Carla Krae - [My Once and Future Love Revisited 02]

by Betrayed (epub)

  She liked the Uggs—a ridiculous name—so he handed the clerk his credit card before Beth had a chance to block him. “Hungry?” he asked as they left.

  “Thank you.”

  “You’re welcome.”

  Considering the time, they ate room service back at the hotel for lunch. She didn’t want to take the risk of getting caught out too late by a traffic problem.

  They were sharing his suite.

  By the time he hired her, it was too late to add a room to the reservation on this floor, so she was sleeping on a hide-a-bed. He’d offered to share the enormous bed, but unh-uh…she wasn’t touching that idea with a ten-foot pole. It was one thing to bunk together for a night as kids. Entirely another to share a bed for a few days now they had history. Three weeks of cramped quarters and annoying male habits, and she still wanted him.

  Stupid brain.

  The PA experience was weird. On the one hand, Jacob and all his people were her bosses. On the other, as long as her request was on Jacob’s behalf, when she said jump, people asked how high. A happy star was a repeat visitor, so that meant she was always greeted with a smile, even if it was insincere. The power felt good. Too bad she was still essentially a middle-man.

  But the suite was nice. Gorgeous, even, with everything they could want for a comfortable few days. The bath tub was separate from the shower, and huge. Jacob slept on thousand-thread-count sheets and thick terry robes were complimentary to take home. Didn’t know about him, but she was keeping hers. And because of the season, the usual flowers had been replaced with a gift basket of Christmas cookies and gourmet hot chocolate. Loved these people!

  A lot of gifts for Jacob came with this stop in NYC, so she was tasked with shipping them home. He’d decide what to keep later.

  After another sold-out concert complete with holiday song encore, she asked Jacob if she could take the bathroom for a while. He was too amped to sleep, yet, so he left for one of the other’s rooms and gave her some privacy. She sunk into the big tub with a sigh and closed her eyes.

  Bliss.

  About the Author

  Fiction writer. Sci-fi lover. Trained vocalist. Cat mom.

  Debuting in 2011, Carla Krae lives in California with two crazy cats and a tech guy. When she isn't writing love stories, she likes to dabble in fantasy. Carla also writes as K.C. Taylor.

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  DEDICATION

  Thank you to Mrs. Johns for teaching me I could create, C. for being so supportive of this story through the years, and “Tech Guy” for providing twenty-four hour tech support and love. Thanks also to Sotia for being a fan of this tale and encouraging me to keep going when words fail me.

  A special shout-out to Pitizens, Purgatorians, and Divas. You know who you are.

  And last but not least, thank you to all the fans of Beth and Jacob since April 2011. This wouldn’t be possible without you.