Vixen in Vegas (Sinful Novellas)
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Sometimes, it takes a village to build a book. This was one of those times.
Thank you to Becky Carter Nichols, Elle Wilson, Debi Barnes and JB 'Still Feel' McGee. You pushed me farther and harder than I've ever been pushed before.
This is a different kind of erotica and a special kind of romance that I couldn't have finished without your support.
I am not a gambler. I don’t make bets…not on sports, not in casinos. I don’t take unnecessary chances. There will be no bungy jumping, no skydiving, no parasailing. When it comes to making decisions in my life, I weigh the odds, consider my skillset, and decide from there. There are some risks that I’m willing to take, calculated risks, the ones that don’t scare me at all. Working online, being self-employed, moving whenever the mood strikes me…. these have never felt like risks. These decisions always felt like the natural progression for me.
Real estate is a gamble that I’ve never lost. My choices have served me well. At the tender age of 28, I have five properties in five different states. Four of them are rented. The fifth, I’m living in…for a few more days. As I drive back to Raleigh from Charleston, I’m completely lost in thought. Never before have I taken a chance when I have stood to lose more than I could safely. So what the hell was I doing…laying my heart on the line? Lost in thought, I was zigzagging impatiently through traffic.
“You do realize that the week won’t go any faster just because you drive faster, right?” Jolie asked, jolting me from my thoughts.
“What?” I asked, without even considering what she had said.
“Slow down! If you kill us, you’ll never get to Vegas,” she urged.
Glancing down at the speedometer, I realized that I was pushing 90mph. Crap. With a loud sigh, I took my foot off the accelerator and gave her an apologetic frown. “I’m sorry, girl. I wasn’t paying attention.”
Reaching over to pat my arm, Jolie smiled sympathetically. “I know,” she said. “I get it. There is a lot to do over the next few days. Are we driving or flying to Vegas?”
My face scrunched up in thought. I felt it and stopped myself. No need to do more damage than time already was. “Wow. I really haven’t thought this through. We’ve never moved so quickly before. I mean, I have to call the realtor and have them find a renter for the house. I have to call PODS and get a few storage containers. Then there’s turning off all the utilities, returning the cable box, putting a hold on the mail.” I shook my head it was spinning so hard.
Chuckling, Jolie calmly pulled out her iPhone. “Let’s make a list,” she said simply.
I marveled at her, sounding so calm when I felt like my head might just freaking pop off. “Look at me. I’m a wreck. This isn’t me. What happened?” I raised my hand, exasperated and utterly disgusted with myself.
“Love,” she said seriously. “My baby finally found love.” With that declaration, she turned her attention to the new note she was creating.
Something in me calmed down. I could do this. We could do this. In a week, I’d be starting a new life in Vegas. If he kept his word, Mr. BE would be there, with me, a part of this new life. That…
that
was what had me all unhinged.
I don’t do love. Only now…with BE, maybe I did. All I knew for certain was that one week wasn’t enough. We had more story to tell, more life to live, more experiences to be had. He made me feel things in a way I never had before. He made me want things I had never wanted…like permanence. Shoot, I might even consider breaking all my rules for him.
For this man, I would settle down because I sure as hell didn’t feel like I was settling. He was everything I never knew I always wanted. We knew practically nothing about each other and yet…we made sense. Somehow, I didn’t care about his past. All I thought about now was our future. I just needed to survive this week. A lot of that was going to depend on the list.
