Onyx Dragons: Jasper (7 Virgin Brides for 7 Weredragon Billionaires Book 5) by Night Starla

Author:Night, Starla [Night, Starla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Jasper was late.

Rose sat on her front step, her toes wiggling, and stared up at the flawless blue sky. The day was already hot and threatening to get even hotter.

And how luxurious it had been to relax on the couch with a cup of tea! She was never home by herself, ever. Liam always ran underfoot messing up one part of the apartment while she cleaned up another part, so they went round and round until bedtime. Alone, it was so quiet! She could even hear birds chirping from inside.

She was still a little sore in funny places from sex with Jasper last night, so she’d put her lunch in the fridge and rested, reliving the sweet and swoony moments until her heart had almost burst.

Imagine a world where Briar was healed! Or at least not so angry and impulsive. What a dream!

It was too much.

The urge to tidy had forced her up, and she’d run after the vacuum, then the duster, and then the bathroom. Her floors would never be as white as Jasper’s, and she’d never fully polish any of the fixtures, but sweeping up lint and dust still felt good. And her muscles limbered, and the squeaky soreness receded. Tidying was therapeutic as it had always been.

She also thought best while she was moving, so while her body went through the familiar motions, her brain machined on Grandma’s problems.

If Rose married Jasper—not that she would, but she very much might—then she and Liam could move into his spaceship, and she could ask to switch the renter to Grandma. She’d stay on the lease. Jasper wouldn’t charge rent—and what was rent on a spaceship, anyway?—so Rose could still afford the lease on this place. Since it was a one-bedroom, Briar couldn’t crash. At all. And her so-called friends couldn’t, either.

Rose snorted to herself. Convincing Grandma to close her home to Briar was a fantasy, all right.

Rose had checked the time, stowed her cleaning supplies, grabbed her lunch, and headed out onto the stoop to be ready for Jasper.

And here she waited.

Her phone showed it was past the hour. Rose left a calm voice message on Jasper’s phone. Then, five past the hour. Ten past the hour. She stood and paced. Where was he?

Taylor came out her door and locked it, then saw her. “Good morning. You look like you’re waiting for the sky to fall.”

“It already might have.”

She tilted her head quizzically.

“Oh, it’s nothing.” Rose waved her worries away. “Ignore me. Are you going out?”

“For groceries, my weekly book club, and I volunteer at the food bank. Are you usually at work now?”

“Yeah.” She searched the blue sky. “I was supposed to have a ride…”

Taylor looked up at the sky too. “The young man with the Shin Rey chef knife? Is he coming by hot-air balloon?”

“He’s a dragon, so he can fly.”

“Ah, yes. Apparently, he’s not so good about the time.”

“But he’s never late. I’m worried.”

“Given his history of misunderstandings, I can see why.” She unlocked her Smart car, stowed her purse in the back, and opened the passenger’s side.

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