Temptation (The Temptation Series) by K.M. Golland

see each other much but that didn’t matter, we made the
most of it when we did, she opened the car door and climbed in. She had curled
her ash blonde hair and it fell in loose ringlets past her shoulders. Carly
rocked a smoky eye better than most and had opted for a little black dress that
covered one shoulder and left the other bare.
    “Look at you, Totes Glam!”
    “What?” I looked at her and
shook my head.
    “You sound just like Nate.”
She laughed.
    “Good! I’d rather sound like
him than you, you old fart!” I hit her on the arm, I was only 6 months older
than she was, but as I was married with kids, she was single, childless and
enjoying her youth. She liked to remind me of that.
    “You look pretty smokin’
yourself, love those strappy heels.”  They were gorgeous, a light gold,
snakeskin pattern.
    “I know right?  My Jimmy
Choos and I are like this.” She held up her hand and crossed her fingers.
     “So how’s the new job babe?”
    “Yeah good, I feel like I’m
in over my head most days though and that has nothing to do with the actual
work!
    “Oh? Do tell.” I knew I could
tell Carly anything, It was what I held so dear in our friendship, no matter
what we shared with each other we never judged, we were brutally honest,
sometimes too honest which results in a speaking famine, the worst being 5
months long.
    “Ok, so, my boss is a billionaire,
the sexiest man I have ever laid eyes on and wants to fuck me senseless.” She
spat the Redbull she was about to swallow across the back of the passenger
seat, the driver shot us a dirty look through the rear-vision mirror.
    “Fuck off.” She looked at me,
my eyes didn’t leave hers.
    “Shit, you’re serious.” She
grabbed a tissue out of her bag, leant forward and wiped the back of the seat.
    “That’s freakin hot, why
can’t this shit happen to me? It’s a waste on you.” She looked over at me
again.
    “Alexis you little Whore,
what have you done?” She was very amused, I hated how she could read me so
easily.
    “Nothing, I wouldn’t do that,
you know me, he just kissed me, that’s all, really it was nothing.” She
squealed.
    “I hate you, ask him if he’d
like a threesome?” I shot her an evil look.
    “Ok, I’m kidding, right
putting on my ‘Serious Carly’ face.”
    “I’m struggling Carls. He’s
smart, cheeky, kind, loving, he’s arrogant, infuriating, direct and when he
talks dirty to me I almost orgasm on the spot. I’m not sure I can resist him,
the problem is, I love my job, he’s paying me half a mill…” She spat her drink
again.
    “I hate backing down Carls,
it’s just not in me, so when I stand my ground it only fuels his fire.” Serious
Carly was well and truly with me now.
    “Lexi, be careful Hun, you
are not used to this shit!”
    We pulled into Natasha’s
driveway, Tash was another close friend, our kids were the same age and
attended the same school, so we had seen each other daily before I had returned
to work. Tash jumped into the front seat, she was also wearing a dress with
shimmery black ¾ length leggings and black latent pumps. I should’ve gone
for my navy sequin, shift dress, damn!. Tash had long, dark brown hair, she
was also olive skinned and could pull off a vibrant full lip.
    “Hey Babe, where’s Lilly?” We
were supposed to be picking up Tash and Lilly.
    “She’s meeting us there,
Scott has Tonsillitis, so she’s waiting till he’s settled then she’ll head
off.” Lilly’s son Scott was one of Nate’s friends too.
    “Did you hear back from Jade
and Steph?” Jade and Steph also had kids that attended the same school, all of
our children got along really well, therefore we all became quite close as a
result.
    “Yeah, they’ll meet us
there.” I loved having friends with kids, the mutual topics were always great
discussions and always a help when advice was needed. I also loved having a
friend like Carly; she was a breath of fresh air for me, tonight was going to
be great