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PROLOGUE: PHOEBE
I can’t stop smiling…
On the outside, it looked as if I was completely focused on the words coming out of Noelle and Ayana’s mouths, but I couldn’t tell you what they were talking about to save my life. I was too busy thinking about a certain tall, dark and brooding, to concentrate on anything else.
Lockhart Mills… good god!
Despite how last night began, it ended on such a high that I hadn’t come down from the euphoria thatwasLockhart Mills.
Did I say I was in love yet? Well, if I didn’t, I’m saying it now. If I did, I’m repeating it.
I am in love with Lockhart Mills.
It started when he saved me from myself one fateful night, and it only escalated from there. I thought about him constantly. Became giddy when I was blessed with a sighting of him. But playing pool with him, being close to him, getting to know his playful side which I was sure not too many people saw, made my feelings for him grow stronger.
Then he kissed me and holy shit… It was official. I was over the moon, sitting on top of the world. I didn’t think I would ever get the chance to hang out with him again, but I was so wrong. A few days later, I was fortunate to spend more time with him. It happened where Ayana tends bar. He had saved me from the clutches of Dave,I think that’s his name, you know, Brad’s surgeon friend. Instead of Ayana being my date for the night, it was Lock. That night I had the pleasure, the freaking privilege, of learning more and more about Lock the man, the cop, the Greek god.
I was blessed with seeing his smile, of hearing him laugh, of just being in his presence. Most of all, I was ever so blessed with seeing him in his naked glory! You know what that means… Yes…Lock and I had sex!Can you believe it?I couldn’t. And let me tell you, we didn’t just have sex, no that wasn’t the right way to describe what happened. Lock and I had the most intense, mind-blowing, life changing, soul shattering, heart exploding night of our existence.
Honestly, I didn’t think it would happen, considering he tried to turn me down with that whole I’m-not-looking-for-anythingspeech. Hell, neither was I. Okay, that was a lie, but he didn’t need to know that. Truthfully, I wanted that man any way I could have him and if it was only for one night, then so be it. Lock may have had second thoughts, but the moment his lips met mine, hewasmine. But much to my delight, it wasn’t for one night. No, he came over the next night and the next.
Last night, something changed between us. It wasn’t something bad. It was quite the opposite. He came to see me. I wasn’t sure if it was to just have sex or if it was something more. I didn’t read into it much. All I could say was that he had caught me in a very vulnerable state. I had a horrible nightmare about him and my ex. Strange, I know. I was completely in shock when I woke up screaming Lock’s name in horrified terror.
I couldn’t stand being in the room by myself with the memories of my nightmare, so I went to the lobby to drown myself in expensive drinks. I didn’t expect Lock to show up, but he did, and things escalated from there. He got me to talk about my past, about Byron. He escorted me back to my hotel room, and I spilled my guts all over him.
When all was said and done, I didn’t expect Lock to stick around. I had asked, but I braced myself for disappointment. Yet, he didn’t disappoint. Instead, he laid next to me, allowed me to sleep in his arms, and let me tell you; I had the best sleep of my life.
I woke to Lock hovering over me, his eyes filled with this deep need that spoke to my soul. I touched his face, needing to feel him, to absorb the pain I had seen behind the storm clouds.
Something passed through me, this electric charge that ignited this intense blaze in my heart. Butterflies took flight in my stomach, and I held my breath, waiting for what he would do next. I knew what I wanted him to do, what I needed him to do, but I didn’t make a move. I left the decision up to him, and again, he didn’t disappoint.
That night, he and I made love to each other. I know that sounds crazy, considering, but it was true. I felt it deep in the core of my being. It wasn’t just sex; didn’t feel like the other times he came to see me. Not to say that the other times were bad, they weren’t. Every moment with him was the best moment of my life. I wasn’t exaggerating. I had been dickmatized, as they say, and I was addicted.
Sex with Lock was always hot, grimy, and dirty. He pulled my hair, smacked my ass, and it was hard too. It wasn’t love taps, no. I felt those slaps everywhere, sending jolts of pleasure straight to my sex. I never came so hard in my life.
Yet, last night… it was just different. He was different. The way he touched me, looked at me, caressed me, slid in and out of me… it was all different. I felt myself melt under him. I gave myself to him, mind, body, and soul. I didn’t care if it freaked him out or made him run for the hills afterwards. I showed him that I was all his.
And you know what? He didn’t run. He sank deeper, stroked me slower, kissed me with this hunger that I felt everywhere. It was just… just…
“Hey, earth to Phoebe…”
I blinked a few times, slowly coming out of my daydream and back into reality.
“Oh, sorry… My mind just wandered. What were you saying?”
Ayana and Noelle glanced at each other, then looked back at me.
“Where did your mind wander to?”
“Oh, nowhere special,” I replied or rather lied. There was no way I would admit to them who I was thinking about. Nuh-uh, not going to happen.
“Were you thinking about Lock?” Noelle asked, and I practically choked on my drink.
“Wh-what?!”How did she know?“No, of course not.”Don’t freak out Phoebe… Don’t…
I was completely freaking out trying to play it off, and it wasn’t working at all. How in the hell did she know? I swear these two women could see right through me.
I tell you one thing, if you ever hear me say, again, how much I need my girls—the traitors—in my life, shoot me.
