ETHAN"Will?" She cleared her throat before approaching. "Hi! What are you doing here?" she said, trying to pretend to be natural. Too late Brown. Will stared at me again."Was it her?" he asked incredulously. I sighed. Since when did I have to explain my sex life to my friends?"She what?" Ellie asked."I'm not stupid, El. I know what you two were doing in there," Will said, and I saw her grow even paler, probably panicking. Her gaze turned to me, seeking some help."That's none of your business, Will. We're adults, and we can handle it," I finally said. Miss Brown seemed even more irritated. What did she expect? That I would try to lie? Will wasn't stupid."Don't worry, Will. It was a mistake. It won't happen again. I have to go," she said, not even looking at me, before turning her back and leaving."Damn it, Morgan! Did it have to be her?""That's none of your business, Will. It's between me and her. Don't meddle.""You're completely wrong. She's my family.""Don't worry, it's not
ETHANAfter staying an extra hour at the office after everyone had left, I was getting ready to leave. It was a little past seven when Bennett's name appeared on my cellphone screen. I took a deep breath, hesitating before sliding my finger on the green button."What do you want?""We're waiting for you. Don't tell me you're still at work.""We? Does that mean you and Will?""And Jack.""Let me guess... Is he going to kick my ass too?" There was silence on the line for a few seconds before I heard Will's voice."If you don't arrive in twenty minutes, we'll come and get you, Morgan," he said before hanging up. Great. Will was still pissed off at me.Shit. Who knew that spending one night with a woman and then having a quickie in the bathroom would be enough to make all my friends want my head? To make matters worse, I still desired her, even though right now I just wanted to put my hands and mouth on her and vent a
ELLIEI ran out of the restaurant leaving Will and Ethan behind. Luckily for me, Todd was no longer waiting for me. Keeping him waiting had been very stupid of me. And to think that I had made him wait to have sex with Ethan in the bathroom made me feel ten times worse.Damn it, Ellie! Did you lose your mind? It was supposed to be just once. Having sex with him in a restaurant bathroom wasn't part of the plan. I wanted to regret it. I really did. But hell, it had been so good. One of the most exciting experiences of my life. It was too late to dwell on regret. Morgan could make me lose my mind, but the fact that I wanted too didn't help.Having done that made things more complicated between us. I could deal with having spent a single night with him, but letting it happen again was a mistake, and it opened up room to think he was interested. Especially because he kept asking those questions about Todd, demanding to know if I would go back to him. Did he care? It made no sense. But the
ELLIEAt the end of the day, Anna appeared at my door again, saying that we would all have dinner together at the usual place. When we arrived at the restaurant, everyone was already sitting at the table waiting for us. Luckily for me, everyone but Ethan. After we sat down I noticed that everyone around the table seemed to be avoiding me, as if they were hiding something from me. Except for Zoe, she couldn't stop staring at me, so I understood what was going on. Everyone already knew about me and Ethan. And even though they were my friends, it was extremely uncomfortable."Do you have something to ask, Zoe?" I raised an eyebrow, aware that she couldn't hold it in."Did you intend to keep hiding this from us if Will hadn't caught you?" She said, narrowing her eyes, while Bennett nodded beside her."I don't think everyone at this table needs to know about my personal life. But since everyone seems interested, I'll make it clear that it was just for fun, and it won't happen again.""We w
ELLIEThe traffic was a mess as I drove to meet Zara for lunch on Thursday. Why did my life seem to be such a mess? I had a good job that I really liked, I had real friends who cared about me. And I had even worked things out a bit with my ex, I was finally getting over him and moving on.My life wasn't really messed up, maybe it was just my feelings. But I refused to admit that Ethan was the reason for this mess. I would admit that he was spending a lot of time in my thoughts, and even in my dreams, but that was just desire. I could admit my desire; my whole body craved him and heated up just by remembering what he could do to me. I could hardly close my eyes at night without recalling his perfect face between my legs, those brown eyes gazing at me, and those lips on me. Hell! I was getting wet just thinking about him.Why did I feel conflicted when I knew Ethan wasn't the right man for me? Whatever his reasons were, he wasn't interested in a relationship, which was exactly what I wa
ETHANThe last forty-eight hours had been hell. The kind that made me wish I wasn't inside my own mind. The idea that Jack wanted to introduce a friend to Miss Brown had initially bothered me like a slight itch. But in the past twenty-four hours, that itch had turned into a mix of frustration and anger.Yesterday afternoon, when my brother made a point of informing me that Ellie had agreed to meet this so-called friend and that they would be introduced tonight, I felt my mood completely spiral out of control. In a way that all my attempts to make the anger dissipate had been futile. Spending nearly three hours at the gym last night and running almost ten kilometers this morning had amounted to nothing.Standing in front of Zara and Jack's door, I was wondering whether I should turn around and leave. But I couldn't do that because if I did, I would be letting another man take what I believed was mine. It wasn't easy to admit, but the fact was that I felt possessive about Miss Brown. An
ETHAN"What did you say?" Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion."Polite people usually say 'good evening'.""Can we skip these provocations and get to the part where I tell you to fuck off?" She smiled sarcastically, making it clear that my goal of provoking her had been achieved. The red lipstick on her lips captured my full attention. It made me imagine how they would feel around my cock; that memory was still fresh in my mind. And it was enough to awaken my cock.I took a step towards her, and she stood still, hesitating in the face of my attitude. I stopped in front of her, her breasts just a few inches away from my chest. I noticed how her breathing became heavy."You look beautiful," I said, smiling and staring into her eyes, making her blink in confusion. "I can't wait to rip that dress off you," I whispered. She remained silent, not breaking eye contact as her breathing quickened. Then the doorbell rang. Damn, Anthony."In your dreams," she gritted her teeth before walking away
ETHANShe swallowed hard, taking a deep breath. "I'll check my schedule," she said before nudging my ankle with the tip of her shoe. "But I think I'm free."I felt fury surge within me, causing me to tighten my fingers on her thigh. I wanted to drag her away and show her that was the wrong answer. So I decided to do it with my fingers, but when I got close enough to the fabric of her panties and realized they were wet, she stood up, pulling her dress down."Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom," she said, turning her back to me. I wanted to follow her and show her that she couldn't flirt with another man in front of me, but it was impossible with everyone aware of our involvement. Finding out that she was wet didn't help my state either.We gathered in the living room again after finishing dinner. I couldn't take my eyes off her for a second, feeling like I would explode at any moment as I watched them talking in a corner, away from everyone else. Sophia had gone to sleep, and there
ELLIE How I wished to say yes. His lips seemed so inviting, so close, almost irresistible. All I wanted was to lean in and kiss him while pulling his hair. And then, to rip off his clothes and feel the warmth and weight of his body on mine. But everything between us was undefined, and sex would only further complicate things. We needed to talk before anything else. "We... we need to talk first," I managed to say. He nodded, his lips curving into a weak smile, a failed attempt to hide his frustration. "Okay, let's do it on your terms," he said, stepping back, allowing me to breathe. "Dinner then?" "How about a run in the park tomorrow morning?" "A run?" "Unless December's cold is too much for a beach girl like you," he teased. "I know what you're trying to do." "What?" he asked, trying to contain a smile. "You're making it a challenge because you know that's how I operate." "So... 7 o'clock?" "You also know I hate waking up early." "Think of it as an attempt to do things
Lisa pinched my arm, and tilted her head towards the tall, muscular guy who had just walked into the bar. “You didn’t go out with Mitchel yesterday? You’re fast.” I arched an eyebrow, teasing. “Five minutes, that’s what I have to say in my defense.” She laughed and I joined her. We were getting drunk in some bar in Manhattan, celebrating the end of classes. Earlier, we took the last test, which will select one of the students in my class, to occupy a position in one of the largest companies in the country, Ryan Enterprises. It is the first time that Ryan offers a program in partnership with our University. Although Columbia has partnered with several other major companies in the market, the position at Ryan offers the opportunity to work directly with the CEO. This would be incredible, not only for the possibility of using this experience to assemble the final work, which we would have to present, but also because I couldn’t imagine a better way to start a career. For me, it repres
"No. Please, let me go," I begged. "You know you're not supposed to be here. Now come on." With ease, he lifted me and put me over his shoulder. I had to use all my strength not to scream or fight. I tried to decide whether to try to escape before he took me to the others. Maybe I'd have a chance against one of them, but certainly not against four. Damn it. He was too big. A confrontation would probably kill me. I shouldn't have come here. Was this the end for me? What would they do to me? As he approached the house, drawing the attention of the three men on the porch, I realized that my only option to try to survive was not to resist and try not to provoke them, hiding any emotion. But I doubted that anything would be left of me when they were done. One of the men, with long black hair, howled with excitement, coming towards us. "What do we have here? Looks like Lyall found something for us," he said with a big smile, while the other two seemed curious. All three were as big as th
ELLIE You know that phase in life where it seems like all your friends are happy and have achieved everything there is to achieve? That was the phase I was going through. It seemed like all my friends had achieved professional success, found the perfect partner, and were getting married or planning to have children. And I was the outlier in this story. At twenty-seven, I'm starting to feel like I'm stuck, even though I'm happy with my work as a scientist and researcher and extremely happy for my friends, I couldn't help feeling unhappy with my love life. It was hard not to feel a little jealous of each couple's story in my large group of friends. Bennett or simply Ben, and Zoe, two cretins who fell in love before they could kill each other, I don't know how they were still alive, maybe because they took out all their anger on each other in sex. Anna, my best friend, and William or Will, former jerk and tattooed nerd, the most handsome and hottest I had ever met. I was still trying
ETHAN Hearing her say that made any remaining shreds of control I had vanish. Damn. After all the hell I'd been through in the last few months, and how much I feared I might never have her again, hearing the need and urgency in her voice unleashed a whirlwind of emotions. Something broke. The fear finally fell away. As I rose, I effortlessly tore off her little red panties and grabbed her ass, pulling her off the counter. I could hardly think. That damn red lingerie was driving me insane. In haste, she yanked the apron strap over my head and somehow managed to unfasten it at my back, letting it fall to the floor. Reaching between our bodies, she grabbed my cock. My body quivered with pleasure in response. "Fuck," I growled. She began to move her fingers around me, and I knew that after all this time, I could come just from that. But she needed me. And despite having dreamed of this moment many times over the past months and days, I knew it would be hard to resist and not finish a
ELLIE I was left speechless as a wave of heat spread through my core, rising to the surface, making my skin tingle. Damn. He looked like he'd stepped out of some erotic Christmas fantasy. Maybe a dream. Okay, maybe one of my dreams. My eyes moved down below his waistline again, trying to discern if he was truly completely naked under the apron. I bit my lip. "Happy Christmas," he whispered with a shy, sexy smile, pulling my attention back to his face. His brown eyes gleamed with a wild and sensual fire. A few strands of dark blonde hair were falling onto his forehead, held in place by the chef's hat. His broad, defined shoulders and chest were on display. I blinked a few times, swallowing the saliva that had gathered in my mouth. Sexy as hell. "Do you need an invitation... or would you prefer I toss you over my shoulder and carry you inside?" he asked, arching an eyebrow and crossing his muscular arms over his chest, reminding me of the night I'd knocked on his door, and he threa
ELLIE Ethan stepped out of the car the moment I left the building. I walked towards him, the cold air hitting my ankles as my heels echoed on the ground. Unfortunately, stockings didn't go well with my dress. While he circled the car, my eyes roamed his body. He was dressed elegantly in a black coat and pants, a white shirt underneath, and a brown scarf around his neck. The top buttons of his shirt were undone, giving a casual air to the ensemble. Even though it always seemed like he was naturally well-groomed and didn't need to put much effort into it, Ethan was a man of refined style, and his wardrobe extended far beyond the custom-tailored suits he wore for work. Stopping beside the car, he leaned against it, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and let his gaze roam over my body, his lips curving into a subtle, sensual smile. When I stood before him, he was biting his lower lip. "Wow," he sighed. "Come here." He extended his hands, covered in black leather gloves. With a
ETHAN Shit. It seems the idiot was still living in the apartment next door. I'd almost forgotten about it, although I vaguely remember hoping that he'd simply disappeared some time ago. Unfortunately, it didn't seem to work. Tension hung in the air, causing discomfort, while anger grew inside me at the realization that he was still around, like a damn hyena. Turning to Ellie, I found her staring at me apprehensively, as if waiting for a reaction. Realizing that she had dropped her cap on the floor, I bent down to pick it up. "See you on Sunday," I said, rising and handing it to her. Then I leaned in to kiss her gently, just as the jerk passed by behind us. As I pulled away, she looked confused. "I think there's still something we need to discuss," she said, and eventually her eyes moved to his apartment door. "Not now. Go inside, or you'll be late for work." She hesitated for a moment, then nodded and entered her apartment. I turned to leave when she closed the door, but I sudd
ELLIEWe had only been running for five minutes, but my lungs were already burning, and the muscles in my legs ached. The cold I had been feeling had almost entirely disappeared. Gasping for breath, I slowed down, feeling my heart pounding.Ethan was already a bit ahead when he noticed I had stopped running. He stopped and came back to me."Are you okay?" he asked, not looking the least bit tired and not even out of breath."What's with you? How can you not be tired?""I'd say I have a lot of built-up energy. To be more precise, two months' worth of energy," he said, unable to contain a mischievous smile.I rolled my eyes, laughing inwardly."Can't you men go a second without thinking about sex?""Alright, I'll pretend I didn't notice you staring at the front of my pants all morning."Oh my God. How did he...I pressed my lips together, trying to hide a smile."I wasn't doing that."I felt my cheeks warm up. I was grateful it was cold enough to conceal the real reason for their flush.