Just in case.

If needed

Work in progress.

It was unusual for Ava to be summoned to Julian’s office in the morning. As always, though, her time was his to arrange, and she stepped up to Dominique’s desk at five minutes to nine. With a smile, she greeted the secretary, explaining that Julian was expecting her on the hour. She had no illusions that the woman was in the dark as to what what ( Read more... )

Blake had met Julian in passing at several events in the two years they had been together, but Reilly had never gotten them together for more than a few minutes of small talk. It was something her friend liked to feign offense over, almost as much as he liked to tease her about her complete lack of natural instinct in dealing with his children. ( Read more... )

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Setting his half-finished tumbler of whiskey back on the smooth coffee table, Julian leaned back into the leather sofa, bringing the woman on his lap back with him. His hand slid over the soft curve of her hip, fingers brushing lightly over her silk dress. It was a shame that he had let so much time pass between liaisons with Ava. She was a ( Read more... )

Ethan does things. Stuff. Odd jobs, really. Most of it legal, even. He openly admits he’s not the most reliable of the Clearwaters, but he’s not an idiot--not even a little bit.

He knows that he can do this.

Getting into Incubus Dreams hadn’t been the hard part--he’d charmed his way into clubs before--but getting into the room he wanted was ( Read more... )

The entire evening had been a bust. Well, that wasn’t entirely true -- the food and drinks at Zafferano had been just as delicious as Parvati had assured her they would be. If it hadn’t been for the mushroom risotto and dirty martinis, she would have chalked the whole thing up as a complete waste of makeup.

She’d known better. Really, she had ( Read more... )

Lysander,

Many happy returns on your birthday, old friend. I've enclosed a few things that should make your thirty-first enjoyable.

In addition, you'll have a visitor at the church tomorrow evening at ten p.m. I know you keep a strict bedtime, but I have a feeling her company will be welcome.

-Julian

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