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Author: Danielle Elise Girard
her hands down her own body while she wished for something…someone else…to play with.
Gabe’s hands passed that intangible test she gave all men. She liked the way they looked…how they would look on her body. She kicked the cover to the end of the bed and spread her legs. Her hands wandered to the sensitive spot where she wanted Gabe. He made her feel hot and bothered, almost desperate for sex. It was new for her. Sex had been something she did without. She was soaking wet, ready for the man she wanted, unique from all others, and special to her. Her fingers strayed to her mound and parted her labia. She was wet and needy. She put two fingers in her passage and the fingers of her other hand on her clit. She thought of Gabe and the thought did it. She came. She had to make herself come two more times before she could sleep, dreaming of Gabe all the time.
Chapter 2
Amanda rushed around the house not quite ready for the meeting with Tom and Gabe Hall. She was glad to see Friday come. She had been working hard and was tired and overwhelmed by what Minnie had seemed to do so effortlessly. Minnie had always worked from home so all her data and files were right where Amanda could find them. Managers and an operating officer ran the day-to-day business of the company. She sensed reluctance on the part of those people to accept her leadership. They were patronizing at best and at worst they were insubordinate. Amanda was realizing that the most critical problem was that they were jumping at the opportunity to undermine Minnie’s vision.
Amanda had always expected to have a part of the business, but she never thought of being the head honcho while she was still so young. She was going to have to take some unpopular stands, and soon if she was going to continue to manage Minnie’s company in the way her aunt would expect. Amanda knew some people were trying to play with her head and what she would do about it. She was going to be reminding some folks she was the boss whether any of them wanted it or not.
Amanda had embarked while still a child on a course of study Minnie designed to train her to be a part of the business after Amanda showed an interest. She had some skills and a real affinity for working with the natural products Minnie sold and marketed. Some were even Amanda’s recipes. Most were either invented by Minnie or passed down in her family for generations.
Her aunt had seen to her education, not just in book learning, but in experience and folklore, too, but Amanda did not feel she knew all she needed to know.
Most of all Amanda missed the partnership of their combined skills, the comments and suggestions when she was stuck or Minnie was interested in a younger person’s input. Two brains were often better than one. It brought new meaning to the word lonely. Amanda had never felt so lonely in her life. Still she knew no one else who had the knowledge and the will to guard the purity of her aunt’s vision. She could and would do what needed to be done.
Amanda pulled on navy pumps and buttoned the top button of her suit. She stood in front of the hall mirror and tied a scarf around her wild hair just as Tom drove up. He came to the door to escort her to his car.
“Hey, Mr. Martin.” She greeted him, but he barely looked at her.
He seated her in the passenger seat with no more than a grunted reply.
As he seated himself in the driver’s seat she turned to him and said, “Are you feeling more yourself today?” She then fixed her eyes firmly on him and waited for a reply.
“Damn it, Amanda, you’re just like your aunt. Do you know what it’s like for me, to know I’m never going to have her? I can never have what I want, now. I’m too old to start over even if I wanted to do it. Minnie would have been unhappy over the way I ran out and left you with that bunch of vultures.”
He was gripping the steering wheel too tightly, obviously very
Gabe’s hands passed that intangible test she gave all men. She liked the way they looked…how they would look on her body. She kicked the cover to the end of the bed and spread her legs. Her hands wandered to the sensitive spot where she wanted Gabe. He made her feel hot and bothered, almost desperate for sex. It was new for her. Sex had been something she did without. She was soaking wet, ready for the man she wanted, unique from all others, and special to her. Her fingers strayed to her mound and parted her labia. She was wet and needy. She put two fingers in her passage and the fingers of her other hand on her clit. She thought of Gabe and the thought did it. She came. She had to make herself come two more times before she could sleep, dreaming of Gabe all the time.
Chapter 2
Amanda rushed around the house not quite ready for the meeting with Tom and Gabe Hall. She was glad to see Friday come. She had been working hard and was tired and overwhelmed by what Minnie had seemed to do so effortlessly. Minnie had always worked from home so all her data and files were right where Amanda could find them. Managers and an operating officer ran the day-to-day business of the company. She sensed reluctance on the part of those people to accept her leadership. They were patronizing at best and at worst they were insubordinate. Amanda was realizing that the most critical problem was that they were jumping at the opportunity to undermine Minnie’s vision.
Amanda had always expected to have a part of the business, but she never thought of being the head honcho while she was still so young. She was going to have to take some unpopular stands, and soon if she was going to continue to manage Minnie’s company in the way her aunt would expect. Amanda knew some people were trying to play with her head and what she would do about it. She was going to be reminding some folks she was the boss whether any of them wanted it or not.
Amanda had embarked while still a child on a course of study Minnie designed to train her to be a part of the business after Amanda showed an interest. She had some skills and a real affinity for working with the natural products Minnie sold and marketed. Some were even Amanda’s recipes. Most were either invented by Minnie or passed down in her family for generations.
Her aunt had seen to her education, not just in book learning, but in experience and folklore, too, but Amanda did not feel she knew all she needed to know.
Most of all Amanda missed the partnership of their combined skills, the comments and suggestions when she was stuck or Minnie was interested in a younger person’s input. Two brains were often better than one. It brought new meaning to the word lonely. Amanda had never felt so lonely in her life. Still she knew no one else who had the knowledge and the will to guard the purity of her aunt’s vision. She could and would do what needed to be done.
Amanda pulled on navy pumps and buttoned the top button of her suit. She stood in front of the hall mirror and tied a scarf around her wild hair just as Tom drove up. He came to the door to escort her to his car.
“Hey, Mr. Martin.” She greeted him, but he barely looked at her.
He seated her in the passenger seat with no more than a grunted reply.
As he seated himself in the driver’s seat she turned to him and said, “Are you feeling more yourself today?” She then fixed her eyes firmly on him and waited for a reply.
“Damn it, Amanda, you’re just like your aunt. Do you know what it’s like for me, to know I’m never going to have her? I can never have what I want, now. I’m too old to start over even if I wanted to do it. Minnie would have been unhappy over the way I ran out and left you with that bunch of vultures.”
He was gripping the steering wheel too tightly, obviously very
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