I work a boring office job. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind it. It's not a bad gig. It pays well, it isn't very demanding and I enjoy the time with my immediate coworkers. The only problem I would have to confess to is the sexy distraction, I refer to as my supervisor. I'd known him for a short while before he became my supervisor and I'd known of him for longer. He had a reputation throughout the firm as a hard worker a...

Chapter Seventy-Seven After treating Grace to breakfast in bed, Mac texted Bjorn to arrange their transportation for the day. They spent their day as tourists, including taking a horse and carriage ride at The Open Air Museum, enjoying views of Copenhagen from a boat on The Grand Tour from Nyhavn, and a trip to pet kitties at Café Miao. Mac watched several of the cats warm up to Grace quite easily, especially a sleek blac...

Chapter Seventy-Three Mac woke up a little after 8:00 a.m. He looked over at Grace, with her hair tousled and her arms over her head. It was enough to give a man some very naughty ideas. “I can feel you looking at me,” she said, with her eyes still closed. “Why are you not touching me?” Mac laughed, “God, I missed my sassy redhead!” Using one hand to hold her arms into place, he straddled her and used the other hand to ta...

Chapter Sixty-Nine Grace woke up alone for the first time in months. She missed the morning kisses, playful banter, and the way Mac looked at her like she was the only woman in the world. They hadn’t even been apart for twenty-four hours yet, and she was already miserable. She checked her phone for messages and emails. Then decided she needed to push herself into the things she needed to accomplish today. If she were busy...

it's been six months since I was made redundant from my previous job; I had worked in expenses for a shopping company. At first, I worked from home but as my workload decreased rapidly I knew the possibility of redundancy was not far off. Without my regular income, I retreated back to my parents' for lockdown, back to my old bedroom. My girlfriend soon followed my job in disappearing as the time apart gave her thinking sp...

Chapter Sixty-One Mac looked out into the crystal-clear sea and watched as Grace walked out of the water like a goddess. She was dripping wet, having taken a dip to cool off on their last full day of the impromptu vacation he had whisked her away to on the island of Corsica. She’d been careful to use sunscreen, so her fair skin was a light golden brown, not red with sunburn. Freckles that he hadn’t known were there popped...

Chapter Fifty-Seven Although Mac’s head remained pain-free, Grace insisted that he keep his follow-up appointment with Dr. Herzog at Schön Clinic Munich Schwabing. His MRI scans showed no tumors, so a trapped nerve in his neck had likely caused the pain. “So, why does the pain come on stronger when he’s stressed?” Grace asked. “When people are stressed, they often clench their muscles subconsciously. That puts more pressu...

Chapter Fifty-Three It had been several days since Mac had inadvertently, and somewhat haphazardly, proposed to Grace during a rather rousing sexual interlude. Afterward, he had apologized and said he would propose more romantically when the time was right. But he wondered how long he should wait. They’d been in Europe together for nearly six months, but not exactly bedmates the whole time. Still, in his mind, he was more...

Karenna was heading back to her office from the break room when she saw Chad and Reina walk in. “Hey, you two!” she chirped. They both nodded in Karenna’s direction and grunted a curt hello. Chad went straight to his office, and Reina sat down at her desk and slammed her desk drawer after putting her purse away. Karenna took a deep breath and approached Reina cautiously. “Do you want to talk in my office?” “What’s there t...

Chapter Forty-Nine The first day of the Barcelona leg of the trip was stressful for McKinley Stewart. Another firm was courting the company he was in the process of acquiring. He had realized that this acquisition wasn’t a done deal, but he hadn’t counted on there being competition. Part of the problem was that he was behind schedule, thanks to Alice’s unsuccessful attempt to get Mac to turn away from Grace by setting up...