Her Collateral Bride: A Lesbian Age Gap Romance

Claire’s so carefully ordered world.

Claire stood over her desk, bracing herself with her palms

flat on the surface. She’d been giving grand speeches about

being reckless and silly, about being selfish and foolish. She’d

been giving herself speeches about so many other things for so

long. Cautioning herself. She did not normally finger fuck

women who were fourteen years younger and as naïve as they

came. Not against bookshelves. Not in her office. Not

anywhere.

It was a momentary lapse, a crack in otherwise perfect

armor, and now that she was back in control, back to being

rational, she’d ensure that the world would remain orderly and

that it would never happen again.

Chapter 10

Haley

“What do you like? I mean, you sat in those classrooms

all day looking bored out of your mind, so let’s talk about you.

You know that I’m a music major and that I play piano. You

know my dad, and you had someone look into me. You know

everything about how I was raised and where and with who.

Tell me something about you.”

Claire’s hands tightened on the wheel, her knuckles going

white, as Haley expected. She’d also expected that after their

tryst in the office the day before, Claire would be shut down,

her walls up, her armor back in place. She was exactly right.

Snake slept in the bathroom next to their rooms during the

night. He was really sick but refused to go to the hospital.

Claire didn’t force him. She gave him however many days off

he needed to recover. When Haley had tried to say it was kind

of her, she’d snapped that it was practical. You couldn’t expect