‘Oh! I know that.’
‘I was going to steal the pink diamond pendant that Lana wore to the art exhibition, but that was before I knew she was your friend.’
‘It’s OK, baby. I know you were not trying to hurt me.’
‘I love you. You know that, right?’
Tears start slipping quietly down my face. ‘That’s good because I’m crazy about you.’
He takes two steps toward me. ‘I want to marry you.’
I grin through the tears. ‘That’s real handy. I always wanted to be married on a beach.’
‘I’ll have to go straight. We might have to pay taxes and stuff.’
‘That’s OK. I’m quite rich in my own right.’
He looks at me quizzically. ‘You returned the jewels, right?’
‘Some,’ I agree non-commitally.
For a few seconds he looks at me with a mixture of shock and disbelief, and then he grabs me as if he owns me and pushes me to the soft sand and falls sprawled and laughing on top of me.
‘Tell me,’ he growls.
‘I gave Blake a few token pieces to return to their rightful owners in exchange for you.’
He looks at me curiously. ‘Blake bought that? He’s too sharp.’
‘Of course he didn’t, but I told you there are benefits to being his wife’s best friend.’
‘Where are the gems now?’
‘In left luggage, Victoria Station.’
‘You left hundreds of millions worth of jewels in Victoria station?’
‘Relax. It’s the safest place for them.’
He laughs and runs his fingers along my cheekbone. ‘Oh, Billie. You are a girl after my own heart,’ he says, and there is such a look of love and tenderness that I feel my insides melt. I look into his eyes, molten gold in the bright sunlight and the reflections of the sand. My face feels hot and there is already a wet throbbing in the soft flesh between my thighs.
‘Do you feel like fucking?’ I ask, arching my eyebrows.
‘Always.’
‘Because I’m ready to explode in a very unladylike way.’
He looks at me the way I would look at a very beautiful gerbil. ‘I love you, Billie. I’ve never felt for anyone or anything the way I feel for you.’
He takes my bra off and starts kissing my breasts. ‘You know,’ he murmurs, ‘I think I fell in love with you in that club on the very first night we met.’
‘And that’s why you didn’t call me, huh?’
His gaze is warm. ‘I always knew I was going to call you. There is no one in the world like you, Billie Black. But I had problems. I didn’t know you were friends with Blake and Lana. And then Ebony became angry and contacted the Mafia and my cover was blown forever. The best way to get caught is to lose control and team up with impulsive psychopaths. I didn’t want to do it so she went behind my back.’
‘She’s in love with you, you know.’
‘No she isn’t,’ he retorts instantly.
‘You’re such a man. So clueless.’
He frowns.
‘She came to see me.’
‘A fat lot of good that must have done her.’
‘Oi! Whose side are you on?’
‘Yours, yours and yours.’
‘Keep going.’
‘I’ve actually got to show you something.’
My eyes flick meaningfully to his crotch. ‘Take off your trousers then?
Patience, Black. Patience. He sits up and twists away from me, and I see that his entire back is filled with a massive spider tattoo. It is still raw and fresh.
‘Oh my god,’ I cry.
‘Do you like it?’
‘I love it,’ I scream. ‘But why?’
He shrugs. ‘I never could before. I was always trying to blend into the background of the titled, the moneyed and the famous. I’m finished with all that now.’
‘It’s totally boss.’
‘Good. Because I did it for you.’
‘Does this mean you get to be on top until that spider heals?’
He cocks an eyebrow. ‘Let’s get one thing straight, Miss Black. You’re always going to be underneath me. Got that?’
‘Loud and clear.’
His grin flashes. ‘Now get fucking naked.’
‘Make me,’ I say.
And he does.
The End
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Finally, here is a sneak peak into the contemporary romance I am writing with newcomer to this genre, Laura Jack.
THE BAD BOY WANTS ME
GEORGIA LE CARRE
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LAURA JACK