Free Slow Seduction by Marie Rochelle Page B

was filled with old baby pictures in the bottom along with something else—her adoption papers. After the initial hurt went away, she got in contact with the adoption agency and got all the information she needed within a year.
    Meeting her birth mother had been an experience. She came right out and told her how much she loved her and never wanted to give her up for adoption. Ann Wendell also told her how her father was still alive and married to the same woman for over twenty-five years.
    Robin remembered the hint of fear in her mother’s voice when she talked about Mark. But, she didn’t want to believe her father was the man Ann described to her. Two days after meeting her mother, Ann died in her sleep of natural causes. With only one biological parent left, she had rushed to find Mark in
Los Angeles
, but the reunion wasn’t how she imagined.
    Mark Kimball was rude, mean, and very controlling. He didn’t want anyone finding out about her, so he hired her to work at the school. If she had known how her life would have turned out, she would have stayed in
North Carolina
. There was nothing she could do now but make the best of a bad situation.
    She was tired of being the woman that nobody wanted. When she walked into a room, no one seemed to notice her. She wanted Jenisha’s ability to make every head turn when she entered a room filled with people. Everyone at the school loved and respected Jenisha as a person.
    She really didn’t despise Jenisha, but she wanted what Jenisha had:
Clinton
. She wanted Jenisha to feel some of the loneliness she felt most of the time. She wanted Jenisha to feel pain like nothing else, and she knew how to make it happen. The handsome Clinton Campbell would help her with her plan without even knowing it. He looked at Jenisha like she was the center of his world. She needed to find a way to use that against the both of them and fast.

    Rubbing her tired eyes, Jenisha threw down the pen she had been using to grade papers. She couldn’t believe how her feelings for
Clinton
had changed in a few short days. She had never been this happy in her whole life. Not even in
Texas
when she almost made the biggest mistake in her life and married Keith. T
hank
God he left me, or I would have left him first. Picking up the pen again, she started grading the spelling papers again. Halfway through the paper, her computer rung out to let her know she had an instant message. Sliding her chair over to the computer, Jenisha clicked on her email. She smiled when spotted
Clinton
’s email name across the screen. She logged in under her screen name so she could answer him back.

     
    Stubborn one: Curls, I just wanted to see what you were doing tonight. I’m so lonely without you over here with me .
     
    Curls: Love your screen name it fits you perfectly! I was busy grading spelling papers.
     
    Stubborn one: Do you want me to let you go?
     
    Curls: No, I think I can spare a few minutes for you.
     
    Stubborn one: T
hank
s so much precious. The real reason I emailed you was to see if you like to go on a date tomorrow night. I know of this wonderful place and I would love to take you there.
     
    Curls: Well, I have to check with my boyfriend first and make sure he won’t get jealous .
     
    Stubborn one: What! I didn’t know you had a boyfriend .
     
    Curls : I’m just kidding with you. I don’t have a boyfriend. I haven’t had one in years.
     
    Stubborn one: That was a very mean thing to do. I have to get you back for that and really soon too.
     
    Curls: Don’t make promises you can’t keep, good-looking .
     
    Stubborn one: Precious, I always keep my word so be prepared. So, are you going to accept my date offer or not?
     
    Curls: What time tomorrow because I’ve a meeting with Principal Kimball late tomorrow .
     
    Stubborn one: What are you having a meeting with him for?
     
    Curls: He wants a report on how you are doing so far with the designs. He doesn’t believe in wasting time or