Free Trouble in Paradise by Capri Montgomery

thought she would be in this position. She never thought she would need to be here. She had avoided so much through the years, places, opportunities, simply because she didn’t want to have to chance running into Peter and here she was, working in Tahiti on a project she dreamed of doing for years and her biggest fear had come to haunt her. The man she had tried hard to avoid all these years, telling Sterling she couldn’t make the San Diego trip with him the times he went simply because she had to get things together for other units, but that she would send her assistant with packages to hand out instead, turning down the first offer to move out to San Diego and do a beach workout DVD series…she had done all that silently trying to avoid possibly running into Peter or somebody in his circle of family friends.
     
    Oh she denied it to herself, but she knew that’s what it was. She was still afraid of him, and seeing him yesterday had made her come face to face with that fear.
     
    While Chloe, Jocelyn and Galinda were marveling over some fashion forward design that could look great on a date while hiding a gun, Galinda had said, Sterling was taking a keen liking to kissing her neck. She was in his arms, where she loved being. Having those strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind felt good—too good for a day outing. They needed some alone time at home with the way she felt right now. Judging from the bulge in his pants and the way he was kissing her neck and licking her skin, she would say he felt the same as she did.
     
    “I can’t stop touching you,” he whispered in her ear. She had to admit she couldn’t stop wanting him to touch her. She had waited so long for this, so long for him to want her, touch her, take her. She had wanted this from the moment she saw him—lust clouding her judgment so much that she broke her own rule and signed the contract he offered without really paying attention to all the details. It wasn’t as if he hid any of the demands that she work exclusively for him in the fine print. Everything was clear cut, but she hadn’t bothered to take note. She was glad she hadn’t. She was glad her attraction to him had clouded her judgment because if it hadn’t then she wouldn’t be working for him now. She would have thought through the downside of being exclusive and she would have most likely said no. Clouded judgment made her sign on the dotted line and she was so thankful for that. Not just the money, but the experience of working for Sterling had been the best part of her adult working life. He was the best when it came to working with anybody. He listened, he educated, he took her around the world to help other people get in shape and eat healthy. And on top of that she was in love with the man. Life had a way of working things out.
     
    “I like when you touch me,” she smiled as she watched the girls in the distance. “But if you keep that up you risk them seeing what you’re doing to me.”
     
    “So?” He slid his hand a little lower.
     
    “Any lower and your hand will be in my panties, Sterling.”
     
    He chuckled, blowing warm breath on her neck. “Maybe I should test that theory.”
     
    “Maybe you should not.” She placed her hand over his to stop his descent. “As much as I want you to we can’t—not here.”
     
    He grumbled before removing his hand and putting a little distance between them. When she turned to look at him his eyes were hazed with desire, and his lips were turned upward with devious consent. She shook her head. “You’re bad.”
     
    “Nah, I’m good. I’ll show you later,” he winked.
     
    “Would you two get over here?” Galinda yelled. “These girls are going to talk me into buying the entire store.”
     
    Bambi laughed hard. “We should go rescue her.” She looked up at him. “And tonight I can rescue you.” She lowered her eyes to his growing erection. He had to be in some kind of pain as big as the bulge against his