by C. R. Jane
“You’re still the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen,” he tells me, sealing his lips over mine in a way that both cuts off my air supply and makes me want to wretch all at once. I hold still, knowing that it will enrage him that I don’t do anything in response to his kiss, but not having it in me to fake more than I already have for the day. He pulls back and searches my eyes for something, I’m not sure what. He must not find it because his own eyes darken, and his grip on my arms suddenly tightens to a point that wouldn’t look like anything to a club passerby, but that will inevitably leave bruises on my too pale skin.
He leans in and brushes his lips against my ear. “You’re never going to get away from me, so when are you going to just give in?” he spits out harshly. I say nothing, just stare at him stonily. I can see the storm building in his eyes.
“Don’t bother with dinner, I’ll be home late,” he says, striding away without a second glance, probably to go find Wendy and make plans to fuck her after he leaves the office, or maybe it will be at the office knowing him.
I wearily make my way through the doors to the valet stand and patiently wait for my keys. It’s a different kid this time and I’m grateful he doesn’t try to flirt with me.
On my way back from the country club I find myself taking the long way back to the house, the way that takes me by the trailer park where I grew up. I park by the office trailer and find myself walking to the field behind the rows of homes. Looking at the trash riddled ground, I gingerly walk through the mud, flecks of it hitting the formerly pristine white fabric of my shoes. I walk until I get to an abandoned fire pit that doesn’t look like it’s been used for quite a while. For probably five years to be exact.
I sit on a turned over trash barrel until the sun sits precariously low in the sky and I know that I’m playing with fire if I dare to stay any longer. I then get up and walk back to my car, passing by the trailer I once lived in. It’s funny that after everything that has happened, at the moment I would give anything to be back in that trailer again.
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ABOUT C.R. JANE
A Texas girl living in Utah now, I'm a wife, mother, lawyer, and now author. My stories have been floating around in my head for years, and it has been a relief to finally get them down on paper. I’m a huge Dallas Cowboys fan and I primarily listen to Beyonce and Taylor Swift…don’t lie and say you don’t too.
My love of reading started probably when I was three and with a faster than normal ability to read, I’ve devoured hundreds of thousands of books in my life. It only made sense that I would start to create my own worlds since I was always getting lost in others’.
I like heroines who have to grow in order to become badasses, happy endings, and swoon-worthy, devoted, (and hot) male characters. If this sounds like you, I’m pretty sure we’ll be friends.
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BOOKS BY C.R. JANE
The Fated Wings Series
First Impressions
Forgotten Specters
The Fallen One (a Fated Wings Novella)
Forbidden Queens
Frightful Beginnings (a Fated Wings Short Story)
Faded Realms
Faithless Dreams
Fabled Kingdoms
Fated Wings 8
The Darkest Curse Series
Forget Me
Lost Passions
The Sounds of Us Contemporary Series (complete series)
Remember Us This Way
Remember You This Way
Remember Me This Way
The Sound of Us Boxed Set
Broken Hearts Academy Series: A Bully Romance (complete duet)
Heartbreak Prince
Heartbreak Lover
The Heartbreak Prince Boxed Set
Ruining Dahlia (Contemporary Mafia Standalone)
Ruining Dahlia
Hades Redemption Series
The Darkest Lover
The Darkest Kingdom
Monster & Me Duet Co-write with Mila Young
Monster’s Plaything
Academy of Souls Co-write with Mila Young (complete series)
School of Broken Souls
School of Broken Hearts
School of Broken Dreams
School of Broken Wings
Fallen World Series Co-write with Mila Young (complete series)
Bound
Broken
Betrayed
Belong
Thief of Hearts Co-write with Mila Young (complete series)
Siren Condemned
Siren Sacrificed
Siren Awakened
Siren Redeemed
Kingdom of Wolves Co-write with Mila Young
Wild Moon
Wild Heart
Wild Girl
Wild Love
Wild Soul
Stupid Boys Series Co-write with Rebecca Royce
Stupid Boys
Dumb Girl
Crazy Love
Breathe Me Duet Co-write with Ivy Fox (complete duet)
Breathe Me
Breathe You
Rich Demons of Darkwood Series Co-write with May Dawson
Make Me Lie
Make Me Beg