Alayna Withers relationship with Hudson Pierce has tested both her and his ability to trust. They decide that the only way they can move forward together is with open doors and transparency. It won’t be easy for the scarred lovers, but they’re committed to each other more now than ever. Alayna, in particular, has grown through their trials, and has emerged more confident and faithful to the man she loves. But while the pair is focused on the future, their past shows up again to threaten their fragile bond. Promises that were made are broken, and Alayna learns that Hudson still has very potent secrets—secrets that will tear them both apart. As much as she feels for him, her ability to forgive and forget is tested beyond her limits.
Even though she found the only man who could fix her, a forever with Hudson seems more and more out of reach.
Here's an excerpt of Forever With You...
Hudson traced my cheek with his finger. “You know all you have to do is ask and it’s yours.”
A sudden wave of anxiety rolled
through my belly. I turned to face the back of Jordan’s head. “Actually, I
don’t know that, and honestly, that sort of makes me uncomfortable.”
Hudson put his hand on my neck.
“Why?”
There were lots of reasons. But I
settled on the most obvious. “I don’t want to be the floozy manager who only
gets things because she’s fucking the owner.”
My eyes were still on Jordan. He
was so good at his job—he didn’t even flinch at my crass language.
Hudson, it seemed, preferred that
the conversation remain between us. He leaned in to whisper in my ear. “First
of all, I love that you’re fucking the owner. Please don’t stop. Second, that’s
not why you get things. You get things because you’re qualified. If you’d shown
up to the interviews after the symposium, you would have had people fighting
for you. But third, and most importantly, you get things from me because you’re
my other half. Everything that is mine is yours. My connections, my money, my
influence—it’s all half yours.”
I shivered. While I adored the
sentiment—craved it, in fact—it also made my panic buttons go off. Those were
the kinds of words that could make me think things I shouldn’t think. That I
was more important than I was. That we were closer than we were. They were
trigger words for me, and though I’d been healthy with Hudson, it had only come
from diligence on my part.
But how I wanted to wrap myself
in his declaration…
I swallowed. “I don’t know how to
respond to that.”
Hudson nuzzled his nose against
my earlobe. “You aren’t ready for that, I know. But I needed to tell you. As
for your response, how about you say you’ll run our club?”
“I’ll run your club.”
“Ah—”
I knew my mistake immediately.
Funny, how strongly I wanted to correct myself. I turned to meet his eyes.
“I’ll run our club.”
“Now kiss me because you’ve made
me a very happy man.”
He didn’t have to ask me twice.
He didn’t even really have to ask me once, because his lips were covering mine
as I opened my mouth to agree. His tongue slid in immediately, and he kissed me
thoroughly until the car came to a stop in front of The Bowery.
Reluctantly, I released myself
from his embrace. “Thank you, Hudson.” For
the chance to run the club, for helping me be successful at it, for loving me
in the best way you know how, for finding me in the first place.
He swept my hair away from my
shoulder. “No. Thank you.”
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