he was sorry? He wanted her there with him. Not because he was horny, but simply because he wanted to hold her. She’d looked upon his scars with such tenderness. She didn’t view him as a monster, at least she hadn’t then. She saw beyond the muscles and the championship titles through to his true strength at his core. She understood what he’d overcome and admired him for that. He liked the way he looked in her eyes. But his insistent drive had killed that. Now she couldn’t even reply to a message from him.
Despite his tired limbs Jasper was unable to sleep. He lay amongst his pillows with his eyes wide. He had not anticipated that he would care this much about Kait. He thought that it would be straight forward, that he’d let her go as he had so many girls before her. But now the thought of not seeing her anger, of not holding her terrified him. It terrified him more than the thought of never getting back in the ring, of never hearing the roar of a euphoric crowd again. Somehow Kait had managed to sneak in to a place Jasper kept fiercely guarded: his heart. And as that realization sunk in, he feared that he’d already burned the bridges between them, that it was too late to make amends.
But as his eyes finally closed, Jasper clung to the hope that all was not lost, that in Kait’s eyes, he wasn’t yet past redemption.
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Chapter 1
“Kait…Kait!”
Kait jumped in her seat as her eyes snapped wide with attention. The smartly dressed men and women gathered around the grand meeting table were all directing their gazes at her, waiting intently for her to speak.
“Um…yes,” Kait began to flick through the papers placed on the table before her.
“The figures for the last quarter were our strongest yet,” she began, trying not to sound as nervous as she felt.
Marie, who was sat beside her, placed a hand on Kait’s arm and leaned close to whisper to her.
“We’ve already been over the figures for last quarter. We need to talk about projections now, Kait.”
Kait nodded and shoved some of her hair out of her face.
“Yes,” she replied briskly. “Yes of course.” She spotted the piece of paper with the correct data and took a deep breath. “We are all extremely optimistic about projections for the rest of the year.”
The people around the table leaned back in their chairs and commenced listening to her report.
Kait breathed a sigh of relief when the meeting finally concluded. She began gathering her papers as people dispersed from the room, eager to grab a much needed cup of coffee.
“What was that?” Marie was standing beside her, patiently waiting instead of leaving. Her neat eyebrows were knotted together, and her shoulders were tensely gathered by her neck.
“What was what?” Kait innocently blinked at her.
“That-” Marie gestured back towards the meeting table. “You totally spaced, Kait. You can’t keep dropping the ball like that, especially if you want to make your fixture in these development meetings a more permanent one.”
Kait’s cheeks burned with understanding. “I’m so sorry,” she uttered nervously. “I lost my focus. It won’t happen again.”
“It had better not,” Marie said sternly as she folded her arms across her chest. “When you look bad, the company looks bad. Have I made myself clear?”
“Crystal.”
“Okay, good.” Marie left and took her cloud of vanilla perfume with her. With a sigh, Kait dropped back down in to her chair. The meeting had been crucial. Her team had been prepping for it for weeks. Yet in the middle of it all, she’d allowed her mind to wander. And she had of course been thinking about Jasper.
Kait held her head in her hands. It had been a whole month since she’d last heard from Jasper and an impressive twenty four hours since she’d felt compelled to check his
Despite his tired limbs Jasper was unable to sleep. He lay amongst his pillows with his eyes wide. He had not anticipated that he would care this much about Kait. He thought that it would be straight forward, that he’d let her go as he had so many girls before her. But now the thought of not seeing her anger, of not holding her terrified him. It terrified him more than the thought of never getting back in the ring, of never hearing the roar of a euphoric crowd again. Somehow Kait had managed to sneak in to a place Jasper kept fiercely guarded: his heart. And as that realization sunk in, he feared that he’d already burned the bridges between them, that it was too late to make amends.
But as his eyes finally closed, Jasper clung to the hope that all was not lost, that in Kait’s eyes, he wasn’t yet past redemption.
Read on for an excerpt from the next instalment Break Me!
Available Now!
Chapter 1
“Kait…Kait!”
Kait jumped in her seat as her eyes snapped wide with attention. The smartly dressed men and women gathered around the grand meeting table were all directing their gazes at her, waiting intently for her to speak.
“Um…yes,” Kait began to flick through the papers placed on the table before her.
“The figures for the last quarter were our strongest yet,” she began, trying not to sound as nervous as she felt.
Marie, who was sat beside her, placed a hand on Kait’s arm and leaned close to whisper to her.
“We’ve already been over the figures for last quarter. We need to talk about projections now, Kait.”
Kait nodded and shoved some of her hair out of her face.
“Yes,” she replied briskly. “Yes of course.” She spotted the piece of paper with the correct data and took a deep breath. “We are all extremely optimistic about projections for the rest of the year.”
The people around the table leaned back in their chairs and commenced listening to her report.
Kait breathed a sigh of relief when the meeting finally concluded. She began gathering her papers as people dispersed from the room, eager to grab a much needed cup of coffee.
“What was that?” Marie was standing beside her, patiently waiting instead of leaving. Her neat eyebrows were knotted together, and her shoulders were tensely gathered by her neck.
“What was what?” Kait innocently blinked at her.
“That-” Marie gestured back towards the meeting table. “You totally spaced, Kait. You can’t keep dropping the ball like that, especially if you want to make your fixture in these development meetings a more permanent one.”
Kait’s cheeks burned with understanding. “I’m so sorry,” she uttered nervously. “I lost my focus. It won’t happen again.”
“It had better not,” Marie said sternly as she folded her arms across her chest. “When you look bad, the company looks bad. Have I made myself clear?”
“Crystal.”
“Okay, good.” Marie left and took her cloud of vanilla perfume with her. With a sigh, Kait dropped back down in to her chair. The meeting had been crucial. Her team had been prepping for it for weeks. Yet in the middle of it all, she’d allowed her mind to wander. And she had of course been thinking about Jasper.
Kait held her head in her hands. It had been a whole month since she’d last heard from Jasper and an impressive twenty four hours since she’d felt compelled to check his
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