by Taylor Lee
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What seemed like hours later, Viviana snuggled under a fleecy throw on a padded chaise lounge on Jax’s deck. Although she was truly exhausted, her buzzing brain made it impossible to rest. She’d stripped off her outrageous costume and put on one of Jax’s black t-shirts. She didn’t have to see his eyes widen appreciatively to know the unassuming garment that hit her at mid-thigh was as sexy-looking to him as his lingering fragrance was to her. Sipping on the healthy portion of Maker’s Mark Jax handed her, Viviana couldn’t drag her eyes away from the television screen. Even though she had been a major participant in the astonishing drama the media was voraciously replaying, she couldn’t turn away.
Jax stood beside her and shook his head, watching Viviana field one question after question from the media throng. He gave an approving snort. “Damn, woman, no wonder they call you the Enchantress. You’d think that Adele, Beyoncé, and Jennifer Lopez all wrapped up in one sensational woman was holding court. They truly can’t get enough of you!”
At that moment, the camera shifted as the reporters turned to Jax, who was standing next to her. Viviana guffawed. “Look who’s talking! God, it’s a good thing the cops strung that makeshift barrier or those Fox and CNN reporters would have crawled up on the stage. You’ll notice, Jax, that all of those reporters crowding you happen to be women.” At Jax’s laugh, Viviana shook her head. She couldn’t blame the clearly enraptured reporters. How could they help but be impressed with the tall, dark-haired man fielding questions like the pro that he was? Hearing Chief McElroy talking about the possibility of Jax becoming the new chief, she asked, “Did you know about that, Jax?”
He shrugged. “I brought Mac and Mayor Simpson into the op last night. Needless to say, at first they were disbelieving and then horrified. It took me a good ten minutes to convince them of the depth of the rot. For the mayor, the hardest to accept was the involvement of Frank Reynolds and Deidre Cummings. In addition, the fact that nine of the perpetrators were members of his advisory committee was a bitter pill to swallow. Like me, Mac was sick with disgust that five perps were law enforcement, and it was crushing that Paul Davis, our special op buddy, was one of the deviants. That was when the mayor asked Mac to take over for Paul. I was surprised when Mac agreed, but only if I accepted the chief’s position.”
Viviana hesitated, then asked, “Are you going to?” Before he could answer, she couldn’t hold back her fears and said with a toss of her head, “Is it a big enough job for you? I thought you wanted to lead the LAPD or the NYPD?”
Jax came over to the chaise lounge, took her glass out of her hand, and pulled her up next to him. Lifting her chin between his thumb and forefinger, he said, “Sweetheart, I can’t think of a bigger job or one I’d rather have than keeping you on a leash.” Ignoring her gasp, he added with a grin, “The SJPD chief spot will allow me to do that and at the same time feed my insatiable drive for success.” At her aggrieved snort, he laughed. “Plus, as Mac said, you are the best reason I have to indulge my predilection for pushing the envelope, but at least as the police chief, I won’t be your direct supervisor.” At her troubled frown, Jax continued, “In answer to your question, I haven’t decided. It all depends on whether I can convince Greg Bannon to come in and take over the VCU. Greg is that hot bartender guy you flirted with in Belize. Even though the police chief’s office is just down the hallway from the VCU, I need a commander I’m sure will call on me if that feisty little Enchantress gets out of line.”
Viviana pulled away and tossed him an impudent shrug. “Hmm, I don’t think you know me as well as you think you do, Commander Hughes. How long do you think it will take me to convince your understudy that in addition to being an eyeful, the Enchantress is also an unmanageable handful?” She added with a saucy grin, “And that getting her to toe the line isn’t an option. After all, only one cocky guy ever succeeded doing that, and he was a short-timer.” Prancing farther away from him, she flicked a dismissive hand and laughed a tinkling sound. “Look at the evidence. After just a few weeks, that renowned badass decided he’d rather be promoted than admit that no one, including him, could do the impossible.”
Jax was across the patio in a single stride. He caught her arm and reeled her in next to him. Dragging her up close to him, he brushed his lips against the sensitive place beneath her ear and murmured, “What exactly did that badass admit he couldn’t do, Sergeant Moreau? That he couldn’t capture the little renegade in his arms, like this? Or slip his hand between her bare legs to see if she was as wet as he knew she was?” At Viviana’s ragged cry, Jax brushed his rough beard shadow across her neck as he sought one, then the other of her nipples with his expert fingers. “Or was it tugging on these erect nubs that are begging to be sucked?” At her assenting whimper, Jax concluded, “Or maybe he threatened to do something that I think she enjoyed almost as much as he did: that is, baring her beautiful ass and showing her what happens to naughty girls who don’t do as they’re told.”
Long into the night, after he had feasted on every inch of her luscious body and she had eagerly returned the favor, Jax asked, “How about it, Sergeant Moreau? Think knowing that the new police chief is just down the hallway will keep you in line?”
Viviana shrugged and let a sly smile inch across her lips. “Hmm, if you believe that it’s possible to keep me in line, what can little ole me do to dissuade the big bad police chief except to do what I’ve always done?”
Jax’s voice was silky soft. “And what might that be, my wayward little girl?”
“Maybe play the cards I have, all of them.” She added with a taunting smile, “Cards that you didn’t even know I had.”
Jax reached for the cuffs hidden on his bedposts. Knowing that Viviana hadn’t spotted them, within seconds he had her hands tightly secured above her head. When she cried out, trying to twist free, he captured her ankles in the restraints anchored to the bottom of the bed. Ignoring her angry threats, he climbed up alongside her, surveying her naked body spread-eagled across his bed. His lips quirked up at the corner in a taunting smile as he gazed at her. Taking what looked like a silky blindfold from the bedside stand drawer, he nodded salaciously.
“Glad to know that you think you have cards to play, Sergeant Moreau. Makes me eager to play some of mine.”
Paying no attention to her outraged cries, he slipped the blindfold over her eyes and fastened it securely. Climbing up over her, he straddled her thrashing hips between his strong thighs. Leaning down, he tweaked one nipple.
“As for those cards of yours, baby? The ones you haven’t played? You better get them out.” He tugged on the other nipple, then murmured in her ear, “Game on, sweetheart. May the best man win!”
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AFTERWORD
Thank you for reading FORBIDDEN. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much I enjoyed writing it. I knew that Jax and Viviana would have a challenging time coming from their wild affair in Belize. Viviana’s rightful anger and Jax’s arrogant conceit that he could handle the situation ensured the fireworks that erupted. If you think that they got everything settled at the end of FORBIDDEN, buckle up your seatbelt and hang on for the ride in SEIZED. Just know you ain’t seen nothing yet!
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Afterword
Other Works by Taylor Lee
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The Blonde Barracuda Collection—Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
The Dangerous Affairs Collection—Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
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The Bad Ass Brigade—Contemporary Sizzling Suspense
About the Author
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Chapters:
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Epilogue
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