Demon Tempted (Karmic Lust) by Nikki Prince Read Free Book Online

held a big sheaf of papers in her hands.
    “My two most favorite bosses together again in the same room at last. I’d begun to wonder if we’d ever be one happy family again.”
    Both Liliana and Eva laughed as did Jess. Eva wasn’t sure if she knew what had happened between Liliana and her, but she did know she most likely had felt some of the residual tension popping off both women.
    “Are you smiling because a certain platinum-haired male has been snooping around here?” Liliana asked Jess.
    Jess rolled her eyes and laughed. “Yeah, he seems like someone used to getting what he wants all the time. I’ve decided to let him stew a bit. I haven’t agreed to a date yet.”
    “Remie is a great guy, Jess, seriously,” Eva said.
    Jess grinned at them. “Okay, being set up by your bosses is kind of a weird situation.”
    “Jess, you’re like family.”
    “I know, Eva, and I appreciate everything you and Lili have done for me, truly I do. I’ve just had horrible luck in the men department, and I am not sure if getting into another relationship would be beneficial for me.”
    “We just want you happy and besides he took a liking to you on his own. Nothing to do with anything we said,” Lili chimed in.
    “Again, I thank you two, but I am going to take this slow. Every time I rush, something comes in to mess it up.”
    Eva was the first to ask about the papers Jess still held. “So you going to tell us what those are?”
    Jess blushed and giggled. “Oh yeah, these just came in. It’s the flyers you ordered Eva to hand out and hang up around town for the big anniversary sale.” She moved over to the desk and set the flyers down. She handed one to Eva and then to Lili. They both thanked her and looked over the flyers.
    “I like them. Thank you for ordering them, Eva,” Lili said. “This is grand advertisement for our anniversary month. I appreciate you taking care of this while I was gone.”
    “It’s both of our responsibilities to take care of the store.” Exasperated, Eva couldn’t help the bite that flowed through those words. Shit, she may have been a sorry excuse for a sister, but she fucking knew how to run Two Sisters Sinful Delights . She watched as Lili arched her eyebrow as if to say she was going to let that one slide. Sweet Jess was clueless as she babbled on incessantly about the upcoming anniversary and what a good thing it would be for the business. Crisis averted for now. Thank the Lord—saved by the Jess.
    The rest of the workday went well once she and Liliana got back into the groove of how they’d worked together before. It was actually quite nice to be working with her sister again. One could hope it was a sign of good things to come.
     
     

Chapter Six
     
    Liliana paced back and forth in the master bedroom, only stopping when she heard Samael clear his throat.
    “Wearing a hole in the carpet isn’t going to help the situation, Lili.”
    “I know, Samael, but pacing is better than blowing up, isn’t it?” She studied him beneath her lashes, still so amazed that he was hers.
    “There isn’t anything wrong with being angry. It becomes a problem when you hold on to it.”
    “I’m not trying to hold on to anything. I want us to be able to move on. It’s been a month.”
    “We are moving on, Lili. We still have each other and forever.”
    “But until this situation with Eva is resolved, I don’t feel like I can move on. I feel stuck, in stasis. I wonder if we’ll ever have a relationship again.”
    “Clay is working on it, Lili. This didn’t happen overnight, so we can’t expect that it will be done just as quickly.”
    She observed him with a pout on her lips as he strolled over to her and pulled her close, gripping her below the black t-shirt of his that she was wearing. She fixed her gaze on him and nodded in agreement.
    “You’re right this was a long time coming, and it won’t be something that we can fix right off.” She wrapped her arms up around his neck as