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CHAPTER 430
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She flopped back on the bed. “My body clock is all messed up,” she said. He rolled on top of her and kissed her, sipping from her lips and gently rocking his hips against hers. “Jake,” she said with a sigh, “we don’t have time for this.” The fake name was jarring to him. She hadn’t called him by name last night and for that he was glad. He rolled off her and ran a hand through his hair. His stomach rumbled again and she laughed. “You’re hungry.” His eyes popped open as she sat up, the sheet pooling around her waist. He was hungry, but not just for food. Why hadn’t his appetite for her waned? He expected after last night to have at least worn the sharp edge off his attraction to her, but apparently not. “I am,” he said, tumbling her into the sheets once again. She giggled and squealed, wriggling against him to get free. “Food!” she cried as he licked along her ribs. “I need food.” He lifted himself off her and rolled his eyes. “Fine,” he said. “I suppose I should feed
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Queen Alyssa was not what Emma expected. Even after Jake told her it would not be like meeting Queen Elizabeth, she still held onto the thought of having to walk down a long carpet in a throne room and curtsying at the end without making a fool of herself. It didn’t happen like that at all. First of all, there was no throne room. Emma had eventually chosen her favorite Donna Karan navy blue skirt suit with a yellow satin blouse. It was a couple of years old now, but to her it was new. She’d picked it up in a consignment store for a bargain price and she always felt confident when she wore it. Jake’s suit was navy blue too and then she’d panicked that they were too matchy-matchy but he hadn’t let her change, assuring her no one would even notice. She didn’t know about that, women noticed fashion and she had no doubt the queen would know that her suit was several years out of date and that the blue of her suit was almost the exact same blue as Jake’s. Emma had fidgeted in the
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Emma bit her lip. Did Jake need her to stay? To be honest she didn’t even know why she was here with him. He hadn’t asked her to take notes or included her in any of the discussions. She felt completely superfluous. “Sure,” she replied. If Jake needed her then he could just come and find her. Alex grinned and stood, taking Emma’s untouched cup of tea from her and placing it on the tea trolley. Emma stood and smoothed her skirt, causing Jake to break off his conversation and look at her. His eyes skated over her in a completely inappropriate way and she hoped no one else noticed. “I’m going to give Emma the fifty-cent tour,” Alex said. Jake raised an eyebrow at her in question and she smiled. “You don’t need me right now, do you?” she asked. He shook his head. “We’ll be heading over to the dairy soon,” he said, “and I will need you then.” “I’ll take good care of her,” Alex said, slipping her hand through Emma’s elbow. “And we’ll be back in plenty of t
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Jonathon huffed out a sigh. It was the same advice his friends had given him but something was holding him back. Exposing Liam—if it was indeed Liam—meant exposing himself as well. It meant coming clean to Emma and he wasn’t quite ready for that. At the moment when she looked at him, it was because she was attracted to him, the man. It would kill him to see her eyes change when she looked at him and saw only his money. “There’s more to this that you’re not saying,” Alyssa said. He exhaled roughly. “Yeah,” he said. “And it has to do with Emma.” “I’m hesitant to expose the imposter until I know his real reasons. I want to know what motivated him to do it.” Alyssa stared him down with an assessing gaze. “And this has nothing to do with Emma?” Was he so transparent? “Of course not.” “You’re lying again,” she said. “But my chocolate really is good,” he countered, “and you wouldn’t want to do anything that might…hamper your supply.” Will chu
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She set her wine glass down and crawled across the floor toward him. His eyes didn’t lift from the paper. She took the corner of the document and pulled it out of his hands, finally getting his attention. His eyes narrowed until he saw the look in hers and then they heated, going a dark stormy grey. She straddled his lap, her dress sliding up her thighs to expose her lace panties. She leaned forward and kissed him as his arms wound around her waist and pulled her close. “Enough work,” she murmured against his lips. “Mmm,” he agreed, taking her lips in a deep, drugging kiss. His hands found their way under her dress and the heat of his hands on her back made her shiver. She rocked against his rapidly hardening erection as he continued to kiss her. She could taste the red wine on his tongue and just a hint of the heat from the chili that had been in their meal. He broke the kiss so he could pull her dress over her head and he groaned as he looked at her naked br
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So here’s a graph showing roasting temperatures, roasting times, and the flavor profiles you applied to each batch,” Emma said. She had never realized just how much went into making chocolate. It wasn’t the magical mystery tour that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory promised. “And this graph shows the region and environmental factors for each of the cacao beans that we’ve tested.” Emma now knew more about the chocolate-making process than she ever wanted to know. It was like looking behind the wizard’s curtain and finding a man riding a bicycle to power some great illusion. Who knew that rainfall soil acidity and the time of year the cocoa pods were harvested all added to—or subtracted from—the final finished product? That was all before it even got to the Ashby factory where the roasting, grinding, and conching process also had a major impact on the taste. The last few days had been spent doing small batch roasts of different blends of beans in order for Jake to adjust the wh
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He may not be rich, but he made decent money and the two of them together could live comfortably. She snuggled down beside him, resting her head on his shoulder as she watched the sunset streak across the sky. She didn’t want this to end. It was scary for her to admit that. Never had she been this wrapped up in a guy before. Never had she felt this squishy feeling whenever she was around her current flame. But Jake left her feeling all sorts of unfamiliar and yet wonderful, amazing, beautiful things. The car slowed and pulled through the gates of the chalet. It was easy to forget the plan when she was basically living the life she had always wanted. Fancy house, a fancy car with a driver, housekeeper cook, and butler. She was living a fairy tale, the one she talked about with her sister when they were huddled together in the same bed, their stomachs growling because Devi had forgotten to feed them yet again. She constructed a fantasy to help get them through the hard times and pro
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If he held her a little tighter on the way home and his kisses were more desperate, then it was just because he wanted to make the most of their last night together. By unspoken agreement, Emma had moved her things into the master bedroom with him and she had spent every night in his bed. Tonight was no different. They held hands as they climbed the stairs and he took his time undressing her as she stood in the soft lamp-light beside the bed. He took his time memorizing every curve and dip on her body. He imprinted the feel of her skin on his mind as he touched stroked and caressed. He laid her down on the bed and drank in the sight of her as he undressed. He didn’t know how he would ever get his fill of looking at her. Naked, he crawled onto the bed beside her and ran a finger over her skin, following the path with his tongue. He moved down her body, finding her soft, wet center, and settled himself to feast. Her raspy breaths drove him on. The tugs on his hair and the way she ro
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One Night Stand With The Unforgettable Stranger EPILOGUE
Six Months Later…Everyone he loved was in the room. They were celebrating. Barry and Becky had finally set a date. Lisa and Mason wouldn’t be far behind. Brian and Cassie kept sneaking glances at one another that they thought nobody else noticed. He thought he knew what was going on but he didn’t want to ruin the surprise. It was their news to share and he was happy to wait for them to be ready to share it. Liam and Loretta were here too. He’d been slowly getting to know them. There was a lot of hurt to work through, but they were getting there. Jonathon quite enjoyed having a younger brother even if it was only in small doses at the moment. Devi and Kirra were also there. Kirra was graduating in a couple of weeks and then she would be hopefully attending one of the universities close to home. She wouldn’t know if she got accepted until the new year, but Jonathan was quietly confident that she would get into her top pick. And then there was Emma. Every day with her was
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“I know it’s too soon,” he said, cupping her cheek. “But I want you to know that I am in this for good. I want to spend my life with you Emma. I want us to be a family. You, me, Kirra, Devi, Liam, and Loretta—” “Loretta?” “My mum. I want one big, messy family with you and me at the heart of it. Tell me you want that too.” She pressed against him and brushed a kiss on his lips. “I do,” she said before putting the remaining half of the chocolate in her mouth and grinning. The wheel came to a stop and he drew Emma to her feet, moving them both over to the window. The entire city of Melbourne was spread out below them, but it dimmed in comparison to the woman in his arms. “I love you, Emma,” he whispered before kissing her while they stood on top of the world.He took her home. He couldn’t not. They had stuff to work out and a relationship to manage. He had a family to get to know and she had her mother’s illness to navigate and her sister’s final year of sch
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He stepped into the pod and waited for the door to close before holding the final box out to her, his mouth dry. She reached for it but he snatched it away, lifting it beyond her reach. “Before I give this to you, I need to explain.” She looked from the box to his face and nodded. “Okay.” The wheel started to move and Jonathon moved them over to sit on a bench. He exhaled roughly. “Okay, so I don’t know how much of this you already know, but how about I just start at the beginning?” She nodded again. “My mother left when I was two. I always believed she left us for a man with money. I’ve recently found out that wasn’t true.” He took a deep breath and her hand rested gently on his chest as she moved closer to him. He took strength from her closeness. “Someone was impersonating me—” “Liam?” He nodded. “Right. Liam. It turns out Liam is my brother. He was trying to draw me out and get me to notice him. He ultimately wanted to meet his father. He didn’t
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“Are you looking for this?” the security guy asked, holding out an old-fashioned paper ticket. Emma laughed as she snatched it from him, waving it over her shoulder as she jogged toward the front doors of the building. She slid into the car and Brian looked at her expectantly. “Um…” Emma looked between Brian and Cassie. “I want to say Luna Park, but I don’t think that’s right.” “Why Luna Park?” Cassie asked. Emma held up the ticket in her hand. “We went to a fête in Merveille and rode the Ferris wheel.” “The Melbourne Star,” Brian said, his voice gruff. “Of course!” Cassie cried excitedly, leaning over to give Brian a smacking kiss. “You’re brilliant.” Emma could barely keep still as Brian drove them across town toward the Docklands and the giant observation wheel. As much as she was enjoying herself, she wanted to see him. She had already forgiven him for his lie and now she desperately wanted to ask his forgiveness for her stupid, fearful, erratic
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She walked around the corner expecting to see Jonathon outside the patisserie, but there was no one there. She stepped inside breathed in the sweet scent of pastries and chocolate and looked around, hoping to spot him, but he wasn’t there. “Are you Emma?” a lady asked. “Yeah,” Emma said, turning to the woman who sat at a small table with a familiar little box in front of her. “This is for you,” the woman said, standing and walking away. Emma sat and took the box, pulling at the bow and opening it to see another chocolate truffle, this time it had an ’S’ written on top of it in dark chocolate. She didn’t need the little ‘Eat Me’ note to know what to do. She put the truffle on her tongue and closed her eyes. The chocolate coating melted away to leave behind a cake center with the sweet tang of apricot jam. “Sachertorte,” she mumbled to herself as she sighed and opened her eyes. Emma picked up the note that had nestled beside the truffle in the box.The first time we made lov
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Dear Emma,The first time we met I wanted to kiss you. I knew I couldn’t. I knew it was stepping across a line both personally and professionally, but still, I couldn’t deny the attraction I felt.Our relationship has had an unconventional start, a bit of a rocky middle, and an absolutely appalling ending, but there were some real high points along the way. Let me remind you of how good it was between us and how good it could be again.Do you remember our first kiss? I don’t think I will ever forget it. I thought I knew what I was getting myself in for when I leaned down to brush my lips across yours, but I was a fool. You were so much more than I ever thought I would ever experience. You took my breath away and I lost a little bit of my heart to you at that moment.If it meant as much to you as it did to me, meet me there at the place where we first kissed.Jonathon.Emma could feel the wetness on her cheeks and she sniffed as she wiped at the tears. “Well?” Cassie asked, rocking o
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It was the first Saturday morning Emma could ever remember that had the three of them sitting around the kitchen table eating pancakes and laughing. What would have been a simple, family Saturday morning ritual for some was something out of a fairy tale for Emma. She knew they were a long way from being a happy family, there was still a lot of hurt to navigate and broken trust to overcome, but it was a start and for once in her life, she was willing to just go with it. On this day, Devi was back to the woman she vaguely remembered from before Tom died and Emma wanted to soak it up and memorize it. From pancakes, they’d gone to gardening. Emma shared her plans with Devi and Kirra. She would let the lease go on her flat and move back in here permanently. It meant she would be on hand if Devi needed her and hopefully give some stability for Kirra’s final year of school. After she graduated and went off to uni, Emma could look at what would happen next. They all agreed that if they were
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Emma wanted to believe her, but it was tempting to turn away and close her heart off so she couldn’t be hurt again. Except it would hurt anyway. If there was one thing she learned through this whole saga with Jonathon it was that closing your heart off to others was a mistake. You ended up hurting everyone that way, not least of all yourself. She put her arm around Devi and hugged her. “Good for you mum,” she said.Jonathon worked all night and most of the day. He tried calling Emma but when she didn’t pick up or reply to his texts after the first twenty or so, he gave up. What he had to say needed to be said in person anyway. Inspired by the woman he had fallen irrevocably in love with, he had spent the night holed up in his test kitchen creating the perfect set of truffles. Anybody could buy a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers but only he could create an entire set of truffles that spelled out just how much he loved her and how much she had impacted his life. He had words
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Kirra said when Emma finally made it home. Emma had been wandering around the city trying to come to terms with what all this meant for her life going forward. She had made some hard decisions, but she felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. It hadn’t helped with the pain in her chest where her heart was currently crumbling away to dust, but at least she knew that she wasn’t going to end up like her mother just because she had fallen in love. Life was always going to throw her curve balls and she just learned something about herself. Despite her previous belief, she was actually strong enough to withstand them, even swing the bat at them, and make the best out of a bad situation. “Hey, yourself,” she said, sitting at the table opposite Kirra. “Where’s Zoë?” “She had to go and run some errands.” “Where’s mum?” Kirra bit her lip and her eyes teared up. “I don’t know.” “She’s not here?” Emma asked, sitting up straighter and leaning forward. “When I got home, Z
