Educating Desire

Violet had always admired Quentin from a respectful distance -- the widowed father, her employer, the unintentional star of her dreams. Her role as a tutor kept her close in proximity but miles apart in connection. She idolizes him, but her awakening desire pens chapters she dare not read aloud - the nighttime fantasies where her one-night stands wear Quentin's face. But fate pens its own twist when she arrives one day to find an empty house, save for the man himself.
Hours unfold with conversation that dances dangerously close to revelation. Smiles transmute into longing, and words become whispers until finally, a tentative kiss shatters the barriers of propriety. Entwined in each other's arms, Quentin and Violet surrender to a passion years in the making, an exploration of need and want as pure as it is complex. In the afterglow, they face the dawn of a new chapter--one that could meld heartache and hope into a future neither expected. Warning: This 9, 800-word erotic romance story is intended for mature audiences only.