Sweet Surrender

Chapter One

Chapter One

South Glamorgan Wales UK 1842

"You will never have me, my children, my children's children and so on the way you want" Genevieve yelled out as the prince of darkness took her; ravishing her body as he had never tasted the erotica of a woman. Not listening to her pleads for him to stop. How could he; with the beauty that was laying there before him. The beauty he enveloped around and planting his seed in. She lay there as he finished, feeling sickness and hatred towards the man who has been chosen to be her husband. "I will bear your child but know that it will never be chosen to be someone’s mate. It will marry for love, not surrender to someone like you" she sat up wrapped the covers around her, leaned forward and spat on the feet of her newly wedded husband. The spell has been done.

LA, California 2010

The intercom on the phone kept buzzing and driving Emilia crazy. "Miss Branson, your ten o'clock meeting is starting soon" "Okay, I'm on my way. Just getting a few more details together" she said as she hit the intercom button then spoke to herself under her breath 'They can just wait a blasted moment' and swiveled her chair around to meet Derek Maxwell. The tall, dark and handsome with his heavenly blue eyes, muscular tanned body and rich black hair that has just enough wave in it to make you want to run your fingers through it. "Emmy, we gotta go. Got everything? ". "Yep, sure do" Emilia said as she froze in her seat for a split second. Emilia was short; five foot two inches and petite. Blonde hair and green eyes, toned but not enough for her liking. But then again, when did she have time to exercise. She didn't have time to date let alone exercise. “Okay, let’s go” Emilia said grabbing the last bit of her stuff needed for the meeting.

Derek opened the conference door for Emilia and they entered taking the seats by the door. Tammy looked at Emilia and smiled; Emilia smiled back then quickly turned to the front when a loud sound boomed on the table startling everyone. Silence fell in the room with all eyes up front on a large man in a very expensive Armani pin striped double breasted black suite. The man stood with his hand on the book he just dropped on the table. “Listen up; I’m not going to repeat myself.” Emilia looked at Tammy then to Derek then back to the man in front as he spouted out commands and orders speaking to them like they were children in trouble. She knew she should be paying attention and for the most part she was, but she was also paying attention to Derek. His body so tense, he was sitting at attention and drinking in every word. He was taking notes and underlining so hard Emilia thought his pen was going to slice through the paper into the table. Blinking hard Emilia came out of her daydream to find everyone getting up. ‘Shit, I’ve missed it, good thing I tape these meetings’ she thought.

 The meeting was over. Emilia grabbed her belongings, shoving paperwork into her laptop style briefcase as she walked to the elevator "Hold the door please" she yelled out. Derek Maxwell put a hand to the elevator door without a word. "Thank you" is all she said staring him in his eyes holding all the paperwork she hadn't yet been able to shove and wished she could be swimming in those eyes for eternity. The vision in her head vanished with the sound of his voice asking her if she was alright. "Yes, I'm fine. Just remembered something is all "and turned to the elevator door. The elevator dinged and Derek announced his floor and gave Emilia a wink. The door closed and Emilia still stood with lust as her facial expression. She heard a sigh as the elevator began moving again. Emilia turned around "You scared the shit out of me." Tammy Tate looked at Emilia as if she was crazy. "Well, you did" Emilia responded to Tammy’s look. "What were you thinking about as if I have to ask with that look on your face?" The two women chuckled and talked the remainder of the elevator ride which was only a few floors down. Tammy went to her desk in the middle of the room and Emilia went down the short hall to her office.