Deceptive Nights by Sylvia Hubbard

he’s
sending his boat to deliver us up there and bring us back. Plus, we
can leave Friday night and get back by Saturday night all rested
up.”
    An overnight with Lawrence as company. It did
seem a bit too much. She knew him, but only over the phone when
they spoke.
    He could sense her dilemma. “I’ll be the
perfect gentleman and I even requested separate rooms to be set up
at his guest house for us. Madeline’s going to allow you to leave
early to get home and get the kids ready.”
    “ Can I bring my mother? To
help me with the kids.”
    “ Of course. I don’t mind.
The more the merrier I always say. So I can pick you up tomorrow
night about seven?”
    “ Yes,” she said. “It’s a
date.”
    “ I like that.”
    She said her goodbyes and hung up with him
wondering if Jacoby had told Lawrence anything about her. Lawrence
didn’t seem like he would be interested in her good girl type of
from all the times he had spoken to her in the past, so his sudden
interest in her could be construed with wariness. Matter of fact,
he had been all business, although he could be attracted to her now
that he had seen her for the first time at the office. Men seemed
to garner interest in her visually initially because she was
impersonal most of the time. Shielding her true self had become
second nature since Daniel left her.
    With this pushed to the back of her mind, she
called for her cab and nervously waited to go downtown to the
hotel. When she arrived in the lobby, it was five minutes early and
she took a seat near the front desk. After two minutes, she
couldn’t be still enough to sit and stood up looking at the front
doors to see when he came in.
    Large hands pressed on her side, and his body
moved against hers from behind her suddenly. Lips caressed the side
of her neck just under her ear, sending warm chills down her spine.
She knew it was him without even looking behind her.
    “ You smell beautiful,”
Jacoby whispered in her ear. “You smell good enough to eat,
Phoebe.”
    Facing him, as his arms encircled her waist,
she looked up at his handsome face and her breath caught in her
throat. Seeing him again, made her body tingle all over. She had
missed him, but was too proud to admit it. Moving her arms around
his neck, she softly said, “And will you be tasting me now?”
    “ In public? Don’t you think
we’ll cause a scene?” he teased.
    With a throaty sensual laughed, she returned
the jest and suggested, “Kissing me on my lips?”
    He raised a deep cinnamon brown brow in
wicked amusement. “I wasn’t thinking about those lips.”
    She blushed deep red as his mouth captured
hers fully. Her passion quickly came to equal his and by the time
he moved away and looked down in her eyes, he could tell she was
very happy to be there. Taking her hand, he steered her into the
elevator and prayed no one would be in there.
    Unfortunately, others came on the elevator.
She moved in front of him, and he pressed his hardened manhood
against her full apple-bottom. She took his hand and moved it under
her dress from the rear to let him know she was bare as a newborn
baby. He softly groaned behind her and she could tell he really
wanted the elevator to hurry up. Once they were on his floor as
soon as the elevator door closed, he swept her up and carried her
to the room kissing her face, neck, and chest. He almost kicked the
door down and slammed it closed once they were inside.
    “ You’re going to break the
door,” she giggled amused by his eagerness.
    “ Fuck the door,” he
snarled, laying her on the couch kissing her as if it were going to
be his last. She reveled his passion with her own, practically
tearing his clothes off and entwining her legs around his
waist.
    Through his anxious kisses, she fought for
control knowing if they didn’t stop he would lose what little
control he had.
    “ Wait, Jacoby,” she
whispered desperately.
    He groaned again, but didn’t stop meaning he
heard her, but was too far-gone to do