Hot for Love (Bachelor Billionaire #2)

Hot
for Love

(Bachelor
Billionaire #2)

By
Sharon Cummin

Copyright
©
2014 Sharon Cummin

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Rights Reserved

Warning:
This story contains explicit sexual content that is not intended for
those under the age of 18. All characters appearing in this work are
fictitious and the age of 18 and older. Any resemblance to real
persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Table
of Contents

Josh
sat on the couch in Rachel's apartment. He patiently flipped through
the television channels. She went to her bedroom to slip into
something more comfortable. They went to dinner at one of his four
restaurants, followed by a movie. Rachel picked a chick flick. Josh
couldn't wait for the movie to end. They met through his friend
Ethan. Both of the men were wealthy, eligible bachelors. Ethan was
spending the evening with one of Rachel's friends. They had gone on a
double date, but parted ways when the movie ended.

Josh
Lewis had a very busy life. He went to college for business and
investing. His dream had always been to own a chain of restaurants.
In college, his dream was altered, when a horrible accident changed
his plans. When Josh graduated from college, he put his restaurant
plans aside. He became an EMT and went on to become a firefighter.
Josh wanted to save lives. After about five years, he decided it was
time to open his first restaurant. There was no way to be both of the
people he wanted to be. He went volunteer as a firefighter and put as
much time as he could into the restaurant business. Josh knew he
would always want to help people and save as many lives as he could.
There was no way he would give that up. At forty years old he had
opened his fourth restaurant, while still being a firefighter. He was
very proud of who he had become and was excited about where his life
was headed. Josh had huge plans for his future, and settling down was
not part of it. He dated often, but never anything serious. When he
had a night free, he would call up one of his female friends to go
out. Josh never brought a woman back to his house. His friend Ethan
took women home all the time, but Josh felt his house was personal
and off limits.

He
sat on Rachel's couch, waiting for her to finally come out and join
him. It had been a long week and he was happy to have the night free.
It had been a few weeks since he had an entire night to himself. He
felt his muscles relax as he let out a long breath.

“
Would
you like a drink?” Rachel called out.

“
A
beer would be great,” he replied, as he began to relax.

Rachel
walked out in a very thin tank top with very tight, revealing shorts.
She handed Josh a beer and sat down directly next to him. It was
going to be a good night, he thought. Rachel was a bit younger than
him. She had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and was very fit. Her legs
were long and her ass was tight. She was definitely sexy. Her skimpy
clothes did not leave much to the imagination. He really did not know
much about her. Ethan's date had set him up on a blind date with
Rachel. She knew he was a firefighter, and that seemed to be all that
mattered to her. He was thrilled. She would not expect anything from
him besides an evening in bed. He would slip out as soon as she fell
asleep. There was no need for anything else. His life was perfect
that way. She slid her hand onto his lap and up his thigh. Damn she's
in a hurry, he thought. That was fine with him. As she grabbed him
through his pants, she leaned in and covered his lips with hers. He
put his beer on the coffee table, without even taking a sip, and
turned toward her. His hand went to the back of her head as he
plunged his tongue into her mouth. She reached for his shirt and
began to unbutton it, as he slid her tank top over her head and threw
it to the side. She leaned over him, and he fell back against the arm
of the couch. He could not believe how eager she was as she straddled
him. Her hands went straight to his jeans, and she began to
unbuttoned them. Just as she was about to unzip them, his phone went
off.

“
Shit,”
he muttered.

“
Get
it later,” she said, as she tried to unzip his pants.

He
pushed her hand aside and dug into his pocket to grab his phone.

“
I
can't,” he growled.

He
looked at his phone and jumped off the couch. Crap, he thought. Josh
buttoned his jeans and started to button his shirt.

“
Damn,”
he said. “I have to go.”

“
I
thought you didn't have to work tonight,” she snapped. “You
said we had the whole night together.”

“
That's
what I thought,” he said. “I'm not on call. It has to be
something big. They wouldn't call me if they didn't need me.”

She
pouted and threw herself down on the couch.

“
You
shouldn't have to go,” she said. “Can't they find someone
else?”

Josh
found himself getting aggravated with her. She cared more about
herself than a fire. He felt very strongly about that. That was one
number he would be deleting from his phone. All she talked about was
him being a firefighter and how amazing it was. When the job called,
she thought they should just find someone else.

“
It's
a fire,” he snapped. “I have to go.”

He
made sure he had everything and headed for the door.

“
Will
you come back after you're done doing whatever it is you firemen do?”
she asked.

He
looked at her in shock and could feel his face turn red. Could she
really be that heartless, he wondered?

“
No,”
he said, as he slammed her door behind him.

Josh
got into his truck and took off. The drive seemed to take forever to
the station. He thought about Rachel and how she had just acted. It
irritated him when a woman was all excited at the thought of him
being a firefighter, but had a different attitude when he had to do
his job. What a bitch, he thought. That was one of the reasons he
didn't mess with relationships. He didn't have to deal with anyone
unless he wanted to, and there was no one to lose if things went bad.

He
pulled into the station, jumped out of his truck, and ran to get
ready. The whole station had been called in. He was shocked. The men
scrambled to get their turnouts and gear ready. They hurried to the
trucks and took off. As they got closer, he could see the smoke and
flames. It looked pretty bad.

Lisa
was sound asleep. It had been a long day. She was a flight attendant
and had been on a round trip flight from Pennsylvania to Las Vegas
and back. It had really kicked her butt. She loved her job, because
she was able to see very cool places and travel the world. Some days
were harder than others. When she got home, she unpacked her bags,
threw on a short and tank top pajama outfit, and fell into her bed.
Lisa was looking forward to a good nights sleep.

She
was having the strangest dream. There was a weird smell and a loud
beeping noise. Everything was black. There was no light anywhere. She
heard people yelling in between the beeping. Stop it, she thought.
Stop that annoying sound. She felt herself yell for the sound to
stop. Then she heard a siren and could see red lights. There was a
loud sound and her eyes flew open.

The
room was so dark and smelled. She couldn't catch her breath as she
began to cough. The smell, what was that smell? Shit, smoke. It
smelled like smoke, she thought. Lisa tried to stand up, but she
couldn't breathe. She got onto the ground and began to crawl for the
door. She could see flashing lights around the room and hear sirens
from outside. There must have been a fire in the building. She felt
dizzy and coughed, as she tried to catch her breath. It was hot. Why
was it so hot, she wondered? She stayed low and crawled. A loud sound
rang out, and she felt a huge pressure on her leg. She tried to crawl
but couldn't. What the hell was going on, she wondered? She tried to
breathe in as she pushed her body to crawl. There was pain in her leg
as she tried to pull it. The sirens faded away slowly, and everything
went black.

***

The
closer they got to the fire, the worse it looked. They pulled up in
front of an apartment building. It was crazy. They could see the fire
in one of the apartments on the second floor. Everyone from the
building was standing on the sidewalk. Josh felt his chest tighten.
Get everyone out, he thought. We have to make sure everyone is out.
He had not been on a call that scared him that bad in a long time.
Most of the calls he went on were medical. This fire had potential to
do major harm. The guys scurried around to get the fire under
control. They looked around and dove right in. Josh saw an older
woman crying on the sidewalk as he passed by her.

“
Are
you okay?” he asked. “Do you know if anyone is still
inside?”

The
sirens were loud and he was sure there were detectors inside the
apartments going off. It was around eleven o'clock at night, so many
of the people would still have been awake.

“
The
woman in the apartment next to the one on fire, I haven't seen her. I
don't know if she was home from work yet. I live next to her. The
smoke was so bad. I tried to bang on her door, but I couldn't
breathe. I'm not sure if she's in there,” the woman sobbed.

Josh
ran over to another firefighter and then took off inside. The guy
yelled for him, but he just kept going. If someone was in there, he
had to try to help them. When he got up to the second floor, there
was smoke everywhere. He could see the flames and ran to the
apartment before them. The door was locked. It felt like forever
before he finally got into the apartment. He didn't see anyone as he
yelled out. There was no reply. If someone was in the apartment
asleep, he was not sure they would have been able to answer him. The
apartment was filled with smoke. He pushed each door open as fast as
he could. The flames were spreading through into the apartment. He
pushed the last door open and thought he saw something. Josh moved
forward and
saw
someone. He could tell it was a woman. When he reached her, he saw
something blocking her body. There was something over her leg. He
worked fast to move it. She was still. There was no coughing or
anything. She had to have gotten out of bed, so she must have known
there was a fire. He had to get her out of there. Hopefully he had
made it in time. He finally removed the piece of wood that was on her
leg. Josh was not sure how long he had to get out of there. He
scooped the woman up into his arms and took off. Josh tried talking
to her, but she did not answer him. He grabbed his mask and put it
over her face as he talked to her, hoping she could hear him.