Free TooHot by Lauren Fraser

rolled her eyes and stepped back, allowing him to come
inside. He walked past her and went straight into the living room with Josie
following behind.
    She sat down on the couch, tucked her knees underneath her
and crossed her arms over her chest. She looked so small and unsure as she sat
there.
    He ran his hand over the back of his neck, trying to ease
the knot that was growing exponentially by the second.
    “Look, about what you heard.”
    Her chest rose as she took a deep breath and held it.
    “It wasn’t what it sounded like,” he went on.
    “No? That’s good because it sounded like you went out with
me because my uncle forced you into doing it.”
    He grimaced at the acid in her tone. She wasn’t just pissed
off. She was hurt and the look of betrayal in her eyes cut through him.
    “Look, the thing is, yes, I did ask you out because your
uncle asked me to. But…”
    Josie’s face turned beet red and her eyes welled up with
tears. “God, how pathetic am I that my uncle needs to force his employees to
date his fat niece?”
    “You aren’t fat,” he growled. He hated how every woman he
knew thought she was fat. Who the hell were they comparing themselves to?
Sticks? Sure Josie had a little more meat on her bones than most of the women
he dated, but damn if he didn’t like the extra curves. He certainly didn’t want
her to lose any.
    Josie snorted. “Right, just pathetic then?”
    He gritted his teeth. “You aren’t pathetic. Look, your uncle
said you’d come off a rough breakup and he thought it would be nice if I took
you out to dinner.”
    “Oh my god,” she groaned. “And he had to threaten you to get
you to be willing to take me?”
    “What? No.”
    “Right, so he suggested it and you jumped at the offer, I’m
sure.”
    “Well no…not exactly.”
    She covered her face with her hands. “This just gets better
and better.”
    He dropped down into the chair opposite her and rested his
elbows on his knees. “It’s just that I thought it would be weird to date my
boss’s niece, you know?”
    She laughed, but the sound held no humor, just bitter hurt.
“Of course. So he had to browbeat you to get you to go?”
    He laughed as he remembered the conversation with the wily
bastard. “Not in the way you’re thinking. He told me if I didn’t go out with
you he’d ask Phillips to take you out instead.”
    Her eyes widened. “God, could this get worse? So what? He
planned to go down the line until he found someone willing to take pity on me?”
    He shrugged. “I don’t really know what his plan was. I
didn’t give him the chance to put it into play.”
    “Well, I guess I should be thankful you saved me from
looking completely ridiculous,” she mumbled.
    “Jos, come on. I might have asked you out because of your
uncle, but the rest had nothing to do with him. I sure as hell wouldn’t have
had sex with you because of him.”
    “Thank god for small favors.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm
as she spoke. She rubbed her palm along her arms as if to warm herself up. “We
done here?”
    “What?”
    “We done? You explained yourself. I get it. You took pity on
poor, pathetic Josie. The girl whose boyfriend cheated on her because she let
herself go.”
    “Excuse me?”
    She snorted. “Oh didn’t I tell you why Dave and I broke up?
He didn’t find me attractive anymore.”
    “Asshole,” Marco mumbled. He looked at her, his eyes
lingered on her full breasts. “The guy was an idiot. There is not a damn thing
wrong with your body.” His cock pressed firmly against his jeans as his
erection grew.
    “Maybe, but I can’t say it’s all that much of an ego boost
to know my uncle had to force you to date me.”
    “Jesus, Josie. He didn’t have to force me.” He lifted the
front of his t-shirt to show her how hard he was. “Does this look like I don’t
find you attractive? God, woman, just the thought of you makes me hard. I can’t
fake this.”
    “You’re a guy, Marco, you can get hard