A Fight For Love (BWWM Interracial Romance) by J A Fielding Read Free Book Online

she looked at Tony. “Are still after you,” she added in a low, but loud enough for everyone at the table to hear, voice. Tony took her hand in his and kissed it fondly.
    “ So, Pete. What do you do? Are you heading your own business empire like Tony is?” Desiree asked as she spooned some rice onto her plate.
    “ Well chuck, I deffo’ wish I had taken that path but I thought I would do things a bit differently, n’ dat” Pete said.
    “ How different?” Cynthia asked looking at him keenly.
    “ Silicon Valley,” Pete said. “My father had started this boss, but small, tech firm..” he continued before Tony scoffed.
    “ I would hardly call a company that employs over two hundred people small,” Tony said pompously.
    “ Well compared to the docks in my fair Liverpool, this one was right small,” Pete said smiling. “So, he needed a bangin’ financial consultant so I did the business, but after a year I broke away and did one to a rival company,” he added.
    “ Wow, do all your friends have a thing for rebellion?” Cynthia asked as she looked at Tony who was pouring the wine.
    “ I don’t really care. That is pretty hot of you ask me,” Rochelle said smiling. Desiree rolled her eyes and shook her head.
    “ If we were royalty, you would be our undoing dear sister,” she said as she looked at Rochelle.
    “ What? YOLO!” Rochelle said laughing.
    “ She did not just do that,” Cynthia said frowning.
    “ Yes, she did. Unfortunately for all of us, your sister has caught on with the YOLO trend, Dee. Welcome to my side of tiny hell,” Tony said as he handed a glass of wine to
Pete who was already engrossed in a deep, largely incomprehensible, conversation with Cynthia, and Desiree was once again left out. She took a sip of her wine and closed her eyes as she felt the rich flavor of the drink explode inside her mouth. “ Beautiful smoky finish, right?” Tony asked, causing her to awake from her private reverie.
    “ I do not know the first thing about wine tasting but if that is what they call a smoky finish, then I must say that was exquisite,” Desiree said.
    “ Did you just say exquisite? I guess having a British man with us is making us change our language too,” Rochelle said, causing Pete to frown at her patronizing misunderstanding.. Desiree smiled and took another sip just as she heard a knock on the door.
    “ Don’t worry guys. I’ll get it,” Desiree said as she stood up from the table. She walked to the front door and looked through the peephole. She gasped at what she saw and took a minute to collect herself before she opened the door. Taylor had a bruised cheek and, when she looked at his hands, she noticed that his knuckles were bruised too. “Ericson…what…” she started to say before he hushed her by caressing her cheek with his index finger.
    “ I’m okay,” he said in a low voice. Desiree looked at him, her heart weighing heavy with worry. “Really, Dee. I’m fine,” he said again.
    “ What happened? Were you in a fight?” she asked in a whisper.
    “ No. Well, yes…but I was not in any kind of trouble. I promise you,” he said. She shook her head and shrugged.
    “ I don’t believe you,” she said.
    “ Come on babe, we can talk about this later. Right now, I need to go in and give this to the birthday girl. It’s the Manolo Blahnic pumps that you asked me to get. I am sure she will love them,” he said. Desiree raised an eyebrow at his extravagance and shook her head.
    “ Right now, those shoes are the farthest thing from my mind,” she said.
    “ We will talk about this later, honey,” he said with a smile. “Just let us go and have dinner and then…” he never got a chance to finish his sentence. She took his hand and pulled him inside the house, right past the kitchen where everyone was.
    “ Hey Taylor. How are you…” Rochelle said as they walked past the kitchen. “Guess we will just go on without them,” she said when she heard Desiree’s