Falling for Agent Cox:A Falling Novel

by DL Gallie

  “Like a baby. You?”

  “Like a king.”

  “A king, hey, does that make me your queen?” As soon as she says this, her face drops. That was what Kye used to always say to her, not wanting her to be upset, I shake my head.

  “You are my Kitten and my fiancée.”

  “Well, you are mine and my fiancé.” She grins at me. “Is it just me, or is it fucking awesome to say fiancé?”

  “Watch your mouth, Kitten.”

  “I know how you can shut me up.”

  “You are insatiable,” I tell her, as I slide my hands down her purple satin nightie and cup her ass. “I always want you but I need you to get dressed. I have a surprise.”

  “I like surprises. What is it?”

  “If I tell you, it won’t be a surprise.”

  She pouts, “You can spank me.”

  “I can do that anytime I want, now if you behave, I will spank and cuff you later.”

  “Promises, promises,” she says, as she pulls away from me, turns, and walks out of the kitchen. She stops at the entrance and clears her throat. Lifting my gaze, the minx is standing there naked, her nightie hanging from her index finger.

  I’d love nothing more than to ravage her, but my surprise will be here in ten minutes and for what I have in mind, I need more than ten minutes.

  “You are going to be the death of me, woman. Go and get dressed and I promise, later.”

  “You better, fiancé, otherwise I’m taking back my proposal.”

  “No take backsies!” I shout as she stomps, yes, stomps away.

  Picking up my mug, I bring it to my lips and shake my head.

  When she returns she’s dressed in jeans that look like they were painted on and a purple halter top thingy. My eyes roam over her and when I get to her face, she’s smirking. “Like what you see?”

  Nodding, I hand her a coffee. “Fuck yes, I do.”

  “Watch you—” She doesn’t get to finish because the doorbell rings. “You expecting someone?” she asks, as she walks to the door. She swings it open and the doorway is filled with a balloon bouquet of at least twenty balloons in different shades of purple. It’s attached to a box, filled with grape taffy.

  “Core,” she coos, “you shouldn’t have.”

  When she turns around, I’m down on bended knee with a ring box in my hand. “Baylor, you may have beaten me to the punch with the proposal, but mine has all the romance and taffy you could desire. I think I fell for you the moment I heard you sassing at Agent Hall, I’ve fallen more and more in love with you each and every day since then, and I will do so until my last breath. Baylor Martine Evans, Kitten, will you marry me?”

  A tear cascades down her cheek and she drops to her knees in front of me. She grips my cheeks and slams her lips to mine. She kisses me deeply, knocking us back to the floor with her on top of me. “Is that a yes?” I ask against her lips.

  “Yes, a thousand times, yes.”

  Rolling her to her back, I remove the ring from the box and slip it onto her finger. “I love you, Kitten.”

  “I love you too, Core.”

  …What are you grinning at?” she asks, bringing me back to the present.

  “Remembering the day I asked you to marry me.”

  “That was the second best day of my life.”

  “The best being when you officially became Baylor Cox?”

  “Nope,” she says, shaking her head, “The best was the day I was arrested because it led me on the path to you.”

  “Who knew an arrest could lead to all this?” I ask her.

  “Certainly not me. What shall we do today?”

  “Weeeeelll,” I draw the word out. “We are on our honeymoon and your ass is looking mighty fine. I was thinking a spanking.”

  “How about we work on my ass’s tan and then tonight, you can turn it pink after I suck your cock.”

  “I fucking love your dirty mouth,” I tell her, pulling her into me and kissing her deeply.

  “And I fucking love you.”

  The spanking comes sooner than anticipated due to my wife’s sassy mouth, and with her ass nice and pink, we change into our swimwear and head downstairs to work on her ass tan and have a few cocktails.

  We are walking toward our cabana when an old friend and I run into each other. “Burton fucking Hayes, what are you doing here?” I say, as we do the one-armed bro backslap hug.

  “I live here now, man. I bought Castaway Coffee.”

  “No shit.”

  “Yes, shit.”

  My eyes dart around, “Did Trina come too?”

  He shakes his head. “Nah, we split. That’s one of the reasons I came here.”

  “You finally woke up and saw the light, eh?” Trina was a crazy bitch, always out for herself. I always got the feeling she was hiding something but I never said anything ‘cause Burton seemed happy.

  “You could say that.” His demeanor changes slightly but just as quickly, his face lights up when a gorgeous brunette walks toward us. “Hey, baby,” she says, snuggling into his side. She looks to me and stretches out her hand, “Hey, I’m Nix”

  “Corey,” I say, placing my hand in hers and shaking. For a small thing, she has a good grip.

  She turns her head to look up at Burton, love radiating between the two of them. “Kain is here, he and Talia just had another argument.”

  “Again?” Burton questions

  “Yeah, those two just need to fuck already. Like seriously, penis in vagina, pump and repeat. Once they fuck away the tension, peace will return to the grove. Blind fucking Freddy can see they want each other, but they are too stubborn to see it.”

  “Love blinds some people, they don’t see it until it smacks them up the side of the head when they least expect it.”

  “Are we speaking from experience?” Nix asks me.

  Nodding, I grin. “Yeah. My Kitten came into my life when I least expected it.”

  “No shit,” Burton says, “Agent Corey Cox has finally met ‘the one.’”

  “After he arrested me,” my gorgeous wife says, sliding her arm around my waist joining us.

  “You and I are going to get along smashingly,” Nix says.

  Burton rolls his eyes and whispers, “Ohh shit.” He looks to Bay. “If she offers you a cocktail, run the other way.”

  “What can I say, I make killer cocktails.” Nix nonchalantly shrugs but the look she is giving Burton right now is carnal and heated, it’s similar to how Baylor looks at me when she wants to get down and dirty…or kill me.

  There’s a fine line between love and hate and Baylor and I walk along that precarious knife’s edge each and every day. Baylor is my complete opposite but at the same time, she’s my missing piece. Our love and hate collided spectacularly but I wouldn’t change a thing. Well, maybe the getting shot part but the recovery blow jobs were amazing, so yeah, I’ll keep the getting shot part.

  “Killer, more like downright dangerous,” Burton mumbles, but loud enough for all of us to hear.

  “You love them…and me.” Nix winks at him and then links arms with Bay, dragging her toward the Grove Bar. Like the lovesick puppies that Burton and I are, we follow them.

  After way too many of Nix’s killer cocktails, Baylor and I stumble toward the beach. We collapse into a cabana and snuggle into one another. We stare up at the night sky. There are a million tiny little stars twinkling in the night sky. “Core, you think that somewhere up there is a couple like us, snuggling and in love?”

  “I’ve never really thought about it,” I tell her, “But I do know that I’m happy to be snuggling here with you.” Rolling to face her, I rest my head on my hand. Brushing a tendril of hair off her face, I lean in and kiss her nose. “I love you, Baylor Cox.”

  “I love hearing that,” she tells me.

  “I love you,” I repeat.

  She shakes her head, “No, not that. I love that I’m officially Baylor Cox. If you had told me the first day we met that I’d be married to you
, I would have told you to drop the crack pipe. Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen but seriously, getting arrested was the best thing to ever happen to me, because it led me to you.”

  “Arresting you was the best arrest of my life.”

  “Technically Hall and Oats arrested me. You just needed me to bring down the bad guy.”

  “Potato patahto. But you know what?”

  “What?”

  “I wouldn’t change a thing either. Falling for you was the best thing I ever did.”

  “Aww, you say such sweet things. Now, take me back to our room and fuck me.”

  “Watch your mouth, Kitten.”

  She leans over and kisses me, “You wouldn’t have me any other way. Now, let’s go.”

  It’s true, I love her just the way she is.

  THE END!!!!!

  Anywhere - Rita Ora

  Purple Rain - Prince

  Unstoppable - Sia

  The Last Time - The Script

  Bitch - Meredith Brooks

  Born this Way - Lady Gaga

  You’re The one I Want - Loving Calibre

  Sober - Demi Lovato

  Stronger - Kelly Clarkson

  Love the Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rhianna

  When Love and Hate Collide - Def Leppard

  What About Now - Daughtry

  ICH TU DIR WEH - Rammstein

  Set Fire to the Rain - Adele

  I Knew Your Were Trouble - Taylor Swift

  Butterfly - Crazytown

  Story of my Life - One Direction

  True Colours - Cyndi Lauper

  Apologise - Timberland

  Dusk Till Dawn - ZAYNE feat. Sia

  Not in Love - Olin and the Moon

  The Reason - Hoobastank

  Animals - Maroon 5

  Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys

  Sweet but Psycho - Ava Max

  The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin

  Broken - Seether feat. Amy Lee

  I’ll Stand by You - The Pretenders

  FourFiveSeconds - Astrid S

  Maneaster - Hall & Oats

  Nothing Like Them - Loving Calibre

  Better Than Me - Hinder

  Without You - Hinder

  You and Me - Lifehouse

  Bring me to Life - Evanesence

  Hey Hey, My My - Battleme

  Way Down We Go - KALEO

  Bad Reputation - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

  Cruel to be Kind - Letters to Cleo

  Can’t Take my Eyes off You - Frankie Valli

  Even Angels Fall - Jessica Riddle

  The Weakness in Me - Joan Armstrong

  My Happiness - Powderfinger

  Iria - The Goo Goo Dolls

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  This playlist can be found Spotify.

  To see how Avery and Flynn got together, grab Falling for Dr. Kelly.

  Available now to buy or read with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.

  Every force has an equal and opposite attraction.

  Love being the most volatile of them all.

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  AVERY

  My life is anything but boring.

  So what if I’m an introvert and prefer to focus on my career?

  I was fine.

  Until I met him—Flynn Kelly.

  The doctor with the sexy Irish accent.

  I thought we were unbreakable, until someone close hurts me in an unimaginable way.

  Can two opposites fight the laws of attraction or will it end up tearing us apart?

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  FLYNN

  I work hard, and play even harder.

  When it came to women, I could have anyone I want.

  Until I met her—Avery Evans.

  She’s quiet, shy, and everything I’m not.

  But we’re drawn together like magnets, sparking each other to life.

  When the unthinkable happens, our differences really show.

  Is our attraction about to sizzle and flame out? Only time will tell.

  To find out what happens with Lexi, Preston and Cress, grab Falling for Dr. Knight.

  Available now to buy or read with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.

  Chaos and tragedy can either bring us together, or tear us apart.

  Falling in love isn’t like it is in fairy tales.

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  CRESSIDA

  Being a single mom is hard.

  But Lexi is my life, and I’ll do anything for my daughter.

  I just never expected tragedy to strike, or for my past to haunt us.

  Or for Dr. Preston Knight to be the man who saves us.

  The same man I should never have fallen in love with.

  * * *

  PRESTON

  I’m the best in my field.

  Being a doctor is in my blood.

  My focus is always on my career.

  Until her—Cressida Bayliss.

  I’ve fought many battles, but never one so close to my heart.

  This is the biggest fight of my life, and with my heart on the line, I can’t afford to lose.

  Charli was betrayed by her partner. When she’s assigned a new one, sparks fly…but can she trust him?

  Find out early in 2021, preorder Falling for Agent Cruz today.

  * * *

  There’s no rhyme or reason when it comes to happily ever afters.

  Falling in love happens when you least expect it.

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  CHARLI

  I was betrayed, now I don’t trust easily.

  One night I let loose and do something crazy.

  When my new partner is assigned, I’m shocked to find we’ve already met.

  From the moment my eyes land on him, I know I’m screwed.

  Dominic Cruz crashes through my fortress and I start to trust again.

  Until I don’t.

  Then I discover something that will change everything.

  * * *

  DOMINIC

  This new assignment fell into my lap.

  I was reluctant but then I met my new partner—Charli Davis.

  The one who rocked my world and left in the middle of the night.

  Our connection was instant and it’s still as intense.

  My future is finally looking bright.

  Then my past finds me.

  Now everything is uncertain, but nothing is as it seems.

  Acknowledgments

  After eighteen books, writing these never get any easier. I’m always scared I will forget someone. It takes a team to write a book and I’m so lucky to have a fantabolous team behind me.

  Tara Lee, thank you for talking me off the ledge. You words of encouragement meant the world to me. You are a fellow author but you are also my friend, why do you live so far away?

  Andi, Andi, Andi…what would I do without you? You are my sounding board, advice giver and suggestion queen. Your messages as you read chapter by chapter always make me smile, especially when you yell at me. #SorryNotSorry

  To my beta babes, Andi, Bec, Jenny, Tara and Stefanie, I love and appreciate you ladies so much. Your honesty helped make this book everything that it is AND Bec and Jenny, told you both that I’d redeem Baylor.

  My editor, Karen, from Barren Acres Editing; I’m running out of things to say. You’re not only my editor, but you’re also a great friend; why do you live so far away? Thank you, once again for helping me turn my book baby from a pile of crap into a beautiful book baby.

  My cover designer, Kristie from Vanilla Lily Designs. As soon as I saw this cover, I knew it was Preston and Cress. Thank you once again for a gorgeous cover.

  Thank you to Zai from Heart Full of Reads Editing Services for checking my I’s are dotted and my T’s are crossed. No matter how many times I read it, I always miss a few.

  Lydia and Megan from HEA, you ladies are the best. Thank you for all that you did for this release, I love working with you ladies.

  To the following authors; Rebecca Barber, Chloe Re
nee, Stefanie Jenkins, Renee Linda, Tara Lee, Linda Higgins, Alana Jade, Elle Thorpe and Cass Fowler; thank you for your support, encouragement and writing sprints. Without you guys, I’d be a mess in the corner drinking wine from my coffee mug.

  I know they’ll never read this, but thank you Stephen Amell and Vanessa Hessler for being my muses for Corey and Baylor. I’ve never really had a clear picture of my characters before I start writing but this time, you guys were at the forefront of my mind while writing. Thank you for helping me bring Corey and Baylor to life.

  And finally you, my readers; thank you for the kind words that you message me with each release. 9 out of 10 times, these arrive just when I need a pick me up and they always do. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting me and my books.

  Cheers,

  Dana Xo

  Also by DL Gallie

  STAND ALONES

  Out of Nowhere

  Antecedent

  Seven Nights

  Doc Steel

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  Christmas Treats - coming 1 November

  * * *

  In the Dark of Night anthology

  FALLING NOVELS

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  Falling for Dr. Kelly

  Falling for Dr. Knight

  Falling for Agent Cox

  Falling for Agent Cruz - coming early 2021

  Falling for Mr. Myers - coming mid 2021

  Falling for Mrs. Gray - coming late 2021

  THE CASTAWAY GROVE COLLECTION

  Love has arrived in the Grove

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  Oasis

  Unequivocal Love

  Five Words

  Broken Rules