I loved him more than life.
He broke me and he didn't even know it.
I ran from him.
He didn't chase me.
He never needed to, because he knew I'd come back.
He was right.
Death brought me home to him.
Brett Walker.
Drop dead gorgeous and filthy-mouthed with a smile that turns
saints to sinners.
A casanova to his core.
My ex-best friend.
And the bad boy whose reputation precedes him—the same reputation
I'm tasked with turning to gold... Or so they think.
EXCERPT
It was that or she was laughing at me...
"I have no idea why I'm laughing," she
breathed. Every other word was broken by a terrible attempt at keeping her
laughter inside. "But thank you. Whatever you did, I needed that."
"Happy to be of service."
"I'm sure you are."
Slowly, I raised my eyebrows. "Was that an
innuendo?"
She ran her hand through her hair, pushing it
right back from her face, and rested her hand behind her neck. "No, but of
course you took it like that."
"If it sounds like an innuendo..."
"It's proof that you have a dirty mind,
Brett Walker. Nothing else."
"I don't need the innuendo to prove
that."
"As evidenced by your obsession with my
boots."
"Ah," I smiled, "The fuck me
boots."
Her jaw dropped, but she was kind of smiling
too. "Fuck me boots? You call my boots the fuck me boots?"
"Shit. Did I say that out loud?"
She nodded, desperately fighting a smile, which
only made me smile wider. "Loud and clear, I'm afraid."
"Look," I said, lighting pulling on a
bit of her hair. "If you wear boots that go up to your knees with heels, I
can only assume you're inviting me to fuck you, okay? That's why they're fuck
me boots."
"Okay, now this makes sense." She
dropped her hand to her lap and blinked at me. "I wore those boots to our
disastrous first meeting. Is that why you're bugging me with the dirty stuff?
My boots invited you to fuck me?"
"No. I'm 'bugging' you 'with the dirty
stuff' because I want to fuck you. The boots are a bonus."
"You...want to fuck me."
I stared at her flatly. "Yes, Lani. I want
to fuck you, and you have no idea how many ways I've imagined it."
"Imagined it," she echoed.
"You're much less sassy when you're tired.
I'm not sure I like it. This conversation would be way more fun if you were
tearing me a new one."
That snapped her out of what I could only
describe as a daze. "All right. Fine. I'm going to bed. Alone," she
added as she stood. "Thank you for your sweater. I'll add that to my list
of Brett's Gentlemanly Things."
I got up and took the sweater from her.
"Look, I'll even open the door for you." I stepped around her and
clasped the door handle. I slowly turned it and opened the door.
"Nice." She'd apparently found her
sass again, because the word was injected with a cocky sarcasm.
"Goodnight, Brett."
"Lani?"
She stopped when she was one step inside the
door. "Yeah?"
I swept my arm around her and spun her against
the open front door. My grip on it kept it firmly in place as her back collided
with the wood, and she inhaled at the exact same moment. Lust burned through my
veins, and I took one step in front of her, pinning her to the door.
"What are you doing?" Her voice was
breathy, and as I dropped my gaze to her chest, the quickness of her breathing
was impossible to miss. Her chest was rising and falling like crazy.
I dipped my head so my lips ghosted over her
cheek on their way to her ear. "In case you were wondering," I
murmured against her earlobe. "Against the door is one of the ways I've
imagined fucking you. With your legs around my waist, your nails in my
shoulders, and your wet pussy hugging my cock."
She exhaled on a shudder. "Asshole,"
she whispered.
I placed my fingertips on her heaving chest,
right above her heart. The quick dum-dum-dum of its racing beat told me
everything I needed to know--she wanted me as much as she hated me.
I stepped back with a smirk curving my lips.
"Sweet dreams, kitten."
By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
Emma is working on Top Secret projects she will share with her followers and fans at every available opportunity. Naturally, all Top Secret projects involve a dashingly hot guy who likes to forget to wear a shirt, a sprinkling (or several) of hold-onto-your-panties hot scenes, and a whole lotta love.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
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