What the Heart Desires (Contemporary Erotic Romance) Read Free

when they were leaving the movie theater, it happened.
    It was dark outside.  Felix held the door for Kimberly as they exited the building.  There was never a huge audience on Foreign Film Night, so there weren’t many people around.  Felix paused out there on the street.  He looked like he had something on his mind.
    “What is it?” Kimberly asked.
    Felix looked down at his feet and then, as though he was working up his courage, squared his shoulders and took a deep breath.  “You look really pretty tonight,” he told her. 
    Kimberly blushed.  “Thanks.” 
    Felix took a step closer.  “I – is it alright if I kiss you?” he asked.
    The pretty brunette’s breath caught in her throat.  “Yes,” she whispered, feeling her pulse quicken. 
    Felix leaned down and brushed a lock of her long dark hair out of her face.  Then he pressed his lips against hers.
    The kiss was closed-mouthed, gentle and tender, intimate yet respectful.  Felix’s fingertips brushed lightly against the underside of Kimberly’s jaw as his lips grazed hers.  She wrapped her arms around his waist, enjoying the close physical contact.
    She was beginning to realize just how much she’d been craving intimacy.
    All too soon, the kiss was over.  Felix pulled back and studied her face anxiously, as though trying to determine whether she was okay with what had just happened. 
    Kimberly simply smiled at him and then leaned her head against his chest.  She liked the way she could hear his heart pounding beneath his soft, warm sweater.  Clearly his reaction to the kiss had been every bit as strong as hers. 
    It was nice to know where she stood.

Chapter Three
    As time went on, Kimberley’s relationship with Felix blossomed.  They started spending much of their spare time together. 
    They settled into a comfortable routine.  On Monday nights, they’d go to the theater.  On Tuesday evenings, they’d go grocery shopping together.  Wednesdays and Thursdays were off the table because Felix taught night classes at the local community college – such was the life of an aspiring academic.  On Friday nights Felix cooked Kimberly dinner at his apartment and on Saturday night she returned the f avor at her place.  Sundays were usually lazy days reserved for doing household chores and watching television together.
    Kimberly was content with the new routine.  It wasn’t exciting, but it was familiar and predictable and safe.  She liked that.  Maybe, she reasoned, excitement was overrated.
    It seemed Felix came into Kimberly’s life at the right time because he was the one constant when everything else was up in the air.  While all was well on the relationship front, Kimberly’s work situation was something else entirely.
    Being a science major, Kimberly had figured the lab tech job at the hospital was perfect for her.  Sometimes it was a little dull, but it paid the bills and was generally tolerable.  Or at least it was until a change in management occurred.  Then, it became a hostile, awful environment.
    The new manager was the devil in disguise.  She was bossy and opinionated, critical and demanding.  She had unrealistic expectations, no compassion and imposed all sorts of crazy rules that made no sense whatsoever.
    The effect it had on the staff was clear.  Two of them quit after the first week.  A few others displayed irritability and a lack of motivation.  It was an incredibly difficult situation to be in.  Going into that hostile place day after day zapped Kimberly’s energy and her professional drive.  She found herself listless and upset more often than not.
    Felix listened to Kimberly vent night after night.  She tried not to complain about her work situation constantly, but he assured her he didn’t mind.  He was patient and tried his best to be supportive. 
    “Have you considered a career change?” Felix finally asked one Friday evening after Kimberly finished telling him about a particularly brutal,