[Love Like Yours 01] • Rushed

Ellerslie left it all behind. The pain, the heartbreak, the anger…

I was an idiot.

I sighed in defeat. “I know he’s an asshole Q. I really do. But I don’t know how to forget him. I don’t want him in my life, not ever again… but I miss the future that our relationship should have had, if he were different that is. I should have been planning a future with him. It should have been my next step, I should be expecting a child with my loving husband… but I’m not. And now I don’t think it will ever be on the cards for me.”

The last thing El is looking for is love, and she’s especially not prepared to get caught up in her best friends hotter than hell big brother.

I felt my mouth hang open as I turned to look at him. The air between us crackled with tension, sexual and otherwise. But before I could even come up with some witty remark to throw back at him, he took a couple of steps towards me. He was so close I could smell him.

Lawson doesn’t give a fuck about love. It’s the absolute last thing on his mind.

“From that moment on, I decided love was a load of shit. Commitment? Fucking ridiculous. Feelings? Unnecessary. I became a heartless bastard who wanted nothing more than casual encounters with plenty of women.” I felt El flinch, but I carried on, she needed to hear it. “For the last ten years, I haven’t had anything other than a series of meaningless fucks. I’ve never developed any feelings towards a single woman I’ve been with. There was never any difference between any of them.”

She’s heartbroken and stubborn.

He’s wounded and proud.

The last thing either of them is prepared for is finding that once in a lifetime, fairy-tale love.

“You are the difference Ellerslie. The only difference.”

Having Lawson make love to me was like burning slowly. The look in his eyes lit the match, the touch of his hands stoked the fire, and our passion fed the flames.

They both have demons in their pasts, the question is, will that be what comes back to haunt them? Or will some unforeseen force be what tries to tear them apart?

Rushed is the first instalment in the Love like Yours Series.

Due to course language, sexual content, and adult themes, Rushed is recommend for mature readers 18 years and over.