Our Forever
Elena Matthews
Publication Date: September
27, 2016
Genres: Adult,
Contemporary, Second Chance, Romance
When you fall in love with your best friend, it’s the kind of love that’s supposed to last forever.
Jo Donovan was a true believer of happily ever afters—until her best friend, Christopher, was killed in Afghanistan, destroying her belief that fairy-tale endings existed.
Destroying her. Destroying her world.
Five years later…
Jo finds herself still stuck in the past, unable to find closure with Christopher’s death.
When she moves to Austin, Texas, with her son, Junior, she’s finally given the fresh start she’s been desperately seeking.
What she doesn’t know is that the fresh start comes in the form of her sexy neighbor, Drew Greyson.
Their friendship starts off rocky, but eventually, a spark between them ignites. It isn’t long before that spark turns explosive, and she finds herself falling for him.
Drew wants to be her everything, her forever, but will Jo’s pain from losing Christopher stop her from following her heart?
Warning: Recommended for ages 18+ due to explicit language and sexual situations.
“So, this is new to us,
huh? The whole having a face-to-face conversation? My hands are at a loss
without the phone—which, by the way, is mine now.” I give out a teasing grin as
my eyes flitter between Drew and the soccer field.
“I thought we already
established that it was all yours, sugar.”
The way he pronounces sugar in his husky, deep voice with a
sexy gleam in his eyes, I suddenly feel vulnerable, as if every inch of my
naked body is on show. It’s unnerving, and my thighs begin to tremble again.
Jesus Christ.
He blinks, his eyes
crinkling with humor. “This isn’t new to me though. I seem to recall some crazy
woman ripping me a new one for playing my music too loud, dressed in only a
skimpy white T-shirt and a pair of…oh, wait, what color were they again?” He’s
quiet for a moment, as if deep in thought, before going in for the kill. “Red
panties.” He shakes his head with a reminiscent look on his face, almost like he’s
replaying the scene over and over again in his head.
I can’t believe he
remembers what color my panties were.
He edges closer to me
until his warm breath can be felt against my ear.
Holy hell.
“Can I confess something
to you?”
I think I manage a nod of
some kind, but I can’t be a hundred percent sure since the heat I feel
surrounding me at his proximity is messing with my focus. All I am aware of is
Drew and the incredible smell that radiates from him. It’s a mixture of summer
fruits, soap, and sex. Yes, he smells
of satisfying, dirty, rugged sex, and that sweet yet woodsy scent is making me
feel a little light-headed.
“Since that moment I set
eyes on you, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you.”
Now, I can’t breathe. Holy shit. I could easily pass out right
now.
He pulls away with a smug
smile on his lips, knowing just how much his words have affected me.
My clothes seem to cling
to my skin, and that’s when I realize I’m drenched in sweat. I can barely
glance his way, overwhelmed with an emotion I’ve never felt before. He’s
everywhere, and it’s suffocating but not in a
hands-wrapped-around-my-throat-trying-to-strangle-me way. It’s more of an
I’m-so-incredibly-turned-on kind of way.
I try to speak, but no
words leave my mouth. I am officially speechless, and for the first time since
our friendship began, I have no witty comment to throw back at him.
Receptionist by day, author by night, Elena Matthews is from Manchester, United Kingdom, the home of Manchester United, MediaCity and of course, Coronation Street. When Elena isn’t writing, she can be found with her nose in a book or watching guilty pleasures such as Grey’s Anatomy. And when she isn’t doing any of those things, you can often find her on Facebook, obsessing over Kellan Kyle, book boyfriend extraordinaire.
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