Jennifer Bernard

Mellow rubbed his head hard against Mark’s leg. “I know what you’re saying, cat. You think I should go after her, don’t you

“That’s…yeah, better go. That’s a lot of information right there.” She dropped her sunglasses back over her eyes. “Just one word of advice.”
He opened the door of his truck and tossed his bag inside. “What’s that?”
“Let her in,” she said softly. “Gracie, I mean.”
“It’s not like—”

She bit her lip. “I know they do. And I love them, too. But right now, I can’t be around them. I can’t cope. It’s too much. I just want to be with you

“Someday I’m going to hear you scream in orgasmic bliss. That’s all I’m saying

His heart cracked open and words spilled out.
“I came here for you,” he said, his voice a bare whisper. “Only for you

The moment you accept yourself is the moment you become beautiful.’ Coco Chanel

A muscle in his jaw ticked as he studied the coffee swirling in his mug. “Know how I learned to swim?”
“How?”
“My father tossed me overboard when I was a toddler. It’s one of my first memories, and I’ll never forget it. The cold just…engulfed me. It was dark and terrifying and I opened my mouth to cry but water rushed in. I knew my dad wanted something out of me. Maybe for me to die. Either be strong or die. Something. But I couldn’t think or move or do anything—or maybe I did, I’m sure I must have. That survival instinct is so primal. All I remember is that I got lifted up toward the surface by some kind of current

“She was the victim of a workplace shooting.”
“What?” Lucas jerked his head around. “What are you talking about?”

Now she was here, knee to knee with him in his Zodiac, tears streaming down her face, and it was just something she had to go through. And he had to let her even though his heart was getting ripped right out of his body

And then he closed his eyes as he shattered into a thousand shards of pleasure. His climax sent him soaring through dark space, stars streaming in hyper speed all around him. Seeing stars—that phrase made sense for the first time. Not just seeing stars, but flying with them high overhead in a space where nothing existed but pure joy and pleasure