“You look happy,” a voice came from the door.
Maya looked up.
“I knocked,” Yvette said and entered. “But you didn’t hear me.”
“Daydreaming, I guess.”
Yvette let appreciative glances travel around the room. “I wish you lots of success with your practice.”
“Thank you. I’m surprised to see you here. I thought you wanted to return to New York.”
She could see Yvette hesitate. “That’s why I want to talk to you.
With Ricky dead and Gabriel having taken over the running of the San Francisco office, there’ve been some changes.”
Maya raised an eyebrow. Gabriel had not said much about the future of the company and what he and Samson planned on doing after Ricky’s death other than the fact that Gabriel would take Ricky’s place and relinquish his position in New York.
“Gabriel has asked if I wanted to stay in San Francisco. I think he feels he has to offer me something in exchange for saving you from Ricky, when clearly it was a team effort.”
Maya took two steps toward Yvette and put her hand on the woman’s arm. “You were there first. You took him down. I’m grateful for that. I never thought you’d risk your own life for me. I didn’t think you liked me much.”
Yvette smiled. “I liked Ricky even less.”
“Thank you.”
“To get back to Gabriel’s offer – I didn’t want to accept it unless you were okay with it.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“It can’t have escaped you that I wanted Gabriel for myself.”
“I can’t blame you for that. He is an amazing man. But you’ve accepted that he’s mine. I have no quarrels with you. If Gabriel wants you to work with him in San Francisco, you shouldn’t let him wait for an answer much longer.”
Yvette put her hand over Maya’s and squeezed it. “I’m glad you feel that way. It makes it easier for me to ask you for something else.”
What else could there be? She and Yvette weren’t exactly friends, even though she hoped that over the years that would change. “Yes?”
“Drake told me you’re a good researcher.”
“I was,” Maya admitted, a twinge of regret charging through her body.
“You could be again. There’s something -” Yvette broke off.
“What is it?” Concern rose in Maya.
“I want a child. But as you know yourself, vampire females are infertile.” Maya heard the desperation in Yvette’s voice. If Yvette knew of Maya’s hopes for her own ability to conceive, Yvette would only feel more devastated. She couldn’t tell her, but she felt for her. She understood her desperation, her longing.
“Yvette.”
Yvette looked up.
“I’ll do all I can – it’ll give me a purpose. I can’t promise I’ll find a cure, but I’ll do my best.”
“Baby, are you coming up so we can – ” Gabriel said from the door.
“Oh, hi, Yvette.”
Maya looked at her man. He seemed more handsome as each day passed. “Gabriel, Yvette’s come to give you her answer.”
“Excellent, let’s talk.”
Yvette walked toward him, but then looked back. “Thank you, I mean it.”
Gabriel was almost out the door when Maya called after him. “Baby, what was it that you wanted?”
He turned and raked a hungry look over her body, making her shiver with pleasure. He could do that to her with just a look. Her voice was hoarse when she said, “Don’t answer that. I think I get the idea. I’ll be waiting for you.”
THE END
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tina Folsom is a member of the Romance Writers of America and writes predominantly paranormal and erotic romance. She lives in Northern California with her husband where she enjoys great food, changeable weather, and tolerates the occasional earthquake.
Her ideas for her books come from her many different careers –
CPA/Accountant, Real Estate Broker, Chef, Secretary, Au-pair amongst others – as well as the many different countries she’s lived in, and the people she’s met over the years. And the vampires? Well, chalk them up to her active imagination.
For more about Tina Folsom, please visit her website: www.tinawritesromance.com
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