Scandalous Heroes Box Set by Serenity King, Pepper Pace, Aliyah Burke, Erosa Knowles, Latrivia Nelson, Tianna Laveen, Bridget Midway, Yvette Hines Page A

lay to a psycho stalker. Kyra could not. Maybe his obsessive need to be around her when they dated was the clue. Either way she knew things between her and Cezar had shifted into a different territory. And it scared her. 
    Cezar broke the stare off. He walked away. The drama was over. Shaken, Kyra went to the elevators and waited for the fast pace of her heart to normalize. By the time she reached her floor her hands were shaking. It wasn’t until she was in her apartment did she feel safe. Kyra threw down her purse and went back to the window. She looked out of it. Cezar sat in his car staring up at her apartment.
    “Shit!” she went to her phone and picked it up dialing in a hurry. Kyra paced, chewing on her fresh manicure. “Pick up, please.”
    “Hello?”
    “Jamie? Can you come down here? It’s an emergency.”
    “On my way, sweetie.” Jamie said.
    She hung up. Kyra hugged herself. What the hell was going on? She paced in her dress forgetting she should change to keep from causing any damage to the garment. In a matter of minutes there was a knock on the door. Kyra went to the door and opened it. She hugged Jamie with a gush of relief.
    “Whoa, sweetheart, you’re shivering. What the hell happened to you last night? Did you just get home?” Jamie forced her to break the embrace and cupped her face. “Kyra? Stop it. Tell me what happened?”
    “Cezar,” Kyra said, her bottom lip quivering. “He… uh, he’s outside. He scared me, Jamie.”
    “What? He did what?” Jamie pushed past her and walked to the window. She drew back the curtain and scanned the street. “Where? Where is he?”
    Kyra closed the door and engaged the locks. She walked over and peered out the window with Jamie. Cezar’s car was gone.
    “He left,” she sighed with relief.
    “Who in the Sam Hades does that Poindexter think he is?” Jamie said with more bass in her voice than usual. “What the hell did he do?”
    “I came home and he was here. Come to think of it last night when I left he was here. And he… I think he’s stalking me.” Kyra sat down. “This is my fault,” she shook her head.
    “How the hell is it your fault?” Jamie sat next to her on her tiny sofa. She smoothed down her hair.
    Kyra leaned forward with her elbows to her knees and fingers pressed against her eyes to keep from crying. “I broke up with him, but I let him come over for sex a few times. I was sending mixed signals.”
    “Bullshit! Honey, there are only two signals to send a man when it’s done. Red and green. Stop and go. You told the fucker both. Let me go upstairs and get my bat!”
    “Wait!” Kyra grabbed her hand. She forced Jamie to sit back down. “He’s gone. Maybe he got the message. He won’t come back. He’s been really aggressive. He came to my job yesterday. It’s weird.”
    “We need to call the police,” Jamie said.
    “Why?” Kyra asked.
    “So it’s on record he’s stalking you. And when I kill that fucker I won’t get hard time.” Jamie huffed.
    Kyra laughed. She smiled until the tears dried in her eyes. “He’s gone. If he comes back I’ll call them.”
    “Good. Now what the hell are you doing coming home at eleven in the morning? Honey, the party ended before breakfast I’m sure.”
    Kyra closed her eyes and smiled. Renaldo was her dream lover. She hurt so bad between her thighs and still she craved more.
    “Renaldo,” she said his name aloud. She opened her eyes and smiled. “Remember I told you about him? We saw him on the television.”
    “The enforcer?” Jamie asked.
    “Yes. But he’s a gentleman. A bodyguard. Not some hit man. I told you that,” Kyra said.
    “He’s a sexy drank of water from what I could see on the news. But, Kyra, if he works for that family honey, he’s more than a bodyguard.”
    “I was at the party. There were no ‘made’ guys there.” Kyra laughed with air quotes. “Just boring dinner conversation. And a ton of ass kissing. Oh and get this. The Battaglias plan