5 awesome stars!! Highly recommended. Huck escort/fighter hero who goes to a birthday party as hired dancer and was intrigued by a red hair heroine. Zoe is def interested in Huck but fighting her feeling for him. When trouble called Zoe, who does she call.....muscle for hire Huck. Love it.
“Zoe pressed on and said, “I want to make something clear. I don't care if you're an escort... but I don't honestly know if I can sleep with you while you're doing that with others.” Flinching, she looked away. “It's selfish, I know. I just—the thing with Reese, it was only a month ago. I'm terrified of being cheated on. I want to trust you, but I don't know that I trust myself to handle this yet.”
Gravel and vinegar sank into my stomach. The dismay she created was paralyzing me into silence. Zoe was asking so much of me—no. No, she's not.
She kept giving me outs. With the fighting, with this, she always offered me the option of walking away. It was my choice if I went forward. She gave me the power.
I just didn't know what to do with it.
Pulling her to me, I kissed her forehead and chuckled. “You don't understand. Technically, right now, you are my client.” Cupping her chin, I peered into her sapphire irises, never wavering in my intensity. I needed her to believe me. “Zoe, you're paying me to use my body. I'm fighting in that ring in exchange for your money. Ten years...” I flashed my teeth, watched her nostrils flare. “You'll be the longest booking I've ever had.”
And that was how I did it.
That was how I switched my brain and my desires around, creating a way to validate how I was choosing to spend my time. Money be damned, I'd figure something out.
As long as I served Zoe...
I would see no one else.
And as long as I saw no one else?
Zoe would never put her walls up between us again.”
“I love you, Zoe. Isn't it obvious?"
“Then I guess I can't die. Guys like me, we're made from stronger stuff than you'd ever guess.”
Zoe kissed my temple, brushed my ear. “All humans can break.”
Hissing at the way she made my lower belly tighten, I wrapped my arms around her spine. “It's a good thing I'm a fucking bad boy, then,” I chuckled. “It's different than being just human. It's much better.”
In a burst of ferocity, she dissolved the distance. Our tongues melded, heat and heartbeats synchronizing. When she finally spoke, she did it against my lips, making them buzz with the vibration of her emotion. “I love you so much, Huxton. Do you realize that? I didn't think I'd ever fall for someone like you, not again. Not after everything. Falling in love with someone who reminded me of my past... it was terrifying.”
Smiling against her teeth, I whispered, “Then I have good news for you, sugar.” I bit the corner of her mouth gently. Her moan was rejuvenating. “I'm the last guy you'll ever be terrified of falling in love with.”
There was no exaggeration in my claim.”