Free Bad Boys Online by Erin McCarthy Page B

Better than good. Ecstasy inducing, mind bending, earth shaking, great sex. She sighed.
    “But it was more than great sex, it was… intimate.” Another lusty sigh emerged. “And now that I’ve let the cat out the bag, I don’t think I can stuff it back in.”
    “What do you mean?” Violet asked.
    She wasn’t sure exactly. She just knew she couldn’t be the same old Kindra the wallflower anymore. She had changed. Mack had brought out parts of herself she had forgotten existed.
    “I may not be able to have Mack, but I’m tired of being taken advantage of at work. I’m going to stand up for myself, and get some excitement in my life.”
    “Does that mean better clothes?” Ashley asked hopefully.
    “Will you quit harping on my clothes?” she said in exasperation. “But yes, it means new clothes.”
    “Cool.” Trish swung her backpack purse back on. “Let’s skip the movie and go shopping instead.”
    Ashley stood up and hugged Kindra. “Hey, I’m sorry things didn’t work out with Mack, but you never know. Maybe he feels the same way about you.”
    Hah. And Mack Stone was going to get a pet poodle named Bitsy. Please.
     
     
    Mack sucked down his third cup of coffee in the last hour and glared at Jim, his co-worker. God, Jim was annoying. Of course, everyone was annoying this morning.
    After a miserable Sunday afternoon wallowing in self-pity, Mack had spent a sleepless night. He’d woken up Monday morning with a pounding head and an aching heart.
    Then to make it all worse, Kindra had strode into work that morning looking breezy and sensual, confident and happy.
    For the first time ever she was wearing her hair down at work. The soft auburn sleekness bounced over her shoulders, and she was wearing very subtle make-up that brought out her green eyes and made her cheekbones look a mile long.
    Instead of black, her suit was brown. Warm chocolate that made her skin glow. The cut was feminine, tighter and shorter than he’d ever seen Kindra in.
    She looked fantastic. Gorgeous. Edible.
    Damned if he wasn’t the only one to notice it either. Half the office staff was sniffing around her. The male half.
    Mack stood over Jim’s desk, wishing Jim would put his doughnut down so they could solve the problem they were working on. Bright laughter floated over to them. Mack gritted his teeth and turned.
    It was Kindra perched on the reception desk, surrounded by three guys. Mack rubbed his forehead. When she had seen him this morning, he had gotten nothing more than a cool hello.
    He’d seen her naked. He had been inside her.
    But these geeks got her smile, full attention and laugh.
    Kindra had a great laugh.
    “Damn,” Jim spoke around a mouthful of doughnut. “Something is different about Kindra this morning. Maybe she finally got a little action over the weekend.” He snorted in laughter.
    Mack turned and glared at Jim. “Watch your damn mouth.”
    Jim stopped laughing. “What’s the matter with you?” Then his eyebrows raised. “Oh, I get it. Kindra was with you this weekend, wasn’t she?”
    Mack didn’t answer, but turned back to watch her and her entourage.
    Jim said, “I’ve never seen you look so ticked off. Has the great Mack Stone finally fallen?”
    Like a boulder.
    Without thinking, he marched himself over to her and interrupted rudely by elbowing past Bob from payroll.
    “I need to talk to you.”
    Kindra flushed. She darted her eyes around and her shoulders tensed. “I’m busy right now.”
    “I don’t care.”
    Kindra glared at him, held her chin up high and walked away, her hair swinging.
    Mack stood there flabbergasted. She had walked away from him.
    A hand touched his arm. He looked down at Ashley, who was tugging him away from the crowd.
    “What?” he said, trying to pull his arm out of her grip.
    “Get a clue, Mack,” she whispered. “You can’t just embarrass the hell out of Kindra by acting like a total cretin and then expect her to listen to you.”
    “I don’t