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26 year old, Connor Deluca, is a professional Hockey player in the NHL; who just moved into the expensive Citrus Grove Community.
23 year old, Serena Jade, is the recluse famous author known to the public only under her pen name Skylyn Voss, and...
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________________ Serena woke up Tuesday morning already cursing Connor Deluca's name to hell. This was the last thing she wanted to be doing with her day, especially when she had deadlines desperately encroaching on her and a fierce publisher blowing up her phone.
Mayo sauntered into her room while she was getting dressed. She was wearing some simple Jean shorts and a black tank top that had black lace edging along the top outlining the swell of her breasts over the top and lace along the bottom edge.
She really hated being this exposed, but the summer weather hindered her usual attire of sweaters and sweats.
And if she was going to be outside all day, in the sweltering 100 degree heat, she couldn't survive in any more clothing.
"Stupid Connor." Serena huffed throwing her dirty clothes in a basket aggressively. Mayo meowed at her and rubbed against ankles, weaving between them.
"Our dirty neighbor is making me play in the trash with him today Mayo, so I can't stay home and cuddle." She bent down and rubbed his head, "sorry bud."
Serena smiled and went over to her vanity, she had the curtains opened wide, letting the sun shine into her room as she let her long brown hair loose form the pony tail. She sighed and smoothed a hand through her hair, gazing into the mirror she started to run a brush through it.
As she finished up her hair and started dabbing on chapstick to her pouty lips, her eyes focused on something else in the mirror behind her.
She narrowed her eyes and leaned closer into her vanity mirror as she saw in the reflection Connor leaning out of his own window, gazing into her room with a cheeky grin plastered on his face and his eyes narrowed like a fox.
Serena yelped and spun around confirming that the arrogant jock was indeed leaning out of his bedroom window looking into hers.
She gasped and stormed over to the window slamming it open, she leaned out as well and glared at him, "so you've stooped as low as stalking me now?" She spat out and after another beat realization slipped across her face making a blush form, "H-how long where you standing there exactly...?" She said softer.
Connor pushed off the window sill and rolled his eyes as he stood up fully, showing off his tall height and huge muscles fully.
She faltered and her eyes fell to his rising chest and biceps stretching the fabric of his shirt sleeves, her mouth went dry.
"Relax, not that long, I just noticed you fixing your hair." Connor said running a hand through his messy hair, "I was surprised the troglodyte who never opens her curtains actually was letting some sun in." He spat with a smirk.
"Don't you have some pre-workout baa baa to be drinking? Or has mommy not fixed the jock baby his bottle yet this morning?" Serena grumbled.
"How about mommy comes over here and gives it to me?" He nodded over to her with a seductive smile, and she watched his gaze break from hers and rake down her body.
Serena couldn't tell if the heat that erupted all over her body was from the rage she felt from Connor always turning her insults back at her completely unfazed, or if it was from the suggestion in his lusty voice and the way his gaze undressed her.
Regardless of its origin, she blushed bright red and without another word she slammed the window back down and closed her curtains fast causing a dramatic whoosh.
She took a deep breath and a minute later she heard her doorbell ring.
Anger boiled up in her as she assumed it was Connor at the door to harass her some more, "When does this guy quit?" she stormed down the stairs and walked over to the front door.
Serena had already started cursing him out as she opened the door, "Connor I swear to fucking god I'll rip you testi-"
A very confused woman was standing on the porch. She had beautiful dark tanned skin, smooth thick eyebrows, a full head of black shoulder length hair that flowed down in straight pins, and a beauty mark right above her full lips.
"Melody! What are you doing here...!" Serena said to her editor through nervous laughs.
The fierce women pushed the door fully open and walked past her, "You know why I'm here Miss Skylyn."
Panic rose in Serena as she addressed her as her pen name, she slammed the door behind Melody and hurried after the women who was already be-lining for her office, "keep you voice down if you call me that."
"No one is around to hear, you know what else is not around? Your chapters." She said her voice lacking all enthusiasm.
Melody walked into her office and a second later when Serena entered she regarded the older women standing there with her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised, "I figured I might as well get your excuses in person this time."
Serena sighed, why did she pick such a spunky women as her editor.
"I've just been slightly...distracted...and the words haven't been flowing right. I promise I'll get them to you this week I'm almost done."
Melody narrowed a hard stare at her making Serena squirm under the gaze.
"Why are you even in town anyways?" She asked in hopes to lighten the mood and change the subjects
Which she did because Melody lit up immediately, "Actually I am in town to watch-"
A phone in Melodys pocket started buzzing.
She sighed and picked it up answering it quickly, "hello?"
There was silence as her face slowly started twisting into a deflated expression the more she seemed to listen.
"Really?......you can't just move it?......Fine I'll just find someone else to go." Melody hung up and sighed stuffing the phone back into her pocket. She looked up at Serena a bit more deflated.
"Well I was about tell you that I'm in town to watch the hockey game tomorrow night with a girlfriend of mine...but she just called and had to cancel. Now I don't know who I'll go with..." melody said a bit puzzled looking at the ground before her eyes eventually settled on Serena and she smiled devilishly.
"Would you wanna go with me?" Melody asked giving her puppy dog eyes.
"No. Immediately no."
"Oh come one please, take pity on an old lady."
"You're 37?"
"Plus I know you never leave the house."
"Yeah I'd like to keep it that way." Serena said finally and shook her head at Melody.
She ran over to her and shook her arm almost like a little kid would, "Please I can't go by myself!"
Serena just shook her head, "absolutely not."
"I'll give you an extension."
With that Serena's interest spiked, the writer raised her soft eyes and tilted her head slightly toward her "When's the game?"
