"Unexpected Encounters are sweetest"
I plopped down on the wooden bench seat, closed my eyes, and let the steam fill my lungs and open my pores, relaxing me and offering some quiet before I would begin my day. I’d discovered the pleasure of an...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 20I’m just getting out of my car across the street from my office building when I feel my phone buzz.Before pulling it out to see who texted, I pull my coat closer to my face as I quickly run...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 18“I’ll have a glass of champagne. We’re waiting for two more people to get here, but they should be here any moment. So please also bring out a glass of the pinot noir and an old fashioned,” I say...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 16My office feels unusually quiet as I continue to stare at my computer screen, not really reading anything. It’s the same thing I’ve been doing all morning.In the past, I’ve always been able to work through any personal turmoil...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 14It’s dark by the time I get to Lauren’s apartment and it’s hard to see much detail other than that the building seems fairly new or it was at least recently renovated. It’s not the luxury high rise I...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Time seems to stand still for a minute as we all just stand there awkwardly. My heartbeat is so fast, I can feel it ramming itself against my chest. I know I should be the first to speak but I...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 12I’m just putting on a comfortable pair of shorts and a tank top when I hear the knock on my front door. I didn’t change my panties, knowing Lauren would probably steal those for whatever collection of mine she...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 11Lauren: Where are you?Me: So needy. I laugh at my own text. Which isn’t even funny, but I’m already feeling a little tipsy from the glass of champagne I downed when I first got to the bar. I’m here...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
“You can’t be serious.”“Oh, but I am, Ems,” Lauren says as she looks at her reflection in the car mirror and fixes some hair that has fallen out of her band. “I’m very serious.”She looks over at me with a...
"Emma King knew how to win. Until Miss Callahan arrived."
Chapter 9The car ride to Lauren’s hotel is quiet, but it’s not uncomfortable. After everything that she told me at dinner, I need a moment to process it, anyway. And process my decision to go back to her hotel room with...