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Chapter 12

Michael strolled into his suite of offices, feeling better than he’d felt in months. Since connecting with Mia again, his life seemed to take on a new purpose. He wanted more than the next big contract, a fatter bank account, more houses and more cars than he could live in or drive.

When Mia had left him, he had fallen apart, piece by piece, with the final straw being his divorce. He’d fallen into an abyss of not caring, of only wanting women in his life whom he could control. He drew a macabre pleasure out of getting them to do what he wanted when he wanted. But after five years, he’d grown even more restless. Nothing satisfied him. Not women, clients or money. And then the opportunity to get back in Mia’s life presented itself and the dark world into which he’d descended suddenly grew brighter. He walked down the hallway toward his office.

“Good morning, Michael,” Brenda greeted him, as she stepped out of her office into the corridor.

“Morning.”

She quickly looked right then left. “I thought you were going to call me last night,” she said in a hard whisper.

“Not now, Brenda.”

She flashed him a tight look, her mouth turning into a single line. “Then when?”

Tender Loving Passion: Temptation and Lies

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