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Getting Lucky Drunk
EMBER“It’s been a week, Ryan. A week and I’ve hardly seen him or heard from him. I’m worried. I know you said to give him space, but I’m not sure how much more I can give him.” Sitting in Ryan’s kitchen, I watched him stir scrambled eggs in a pan.When he invited me for breakfast, I came over thinking we were going out. I never imagined he meant he would be cooking for us. Jeez. I didn’t even know he could cook.The two of us were slowly but surely growing closer. This week, we’d texted back and forth more than we ever had.Sure, it was mostly about Kaden’s dad. I let Ryan know what was going at the hospital, and then it was about the funeral. We kept each other up to date and helped Kaden plan without seeing much of him. But it was still communication, which was more than I could say about Kaden this week. Not that I blamed him, of course.Ryan finished up with the eggs, laying them down on toasted bagels with strips of smoked salmon and chives on them. My mouth watered as he picked
Getting Lucky Oblivion
EmberHe flashed me what I thought was meant to be a smirk. “It’s called oblivion. That’s where I’m going and that’s where I’ve been.”Giving him a long onceover, my heart shattered into a million pieces once more. This week, it felt like every time I managed to scrape the pieces of the organ back together and messily mended it with the world’s worst sticky tape, something happened to break it again.Kaden was pale, his features gaunt. His eyes seemed unnaturally bright, even as red and watery as they were. He was shirtless, but instead of noticing his sexy muscles, all I could see was that he’d lost a couple of pounds since the last time I saw him half naked.My usually rock-solid man was swaying on his feet, holding on to a bar stool that I was sure was the only thing keeping him from toppling over. Walking up to him, I put my hands on his cheeks and tried to get him to focus on me. “Okay, big guy. It’s fine that that’s where you’ve been, but we’re going to bring you back now. You o
Getting Lucky Message From Beyond
KADENThe offices of Mooka, James, and Kent were situated in a high rise a couple of blocks away from Marx Inc. The firm had been handling my dad’s legal affairs for decades now, so it wasn’t the first time I was there.It didn’t make their offices any less impressive, though. They had expansive views, and the floors were covered in thick, plush carpeting my feet sank into on my way to Mr. Kent’s office. The walls were paneled in dark wood, and the air smelled like expensive coffee and pricey perfume, cologne, and soap.There were hundreds of people who worked in their offices, yet the soundproofing of each glass box effectively rendered the floors they occupied almost totally silent. All I could hear were low murmurs from somewhere and the floor receptionist directing someone to the office they were looking for.Mr. Kent’s office wasn’t the biggest in the building, but I was pretty sure it held more books than a library. His walls were lined with shelves upon shelves of brown leather
Getting Lucky Take Her With You
KadenOn the other hand, if I took the drive home and watched it there, I was better equipped to handle it if the video was nothing but a last berating. A last stab with a twist through my battered heart. There had to be at least one more bottle of tequila back at the penthouse. If that was what the video held, at least I could sink back into oblivion—even if only for a little while.Minutes ticked by while I stood there, both sides of my inner argument having it out. Eventually, I decided to take Kent up on his offer and watch the video here. I couldn’t sink back into oblivion, couldn’t put Ember through finding me like that twice.Last week, I had the excuse of the shock. Of dad dying and the funeral to plan and attend. This week, I would be a coward if I drowned myself in alcohol. It was time to man up and face the music, whatever tune it might be.Dad’s face filled the screen a few seconds after I inserted the drive and clicked into it. God, he looked bad. His coloring was almost
Getting Lucky Hot Mess
EMBER“Wow.” Kaden paused in the door at my loft, his eyebrows lifting as his eyes swept across the living space.“Wow?” I brushed past him, tossing my keys into the basket on a small table in the entrance hall. “What’s so wow about it? It’s nowhere near the size of yours.”“True, but it must have at least twice as much stuff in it.” I felt him entering behind me. “Did it come without closets?”Turning to shoot him a look over my shoulder, I tried to see the place through his eyes when I walked into my living room. Gracie and I fell in love with the loft the first time we saw it in pictures online, and our love for it only grew once we moved in.By Kaden’s standards, it was a small place, but it was more than big enough for me. The ceilings were high, there was plenty of natural light, even if it didn’t have a view, and the exposed brick and beams, combined with some brightly colored walls, gave it an industrial, chic feel.Looking around though, I realized what he meant when he asked
Getting Lucky Getaway
EmberA new reality without Hank at the helm of Marx Inc., where I knew Kaden would be, or at least, I knew that was where Hank wanted him to be. With that in mind, I cleared my throat and laced my fingers with his.“You said your dad was sending us on a trip, but then you said you’d explain everything to me later once I was packed and we were on our way. I’m packed, and we’re on our way.”Kaden squeezed my fingers, flashing me a glimpse of pearly whites as he smiled. “Fair enough.”We stopped at a red light, and Kaden flipped the blinker to turn out of the city and, hopefully, away from most of the traffic. “When I went to see Dad’s lawyer this morning, we discussed the will. As it turns out, Dad also made a video for me. He left it with Mr. Kent, who gave it to me and told me I could watch it in his office. After I watched it, I went to my place to get my stuff and pick up the arrangements. Then I came straight to you.”“A video?” My eyes grew wider. Shifting in my seat so I was fac
Getting Lucky Wish Upon a Star
KADENOur room was a vision of white and different hues of blue, but surprisingly, the blue and white theme was where the typical oceanside décor ended. It didn’t have any nautical paraphernalia on the walls. Dad booked us in at an exclusive resort right on top of one of the more secluded beaches in Tampa. The resort had its own private stretch of beach, which our room overlooked from one of the suites on the top floor.A massive four-post bed with white gauzy drapes sat in the center of the suite, with an en suite bathroom off to one side and a living room and bar on the other. A wide balcony with a hot tub in the corner stretched along the entire front of the suite, providing a magnificent view of green palm trees blending into the blues of the sky and ocean. “So this is Florida, huh?” Ember stood on the balcony of our hotel room, a soft breeze lifting her hair and rustling the white sundress she was wearing. She looked beautiful set against the backdrop of the sparkling blue ocea
Getting Lucky Disnerd
Kaden“I haven’t been there in real life,” she said, grinning as she gushed. “I have done extensive research and procrasti-traveling. I’ve watched lots of tourists’ videos and—”“Wait a second.” I frowned at her, my brow furrowing. “Procrasti-what now?”“Procrasti-traveling,” she repeated, a little slower this time. “It’s like procrastinating, but taking a trip while you do it.”“So instead of working, you ‘take a trip’?”She laughed, shrugging her shoulders. “Well, I haven’t done it recently. I used to do it a lot when I had to study. People find lots of stuff to do when they should be studying. For me, I used to look up places I wanted to go to and do research like I was really going. It’s a great way to dream.”“Did it motivate you to get to studying so you’d be able to afford to go eventually?” Although I’d had a lot of free time since I left Marx Inc., that had only been a couple of weeks after my training Ember had effectively ended.Before that, I didn’t remember the last time
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