Page 45 of Forbidden King (Magnolia Falls)

I chuckled. She was cute as hell when she was bossy.

Fine. You know I never could say no to you. I’m closing my eyes now.

When I squeezed my lids closed, I saw Saylor’s face.

Aqua blue eyes.

Pouty, plump lips.

And just like that, my eyes popped open as my dick sprung to life.

Dandelion

Well, what did you see?

I saw a glass of whiskey—and seeing as I have one right here in my hand, I guess my wish has already come true.

I shook my head, disgusted with myself.

I’d gotten off to her twice tonight, and now I was seeing her every time I closed my eyes.

It was time to pull my head out of my ass and get my shit together.

This ends now.

Dandelion

You’re no fun. I thought you’d see something good.

She had no fucking idea just how good it was.

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Saylor

I’d spentthese past few days getting all my books unpacked and organized on the bookshelves. The store was set up and ready to go. Peyton, Ruby, and Demi were dropping in to help me whenever they weren’t working. They’d each given me an hour or two a day this last week, and I’d appreciated it so much.

I was opening the doors to Love Ever After as the only employee because I couldn’t afford to hire anyone else just yet. We’d need to see how sales went before I could even explore that option.

“Are you sitting down?” Demi asked as she came through the connecting door from the coffee shop.

I chuckled as I looked up at her from where I sat on the stool behind the checkout counter. “I don’t think I have a choice. I’m so tired that I don’t think I could stand up if I wanted to.”

“You’ve been pushing so hard.” Demi paused as she stood on the other side of the counter and smiled at me. “You know how the doors are opening on Monday?”

“Yep. I’m working around the clock, so that’s all I think about.”

“Well, what do you have planned for the following weekend? The Saturday after your grand opening?”

“Just hoping to sell some books every day after the opening.” There was no hiding the exhaustion in my voice.

Demi’s teeth sank into her bottom lip, and her eyes widened. “I have a surprise for you.”

“I could use one. Give it to me.”

“Well, you met Brinkley, Romeo’s sister-in-law, the day that Romeo proposed to me. Do you remember her?”

Romeo’s brother, Lincoln Hendrix, was a famous NFL player, and his wife, Brinkley, was a sports reporter.

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