by Rowena
If I hadn’t been so wrapped up in pain, I probably would have wanted to knee him in the balls.
Well, that’s what I thought once sorrow gave way to anger—I don’t know if I would have actually been able to inflict physical pain on him like that, no matter how much I wanted him to feel a smidgen of what he’d made me feel.
Which finally brings me to today.
About five years have passed since that delicious deflowering ended so unceremoniously, and right now, I’m heading back to work from my lunch break.
My car suddenly starts jerking, and I don’t know what the hell’s wrong with it this time, but the highway’s not the best time for shit to happen.
My eyes go to the gas gauge and I see the needle’s at the halfway mark, so I’m not out of gas.
I flip on the hazard lights and start heading right, hoping to safely make it to the shoulder.
Lucky for me, I get there without incident, and I try not to think about how late I’ll probably be. My eighth-graders probably won’t be too mad, though.
I bought this car off of Craigslist four years ago, once I had finally secured consistent work and decided public transportation wasn’t for me.
About seventy-five percent of my campus job earnings went toward my college fees in an attempt to pay them off sooner than later, and then the expenses afterward…oh boy.
Money was tight, so I figured it was easier to pay a lump sum and buy an old car rather than come up with money down and monthly car payments due over two to three years, because as far as I had gathered, I could own a car for the price of that same money down plus just one or two of those monthly payments.
A better deal, I thought.
Ha!
Anyway, it’s broad daylight, so I’m not too worried about leaving my car to check out the exterior and see if the problem is something obvious, like a flat tire.
I’ve had a few of those, and the jerking I felt could be a variation on that theme.
I never got a flat tire while on a highway—it was always after cutting through some alley or during a drive down a residential street—so perhaps the difference in speed accounted for the slight difference in feel.
I hop out and check the driver’s side.
Both front and rear tires look fine, but I kick them anyway and they both hold firm.
I head to the other side as a gorgeous, sleek, expensive-looking black car zooms by, looking like it popped out of the future.
I turn my eyes away, checking the passenger’s side tires, giving them the same treatment as the others.
Tires firm, more than enough gas—what the hell else could it be? Please, don’t be the transmission.
Armed with a bit more information, I call AAA.
I’m not really surprised something went wrong again—this car has had to have something major fixed at least once a year since I bought it.
Usually, when I’m excited about having saved up a good chunk of money, not long afterward the car goes, I’ll take that now! and the next thing I know, the head gasket has blown or the brakes have failed (luckily, that one happened as I was pulling out of my parking spot, so with a panicked pull-up of the emergency brake, I didn’t end up in a dangerous position).
Obviously, this car is on its last legs—it was already fifteen years old when I got it and had a hundred and fifty miles on it, and it’s not exactly one of those reliable brands that you still see on the road here and there—thirty years old and still going strong.
I sit and wait for the towing service.
To my utter surprise, I realize the sexy black car I’d glimpsed is now also in the emergency lane, backing up toward me.
My heart starts to speed up.
Part of me feels a little assured that it’s an expensive-looking car instead of a white van with tinted windows, but criminals could lurk in either, and who knows what kind of psycho could be hiding behind such a sparkly, opulent appearance?
I immediately lock all doors, making sure the windows are up all the way.
I start digging around for the Mace I keep under the passenger’s seat, and for good measure, I make sure the heavy flashlight I keep inside is also within grabbing distance.
I type 911 on my phone, ready to hit dial as the black sports car backs right up to my car, mere inches from the front of it.
Then, trying to calm the fear passing wildly through me, I watch as the driver’s door opens and a leg covered in immaculate gray slacks and topped off by shiny black shoe emerges.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” I say softly as the rest of the body emerges, and the tall, broad, well-suited form of Brent Colton walks toward me with twinkling blue eyes and a slight smile, straightening his suit jacket.
My heart pounds even harder.
A lot has happened since our graduation, which came about a month after our sexual encounter.
We didn’t keep in touch at all; in fact, Brent’s number soon changed and his social network pages eventually disappeared, so I pretty much had no way to reach him.
As far as I know, he and Stacey are probably still together, even though the few times I came across her on campus back then after the deed, she shot me such dirty looks that I just knew Brent told her about us.
I wonder how he painted our encounter? Did he make it seem like I was the aggressor? That I’d seduced him? Or did he come right out and say that we had been friends so long, he was curious and had to get it out of his system? Did he tell her that now that it was out of the way, he was one hundred percent devoted to her? Are they married now?
I glance at his hand and notice no ring.
I didn’t really have a connection with any of his other friends, so I’ve been in the dark about his life.
Maybe now I’ll get some answers to my questions; after all, now that we’ve crashed into each other again, there are some things I can no longer keep to myself.
Particularly the fact that he and I have a daughter…
**Read the rest of Fated here or check out Rowena’s Amazon Author page for other steamy stories such as Sculptor (a military alpha male romance), and Penalty (a sports romance). Mafia romantic suspense novel also available.**
About the Author
Rowena writes friends-to-lovers erotic romance and erotica with an element of reluctance. She likes a bit of darkness involved as long as no one really gets hurt—at least, only in good ways. ;) Forced proximity and kidnapping romances are her favorites.
She enjoys making up circumstances in which two people are forced to confront their feelings—sexual and otherwise—to the object of their desire, feelings they have been hiding or running from because of a major barrier or conflict of interest. Usually, her characters have known each other for quite a while, so their first sexual encounter has been a long time…coming.
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Also by Rowena
EROTIC ROMANCE NOVELLAS
SCULPTOR: A MILITARY ALPHA ROMANCE
DEREK - When a stunning goddess crashes my art studio, demanding I take on a project for her when I’m still knee-deep in my current one, the answer should have been a firm no. Instead, I got firm elsewhere, and the next thing I know, I’m ready to do everything in my power to claim the innocent rich girl and make her mine. She wants to make demands? I’ve got some of my own. But we both might have bitten off more than we can chew… Grab it here!
PENALTY: A BAD BOY SPORTS ROMANCE
Once superstar jock Abraham Stone notices shy Madison Mills, all hell breaks loose. He is determined to have her, finally deciding to shed his longtime gold-digging girlfriend, Bethany, in favor of the quiet, unassuming nerd. But with Abe’s determined desire comes crippling unforeseen consequences. Jilted Bethany won’t go down without a vicious fight, and in the end, they will all pay for piercing each other’s sphere
, one way or another. Can the athletic alpha convince Madison he’s worth the cost? Read it here!
STEAMY NOVELS
A NEW DON: A MAFIA ROMANCE
A deadly legacy. A forbidden attraction.
DONATELLO - Since I became head of the family, things haven’t been the same. I want to limit bloodshed and take things in a different direction, but with an enemy like Emilio Baldini, that might just be impossible. Saving a prisoner of Emilio’s from certain death probably won’t exactly endear me to him, either...
ISABELLA - Bound, gagged, and kidnapped. Then, finally, saved by a man I have only heard of—Donnie Soriano. But Donnie must never find out I’m Emilio Baldini’s daughter. If he does, he’ll probably throw me out on the street—a fate worse than death, as my feelings for the young Don are blossoming into something deep and real. And so is the new life in my belly…Get it here!
EROTIC SHORTS
From the TIED TO HIM: MY BFF series
CAPTURED BY YOU
No man has been able to capture young, ebony hottie Gina’s imagination the way her hunky, blue-eyed military best friend, Jake, has. Jake hasn’t had a chance to lock down a long-term relationship himself, but he’s had plenty of time to think about his beautiful brown-skinned buddy and what he wants to do to her while he’s away at war. They both think the other sees them as nothing more than a friend, but this time, as Jake heads home from deployment, he plans to show Gina not only how much he has missed her, but how much more than a friend she’s about to become. Get it here!
POSSESSED BY YOU
Brandon can’t take it anymore. His sexy longtime friend, Lola, needs to crash at his place for a while, and he’s not sure how he’ll handle his secret desire for her. He wants to take advantage of the situation, but he’s not sure where to start. Soon, his dilemma is taken care of for him by a sleep disorder, and Lola finds herself at the mercy of her old friend’s lust, and actually longing for the moment he finally takes her. Grab it here!
CLAIMED BY YOU
Curvy, untouched Janine thinks she’s ready for the next important step in her womanhood, so she’s on the lookout for a strong alpha male to give her innocence to. Her best friend, Josh, lives a few houses away, and when she pops by to visit him, she runs into a hot, muscular guy leaving his place and thinks he’s the one. She asks Josh to hook her up with the hunky stranger and Josh agrees, but he suddenly realizes that he should be the one to get the voluptuous brown beauty’s gift, and he’ll make sure he gets to stuff his sexy best friend first! Download here!
**Grab all 3 Tied to Him shorts in a boxed set here!**
From the FORBIDDEN FRUIT: HIS BFF series
TRICKED BY YOU
Sylvia is a wanted woman. Not by the feds, but by just about every guy in her husband’s circle—his closest friends. The military guys all try to hide how much they want to take her for a spin, but when the opportunity comes up, friends turn into opportunistic fiends, and Sylvia has no idea what she’s in for once her husband lands the two of them in a mess his lusty buddies are only too happy to bail them out of—on one hard, raw condition. Well, maybe two… Check it out here!
WRECKED BY YOU
Simone has been having naughty thoughts about one of her boyfriend’s insanely hot military friends. She doesn’t plan to act on it, despite the ‘hall pass’ she still has for her boyfriend’s infidelity a few years ago, but when an opportunity presents itself to find out what it’s like to be with the huge off-limits alpha male…well, she actually doesn’t have much choice in the matter! Available here!
TRAPPED BY YOU
Newlywed Tara is already bored with her sex life and has some naughty fantasies about someone way off-limits—her husband’s best friend, Tucker. She wants to talk to her hubby about mixing things up between the two of them, with no intention of adding a third party, but her husband surprises her with her deepest, darkest wish: his best friend taking her hard and raw. Now that the forbidden fruit is no longer forbidden, things are suddenly shaken up far beyond carnal desires. Can Tara handle the changing group dynamics? Get it here!
**Grab the above 3 Forbidden Fruit shorts in a boxed set here!**
RAVISHED BY YOU
Travis is overworked and underlaid. He returns from a military mission with a hunger greater than ever before, and is horrified when, instead of his best friend Joey, Joey’s gorgeous curvy girlfriend, Lisa, shows up at the airport to take him home. He has secretly wanted to give it to Lisa hard and unprotected for years, and by a twist of fate, he now has a chance to turn all of his filthy fantasies into reality, and he’s about to take it. Read it here!
CONQUERED BY YOU
Sensual Nicole is a dirty rotten tease.
Military man Michael has finally figured out what his best friend’s hot girl has been up to—flirting with him and messing with his head in various ways he thought were innocent at first, but eventually realizes weren’t—the sexy brown beauty knew exactly what she was doing. Now that he’s on to her, he’ll take things a step further and make sure the tease thinks twice before she messes with a red-blooded man like him—and she’ll learn her lesson hard! Download here!
AVENGED BY YOU
Lonely Bridget would love to get back at her ex somehow—to make him pay for how callously he dumped her. But she’s not a vengeful person, so she simply tries to move on from the sting of rejection and get on with her life. Against her better judgment, she decides to attend a party thrown by her ex’s best friend, Scott—a gorgeous, muscular guy she harbored a light attraction for but never thought of pursuing. But Scott has other plans for the dejected, no-longer-off-limits beauty, and he is determined to pull her out of the dumps and quench his own burning secret desire for her once and for all. Grab it here!
TAKEN BY STORM
Reese can’t get brown beauty, Eva, off his mind. Unfortunately, she’s his best friend’s girl, but he can’t stop the dirty thoughts he has of taking her hard and raw, filling her with his essence. He resigns to suffering the torture silently, but Eva surprises him with a friendly visit one day and ends up stranded in his place by a sudden storm. Now that he finally has the delicious, nubile beauty alone, he’s going to give her far more than a piece of his dirty mind. Read it here!
TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Nicolette knows she shouldn’t fantasize about her boyfriend’s sexy best friend, Jacob, so she keeps her crush a secret until her boyfriend’s troubles land him in jail, and Jacob makes it clear that he wants her, and intends to have her. Jacob can’t stop the dirty, lusty thoughts he has of his best friend’s girl, and now that he has a chance with the young hottie, he’s going to take it—hard. Get it here!
TAKEN FOR GRANTED
Avery’s fiancé drains their financial resources, leaving them broke and depending on Chad, her fiancé’s hot best friend. They have to find a way to pay strong, muscular Chad back for letting them stay in his condo until they get back on their feet, and Chad has a couple of naughty ideas how! Check it out here!
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