Creed boomed, and Shada swore the glasses rattled.She’d seen him angry and irritable plenty of times. Most of it hadn’t been aimed at her. Hell, she might have welcomed an argument the way they tiptoed around each other, Creed’s smile so damn fake and her with a queasy stomach at the thought of s...
“Hello, beautiful ladies. I hope your night is going well this evening.” The women tittered and squirmed in their seats, almost cooing at his attention. A strawberry blonde spoke up first. “We’re great, Stefan, now that you and Damen are here, but we don’t know what we wan...
I’ll give you that.” Heaven moved up behind Stefan and Damen with the drinks they had each asked for and handed one to each. “Who’s a slippery one?” Stefan smiled his thanks. “Someone Damen had his bodyguard following. He keeps losing him.” &n...
She checked the display on her phone and frowned. Three missed calls from Uncle Leonard, and then he had apparently dialed Brent to get him on her tail. That’s all she needed. As she folded into her car at the restaurant, having waved Santi off, she dialed the number to her voicemail. Santi had w...
She’d put the test result from Meghan away, feeling while Kian had a right to know about his child, it wasn’t for her to tell him. She had wrestled back and forth with the decision most of the day and decided it wasn’t her business. Still, if Meghan delayed, and she doubted the woman would, she w...
“You what?”He reached for her hand and laced fingers with hers. Her heart raced out of control. When he massaged her skin with his thumb, she swallowed and looked away.“I can’t pretend anymore, Octavia. I care about Alise, but I was fooling myself thinking I was in love with her. I thought someho...
The bus stop that would take her home was nearby. She really should spring for a taxi, but the fact was she’d decided to return that woman’s money to her. She should never have taken the job in the first place, and while that guy didn’t look heartbroken, it was still wrong. She didn’t have a scra...
All she had to do was tell him to bypass her aunt’s house and to park in his driveway. He would get the message. Hesitating about her decision all evening, allowing him to touch her and kiss her after the movie must have given him an idea of where they were headed, but sleeping with Owen didn’t r...
For what felt like centuries, she explained to the police about her husband’s family and about Hawke. “I don’t know why you’re standing here asking me the same questions over and over again when you could be out there looking for my daughter,” she railed at the policeman with the notepad. All she...
Her stomach clenched in anxiety and she had to mentally talk herself into breathing normally and not grip Bryce’s arm as he sat next to her. She would never do that, never let any of them see her sweat or make her feel ashamed.She’d finally been vindicated and was able to come home, but she knew ...
After she’d walked in on Alec and Sheila in the laundry room looking like they were about to kiss, she figured she had to do something about her weight. Hell, about her whole wardrobe and outlook. She’d been comfortable in frumpy tops and baggy pants for too long. If she didn’t like the way she l...