Free The Millionaire Tempted Fate (A Novella) (Sweet and Savory Romances) by Shirley Jump

on the edges of her thoughts. Take a risk, she told herself. Take a risk. "I think that’s always been a chapter we knew was coming someday, don’t you?"
    Their eyes met, and in that way that came from knowing someone for two decades, the knowledge that she was right, that this was a moment that had been coming ever since that first fumbled kiss, curled a tight grip around them. Max nodded. "There’s no going back, you know that, right? It’ll forever change things between us."
    "Good," she said, running her hand over his erection again. "Because it’s about damned time things changed."
    He held her gaze for one more long second, then leaned in and kissed her again, this time, hard, hot, fast. His hands worked at her shirt and hers worked at his belt and fly. A few seconds of fumbling, and his jeans were on the floor, followed by her T-shirt. He slid her sweats down to the floor, and she pushed his jacket off, then tugged his sweater over his head. She stood there, wearing nothing more than a pair of lacy panties, and thinking that even though Max had seen her a hundred times in a bikini, she had never felt more naked or sexy in her life.
    A slow smile curved across his face. "You are….amazing."
    She flicked a glance toward the bulge in his boxers. "I could say the same about you."
    He chuckled. "I definitely think you…" he raised his hand to her shoulder, then let it slide slowly, oh so slowly, down her chest, slipping over her breast, then along the hollow of her waist, and around to the curve of her hips, "are the more amazing one."
    She cocked a grin at him. "Well, I might need a close up view to properly vote." She reached for his boxers, bolder than she had ever been in her life with any man, and pulled them down. His erection sprang forward, and her pelvis tightened. "Oh. Yeah. Uh, you win."
    "Yeah, I did. The day I met you." Max bent down, scooped Angie into his arms, then crossed to her bedroom. He lowered her to the bed, then looked down at her with a look of such tenderness, Angie almost cried. "Last chance to back out."
    The moonlight coming in the windows kissed his strong features, and glinted in his eyes. Angie’s heart clenched, and she thought she had never loved anyone the way she loved Max. And maybe never would. Even if he did marry someone else, she would have this night.
    It would be enough.
    She hoped.
    "I’m not going anywhere," Angie said. She reached for him, and Max lowered his muscular frame onto the bed. Her double, which seemed so vast when she was alone, shrank in size, bringing her chest to chest with him.
    He ran a hand down her waist, slipping a finger under the lace waistband of her panties. His eyes seemed to darken, and the humor dropped from his features. "Oh God, Angie. If you only knew how much I’ve wanted you."
    "Then stop wanting and start doing."
    He smiled, then moved into position over her. She lifted her hips, he slid off her panties, and instead of plunging into her, he took his sweet time, kissing her, stoking a fire that was already roaring. His fingers worked magic between her legs, and before he slid into her, she was panting and gasping. She clawed at his back, clutched his tight ass, and begged him with her legs, her hands, her mouth, to make this an unforgettable night.
    Because it might be the only one she ever had with the only man she’d ever loved.

 
     
1/3 cup quick cooking oatmeal
2/3 cup water or skim milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup peanut butter
¼ cup jelly
     
You need a fast, easy breakfast that offers nutrition and an apology for last night. Mix oatmeal and water or milk in a bowl, microwave for 90 seconds, then stir in remaining ingredients. Leave on her bedside table with a note. Yeah, it’s taking the easy way out, but you’ve just screwed up the best thing you had going in your life and the repercussions are going to be huge. Oatmeal is, at least, a start, at setting the world back to rights.

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    Max woke up