Free Dirty Boss: A Second Chance Romance by Alex Riley Page A

holding him and crying with him. It galled her that it was all she could do for him but she knew that there was nothing more to be done. She could however feel a huge relief drop from his shoulders.
    “The little imp made me promise her something before she died.” He said after the tears subsided.
    “What?” she asked.
    He was looking into her eyes now. “To come back to you.” He said softly.
    Emily was surprised. “She knew of me?” she asked.
    He nodded. “I told her. She rightly guessed that I had fallen in love and wanted me to be happy.”
    “Did you know you would meet me here?” she asked suddenly.
    He shook his head. “Nina, our nurse encouraged me to come ‘right’ myself by doing what I loved first before I go searching for you. She had no idea that I would be killing two birds with one stone.”
    They fell silent after this confession. Emily wished she could have met Claire at least one time before her death.
    “Was she the reason you left me that night? You didn’t want to share her love?” she asked after a while.
    “No, it was basically my own cowardice just like my cowardice keeps me from you after we meet again four years after. I thought you would hate me in the light of the morning.” He explained after thinking of her question. “Claire would have loved you.” He added.
    Emily nodded her head and rested her cheek against his chest. Her head snapped up as something that only just hit her.
    “You said you fell in love with me? On that night?” she asked him, eyes wide.
    “I was hoping you didn’t hear that part,” he replied, a small smile on his lips. The smile almost distracted her; she was happy that there was something for him to smile about.
    “And now?” she insisted.
    The smile became broader. “What’s there not to love? You are gorgeous, sexy, smart, creative and cried for my baby even though you never met her.” he said both sadly and sweetly.
    Her heart went out to him. He had her from day one, he only did not know it. She suddenly wished they had been together these last four years. She would have shared his joys and pains with him. He wouldn’t have had to bear it all alone.
    She leaned out of his arms to stare deep into his eyes.
    Before she replied, she leaned upward and smashed her lips against his, daring him to stop her. He didn’t. Slowly, she plastered her chest on his and slid to sit on his lap. He moaned into her mouth, surprised and pleased at the same time. Emily reached for his palm and guided it to the naked flesh of her thighs. His hand was warm and soft and it aroused her. She could feel a very sensitive warmth between her thighs.
    Eventually, when both of them broke the kiss with a gasp, Emily held her breath and spoke from her heart.
    “I love you too and I will like to be with you from this moment onward. I will not be able to fill the void that Claire left in your heart, I do not aim to but I want to make you happy once again. I want to wipe the hurt from your eyes and see the grin easily slide up your face like four years ago. Please let me,” she told him all this, begging him with her eyes.
    His gold eyes were staring into hers too. There was unshaken love and raw hunger for her in them.
    “I want to, Lord help me, I want to be with you too.” He said on a ragged whisper.
    It was all she needed. She placed a finger on his lips and kissed him again. Ryan reacted too this time around; he moved his palm from her thigh upward, towards her ass. He dragged her closer and gasped into her mouth, professing the romance that was going to envelope both of them for the next hour – for the rest of their lives.
    Ryan might have changed because of the struggles in his past but at least, his fingers still set her skin on fire, Emily thought. As she circled his waist with her lap, his palm slowly left her ass and travelled to the opening of her pussy. He brushed her panties aside and quickly slid in two fingers, making her breathless.
    “My Emily?”