This was the moment of truth. At the top of the Lover’s Ferris Wheel. Any couple that kissed at this moment in this spot was destined to be together forever. Asher leaned in. I held my breath. At the last moment, he veered off course and placed a soft, chaste kiss to my cheek. He lingered. The
Asher was ignoring her, until I shook my head at him. “We both have other priorities tonight.” “You’re always my first priority,” he said. My heart tore in half. I wanted him to mean romantically, but I knew he only meant to protect me as a friend. “I’ll be okay,” I told him, giving him a smal
A blizzard waged in the depths of Asher’s eyes. His upper lip curled with his snarling. He looked absolutely feral with anger, and all of it was directed at Joseph. “Asher,” I said, stepping in the way of his prey. Because that was what Joseph was to Asher now, if I didn’t intervene. Asher’s c
Asher shot me a skeptical look. I understood it, I hadn't exactly stopped Joseph from crossing the line tonight. In fact, I had even agreed to kiss him on the cheek when I hadn’t really wanted to. “You don’t understand,” I said. “I need him.” Asher stopped dead in his tracks. “I want my baby t
Me. I stared at Asher, my eyes as wide as they could physically go. He wasn’t suggesting… He couldn’t mean… Did he actually want to be in a romantic relationship with me? Too soon, his determination evaporated, and he removed his hands from my shoulders. “Someone like me, I mean,” he sai
More than peaceful, when I saw Asher in my dreams. “What are you doing here, Cyn?” he asked. I knew he wasn’t real, because he smiled wider than I’d ever seen. God, he had a handsome smile – sharp as a predator’s, with a hint of mischief in his eye. I wanted him to devour me. … And why not?
Asher When I stumbled upon Cynthia passed out on a park bench, my first instinct had been panic. Was she hurt? What was wrong? Yet her pulse beat strongly when I checked, and her breathing was deep and steady. No, she wasn’t hurt. She was asleep. Here, outside, in the open, where anyone coul
I realized quickly she wouldn’t forgive herself for this easily, so I let my blood cool as much as I could. She needed more from me than horniness now. “It’s okay. You were just a little clingy. Nothing to be embarrassed about.” “You mean… I didn’t…? Nothing happened?” As she lowered her hands,