His Every Desire (Contemporary Romance Box Set)
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Being with her, it’s something like I’ve never felt before. Not only on the love aspect of it, but physically. I’ve never been turned on like this with anyone else. My body has never physically caved the touch of a certain person before. But now, I’m a goner. I’ve been a goner since the first time I was allowed to touch her. And I’m never going back. She owns every part of me: body, heart, and soul.
As my hips slow, I rest my head on her chest and listen to the way her heart pounds for me. It’s like a song that's just for me, a song that it takes the two of us to make. If I die tomorrow, I’ll die a happy man because she loved me. Before we met, I didn’t know the point of life. It all seemed so meaningless to me. But then I found her, and she gave everything meaning.
“When is our flight home?” she asks from beneath me.
“In a couple hours.” I lift my head to look into her eyes. “Are you happy to be going back home?”
She shrugs. “Not really, but I do miss my family. We’ve been sailing across the world for three months now.”
I nod as I lift myself off of her. “It’s a good thing I gave Damon that promotion. I’m not sure the company would’ve gone this long without me.” When we planned this little adventure, it was set for two weeks, tops. Here we are three months into it, and neither of us are ready to go home yet. We’ve seen things some people can only dream of. We’ve drunk homemade wine with locals, we slept under the stars, had sex beneath a waterfall, danced in a rainstorm in the middle of town with people crowding around to watch. My life and heart are full, and all because I met her when I least expected it.
“Happy birthday, Gavin,” Maddie says, rushing into the house she grew up in. He comes crawling toward her, and she bends down, picking him up and hugging him close.
“How’s it feel to be one year old today?” she asks, even though she knows she’s not getting an answer.
“Hey!” Jazz says, walking around the corner. “Welcome back.” She gives us both a quick hug. “That trip must have been pretty good to stay for three whole months.”
We both laugh. “We just weren’t ready to leave our little paradise,” she says, looking at Gavin.
“I don’t blame you one bit. If I had the chance to drop life and travel the world, I damn sure would.”
“Why don’t you?” she asks, bouncing Gavin up and down gently.
Jazz places her hand on her hip. “I have too much responsibility. I have this little guy, we both have work, a house, bills to pay. Not to mention, this little bundle of joy on the way.” She points at her stomach.
Maddie’s eyes grow wide. “You’re pregnant?”
Jazz smiles and nods. “Fingers crossed for a little girl!”
Maddie and Jazz both squeal and hug, nearly smashing Gavin between them.
I reach over and take the poor kid. “Come on, little man. Let’s go find Daddy and get away from these crazy women.”
I walk through the house, bouncing Gavin and looking for Damon. I catch sight of him outside on the back patio. He’s standing over the grill with an apron on and a beer in his hand. His dad is sitting at the table, looking like he’s talking a mile a minute.
I laugh and shake my head. “Looks like grandpa is getting a little buzzed, Gavin,” I mumble, opening the door and stepping out.
“There’s my brother-in-law I haven’t seen in months,” Damon says, spinning around. “Can you believe he just handed over his company and took off, jet-setting around the world?” he says to his dad.
I laugh. “I didn’t hand over shit. That company is still mine, and I’m taking it back.” I hand him over his son. “I heard the good news, Daddy,” I say, shaking his hand.
He smiles wide and nods his head. “Yeah, Gavin is going to have a baby brother or sister.”
“That’s awesome, man. Congrats.”
“There’s beer in that cooler,” Damon says, placing Gavin in his outdoor play pin and pointing toward the house where a red cooler sets.
I walk over, grab a beer, and come back to sit at the table. “So, what’s been going on?”
He shakes his head. “Nothing new. What about you? Do anything fun on that vacation?”
“Besides your sister?” I say, giving him hell.
“Hey now,” he says, pointing his spatula at me. “You’re not on vacation anymore, Juicy.”
I hold up my hands, palms facing him to let him know I’m throwing in the towel.
Jazz and Maddie come walking out. Maddie grabs a beer and comes to sit on my lap while Jazz picks up the baby and sits down beside us.
“Tell me about the vacation. Where’d you go? What’d you do?” she says, bouncing Gavin up and down on her legs.
“We went everywhere. We rented a yacht and just sailed around the ocean. We’d dock from time to time to go sight-seeing and gather more supplies. We stayed up late, slept all day, had sex anytime we wanted,” Maddie says.
“Hey, I’m right here,” Damon says, looking over at the horrified look on her dad’s face as well.
Maddie waves him off but gives her dad a sheepish grin. “It was amazing just to be able to drop everything and go wherever we wanted, when we wanted. I’m glad to be home, though. We missed you guys.”
Jazz looks up at Damon. “We should do that. Take a vacation before I’m too pregnant to do anything.”
Damon nods his head. “Okay, sounds good to me. Where do you want to go?”
“Hey, why don’t you talk Mom and Dad into keeping Gavin and we’ll all go out on the yacht for a couple of weeks.”
Everyone laughs.
“Last time you said a couple of weeks, you were gone for three months, Maddie,” Jazz says. “I can’t be away from Gavin that long. Can I?” she asks, holding him up and kissing his cheek.
Maddie rolls her eyes. “I wouldn’t do that if you guys were with us. It’ll be fun. We can lounge around and get a tan; we can find some cool shops and beaches, get drunk every night… Well, you can’t, but I can.” She laughs.
Jazz hugs the baby. “I’ll think about it.”
Maddie leans closer and whispers in my ear. “Come with me.” She stands up and walks into the house.
I set my beer down and stand up; everyone looks at me. “Um, I’ll be right back. Maddie wants to show me something.”
None of them say anything as I walk into the house to find Maddie waiting in the kitchen.
“What’s up?”
“I want to show you my childhood bedroom. Come on.” She grabs my hand and pulls me up the stairs and into a small, freshly painted yellow room.
She scrunches up her nose. “It used to be pink. And my bed was right here.” She motions with her arms.
I nod. “Cool.”
She laughs. “You’re not getting it, are you?”
“Getting what?” I ask, confused.
“I want to have sex.” She flashes me a wide smile.
“Right now?” I ask, pointing at the floor.
She nods. “I never had sex in this room. The first time should be with you—before they fill it up with another baby.” She reaches over and grabs my belt, pulling me closer.
I laugh. “I fuckin’ love you,” I say, wrapping my arms around her and pulling her against me as I lower us both to the floor.
“Hey, your sister is here,” Jazz says the moment we walk down the stairs. “She’s out back.” She picks up the birthday cake and leads us out.
Everyone starts singing happy birthday, and I come to a stop next to Val. “What’s going on?”
“I’ll take it,” she admits.
“You’ll take what?” I ask, crossing my arms over my chest and watching everyone gather around Gavin.
“The job. I’ll take the job. Okay?” She crosses her arms over her chest, and her face is a little puckered.
My head jerks in her direction. “You’ll take the job?”
She nods. “At this point, I have to. I lost my apartment and had to move back in with Mom. All my credit cards are maxed out. I’m finally
selling out.” She hangs her head, defeated.
I bump her shoulder with mine. “You’re not selling out. You’re being strong and doing what you have to do to survive. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
She looks up, and her bloodshot eyes meet mine. The corners of her mouth turn up slightly. “I didn’t think of it like that.”
I wrap my arm around her shoulders and pull her to my side. “See there; things are looking up already.”
“Val, come get a piece of cake,” Maddie says.
I release her as she joins the rest of the family.
Standing back alone, looking over this amazing family I now have, I feel my heart inside my chest nearly double. My life used to consist of just me, working and going to the gym—sleeping with whatever random woman I could find. And at the time, I thought I had it all. But now, I see how much I was missing. I have a woman that loves me wholeheartedly—so much so, she doesn’t want to share our time with anyone else. I have a great job and a wonderful family. I have people close to me now, people to share my life with. It’s funny how looking back, you can see all the little things that got you to where you are now. But back then, looking forward, none of it made sense. I thank God every day that Maddie was the one that got under my skin. I’m thankful for every look, every touch, every time she whispers, “I love you.” I’m thankful that we get to spend every day together, that we can do whatever we want, whenever we want. I love that she’s wild and free, but my favorite part is that she is her own person. She doesn’t bend to what society says she should be.
She looks up and waves me over with a smile. Her icy eyes are lit up, and her ivory skin is glowing from our lovemaking. Her lips are a little swollen from our kisses. Just seeing her happy like this, it makes my heart double its pace. She steals the air from my lungs and makes my muscles tighten. I walk over and place my hand on the small of her back, pulling her in for a kiss. She presses her lips to mine and looks into my eyes.
“Isn’t this perfect?” she asks quietly. “All of us together, happy and growing.”
I smile and nod.
Now, I know that I have it all.
***
If you loved Billionaire with Benefits then don’t miss out on My Boss’s Sister
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Messing around with your best friend’s little sister is one thing.
Getting her pregnant…
That’s the kind of f*ck up you don’t come back from.
Did I mention I’m her new boss?
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Messing around with your best friend’s little sister is one thing.
Getting her pregnant?
That’s the kind of f*ck up you don’t come back from.
Did I mention I’m her new boss?
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Look, you don’t need to tell me I’m making the mistake of a lifetime, breaking bro-code and setting myself up to be castrated,
But it wasn’t my fault.
Let me explain…
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I begged my boss not to hire her as my assistant.
I tortured her, made ridiculous demands, threw her desk out into the hallway,
I even fired her…TWICE, but she wouldn’t go away.
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A man can only take so much sweet, delicious temptation,
And Valerie Windsor is my kryptonite.
They say there’s a fine line between love and hate,
And that young girl I used to despise, is a very grown and fierce woman whose only goal is to make me suffer…
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The moment we touched…it was like gasoline on a fire.
Keeping our hookups a secret wasn’t hard, it was even exciting.
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But how the hell am I supposed to hide the fact that I’m head over heels for her and that my boss is about to be an uncle?
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Valerie
“It can’t be that bad, Val,” Maddie, my sister-in-law, says, passing me my third glass of wine.
“You don’t know Callan like I do, Mads,” I tell her, taking a sip and setting the glass down on the table between us. “He’s tortured me my whole life. I wish Bennet could find another place for me,” I pout.
She laughs and pulls her feet up onto her deck chair, looking out over their property. There are a couple gardeners in the yard, planting some new plants and taking care of the ones that already alive and thriving.
“What are my two favorite girls up to?” Bennet asks, stepping onto the porch and sitting beside Maddie.
“Having a glass of wine, talking about work,” Maddie tells him, leaning up for a quick kiss.
“Is she pouting already? She doesn’t even start until tomorrow,” he laughs out.
I hold up my middle finger. “It would be like you and Krista working together,” I say with a smile.
“Who’s Krista?” Maddie asks, looking between the two of us.
“She’s Val’s best friend since they were five-years-old. She’s always had a crush on me, and she would never leave me alone. Drove me crazy,” he confesses.
I laugh. “She didn’t have a crush on you. She just liked to annoy you. Same with Callan and me. Growing up, neither of us liked the other. He’d call me names and I’d avoid him at all costs.”
“Oh, come on,” Bennet says. “You’re making it sound like you were the angel in all of this.”
“I was!” I screech, sitting upright.
He laughs. “Okay, so who was it that taped his underwear to a flag pole?”
“I did, but that was after he stole my clothes from the locker room.”
“Who told Michael Gallaway that Callan had a secret crush on him?”
“I did, but that was after he told the whole school that he saw me making out with Krista. To this day, people still think I’m a lesbian. Not that I care. There are worse things to be,” I say with a shrug.
He laughs and shakes his head. “So you’re saying that everything you’ve done to him was all in the name of revenge?”
I nod once. “That’s right. If he would’ve left me alone, I would’ve left him alone.” I pick up my glass of wine and take another sip, leaning back and getting comfortable again now that I’m done being attacked by my brother.
“You know, this sounds like a match made in heaven. I bet you two start sleeping together,” Maddie says.
“What?” Bennet asks.
“Ew, no way. That’s sick. I wouldn’t touch him with your vagina and blame it on Bennet,” I say, crossing my arms. I want to gag at the thought of sleeping with Callan. Actually, I don’t want to think about sleeping with Callan at all. I need to be able to hold down my wine.
“Just wait and see,” she says with a smile like she’s already planning our wedding or something.
Bennet points at me. “Don’t you dare sleep with him. You hear me?” His brows are lifted high, and his eyes are wide and serious.
I hold up my hands. “I’ve never been surer of anything in my life. Hell will freeze over before I lay a hand on Callan Gregory.”
“Alright, I have to get back to work,” Bennet says, giving Mads a kiss and standing to go back into the garage.
When he’s far enough away, I look over at Mads. “So, how’s the whole I’m going to build race cars and sell them thing going?”
She smiles. “Really good, actually. I can honestly say I’m surprised by the race car market. I figured he’d build one at a time and wait until it sold before he started o
n another. But nope, he has like three going in there right now. And they’re all sold!” Her blue eyes widen with excitement.
“Wow, that is pretty amazing,” I agree. “So, what’s the next step for you guys? No baby talk yet?”
She scrunches her nose. “We’ve talked. I think we’ve decided against it.”
“Really? You mean my brother, the millionaire, doesn’t want an heir to his empire?”
She rolls her eyes. “I guess we haven’t talked about that. But we’ve only been married for a year. We have plenty of time to decide what we want. You know, after we enjoy our twenties and settle down a bit. We’re still too immature to even think about something as serious as a child.”
I laugh. “I’m glad I’m not the only one. I can’t believe all these young couples getting married and having babies before they’re even old enough to buy a drink. I mean, grow up, enjoy the world before settling down with one person, in one place.”
She looks over at me with a wide smile. “I like the way you think. From one non-relationship girl to the other.” She holds up her glass of wine and taps it against mine.