Free ROMANCE: Pleasure & Pain (NEW ADULT ROMANCE, THREESOMES Book 1) by Ashlynn Cox

Chapter I – And In Yours
     
    Erica fumbled as she tried to put the key in the car door of her baby blue mustang. It had already been one of those days where everything that could go wrong, did. Her keys fell to the hot black gravel pavement as she said,
    “Damn it! Would you…. Could you just…. Oh, for gosh sakes. Just work with me already…  Shoot!”
    She stumbled over to pick them up and tried once more to open the car door. She stopped briefly to blow her bangs out of her eyes, so that she could see what she was doing. She flopped herself into her car with her hands full of stuff. She dumped her black work apron, her cell phone, and her laptop onto the passenger seat of her car. Life was just too busy, and there were never enough hours in the day to get everything done that she needed to.
    And just like that, she started the car and punched the gas pedal on her way. She was a young college aged girl that was struggling to pay her mounting bills. Not even to mention how she would pay her tuition to keep herself in school. She was on financial aid, but unfortunately her grades had dropped because she had to work more in order to keep up with the increasing bills.
    Erica worked a profitable job as a waitress in a high end club. But she was struggling to hold onto that job because she was always running late, or “tardy” as her English boss would say it. She was late for work a lot and her boss had had his fill of her. It was not always her fault though, class would run late, or her roommate would need a ride, or something else always came up. She was a giver at heart and wanted to help anyone and everyone that asked for her assistance but that was inevitably her downfall as well. That was just how she grew up in a small town, helping others that could not help themselves.
    But now that she was in the big city, things had changed and she had not exactly adjusted to the ways of the rippers and runners so easily. She still wanted to live like she was at home, like time stood still at the one and only stop light in the center of town. She loved home, simple and slow, but she needed to get an education if she wanted to make something of herself and also to make her pop proud of her.
    She slammed on the brakes at the stop sign a block away from her building. She was utterly frustrated by traffic and reckless drivers on either side of her. She knew that she only had moments to get to work before she would be considered late in her bosses mind. He could be a complete prick when he wanted to be, but then again, he could be quite forgiving at times as well. It was all about the timing apparently.
    She grabbed her crap from the passenger seat when she finally got to work and made her way inside. She knew what was coming, but she would be damned if she would back down from his assumptions. As she walked in, he started in,
    “What the hell? You are late again! What am I supposed to do with that? You try my patience something terrible and then what do you want from me. I am just supposed to say that it is fine. It is just all okay then? Whatever!?”
    “Look. I am sorry. I had the keys, then they fell and dropped and everything and piss off already, would you. It has been that kind of a day that is all. Why do you give me such a hard time?”
    “God, I have no choice but to fire you! I can’t take it anymore. You make me look like a crazy person, woman. I do not get you at all. You are a narcissist feline at best. I swear! Go home. Go home now!”
    In truth, she was utterly devastated. Her jaw dropped to the floor. She knew in her heart of hearts that she ultimately needed the job real bad if she was to stay in school and also to pay her bills. It was no surprise that she turned her attitude around and begged to get her job back. Hell, she was desperate. She needed her job back or else she would drown in her debt. Her desperation peaked as she was willing to do just about anything at that moment in time.
    As she begged and