KISS ME: JAX AND GABI EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 4

“Gabi, what are you doing?” I asked hoarsely.

“Testing destiny,” She answered before lifting up and crashing her lips to mine.

For a moment, I stood unmoving at the shock of her kiss. Tilting my head, I let my lips melt into hers. Cupping my cheek in her tiny hand, Gabi licked my lower lip, and I happily opened for her.

The world burst into technicolor as our kiss went frantic, tasting each other. I blinked my eyes open to see Gabi staring up at me. The power had come back on, and we were spotlighted by the outdoor light and the one coming from over the kitchen island.

Instead of looking around at her surroundings now that she could, Gabi only had eyes for me. Her hand tentatively reached up, and with one finger she lightly traced her finger over my scar. She started at my eyebrow and stopped by my eye only to curve around my cheekbone. A look of wonder came over her face. My eyes closed from her delicate and reverent touch.

“God Jax, you’re gorgeous.”

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KISS ME: JAX AND GABI EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 3

“Won’t you please join me?” she asked innocently. Although I knew it was far from innocent.

“I don’t think that’s a very good idea. Are you hungry? Maybe I could make you a sandwich or something.”

She tilted her head to the side and watched me. “Why isn’t it a good idea?”

Jerking my chin up at her, I kept my eyes locked on hers. “You’re naked under there.”

“Have you never seen a naked woman before? Don’t tell me you’re a virgin. Your voice…” Abruptly she stopped and turned back to the doors. “I’m ready to go now.”

“On it.” I was happy to get away from her line of questioning. Slipping passed her, I made my way to unlock the cover and pull it back. Steam rose from the water into the cold night air. Halfway back to the house, Gabi cracked the door open and peeked out. “Is it ready?”

“All ready.” I answered indicating the area with steam filling the air. I met her underneath the roofed part of the back porch that was protected from the ice. “Hang on to me again. It’s pretty slick on the concrete and bricks.”

“Ice storms suck,” she muttered right before one foot slipped out from under her. Wrapping my other arm around her waist, I righted Gabi and held her steady.

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KISS ME: JAX AND GABI EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT 2

“Are you an angel?” I coughed out. It was possible the light was coming from him if he was indeed an angel. Unfortunately, if he was, I wasn’t sure if he could tamp down the light he emitted.

I knew then that I was most likely delusional, thinking that an angel had been sent to save me.

“No, sweetheart. Are you?” his gravelly voice asked back with humor.

“Obviously not, or I wouldn’t be here freezing my ass off or my body throbbing.”

The man let out a deep booming laugh that made me want to smile, if it wouldn’t hurt so much. “Or the swearing.”

“Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever been mistaken for an angel before. Do you think you could kill that light? It feels like my skull is splitting in two.”

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KISS ME: JAX AND GABI EXCERPT 1

If I had called the Sandström’s, I was sure they would have informed me of the impending weather and advised me not to come. Changing the station, Shadowed Alley’s latest hit song, “Fame Monkey”, was playing. After hearing the first beat of the song I knew so well, I turned off the radio and kept my eyes on the road. There was no way in hell I was letting Shadowed Alley make me run off the road. Especially after they had fucked me over this past week.

With fifteen more miles left to go, and who knew how many more minutes, I started up one of the steepest hills I had ever encountered in my limited driving history. My rental car slipped and slid twice trying to make it up the steep incline, making me wonder if I would be successful in making it up. Once at the top, I felt triumphant in my accomplishment to not only make it up the hill, but without a single curse word flying out of my mouth during the process, even when the brakes did a weird bumpy thing when I hit them while making a strange sound that didn’t sound at all good.

I shouldn’t have celebrated so soon, though, because the moment my car hit the downhill part of my journey, I immediately lost control. I tried everything in my arsenal to get the vehicle back under control, but nothing worked. Every time I pushed the brakes to slow my rapidly increasing speed, the car would veer in one direction and then the other with my overcorrections.

Thankfully, there were no other cars on the road for me to hit or cause me more anxiety. With the luck I’d had the last bit of my life, I should have known what would happen next. For only the briefest of seconds, I thought of how desolate the land was around me and how fortunate I was, so, of course, that was the moment an electrical pole seemed to pop up out of nowhere, just in time for my rental to lose total control, careening into a one-eighty, only for me to right the car into a three-sixty.

After a couple of circles flying down the hill, and me screaming at the top of my lungs, the rental slammed head on into the pole. The sound of the car crunching, the air bags deploying, and glass breaking was deafening. My face was wet with blood from hitting the side window. My neck ached with a throbbing pain that radiated up into a pounding headache, which threatened to overtake me. Spots started to fill my vision as I looked out the shattered windshield where the now icy rain invaded the once warm car. Blackness seeped in slowly, my head rested against the frame of the driver’s side window. Soon, it would be freezing in the car, and I would be coated in ice, but there was nothing I could do about it as the darkness took over.

There was nothing.

Only black.

Cold.

Darkness.

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SECRET ADMIRER EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT #4

“Have you ever thought about being a model?” I ask as he steps one leg inside the spa and pauses. After only a moment, he sits down on the other side and looks out at the city lights.

“When I lived in New York, I had someone come up to me and offer me a modeling job, but I thought they were only saying it to mess with me. I was the one perusing models to paint and not used to being on the other side. I didn’t…” He looks at me now, his eyes shadowed with an emotion I can’t name.

“Would you now? You’re still young and I don’t know what you looked like then, but you really are a beautiful man, Bodhi. Plenty of people will be knocking on your door now that I’ve given you a haircut and your beard is gone.”

Did he purposely keep his hair long to avoid people?

“You can ask. I see it all over your face even in the dim light.” He shifts a little to look out more at the city than me.

“You don’t have to talk about anything that makes you uncomfortable. Ever. All you have to do is say the word. There’s something about you that makes me want to know every little thing about you, but I can also tell you don’t like talking about yourself much.”

“Growing up we didn’t have much money, and I was alwaysgrowing too fast. My mother couldn’t keep up with my growth spurts, so my clothes were almost always too small for me.” He glances at me but goes back to looking at the lights. I don’t fault him. Sometimes it’s easier if you don’t have to look at the person you’re speaking to. “I’ve always been quiet. I guess too quiet because from the time I can remember kids were always making fun of me. Either for my clothes that weren’t quite long enough, not clean enough, or for not having any friends.”

I gasp and cover my mouth with my hand. Why are children so cruel? 

“I got used to not having any friends and hearing all their comments behind my back. It got better for a little while in high school. I shot up again and started lifting weights which caught all the girls’ eyes. I know most boys don’t know how to talk to girls or women, but I wasn’t used to talking to anyone but my mom, and soon enough the girls who tried to talk to me or go out with me and use me started to whisper about me too.” Bodhi tips back his beer and finishes it.

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“I have no preconceived notions about you. Show me who you are Bodhi, and that’s who I’ll believe you are. Can you do that?” Her hand rubs up and down my arm and, in that moment, I’d do anything for her even give my life if it came down to it.

The lump in my throat prevents me from speaking. All I can do is nod my head as I stare at the amazing women in front of me. 

“Good. Now if you haven’t noticed I don’t live too close to town. Before I lived not far from the salon where I could easily stop and get something to eat on my way home or have it delivered. While I can still grab something on the way home, no one but pizza places deliver. I had pizza every night while I moved in so I’m over it for now. Having a guest though is pushing me to actually use that kitchen.” Her eyes shine with sincerity. “Plus, it’s healthier.”

“I know how to make spaghetti,” I blurt out making her laugh. “I can make dinner if you still want me to stay.”

“Oh, you’re not getting out of staying with me.” She points out the door. “Grab your bag so we can get home before it gets dark because while I was sitting here chilling out, I was daydreaming about ordering takeout from The Cheesecake Factory.”

I can’t help but laugh at her. “I thought you said you wanted to eat healthy and that’s not healthy.”

“What if I promise to eat healthy for the rest of the weekend?” She peers up at me, her big blue eyes filled with hope. 

I play along because she can do whatever she wants. It’s her house and I won’t be there to hold her accountable if she slips up. “How can I deny you when you look at me like that?” 

Somehow, she manages for her eyes to become bigger. Bluer. “Like what?” 

Does she really not know? She has to.

“With cute puppy dog eyes filled with hope,” I answer.

“I wasn’t doing that, was I?” she asks, astounded. 

She really doesn’t know. How has she made it this far in life and not know the power she holds with one single look?