Jardel (Hidden Desires Book 1) by A.H. Cunningham

Author:A.H. Cunningham [Cunningham, A.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798988707516
Publisher: A.H. Cunningham
Published: 2023-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

ten

JARDEL

I tried not to be too cocky, but how could I not when my woman spent the last week humming “Love on Top” under her breath whenever she thought I wasn't listening? I felt the same euphoria. I tried not to give it too much color, though, because it all stemmed from that first night when she moved in. The scene with my boys was the start of something I was eager to explore, but what had me particularly smitten with her was following my intuition twice in a row and having the results I had.

I didn’t want to put too much weight on it. The people you trusted the most could and would make your instincts go haywire, but opening up to Solange felt like the awakening of the Jardel I left behind ten years ago. A Jardel I missed. Leaning into the feeling of rightness, the week progressed smoothly, our days fulfilling, our conversations enriching, our nights passionate.

The high had lasted up until this morning when she invited me to a lunch meeting with her two friends, brainstorming the first pro bono association meeting where she planned to propose a small introductory gala to raise funds for the clients that each member was handling in their current cases. I'd declined, and her smile had dipped but recovered so quickly I might have imagined it.

Everything about Solange, from her soft heart and her giving nature, her big dreams to her sensual ways, all of it inspired me. All of it. She incorrectly thought that I had issues with her love of pro bono cases over bringing in money, but she couldn't be further from the truth. The truth was worse than she expected. I couldn't handle being too close to the type of cases she handled because it strayed too close to home in a way I did not want to explore.

Revealing myself to her meant she'd soon put two and two together, and fuck it, maybe that would be for the best. I didn't have the words to properly explain to her my fears because I didn't fully understand them myself; I hadn't even been aware until she walked out on us. But if there was something I'd learned during our therapy sessions and the ones I'd started having on my own, it was that in order to stay together, I needed to break some patterns.

So here I was at João's doorstep, asking for help.

"So, to what do I owe this honor? Shouldn't you be in your office, lording over your associates?"

"I cleared some time. I need advice," I told him as he poured me a cafezinho. João’s lips pursed in an amazed expression as he reared back, nodding his head, and I fought the urge to flip him the finger. There was something about my brothers and now Sal that triggered some childish tendencies—another thing I needed to explore in therapy.

Damn.

At this rate, the therapist would be able to get a summer house with all I had to work through.

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