It was short-lived when one of the other chefs greeted her and asked if we were joining the other staff. We took our drinks and followed him out to wh...re people were gathering.The countdown started, the couples that were there huddled together and when the sound of Big Ben came over the radio, everyone yelled together.“Happy New Year!”Nicola turned and stood in front of me, with an arm around my neck she pulled me down for a kiss.“Happy New Year, sweetie.”“I'm with you, Nic, of course, it will. "Senor Lopez had a notebook and I noticed he was listing the number on the slides if they interested him. When I finished my presentation, he said, "Brown, let's go through these again. We'll take out the slides I'm not interested in looking at, or I can just give you the numbers I took note of." It would be better if you saw them all again. I can give you a little more information in depth about what each place was like and why I included it for you to see." Okay, if you have the time?" All. I tensed, no longer the emotionless body I was at the beginning of the night. He stopped before I could achieve the release I needed. I groaned, and I felt his lips next to my ear. "More to come." Chapter XII- Alex I slid my arms under her and pulled her onto my lap like a child. I kissed her lips before tearing myself away. "You're enjoying this aren't you?" I asked dubiously. She merely stared back into my face with dead amber eyes. I could see the light of passion. Extra onions. I used to hate onions. Being a girl hadchanged my palate, though; suddenly onions didn't seem so bad.Rats.I ate it as fast as I could. The fatso alarm still caught me, and I tooksome level three restraint for about thirty seconds. I brushed my teeth,gargled some mouthwash, and selected an outfit, shiny black plastic withfuzzy cat ears. My, how original. I also washed my face and took thetime to put on some makeup, trying to hide the baggy eyes that mightgive away my all-nighter of.