Free Remembered (Erotic Romance) (Bound By Time) by Victoria Jade

Remembered
     
    Book #1
    Bound By Time
     
     
    Present Tense
    Pierce trailed his full,
supple lips from Deelia's willing mouth to the throbbing hollow at her throat.
As she wound her fingers through his shoulder-length raven black hair, he moved
his lips lower...
    "Really,
Mac?" I  said, turning away from my computer monitor.
    Truth be told, I
was getting aroused ... and maybe a little embarrassed. Why? Because I knew
Mac, the author of the erotica novel, personally. 
    We usually worked
together on historical or research projects.  The erotic novel was a favor.  He
asked me to read it and give him my honest opinion. The trouble was, that I
couldn't be objective. For some reason, I kept picturing myself as Deelia, and
Mac as Pierce.
    I licked my parched
lips and adjusted myself on my chair, which had suddenly become uncomfortable.
After a deep breath, I turned back to read Mac's words.
    "Now,
Pierce!" Deelia arched her back and directed his hungry mouth to her erect
nipple. "Make love to me now!"
    As much as I
fantasized about being that direct, I knew it was never gonna happen. For one
thing, I'm more of a finisher than a starter. For another, I'm not movie star
beautiful. I'm just average. The kind of sex that happened to Deelia and Pierce
didn't happen to people like me.
    For starters, I'm
5' 9" and on the slender side. Not tall enough to be a runway model, or
skinny enough, either. I've been told I have a nice smile and big brown eyes,
but that's pretty much it. Even my ex-fiancé posted a FB status saying I was "nothing
special."
    It probably should
have hurt my feelings, but it really didn't.  I am what I am. It is what it is.
    I do, however, have
an enquiring mind, due in part to the fact that I'm a research writer. What do
I research? Anything and everything. Sex to cinnamon. Time travel to ménage à
trois. Guano to Gibraltar. 
    But getting back to
men and my lack of one:  Most of the men I meet don't want to date
"nothing special."  They don't even want "nothing special"
for a one-nighter.  All the men I meet want someone who can knock their socks
off at first glance. Then, someone who can blow their socks off -- if
you get my drift.
    It's no wonder I'm
single. But just to be clear: I'm not desperate, I'm single. There is a difference.
    My best friend, Annie,
is gorgeous. Men-drop-to-their-knees-in-front-of-her gorgeous. The weird thing
is, if Annie finds herself single for more than 24 hours, she's in a panic.  
    "Any day now,
someone is going to realize how pretty you really are," Annie tells me at
least two or three times a month. "I just wish you'd let me help you with
your makeup."
    As if makeup is
what's holding me back. But if it is, I guess I'd rather be single than be with
someone that shallow.
    Jeez! I'm beginning
to sound sad even to myself. But all that's about to change, so bear with me.
    A little back-story:
I live 1000 miles from my parents and four brothers. I live in Sioux Falls.
Yes, South Dakota. So how did I leave one of the Midwest's biggest cities to
settle here?
    Chance. At least it
seemed that way to me when it happened. I got a job offer, loaded my car with
my possessions, and drove here. Unfortunately, it only took a week before I decided
I didn't like the job -- or more specifically, my new boss's groping hands.
    Long story short, I
stayed.  Or should I say Sioux Falls compelled me to stay. Each attempt
I made to leave was met with abysmal failure. At least if felt that way at the
time.
    But now that I
think about it, I'd have to say the move to Sioux Falls was fated.
    Then, a few weeks ago, everything about my life changed.
    I'm writing this
account immediately after I returned to the present -- the second time -- with
the hope that reliving my incredible experience will help me decide what I
should do.
    I mean, what would
you do, if you had the best sex imaginable with someone you already knew and
cared for, but in a different time, before you got to know him in the
present?