All Chapters of LOVE ON THE BRAIN: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

           ‘He’d do it, too, the bastard. I know he would,’ she thought, giving in to the inexplicable smile that seemed to rise from the ashes of every memory she had of the man that went away with her heart forever. Nearly every memory anyway.          Chance knew no limits when it came to getting what he wanted. And now, after a decade with little more than the most limited greetings passing between them, and only when absolutely necessary, he wanted to get into her hideout.“Now, Melora! You need to say something right this instant, otherwise... 3… 2… 1…”          With a reluctant sigh, and then a second, louder, more pointed version of the first, Melora gave up her holding on the door and scooted into a seated position against the wall where she’d arranged a pile of linens

          Her mouth opened, to gasp or deny, only nothing came of it but a slow leaking breath that might have been regret. Once upon a time she had been so in love with him. She would have given Chance anything. Done anything he asked. She was only sixteen, but Melora had always been an old soul in a young body. And loving Chance has been the most profound feeling she had ever experienced.          If he’d decided to use her as a means of payback or revenge or whatever motivated him back then, Chance would have found no resistance. Only the eager willingness of a girl desperate for him to see her as a woman. And the consequences… “Brando would have gone out of his mind.”          After hearing her words, Chance let out a bark of laughter.“Yeah... Well, rest assured it wasn’t t

          Her words felt like an electric current straight to his groin. Chance was a man accustomed to taking what he wanted, how he wanted it. Because of who Melora was, he’d been willing to exercise more restraint than he ever did. But with that soft-spoken challenge thrown, there was no going back. Melora wanted him and he won’t say no to her proposal.“If this is what you really want… Then we need to get out of this hall. Now.”          Her eyes lit, the seductive curve of her lips stretching as she reached for his jacket’s lapel, urging him back toward her storage closet. No one is going to find them there.“We should go back to the utility room.”          He let out a bark of disbelieving laughter and stopped her with a firm hold at her wrist. Spun her back with a t

         Melora moved slowly, opening her eyelids only to encounter a tangle of brown curls blocking her view. Shifting slowly, she reached up to shove the mess from her eyes, halting at the slow rise and fall of a chest beneath her cheek.          Oh, God… Chance... She swallowed down the burst of joyous excitement as images, sensations, and whispers of the night before bombarded her waking consciousness. He’d been so gentle with her the first time. So careful. And then after that…          Her toes curled deep beneath the sheets at the thought of all they’d done. Every single thing. They’d made love, over and over again. She smiled remembering Chance waking her with his hands, his mouth. A seductive growl accompanied by his rising need.          Everything had been inc

         Chance ran his fingers through his hair, letting them slid at the base of his skull before letting go with a grunt. He started to walk fast, as far away from the ‘scene of the crime’ as he possibly could or want. Halfway from his Lamborghini, Chance stilled and turned to face the hotel’s entrance.          She was still there, reading his stupid post-it… The only person willing and ready to help him, received from him a pitiful note after she gave him the most perfect night. But this was the problem, part of the reason why he’d reacted as he did and almost ran away from Melora.          He acted like a jackass of epic proportions, but he needed her to understand how things would go between them from that moment on. Maybe he needed to understand it too. He also needed to forget stuff about the Melora from h