Broken for Me_Be for Me_Hunter

by Natalie Anderson

  She didn’t care that there was a bar full of people on the other side of the door. Or that it had literally taken just twenty seconds.

  He sat back down, keeping her impaled on his shaft. She felt him still inside her, aroused all over again despite the intensity of that sudden release. She too was insatiable. Needing another ride, another moment of unbearably perfect closeness.

  “I’ve wanted this for so long.” He lifted her tee so he could kiss her breasts.

  Damn good decision not to wear a bra.

  “You’ve had it so many times already,” she moaned.

  “Not like this. Not like this.”

  Her eyes welled at the emotion in his voice, in his hold, in his eyes.

  “Don’t ask me to let you go again,” he said. “I don’t think I could do it.”

  Three times she’d asked him that. Three times he’d done it for her. She hated how much she’d hurt herself, but she hated how much she’d hurt him more. “I want to make it up to you. I’ll spend my life making it up to you.”

  He shook his head. “Just be with me.”

  “Always.” She shuddered as she rode him, her forehead pressed against his so she could see into his gorgeous eyes as she rocked on him in that way that felt so, so good. They were so close and she wanted them to be this close forever.

  “But what about—”

  “Family?” He read her mind and his shoulders lifted in a gentle shrug. “What is family? We define our own. We build our own, our way.”

  She puffed out a breath of love, her arousal climbed higher still.

  “What about your family?” He arched, pushing deeper.

  “Mom liked you.” She pressed a quick, full kiss to his lips. “I told them I was coming here to find you. And that I was bringing you home more often. I hope that’s okay.”

  “That’s okay,” his voice rasped.

  “They’re good people.”

  “I know.”

  She sighed again as the ripples spread within her. This intensely intimate act, paired with this intimate, honest, desperately needed conversation was the most moving moment of her life. She’d never felt as close to anyone. Never felt this connection or this trust.

  “I’m so sorry,” she whispered. “I’ve been such a fool to have turned away from this.”

  The horror of what she’d almost missed appalled her.

  “You were scared. I know what that’s like. I’ve been scared too,” he said. “I didn’t realize for so long just how special this is.”

  “I can’t deny it any more. I don’t want to.”

  “We can face anything together, you know,” he said. “Anything. No matter what we face, we face it together.” Valiant. Brave. Loving. “It might be me who gets sick one day. Might be you who has an accident. There’s no easy answer, it’s just life, isn’t it? Either you have the courage to say yes anyway, or you don’t.”

  With him she had the courage. “This is so worth it.” The glue holding her together felt stronger.

  “Finally.” He smiled up at her as she arched.

  “Yes. I love you. I love you so much.” She breathed into his mouth and came with him.

  So together. So perfect. So complete.

  “You’ll travel with me. A lot of the time it’s not that exciting or dangerous,” he said, rubbing circles on her back a few minutes later. “I’d never put you at risk.”

  “I know. And I’m very good at making coffee.” She kissed him.

  “And pizza. And cocktails.”

  “Yeah, I can pick up some work wherever.”

  “And when we do decide to settle, then we can take in that troubled kid,” he said gruffly.

  “You’ll be such a good dad.”

  He half laughed but she felt his shiver of tension.

  “You will,” she said, kissing him again.

  Her heart overflowing, she rested with him. She couldn’t believe it.

  “Let’s go home,” he said softly running his fingers through her hair.

  “Yes please.” She awkwardly slipped off his lap and struggled to fix her clothes.

  He looked rueful. “It’s not much of a home. It’s a small, barely furnished single bedroom apartment.”

  “I’m going to love it.” She straightened and bit her lip as she brushed down her tee. “But I can’t go out there—I’m a wreck.” She’d bawled her eyes out, and then had the most intense sex of her life and now she was flushed and hot and so, so happy.

  Hunter paused from fastening his belt to study her for a second. “You look…” He smiled. “You look loved.”

  “You mean disheveled.” And that was putting it politely.

  “I mean beautiful.” He walked over to her and threaded his hands in her hair, stroking her tenderly. “I just don’t care. They’re my friends and they’ll know and they’ll be happy for me. We only need to stop long enough to say bye.”

  “Anything you want.” These guys were his family, she understood that.

  She just hoped they’d be able to forgive her for hurting Hunter. So she was grateful for the way he tightly held her hand as they unlocked Rocco’s small office and threaded their way through the packed bar. The guys were still lounged around that table, but they all turned when Rocco caught sight of Hunter.

  “I have this if you want it, Hunter?” Rocco held up a hotel key card.

  Hunter smiled. “Thanks, but I’m taking Luisa home.”

  It was like damn fireworks were exploding in his chest. He couldn’t wait to get her to his apartment. To his bed. To his private world. That she was here and wanting to share with him? It still blew him away. She’d come for him. She’d fought for him—with all her beautiful, desolate fury. And she had been furious. All her walls had broken down and she’d let him in completely. It was the most touching, most emotional moment of his life.

  His friends’ smiles widened. So did their eyes as they glanced over them both.

  “That’s great man,” Logan said. “I’m glad you found your way back here Luisa.”

  Hunter sent his friend a sharp look but Logan’s expression was unrepentant.

  “You want a drink before you guys leave? You look like you might need a drink Luisa.”

  He knew she caught the laughing looks passed between the guys. And damn if she didn’t blush. But she was game, his Luisa.

  “I do,” she suddenly laughed. “I really, really do.”

  He sat her on his lap, not giving a damn about what anyone was gonna say, he just wasn’t letting her get far from him for long. His heart was still skipping alternate beats.

  “You’re on the champagne?” Hunter looked at the table. “And who called you in?” He looked at Connor.

  “We’re happy for you, man.” Connor cleared his throat. “Long time coming.”

  “Not that long at all buddy,” Logan drawled dryly. “We heard your screams over the music and really, too quick.”

  Luisa’s flush built.

  “You’re not embarrassing me,” Hunter said coolly. “And I won’t let you embarrass her you porn-star fucker. I take absolute joy in being with Luisa again and I intend to be with her until the day I die.” He glanced at her. “And I don’t intend for that to be for a very long time.”

  “Leave him alone Logan,” Min suddenly piped up. “You have your own issues to d-deal with.”

  “Oh?” Logan’s head whipped around and lit on his girlfriend.

  “I’m…” she leaned close and whispered something in his ear.

  Logan’s eyes narrowed and then he shot her a look that was so explicit, Hunter had to laugh. Min knew just how to handle Logan.

  “Gotta bust a move.” Logan set down his drained glass.

  “Oh?” Min looked innocently at her three-quarters full glass. “But I’m not ready yet.”

  Hunter zoned out from the amusing scene of the horror on Logan’s face. He tightened his grip on Luisa. “Let’s go.”

  “Yes please.” She looked at him with the softest eyes. She
was glowing—his sun. His everything. “Take me home.”

  “We’re already there,” he muttered. He had a home, a heart, with her. As long as they were together, that was all there was. He didn’t give a damn about anything else.

  Her eyes lit up and her kiss-swollen lips curved with sensual beauty. “I don’t think I can wait ’til we get to my apartment,” he muttered as he walked her through the hotel. “I just want to kiss you all over. Strip you naked.”

  “Keep talking,” she murmured, kissing him. “Tell me all about it in the cab ride.”

  Whispering erotic promises and threats to her was the most fun ever. He chuckled as he breathed in her scent, even as his heart beat so hard he thought it might burst.

  In his small, suddenly perfect home, she faced him. “I’m here. As long as I’m alive, I’m never leaving. I’m yours.”

  “And I’m yours.”

  For the first time in his life, he had everything he wanted. Her, with certainty. He had forever in his arms.

  THE END

  To keep up to date with Natalie’s release schedule, subscribe to her newsletter.

  And if you’ve enjoyed this book, please consider leaving a review online with your favorite e-book retailer.

  Now read on to learn more about the other stories in the series...

  BREATHE FOR ME (Xander)

  BEG FOR ME (Logan)

  BARED FOR ME (Rocco)

  BOUND FOR ME (Connor)

  BLAZE FOR ME (Austin)

  BROKEN FOR ME (Hunter)

  BREATHE FOR ME

  The last thing Chelsea Greene wants is to be rescued, but that’s exactly what happens when she’s caught wearing nothing but her swimsuit during a midnight emergency evacuation drill. Turns out her ‘hero’ is a former lifeguard who has no hesitation in offering the kiss of life. So not happening, right?

  But for emotionally chastened Chelsea, one touch changes everything. She discovers a desire to satisfy this arrogant, demanding tease. Unable to express her own fantasies, she finds unspeakable pleasure in serving his.

  Xander Lawson exudes easy charm. He likes a woman unafraid to match his appetite for unfettered fun. He doesn’t do complicated or emotional. But the raw need emanating from fragile Chelsea compels him closer. He can’t resist spinning a sensual fantasy world around them.

  As passion spills outside their carefully selected boundaries, Xander learns Chelsea’s stronger than he first thought. But is she strong enough to handle the intensity he’s always kept hidden?

  BEG FOR ME

  One mistake means she’s his to marry?

  No one needs an image overhaul more than Logan Hughes. His notoriety has reached epic proportions thanks to a sex clip circulating on the Internet. But when his newly contracted social media manager inadvertently tweets his happiness at his engagement, he—along with the rest of the world—is astounded.

  With one wrong click of a button Min Jones just committed career suicide. Mixing up her client’s account wouldn’t have been so bad if he had only a few followers... unfortunately he has almost a million. Summoned to meet with him face-to-face, she’s more tongue-tied than ever when he announces that his engagement is to stand and that she’s to be his supposed fiancée.

  With her career on the line Min agrees but she isn’t going to hide away meek and mild. If Logan Hughes wants a fiancée, he’s going to have to play by her rules and that means he’ll have to learn to handle some restraint…

  BARED FOR ME

  Danielle Hughes’ longstanding crush on Rocco St Clair has turned her into a virgin spinster ahead of her time. She needs to quit craving the impossible and get control of her life. But this time, running away has gotten her more than she bargained for...

  When you owe a man everything, you don’t repay him by sleeping with his sister—no matter how much you might ache for it. Rocco St Clair owes Logan Hughes, so when Logan asks him to mind his runaway sister for the night, he can’t say no. It’s only one night, right?

  But Danielle Hughes is temptation incarnate. Forced together in the one hotel room, she’s testing his resolve every innocent way she can. Rocco is determined not to break and take what’s forbidden.

  But when control is broken, all will be bared.

  BOUND FOR ME

  No names, no repercussions, no regrets...

  Tense and tired from working back-to-back bar shifts, Savannah Nash finally lets her guard down, escaping into a moment of passion-fuelled fantasy with the six-foot-two, muscle-packed piece of temptation who’s celebrating his last night in town.

  Best. Ever.

  But then she discovers who her ultimate lover really is. He’s the reason she came to Summerhill, he’s the one she wanted to make pay.

  Revenge or a repeat?

  Connor Hughes knows he should have confessed his true identity to the town’s newly crowned ice-princess sooner, but the delicious discovery that the so-called ‘frigid ball-breaker’ is actually hotter than molten metal, makes him question what else she might be hiding. Sure enough, turns out she has his company on her hit list.

  Not. Happening.

  The woman might hate him, but she also wants him, and he knows exactly how close to keep this enemy.

  Bound together by lust and distrust, it’s not just bodies, but hearts, that are about to get burned...

  BLAZE FOR ME

  See. Want. Have…

  When Austin Tate busts Nicoletta Valeri in a blistering moment of voyeuristic orgasm-envy, it’s the perfect chance for some much-needed payback, but instead she’s lit a fire in him that can be extinguished by only the one thing…

  BROKEN FOR ME

  Desire. Denial. Desolation...

  Nothing is more important to Luisa Williams than her freedom to explore new destinations, new jobs, new connections... She never spends more than a few weeks in any one place because life is too short to stand still.

  But when she meets Hunter Shaw, her instinct is to stop and stare and—to her horror—move closer. Her wild attraction to him stuns her, but his silent inscrutability puts her on edge. She suspects he sees that she hides secrets...

  Retrieval specialist Hunter Shaw’s survival depends on his ability not to become emotionally involved with anyone or anything. He has intimate understanding of loss and betrayal and isn’t about to score himself a repeat of either. But he sees suffering in the eyes of the capricious, determined, gorgeous woman who so defiantly turns her back on him. Still, her hidden desolation isn’t his problem, right?

  But the searing attraction between them is.

  Luisa can run, but in the end she can’t hide. Not from Hunter. Not from her need. And when desire is denied too long, it becomes dangerous. Ultimately all resistance, and all protection, must be broken.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  USA TODAY bestseller Natalie Anderson writes emotional, sensual contemporary romance. She’s published with Harlequin Mills & Boon, Entangled Publishing and independently. She’s also written young adult fiction for Penguin NZ as Natalie King. With over forty books published, she’s been a Romantic Times Award nominee & a finalist for the R*BY (Romantic Book of the Year).

  She lives in Christchurch, New Zealand with her husband and four children.

  Find out more at her website and sign up to her occasional newsletter for a free read and latest release details. You can also follow her on Facebook. Be sure to read the other books in her searing ‘Be for Me’ series, available now at all major e-tailers.

  “Natalie Anderson is one of the most exciting voices in steamy romantic fiction writing today. Sassy, witty and emotional.” - Cataromance

 

 

 
rayscale(100%); -ms-filter: grayscale(100%); filter: grayscale(100%); " class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons">share