Violet said after she took a sip of wine. Violet looked at Alec over the rim of her wine glass. Belatedly, she realized she still didn’t have the desire to drink alcohol after her night of overindulgence last week. She set it back down on the table, twisting the stem nervo...
The best and safest option would involve waking her up and arranging my car service to shuttle her back to her house, but I had no intention of doing that. I wasn’t ready to let her go. Curled into a ball with her arms cradling a pillow, her long golden hair framed her fac...
Jack asked. He looked a little worse for the wear this week. He had bags under his eyes and more than his customary day or two’s worth of whisker growth on his face. His clothes were wrinkled, and I could swear he’d been wearing the same jeans for the past week. &nbs...
Ryker threw open a white steel door. I tightened the belt on my robe as my eyes scanned the room. No window. White walls. Narrow bed. White coverlet. White linens. Painted white concrete floors. I always liked the perceived elegance and simplicity of white, but right then ...
I had plans to meet Ryker at a restaurant in a half hour. He wanted to pick me up, but I refused. I didn’t know if Vera would recognize him, but I refused to take the risk. Not yet anyway. “I won’t be too late,” I said. I brushed my hands down the front of the form-fitting...
Rever’s bright yellow convertible Porsche darted in and out of traffic along the coastal highway, drawing more than a few stares. Wind tunneled through my hair and the smell of exhaust burned my nostrils. “Couldn’t we have driven something less conspicuous?” I yelled. &nbs...
I growled, my impatience multiplying with every passing second. Tony interlaced his fingers and inverted them, the cracking noise booming in the tight hallway of my house. “I don’t know, G. She told me she wanted to go out. Then she got mad that I was going with her, and s...