Read For the Night: Complete Box Set Online
Authors: C. J. Fallowfield
For the Night: Complete Box Set (83 page)
‘I think you know exactly what I’d like, Mr.
Steel. It’s been far too long,’ she replied.
‘It’s only been five hours and it’s late,’ I
warned. ‘You know the ramifications of doing it at this time of night.’
‘I know, but how can you resist?’ she asked, her
big blue eyes pleading with me as she looked up at me through her lashes. I had
no fucking chance when she looked at me like that, especially not today, not
when we’d hit the pinnacle of our careers and she’d given me one of the best
bits of news of my life. Every highlight of my life involved my angel.
‘On your head be it, don’t say I didn’t warn you,’
I chuckled with a resigned sigh. She clapped and grabbed my hand, virtually
skipping up the stairs with me laughing behind. She put a finger to her lips as
we approached the bedroom door, carefully opened it and we tiptoed in, over to
the cot in the corner. I swallowed a lump in my throat as we looked down at our
perfect son, fast asleep on his back with his thumb in his mouth.
‘He’s so handsome,’ she sighed, as she leaned in
and brushed a lock of dark hair off his forehead. ‘I think he’s going to be
even better looking than you.’
‘Don’t talk rubbish,’ I scoffed, as I stood behind
her and put my arms around her waist, gently cradling her pregnant stomach with
my palms. I kissed the side of her neck as we just watched him. It really was a
risk coming in to see him, sometimes he woke up and it was hell getting him to
go back down again. He loved attention and when he was awake, he needed it on
him every damn second. I thought I’d cried hard as Summer had looked up at me
the day she said our wedding vows. She’d looked simply breath taking that day,
we’d had a simple ceremony under a gazebo out on our beach, with our family and
friends joining us. It had been a magical day, one I’d never forget, followed
by a blissful two weeks on our own on a private Caribbean island, owned by Dan.
I’d cried even harder the day she told me she was expecting for the first time.
I’d never been so scared as when she was in that delivery room, screaming. I’d
felt so fucking helpless and I’d nearly ripped a chunk of my hair out from
tugging it nervously. ‘O shit,’ I uttered, as his light grey eyes suddenly
opened and he looked straight at me. ‘There goes hot sex for the night, I
bloody warned you.’
‘He’s the only one I’d give up hot sex with you
for, Lucas. Hello, darling,’ Summer cooed as he broke into a smile and chortled
as he called for me. He was a real Daddy’s boy.
‘Don’t talk to him, he may go back to sleep,’ I
warned, then groaned as he held his chubby arms up for me to pick him up. That
was it, he was wide awake now. I couldn’t stay cross for long, much as I wanted
sex with Summer, much as I always wanted sex with Summer, my ten month old son
was just as good at fulfilling a need in me and melting my heart. I reached
down and picked him up, giving a kiss on one cheek, as Summer kissed the top of
his head. ‘Hello Logan Steel,’ I chuckled. ‘It’s way past your bedtime, but
given that Mummy and Daddy just hit a
serious
home run, I guess you can
come and celebrate with us. I would say let’s go down and open a bottle of
Champagne, but I’m thinking a hot chocolate might be more in order for her as
Mummy has a little brother or sister for you in her tummy.’
‘Will you mind what I have?’ she asked, as she
rested her head on my shoulder.
‘I think I’d like a girl, someone for little Logan
to look after, but all I care about is that my family is happy and healthy,
angel. Nothing else matters. What about you?’
‘I’d love a girl too, though another gorgeous little
fellow like this would make me smile just as much.’
‘You realise we could be spawning a whole new
generation of Oscar winners. The Steels are going to take over the world.’
‘As long as they don’t follow in their father’s
former dubious career footsteps, I’ll be proud no matter what they do. I’ll go
and tell Daisy she can go as we’re home early,’ she replied. Daisy was our
nanny who lived in one of the guesthouses and took over when Summer was
working, or when we went out, which was frequently with the appearances we had
to make. More often than I’d like, I missed Logan while we were away from him.
I kissed his neck, making him giggle.
‘Dada,’ he moaned, as he put his head on my other
shoulder. Sod the Oscar, this was what made me happy, my son’s head on one
shoulder, my wife’s on the other. I’d never been more content in my life.
‘Summer?’
‘Yes?’
‘You’ve made me so happy with your news, angel. I
love you.’
‘I love you too, Lucas. I’m sorry I didn’t tell
you before, I had such a difficult pregnancy first time around I wanted to get
past the risky stage so you wouldn’t panic. I’ll see you downstairs.’ She
kissed Logan who giggled and put his arms around her neck for a quick cuddle
before she disappeared. I kissed his chubby cheek and sighed.
‘Don’t you listen to your mother, son. You’ve got
to do whatever feels right for you, and trust me when I tell you this, even if
you fall off the tracks like I did, when you met the girl of your dreams she’ll
soon put you back on the right ones. I’m not proud of what I did, but by
sleeping with all those women, feeling nothing, it only made me realise how
special your mother was. She’s the love of my life and one day you’ll find
yours. It doesn’t matter how you meet, just when you do, you listen to those
butterflies in your stomach, the feel of your palms sweating, the racing of
your heart, the rapid swelling of your cock and that dry mouth you’ll get as
you look into her eyes and realise that she’s everything you’ve ever been
searching for. She’ll be the one that makes it possible for you to breathe,
that makes life worth living every single second of your life moving forward.
She’ll bring you indescribable joy. When you find her, I need you to promise me
that you’ll make it your life’s mission to make her yours.
Never
give up,
Logan, because one day, you’ll be standing right where I am, with the most
incredible, kind hearted, loving and giving wife and mother at your side, and I
promise you that there’s no better place, or feeling, in the whole wide world.
The fact that she’s
seriously
hot as well doesn’t hurt.’
‘I can hear you on the baby monitor, you old
romantic you,’ came her voice, making me laugh.
‘Less of the old thank you, you sound like James.
Anyway, I have nothing to hide from you, angel, I’m transparent when it comes
to my love for you, my boy and now our new baby.’ I headed downstairs to find
her sitting with her feet up on the sofa, the bi-fold doors pulled back as she
gazed out at the dark ocean and thousands of stars. I went to sit beside her,
handing Logan over to settle on her lap, his head of dark hair nestling again
her chest. It physically hurt my heart to see them together. I sat next to her,
putting my arm around her shoulder and kissing her temple.
‘Thank you,’ she whispered, as she rested her head
on my chest.
‘For what, angel? Impregnating you with my sperm
of steel again?’
‘No,’ she giggled. ‘Though they don’t seem to need
much encouragement to bond with my eggs do they? I meant for being you, for
falling in love with me all those years ago and for making me so happy. My life
is just
perfect
. I can’t think of a single thing that I’d change or wish
for. You’ve fulfilled every single one of my fantasies, Mr. Steel.’
‘It’s what I do, angel,’ I replied, feeling those
damn butterflies roving, as my heart soared at the thought that I’d made her
that happy, as happy as she made me. ‘But instead of being your fantasy for the
night, we’ll be each other’s for life.’
‘It seems Logan Steele is back in business,
because that’s one booking I’m definitely making,’ she smiled as she looked up
at me, adoration all over her face. I kissed her soft lips and sighed happily.
This was right where I wanted to be, with my beautiful pregnant wife looking at
me like her world started and ended with me, and our gorgeous son on her lap.
‘Booking accepted, but I’d better warn you with a
for life booking, there’ll be exponentially increasing amounts of emotional
attachment,
insane
levels of physical contact during the event and while
I’m prepared to accept alternative methods of payment, waiving the cash clause
just for you, angel, the no refund clause most definitely still stands, because
Lucas Logan Steel
never
fails to perform.’
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~ Rhianna
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~ Fleetwood Mac
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The inspiration for the
character of Logan Steele came from Matt Bomer’s portrayal of Neal Caffrey in
the US TV series
White Collar.
I wanted to capture that dapper, suave,
quick witted, intelligent and charming character in Logan.
If you check the
reflection in Logan Steele’s glasses on the front cover of each book, they all
have a different picture inside.
I only planned for Summer
to appear in Virgin for the Night, then the last book, Actor for the Night. But
having written Virgin and realising how great their chemistry was, I had to
rethink the idea, to try and minimise Logan continuing to have sex with other
women while she was on his mind. Filthy was really the catalyst for the start
of Logan’s development. I went as far as I was willing to go, cringing
occasionally while writing some of the scenes, to really show the reader his
distaste and the start of his change of heart as he began to fall in love with
his angel.
The colour of the titles
were chosen for a specific reason, before I’d even written any of the books. I
have a bad habit of having my cover designer work on a cover when the book is
still only an idea in my head! Here was my reasoning for my choices:
Strangers
Red for passionate heat of
a one night stand.
Virgin
Green for naivety given it
was Summer’s first time.
Filthy
Blue for … well, the title
it says it all!
Ménage
Pink was chosen as it was
originally going to be a female/male/female ménage, but I ended up writing a
male/female/male one instead. I’ve not yet written any girl-girl scenes, though
that may be something I consider in a future book.
Sophisticated
Purple for royalty, as I
was going to write a tale of Logan and his client being in the royal box at the
opera house.
Biker
Orange to match the colour
of the stripe in his motorbike leathers and on the motorbike itself.
Dominant
Silver for the handcuffs
and hooks on the St. Andrew’s Cross.
Actor
Gold for the Oscars they
won at the end.