by Braxton Cole
"I want you, Roni. If you'll have me." It wasn't a proposal, but it was damn close. And I felt the same way. God help me, I did.
"You're totally legit? No surprise police raids in my future?"
"Check your sources. They'll tell you." He fidgeted in his chair. It was taking all his will to stay seated, I could tell.
"I can't." I'd lost most of those sources when I'd turned in my resignation two months ago.
"Why not?" He finally gave up the battle and came to me. He kneeled at my feet, his hands clasped around mine in my lap. I cried even harder.
"I quit my job."
"You're not a cop?"
"Not anymore." I'd hated everything about work after losing Mateo. It had only taken a month for me to decide to leave, but a little longer to find a suitable new job.
"What are you doing?"
"Private security for Mellis Corporation." Specifically, I was the head of security and Angela Mellis's personal envoy. The perks were fucking amazing, like the Navigator in my parking space.
He smiled, sort of dazed, but totally happy. "This could work, then."
It wasn't a question, but I answered him anyway. "Yes."
I slid to the floor and into Mateo's arms. He held me and his lips found mine and the past six months of feeling lost slipped away.
"I'm never letting you go." He tightened his hold.
After how much it'd taken for us to find our way to each other, forever was the only possible outcome for our future together. "I won't let you."
“That’s good news,” he said, a little smile on his lips. “So are you going to offer me a cup of coffee or not?”
I gave him a wicked grin. “I’ve got something even better in mind.” I tugged gently on one of his curls. “But it involves staying the night.”
His eyes sparkled. “Just tonight?”
“Any night. All the nights you want. Starting now.”
He sighed happily. “God, I missed you,” he said before he kissed me.
“Welcome home,” I murmured against his lips.
And then there was no more talking.
THE END
Also Available from Braxton Cole
Birthday Wishes - The List: Book 1
Mari meets Luca on an adult website. She’s still smarting from a divorce and only looking to explore her desires. They create wish lists of their sexual fantasies and agree to work through them together. No strings, no attachments, nothing but pleasure, and Mari anticipates their first meeting with impatience. But through a miscommunication involving a private text message and Mari’s nosy brother, Luca ends up at her 30th birthday party, before their planned rendezvous. Much to her surprise, they seem to connect better than she expected, and in ways she hadn’t expected. He’s strong, commanding, but also gentle and respectful and he makes her ache in ways she never thought possible.
But when Luca later expresses a desire for something more than just casual sex, Mari’s impulse is to run the other way. After all, her failed marriage is evidence that she really shouldn’t go much deeper. Can Luca convince Mari otherwise? Can he help her see that he’s her ultimate birthday wish come true?
Birthday Wishes is Book 1 in The List Series and contains mature adult themes, including graphic and explicit sex.
Coming Soon from Braxton Cole
All Wrapped Up - The List: Book 2 (Coming 2013)
Mari and Luca continue to work through their list of sexual fantasies in All Wrapped Up, Book Two in The List Series. They've abandoned their original plan of no strings attached and, for the most part, Mari's learning to be okay with it. She definitely likes Luca's strings (and whatever else he might use to restrain her), but she's not sure she's ready to take the next step in their relationship. Luca, sweet, strong, commanding Luca, insists that it's time to move in together. Mari insists it's time to relax and enjoy what they share without complicating things.
With every moment they spend together, Luca shows Mari how good they could be together. Will Mari run away from her emotions, or does Luca have her all wrapped up?
All Wrapped Up is Book Two in The List Series and contains mature adult themes, including graphic and explicit sex.
Clover (Coming 2013)
Clover Watson wants more from life than what she can find on her daddy's farm in Southern Oregon. She is young, smart, and driven. She has a plan and she refuses to be distracted from her goals. After four years at the University of Washington in Seattle, she heads home for the summer with her diploma and an acceptance letter to graduate school at Portland State. She's got life all figured out.
Enter Jake Feldman. They were childhood friends, but she hasn't seen him since he stopped visiting his aunt, Clover's neighbor, ten years ago. This summer he's back and all grown up. He's sweet, handsome, and completely smitten with Clover.
Jake charms Clover, convincing her that a harmless summer fling is the perfect reward for her hard work at school. As the summer continues and their romance grows, Jake challenges everything Clover thought she knew about herself and her plans for life. When September comes, Clover is forced to evaluate what she really wants. Can she find a way to write Jake into her life plan?
Bio
Braxton Cole lives in the Pacific Northwest where she spends most of her time holed up in her office writing stories like Birthday Wishes. When she's not writing, she can be found riding her bike, hiking the fabulous local trails, chasing her kids, or wishing that her thumb was a little more green. She has a bad habit of killing what she tries to grow, but hasn't given up hopes of one day being a successful urban farmer.
To learn more about Braxton, visit her website online at http://www.braxtoncole.com/.