And those kids I teach each day need me, even though I"m only anassistant teacher. Those children mean something to me.”
Dharr nodded his head. “Accepted.”
She slipped her arms around his shoulders, her fingers diving into his hair and touching the back of his neck, knowing how much he liked that. “I don"t have much to do on the weekends so if you"d like to get together next weekend, I think something can be arranged,” she replied, her body pressing against his in the hopes that he might make their last few hours together this weekend more memorable.
“Deal.” Without another word, he picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder. Electra screamed and laughed as he bounced her along to the bedroom, then tossed her onto the bed.
She laughed as she looked up at him, stunned by how quickly he was divesting himself of his suit and tie. “What are you doing? You look like you have to go to a meeting or something so surely you don"t have time for this kind of silliness, Dharr,” she said, raising herself up on her elbows as she watched him toss his belt over his shoulder.
“Later,” he growled. “I have a lover who thinks she can order me around,” he said softly, pulling her leg up and rubbing his thumbs against her instep. “I plan to counter that idea in her silly head before it becomes an issue.”
Electra gasped out a laugh. She"d never known her foot could be so erogenous. “What are you doing?” she asked moments before her head fell back, her hair cascading behind her in a waterfall against the sheets. “Never mind, I don"t care what you"re doing as long asyou don"t stop.”
“I can go along with that,” he said, his fingers moving from her foot to her calf muscle. By the time he entered her, there was not a muscle in her body that was tense. Chapter 9
Electra glanced up at the principal behind her. “Hello, Gloria. How are you?” she asked brightly before glancing down at the student"s work she was grading. “The children have really taken off on their spelling lately. I"ve seen some definite improvements,” she said.
Gloria chuckled softly. “I don"t doubt it is mostly because of your songs you"ve put all the words to,” she replied. Electra had come up with different songs which taught the children how to spell some of the most often used English words. It reinforced the spelling in their heads, sort of a twist on memorization. She cleared her throat and Electra looked up again, noting the worried expression on her supervisor"s face.
“Is something wrong?” Electra asked, panic starting to inch its way into her heart. She didn"t like that look. On her grandmother, it usually portended bad news.
She hesitated slightly, then took the newspaper out from under her arm. “Have you seen the dailies yet?” she asked. The woman looked genuinely embarrassed to be holding a gossip rag. “I mean, I know this is just a silly gossip paperand I"d usually never be caught dead purchasing one, but the picture on the cover caught my eye at the grocery store earlier.I thought you"d need to see it, if you haven"t already.”
Electra shook her head, hiding a smile from her boss . “I don"t generally read them unless some woman gives birth to an alien dog,” she joked as she took the offered newsprint and glanced down at the front cover. “What"s so interesting in there?” she asked, humoring her boss as she glanced at the back of the page, stifling a shudder when she caught sight of an advertisement for rock collecting. When she turned the paper so she could see the front page clearly, she gasped in shock, almost dropping the paper in her effort to get it as far away from her without dropping it. “Oh my goodness!” she cried out, automatically standing up as her eyes focused on the two people kissing on the side of the mountain in ski outfits. The tall man had dark hair and sunglasses on. The woman had long, black hair that fell almost to her derriere because of the way her head was tilted back for the kiss. Her eyes were closed, but there was no disputing the face. It was her and she had her arms wrapped around Dharr"s neck.
The caption read, “Who"s the king"s new love interest? A search for the mystery woman ongoing.”
“It can"t be,” Electra cried out, her hands accidentally crumpling the edge of