Pulse - Part Four (The Pulse Series) Read online

  "No." I slam it shut. He doesn't realize that I sat up for hours last night staring at it after he'd fallen asleep.

  "If you can get the proposal right, you know I'll say yes." I take the box and tuck it back into his pocket.

  "Until then…." My voice trails as I glide onto my tiptoes to kiss him.

  "Until then, Jessica."

  A Final Word from Nathan Moore:

  Jessica Roth is innocence personified. Everything about her screams young, beautiful and untainted. I'm addicted to her. She knows it. I can't get enough of her. Fucking her is my sweet heaven on earth.

  She told me there were only three before me. She didn't tell me that he was one of them. Assholes like him prey on women like her but he was the hunted and she was the hunter. He's looking for her. Now that she's sleeping in my bed every night and sharing my life she can't hide from her past. She has to face it and me, head-on before we can have our happily-ever-after.

  I had to answer to her for my sins. Now it's her turn. They say you can't judge a book by its cover. The same is true for women. Jessica may seem pure and simple on the outside, but what lies beneath that pretty little surface may burn me beyond recognition.

  She thought she was no match for my past. Wait until her past rears its high powered, vengeful head right in our direction.

  You've heard her story.

  Now, it's time for mine.

  Coming soon…

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  "You're staring at my dick."

  I am. I can't even deny it. I guess I can come up with some excuse. Maybe I can pretend to be my best friend, Sadie, and say that I'm studying to be a doctor and I'm doing a thorough, visual exam of his enormous, erect penis. Who answers the door naked? He must have been masturbating? Do people do that? Do they masturbate while they wait for a sandwich to be delivered?

  "Sweetheart. Up here." His hand floats past his crotch and my eyes slowly drift along with it, like I'm a fish dangling on a hook.

  "What?" My voice isn't my own. I sound all breathy and aroused.

  "How much?" He motions towards me and I reel myself back into the reality of the moment. After I finished my dinner with Sadie and her husband, I offered to deliver the sandwich for them when their regular delivery guy went home sick. Knowing the owner of Axel Boston certainly had its perks. I got a free dinner and now this. No tip required at all. Thank you, sir with the naked cock.

  "You already paid," I say as I try to keep my gaze focused on his dark brown eyes. The hair on his head almost matches the color of his eyes, which matches the hair that surrounds his….

  "No." He walks towards a large round table in the foyer of his apartment. Technically, it's the penthouse since I had to ride the elevator with the doorman and his special key. I wonder what this guy does for a living that affords him the luxury of living here. Maybe he's a porn star. "What's your name, sweetheart?"

  "Alexa," I offer. "What's your name?"

  He turns quickly as he stops dead in his tracks. I was admiring his perfectly sculpted ass until he turned back around and now I get to stare at his cock again. I might have to take that job delivering sandwiches after all.

  "My name is none of your fucking business," he barks at me.

  I take a step back when I realize that I've offended him. The fact that I'm practically drooling all over his naked body doesn't bother him at all, but when I ask his name he flips out? I'll just pretend that I can't hear him and use the rest of the time at the door to soak in his body before I go home and tease myself for hours until I…

  "How much?" His voice interrupts me yet again and I wonder now if maybe he doesn't understand English.

  "I said," I speak loudly and slowly. "You. Already. Paid. For. It."

  "Get your pretty little ass in here." He grabs me by my arm and yanks me into his apartment. I turn and stare as the door flies shut behind me.

  "I have plans." I tap my black stiletto impatiently. I was only supposed to drop off this sandwich and then meet some sorority sisters for a welcome back party. This is only my second night back in Boston after being in Paris for months. I need some good, old-fashioned American fun.

  "You're going to bail because of it, aren't you?" He turns and stares right through me. "I'm paying you to fuck me. It's going to be worth it, Alexa."

  "What?" I steal one more glance at his cock before I decide that being called a two-bit floosy isn't worth the chance to get fucked by that. "What the hell is your problem?"

  "Women like you always bolt when they see it." His voice is deep and low. It bites right through me. "The agency said you'd be fine with it when I requested a blonde."

  "I brought you a sandwich." I throw the bag at him and it bounces off his muscular chest before it falls to the marble floor. "Your hooker isn't here yet. I'm not her."

  "You brought me a sandwich?" He stares at the crumpled mess on the floor. "I thought you were someone else."

  "Obviously," I shoot back as I turn on my heel to leave. "For the record, I wouldn't bolt seeing a cock like that normally."

  "I wasn't talking about my dick," he growls.

  I pivot back and stare at him. "What then?"

  "The scar," he hisses as he tilts his head back. "Women always run when they see the scar."

  "What scar?" I've stared at his cock long enough to realize that it's perfect and scar free.

  "This scar." His hand jumps to his face before his index finger traces a line down a scar running the length of his cheek.

  "Is that why you walk around with your cock flying every which way?" I turn the doorknob in my hand. "It's a good tactic."

  "Alexa," he says my name just as I'm stepping over the threshold into the hallway. "Stay."

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  Deborah Bladon has never read a romance hero she didn't like. Her love for romance novels began when she was old enough to board the bus, library card in hand to check out the newest Harlequin paperbacks. She's a Canadian by heart, and by passport, but you can often spot her in New York City sipping a latte and looking for inspiration for her next story. Manhattan is definitely her second home.

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