The Office Slave #2: The Boss (10 page)

She tugged the clip off the back of her head
and stuffed it in her jacket pocket, letting her shoulder-length
hair tumble free, hoping this would help diminish her headache. The
sound of her mother calling her name down the stairwell, and the
answering echoes, only made her descend faster. Mother wouldn't
follow her down the stairs and the elevators in this building
always took forever to arrive, especially over lunch hour. If all
went well, Gill would be able to escape the building without having
to face Mother.

* * * *

She wasn't gorgeous, but she was dependable.
Cade sighed as he unlocked the door of the beat-up old pickup truck
his friend, Luke, referred to as Old Blue and tossed the documents
he'd been carrying onto the passenger seat. Thank heavens Luke had
handed over the keys, albeit reluctantly, when Cade found his car
blocked into the driveway by the moving truck.

The door creaked on rusty hinges. Cade
climbed inside and slammed the door shut behind him. The clomping
sound echoed through the underground garage of the large office
building. Shoving the keys into the ignition, he glanced out the
windshield in time to see a flurry of red fabric and long black
hair swirl by. The woman's spike heels hit the ground with a force
that could split concrete. Her eyes blazed with unsupervised anger
and her cheeks matched the color of her suit. If she'd been a
cartoon character, the artist would have shown steam blowing out
her ears and drawn her with the body of Jessica from Roger
Rabbit—long legs, a trim waist, and ample curves in all the right
places.

"Incredible," he murmured to himself. His
mouth stretched into a smile as he watched her stomp across the
parking lot to a luminescent yellow Neon. "Lord, I wouldn't want to
get in her way."

He turned the key in the ignition and the
truck roared to life. Or more precisely, sputtered. Shoving the
gear stick into first, Cade coordinated the gas and clutch pedals
to negotiate the vehicle into a smooth acceleration. All went well
as he shifted to second, but as he entered the ramp to the next
level, the engine faltered—and died.

Cade turned off the ignition and tried
starting the truck again. Nothing happened. Not even an encouraging
chug.

"Great." Cade shifted to neutral and tugged
on the hand brake then climbed out.

He stood staring at the vehicle for a few
moments, thinking, then kicked the tire. It didn't do much good,
but it made Cade feel better. If only he knew something about
engines.

But Luke had always been the one to get his
hands dirty. Cade had pursued more intellectual endeavors.

He scratched his head. Maybe if he opened the
hood....

A sharp peeping sound snatched his attention
to the car that had pulled up behind him. When he saw the yellow
Neon with the lady-in-red glaring at him from inside, a grin tugged
at his lips.

This could get interesting.

Contemporary erotic short stories and
novellas

Three

Debt of
Honor

Red Hot
Fantasies series

#1:
The
Male Stripper

#2:
The
Stranger

#3:
The
Office Slave

#4: The Captive (coming soon)

#5: The Bridal Affair (coming soon)

The Office
Slave series

#1:
The
Office Slave
(this is also Red Hot Fantasies #3,
above)

#2:
The
Boss

#3: On Her Knees (coming soon)

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and I

Book 2:
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Book 3:
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Play

Book 4: Love Unexpected (tbd)

Book 5: Fantasy Bound (tbd)

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Genie

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Illicit

Insatiable

Secret
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Total
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Bliss

Forbidden
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Secret
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Six

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Lover

Opal Carew is an award-winning author of
erotic romance. She was named "Fresh Face of Erotic Fiction 2009"
and her books have won the Award of Excellence, Golden Leaf Award,
and Golden Quill Award. They have also been finalists for the
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