Lawson: Cerberus 2.0 Book 1

by Marie James

  Paying for sex used to make my skin crawl, but bedding a professional woman who will have no expectations when the sun raises gained appeal as I got older. Leaving broken hearts in my wake never appealed to me, and lying to a woman just to fuck her, I’ve decided, is more fucked up than paying for a hole to fuck for the night.

  She hits her stride, the deep bass of the song ricocheting off of the walls, and the hoots and hollers become almost unbearable. Enthralled by the sway of her hips, just like every other man in here, I don’t notice when the song ends, and she bends to gather the bills tossed at her feet on the stage.

  I move my eyes from the sway of her firm tits to look into her eyes. Soulless, dead almost. She’s definitely not one of the ones who get off on dozens of men fawning over her naked body. I wish I could say I feel sorry for her, that seeing her misery so clear but ignored by every other guy in front of her will make me change my mind, but it doesn’t. We all have demons we have to fight, and she’s no different. Since I have my own shit to deal with and things to prepare for in the near future, I can’t be bothered to concern myself with her issues. What I can do is make her come like a freight train and give her enough cash to make it easier to leave this life if it’s what she chooses.

  When her eyes lock with mine, a tingle of anticipation rushes down my spine and straight to my cock. The swipe of her tongue over her full lips as she takes me in is enough to make the tip of my cock thicken and weep for her. I wink, pretending to be as unaffected as I can and mouth ‘soon’ to her. She’s flushed from the exertion of her dance, but it doesn’t stop her cheeks from pinking even more. She gives me a slight nod, acknowledging that our plans for the evening include each other before she stands and exits the stage with enough sway to her hips to keep every man in the building pining for her.

  The DJ announces that “Orphan Annie” will be back at the top of the hour, forcing me to look down at my watch. Contemplating if I should find and fuck her now or wait for another show on the stage, I think about her odd choice of stage name. The little, redheaded girl with no family, as the story goes is adopted by a mean woman who is never short of voicing her dislikes even after her husband, Daddy Warbucks comes into the picture.

  I huff a small laugh, thinking about the storyline in today’s age and why a woman no older than twenty-five would pick it. Was she abused? Did her Daddy Warbucks take advantage and that was the real reason for the discord with the wife? Is she into older men?

  That thought makes me smile considering I’m probably ten years her senior. Attraction to older men would benefit me in the persuasion part of the night. I shake my head. Honestly, it wouldn’t matter. The wad of cash in pocket ensures I’ll be inside of her tonight.

  I drain my whiskey and wait for her next performance. Once again as she makes her way on stage, I can’t pull my eyes from the glistening skin of her body. The sweat dripping between her tits, rolling down the tight muscles of her stomach makes my mouth dry no matter how much whiskey I pour down my throat. Bad Girlfriend by Theory of a Deadman blares from the surround sound as she keeps perfect tempo to the beat.

  Her eyes find mine, holding them captive. Her emerald eye bewitches me as I consider an attempt to access those savings accounts I thought about earlier in the night. Paid whore or not, I know one night with this temptress will never be enough.

  She seems to be the headliner, the one woman who draws the men in, which means, from my past experience, her night is over. She’s closing out the stage with one final dance as the waitress who’s been serving me all night tells me it’s last call.

  I decline the offer for a final drink and head to the door before she walks off of the stage. I wait in the shadows near the rear exit listening to the men grumble as they’re escorted out the front and wait for my redheaded beauty to make an appearance.

  The wait is so long that I question the interaction between us, question the sincerity I saw in her wide green eyes. She’s the perfect tease, making me think she wants me just as I’m sure she does with every man who walks through the dingy front doors of The Minge Palace.

  I’m near giving up, realizing that Orphan Annie is more trouble than she’s worth when the back door opens and a flash of red exits the building before laughing at something someone inside says before closing it again. I step out of the shadows when she’s less than a handful of feet in front of me. I expect her to startle, to clutch at her chest in an attempt to ease her pounding heart, but she shocks me by staring directly at me as if I’m her puppet and waiting in the filthy alley is exactly what she expects. I clench my fists at the idea that she thinks she can have the upper hand.

  “I’ve been waiting,” I growl, loving the pink that returns to her cheeks.

  “I searched for you out the front,” she whispers closing the distance between the two of us and running her small hands over my heaving chest.

  “I figure you’d want the cloak of darkness even though your screams of orgasm will echo down the alleyway.”

  “So confident in your ability to please.”

  Her hands leave my chest, trail down my chest, and run across my back as she circles me. I’m her prey tonight, and she’s got even more confident in her power than she displayed on the stage earlier tonight. No matter how much I want to fight it, how much I want to prove to her that she’ll be taking my cock as I see fit, I know without a doubt that Orphan Annie is going to use me and have me begging for more.

  “Care to make a bet?” I offer as she stands in front of me once again.

  Petite yet solid, she looks up at me as I imagine all of the ways I can easily take her.

  “No,” she pants, her pupils so big in the moonlight I question the small halo of blue circling them.

  Didn’t she have green eyes on the stage?

  I don’t give it a second thought when her tiny hand covers but a fraction of my cock over my jeans.

  “You want to stand out here making bets?” She gives me a squeeze tight enough to make me groan. “Or do you want to fuck?”

  “Brazen little thing aren’t you?”

  I drop my hands to my sides as she fumbles with my belt and the zipper on my jeans. The relief is immediate as she pulls the denim back and my cock springs free.

  “Mmm.” The tiny noise from her mouth not only makes me jump in her hands but forces me to wonder what that noise being made while she takes me to the back of her throat will feel like.

  “Another time,” I hiss.

  “What?” she asks confused just as I lift her and turn her with her back against the cold brick wall.

  “Enough talk.” The insistent ache in my cock doesn’t leave much room for anything else.

  Urging her legs around my hips, I can see the pain the stretch is causing as she tries to get them all the way around me. She doesn’t have a hope of doing it though. I’m twice her size and ready to handle her, to position her any way I see fit.

  Her skirt rides high exposing the glistening slit of her pink cunt.

  “Dirty whore,” I hiss as my fingers move the wetness up to lubricate the friction of my fingers on her clit. “You came out here prepared to fuck me?”

  Her eyes slam shut, a tiny whimper escaping her lips as she rolls her hips against my hand trying to find her pleasure. Without warning, I slip two thick fingers inside of her, watching her face for the response I know she’ll give. Eyes dashing open, hers find mine.

  “So fucking tight,” I praise. “If two fingers are all you can take, there’s no hope my cock will fit inside of you.”

  Lips parting, she tilts her head to the side. “Give me more,” she begs.

  I withdraw and delve back in with three fingers, working them in and out, preparing her as best I can.

  “Please,” she whimpers, near the edge, I refuse to let her fall over.

  “I’m going to hurt you,” I warn as I pull free from her tight pussy.

  “Please,” she repeats.

  Against better judgment, I replace my fingers with the h
ead of my cock and slam home.

  She screams, half in pain, the other half in pleasure.

  “Oh God.”

  “Fuck, Annie,” I grunt as I pull back only to slam forward again.

  “It’s too much,” she complains but relents when my finger begins to strum over the tight bundle of nerves at the apex of her thighs.

  “That’s it,” I urge.

  I’m certain her back is going to have abrasions from shoulders to tailbone, but the consideration isn’t something I have to give as she clamps on my cock, the tightest thing I’ve felt since I fucked a virgin in high school. The quick thought of that night, so many years ago, makes me realize my mistake, the same one I made then. However fucked up and consequences be damned, I can’t stop the ache of release already teasing my balls. My head flexes back, my orgasm becoming a living thing under my skin as I pulse inside of her. Bare. No condom.

  When I’m done. I release my hold on her and stumble backward. I can’t even look at her, so disappointed in myself for the whiskey I drank that allowed the haze of my senses to make such a monumental mistake. I fumble with my jeans. I get them up and zipped not even concerning myself with my belt.

  “You said you’d make me come,” she coos in front of me. “But you came too quickly for me to get mine. Want to go back to your place to finish what you started?”

  “No,” I hiss, keeping my eyes down as I shove my hand into my pocket and pull out a wad of cash.

  She crosses her arms over her chest when I offer it to her.

  “I’m not a whore,” she growls, and it is then that I find her eyes.

  “You just fucked me in a filthy alley after dancing for dozens of men on a stripper pole.” I shove the money into her hands. “Believe me, Annie, you’re as close to a whore as it comes.”

  “You mother fucker!”

  “That,” I say pointing at the cash she reluctantly holds in her hand. “Is for the abortion if my stupid ass put that shit into motion, or for your bus ticket out of this fucking town, because so help me God if I caught something antibiotics won’t get rid of from that filthy snatch of yours I’ll come back and kill you.”

  Her eyes narrow in challenge, and it gives me hope that VD isn’t going to be in my future.

  I don’t give her a second glance as I make my way out of the alley and stumble back to my shitty hotel room. I try to push her from my mind as I fall on the bed and pass out.

  When morning comes, and the incessant chirping of text messages on my phone is frequent enough to drive me mad, she’s still on my mind. I almost feel guilty about the blood on my cock, knowing I was too rough with her. I check each one of my piercing, knowing that one of the barbells must have cut her, but they’re all intact.

  I don’t however, feel the regret until I check my messages and see the first one from Blade which was sent a mere two hours after I left Annie in that disgusting alley without concern as to whether or not she’d make it home safely.

  Blade: I told you to find Georgia Anderson. Not fuck her like a whore in the alley.

  So much for my new life. That redheaded woman from last night just fucked me harder than I fucked her last night.

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  Macon

  Tossing a middle finger to Macon, Georgia as I made my way to Nashville was always the dream. Sing country music, go on tour, top the charts—with my popularity growing every day, I was on my way.

  But then a gust of wind blew up your skirt, and those white cotton panties had me hooked. I didn’t know your name, and you turned down every attempt I tried to throw your way. But I knew you were different, even though you told me I was the same.

  “Friends” is what you offered, and I played by your rules, but, Adelaide Hatfield, you have to know, from that day, it was only you.

  I just hope I can make you see how much you mean to me before we both drown in the sorrow of what heartbreak can truly be.

  We Said Forever

  Rock bottom.

  They say the only way to go from there is up, but what is “up” when you’re born into someone else’s rock bottom?

  At ten, football became my first love. It’s what got me out of the house away from my self-destructive family. My love for football landed me at Las Vegas University with a full ride scholarship, and the orange on my jersey was my favorite color…until my eyes landed on the red dress Fallyn wore the night we met.

  At twenty-one, I jumped off the cliff into the unknown the second Fallyn McIntyre danced in my arms at a party. I had the greatest girl in the world and the opportunity to play college ball every Saturday. My rock bottom was looking up, thanks to my two first loves.

  Parties, sex, and football—life was perfect. But one drink too many, and my world came crashing down. When I chose pills over my second love, my head told me it was the best decision I ever made. The pills keep me warm and protect me from the distance Fallyn created. Percs don’t judge me. They make me feel alive.

  Threes.

  They say the best things come in threes, but one leads to a stable future, one is my salvation, and the other drags me to hell—a hell I’d willingly burn in for eternity…if it weren’t for my second love.

  More Than a Memory

  “You’re gorgeous. Even better looking than the day I fell in love with you.”

  The words are a constant reminder of what true love is. Olivia Dawson’s alarm goes off at the same time every day and she disappears into her room to hear Duncan’s voice, see his face, miss him even more for being untouchable. Olivia loves with her entire heart, and her love for Duncan is unmatched, but there’s something about her new roommate she just can’t seem to ignore—no matter how hard she tries.

  “I miss you so much.”

  “Can’t be more than I miss you.”

  The words are a constant reminder of how unavailable Olivia is, and Bryson Daniels isn’t one for competition off the baseball field, but since the moment he knocked on the door to his new apartment and his roommate “Ollie” wasn’t who he expected, he can’t help but consider bending a few of his rules—even if it means heeding to Olivia’s.

  “I love you, sweet cheeks. Chat with you later?”

  Bryson hears the conversations through the paper thin walls, but there’s a pain inside Olivia he can’t seem to walk away from. He vows to be there for her when the voice on the other side of the computer inevitably breaks her heart, but will he ever be able to compete with someone who’s more than a memory?

  Hale Series

  Coming to Hale

  The only time she trusted someone with her heart, she was just a girl; he betrayed her and left her humiliated. Since then, Lorali Bennett has let that moment in time dictate her life.

  Ian Hale, sexy as sin business mogul, has never had more than a passing interest in any particular woman, until a chance encounter with Lorali, leaves a lasting mark on him.

  Their fast-paced romance is one for the record books, but what will happen when Ian’s secrets come to light? Especially when those secrets will cost her everything she spent years trying to rebuild.

  Begging for Hale

  Alexa Warner, an easy going, free spirit, has never had a problem with jumping from one man to the next. She likes to party and have a good time; if the night ends in steamy sex that’s a bonus. She’s always sought pleasure first and never found a man that turned her down; until Garrett Hale. Never in her life was she forced to pursue a man, but his rejection doesn’t sit well with her. Alexa aches for Garrett, his rejection festering in her gut. The yearning for him escalating until she i
s able to seduce him, taste him.

  Garrett Hale, a private man with muted emotions, has no interest in serious relationships. Having his heart ripped out by his first love, he now leaves a trail of one night stands in his wake. Mutually satisfying sex without commitment is his newly adopted lifestyle. Alexa’s constant temptation has his restraint wavering. The aftermath of giving into her would be messy; she is after all the best friend of his cousin’s girlfriend, which guarantees future run-ins, not something that’s supposed to happen with a one night stand.

  Yet, the allure of having his mouth on her is almost more than he can bear. With hearts on the line, and ever increasing desire burning through them both, will one night be enough for either of them?

  Hot as Hale

  Innocent Joselyne Bennett loves her quiet life. As an elementary teacher, her days include teaching kids then going home to research fun science projects to add to her lesson plan. Her only excitement is living vicariously through her sister Lorali and friend Alexa Warner.

  Incredibly gorgeous police detective Kaleb Perez was going through the motions of life. His position on the force as a narcotics detective forced him to cross paths with Josie after a shooting involving her friend. On more than one occasion Kaleb discretely tried to catch Josie’s eye. On every occasion, he was ignored but when her hand is forced after a break-in at her apartment Josie and Kaleb are on a collision course with each other.

  Formerly timid Josie is coaxed out of her shell by the sexy-as-sin Kaleb, who nurtures her inner sex-kitten in the most seductive ways, and replaces her inexperience with passionate need. The small group has overcome so much in such a short period of time, and just when they think they can settle back into their lives, they are forced back into the unknown.