The Job Offer

Ben didn’t waste any time after Anne left his suite. After a quick cold shower, he went down to the lobby and was told by the front desk that his parents and the Petrovics were in the lounge. He noticed that Chelsea was gone. Thank God for that. He decided to skip talking to his and Anne’s parents tonight, preferring to do so when Anne was with him, and asked for keys to one of the inn's cars. Then he drove until he found the island’s only 24-hour pharmacy. He went inside and came out a few minutes later with a box of condoms and a few other necessities. If tonight was any indication of what was ahead, he would have Anne in his bed tomorrow night if not sooner.

  Thinking of Anne, he smiled. He liked her. He always had, and there were not that many women whom he actually liked as a friend and whom he also wanted to take to bed. She was fun to be with, had a quick intelligent mind, and had a great sense of humor. Then there was her body. She had a body made for sex. In all his fantasies about her when they were teenagers, he never thought that she would be as responsive as she was tonight. It was all he could do to hang onto his control when she climaxed, he thought. Her lips were like honey, too. He never kissed a woman who could seduce him so quickly with just the touch of her lips and tongue on his. He knew that she was not the type of woman to fall into bed with virtual strangers, which they were after all of these years. Neither was he, for that matter, but when he touched her it was like a flame went wild in both of them. He could not explain it. He had never had that connection with another woman before.

  It was a good thing she was leaving the state after that weekend because if she lived in Seattle then he would be tempted to keep seeing her. He would not have been able to stay away. It was just as well she was leaving, he told himself again. At least he knew that she was not after him for his money. She didn’t know his real last name or who he really was, and she was perfectly okay with leaving once their vacation romance ended. He ignored the catch in his gut at the idea of using her then walking away and drove back to the inn.

  Chapter 8