Chapter 145

It was Monday morning and Emmeline was up at the crack of dawn, eagerly getting dolled up for her day at the courthouse.

She couldn’t stop thinking about her lover all the time. Even when she lay beside Richard at night, her longing for Zavian wracked her nerves like a drug addict needing their next dose.

She remembered his reckless desire to visit him during a court hearing, and the thrill of risk that accompanied it.

Emmeline decided then and there that she would take him up on his invitation, consequences be damned.

Today, she wanted to look sophisticated and polished, yet also alluring enough to drive Zavian wild - the kind of outfit that straddled the line between professional and provocative.

After much deliberation, Emmeline decided on a fitted gray skirt suit that hugged her curves in all the right places. The skirt was made from a stretchy wool blend that clung to her toned thighs, the hem falling just a few tantalizing inches above her knees.