“It’s not a weed dog!” Cooper sputtered and splashed her. “But yes. Daniel passed all our initial assessments, got high marks on the academic side, and we’re moving him to the next stage. He’s very excited. Mrs. B’s momma-bear instincts are in overdrive too. She’s talking about letting him stay with her for a little bit till he finds his own place.”
“Well, good.” Felicity smiled. “And it’s a great scheme. I hope it pans out for him.”
“Me, too.” Cooper’s arms drifted around her, sending tingles through Felicity’s body. “By the way, you came in tonight talking about certain things coming to light and then got side-tracked. What things?”
“Ah. That.” Felicity opened her eyes. “Turns out Elena is in love with Maddie after all. I saw them kissing.”
“Oh, the shock,” Cooper drawled. “However will I cope? Fuck, Felicity, her photo was on her desk. You said they watched movies together! She was with Elena every time you turned around. She was helping Elena pack to move to Maddie’s hometown!”
“Yes, well, it turns out I missed it all. Or rather I’d based my conclusions on out-of-date research.” Felicity closed her eyes briefly again and sighed. “There was a time I’d have been so jealous. A long time ago, I hasten to add.”
“I know.” Cooper began lathering up Felicity’s arms with soapy bubbles. “It was pretty obvious, your crush.”
“Really?”
“Mm. The admiring way you talked about your boss.”
“Do you think Elena knew?” Felicity shot her a worried look.
“Yes.” Cooper’s voice contained amusement. “And that’s why I never worried. If she’d wanted you, my love, she’d have plucked you from under her nose years ago and had her fun.” She teased Felicity’s arm. “The fact that she didn’t meant she wasn’t interested. Probably because her type runs to sweet, laid-back reporter-type Australians, not kick-ass, powerful women in executive suits. Fortunately, my type is kick-ass, powerful women in executive suits.”
“Good to know,” Felicity said languidly, “although I appear to be out of my executive suit right now. Would you like me to get out and put it on?” She pretended to rise.
Cooper’s powerful arm tightened around her. God, Felicity loved feeling how strong she was. Cooper’s arm relaxed. “Don’t go getting any crazy ideas. I love you right where you are.” She leaned in and nuzzled Felicity’s ear. “Matter of fact, I love you.”
Warmth filled Felicity’s chest. “It’s so weird.”
“God, don’t call my first ever declaration of love weird,” Cooper groaned.
Felicity playfully slapped her arm. “It’s so weird because when I came in tonight and saw you looking gorgeous and pleased with yourself, I thought, ‘I love her.’ I hadn’t even gotten one heel off, and that was all I could think. You’re mighty alluring.”
“Ah. Well, that’s good to know. To think you worried we’d have nothing in common. And there’s the fact we both love each other.” The smile in her voice was clear.
“Actually, it was you who worried that. Don’t forget we both love Brittany, too.”
“Who has probably forgotten us, given Mrs. B’s looking after her. She spoils my girl so.”
Felicity snuggled back deeper against Cooper’s wet, bare skin. “Know what other girl needs spoiling? I’ll give you a hint. She loves you more than legal loopholes, winning deals, and Bartell Corp.” She turned in the tub to face Cooper, careful to avoid a mini tsunami.
“Any more hints?” Cooper asked, her voice low and husky.
“Just one.” Felicity leaned in and kissed her, savoring the slippery, wet sensation.
Cooper grinned. “Hey, I think I know.” She kissed her back, lingering and affectionate. “It’s my uptown girl.”
“Hmm,” Felicity murmured into her skin. “Uptown girl? Yes and no.” She dropped briefly into her native accent. “I confess there’s also a lot more Midwest girl in me than I let on.”
Cooper’s eyebrows lifted in surprise at the admission.
“But as to being yours?” Felicity met her lover’s eyes and gave her a fond look. “Oh yes. Most definitely. Yours.” She smiled, her fingers tracing Cooper’s strong jaw. “You know, I believe I may have made a mistake earlier this evening.”
“You did?”
“Mm.” Felicity locked eyes with the most beautiful woman she’d ever known. Someone kind. Someone she loved and who loved her back. “It’s so obvious, now that I think about it. I think maybe I’m the lucky one. And right now?” She leaned in and whispered sincerely into her lover’s ear as her fingers slid down to fondle a delicious breast: “Longest. Winning streak. Ever.”
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OTHER BOOKS FROM YLVA PUBLISHING
On the Record
The Complete Collection
(box set)
Lee Winter
ISBN: 978-3-96324-222-9 (mobi), 978-3-96324-223-6 (epub)
Length: 219,000 words
The On The Record boxset contains two lesbian romance novels and one erotic short story about two smart and witty dueling newspaper journalists. Caustic queen and disgraced veteran reporter Catherine Ayers, and laid-basck, up-and-coming reporter Lauren King can’t see eye to eye on anything. But the story must come first, and as they work together to uncover mysterious scandals, they manage to stop fighting long enough to fall in love.
Getting all three stories packaged together means a huge saving, and hours of reading, with 660 pages and 219,000 words.
In award-winning novel The Red Files, sparks fly when Iowan girl Lauren is forced to hit the road with her nemesis, Catherine, to nut out a strange mystery involving prostitutes and pink champagne.
In erotic short story “Flashbang”, a hotel social media launch is the backdrop for a naughty, delicious reunion, after Catherine has been away and sorely missed Lauren.
The Under Your Skin novel sees the happy couple wedding planning in Iowa. Catherine must dig into her troubling past as well as an odd story on microchips…while keeping her caustic tongue in check around Lauren’s full-on family. What could possibly go wrong?
Truth and Measure
(The Carlisle series – Book 1)
Roslyn Sinclair
ISBN: 978-3-96324-645-6 (mobi), 978-3-96324-646-3 (epub)
