The Pretend Boyfriend 2 (Inhumanly Handsome, Humanly Flawed Alpha Male Erotic Romance) (12 page)

Then there’s always that pair of diamond earrings he had bought for Sam, tucked away in its little velvet box snugly in his safe.

No. He doesn’t want to sell those.

He knows he hasn’t been exactly honest with Sam. He didn’t exactly have the money to fund her new gym. The amount required is considerable. There is space to rent. Equipment to buy. Lots of fixtures to put in. He would have to liquidate something to generate the cash flow.

The only asset he has is his apartment.

But he would have to downgrade anyway to reflect his current status. The party is over – at least for now.

“All right then. I’ll float it out. See what we can get,” says the realtor.

“Oh yeah, and see if you can get me a service apartment . . . to rent. Not a penthouse.”

“Price range?”

Brian sighs inwardly. He raises his eyes to the ceiling. “About a quarter of what this place would cost.”

Already, he is experiencing possession withdrawal. It leaves a draining, hollow feeling like no other.

He is lightheaded and he would soon have to lie down.

But it’s for a good cause, he assures himself. He’d be damned if he’s going to sit by and let Sam lose everything she has worked for.

He would have done the same for Caleb.

He finds it amusing that he now considers a woman – who also happens to be a fuck buddy, someone he is
hanging
out with – to be one of his closest friends. One that he would absolutely, unfailingly do anything for.

22

The manicure parlor is bright, cheery, filled with as many colors as OPI would allow. Sam purposefully makes her way to an empty armchair beside the pretty redheaded woman who is flipping the pages of a magazine while a Vietnamese man applies meticulous paint strokes onto her toenails.

Sam flops into the chair. She makes a big to do about removing her shoes.

“Oh my God, I love your color,” she says to the woman. “What is it?”

The woman looks up. Her eyes are a dark grey, Sam notices. The hues of contact lenses. They contrast sharply with her red hair. Her nose is extremely slim. Almost perfect, like that of a movie star’s. And her breasts. Oh yeah, people are bound to notice those protuberant tits.

The woman hesitates, as though she is wary of talking to strangers.

“Oh sorry, don’t mind me. I’m Samantha.” Sam holds her hand out. “And as you can see, my nails are in severe need of TLC.”

After a moment, the woman takes her hand. “I’m Delilah.”

“And the color is ‘A Good Mandarin is hard to find’,” offers the manicurist. He picks up the lacquer bottle from the floor and hands it to Sam. “Want to try it?”

“I should.” Sam flashes Delilah a brilliant smile as her plan kicks into gear. She hates doing this, but she has no choice. Brian’s innocence is paramount. “So Delilah, do you come here often?”

EROTICA BY APHRODITE HUNT

The ‘Bound
and Shackled
to the Billionaire’ series

His Indecent Proposition

His Indecent Demands

His Indecent Desires

His Indecent Secrets

His Indecent Revelations

The ‘Initiation’ series

Open Your Legs for Me

Blindfolded and Spread-eagled

Thighs Wide Apart

Teacher, Please Spread my Pussy

The Final Initiation

The Initiation: A Bundle of 5 Stories

The ‘Initiation 2’ series

Open Your Legs for my Family

Bend Over for my Family

Publicly Display Yourself for Me

Sex Slave at Sea

Paraded before the Billionaires

Sex Slave at the Auction

The ‘Initiation 3’ series

Sex Slave to the Dictator

Shacked by the Dictator

‘
The Royal Captive’ series

Prince Miro’s Capture

Prince Miro’s Submission

Prince Miro’s Enslavement

Prince Miro’s Punishment

Prince Miro’s Escape

Prince Miro’s Final Confrontation

The Royal Captive: Vol 1 to 3

The Royal Captive: Vol 4 to 6

The ‘Naughty Nymphomaniac’ series

I was a Naughty Nymphomaniac

Officer, Please Spread and Cuff Me

Gang Banged by the Chain Gang

Tempting the Hot Navy SEAL

The ‘Delicate Piercings’ series

Her First Clit Ring

Her First Clit Ring 2: Menage

Her First Clit Ring 3: Desensitization

The ‘Undercover’ series

Undercover: Exposing the Bad Doctor

Undercover: Stealing from the Sexy CEO

The ‘Alien’ series

Trapped with Sex-Starved Aliens

Trapped with Sex-Starved Aliens 2

Hot, Wet and Steamy
(individual stories)

When He’s Inside You

My Stepson is a Naughty Stripper

The Gorgeous Naked Man in my Storm Shelter (Erotic Suspense)

WORKS BY ARTEMIS HUNT

EROTIC ROMANCES

The ‘Inhumanly Handsome, Humanly Flawed Alpha Male’ series

A Virgin Enslaved

The Pretend Boyfriend

The Pretend Boyfriend 2

The ‘Maid for the Billionaire Prince’ series

Mysterious Desire

Forbidden Desire

Infamous Desire

Royal Desire

Maid for the Billionaire Prince

ROMANCES

The Body Snatcher Wears Lipstick

Snow White and the Alien

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