“What are you doing here?” He asks. “I thought your sorry ass went back to L.A.”
“I went back to Tennessee, actually,” I admit. “To see my mom.”
He stares at me, waiting for more.
“I came back because … because frankly, sir, I can’t stay away from your daughter. I love her, I’m in love with her, and I don’t see that changing … ever. I’m going to marry her one day. You can hate me all you want, but I’m not leaving her. Not again. I shouldn’t have left at all, but I didn’t want to stand in between her and her family.” The words tumble out of me like verbal vomit—it’s not how I intended to say all this, but nerves have turned me into a babbling fool.
He stares at me, mulling over what I’ve said. “I don’t know if I’ll ever like you Hollis, not with my daughter, but I do accept the truth in your words and I believe you love her.”
“I do,” I breathe. “So much it scares me.”
He cracks a small smile. “That’s how you know it’s real.”
I rub my hands over my jeans, palms still sweaty. “I needed to come here before I see her. I wanted you to know this wasn’t, and isn’t, some fling to me. It’s end game.”
“Well,” he sighs, holding out his hand, “I’ll see you in the studio after the holidays then. I’ll get the guys flown back out here on the next flight.”
I take his hand, shaking it with a grin. “Really?”
“Don’t fuck this up,” he warns me. “I don’t give second chances lightly.”
“Meaning … if I hurt Mia no more contract?”
He shakes his head. “The contract stays no matter what. I was … pissed beyond belief before and not thinking rationally. But if you hurt her, as a father, I’ll beat you to a pulp. It’s a promise.”
“One you’ll never have to fulfill.”
“I hope you’re right,” he chuckles.
I say my goodbyes and head out to the waiting taxi.
Time to get my girl back.
Wild Flame Coming Soon
He was raging chaos.
Kira Marsh doesn’t need anything tying her down.
Her freedom is her safety net. One night stands appeal to her no-strings-attached lifestyle. Until him…
She was the sweetest sin.
Rush Daniels has been spiraling out of control for a long time.
Too many drunken nights and women he can’t remember led him to hit rock bottom. Then his band got a record deal, and with Joshua Hayes as their producer he has to clean up his act.
Together they were a fire that couldn’t be doused.
When Rush and Kira start their arrangement—sex with only each other until one of them grows bored—they never expect it to lead to more. But as they get to know each other on a more personal level they both begin to realize things aren’t as simple and straight-forward as they hoped.
When feelings get involved, things get complicated, especially when life likes to throw curveballs.