Stoking the Embers (New Adult Romantic Suspense): The Complete Series by Johnson Leslie

Author:Johnson, Leslie [Johnson, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult romance suspense
Publisher: Atrevida Publishing
Published: 2015-07-02T07:00:00+00:00

“Hey babe, fancy meeting you here.”

Disgust. Fright. Anger. A trifecta of emotions make my skin crawl as I look up and see Jerome standing in front of me. The walls of the hospital hallway close in and I feel off balance. I reach out to steady myself against a sterile white wall.

“How the f—”

“Aw, come on,” he cuts in. “Is that any way to greet an old friend?”

“Jerome, I told you before, leave me alone.” I try to step around him, but he cuts me off. I was heading to the vending machine to get a couple of cold drinks. The coins jingle in my pocket as I step from one side to the other, trying to get past him.

“You ran into me, remember? Walking and texting makes you a bad girl.” He clicks his tongue at me and takes a step closer. “Of course, I like it when you’re a bad girl.”

I stick my hand out and push him out of my space. My palm feels dirty from touching his chest and I wipe it on my pants. “What are you doing here? Why are you doing this?”

All innocence, he looks down at me, “Doing what? This is public property, right? I have as much right to be here as you do.”

“You’re following me.”

“Now why would I want to do that? You must be paranoid. Of course, I would be too if I knew every human being in Vegas had seen me sucking dick.”

I try to push past him again, but he grabs me by the arm. I yank away. “Don’t touch me.”

He holds up his hands, surrender style. “You look stressed,” he says and I nearly snarl at him. “How’s your little fireman, by the way. Heard he got himself into a bit of an accident. Are you being a good nurse and fucking him back to health?”

Since I can’t get past him, I turn around and walk in the other direction. He quickly catches up to me, like he’s on a casual stroll. “You know, since you’re now a video smut queen, you could make some bucks out of it. You’re a natural.”

I stop. “Fuck you, Jerome. Leave me alone.”

“Leave you alone? I am leaving you alone. You’ve not seen me since your very public rejection and now I can’t even walk down the halls of a hospital to see a friend?”

“What fr…” I swallow and search for the words I need to say. There is no arguing with him, he always has a come-back. While I stumble for something, anything, to get me away from him, he goes on.”

“Of course, you wouldn’t need to sell anything if you had just accepted my proposal. Lap of luxury, Stephanie. I could have given that to you. Instead, look at you now. A whore. A public humiliation.” He cocks his head to the side, his lips curling into a grin. “How’s school? I bet UNLV’s not very happy with you. Have you been called to the principal’s office yet?”

I put my hands over my ears.

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