CupidsChoice (12 page)
Authors: Jayne Kingston
“I went to make sure the front door was locked and it was
ringing. It looks like someone’s been trying to call you for quite a while.”
She sat up and checked the display. He wasn’t kidding. There
were twelve missed calls from Rachel and Alex, and one from Jude. Without
listening to the voicemails, she dialed Rachel first. She didn’t need to speak,
she just listened while Rachel talked.
“I’ll be there as quickly as I can,” she told her friend,
then hung up.
“I have to go,” she told Cooper, her heart sitting heavy in
her chest. “Petra came home from work this morning to find Jude had packed his
things. He’s leaving her.”
“What? They’re such a solid couple.”
“Yeah, I thought so too.” She touched his hand, stopping him
from getting back out of bed. “I’m sorry, Cooper. I have to go to her.”
On the night she’d gotten her lover back.
He took her face in his hands and kissed her, calming her.
“They’re your friends, and they’d do the same for you.”
They had done the same for her.
“I’ll drive you in.” He kissed her fingers before he got up
and found his jeans.
She followed him off his side of the bed and slid her arms
around his waist.
“Thank you,” she whispered, lips and nose pressed to the
center of his chest.
She wanted to purr like a kitten when he ran his hands up
and down her back.
“For what?” he asked, his mouth touching the top of her
head.
“For not listening to me when I asked you to stay away.” She
went up on her toes and kissed him. “For understanding,” she said when they
stopped.
“I understand that I love you,” he said with a smile that
earned him another long kiss. “And I’ll be here to pick up where you and I left
off after you help Petra through what she’s going through. No matter how long
it takes.”
She drew in a deep breath and her heart promised her he was
telling the truth.
“You are an incredibly cool man, Cooper Bennett,” she told
him with a sigh.
He kissed her as though he simply couldn’t help himself,
then smiled.
“Yeah, and don’t you ever forget it,” he said, and then he
kissed her some more.
Jayne Kingston was born, raised, and has always lived in the
Northwest Ohio area. Her job gives her lots of free time to let her imagination
run wild – it’s boring, but she rather likes that freedom of thought – and
unlimited access to paper so she can jot down ideas as they pop into her head.
(Seriously, the office supply nerd in her loves that part.)
She’s an avid fan of erotic romance and erotica of all
genres who’d been writing rather vanilla contemporary love stories for years.
She hadn't thought to combine the two elements in her own writing until asking
herself the question 'what would happen if she showed up and put her hand down
his pants?' helped un-stick the rather boring plotline of a short story she
wanted to write. She was off and running after that.
Jayne welcomes comments from readers. You can find her
website and email addresses on her
author
bio page
at
www.ellorascave.com
.
Tell Us What You Think
We appreciate hearing reader opinions about our books. You
can email
the
author
directly or you can email us at
[email protected]
(when
contacting Customer Service, be sure to state the book title and author).
Jayne
Kingston
Mischievous
Matchmaker 1: Key Party
Ellora’s Cave Publishing
Cupid’s Choice
ISBN 9781419947391
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Cupid’s Choice Copyright © 2013 Jayne Kingston
Edited by Briana St. James
Cover design by Fiona Jayde
Cover photography by vgstudio/shutterstock.com
Electronic book publication July 2013
The terms Romantica® and Quickies® are registered trademarks of
Ellora’s Cave Publishing.
With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not
be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written
permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home
Avenue, Akron OH 44310-3502.
Warning: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this
copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded or
distributed via the Internet or any other means, electronic or print, without
the publisher’s permission. Criminal copyright infringement, including
infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is
punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.
(http://www.fbi.gov/ipr/). Please purchase only authorized electronic or print
editions and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of
copyrighted material. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.
This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons,
living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The
characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
The publisher and author(s) acknowledge the trademark status and
trademark ownership of all trademarks, service marks and word marks mentioned
in this book.
The publisher does not have any control over, and does not assume
any responsibility for, author or third-party websites or their content.
Discover for yourself why readers can’t get enough of the
multiple award-winning publisher Ellora’s Cave. Be sure to visit EC on the web
at www.ellorascave.com to find erotic reading experiences that will leave you
breathless. You can also find our books at all the major e-tailers (Barnes
& Noble, Amazon Kindle, Sony, Kobo, Google, Apple iBookstore, All Romance eBooks,
and others).