Josh Carter gets the shock of a lifetime when he shows up at a place of ill repute for a business meeting and sees the one that got away gyrating on the stage. Abigail Reese—the girl with so much potential, the girl that took his heart along with his body one night long ago—what brought her to this level?
Though stripping is not what Abigail set out to do, it’s putting food on the table and a roof over her daughter’s head. But just how much can she reveal to Josh without risking it all?
When Josh causes Abigail to lose her job, she has two choices: come clean about her past and her situation or push him out of her life as quick as he came into it. It’s up to her…only she has to think of her little girl too.
Excerpt:
Abigail removed the yellow gloves and
went in search of water to curve her thirst. Whenever she was stressed out, she
cleaned. As she sipped the water, pride filled her that her place sparkled and
smelled of lemon and bleach. Now to get herself clean.
Setting the bottle down on the counter,
she began to lift her shirt up over her head.
Knock
knock.
Abigail pulled the edge of her tank top
back down. She glanced at the clock and thought it was early for the mail man to
be here, but he might’ve been ahead of schedule today. Then again, she wasn’t
expecting a package at the moment, so it probably wasn’t the mailman. She stood
on her tiptoes and peeked through the peep hole. Josh. What was he doing here?
Opening the door, she said, “Hailey’s at
school.”
He held an envelope in his hand. He
couldn’t possible have the DNA test results already. Then again, he had money,
so anything was possible. “I’m here to see you. Can I come in?”
Abigail stepped back out of the way and
let him enter.
“It smells good.” He glanced around.
“I was cleaning. I was just about to
wash up before you showed up unexpected.”
He grinned. “I thought we could open
this together.”
She eyed the white rectangle in his
hand. “That’s for you. Not me. I know you’re the father. You were the last man
I was with.”
“Before you found out you were
pregnant?”
She laughed. “No, as in you’re the last
man I’ve ever had sex with.”
“You don’t mean…”
“Oh, yeah, I mean it. I’m a single
mother. I don’t have time to date.” He was quiet and she found it amusing. She
could only imagine the thoughts running through his head. “Open it up.”
He set the envelope on the table next to
him and closed the space between them. “It was five years ago that you and I
were intimate. And in all this time, you’ve never gone to bed with another
man?”
“You’re still on that?” Men.
His hand wrapped around her neck and he
pulled her face to his. “Do you have any idea what it does to me to know I was
the last one to touch you?”
She shook her head. “What does it mean
to you?”
“How about I show you? Can I?”
She gazed at his lips and licked hers.
Before she knew what was happening, she nodded and his mouth crushed against
hers. He stole her breath when his tongue swooped in and met hers. She reached
out and grabbed his shoulders, bringing her body closer to his.
Her body burst with pleasure, the same
way she felt years ago. His arms wrapped around her and lifted her. Her legs
intertwined with his waist. Josh spun her around, setting her on the same table
the envelope was on.
He ended the kiss, but only to begin a
trail on her cheek, to her chin, neck, and collarbone. “Oh God,” she murmured.
She arched into him as his tongue licked
the top of her cleavage. Her core ached to be touched. She wanted this man badly.
Instinct kicked in and she reached out, yanked a handful of his dress shirt,
and smashed her lips to his. Her fingers began working his buttons. Once a few
were undone, she slipped her hand inside his shirt and across his firm chest.
“You’re amazing,” he whispered before
his thumb flicked over her nipple.
Abigail gasped and then went back to
working on his shirt. Just as she reached the last button, she looked up at him
and saw the passion in his eyes. But then she wondered what she was doing.
Should she be doing this with him? She barely knew the man and for all she
knew, when he returned home, she may hear from him again. She couldn’t risk it.
She pushed him away and hopped off the
table.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“We can’t do this.”
He came up behind her. “We don’t have to
do anything you don’t want to.”
Oh, she wanted to. And her soaking wet
panties were all the confirmation she needed. But her heart couldn’t handle it.
“I think you should go.”
“What about the results?”
Abigail turned back toward him. “Like I
said before, those are for you. I don’t need to see them.” She left the room
for the shower she had originally set out for earlier.
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About
the Author:
Lacey Wolfe has always had a passion for words, whether it’s
getting lost in a book or writing her own. From the time she was a child she
would slip away to write short stories about people she knew and fantasies she
wished would happen. It has always been her dream to be a published author and
with her two children now of school age, she finally has the time to work on
making her dream come true.
Lacey lives in
Georgia with her husband, son and daughter, their six cats and one black lab
who rules the house.
