Among The Stars: A Shooting Stars Novella by Osburn Terri

Author:Osburn, Terri
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Macie Rae Publishing
Published: 2019-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

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“Ronnie?” Cam said. “You let him call you Ronnie?”

Veronica pulled her hand from his. “It’s a nickname he gave me shortly after we met.”

“A nickname you should have suggested he shove up his ass.”

“Is that what you kept me in here to say?” She didn’t look amused, which was fine, because Cam didn’t feel amused.

“I meant what I wrote on that paper. He never deserved you.”

“You don’t even know him.”

“No, but I know you.”

Golden brows arched high. “Really? We met thirty-six hours ago.”

An irrelevant point. “You’re far more beautiful than the sprite of a woman he’s marrying.”

“Don’t let the no makeup and ponytail fool you,” she said, rounding the desk and putting more distance between them than he liked. “Jesse is gorgeous.”

“Regardless. I don’t like him.”

“Why?”

Cam crossed his arms. “I don’t like the way he treats you.”

“The way he treats me?”

“Yes.”

Veronica mimicked his stance. “And how is that?”

“Like he never loved you.” Hurt filled her eyes, and Cam regretted the words immediately. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that.”

“Don’t apologize.” She melted into the chair her ex had just vacated. “It’s true, after all. I just thought I was the only one who noticed.”

“I saw the difference when you walked in,” he explained, measuring his words to be gentler. “Yesterday you were unapologetic. Alive in a way I rarely encounter. Today, you seemed to be turning yourself down. I prefer the way you were yesterday.”

Watching him with narrowed eyes, she said, “There you go again.”

“There I go again what?”

“Displaying that astute nature in a way that makes all my girly bits quiver.”

Cam wasn’t sure what that meant, but it sounded positive.

“Quiver?” he said, closing the distance between them. “In a good way?”

The low, sensual laugh jerked his body to attention. “A very good way.”

He stood before her and offered his hand. He’d not given her a choice yesterday. This time she’d come to him. And she did. Sliding her hand into his, Veronica stood and pressed herself against him.

“Aren’t you supposed to be doing math?” she asked, eyes locked on his mouth.

“Fuck math.”

Their lips met, hotter and headier than the day before, and when her tongue pressed for entry, he happily complied. She tasted of coffee and peppermint, and he knew he’d never experience either the same way again. Cam dropped onto the edge of the desk, pulling Veronica between his legs. She arched against him, making him grow harder by the second.

When he broke the kiss to trail his lips along her jaw, she moaned in protest but arched higher, tilting her chin to give him access to her delicate neck. Cam licked a spot beneath her ear, and she shuddered.

“You like that?”

Another moan escaped, which he took as a yes. The front of her sweater dipped low, and he caught a glimpse of lace and silk. Cam slid a hand beneath the hem of the bulky garment and caressed along her ribs until he located the slip of lace. He cupped her breast, and moans turned to a growl.

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