erection pressed between my spread legs. He shifted as he kissed me, causing friction between the two layers of clothing that took me to a place I hadn't known was possible fully clothed. It w

ore room to breathe and speak. "Izzy?" – My stepdaughter. She hates me with a passion. Hunter 12 YEARS EARLIER Damn. I'm going to the wrong college. It was the hottest day I could remember. The radio in the car said it was already 100 degrees, but it was the unusual humidity for Los Angeles that made the weather unbearable. Since I had a few hours before meeting my brother and I wasn't familiar with the campus, I sat on a brick staircase facing a fountai

r a few minutes, the girl sat down on the edge and looked at me. "Are you going to come in here with me, or are you going to stare like a pervert?" I looked around to make sure she was talking to

oated in silence for a while, smiling every time our eyes met. "My name is Summer," she said. "Hunter." "Do you like the heat?" "Not that hot." ​​"Hunter, what season do you like the most?" I smiled a little. "Summer, of course," I joked with the English word. "Summer." She swam to the edge and rested her elbows on the cement, watching the fountain that was constantly splashing water right in the middle of the pool. I follow

ed. The normal answer would have been death, since I'd just lost my mother. Or maybe I should have given a generic answer, like spiders or heights. But instead, I did what always got me into trouble: answered honestly, without filter. "Suffering for love." Chapter 5 Natalia My cell phone rang just as I was about to go down the stairs of the station to catch a train to the city center. When I saw it was Anna, I went back up to the sidewalk, so as not to lose the signal. I wasn't in a hurry to get home. "Hello, Mrs. Grosso." She sighed. "Will you ever be able to s

it you don't want Hunter to have your real number?" "He's a playboy who lives three thousand miles away. Why?" "You're right. But he's a really nice guy. I thought you two had a lot of chemistry." "Chemical experiments lead to explosions." "Okay. Derek's not going to give out his

or three, since Garrett and I gained custody of her when his ex-wife passed away. Izzy lost her mother to cancer when she was in eighth grade. Then, halfway through n