Free COLD INNOCENCE (snowed in with the billionaire #1) (billionaire erotic romance) by Karolyn James Page B

sighed. She put a hand to her
forehead and fought the urge to cry. It seemed no matter where she
went, what she did, this kind of stuff happened. She pictured the
other executives, back in their luxury offices, talking, probably
having the meetings via conference call or video call.
    Of course, somebody forgot Stephanie.
    Somebody always forgot Stephanie.
    “I’ll just call for a cab I guess,”
Stephanie said.
    “That won’t do a thing.”
    Now entered a third voice. A voice that made
Stephanie’s ears perk and her body tingle. It was a deeper voice
with the smooth touch of sexy. She looked beyond the annoyed man
standing in front of her and watched a man in a suit take the last
step down and turn, walking towards the room.
    “They’re cutting travel as we speak,” the
man in the suit said. He adjusted his suit jacket and tie. “They
already shut down all the back roads, the only road still open
being Graver’s.”
    “This road,” the annoyed man said.
“Damn.”
    “For now,” the man in the suit said. He put
a hand to the man’s shoulder and squeezed. “Why don’t you head out
while you can, Charles? Before the decision is made…”
    “Our guest here,” Charles started to say
with a thick layer of sarcasm in his voice.
    The man in the suit looked at Stephanie,
with a half smile on his face. “Why don’t you let me take care of
our guest?”
    As Stephanie looked at the sexy stranger in
a suit, she took a deep breath. His half smile was deadly and she
imagined three feet of snow dropping to the ground. She could
handle being stuck with him… alone… for the weekend…

(3)
     
    “I’m sorry, but I can find my way out of
here.”
    Stephanie stood with a fierce grip on the
handle of her suitcase. She watched as Charles stormed by her, into
the kitchen area, leaving. Standing alone with the sexy stranger in
a suit, she watched as he slipped his hands into his pockets,
staring at her with commanding eyes.
    “I was here for a company event,” she said.
“I thought everyone was still coming. I got here early. But the
snow… I’m not from around here…”
    “Walk with me,” the man said.
    He spun and started to walk, not looking
over his shoulder, assuming Stephanie would follow. She rolled her
eyes at his cocky demeanor but she let go of her suitcase and
dropped her laptop bag to the floor. She hurried to catch up to
him, finally doing so as he stopped at the front door to Wolf Top
Lodge.
    “Here, go ahead and try,” he said and opened
the door.
    Stephanie’s eyes went wide. She gasped for
air.
    She thought about that one tiny snowflake
touching the top of her hand. What was that, all of five minutes
ago? Maybe. Now it was a complete whiteout. The snow fell heavy and
fell fast. She couldn’t see off the small entrance to the
lodge.
    “As I said,” the stranger said, “all cab
service is suspended, especially to the mountain. There’s no other
vehicles up here. Charles has his SUV, but I’m sure he’s barreling
down the mountain now.”
    “So I’m stuck?” Stephanie asked looking out
at the snowstorm.
    “Actually…” the man said. He looked at
Stephanie and waited for her to look at him. He bore that half
smile again, his dark eyes confident, his body looking wide and
thick with muscle. Stephanie hated herself for eye humping him like
this, but it didn’t matter. Nobody else was watching, and it wasn’t
like anything was going to happen.
    After a way too long of a pause, the man
leaned towards Stephanie, his face within inches of hers. He
finished his sentence.
    “ We’re stuck. Together.”
    For a split second, Stephanie looked at his
lips, expecting them to come closer.
    They didn’t.
    The man stood back up and backed away from
the open door.
    He walked away without a care, while
Stephanie stared out to the increasing blustering weather. It was a
strange feeling for Stephanie. The winter winds whipped up blasts
of icy air along with snow but yet she felt so hot. Burning