I step in then close the curtain as she eases her jeans past her underwear. If Echo kisses me, touches me, shit, looks at me the right way, I'll lose my fucking mind.

Jacob smiled from ear to ear when he shook the man's hand on stage. The man then handed him a trophy.

What if I'll always be the person on the outside? The person who doesn't belong.You belong, Echo, he says against my temple. Right here with me.

My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she's drunk on me and slowly remove every article of clothing on her body.

I bite the inside of my lip to conceal the smile forming. All right, so this is cool. Very cool. I'm well aware that I'm barely seventeen and in a bar because I'm hiding from the police, and the guy...

The moment Noah came up behind me and kissed the side of my neck, I was torn between leaning into him and skirting away. Every muscle in my body screamed to fall into him.

he asked.He rubbed his fingers together. Unsure where this was headed, I shook my head. He reached over the counter and grabbed a knife. He cut the burger in half and slid the plate between us. Noah...

Isaiah lets go of my hand and in a blur, pushes my back against a cold brick wall. His body becomes a hot, thick blanket over mine. The fine hair on my neck stands on end and my eyes close at the...

I touch the double row of silver hoop earrings hanging from his left ear, trail along his jawline, his neck, down his shoulder, to the flaming tail of the dragon on his arm. He leans into the caress,...

My body rocks as if Isaiah used a defibrillator on my chest. He loves me.His words gain traction in my head...he loves me. My heart patters faster and faster. Not because of anxiety but because of...

Craving a physical connection, I slide my finger along the back of Rachel's hand. She's asleep. Has been for a while. Curled in the fetal position in the middle of my bed, Rachel wears the mask of a...

She's leaving me!Leaving? She's been waiting for you to get your shit together.I step into him. That Hunter bastard is offering her the world! What do I got to give? Nothing. I've got nothing.Isaiah...

What did I know about love? All I knew was that I couldn't get Echo Emerson out of my mind. No doubt, I wanted her. I couldn't rid my mind of images of her body writhing in pleasure against mine. That...

I agree she could finance us, but the only thing I have left is my pride, and I'll eat shit before anyone rips that from me.

I had been as sober as the day of a court-ordered drug test

Noah propped himself up on his elbow, his wicked grin in place. The hem of my sweater rode up from our fall, exposing my belly button. Noah traced circles onto the skin of my stomach, down to the...

Lila sat in the passenger seat and I sat in the driver's side of Aires' 1965 Corvette. She'd come home with me to act as my barrier for Family Friday-or as I liked to refer to it, Dinner for the...

Isaiah and Beth sit on the bed and munch on a shared container of pepper steak. Isaiah moves some of the pile from Beth's side of the container, and she darts her fork as if to stab him, but he...