They didn’t have long before they had to arrive separately at a cookout at the Hightowers’. They were supposed to be in separate hotel rooms, but somehow Terrill had talked his way into her bed. She couldn’t believe that she had been lucky enough to have this man as her lover for over a year. Penny had gotten married to Jason and the East Coast branch of New Images by Keys and Morales was doing just as well as their Los Angeles branch. Maritza’s business and personal lives couldn’t have been better and that’s why she couldn’t help but wonder when the other shoe was going to drop. Terrill’s hand stroked its way up and down her back and finally curved onto her behind. She wiggled it and snuggled closer to him. “What if Penny decided to visit one of our rooms and found that you aren’t in yours. Our secret would be out.” He nipped her bottom lip and then licked it, snaking his tongue out slowly as if he were trying to savor her. “If she tried to find a room for me, she wouldn’t find anything because I canceled my room.
