Very Bad Things (Briarcrest Academy) (37 page)

Forbidden Forever

by Christy Dilg

Laney Collins has been a wife to Michael for the past 15
years. Even though his love disappeared and turned cruel because of her weight
problems, she remained his faithful, loving wife. After years of not working,
Laney gets hired as the secretary for Dr. Chance Turner. The chemistry between
them is electric, but their marriages keep them apart until one painful evening
changes everything. A steamy affair, hidden with lies and secrets, turns into a
love no longer forbidden.

AFTER A RESTLESS sleep, I get up and
get ready for my day at work, a place people normally want to get away from,
but I want to run to. Chance is standing at my desk when I walk in and shut the
door. It's earlier than a normal business day so not many workers are here. One
look at him and I can't control the need I feel inside. I basically throw
myself at him as he wraps his muscular arms around me. I feel the static that
always draws me to him. I lift my head up and our eyes meet as I feel the
firmness growing in his pants pressed against my leg. The longing for him is
making the pleasure of being this close much greater. The sexual desire has
been building up for month and is as heightened as it could be without just
coming apart on my own. I want his hands on me. I need him to taste me. I need
to feel him in me.

I grab his face and he presses my back to the wall. Grabbing
my face in his hands, he looks deeply into my eyes making sure this is what I
want. He knows by the look on my face that I am ready to completely give myself
to him. His hand slides up my back and pulls my light blue blouse out of the
pants, never taking his eyes off mine. I pull off his doctor’s coat and start
unbuttoning his dark-purple, long sleeve shirt. Taking in the deep smell of
him, I know I have just begun to feel how amazing this is going to be no matter
how wrong it is. He has opened my shirt by this point as I drag his off and
toss it somewhere below us. I see for the first time a sleeve of tattoos that
hold a special theme, like some remarkable work of art as it flows to his back
and down his chest. It is truly the hottest thing I've ever seen. It looks like
a history of pain and happiness, something I would study later when I have more
time to think clearly.

He starts undoing my pants, and then his hands slide my
pants down to the floor. He grabs my bare ass.

Cocking his head, he grins. "Commando? Naughty girl,
you should be spanked! It's so fucking hot."

Blushing, I stand pressed against the office wall in my bra
and work shirt. He pulls back, holding me at arm’s length and looking at me
more closely than I would prefer.

Up and down glances with a hint of something sinful is in
his eyes as he whispers in my ear, "You are the most beautiful thing I
have ever seen. These legs, those feet.” He glides his fingers over my bra and
releases my breasts. “Baby you are everything I've ever wanted."

I’ve stepped over a line I said I would never cross. But
this man makes me feel beautiful and smart. I feel empowered by him. In this
moment, I know I’ll never be the same person; I’ll be a stronger one.

He said, "I have wanted you for so long, and I never
dreamed it would be even more than I hoped. Let’s not think about what's next;
let’s just think about now." I lay my head on his chest, and we sat for
what seemed like eternity, but really we had thirty minutes before our day had
to begin as boss and employee.

Thankfully, the day goes by like a blur. I don't want to
think about what I just did with a married man. I’m the unfaithful married
woman. I smell like Chance, and his smell is more intoxicating than ever. All I
want is more, but I know we have to go home to our spouses, the people that
make us so unhappy. Michael probably deserves being treated like this, but what
about Chance's wife? What have I done to her marriage? Now, I’m the monster.

My thoughts consume me for the remainder of the evening:
this poor woman and what my actions would do to her. I start to wonder what she
is like and then I step into reality with my own husband. The man I vowed to
love and cherish, through the good and the bad times. I broke our vows because
I was being selfish. Selfish…something Michael always said I was because I
wouldn't lose weight for him.
What a jerk,
I whispered to myself. Why do
I defend him for his actions and feel horrible about my own? He did this just
as much as much as I did. He pushed me away. His words wounded my spirit, my
soul. He wounded
me
.

What have I done to my family?

How is this going to affect Callie and Kaleb?

What am I going to do?

Fear has washed over me, and now all I can do is decide what
to do with what I’ve done.
Affairs.
I thought they were supposed to be
exciting from all the books I read and instead I feel like I killed someone.
Me.
What will it be like when I see him tomorrow at work? Questions fill me up like
a cup of overflowing tainted water.
Sleep.
I need sleep.

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Read
the New Adult excerpt from,
Hidden,

by
author Selena Laurence.

Available now

Nick Carlisle comes to Hawaii to hide—from what happened
during his military service in Afghanistan, from relationships, from his
future. Lyndsey Anderson came to Hawaii to hide too—from the man who abused her,
from the sacrifices she made, from her dark past. But when Nick meets Lyndsey,
Hawaii gets a whole lot hotter, and they find they can’t hide their hearts. As
Nick fights to come to terms with what he’s done, Lyndsey struggles to forgive
herself for the choices she’s made. But when the dangerous past threatens the
beautiful present, can they survive to learn how to love? And who will finally
reveal what’s hidden?

“SAY YES, LYNDSEY,”
he
whispered as he moved even closer, his lips now mere

centimeters from mine. My answer was really just a breath as
he closed that last tiny distance and his warm lips touched mine like two
butterflies meeting in mid-air. The tip of my tongue came slowly out of my
mouth as I licked my lips.

“Mmmm,” Nick moaned as he drew me up tight against him. His
tongue reached out and met mine before dipping into my mouth. I felt
electricity jolt through me, and my racing heart nearly pounded out of my
chest. Our open-mouthed kiss deepened and his hands moved around to cup my ass.
I ran my fingers down his chest, touching on every smooth bump I felt beneath
his T-shirt until I reached the hem and slowly moved my hands up underneath to
meet warm, smooth skin.

Nick’s breathing was ragged, and his fingers moved up and
around to the front of my body where he tugged on my Hanalei Bar and Grill
T-shirt to untuck it from my shorts. Then he placed his big heated palm on my
stomach and I jerked at the contact. I felt him smile through our kiss. “A
little jumpy are we?” he whispered as he kept exploring my mouth. I responded
by pressing even closer to him as his hand moved up to my breast and everything
inside of me went haywire. I was panting like I’d run a race, and Nick’s
fingers rolling my nipple through the lace of my bra were only making the situation
worse. I ran my hand down his abs, stopping to slide them across the silky hair
that trailed down below his waistband. Then I dropped my hand lower to stroke
his erection through his shorts. He was big and hard. Everywhere. The urge to
grind against all that hardness was overwhelming.

He groaned and pulled back a fraction of an inch. “Christ
girl, if you’re going to keep that up we’ve got to go rent a room or
something.”

I paused and tried to catch my breath. I slowly moved my
hand back to his waist and put a few more inches between our bodies. He leaned
his head down on my shoulder, burying his face in my neck and nuzzling there
for a moment.

Finally, he lifted his head and looked me in the eyes.
“Sorry,” he murmured. “It’s uh, it’s been a while, I might not have as much
self-control as I should.”

I smiled weakly, still overwhelmed at the feelings coursing
through my body.

“Same here,” I said, my voice somewhat hoarse.

“I also don’t want to get to all the good stuff before our
first official date.” He grinned as he took my hand and led me to the kitchen.
“Anticipation is half the fun.”

I raised one eyebrow at him, feeling calmer as we put
distance between us.

“Don’t get your hopes up, Romeo, it’s only one date.”

We entered the kitchen where Jack was waiting for me to take
him home. “That’s all it takes, Goldilocks,” he answered. “Just once.”

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Read
the New Adult romance excerpt below from

Precious
Consequences

by
Tamsyn Bester

All it took was one night to change the rest of my life. One
night that created irrevocable consequences. But some consequences aren’t all
bad. They can be amazing…beautiful… Precious.

I willingly accepted those consequences and wrote a new plan
for my life. But that plan didn’t include Cameron Argent – the sexy-as-sin
tattooed  playboy who got under my skin the moment I laid eyes on him. I
was headed down a dark and  dangerous road where he was concerned and in
the end, our relationship was inevitable. Despite our dark secrets, our
feelings for each other burned 

brighter than a thousand stars and left us both naked,
vulnerable. But when my past came rolling back into my life like a Summer
storm, I wasn’t sure if his love for me was enough. Was he prepared to deal
with the consequences of a past I couldn’t regret or would he walk away with my
beating heart in his hands?

EXCERPT:

~Hayley~

I couldn't pretend that my life hadn't changed. But I also
couldn't bring myself to regret the irrevocable consequences that forever
changed me.

I learned the true meaning of selflessness and what it meant
to love someone so much, you'd give up everything for them. I finally
understood what it meant to sacrifice your own heart, just to allow another to
beat.

One night.

One stupid decision.

And the most precious of consequences.