The Broken by Shayla Black & Jenna Jacob

Author:Shayla Black & Jenna Jacob [Black, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dream Words, LLC

Nearly five years later

August 31

New York

“So now that we’ve left Graffiti, I have to ask… Who are you and what have you done with my friend?”

Liam O’Neill watched as his pal, Seth Cooper, skated a hand across the laminated table at this dive of a twenty-four-hour diner and reached for his sandwich. Liam yanked his plate away. “What does that mean? And you’ve got your own meal. Keep your hands off my food.”

“What did you say?” Seth was faster, snagging up half of his sandwich and shoving it in his mouth with a smirk. His cheeks bulged as he all but inhaled it.

“Choke, you bastard.” Liam shook his head with a laugh. “It would serve you bloody right. And if you touch the other half, you’ll lose a hand.”

“Spoilsport.” He mumbled around the ham and cheese. “Now, seriously. What’s going on?”

“Nothing.” Seth taking his food was one thing, but dissecting him? Hell no.

“Yeah? That scene you did tonight with Dominique was awfully…intense.”

Liam raised a brow. “Meaning?”

“I watched you work her over with that single-tail. It isn’t your usual, man. At least not until recently.”

“Are you accusing me of sceneing when I’m not in the right frame of mind?”

“Nope. I’m accusing you of having unresolved feelings about your divorce.”

Liam glared. “Are you really going there? We could talk about unresolved feelings all night. You first.”

“I’ve been working through that shit for a long time, and you know it. So stop deflecting and talk to me. I’m your friend.”

“You are, so stop acting like my shrink. It’s been nearly a year. I’m fine.” Well, mostly. “So stop worrying. I simply gave Dominique what she said she needed.”

Seth swallowed down the last of his bite and wiped his mouth with a napkin. “I know she’s a masochist, but you’re no sadist. If the need to give pain was in your psyche, you would have been dishing it out for years. Instead, it’s like you flipped a switch and went from melting subs with pleasure to whipping them into blissful agony. The change in your MO has me worried, man.”

With a scowl, Liam devoured the remaining half of his sandwich, chasing it down with a swig of beer and using the moment to craft his words. “I discovered I’m good with a whip. Why does that require explanation? After all, I seem to recall you’re decent with one yourself.”

“How about I give you my theory?” Seth put in. “When you found your ex-wife in bed with two guys—”

“Fuck you.”

“Fuck you, too,” the brash New Yorker tossed back. “We can trade fucks all night, but I’d rather you think about what I’ve said.”

“Gwyneth has nothing to do with what happened at the club tonight.”

“Bullshit.”

“She doesn’t,” Liam growled. “There’s nothing wrong. People change.”

The last thing he wanted to do was rehash everything weighing on him. Most days, he felt like the cocky Irishman he’d once been. Other days… Well, didn’t everyone deal with anger, frustration, and regret from time to time? Admittedly, he had more of that than he used to, but he was doing all right.

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