Free Sinful Desires Vol. 5 by M. S. Parker Page A

gratitude.
    “My understudy for Meg just informed me that she's pregnant.”
    Pregnant? I held my breath.
    “Her doctor told her that she's high-risk and not allowed to dance.” He handed me a script. “I want you to be the new understudy.”
    I stared at him. Meg wasn't a leading role, but she was a supporting character and had a song with the lead. “I-I...” Words failed me.
    “I'll take that as a yes and a thank you.”
    “Yes!” I blurted out. “And thank you!”
    He beamed at me. “Excellent! We'll discuss more details on Monday during rehearsal. Enjoy the rest of your night.”
    I was practically walking on air as I made my way through the chaotic backstage, smiling and exchanging compliments as I went. I barely registered a single face until I saw him standing outside the dressing room door.
    Julien set the large bouquet of white roses down on a nearby chair as he embraced me, holding me tight.
    “You were amazing,” he said. “I couldn’t take my eyes of you.”
    His hands slid over the rough lace of my costume, heat blazing through the thin fabric. I shivered.
    “Thank you.” I kissed his cheek. “And the roses are beautiful.”
    He released me and reached into his pocket. “And they're not your only gift.”
    I wasn't sure which I wanted to do first, share my news or open the present. Then I saw the way Julien's eyes were shining and decided the gift would come first. It was a small, flat box without any writing to tell me where it was from. I was still trying to decide if it was earrings or a necklace when I opened and saw it was neither.
    A key.
    I looked up at him, puzzled. I already had a key to his loft; he'd told me to keep his extra one when he'd asked me to run back to pick up something for a dinner at Anastascia's.
    “A key to your loft?”
    He picked up the key and showed me the ribbon he had tied through it.
    I read the words written on the bit of lace. “'To my heart and our home.'” I stared at the words. “'Our'?”
    “I want you to move in with me.” He tucked a few escaping tendrils of hair behind my ear. “I don't like us having to figure out whose place we're going to or thinking about whether or not we're spending the night. I want us to be together all the time. I want a home. With you.”
    Tears welled in my eyes and I couldn't speak around the lump in my throat. He looked at me expectantly, wanting an answer I couldn't voice. Sometimes words aren’t necessary and I did the next best thing. I threw my arms around him and pressed my lips against his. The tears spilled over as we kissed and I could taste the salt on my tongue, but it wasn't bitter. These were tears of joy. After years of never knowing where I belonged, I finally had a home. My heart swelled with love and I moved my mouth to his ear.
    “Take me home.”
    He smiled down at me. “Gladly.”
    - The End -
    What’s next? Coming in November:
    ** Casual Encounter **
    M y wedding day was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. Instead, my heart was shattered into a million pieces.
    When twenty-five year-old Aubree Gamble is left at the altar by her boyfriend of four years, she isn't sure where she's suppose to go from there.
    Her friends try to help, suggesting everything from hiring a professional to setting her up on blind dates, telling her she needs a casual encounter to move on, forget all about her past love.
    As things are about to go very wrong, a mysterious stranger comes to her rescue and Aubree thinks that he could be the one person who can help heal her broken heart. What she doesn't know is that her handsome hero isn't exactly the white knight she imagines.
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