It wasn't just about booking a room to party in. It was putting together a bunch of pieces to create a perfect weekend. The worst part was, I didn't have anyone I could talk to. If I'd been planning this for my wife or if I'd been able to date Katka openly, I could've gone...
I still wanted to know what Gavin did for a living and I still wasn’t sure where our relationship was headed, but all of that had been overshadowed by excitement. I wanted to see him. Wanted him to see me in the dress and necklace he’d bought for me. Wanted to touch him, even if just innocently. ...
He was Haley’s real dad and I knew that. In all the ways that counted, he was her real dad. He’d been there for her first word, her first step, losing her first tooth. He’d put band-aids on her scrapes and wiped away her tears. He would be the one to teach her how to drive, and shoot hoops, and g...
Then I saw her face and it wasn't the swim that was making me cold. When she started in about the pain she was in because of the sex we'd had last night, it was like a punch in the gut. And then she'd taken a call from Pierre, that journalist she'd been spending time with while I was at business ...
I wasn't jealous of the admiring tone he used when he spoke of her and how she'd charmed his family. Not exactly anyway. The tightening of my stomach came from something that had nothing to do with sex or romance. I knew Blayne wanted me, that he was attracted to me sexually, but there was someth...
1 Preview Chasing Perfection Vol. 1 Preview Chapter 1 DeVon As I used the expensive linen napkin to wipe the wine from my face, I was glad I'd ordered white instead of red. My dry cleaner would be able to salvage my dress shirt. I was still pissed though. A perfectly good glass of Chardonnay wast...
Dominic had been the third person.“We’ve got work to do,” Dominic had announced and then he named a date. “That evening, Eddie White will be having a dinner party at his office location. It’s for the VIPs at Devoted and other key personnel. The plan, they think, is for him to get them to lay off ...
4 Unlawful Attraction Vol. 4 Chapter 1 Dena Welcome to the big times, Bethany had said. The big times could kiss my ass. When my phone vibrated, signaling the arrival of yet another text, I closed my eyes. It wasn’t quite noon on a lazy, rainy Sunday and if life had been perfect, I could've may...
Except, of course, being arrested in front of the woman you'd been working your ass off to impress. For the first twenty minutes or so, I kept trying to convince myself that it was all a bad dream. Or a mistake that would be remedied as soon as I stepped into the police st...
Dominic guided me away from it and I instinctively followed. A couple of weeks ago, I’d wanted this, I reminded myself. And, okay, it had been nice to have Dominic call from the office while I was working at home and ask if he could take me out to dinner. ...
He was alone. Alone and not in work mode. He had two modes and I recognized this one almost as easily as I recognized the other one. He’d finished up a photo shoot not that long ago and he was decompressing. I tried not to think about how it was so easy for me to know something like that. “Is tak...
Fraser's office. With my mother's fondness for anti-anxiety drugs, it was beneficial to have a psychiatrist on the family payroll. Growing up, we'd all been told that if we ever felt the need for therapy, Dr. Fraser was our only option. I'd only gone twice, forced there after an incident my fresh...
I watched as the material slipped from her shoulders, revealing the body that had been haunting my every waking and sleeping moment. “Why are you staring?” she asked as she sauntered towards me. “You have seen many women naked before, including me.” “Just enjoying knowing that you're mine.” One a...
I couldn't let my dad know that I'd just blurted out a fucking huge lie. I risked a look at Livie, hoping she'd understand and not say anything. Her eyes were wide and she looked startled, but not angry, so that was good. I really needed her out of here if I was going to keep up the charade. My f...
After Jasper and I finally managed to get up, we showered and ate, then spent the rest of the night just holding each other on the couch. The next morning, he told me to wait until he came home and we’d start looking for something of Allen’s together. I didn’t think there was much point of search...
I had assumed he and I would spend at least the first couple months adapting to each other’s schedules, apologizing for tripping over one another. I thought for sure there would be many awkward moments, times when we would see more of each other than we wished to. It would be difficult, I assumed...
He paused, then added, “Bitch never knew what hit her.” I couldn't breathe. My chest was tight, the pressure on it nearly unbearable, but there wasn't anything I could do. I wanted to move, but I was frozen to the spot, forced to listen as my boyfriend continued. “Still has no clue that the guy s...
I had to admit that a part of me had considered that a possibility. The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized she was right. I needed to do this. If Julien's distance was due to a misunderstanding, then I owed it to him, and to myself, to clear things up. Even if I'd read him wron...
V He started toward me, but I slapped at his hands. “No.” Shaking my head, I backed away from him, feeling sick inside. “You came after me because you wanted to fuck, because that's what you do when you get pissed.” “Toni...” His voice trailed away as his gaze landed on my face. Something he saw ...