CHAPTER 2
CONNER
Conner O’Bryan was having a very bad day. First, his trusted personal assistant and all around savior was sick. And that left him to actually run his own business. His day-to-day operations were normally handled by Gloria; she was a nonstop workaholic, but now the flu had her down for the count, at the worst possible time.
Conner was the owner, CEO, and the face of Get Fit 24, a string of popular gyms that he turned into a multimillion dollar corporation. Get Fit was opening another location in Dallas, and it was one of the busiest times of the year for them. Normally, Conner’s days were smooth sailing, but today, not so much.
The caterer for the employee appreciation party cancelled at the last minute, and although they gave him a full refund, it still left him in a bind without food for their luncheon.
Although he’d wanted to panic and cancel the entire event until Gloria was better, he decided to man up and do what needed to be done. In the past five years he’d had everything done for him, and on his whim, in return, he had become overtly spoiled.
“Carson, do you know of someplace that we can get food platters made-up at the last minute?” Conner asked his cousin, and COO.
Carson lived in the area, so he was definitely the person to ask.
“Yeah, why do you need food platters?” Carson’s face held a curious expression.
“The caterer cancelled. The event is in two days. We need food.”
“Wow.” Carson rubbed his face in contemplation before snapping his fingers. “There’s an Organic Food Grocery store not too far from here. I even know of a place that has a special on healthy cookies.”
“Healthy cookies? No such thing. They probably taste like trash.”
Carson chuckled. “No, actually they’re really good. I can call in an order.”
“Alright. You do that, and I’ll call the grocery. Hopefully, they can help us.”
“I’m shocked you can actually function without Gloria.” Carson smirked.
Conner narrowed his eyes at his smartass cousin. He wasn’t wrong, but he didn’t have to point it out. Conner was the boss after all. He had started his business from the ground up with hard work and determination. He could handle a simple task.
Instead of letting his cousin continue to wind him up, he just grunted his response. Carson laughed and left the office, throwing over his shoulder that he would order the dessert for the event.
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The next day wasn’t going great for Conner either. After he’d had a long tedious day, he thought the next day would bring him a reprieve. However, that was not the case. Although he was able to work out the food situation, he forgot to buy a new charger for his phone, and it died in the middle of an important call with his investors. He was able to call them back when he got to the office, but on his way there, he ran a red light and almost caused an accident. He was lucky that no one got hurt, but he was positive he would get a ticket in the mail. Then on top of everything, Carson was paying an arm and a leg for some cookies that Conner was sure would be a tasteless monstrosity.
But at least it can’t get much worse, Conner thought as he pulled his Chevy into a parking spot at the Organic Food Grocery. He was lucky that his cousin was a regular customer, and they were able to basically cater his entire event. The only catch was he had to pick the food up a day earlier. Conner was okay with that because the other alternative was for Conner to host a luncheon without lunch.
Conner was making his way through the massive store, trying to find his way to the onsite meals and catering department when he was literally run over by a gorgeous petite ball of energy.
If he wasn’t so distracted by the little dance she was doing, and the jiggle of her juicy ass, he would’ve avoided the collision. However, that wasn’t the case. His eyes had been trained on the heavenly bounce that put the round curves of her luscious body on display. Conner told his feet to keep walking, and not stop for the strange woman dancing in the grocery store, but they didn’t get the memo.
He was rooted to his spot watching her in amusement and annoyance because now his manhood was beginning to grow in interest to the ebony-skinned beauty. Before he could convince his feet to move, she whirled around and slammed her soft body into his.
The few items that she held flew to the ground, and her big brown eyes went wide. Conner was stunned into silence. The woman was absolutely breathtaking. Her heart-shaped face held unique features that on anyone else wouldn’t have been so alluring. But on this woman they were captivating. Her nose was small and upturned just slightly, but it complemented her face. Her lips were lush, with the bottom slightly larger than the top one. However, her almond shaped dark brown eyes were what held his attention and if he wasn’t mistaken, they were currently filled with lust.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t see you there.” The woman apologized, but all Conner could focus on was the sound of her voice.
His manhood grew harder, and if he didn’t get away from this woman, he would surely be labeled a pervert. All Conner could do was grunt in response as he started to walk away.
“You could at the very least help me you know?!” The politeness had all but left the beautiful temptress. “I didn’t see you because my back was turned, but clearly you weren’t watching where the hell you were going to bump into me. I’m small but I definitely can’t be missed.”
She was undeniably correct; there was no way on God’s green earth he would ever be able to miss her. Conner’s automatic response was a cocked brow and a smirk. Which set the sexy vixen off.
She’s got fire. Her body was so soft. I wonder what those lips taste like… Conner shook his head to rid himself of that train of thought. The last thing he needed was to be perving over some stranger in a grocery store, no matter how attractive she was.
The woman continued to lay into him, but Conner couldn’t have repeated what she said if someone paid him to. All he could do was stand there staring into her beautiful face, and hope like hell that she wouldn’t notice his growing member.
Once she finished her rant, she sashayed away with so much sass, Conner groaned. He ran his hand down his face, and subtly adjusted himself. He was usually a grumpy ass and a grunt was his normal response, but for some reason he wished he could’ve smiled and started a conversation.
“This day could not get any worse.”
After Conner picked up his order, he headed to his truck. He couldn’t for the life of him get the sexy stranger out of his head. The sooner he got back to the gym the better. He pulled out of his parking spot and right into the rear of a black Dodge Durango.
“Well, shit!”