"Do not run,Jessica,"he said softly,reassuringly. "You have nothing to fear from me.You never did."
It wasn't that easy,of course.She couldn't just turn off the panic at a word from him.Especially since his words didn't stop there.
"When I make love to you,"he said,his eyes suddenly blazing,his deep voice curling inside her,making her knees weak, "you will come to me of your own free will.You will come to me because you want me the same way I want you."
A memory flashed into her mind,a memory she'd resolutely suppressed until now.And suddenly she was seeing Zion as she'd seen him all those years ago,his green eyes in a shaft of moonlight glowing with what she'd fooled herself into believing was love.
She was hearing his voice,that deep,throbbing voice she still heard in her dreams whispering
"Now it begins"
"Never,"she whispered from a throat gone suddenly dry,fighting the sensual web he was weaving.Fighting herself. "Never again."
When Chef Margot loses her beloved restaurant to her cheating ex-fiance, her best friend, single dad Nathan, steps in with an unexpected offer to help her start over. As they collaborate, sparks fly-but can they overcome their complicated pasts for a chance at real love?
Season 4 of The Mechanic
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Margot Taylor thought she had it all: a thriving restaurant and a fiance she adored. But her world crumbled when her fiance abruptly cancelled their wedding and claimed ownership of her cherished restaurant. With her career in tatters and her heart broken, Margot is forced to start over.
Enter Nathan Davis, her loyal best friend and a single dad chasing big dreams of his own. As a partner in the multibillion-pound auto business, Nathan offers her a lifeline-a chance to open a new eatery on the grounds of his new mechanic shop.
As Margot pours her heartbreak into a new dream, her friendship with Nathan deepens into something much more electric. But their growing happiness is threatened when Nathan's ex-wife returns, determined to take their daughter away and upend the new couple's relationship. Caught in chaos, Margot must decide if she has the strength to fight for the life she's building...or let the wounds of her past ruin her future.
Content warning: This story contains depictions of eating disorders that may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
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