by: Nina Crespo
Series: Breakup Bash
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 12, 2020
Publisher: Entangled Publishing ~ Brazen
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Mr. Right has the worst timing…
Cori Ross is thanking her lucky stars. Sure, her long-time boyfriend just dumped her, but that’s a good thing. In her rush to find Mr. Right, she realizes she almost settled for Mr. Just Okay. And that’s definitely not okay. So, tonight, she’s out with her friends at the Breakup Bash—a private party for women celebrating their break-ups—and she’s actually celebrating. Still, it was too close a call. So she makes a deal with herself—no guys for six months.
Unfortunately, just as she’s leaving the club, she runs into her old boyfriend, Grey Latham—the guy she’d always wanted to be Mr. Right. Great. What a time to swear off guys. Maybe she needs to change the deal—no relationships for six months. There’s no reason why she can’t have a fling, right? Because Grey still holds the title of the best sex she’s ever had.
There’s no way this could go wrong. Grey is on his way to international DJ fame—he’s only in town for a short time, and then he’ll be gone again. No harm in burning up the sheets while it lasts.
Too bad neither expected what happened next...
Grey backed her up against the rack on the left wall and gripped the edge of the shelf near the sides of her head. He leaned in, and his hard chest brushed against the sensitive tips of her breasts.
He pressed a kiss near her ear. “I’m not playing with you.”
Desire shallowed her breathing as she reached for the tucked edges of the towel. “No games here.”
The doorbell rang, and the front door lock disengaged.
Her hands froze, and Grey’s head snapped up.
The security system chimed with the opening of the door.
“Cori,” her mother called out. “It’s me.”
Panic blazed through Cori. In a matter of seconds, her mom would walk into the kitchen and see… She glanced down at Grey’s erection jutting out from the towel. Shit! Pushing past him, she whispered, “Stay here.”
“Wait—”
Cori rushed out, just closing the door behind her when Adina Ross came down the hallway.
“There you are.” Her petite mom, neat and comfortable looking in beige capri pants, a loose navy shirt, and matching flats, stuffed her keys in a navy shoulder bag as she walked into the kitchen. “Sorry for barging in and not waiting for you to answer the door, but I made the mistake of asking your favorite neighbor how she was doing.” Her mom’s light brown face was free of makeup. Soft creases formed at the corners of her eyes as she chuckled and gave Cori a brief hug. “That woman talked for ten minutes straight about her root canal. She was about to go into the neighborhood drama report before I finally got away from her.”
“But it’s Saturday. Don’t you have a standing hair appointment this afternoon?”
Her mom smoothed a hand over her ebony hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. “I’m on my way there, but I needed to talk to you first. What were you so busy doing that you couldn’t call me back?”
“I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We were out late catching up.”
“And this morning?”
Images from earlier flashed in Cori’s mind of her and Grey on the couch…and of him standing in her pantry closet wearing nothing but a towel and a hard-on. Well, he probably didn’t have the hard-on anymore.
He pressed a kiss near her ear. “I’m not playing with you.”
Desire shallowed her breathing as she reached for the tucked edges of the towel. “No games here.”
The doorbell rang, and the front door lock disengaged.
Her hands froze, and Grey’s head snapped up.
The security system chimed with the opening of the door.
“Cori,” her mother called out. “It’s me.”
Panic blazed through Cori. In a matter of seconds, her mom would walk into the kitchen and see… She glanced down at Grey’s erection jutting out from the towel. Shit! Pushing past him, she whispered, “Stay here.”
“Wait—”
Cori rushed out, just closing the door behind her when Adina Ross came down the hallway.
“There you are.” Her petite mom, neat and comfortable looking in beige capri pants, a loose navy shirt, and matching flats, stuffed her keys in a navy shoulder bag as she walked into the kitchen. “Sorry for barging in and not waiting for you to answer the door, but I made the mistake of asking your favorite neighbor how she was doing.” Her mom’s light brown face was free of makeup. Soft creases formed at the corners of her eyes as she chuckled and gave Cori a brief hug. “That woman talked for ten minutes straight about her root canal. She was about to go into the neighborhood drama report before I finally got away from her.”
“But it’s Saturday. Don’t you have a standing hair appointment this afternoon?”
Her mom smoothed a hand over her ebony hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. “I’m on my way there, but I needed to talk to you first. What were you so busy doing that you couldn’t call me back?”
“I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. We were out late catching up.”
“And this morning?”
Images from earlier flashed in Cori’s mind of her and Grey on the couch…and of him standing in her pantry closet wearing nothing but a towel and a hard-on. Well, he probably didn’t have the hard-on anymore.
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