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Chapter One

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Lionel

I hold her by the nape and conquer her mouth like I want it to be mine for eternity. Her reluctance vanished the deeper I kissed her. Kayley wrapped her legs around my hips tighter as I pushed my cock deeper into her. When I pulled away and looked into her eyes, she threw all her hesitations and kissed me. And at that moment, I knew Kayley loved me. She was mine and mine alone. And when I took her to the bed and kissed every inch of her, she allowed me. Her moans lingered in my head. My heart danced to the memory of her calling my name as we reached our climax. Then, I realized I was wrong.

I was the first man to have her. But I only remember bits of memories of how I took her virginity. Why did I have to be drunk at that moment? It must be why she resented and left – no – hid from me even after my proposal.

No woman will marry a man who robbed her of a special moment. Kayley might have loved me, but my transgression is enough to push her away.

“Kayley,” I murmured.

“Yes. Another parachute in our team,” Dr. Kevin Templar tells me, pulling me away from the memory lane of what happened more than four years ago.

I ignore the sarcasm and focus on suturing the patient's chest. The asshole still sees me as a parachute even if I have proven my capabilities as a heart surgeon. If I were a parachute, I would have insisted on becoming a professor and specialist after four years of fellowship under him. Kevin would have been out of his seat as the head of the cardiology department if it happened.

Kevin laughs and looks at me. "I only hope that she can prove herself as you did."

I grit my teeth at his arrogance. Kayley may have wanted to be a doctor because she wants to compete with me and for my mother's attention, but she is one hell of a woman. Given the support of my family, her intelligence, and her warm heart, she can become a better surgeon than Kevin and me. 

“This parachute comes with some conditions, too,” Kevin adds. He looks at me curiously. “The orders came from your mommy, no less.”

"What conditions? Treat her like a princess?" I knot the last stitch and look at Kevin.

"No night duties," Kevin laughs as we let the nurses remove our surgery gowns from our twelve-hour heart transplant operation. "It's your mom's order; you deal with it. I bet you’ll enjoy babysitting the new princess.”

I look back at the other residents finishing our operation. “You’ll have the night off tonight, baby docs.”

Kevin chuckles and walks out of the OR. I look at my reflection while washing my hands. Kayley Darwin. I will meet her again. I have many questions to ask that only she can answer. And tonight, I’ll know why she had to hide from me and torment me with her absence.

I couldn't wake up next to a woman without wishing it was her for almost five years. I couldn't reach a satisfying climax without comparing it to what I had with her. There are no lips I can kiss without remembering her soft lips. No eyes to stare at without imagining that she's looking back at me.

She makes me want to end the night with another woman quickly but yearn for the night I can have her again. Tonight, I will start having her again.

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