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Will she accept…or walk away leaving him with nothing more
than the memory of her touch?
Jamal “Justice” Graham is an officer in the US Coast Guard.
He thought his life was perfect until one rainy day when he
meets Kassidy Barrow. He can’t get her out of his mind and
sets out to pursue her.
Kassidy flies under the radar, trying to please her parents
and taking pride in her work at the library. When Justice
comes into her life he exposes her to a side she didn’t
think she would be experiencing in her life.
His work, her family, and life get in the way and she tries
to push him away. He’s a man who lives the USCG motto and
Justice is Always Ready. She is the world to him and he
doesn’t have any plans on letting her go. |
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Content below is not
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Justice almost choked on the cool liquid sliding down his throat. Blinking
a few times, he checked, then double-checked, to make sure it wasn’t his
imagination. It wasn’t. Leaning against the bar, in tight black pants and
a white halter-top stood none other than Kassidy. She had one
heeled boot propped up, an elbow on the bar, and a bottle of beer dangling
from her fingers as she spoke to the bartender.
“Excuse me, guys,” he murmured as he took another drink and headed toward
her. In the back of his mind he heard his friends commenting, but none of
it registered. He had one thing in mind.
Justice stepped up behind her, almost touching but not. He met the
bartender’s gaze briefly, long enough to make his claim clear. Then he
lowered his head, inhaled the intoxicating and alluring scent of dark
amber with a hint of vanilla. Desire, lust, and something else flashed
through him.
“Good evening, Kassidy,” he whispered in her ear.
She jumped with surprise and Justice groaned as he reached around her to
help steady her drink.
“Oh… oh… you scared me,” she stuttered, turning to face him.
Justice forced himself not to give in and kiss her. Behave, man! It wasn’t
easy. He couldn’t think of another woman who could banish all train of
thought from his mind as this one could. Kassidy wore a bare minimum of
makeup and his gaze lingered on her lips after her tongue snuck out to
dampen them.
“Sorry,” he apologized. Leaning against the bar he lost himself in her
gray eyes. “Do you come here often?”
Silence fell before they both laughed.
“Wow,” she teased, “that’s a line I haven’t heard in a while.”
“Didn’t mean for it to sound like that. Just I don’t recall seeing you in
here before.”
“I’ve not been. Just came to meet someone.”
Possessiveness reared up within him. “Really?” he asked, well aware he
sounded all growly.
If Kassidy noticed the surly attitude she made no mention of it. “Yes.
Ethan, the bartender.”
He snapped his gaze to the tall, dark-haired white man behind the bar.
Observant blue eyes stared back at him. What the hell?
“Ethan?” he asked again, looking between the two of them.
“Yes. Lucy wanted me to meet her boyfriend.” Kassidy glanced over her
shoulder and waved at Ethan. “He’s a very nice guy. I’m happy for them
both,” she said when she met his gaze again.
Relief swamped him. “So he’s not your man?”
She stared at him, took a long, slow drink from the bottle. His body
responded as he observed the way her lips curled around the mouth of the
longneck.
“Nope,” she finally responded.
Justice leaned closer. “Anyone in here your man?”
Kassidy finished eliminating the distance between them, their lips
millimeters apart. “Not yet.” |
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Copyright © Aliyah Burke, 2014.
All Rights Reserved. |
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