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I needed to get away.
I needed a few moments to just…cry with no one seeing. Needed time to—
“Oof!”
Warm hands came to my shoulders, steadied me as I bounced off a big, strong chest (a big, strong chest that was part of a big, strong body…that was, incidentally, part of a big, strong man).
A man I recognized even through the blurred, watery lenses of my tears.
Because he was a man Ihated.
Joel Marshall.
Sexy, smart, funny, kind…to everyone but me.
Tome,he was an asshole.
I heard it then—that assholeness—in the lazy drawl of his voice. Felt it in the way he quickly set me away from him, as though he couldn’t stand to be within five feet of me, as though I was so disgusting that my body touching his was enough to send him running for the toilet.
“Slow down there, harpy.” A caustic order that sliced as deeply as the disgust.
Because…yup.Harpy.
That was me.
The unwanted daughter.
The annoying, bitchy woman who filled men with disgust.
Theharpywho—
All at once, the last of my control of those sobs splintered.
They erupted out of me, tears pouring down my cheeks, my breath hitching, my body bending in half as I shattered into pieces and completely lost it.
In front of the man I hated.
One
Joel
Warm, sexy woman pressed against me.
My arms tightened, drawing her closer, feeling her ass brush my cock. My naked cock. And, hell yeah,allof me was naked.
Happy place.
As inmyhappy place.
And my favorite way to wake up, even if my mind was still foggy from sleep and it was still dark outside, the faint gleam of dawn barely penetrating the windows.
Penetrating.
Yeah,thatwas my happy place too.
Lips curving, I buried my face in her hair, thrusting my hips forward, hoping the movement would wake her. Her breathing was even, slow and steady despite the gentle rocking of her pelvis that rubbed her ass again my dick. As though she wanted more, even while she was sleeping.
Well, I’d be happy to give it to her.
