Red Hot Valentine: Falling for Cupid Read Free Page A

help the pair along, and
another couple left my office happily in love all over again.
    But there would be no happily-ever-after for
Daisy with Brad. That was evident. That was bad for her and bad for
me.
    She was a beautiful woman. Her lips were just
the right size to suck and nibble after she’d eaten a bit of
chocolate. I just knew she’d taste sweeter than any dessert
and-
    What the hell am I doing?
    I cleared my throat, giving
myself a mental shake. I passed her a legal pad and pen. “Please
list you and your husband’s assets and how you wish to divide them.” The
emphasis was entirely for myself. “I’ll fax a copy to his office
for final approval before I submit it.”
    She shook her head in understanding and wrote
out a short list. Selfless was an understatement. I wanted to
change what she’d written. She deserved more. I didn’t know her,
but I just knew. The protective part of me roared to life, wanting
to go to battle for her, but she wasn’t asking me to.
    “ Are you sure that’s what
you want?”
    “ I know it doesn’t seem
like much, but it’s all that’s rightfully mine. Brad funded the
down payment for the house, and he made all of the investments from
the money his company earned. I didn’t contribute to
them.”
    “ I could secure a portion
or request alimony for two years.”
    She immediately declined, much to my chagrin.
“Brad being Brad, I’m sure he wouldn’t refuse, but I wouldn’t feel
right. He worked hard for that money, and with a wedding in the
near future and Lisa wanting to attend medical school next year,
he’s gonna need it.”
    I raised and dropped my brows. She was
confounding. “You are one in a million, Mrs. Burke.”
    She chuckled; her eyes twinkled. “If only you
could get another man to realize that for me.”
    That protective instinct
roared to life again. My chest constricted as my stomach knotted.
Fire blazed through my veins, tightening my fists. Like hell! I didn’t want
to see or even think about her with another man.
    And there in lied the problem. She was a
client that was still married, that was the perfect combo of sweet
and sassy with curves I wanted to fuck till Valentine’s Day.
    I needed to get out of here. I needed to
finish this case as soon as possible. Cupid shot the arrows, but
one didn’t hit him.
    I rushed through the papers, merely pointing
where she needed to sign or initial. “I’ll call you once these have
been filed.”
    My balls fucking hurt. Every time she’d
leaned in to fill something in or sign her name, I caught a
tantalizing view of her cleavage. She had a healthy handful of
soft, round flesh that balanced with the rest of her and left my
mouth a little wetter and my cock even harder, much to my
dismay.
    When she nervously nibbled her lips on the
last page, that was when I snapped. It was an innocent move on her
part that turned me into a horned devil. I wanted to kiss, tease
and fuck her pouty lips in the most un-polite, un-romantic way. She
made me want to break all the rules. She made me want to be a
moral-free bad boy.
    Her brows creased. She grew solemn as I
stuffed the papers in my briefcase. I knew I was being rude, but
tension bound my muscles. Panic propelled me to act fast.
    I slammed my briefcase shut, holding it in
front of my crotch as I stood. “It was a pleasure, Mrs. Burke.”
With a curt nod, I burned the soles of my shoes on my way out.
    —
    Daisy
    I stared openmouthed at the empty chair
beside me, where he’d sat. Clearly I’d offended him. His
disposition changed the moment I said I wished he would convince
another man that I was a catch. I guess it was okay for Brad to
have a serious girlfriend already, but I wasn’t allowed to
insinuate finding another man would be nice. What the fuck? Talk
about a double standard.
    I sighed. I always fell for the wrong ones.
My first boyfriend came out two weeks after we broke up. The next
two cheated, the fourth lied about nearly everything, the fifth
turned