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Chapter Fourteen — Carson
It was now 8.30 and there was still no sign of Butterfly.
Checking my watch again I was starting to entertain doubts about her actually getting here.
I'd sent a text for her to meet me at the beach and now two hours later I was all by my lonesome, hands in pockets, staring at the shimmery water.
I leaned back on my car and closed my eyes to rest them. My impatience was already showing by the way my left leg was repeatedly tapping the floor.
When I opened my eyes again it was to lock gazes with that of the woman that made my heart do a nosedive into my stomach.
She was a few feet away, dressed in her usual rainbow garb, this time it was a longsleeved sundress that hugged her in all the right places and left my imagination going wild. Her combat boots kicked up sand as she made her way to me.
I thought that the only thing capable of making me happy ever again would be stock
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“Yo B!” came a voice from a car that pulled over a few feet from where I stood on the curb sending another text to Carson.Peering into the car I instantly recognized Bill from the heavy gold chains around his neck.Bling Bill was what the magazines called him. He was a genius at marketing and could make any singer go platinum in months.He was mostly into managing singers but he recently decided to spread into DJs and I was his pet project in the area.“Hi Billy,” I greeted, offering him a smile.“Don't call me that. Come on, get in, we don't want to keep the host waiting.”I checked my phone and saw it was just 6. “I thought it was starting by eight?”“Eight, nine, ten thirty, don't you still need a ride to the damn place?”“Fine, fine,” I huffed as I opened the door
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“You live here?” was her wide-eyed question when I finally killed the engine in the garage of the house I was staying at.I didn't even have a chance to reply because she was off again.“I mean I don't really know what I was expecting but this is way too big. Even for you.”“Go big or go home, am I right?” I wriggled my eyebrows at her and got a playful laugh in return.“Technically we are home.”She opened her door and got out.It was such an offhanded statement but it stayed with me as I unlocked the door and turned on some lights for the first night since I'd started staying here.The idea of being home with her had a very delicious appeal and once again I found myself thinking uncharacteristic thoughts.“So, sodas huh?” she asked with a raised eyebrow as she settled before the gleaming granite counter.“Ok, so full disclosure, we're not just going to b
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Prying my eyes open with a groggy groan, I reached out to the other side of my bed and felt nothing but the soft sheets.Rubbing my eyes I blinked rapidly and looked again.It was empty and this time my brain was awake enough to tell me that something was wrong.Sitting up, I looked toward the balcony where the sun was slowly making its way up in the sky but there was no sign of the majestic woman I'd spent the night wrapped around.Last night was the single best sex I had ever had in my life. It was both wild and rapturous and I did not know that it could ever be that enjoyable.Putting on a pair of black sweatpants I ran a hand through my already messy hair and went off to find Butterfly.As it turned out I didn't have to go far because as soon as I reached the stairs I caught a few strains of music coming from downstairs.Following the sound I found mys
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