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  Micha laughed. “Because you're soft and sweet.”

  Ricca pursed her full lips. “Well, at least Megan didn't get a job.”

  Kyra's friend shrugged. “I'm the getaway driver.”

  Before they could bicker, Kyra downed her next shot. “So now I have no idea what the fuck to do.”

  Micha kissed the baby's forehead and nuzzled her cheeks. “I'm all for killing the ba—uh, guy,” she modified after Jaya shot her a death glare. “But, I think before we can kill him, we want answers. Starting with personal favorites like, what the fuffernutter and who is this bi—er, witch?”

  “I mean, I've been trying to talk to him all damn week. He says nothing. He says he's falling in love with me, then he vanishes on me. I don't know if I can even deal.”

  Jaya patted her back as she found a crunchy toy for Alexa. “Honey, I know. But you need to talk to him. And then deal accordingly. He's your boss, but you're tough. You can handle it. And if not, we'll get you another job ASAP.”

  “Not with that Brennan Tech because that guy is a douche,” Kyra muttered.

  “There are other jobs. We'll just keep looking. You don't have to go back to Florida, sweetie,” Ricca said.

  The problem with drinking was, even in the dull fog, it took a lot to completely dull out the big picture for her. And all roads led to them talking it through. But she wasn't sure if she could ever do that.

  “I want to stay here. Why can’t I just find a nice guy?”

  Jaya smiled at her. “Even the nice ones fuck up.”

  The women regaled her with stories of their guys and she felt marginally better. But she still had to make some decisions. If she went back to the way she was, she'd never find love again. That much was certain. And she missed him. So much it hurt.

  Thirty-Four

  Twelve hours. That’s how long it had taken before Bryan had had a fucking chance to go after Kyra. Or rather go after her again.

  He’d tried last night. She’d had a head start, but he’d gone to her place and waited there until one in the morning. She’d emailed him a recorded file of her meeting with Brennan.

  Instead of turning her back on him, she’d been telling the fucker what he could do with his job offer. And in the meantime he’d been what? Sulking for days instead of talking to her. Instead of addressing the fact that he was completely in love with her, he’s let his anger take hold. Dumb fuck.

  He’d have stayed all night at her place if the doorman hadn't kicked him out. And then this morning. He’d had meetings with the early investors and Tom.

  All damn morning, he’d felt like someone had poured itching powder into his suit. He couldn’t sit still. The terror was as real as if someone threatened his life. He needed her. He just prayed he hadn’t fucked up too badly.

  As soon as he was free, he barely muttered a word to Tom and rushed out of there like his hair was on fire. He made it past the doorman by going in with a group of people coming in after a run.

  When he knocked on her door, it wasn’t Kyra who opened it, it was Megan. With the door ajar, he could see the women he’d seen in the restaurant with her that day. Great. The Cabal was meeting to determine his fate. He vaguely remembered seeing a wedding ring on one of the women. Maybe she’d speak up for him.

  Megan closed the door behind her and crossed her arms. “You can fire me if you want, but good luck finding a head of QA as good as I am. And you deserve to hear this.”

  He stared at the redhead and he knew he’d better fucking listen because she was the only way he was getting in to see Kyra. “You can let me have it. I know I fucked up.”

  “Fucked up is the lowest level of this colossal elephant screw.”

  Megan was tiny and quite resembled a leprechaun. But this leprechaun had his balls in a vice so he listened quietly.

  “You have her. That awesome girl in there, and you cheat on her with some blow job whore?”

  He winced. She’d told them about that huh? “Megan, I haven’t touched another woman since Los Angeles. I thought I could forget her, but I can’t. I love her and I know I should have just talked to her.”

  “Do you realize what the last asshole put her through? He lied and cheated, then when all was said and done, his new fucking fiancée stole her ability to work somewhere else. And then you and your bullshit. You don’t deserve her.”

  “I love her Megan,”

  The tiny redhead’s mouth snapped shut and she glared at him through narrowed eyes. “You think you can muster the pretty words and it’s all okay? That I’ll forget that you nearly threw my friend away?”

  She took off her stilettos and wielded them in her hands like weapons. Shit. He backed up with his hands held out in front of him. “If she lets me, I will spend every damn day making up for it. I’m a shitty communicator. And she drives me fucking insane,” he said loudly enough for her to hopefully hear him inside. “I’m bossy. Domineering. And a bit of a womanizing asshole.”

  “You’ll get no argument there.”

  He sighed. “But she understands me. From the moment I met her, I could be myself. I didn't have to put on the show. I should have talked to her, I know. I should have given her more breathing room, but I didn’t. And I wish I could take it back. But I am here to grovel for as long as it takes for her to just talk to me. I’ll start there and hope for more, but I will take what I can get. I will earn back her love. I will even concede that The Next Generation is a far superior show to Deep Space Nine.”

  Megan pursed her lip, but at least she stopped advancing on him. “I don’t know what that means, but I assume that Kyra does.”

  The door of the condo opened and three stunning women walked out. The tall one nearly met him eye for eye. She assessed him with a cool gaze then called back to Kyra. “Well done, sweetie. Up close, he’s even prettier. Totally fuckable.” She turned her attention back on him. “You hurt her again and I will maim you. I know one hundred and sixty-seven ways to dismember a body.”

  Damn.

  The darker skinned one with the honey brown eyes raised a brow at him. “Don’t mind Micha. She’s a little protective. But just so you know, I know how to use a gun.”

  The tiny one behind her smiled very sweetly at him. “God, these guys are so violent. Cut the man a little slack. Poison works just as well without all the heavy lifting.”

  Bryan blinked. He wasn’t sure if he should laugh or run for his life. But if you run, you’ll never see her again. He rooted his feet to the plush carpet of the hallway and watched the four of them walk away. When he looked back at the door, Kyra stood in the door frame.

  “Baby, I didn't sleep with her. I wouldn’t do that. You know that. You know me.”

  She nodded. “I believed you when you said you cared about me. But the second you had to believe in me, you didn’t. You froze me out.”

  “I was an idiot.”

  She frowned. “Tell me something I don't know.”

  Ouch. “I should have talked to you. I should have trusted you.”

  “Yes, you should have.”

  This wasn’t working. “I fucked up. I know it. I’ve never met anyone like you in my life. You are exactly what I needed and you terrified me. I fell in love with you and it hurt when I thought you could do that to me.”

  “After everything we’ve been through, you think I could do that?”

  He ran his hands through his hair. “No, but how was I supposed to know? You were still cagey. I tell you I’m falling in love with you and you don’t say anything in return. I tried to be patient, but I started to think maybe I got it wrong.”

  Her eyes went wide. “You moron, I’m in love with you.”

  His heart squeezed. She loved him … “Oh. Glad to hear that. I love you too. And I didn’t sleep with Elaine.”

  She shook her head. “I know that.”

  He frowned. “You do?”

  “Yeah. It occurred to me that even when you could be with her, you were calling my name, and for someone who was about
to get some, she didn't look particularly happy. And well, I can feel it. You wouldn’t do what Heather did to you. You’re an ass, but you’re not that much of an ass.”

  She knew him. She understood him. “No, I wouldn’t. But I should have talked to you about Brennan. I just locked up when I saw the email.”

  “Not my style.”

  “I know that too. I sent the information to my lawyer. He anticipates the Meredith lawsuit going away by the end of the day tomorrow. And Elaine, I sent her packing. The only woman I want is you. Please give me another chance. I will probably fuck up again, but I will keep trying until I get it right.”

  “Bryan—”

  “Kyra, I love you.”

  “We—”

  “I. Love. You. I will say it every day, several times a day, until you believe me.”

  “I believe you, but—”

  His heart raced as fear flooded his veins. She was going to say no. Shit. He couldn’t let her say no. “Kyra, please—”

  She frowned, and then shook her head slowly. “No, no. I’m keeping you. But I think I need to lie down. Too much tequila.”

  He chuckled as he pulled her close. “Come on, I’ll take care of you. Lucky for you, your boyfriend has the hangover cure to end all hangover cures.”

  “I like the sound of that word.”

  He smiled as he smoothed back her hair. “Yeah, me too.”

  Epilogue

  Kyra woke with sore thighs and an otherwise relaxed body. The sun streaked through the plantation blinds, illuminating her bedroom. Bryan’s arm was still slung around her waist. It had pinned her to him all night, refusing to let go. She wiggled in his grasp, and he tucked her more firmly against himself.

  His thick cock pressed against her ass, and she flushed just thinking about what they'd done last night after he’d helped her sober up. She'd never been so at ease and so open with anybody in her life. Now she had everything she could want and imagine in Bryan. All she had to do was take it. He was what she wanted.

  “You keep wiggling like that, and you'll wake the sleeping dragon.”

  Deliberately, Kyra gyrated her hips, pushing back against him. His cock nudged her more insistently, dipping into the juncture of her thighs. Obediently, she parted them, allowing him better access. He hissed when the tip of his cock came into contact with her slick pussy.

  “Oh, I think he's up.”

  Bryan nuzzled her neck as the tip of his cock nudged her cleft. “I swear woman, you're trying to kill me.” She moaned, and he immediately paused. “Shit, baby, are you sore?”

  She nodded. “Yeah, everywhere, but in a delicious way.”

  He tried to pull away, but she ground her hips back.

  “Baby, I fully intend to have you anywhere and everywhere that I can, but I was a little hard on you last night. I want to give you time to recoup.”

  Raising an eyebrow, she turned to face him and sat up. Throwing a leg over his hips, she said, “When are you going to learn that I don’t like being dictated to?”

  Kyra reached between them and took his thickness into her palm. Her fingers barely reached around his girth. Slowly, she stroked down, and he moaned. He gripped the sheets in tightly fisted hands. “Ah, Kyra, you'll just—”

  “Hush now,” she whispered as she stroked up and over the straining head.

  Bryan ground his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut. “Fuck.”

  “Yeah, that’s the idea.” She continued to stroke him until his hips started to pump up into her hands. Knowing that he was too far gone in pleasure to try and stop her, she positioned her core over the tip of his cock. Inch by excruciating inch, she lowered herself onto him. She needed to feel all of him inside her. Throbbing. Satisfying that deep ache. When she slid up a couple of inches, he whispered a string of curses vulgar enough to make her blush and grabbed a tight hold of her ass.

  Loving the feeling of his big hands kneading and squeezing her flesh, she leaned forward. “Yes, Bryan, this is what I want. You. All of you.”

  He answered her by stroking upward, and she tossed her head back. He let her set the rhythm, only occasionally staying her hips and breathing harshly. “Baby, I swear to God. I will come if you move.”

  Testing him, she squeezed her inner muscles around his throbbing cock.

  “Fuck, Kyra. Jesus.” He slid his hand over her ass and parted her seam with his fingers. Gently, he explored the seam until he reached the tight pucker. “Are you sore here from last night?”

  Kyra moaned and tossed her head back. “No.”

  Bryan picked up his rhythm. “Did you like it? Would you like me to do it again?”

  His finger lightly grazed the sensitive flesh, but not enough to send her over the edge. “Mm-hm.”

  “Tell me, baby, I need to hear it. As soon as I hear it, I'll give you some more of what I know you like.”

  “Yes. Please. God, I liked it.”

  True to his word, he circled the rosette with the pad of his finger once, and her body tensed in anticipation. Twice, and her skin tingled as the base of his cock stroked against her clit. Three times, and he withdrew, and the tip of his cock stroked against her g-spot. On the final pass of his questing finger, he slid the digit in just as her body started to quake. Ecstasy exploded throughout her body, and Bryan's hips jerked beneath her as he stroked her with his cock and his finger. As she quaked around him, he drove into her twice more before his cock jerked inside her and she felt the hot bath of his seed in her womb.

  “God, Bryan,” she moaned and collapsed against his chest.

  “Kyra, I love you.” He held her tight to his chest and didn’t disengage their bodies.

  She smiled into his shoulder. “I love you too.” He smiled broadly at her. “I think we're going to need a love contract after all.”

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  Don’t miss the first books in the In Stilettos Series in reading order

  SEXY IN STILETTOS

  (JAYA & ALEC)

  AUDIO

  SULTRY IN STILETTOS

  (RICCA & BECKETT)

  AUDIO

  SASSY IN STILETTOS

  (MICHA & CALEB)

  AUDIO

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  AUDIO

  SEDUCTIVE IN STILETTOS

  (TRISTIA & SHANE)

  STUNNING IN STILETTOS

  (KYRA & BRYAN)

  TEMPTING IN STILETTOS

  (SERENA & TYSON)

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