His Dark Desires: A BWWM Billionaire Romance Read Free Page B

done. What if the only reason he hired me was to fuck me and send me out the door?
    All of a sudden, I was sick. I couldn’t look him in the face. I had to get out of there. I had to leave right away. Nausea swirled in my gut, so I darted to the bathroom. I slammed the door shut and puked my guts out until I couldn’t puke anymore. My head rested against the toilet seat, and all I could do was wonder what had possessed me to give it up so easily. I just needed to get cleaned up and go home and never think of what happened again.
    After splashing my face with some cold water, I pulled down my skirt that was still bunched around my waist, and I crossed my arms to cover my chest. If I could just get my blouse on and get the heck out of dodge. I ran out of the bathroom and threw my clothes on. Thank God James had left the room. I could make an escape without him noticing.
    “Hey, are you alright?” A hand grabbed me by the arm before I could get down the stairs.
    “I’m going home,” I said to James, fighting back the tears. “This was a mistake.”
    I turned to run away when he grabbed me again.
    “You’re not going anywhere, Audrey.”

“ W hat do you mean I’m not going anywhere?” I jerked my arm out of his grip.
    “I can’t let you leave this upset. Tell me what’s wrong.”
    James spoke quietly, but firmly. My body relaxed when I realized he really wasn’t trying to be an A-one, first class jerk. I sat down on the stairs and let my face fall into the palms of my hands. James sat next to me and put his arm around me.
    “What’s got you so upset, Audrey? You seemed to enjoy yourself.”
    Enjoy myself? Sure. Until I realized the gravity of my mistake.
    “I don’t know how to say this, but you’re my first. And you have a wife… I guess I didn’t expect to lose my virginity this way. I can’t believe myself.” And then the tears came, streaming down my face. What an awesome first day on the job.
    “You’re a virgin?” James turned his head away from me.
    “I was a virgin. I’ve been saving myself… for the right man.”
    “Jesus,” James muttered. He then wrapped his other arm tightly around me. “I wish you would have told me. If I had known—”
    “I know,” I interrupted. “You wouldn’t have tried anything, right?”
    “No, I would have still tried. Maybe not today, but I would have eventually.”
    I looked at James and couldn’t help but smile. Damn this man and his hypnotizing green eyes that could probably seduce anyone, anywhere.
    He brushed my cheeks and gave me a warm kiss. It seemed like I had known him a lifetime, and I think I felt that way the moment we met. I just wouldn’t allow myself to admit it.
    “You have such a beautiful smile, you know that?” he asked me, his lips inches from mine.
    I didn’t want to fall for him, but I had the feeling it was too late. I was getting James Fever bad, and I could only hope that I could cure myself before I died of heartbreak.
    “I suppose I should tell you a little secret about me since we’re being honest.” James wiped his forehead before continuing, and I swiveled to face him on the steps.
    “My marriage is finished. My wife and I tried to have kids for a long time, but she has a condition that makes her incapable of getting pregnant. Anyway, she sank into a depression and started drinking pretty heavily last year, and ended up spiraling into the party scene. So she ends up having an affair with some man that she met at this jazz club downtown. The divorce was finalized last month.”
    Infidelity. Now that’s one knife that cuts pretty deep. I know from experience. My heart ached for him.
    “I’m so sorry. I don’t blame you for kicking her out, though. That’s unforgivable in my book.”
    James sighed. “I didn’t kick her out. I wanted to fix things, but she wanted to leave. When she told me about the other guy, I stood there and stared at her. For the first time in my life, I had no words. I thought I had been