Insatiable by Mirrah Read Free Book Online

morning. How could he terminate me without an investigation? I knew if he checked Ms. Phillips’ bank account, the money would have been found there. The last couple of weeks with Drake had meant nothing to him, if he could so easily dismiss me.
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    Elaina arrived at my apartment Friday evening after work, and I told her everything. She was shocked to discover I’d slept with Drake, but envious.
    “You were in his home—in his bed—and had an up close and personal tour of his body? How is he…as a lover?” Elaina questioned. Her eyes grew big and shimmered with excitement.
    “He is breathtaking and magnificent in the bed. The many positions and ways we did it. I’m a virgin compared to that man. Oh… and he speaks Spanish— fluently,” I bragged.
    “I’ve heard Mr. Hart speaking Spanish to a client once. He speaks it well, and it sounds sexy on his tongue.”
    “Elaina, I fell in love with Drake—really in love. And now this .”
    “You know, I bet Ms. High and Mighty is behind all of this,” Elaina declared after she heard all of the facts.
    We sat in my kitchen. I opened a bottle of Tequila, and mixed us a batch of Mango Margaritas, and soon we were well on our way to getting drunk.
    “I believe it’s Ms. Phillips as well. I accused her of it, in Drake’s office,” I added, munching on a bag of pretzels. I hadn’t eaten anything today, and I already felt a buzz from the Margaritas.
    “Let me do some digging at the office. She can’t get away with this, Bella.”
    “No, I want you to stay out of this.”
    “I could recruit Helena and get the juice on Ms. Teresa Phillips. You know she wants to get into your Drake’s pants.”
    “He’s not my Drake.”
    “Bella, you have to fight for your man!”
    “ My man accused me of stealing from him.”
    “I know; but if he really believed you had stolen the money he would’ve had you arrested.”
    “He humiliated me in front of everyone in the company.”
    “You still love him though, Bella,” Elaina said, as she sat her glass on the cocktail table.
    “Right now, I don’t know how I feel about him.”
    “Give it some time.”
    “Are you going to start jobhunting ?”
    “I’m thinking about going to visit my parents for a week, and then come back home to weigh my options. I’ll polish up my resume and begin again.”
    “Yes, a getaway is just what you need to clear your mind.” Elaina started to giggle.
    “What is so funny?”
    “Ms. Phillips wanting to get into the boss’s pants, and you , a junior accountant, managed to get in his bed.”
    “It was sweet for the time we had. I miss him already, Elaina. I know I’m drunk. Did you just hear me say I miss Drake after what he did to me?”
    Elaina was giggling again; alcohol did that to her. We were both not really drinkers, but we finished off the Margaritas and I mixed up another batch.
    Much later, inebriated, we ordered pizza and fell asleep on my sofa as we watched Obsessed. Before I closed my eyes, I wondered if Ms. Phillips was so deep into Drake that she would ruin my life. I wondered if she’d gotten wind of our affair.
     

 
    Chapter Eight
    My one-week stay with my parents turned into a month. Being surrounded by their love and good home cooking made me feel like a little girl again, but one who came home to lick her wombs. I shared what was going on in my life, with my mother. She convinced me that a man who didn’t believe in me wasn’t worth having in my life.
    My parents tried to convince me to move to Detroit with them. I could look for employment and start over, but I couldn’t leave Drake just yet. A part of me was praying the truth would be revealed, and he would come knocking at my door begging for my forgiveness.
    Not in this lifetime, girl!
    Drake was a millionaire, and he wouldn’t fall in love or marry someone who works for him, I convinced myself. You’ve read too many romance books, and it’s time to realize sometimes dreams don’t come true.
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