Megan felt the same way – she had always dreamed of having a big family but she had never expected she would ever find the right guy.

  “For you, I would do it all.”

  Mike’s face contorted into a mischievous expression. “Hey, how about we put Kim here to bed? You know what they say, time is money and we shouldn’t be wasting any time in trying to expand our family,” he winked at her.

  Megan hit him across the chest playfully, “You’re always in the mood.”

  But Mike did not deter in his efforts. He moved over to plant a chaste kiss against his wife’s mouth, “I can’t help myself – it’s you.”

  At that moment, Megan felt well and truly in love. She knew that this was the guy for her.

  “Tell you what,” she told him, “Why don’t you go and put Kim to bed. And then we can figure something out.”

  Mike grinned ear to ear, “On it, Ma’am.”

  And with that, he had picked Kim up and exited the room.

  Theirs was an unconventional love story – but they would not have it any other way. For they knew, that this was it for it. Forever.

  Humiliated by

  the Alpha Billionaire Boss

  By: Kylie James

  Humiliated by the Alpha Billionaire Boss

  © Kylie James 2016 – All rights reserved

  Published by Steamy Reads4U

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  Warning

  This book contains graphic content intended for readers 18+ years old.

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  Chapter One

  It all started when they were eight years old. Though aware of the situation and had a slight understanding of what was about to happen, both she and her sister were understandably young and fragile to fend for themselves, to survive on their own without the support from their mother, which they needed the most at that time.

  Scarlet sat idly by the window in her room. She woke up even before her alarm went off. Those dreams involving her mother and her past hadn’t come to her in her slumber for a long time now, and that very same dream had woken her up to a seemingly bright morning. The beautiful garden outside her window which had blooming flowers and a free-flowing fresh water fountain made her smile despite the unpleasant dream.

  It was another day for hard work and perseverance, but she was thankful, nonetheless. After her morning ritual to freshen up herself, she put on her usual outfit, a body-fit black blazer, white undershirt, and a black well-fit ankle pants. The inner shirt was completely buttoned, exposing only her neck and face, and her bangs that rested well on one side of her face.

  As usual, she didn’t take her breakfast in the dining room. Her boss and his secretary would only talk about business and schedule for the entire day. It bore her and she found standing by the car while carefully watching, through her dark-tinted glasses, the house helpers as they roam around the house gossiping just about anything, especially the well-tanned body of August Mitchells, her generous client was more entertaining.

  Minutes later, August came out of the house through the front door, wearing an Armani suit and went in the waiting car. Scarlet closed the door for him and she went in the same car and settled on the front seat.

  Seated next to him at the back of the car, was his gorgeous secretary in a clean pencil cut, body-hugging, white sleeveless dress with killer shoes. Sasha knew how to dress-up to fully highlight her assets. For a secretary, her overall physical appearance was overly qualified, she could be mistaken to be his girlfriend.

  Sasha was a contr
adiction, in every aspect of herself, even though they share the same face, and exact replica minus the heavy makeup. Her twin sister was more of a yang energy, almost always with a positive and hyped-up personality, while she compared herself to the yin energy. One who was more introverted and would often shy away from a crowd.

  “Where were you during breakfast, Scarlet?”

  She glanced quickly at the rear view mirror to find August looking unhappily at her. His freshly shaved face and neatly cut blackish brown hair gave him an aura of manliness despite the irritation that laced his voice.

  “I had breakfast on the kitchen counter. There’s no need to get upset over a missed meal.” She put on a straight face to avoid irritating him more. It was too early for his temper to get out of hand.

  “August, she always eats on the kitchen counter. There is no need to get worked up over it. The talk about business and meetings doesn’t interest her. She may fall asleep while we are discussing it over breakfast.” Sasha grazed her well-manicured nails on the laptop bag on her lap. She too looked irritated.

  “Sasha’s right. And besides, I wouldn’t miss out on any meal.” She glanced again at the rear view mirror.

  August’s jaw moved slightly while his lips were pressed tightly. He never liked it when Sasha acts more than a secretary. Though he didn’t bluntly say it, but Scarlet knew he was more irritated now at Sasha than he previously was with her. And when it came to this, like what usually happens, it was part of her job to make him relax.

  “But I can sit long enough for dinner tonight.”

  “Would you?”

  “Yes. The week is almost over, most of my reports are nearly done. I can spare some time tonight.” She had to slightly smile in the hopes of convincing him that she really was willing to join them for dinner.

  “You can’t change your mind later. You already gave me your word.”

  “And she won’t, August. She will not.” Sasha pressed her lips together, sounding displeased.

  “We’re near the office building. Time to address me properly.” He ordered in a close to whisper voice.

  All of them straightened up and silently watched as the car circled around the driveway towards the main entrance of the building.

  August was probably one of the youngest and wealthiest businessman in the country, if not the world. He was one of those lucky few with a golden spoon since birth. But growing up, he didn’t rely on his parents’ wealth. He studied hard and worked even harder to earn the CEO position, the spot a lot of his close relatives with a relatively decent number of shares in the company, had been coveting for.

  As they passed through the crowd of employees who greeted their group politely, Scarlet remained vigilant. The security in the building was tight, she made sure of that, but she was always weary of the many possibilities that could happen. All of their lives, especially his, were in her hands. He trusted her keep him safe at all times, she was determined to keep that trust as a way of repaying her life-long debt.

  The elevator ride was spent in silence, and it stayed that way until August was inside his office. Part of the daily routine was for her to check the office first for possible hidden threat before she would leave to supervise the security room.

  “You know I don’t like it when you eat on your own.”

  Scarlet paused by the door she was about to open. Her routine check was done, her business with him at the moment was supposed to be done, but clearly he wasn’t done with their conversation. When she turned to face him, he was already frowning,

  “Should we really discuss this here?”

  “Yes, we should. And you’re not leaving until you give me an explanation.”

  He leaned against his extensively expensive office desk while looking at her with more than just irritation. He was mad and it made no sense to her. It was too early for her to deal with his mood swings.

  “I have been eating breakfast on my own for a while and I have not heard anything from you. Why would you suddenly bring that up, here and now?”

  “Leniency. I was giving you that to pay off for your hard work. But it seems you are more than eager to continue doing this.

  “Of which I am enjoying very much.”

  “Which won’t do. You know how I feel about this.”

  “No. We are not talking about this right now. This isn’t the proper place.

  She looked at him with a plea in her eyes. They really can’t be emotional at the moment for so many reasons she wouldn’t dare to mention all. But one reason was Sasha. Her twin sister has emotional feelings for August way over the boss-secretary relationship and beyond platonic love. She was developing romantic feelings for their boss and this was the reason why Sasha had been keeping tabs of her. In some way, her sister saw her as competition.

  With all her might, she wanted to prevent Sasha’s jealousy from ever evolving into something more negative and destructive, knowing that her sister never wanted to lose to anything.

  But August was too determined to give up on his demand. He stood up and without taking a step he stared at her with a dominating gaze, one he would only have on when he was in absolute authority. One that spelled power and control, one she or Sasha could never disregard or disobey.

  “Come closer, Scarlet.”

  She wanted to refuse, outright say no and just leave his office, but she couldn’t. There was something in the way he looked at her, the same unnamed element, that held her in place. Taking a slow but calculated steps, she stood a few feet away from him.

  “Closer.”

  And she did step closer before stopping a foot away from him. She looked up to stare at him straight in the eyes, they were a beautiful light green shade that got her senseless for a few seconds. Without her realizing it, she got lost in seeing the window of his soul open up to her.

  Chapter Two

  The air inside the office was becoming stuffy, almost to the point where she felt uncomfortable being too close to August. Aside from the commanding stare he had given her, his aura had changed as well. She could almost feel his other side, a side of him only seen by her and Sasha. A side she wasn’t too pleased to discover and it still was too unpleasing to be at the receiving end of the sudden change

  August extended his hand to caress her cheek, carefully tracing the fine lines of her facial skin. The touch made her inhale deeply in silence. It definitely had an effect on her, but she refused to show it to avoid a misunderstanding.

  Clear enough, without saying anything, he had desires for her. It may be a simple physical attraction or could be something more, but Scarlet had no intentions of nurturing it for everyone’s sake, especially Sasha.

  “You were so cheerful and bright when we were younger. I could always picture the young, beautiful girl with braids and a shovel in her hand, singing merrily as you plow on the garden soil.”

  Scarlet smiled at the memory of her childhood. Indeed, those were the days when she had nothing to worry about but the dying plants in the garden or how the flowers would look when in bloom. Those were the days when her life was less complicated and perhaps, the only days when she was lively. Things had changed drastically.

  “Where is my little Allie? I miss her.”

  She averted her gaze to focus on something more trivial than recalling her childhood memories. No matter how tempting the trip to memory lane was, she can’t abandon her resolve, not even when his voice sounded sad and hurt. She can’t give in.

  “She’s gone, August. A long time ago.”

  His hand that was toying with a few strands of her hair dropped to his side, followed by a burdened sigh. As he wearily stared at her for a few seconds, looking crestfallen and seemingly tired, she took a few steps backward and smiled sadly at him.

  “She’s never coming back, so please stop looking for her.”

  Her own words had formed a lump on her throat. As painful as it was for her as it was for him, she needed him to hear it from her with clarity, that her old twelve-year-old self whi
ch he adored so much had no room within her current self. It died together with the lives lost in the accident sixteen years ago.

  “That may be true for now, Allie. But I could only hope and try harder from now until you become yourself again.”

  There was bitterness in his words and regret too. It wasn’t necessary for him to be feeling these things for her sake since it would only burden him a lot more. The past were memories one could leave behind without totally forgetting about it, but it shouldn’t be a hindrance for someone to move forward.

  “Stop. Just please stop, August. It’s unfair.”

  He was about to respond when the door swung open and Sasha joined them. Her expression was blank, but Scarlet knew otherwise. Her twin sister was furious that she had stayed longer than necessary and aggravated by the fact that she was alone with him.

  “Scarlet! Isn’t it time for you to head back to the security room? Your job is there. This is my place.

  “I was about to leave, Sasha.”

  She nodded towards August’s direction and left the room without saying anything else. While closing the door behind her, she heard Sasha asking him what they were talking about. Whatever his answer was, the door was already closed.

  The secretary’s office, which had Sasha written all over it, had been her sister’s little empire. It was luxurious and spacious. She walked out of the room and went straight to her own private office inside the security room. In there, were two huge monitor screens which gave her access to the camera footages within the building and the surrounding area. She hesitated for a minute before finally deciding to use the mouse and clicked on the window she was itching to watch.

  Sasha was hovering over his table as she read through the list of schedules he had for the day. She was clearly showing more of her cleavage, seducing him relentlessly with her assets. As her twin sister did her petty tricks, August was typing something on his laptop, totally unaffected by the beauty willingly offered to him.