Mr. Black's Proposal (Part One: A Billionaire Erotic Romance) by Aubrey Dark Read Free Book Online Page B

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    Lucas was already holding the car door open for me. I slid in, tucking my skirts between my legs to avoid giving his assistant any more ammunition. Lucas slid in behind me with a mischievous grin that told me I’d better buckle up quickly.
    Driving a car in New York was always brutal, but somehow Lucas made it seem fun. Whenever we hit traffic, he’d careen around the corner or speed down an alleyway so fast that I clutched the side arm.
    At one intersection, we hit a red light. Lucas swerved over to the curb, where an old woman was selling roses. He lowered the window.
    “Hey Mrs. Norberg!” Lucas called.
    “Mr. Black!” She was at the car window in no time. The aroma from her roses wafted in through the window.
    “Mrs. Norberg, you look wonderful today,” Lucas gushed. “Did you do your hair differently?”
    “Oh, thank you,” she said, touching the side of her gray permed bob. “I thought I’d go for a saucy look. Like a flapper.”
    “You look divine,” Lucas said.
    “A rose for your lady?” she asked.
    “Yes, please,” Lucas said, passing over a bill and plucking one from the bouquet. Just then, the light turned green. Mrs. Norberg hopped back onto the sidewalk.
    “Thank you!” Lucas called to her from the car window, as we sped away.
    He held the rose out to me.
    “A beautiful rose for a beautiful girl.”
    “Thanks,” I said, plucking the rose out of his hand. “You must have a lot of beautiful girls for the flower lady to know you by name.”
    “Oh, me and Mrs. Norberg go way back,” Lucas said.
    “Really?” I asked. “You know, I could sense something between you two.”
    “Oh, yeah,” Lucas said, continuing to joke. “What we have is special, you know. True love. You can’t buy that.”
    “You certainly can’t,” I said with a pinched smile.
    We zoomed around the last few corners and screeched to a halt in front of my apartment. I unbuckled right away.
    “This car is great out in the country,” Lucas said. “Maybe I could drive you around sometime.”
    “Sure. Or maybe not.”
    I slid out of the car quickly and closed the door, only to see Lucas walking out behind me.
    “Let me walk you up.”
    “That’s really not necessary.”
    “Please.” He skipped forward to where I was standing on the stoop and stood face to face with me.
    “You don’t have to do that.”
    “I want to.”
    “Do you always get everything you want?”
    He only grinned. That funny feeling inside of me flamed up. Despite all of his brashness, there was a strange gentleness to the way he took my arm and put it in his. I began to imagine what other things he would do to me, and whether or not he would be gentle in bed.
    I bit back my thoughts and climbed the steep stairwell up to my place. We lived cheaply right above the bakery, but it was a hell of a climb every night. I stopped in front of my apartment door and turned back to Lucas, the keys still in my hand.
    “You can’t come in,” I said.
    “Did I ask to come in?”
    “I could tell what you were thinking,” I said, crossing my arms in front of me. I felt more vulnerable than ever with Lucas looming in front of me. He was so tall.
    “Is that right?” he asked. He put one strong arm up against the doorway, blocking me against the closed door. I could smell his cologne again, and a deodorant, like he’d been working out. “Then what am I thinking right now?”
    I looked up at Lucas. His brilliant blue eyes burned into mine. The air between us was hot with energy. I opened my mouth and forgot what words meant.
    “You…you’re not… you can’t be serious.” I mumbled..
    “With one motion he cupped his hand around the back of my neck. I couldn’t step back to get away from him, but I didn’t want to. He seized my lips in his and pulled me into a kiss.
    I gasped and my gasp was cut off halfway. His mouth was on mine, so hot and unrelenting that I couldn’t breathe for several seconds. I didn’t care. In an instant, all