A Designed Affair (21 page)

Enjoy this excerpt from “Bachelor Not For Sale” the first in the bachelor series.

“I’m here to see Taija Charles,” he said to the guard in the lobby of her office building as soon as he arrived.

“Sure sir. Take the elevators to your left to the eighth floor. The receptionist on that floor will show you to her office.”

Duron thanked him and added a little more pep in his step as he made his way to the elevator that would take him to Taija.

When he reached the receptionist, who alerted Taija to his presence, he was escorted to her office where she sat behind her desk, finishing up a phone call. He liked that she smiled brightly when she saw him enter. When she completed her call, she got up and came around to greet him with the kind of kiss that he had come to enjoy. He also noticed that she was in her workout gear, not work attire.

“Is today dress down day at work or something?” he asked.

Taija looked down at herself, noticing she still had on gym clothes. She’d had a free morning and due to much stress at work, she’d decided to work out at the gym on the lower level of her office building. When she returned to her office, she’d spent time returning phone calls and had yet to go into the adjourning bathroom in her office to shower and change back into her work clothes.

“I went to work out this morning after a stressful meeting and haven’t showered and changed yet. I was just about to when you arrived. So what brings you by today?”

Duron pulled her closer to him loving the feeling of having her in his arms.

“I wanted to see you and to also see if you wanted to partake in an afternoon delight of lunch with me.”

Taija loved how spontaneous Duron could be and she noticed a hint of a little something extra in the way he said lunch. Her body tingled thinking of the possibilities those words and the new smirk on his face could mean.Over the past several weeks that they had been seeing one another, she had experienced his spontaneity on more than a few occasions and the outcome had always been more than she could ever have imagined. She decided to play it cool and not be too eager to show him how much she wanted to do lunch with him and little something more. She gathered herself before responding.

“Of course. Lunch would be wonderful. Let me get out of these sweaty clothes, grab a shower and I’ll be ready to go.”

Duron watched the sway of Taija’s hips as she made her way to her adjourning shower. His thoughts turned back to one morning a few weeks back when he entered his bedroom and Taija had been in the shower. He wanted to join her then, but she had just turned off the water and gotten out. The sight of her always turned him on and seeing her today was like seeing her for the first time. His body’s response to her was instantaneous. He wasn't sure if Taija noticed how his body hardened the moment she came into his arms, but he knew of only one way to quench his body's thirst for her.

He heard her turn on the shower and wondered how adventurous he could get her to be. Without hesitating or second guessing his constant desire for her, he walked over to her office door, told her secretary that Taija asked if she could hold all of her calls. When her secretary smiled at him, knowing his intent, she acknowledged as he closed and locked the door. He wanted Taija bad and he wanted her now. He began taking off his own clothes as he headed for the bathroom shower to join her.

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About the Author

Cheryl Barton lives in Maryland where in her spare time she loves reading a few books a week, writing, spending time with her family, running her new publishing company, Barton Publishing, LLC and doing community service work through her non-profit organization, Sisters About Making Moves, which she founded in 2010. Her favorite downtime activity is eating Maryland steamed crabs. Visit her website at
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