The Proposal (16 page)

“Mr. Zimmerman, sir – er
– thank you.  Very much.” She turned sideways to look at Ethan who was standing
behind her with his arms wrapped around her. He nuzzled her neck gently.

“I’m not sure where I’ll
put Sandra Donnelly next, I need her leave of absence as much as she does.”
“Yes sir. I can come back today if-”

“You know your problem
Nadine? You need to play a little. Too much work and you’ll end up going the
same way as your predecessor. Take the day off…..and say hello to your young
man for me will you? Tell him I’m looking forward to seeing that new exhibition
in Phoenix he was telling me about.”

“Yes sir, thank you Mr.
Zimmerman.”

He hung up and Nadine
closed her cell.

She turned around to face
Ethan who still had his arms around her protectively.

“Alls well…” she said.

“That ends well,” he said
huskily.

There was a silence then
and instead of kissing her, as she had hoped he would, Ethan picked Nadine up
deftly and placed her so that she was sitting on the table with her legs
dangling down.

There was something he
had wanted to say.

Standing in between her
legs and cupping her chin softly in his hand he looked her straight in the eye.
“My life, before you came along, was good. But meeting you, and getting to know
you, made me better. It made my life….more meaningful.”  He put a finger to her
lips, hushing whatever words she was going to say. With the fingers of his
other hand gently running through her rich auburn mane, he continued, almost
whispering, “So the escort stuff, sure, it earned me money, money I needed to
fuel my passion, which is this Nadine," he said, looking around the room.
"Creating pieces of art from metal, selling to investors and showing them in
galleries around the world. I worked odd jobs as an escort earning money to
just about get along. But now, ever since I’ve met you. I want more. You give
me more. You make me happy.  You give my life a reason to shape up and
want more. And I want to create more beautiful things. And I don't think I need
to do any more odd jobs again."

There, that was it. All
that he had wanted to say, he had finally managed to get out.

She looked at him with
tears in her eyes and placed her hands gently on his face, stroking his tears
away.

They embraced each other
tightly, remembering the touch of their bodies, the smell of their scents and
the feel of their lips on each other.

They kissed for a long
time, hungry again, remembering the time they had shared and wanting more of
it.

And they knew now that it
need not end.

In fact, this was only
just the beginning.

*** The End ***

I hope you enjoyed this
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Thank you.

Lily

Other books by Lily
Zante:

Love, Inc

Lexi Stanning is a
beautiful and intelligent secretarial temp who loves working in lots of
different places. Not content with working for a boss, Lexi is also working on
her side business where she is selling her own line of sexy lingerie.

Wayne Blunt is an
entrepreneur whose company WB Enterprises makes products for the building and
construction industries. His company is doing very well and he wants to take it
to the next level. When Wayne and Lexi first meet they are worlds apart. Young,
intelligent and beautiful Lexi is used to working at sleek, corporate offices.
When she is offered a stint at WB Enterprises, working for the rather ruggedly
handsome and hard-working boss, she instantly regrets accepting this contract. Wayne takes one look at Lexi and in her Prada high heels and doesn't think she will last
long at his company.

However, the business of
love leads these two people through a roller coaster ride of emotional highs
and depressing lows. Will Wayne and Lexi ever get their business together? Find
out in Love, Inc.

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Inc-ebook/dp/B00AGXZDCQ

 An Unexpected Gift

Caitlin Quinn has just
walked out of a miserable relationship with her abusive boyfriend and is
finally starting to get her life back on track again.

Walking home late on a
cold, December night after a Christmas party at work,  Caitlin is suddenly and brutally
attacked.

Terrorised and frightened
for her life she screams for help when suddenly a handsome stranger comes to
her rescue and saves her. 

Thrown together under the
most horrific of circumstances, Caitlin and her rescuer must learn to deal with
the effects of the attack as well as their existing relationships and the
problems that each of them faces.

The bigger problem,
however, is that they are starting to become attracted to one another too.

Due for release 31 January
2013

For more
books by Lily Zante, or to find out about her latest novels, please connect
with her at:

Website:
www.LilyZante.com

Email: [email protected]

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Twitter: @LilyZanteBooks

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