Devil She Became (Devil's Angels Book 1)
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Authors: Autumn Raynne
Devil She Became
Autumn Raynne
Copyright © 2015 Autumn Raynne
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Autumn Raynne
Devil She Became
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Devil She Became
Copyright © 2015 Autumn Raynne
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Thank you to the Lord Jesus Christ, my wonderful mother and father, my beautiful stepchildren, and my adorable dog, Pedro. Special thanks to my phenomenal husband, Kevin. More special thanks to the amazing Mr. Blackthorne and the Wicked Pen Writers. You are all the best! Bless you all.
8:25 a.m.
Shit. She was running late… again. Reese Vogel glanced down at her phone in disgust. This was the second time this week! Standing on the platform waiting for the train to arrive, she shivered in the cold Chicago air. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind nearly blew her over. Damned Chicago wind. Thankfully, her skirt was pencil-slim and tight, otherwise, the entire platform of fellow travelers would all get a great show of her new lacy black thong.
Feeling a familiar buzzing sensation in her purse, she reached for her phone. Who would be texting her now? Before she could look, the train finally pulled around the track and slowed toward the platform. It’s about time she thought.
As the train slowed, she reached up to smooth her long blonde hair into place, then she adjusted her purse and readied herself to board the train.
It is so crowded! I hope I don’t have to stand,
she thought. She was wearing five-inch Louboutins, and standing on a moving train could be difficult with a heavy purse since she was petite and easily swayed. Maybe some nice guy would be a gentleman and give her his seat. No, not here. This wasn't the South. No southern, cavalier gentlemen here. She guessed the equal rights movement had done more to liberate women up North than it had in the South.
Here we are all “equal",
she thought.
Yeah, right.
She supposed they had shattered the glass ceiling too. She shook her head and laughed.
“What’s so funny? Did I miss something?”
She turned, looked behind her and stared up into the deepest, most beautiful, hazel eyes she had ever seen.
“No. I was just thinking out loud. Sorry.” She blushed.
“More like laughing out loud. So what was the joke?”
Reese gave the man a more thorough look. Tall, dark hair nicely trimmed in a business cut, clean-shaven, trim but somewhat muscular physique, and those gorgeous, hazel eyes. She guessed him to be in his late thirties as he had just a touch of silver in his dark hair. Dressed in an expensive, designer business suit he carried an exquisite, Italian leather briefcase.
“No joke. Just a silly thought,” she stammered nervously as she looked at him. He was extremely handsome.
Grinning down at her, she could feel his eyes on her body. Slowly, his eyes traveled from her black five-inch Louboutin heels to her long tanned legs and up to the curve of her hips where his gaze lingered at her tiny waist. Then, they traveled up to her full breasts where his eyes rested there taking in the ample cleavage that was visible at the top of her red silky blouse. She’d always had difficulty finding blouses to fit her. There was always a gap between the buttons that left a bit of her bra visible as she was full-busted but petite everywhere else.
Although Reese found him attractive, she found herself feeling somewhat uncomfortable and shifted her purse on her shoulder.
“I… I need to sit down now,” Reese stammered. She could feel his eyes on her so intensely that her knees felt a little weak.
Realizing she was uncomfortable, he stopped looking. “Of course, you do. Those heels are high. You probably have a hard time standing in them on this moving train. Here, take a seat.” He gestured to the seat behind him.
Just then, an older bald man sat down in the seat he was gesturing towards.
“Excuse me, sir, this young woman needs a seat. How about moving aside for the lovely lady?” he asked the older man.
The old man turned to him like he was crazy. “What? I just sat down.”
“Well, sir, as you can see, there are no other seats available. I think it would be nice if we let the young lady have this seat. Surely you can see she’s petite, and riding in this train wearing heels is difficult for her.”
“So? She could’ve sat down when she got on. Damned woman wearing such tall heels ain’t my problem.” With that, the man turned back to his newspaper, but her dark-haired savior wasn’t finished with him. He reached down and snatched the paper out of the old man’s hands. “Sir, I will ask you again to please let the young lady have a seat, or I will make the rest of your journey very unpleasant for you.” He stood, grinning as he held the man’s paper.
The old man appeared flustered and somewhat shocked. Reese grabbed his arm. “No, it’s okay, I can stand. I’m fine.”
“No, you are a young lady, and ladies always get a seat before men. I will not stand by while a beautiful girl like you needs a seat.”
The old man watched this exchange intensely. Standing up to the younger man was obviously not an option for him. “Oh, here. Damned young people think they know it all. Now give me my paper.” The older man stood up, snatched his paper back and stormed off to the other end of the car.
“Now, my lady, here is your seat.” He gestured to her dramatically.
“Thank you, but that wasn’t necessary.” She smiled up at him.
“Ok, my beauty, what is your name? I get you a seat in such a gallant fashion the least you can do is tell me your name.” He leaned against her seat as she sat down and crossed her long legs.
“My name is Reese.”
“Like the actress, Reese Witherspoon?”
“Yes, but my mother named me after a relative. What’s yours?”
“Rose. Like in the movie, Titanic.”
“Huh?”
“Not
my
name. My mother’s name. You said what’s your mother’s name.”
“No, I didn’t. I meant your name. What’s your name?”
He laughed. “I know. I was being facetious. It’s Harrison.”
“Harrison? As in Harrison Ford?”
“Yep, but my name was just something my parents liked I guess. Not named for anyone else.” Leaning against the pole, he had an excellent view down her blouse.
“I like that name. Harrison. Very…”
“Sexy… mysterious.” He filled in for her.
“Something like that, yes.” Reese kept smiling. “I feel so bad you don’t have a place to sit.”
“Don’t.” He waved his hand dismissively. “I’m used to standing. I’m an attorney and always walking around in a courtroom, meeting rooms, and my office.”
“Really?” she asked. “So you said attorney? What type of law do you practice?”
“Real estate mostly. I assist my father’s company in their various acquisitions,” he replied.
“Sounds interesting.” Reese’s blue eyes widened.
“What do you do?” Harrison inquired. Looking her up and down, “Model?”
“Modeling? No, I haven’t done that for a while. I was a bikini and lingerie model a few years ago. Now, I’m a marketing director for a medical supply company.”
“Where did you go to school? Are you from Chicago?”
“I’m from Georgia originally, but my father’s job forced us to move several times. Most of my childhood, I lived in Laguna Beach. Then I attended Northwestern and received both my bachelor’s degree in marketing and my MBA there. After that, I moved back to California.”
Harrison sat his briefcase down. He adjusted his tie. “Interesting. So why did you come back here?”
Reese hesitated before answering. “I got divorced.”
Harrison’s eyes widened. “I see,” he said with a sympathetic tone to his voice. “What happened? Do you have any kids?”
Reese shifted in her seat to face him. “Well, let’s just say my ex-husband and I were going in different directions, and no, we didn’t have any children.”
“Different directions? So he was cheating on you?” Harrison concluded.
“Cheating… sort of. Some people might call it that. I don’t know what it was.”
Harrison put his hand on Reese’s hand. “Yes, you do. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s his loss letting such a beautiful woman go. He must be an incredible jerk to do anything like that. So tell me, what was it?”
Reese allowed Harrison to keep his hand on hers. It felt hot against her skin. His fingers were long and slender; his hand strong but smooth. She was having a hard time not imagining those hands roaming her body and his fingers deep inside her.
“He was talking to women online. Apparently, he met a few of them as well. He claims he never did anything ‘serious’ with them, but I know otherwise. He had odd preferences I didn’t like.” Reese looked down and blushed.
Harrison grinned at her. Amused, he inquired, “What kind of preferences? You mean sexual?”
“Yes, sexual.” Reese was irritated by this line of questioning. Was she on trial? And why was she giving her life story to this good looking stranger?
“Well, to be blunt about it, he liked a lot of strange role play, being tortured, a variety of different things. Things–”
“–Things you weren’t willing to do,” Harrison finished for her.
“Well, yes. I like to think of myself as open minded, but I draw the line at–”
Harrison moved his hand to her arm. “–At socially unacceptable practices?” He finished her sentence again.
Reese felt slightly intruded upon. “I guess you could say that. Look, he was into a lot of scat play, if you get my meaning.”
Harrison took his hand off her arm. “I see. I understand Ms…”
“Vogel”.
“Ms. Vogel, you are a southern lady, and I can’t imagine you putting up with such repugnant requests. I wouldn’t expect you to. If you were my wife, I wouldn’t dream of asking you to take part in such filth. I prefer my carnal adventures to be exciting and fun, but always in the most–”
“–You like your filth clean,” Reese answered for him.
“Exactly.” He grinned. “You get me, and I think I get you, Ms. Vogel.”
“So, Harrison, what’s your last name? You know mine, but I don’t know yours”
They felt the train starting to slow down.
“Well, it’s been delightful talking to you, Ms. Vogel. Do you have a card? Perhaps we can have coffee sometime.”
Reese dug through her purse and pulled out her business card.
Harrison took it.
“Executive Marketing Director, Ms. Reese Vogel MBA.
Impressive. Beautiful
and
smart. Such a rare combination.” He tucked the card into his suit jacket.
Reese stood up. “May I have your card, Harrison?”
He felt around in his jacket. “You know, I don’t have any on me, Reese. I just had new ones printed and I forgot to bring them with me. My apologies. I will be in touch. I have to go; this is my stop.”
Before Reese could ask for his email or contact info, he picked up his briefcase and glided out the door. Now wait a minute, what kind of attorney doesn’t carry a business card with him… at least an old one. Bullshit. She guessed she wouldn’t be hearing from him again.
Well, at least he gave me a seat and kept me entertained on this boring commute,
she thought.