Free Obsessed (BBW Billionaire Light Romance) by Juliet Michaels

you know?" Leah smiled.
    "Well, just the one actually. He did seem a bit put out when Elizabeth wanted to stay."
    "Used to getting his own way," Leah stated.
    "Like he did with you?" Emma asked.
    "No, to be really honest, that day in Oxford, well, I wanted it just as much," Leah confessed.
    "Elizabeth was a bit of a surprise," Emma added.
    "Yes, she seems to be perfect - brains, her own company and beautiful as well. Some people just have everything, not like me," Leah sighed.
    "Don't put yourself down, you're practically part owner of a flower shop and definitely attractive in a curvy way. James certainly had his eyes on you from time to time," Emma replied.
    "Really?"
    "Totally," Emma went on. "You were so busy avoiding him, you didn't even notice."
    Leah thought it over as they slowly walked home. She’d dreaded meeting James again, but when it happened she found him as compelling as before, even though she realised it was hopeless. He had a totally different lifestyle and on top of that, an amazing girlfriend, too.
    One Sunday afternoon of sex was obviously just a passing bit of fun for him. No. She must try to move on.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
     
     
    James
     
    It seems as though everything’s gone wrong, and I don't even know why.
    First Amanda. I caught her talking about the loan that I'd made to Leah. I could hardly believe it! I hauled her into my office and totally lost it. She knows that an important part of the job is complete discretion . So I simply can't trust her now.
    I started shouting at her and was going to fire her right there and then, but she started crying. I looked at her and realised how young she is, and felt an absolute shit. So I said she should go home at lunchtime and then she would be transferred to another branch.
    It's a demotion, but she's still got a job.
    I've told HR to put in a temp and find me a new PA as soon as possible, someone more mature and experienced. But Amanda was a good PA. I'll miss her.
    Then, Friday morning, I found that an arrangement had been put into my computer’s diary. A meal with Sam and Lucy. Elizabeth was due back from New York, but I thought we could just go to the Italian, have my driver collect us early and then head back to my place, so she would stay the night.
    Even if she's tired, Elizabeth is usually keen to see me when we've been apart, catch up, and sleep it off later. She’s the perfect, part time girlfriend; we've known each other since Oxford. Just a bit of a fling there, and then hooked up again a couple of years ago.
    She's very ambitious, developing her own Management Consultancy business, but we get together when we can. She probably suspects that I stray occasionally, but doesn't ask or make a scene. If ever I thought about marriage – not yet though – I think we’d make a pretty good pair. Same background, same university, same friends.
    But then, when I said it was time to go, at the cafe, she didn't want to. I was already feeling uncomfortable because it was a bit of a shock to see that Leah girl there and I was just ready to go home. So I insisted, and when we got outside Elizabeth said she was too tired to come to mine, and flounced off in a taxi!
    Then, Leah. I managed to have a quick word, I don't want things to be difficult if we happen to meet again. Surely she knows what happened between us was a one-off. But then, I put my hand on her knee and she started to tremble and, well, it got to me.
    I wanted to take her outside there and then and have her up against the back wall in the alleyway.
    What does she do to me?
    She's definitely not my usual type, but that lovely body of hers ... She seems so wary around me, too, sort of nervous, even though we had such a great day in Oxford, and after I’ve approved the loan.
    I don't usually have any trouble with women. I treat them properly, keep things pretty cool, and everything flows smoothly. But this week? Amanda gossiped and I made her cry, Elizabeth went off