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,
I was still mortified by the possibility of having acted out any part of my sex dream with Asher. Even though he insisted nothing happened, I didn’t know if I could believe him. That desire in his eyes hadn’t been imagined. But I sighed. Even if it had been real, it wouldn’t change anything. Asher