Chapter 10Gender Issues and SexualityADD comes in a rainbow assortment of flavors. We have the “bouncing off the wall” hyperactive types, the “never seem to wake up and get activated” folks and many varieties of activity level in between. Some of us, using almost superhuman effort, keep our noses...
She tried smiling at her reflection. The ghastly image that grinned back at her made her look away. Suddenly, she longed for her cozy apartment in London. The background roar of the city had never bothered her the way the deep silence surrounding their cabin did. She slipped into her heels, grabb...
She snatched it up and spun around to find him standing far closer than she’d thought. His wide shoulders blocked the view of the rest of the kitchen. Adam had the afternoon off—more wedding preparations—and other than Tyler, who was doing heavens knows what in the dining room, she was the only o...
The silence in the cab smothered him. “Lydia and I met in college,” he began. “I was in my last year of my degree in architecture, and she was taking the last class she needed to graduate.” He’d been so young then. So enthusiastic. “I got a job stra...
She ran a hand through her hair and adjusted the old flannel shirt she liked to sleep in just as the door opened. She hadn’t expected Adam. “Hey.” “Good morning. Ready for a lesson on making pancakes?” He put the frying pan he’d brought with him on the stove. “Mind if I ha...
Ensconced in their Mayfair office tower, oil traders working for the Swiss multinational trading company Glencore International were fighting longtime business associates who were suddenly leery of trading with them. It was the fall of 2008, the period during which Anduran...