"Get on the bed." I lifted a brow. "Why don't you get on the bed?" He folded his arms across his chest. "Do you want my mouth on you or not?" ——— There were several ways to celebrate your best friend getting hitched off to the man of her dreams. Having sex with a stranger wasn’t one of them—at least Laura didn’t plan on it. But when an opportunity presents itself in the form of an incredibly sexy tattooed man, who was she to say no? Laura doesn’t do relationships, or dates, or anything related to the subject. She is strictly a one-night-only type of girl and doesn’t go back on that rule no matter what. So what happens when this sexy stranger Laura hooked up with, turns out to be a close friend of Jack—her best friend’s husband—who had actually been at the party that day, and now wants more than one night from her? A game of wills ensues. Will Laura succumb to the sexy stranger under his top notch seduction skills? Or will she go the extra mile and beat him at his own game?
View MoreLAURA “Fiancée,” I murmured, monotone, almost five minutes later. It was like an out of body experience when Alex had taken my arm and gently led me inside to sit on the couch. It was a good thing, because a few more seconds standing and my legs would have probably given out from the magnitude of the shock. “Oh dear,” I heard the woman murmur. The one who claimed she was Alex’s fiancée, that is. “Why does she look like she’s seen a ghost?” Alex didn’t respond. He lowered to his haunches in front of me and took my hands in his. “Baby, this isn’t what it looks like—”“What do you mean it’s not what it looks like?” The woman cut in. “Didn’t you tell her you’re engaged?” “When she leaves, I’ll explain everything to you. Please,” Alex continued, ignoring her. My vision was blurry so I couldn’t see the expression on his face clearly but he sounded panicked. Scared even. If this wasn’t what it looked like, then why was he scared? Why did he look so fucking guilty? Why wasn’t he denyin
LAURAToday was my first OB-GYN appointment and I was excited for it. Alex, too. We were eager to see how the baby was doing. We’d just finished showering together—only because we cared about the earth and wanted to conserve water and not at all because we couldn’t keep our hands off each other, of course—and I’d scoured my underwear drawer for the most boring set I owned and found this full coverage cotton panties I couldn’t remember ever wearing before.I WAS WEARING FULL COVERAGE PANTIES. Why did I feel the need to wear boring underwear, one might ask. Well, because I was going to the doctor’s and I felt like it was warranted. I wasn’t sure why. I just felt like it. I was dragging plain black leggings up my legs when Alex walked out of the closet, eyes lingering on my bare stomach. He’d been doing that ever since last week when I’d woken up one morning and found out that my stomach had grown harder. I’d gone online and seen that it was perfectly normal, then both Alex and I had
“Doll!”I’d barely gotten time to process the word when strong arms wrapped around my middle and lifted me clear off the ground. Yelping in surprise, my hands automatically landed on the man’s shoulder in a bid not to fall on the ground in case he decided to drop me. But Alex was there in an instant, snapping at him. “Off.”Drew rolled his eyes, plastering a wet and loud kiss to my forehead before placing my feet carefully on the ground. “I’m not a dog, Alex.”“No, you’re not. Even dogs have better training.”Drew gasped dramatically, eyes widening in mock hurt. “Was that a dig at my mother?” “We both know Eloise did her best.” Alex muttered, shoving him out of the way, then bent his knees so that we were eye level. “Are you okay?” His eyes dropped pointedly to my stomach. I nodded, giving him a reassuring smile. “I’m fine. He just took me by surprise, that’s all.”His eyes softened and he nodded once before turning to Drew and poiting a finger at him. “Don’t do it again.”The latt
LAURAI had the distinct sense that I was being moved, but my eyelids felt too heavy to lift. The thing was, I couldn’t remember my bed ever feeling this comfortable. Snuggling deeper, I realized that my blanket seemed to…tighten around me? That was odd. But then warm lips pressed to my forehead and I knew that was definitely not the bed, so I forced my lids open and found startling green eyes staring into mine. My breath caught. “Am I dreaming?” I breathed. I’d wished for him to come back so much that I must have started dreaming that he did. Perhaps I was hallucinating? It wasn’t entirely impossible. You’d be surprised what desperation and longing could do to the human mind.Dream/Illusion Alex shook his head. “No, you’re not, love.”I wasn’t entirely convinced, but I kept my mouth shut just incase. I didn’t want to risk saying something that might cause this hallucination--or dream--to come to an end. Not when I was enjoying it so much. Cocooned in his warmth, I simply stare
LAURA“I know who that is,” I blurted. He lifted a brow in an expression that said ‘no shit’. “Well, I’m assuming you do since they have your number.”Cursing, I got up off his lap, running a hand through my hair in frustration. “Not like that. I mean, I don’t know him know him but I know who sent that text and it’s no one important.” I cringed as soon as the words exited my mouth, realizing just how stupid and careless they sounded. And from the hurt, disbelieving and confused look on Alex’s face, he no doubt thought the same thing. Hurrying to correct myself, I said, “What I meant to say was, I think I know who sent that text because there’s only one person who ever sends me messages like that and this one has to be from him too.”Alex sat up, a storm brewing behind his eyes. “And who is this person?”“I assume it’s a man. I mean, it has to be. Judging by the tone of his messages and”—I cleared my throat—“the things he usually says so, uh, definitely not a girl.”My attempt to li
LAURA I glanced between Alex and the door, wondering how quickly I could get to it before he caught up to me. He was way taller than me, legs almost twice as long as mine were. For every one of his steps, I had to take two to match. Also, he was standing in front of me, which placed him closer to the door than I was. I could attempt to skirt around him and dash for it but with one outstretched arm, I’d be right back where I was standing now. Besides, if I did manage to run out, what then? It would still take me a while to book a ride and before my ride arrived, Alex would have tossed me over his shoulder and carried me back inside and from the look on his face, he was not above doing that right now.His eyes narrowed as he took note of my discreet glances towards the door. He fixed me with a disbelieving look as he caught on to the direction of my thoughts. “Are you planning on making a break for the door?”Keeping my face neutral, I said, “I’m not.”I had been planning to, but n
LAURA “Oh, my poor baby,” Balery cried when she saw me, dumping her purse and the flowers she was carrying on the ground before hurrying over to sit next to me on the bed. Her eyes swept over my form once in in a quick survey, then she promptly burst into tears. My heart broke. “Oh, Balery please don’t cry.”I didn’t know what to do with myself. I’d always been terrible at comforting people, especially when they cried, so I tended to avoid the act altogether. Right now, I could do nothing but stare at her helplessly as she sobbed. It made me feel like a piece of shit--for not knowing how to react to certain display of emotions and for making her cry in the first place.“But look at you,” she sniffed, tears running freely down her beautiful face. “You’re all patched up and I-I’ve never seen you like this--”“I suffered just one injury and it was to my head, Bales.” I cut her off. “I look worse than I feel. Really.” Stretching with mild difficulty, I handed her a kleenex from the bed
LAURAI found him downstairs sitting on the couch, staring blankly at his laptop.He had his back to me and therefore didn’t see me approaching, but the moment I walked into his line of sight, he moved his laptop out of the way and made to stand. Just as he braced his hands on the couch to rise, I stopped in front of him and carefully placed one knee on the outside of his thigh, then the other one, before I lowered onto him.The look of surprise in his eyes made me feel like absolute shit. But then again, I suppose exhibiting such behaviour after the way things had gone between us less than thirty minutes ago was definitely throwing him.I braced his face with my palms and something thawed inside me when he leaned into my touch instantly, his eyes sliding shut as a deep exhale left him.My chest tightened at how tired he looked. How he shoved his face into my hands like he was starved for my affection. Did I not show this man enough that I cared about him?Even I knew the answer to th
LAURA You’re pregnant. Two words. That was all it took to change my life. The doctor’s words still echoed in my head even well over thirty minutes later. I was pregnant. Pregnant as in with child. As in there was a minuscule human living inside of me. A tiny life growing inside of me. A life I had taken part in creating. While my thoughts were in utter chaos, I had to give it to myself; I was taking this quite well. I mean, I’d just found out that I was pregnant—something that had not been in my plan even in the furthest future. Hell, something that I wasn’t even sure I’d given much thought to before. And I wasn’t screaming or yelling my lungs out or raining curses on Alex for my current predicament. The truth was, I couldn’t do either of those things because what good could come out of it? I would only end up with a sore throat at best and a hurt Alex at worst. I know. I know. Since when did I start caring about how he feels? Since that night at his house when I confessed
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