[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]yesterday. It was Tuesday, and he'd caught her in the
computer lab doing research for her marketing class and had
bitten the bullet and asked her.
He'd expected everything from her laughing in his face to
just a flat out no. Hell, she would have been within her right
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as the head of the drill and dance team. At their school, they
were more popular than the cheerleaders. Chelsi was number
one school pick for homecoming queen. All odds were on her
going with Chris, the favored to win king.
Instead, she had paused only for a moment then broke out
in a shy smile and said yes. She'd picked up a piece of
computer paper and written her number in large bold digits
across it then handed it to him and told him to call her. Their
relationship had begun and lasted through the teasing and
ridicule he'd gotten from the jocks. But Chelsi had been his,
and nothing else had mattered.
Two weeks after graduation, they'd told their parents they
were going to spend the day at the amusement park. Instead
they'd driven the opposite direction and gotten a hotel in
Winston-Salem and had made love. At eighteen, it had been
the first time for both of them.
Vin recalled how they'd learned together that summer. In
between the actual cultural places they visited, they read and
surfed the internet on sexual techniques. All of the applicable
knowledge had been enough to fill a teacup, but they hadn't
cared as long as they were together, because it would end
soon.
He had always been a practical guy, someone who planned
and drafted his odds of success before attempting anything.
Dating Chelsi had been completely against all his calculations
of what could happen, but his attraction for her had won over
his rational mind. However, he'd known as each day of that
summer passed that long distance relationships in college
rarely worked. Someone always ended up getting hurt.
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Neither of them knew what would happen after college.
Chelsi dreamed of going to Italy and working with high
fashion designers. His dreams had all been about business.
Making something of himself.
Leaning back in his office, he glanced at all the high end
furnishings. Frames holding his various degrees and
certificates, proof that he had made it. He shifted his gaze to
his desk where a dual monitor screen sat. Stock reports,
future business ventures, and ideas jotted down on sheets of
paper littered the polished wood. There was one thing missing
among all of it family photos. He'd succeeded at everything
he'd ever dreamed of except one Chelsi.
Over the years he'd dated and slept with his share of
women. Success had a way of making a man desirable. The
fact that he'd grown into his body and had Lasik surgery
didn't hurt, either.
Lydia, a lawyer friend of his, had been the last woman he
dated two years go. Everyone had expected them to marry,
but it hadn't worked out. When he'd made a business
proposition to her instead of a heartfelt engagement, she
gracefully turned him down. Telling him that as much as she
cared about him, she knew he didn't love her. She'd been
right. He'd given his heart and soul to one girl over a decade
ago, and he'd never gotten it back.
Chelsi had changed, too. Memories of her in her baggy
apparel came before him. She was still lovely but in a more
mature fashion. Her body had filled out. He could tell from the
swell of her breasts under her shirt and the sway of her full
ass as she'd walked away. Run away was more like it.
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He frowned. It still bothered him days later. Why hadn't
she wanted to have dinner with him? It was possible that
after all these years some guy had swept her off her feet and
married her. Did she have kids? By her appearance in the
middle of the afternoon on a weekday, it was very possible
she was a stay at home mother.
The thought of seeing Chelsi pregnant with a baby made
his gut clench. When they had dated, they didn't spend a lot
of time talking about marriage and raising a family. They only
spoke of their love and mutual career goals. If she had found
happiness with someone else, he should be excited for her,
not have the desire to rip a guy's head off for even touching
her. His life hadn't been celibate so he had no place to judge
her, but jealousy still bled through his body like acid, burning
him up everywhere it touched.
He knew she'd felt the spark arc between them. He'd noted
the distinct points of her nipples when he'd touched her, proof
she wasn't immune. Even through all of her clothing he'd
seen how those dark tips looked tight with arousal. His mouth
became moist just thinking about how they felt along his
tongue. His cock hardened and pressed against the back of
his zipper. What would it be like to make love to her now
knowing a lot more than he had when he was eighteen and
fumbling around nervously?
Staring back at the plate combination again, he told
himself for the umpteenth time he had no right to seek her
number out and call her. If she was married, he would cause
strife. It was best to leave her alone.
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"Boss, all parties have arrived and are set up in the board
room. They are ready when you are." Mike, his personal
assistant, came through the intercom, shaking Vin out of his
reflections.
"Give me a few minutes. I'll be right along."
"Yes, sir." The intercom light on his desk phone went
away, telling him that Mike had disconnected the
communication link.
Vin picked up the folder for his new business. Creating a
chain of stores designed for pregnant women and infants.
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