courage to look into the mirror only to cringe when I saw that my bright red hair had finally escaped the tight braid it had been fightin

ad to squeeze into was so tight I prayed it hid the fact I couldn't put my underwear back on since, of course, it had become a casualty of

d no idea what good it was going to do to talk to Mr. Jones, nevertheless, if there was some hope, I'd take it right now. I didn't even have to knock before his d

down, Mia," he sa

y first name. He was standing so close that when I walked pa

hurry and distracted and I promise it'll never happen again," I

ce of paper on it and all the pens were in their holders. That image rang a bell in my head, the same one I

my movement. As a general rule, I was not one to allow such an invasion into my personal space. Now in these tawdry clothes th

nce Reed to let you keep your job

mouth dried, and m

derst

d his hand onto my knee and continued, "I might be

en his disgustingly suggestive face an

I breathed

e a helluva lot smarter than Chrissy and she didn't hesitate to jump at m

terrible yet nothing I couldn't recover from. This, however... this I was not going to al

at I think," I said

ked slyly as if he al

to sleep with, much less work for a skinny, id

gger my voice grew stronger and I shoved his hand off my leg a

her work in a coal mine than endure your pawing for e

d satisfaction welled up inside me because I had finally stood up for myself and I didn't care that it had cost me my job. The look on Mr. Jones' fa

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cause at that moment I found myself wrapped in a pair of strong arms and held tight against a chest that I knew from personal experience was solid as a rock. My gaze swept up and sure

although it was the expression on his face right now that seemed remarkably familiar to me. Although it was not my face, he was looking at. He was looking down and his eyes seemed to burn through my clo

ay, you'll never see him again, s

eaten to buckle. God, this man was potent. I found myself wondering if he used the same focus in the bedroom or the intense desir

NDIES! I real