The Attraction File (Cake Love Book 2)
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I should be worried, for them, for myself, but for some reason I felt safe. His eyes and now, his touch did strange things to me. Had me reacting to the world in a way I never had before, well, not since I was a little girl. Not since I was innocent of the evils that existed in the hearts and hands of men.
“It’s much safer here than a museum basement. Most of the collection is loaned from time to time to galleries and museums around the world.”
“A. Hawthorne may be a recluse but at least he’s not a hoarder. I’m glad he allows the public to experience these treasures.” I smiled expecting him to nod his head or, at least, smile at my words but that didn’t happen.
Hypno-eyes frowned and abruptly turned his back to move toward the door. I guess A. Hawthorne’s employees don’t like people calling him a recluse. At least I didn’t bring up the rumors that he likes to hang out with prostitutes. I’m not one to judge women on what they have to do to survive in this male dominated world, but I would think a billionaire wouldn’t need to add to the exploitation of women. But, what did I know of what happened behind closed doors of mansions and penthouses.
I walk through the door and it eerily closes behind me. I hoped it was the latest tech gadget closing that door and not a dead painters ghost here to collect his lost work.
As I quickly moved away from the creepy door I was struck still once again as I entered what appeared to be a living room that had sex with a museum and this became their baby.
My friends sat on a what appeared to be a replica of an orange Florence Knolls sofa. But as I glanced around the room I realized there were no replica in this room. No knockoffs or vintage-inspired. Everything was original. From the George Nakashima end table to the Matisse hanging on the wall behind Evaleen.
I pointed to my friends and said, “When I die, I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered in this room.”
Morgana said, “You got it.” And gave me a thumbs up.
“Ah, Dixon, you can’t just scatter your ashes anywhere you want. This is someone’s home. They don’t want dead person ashes on their couch.”
Despite Evaleen’s cute habit of calling people by their last name and sound logic I chose to ignore her comment.
“Ms. Dixon, A. Hawthorne will meet with you now. He is down the hall and the second door on the right.” Bradley pointed toward a hall that appeared to be in competition with the Louvre.
This was it. The point of the whole evening. To meet the man who didn’t just buy my paintings but propelled me into the elite artistic circle. If A. Hawthorne showed interest in an artist, their career was set. Every gallery wanted to show their work.
I can finally get a chance to show my work not just in Chicago but New York, Los Angeles, and perhaps even the world. No more slinging drinks for tips. No more being groped by drunk losers who expect me to smile when they take what they never asked for.
I left my final resting place and moved quickly down the hall. Standing in front of the door to the room that held my savior I paused and removed my puffy black coat. Smoothing out my shoulder length platinum hair and adjusting my red blouse just before I knocked.
The door opened and I wondered if all the doors in this place were possessed. In the middle of a square room with a large wood desk and a few black leather chairs stood hypno-eyes.
He waved me inside, “Come in Aria. It’s nice to meet you. I’m Alexander Hawthorne.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Lynx was a printer. She was also a graphic designer, photographer, actress, comedic improviser, merchandiser, and now she is adding author to that extensive list of professions.
She has written an erotic romance series called Him Her Them. Since she spent a lot of time training and moved halfway across the country to pursue comedy (much to her husband’s chagrin) only to change her mind and take up writing, Elizabeth decided to write a romantic comedy series called Cake Love.
The Cake Love series, which includes Rules of Payne and The Attraction File, is inspired by the character blog on her website called Payne In The Blog. You can read those blog posts in a collection she published called The Payne in the Blog.
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