Lost, Found, Loved
Page 22
And we still hadn’t gotten out of bed yet.
“Got you coffee, darlin’,” Zayne said as he stepped out to the balcony.
He wore black pants and no shirt. He was a fucking dream. I didn’t think his tattoos could get any sexier, until he got his new one. The wolf on his chest. The butterfly on the wolf’s nose. The same butterfly he had tattooed on me. It was Zayne’s subtle way of telling me no matter what happened between us, I would forever be in his heart.
I had a sheet around my body as I stared out at the water. The crash of the waves. The heat. The sounds of life all around. We were up high enough that nobody could really see us, not that anyone would be looking.
I took the coffee, and Zayne kissed my cheek.
“What do you think of Miami so far?” he asked.
“Well, we haven’t even gotten to the beach yet,” I said. “We’ve done nothing but check out Tilly’s shop and fool around in bed.”
“And that’s a bad thing…why?”
I smiled and felt myself blushing. He still made me blush, even though his hands and his mouth had explored every inch of my body many times over.
“Are you sure about all this?” I asked him.
“I’m sure,” he said. “I wanted to come talk to Tilly in person.”
“You know, it really is beautiful down here,” I said.
“Beautiful enough to live?”
“Sure. If this is where you’re happy.”
Zayne shook his head. “I’m happy wherever the hell we end up together.”
“So, we’re not moving to Miami?”
“No,” Zayne said. “I talked to Tilly. He gets it. I’m going to do some ink today and tomorrow. Then we’re flying back.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive. I can fly back and forth, darlin’. Best of both worlds. Keep Tate and Tilly on their toes. Keep my own control of life.”
“You know, Zayne, you are a stubborn pain in the ass sometimes.”
“All the time,” he said. “Get used to it.”
He put an arm around me. I put my head to his chest. Right at the tattoo of the wolf and the butterfly. We sat in silence, watching the world go by.
The wolf and the butterfly.
It was so weirdly fitting.
I didn’t care where I lived, as long as I was with Zayne. That may not have been the right way to live life, but it was what I wanted. I finally had what I wanted. A chance to work, write, and see where the future went. No longer would I be lost. I’d never sit on the side of the road, waiting to be found.
Zayne had found me. And in some ways, I found him, the real him.
I turned my head and kissed the wolf on his chest. Then I moved to my toes and kissed the real beast in real life.
He turned his head and raised an eyebrow.
“What time are you supposed to be at Tilly’s?” I whispered.
“Three hours from now,” he said.
I put my hand to his stomach and playfully inched down. “So, we have time…”
Zayne grinned. He leaned down and kissed me. “Darlin’…all we have is time…”
THE END.
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Jaxson Kidman is the bestselling author of several novels, including:
5 Years Later
In Her Words
Hate Me
Look for his upcoming novel, The Mechanic & the Princess
London Casey (Karolyn James) is the author of the bestselling series, Back Down Devil MC
These books have no set reading order. They are all stand-alone novels set in the BDD MC world. She is also the author of several stand-alone novels, including:
SECRET EXPOSURE
A BOY I USED TO LOVE
THIS CRAZY FORBIDDEN THING
Look for the upcoming novel, The OTHER One
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. (This also includes the cover image and/or cover model(s) appearing on the cover. The context of this book does not in any way depict the personal life of said cover model(s). Image is licensed and used purely for fictional purpose only.)
First electronic edition August 2017
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