settling on my arms. “Why can’t you leave with me? Get away from Ava with me. Your family needs you in New York.”
“I’m not leaving until things are more stable here.”
“Don’t do anything crazy, Mark. Don’t be a vigilante. Let the law do its job. Please.”
“Crazy isn’t my specialty.”
“Neither is letting somoene else control anything you can. You aren’t thinking clearly—even if you think you are.” She presses a hand to her face and drops it, and I don’t miss the way it trembles. “I don’t want to leave you.”
Not that she doesn’t want to leave. She doesn’t want to leave me.
My resolve to keep a distance from her once and for all dissolves instantly. My hands come down on either side of her face and I kiss her, a deep, fast, passionate kiss, before my eyes meet hers and I say, “Get on the damn plane and get out of town so I know you’re safe.”
I release her and walk to the car, climbing inside. I’ve just undone everything I tried to do last night. In fact, I’m certain I’ve just invited her back into my life—though I never truly pushed her away, and I can’t let her stay here. The reasons are many, too many, starting with Ava and including a past that has proven that anything outside a conventional Master and submissive contract doesn’t work for me.
Which leaves me with only one option, the one certain to send her running for the hills. I’ll offer her a contract sure to infuriate her, one that’s all about my control. A control that’s certain to destroy whatever the hell this thing between us is.
To be continued in the final inside Out novel,
I Belong To You
November 2014
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“I’m not leaving until things are more stable here.”
“Don’t do anything crazy, Mark. Don’t be a vigilante. Let the law do its job. Please.”
“Crazy isn’t my specialty.”
“Neither is letting somoene else control anything you can. You aren’t thinking clearly—even if you think you are.” She presses a hand to her face and drops it, and I don’t miss the way it trembles. “I don’t want to leave you.”
Not that she doesn’t want to leave. She doesn’t want to leave me.
My resolve to keep a distance from her once and for all dissolves instantly. My hands come down on either side of her face and I kiss her, a deep, fast, passionate kiss, before my eyes meet hers and I say, “Get on the damn plane and get out of town so I know you’re safe.”
I release her and walk to the car, climbing inside. I’ve just undone everything I tried to do last night. In fact, I’m certain I’ve just invited her back into my life—though I never truly pushed her away, and I can’t let her stay here. The reasons are many, too many, starting with Ava and including a past that has proven that anything outside a conventional Master and submissive contract doesn’t work for me.
Which leaves me with only one option, the one certain to send her running for the hills. I’ll offer her a contract sure to infuriate her, one that’s all about my control. A control that’s certain to destroy whatever the hell this thing between us is.
To be continued in the final inside Out novel,
I Belong To You
November 2014
Pocket Star Books
A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
www.SimonandSchuster.com
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2014 by Julie Patra Publishing, Inc.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
First Pocket Star Books ebook edition September 2014
POCKET STAR BOOKS and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com .
Interior design by TK
Jacket design by TK
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ISBN 978-1-4767-7240-0
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