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Prologue
Nevaeh
I sat staring sightlessly atthe untouched snack she’d broughtinto ure out what to say to make last weekend disappear
My parents were a, and I knew if anyone could inally better, they would But not even they could erase ent down in New York the previous weekend
At the door, she hesitated “Nev, I love you You know that, right?”
I didn’t even look away from the computer screen as I whispered, “I know, and I love you too, Mom”
A few moments later, I heard the door click shut behind her, and I closed es of what happened flash inback a fresh wave of tears
For soone to New York with randfather for a charity event We’d stopped in Northern Virginia to pick upcrazy daydreams about the sexy as hell Brax fro a Skype chat with Mia weeks before, and I’d been just as excited to meet him as I’d been to spend time with my friend
But from the moment he stepped onto PopPop’s private jet, Brax had barely looked atwithhad worn on, and then Mia had discovered Braxton and her boyfriend had been keeping soe from her Mom and I were still a little pissed at Daddy because he’d been a part of the whole scheme, while Mia was so heartbroken, my own heart had ached from her pain
As Mia had hidden out in her roo, I’d spent the ti, and I actually felt sorry for hi Mia in the dark about the fact that he was part of her secret security detail, and for so any more than I could Mia
But the next day, he left with Mia, going back to Northern Virginia, while I had to stay behind and go to the charity event with PopPop
All evening, all I could think about was Braxton—and how much I really wanted hi
Not that I expected him to want that too Hell, I wasn’t even sixteen yet, and Braxton wasn’t just soto experience for the first tiirl who freaked out everyone asn’t fas without warning He’d already shown me he wasn’t interested—e the little tiether
Yet that didn’t stopabout it
How his firainst my softer, plumper ones Hoould taste Where he would touch ainst hientleness and a caged, feral predator in him, and I wanted to experience both sides of Braxton Collins
I’d been so lost in all the possibilities, I’d drifted away frohtmore, the newest heartthrob in Hollywood and a total tool if ever there was one, spoke to hteen and already had so with the bank account that ith it