Beautifully Irresistible(40)

“Jennifer!” he shouted as his hips pumped roughly for the last time into me.

I felt him filling me up and I greedily took everything he gave to me.

I would never get enough of him, ever.

“Good morning, beautiful. That was awesome, baby,” he whispered as he kissed my neck.

“Good morning, sex on a stick. You are awesome in every single way.”





Chapter Nineteen





I got up and prepared breakfast whilst Zack was in the shower. Scarlett came into the kitchen and gave me a warm hug.

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, thanks and thanks for the cuddle.”

Jasper came into the kitchen.

“Jennifer, are you okay?” Jasper asked me gently.

“I’m good, thanks, Jasper,” I replied as he gave me a hug.

As hugs went, it lasted a bit too long and I realised that Jasper was breathing in the scent of my hair.

“Son, put my woman down, would you!” Zack laughed as he appeared in the kitchen.

“Sorry, Dad!” Jasper said, quickly pulling away from me.

Zack gave Scarlett a quick kiss on the cheek. Then he gave me a long kiss on the lips. We were like a little family unit, only he had no idea of what the real purpose of me working here was.

That made me sad.

Zack left shortly after and I realised with the events of last night, he hadn’t told me about the merger and how the meeting went.

After the school drop off, I went to the police station for a meeting with DI Ross.

“Come in, Black. Are you alright after yesterday?” he asked me, showing a tiny bit of concern for me.

“I’m fine thanks, Sir,” I replied.

My lip was a bit of a mess.

“We got Alan Scott to confess about the video that he had taken and we pressed him to tell us what else he knew.”

“He said he saw Phoebe Cole arguing with a tall man in the woods on the day of her disappearance. Apparently she saw him and screamed at him to get lost. I don’t think he hung around. She was on her horse. Unfortunately, this unknown man had his back to him and he didn’t see his face. He was wearing a baseball cap. Alan was too far away to hear the conversation. His eye sight is very poor and he didn’t seem to have a clue as to the identity of this man but he said it wasn’t Tyler Henderson as this man was a lot taller.”

“I see. So she was arguing with a mystery man in the woods. We really need to find out who he was.”

“I know. We will have to do more digging. Tyler Henderson is due in this afternoon for a little chat. I don’t think we will get much out of him. He was obviously the last in a long line of lovers. I will let you know what we find out. See you next week and shut the door on the way out, would you?”

He was such a charmer DI Ross. I was thinking about another look in Zack’s study and possibly a trip into his office might be helpful although more tricky.

There could be suspects lurking there if her holding up the merger was motive for her murder.

“Hi, Jennifer, are you alright after last night?” PC Anderson asked me as she passed me in the corridor.

“I’m fine, thanks. I had a lucky escape.”

“Mr Cole is absolutely gorgeous, you lucky thing!”

I smiled as I thought about him.

“Yes, he is and he is a lovely man.”

“Have you got the hots for him?”

“Yes, a bit” I laughed.

What I meant was a lot. Like the love of my life.

“Ha! It was good seeing you. Take care.”





I headed back to the house and pottered about in the kitchen, baking some cupcakes for Scarlett and Jasper. Marcia was cleaning the bedrooms so whilst the cakes were baking, I decided to nip to the study to see if it was unlocked again.

When I reached the study, I was pleased to find the door unlocked and I sneaked inside. Zack must have forgotten to lock it or Marcia needed to clean it. I started to rifle through the drawers but turned up nothing except an expensive ancient bottle of Scotch.

Come on! There had to be something in here!

As I concentrated on the task, I suddenly heard Marcia coming down the wide staircase, humming loudly. Trying not to panic, I ducked underneath the desk to hide in case she came into the room. Seconds ticked by. She opened the door and picked up the bin to empty it. I held my breath.

“I will do in here tomorrow. Yes, that’s what I will do,” she said to herself as she resumed her humming.

Thankfully, I heard the door shut behind her after a few moments. As I clambered out of my hiding place, my shoulder knocked into something that was taped securely to the underneath of the desk.

I ran my finger lightly along it and quickly realised what it was.

It was a gun.

My heart was pounding and my mouth was dry.

Carefully tracing around the edge, I gently pulled the tape off and the gun dropped onto the carpet.