His dark eyes captured my body as if he was an animal that was just about to devour me. My gaze locked with his. He observed me coldly, fearlessly, as if he had gone through so much nothing could hurt him anymore. His expression was stern, yet filled with anger, guilt, and sadness. The several scars on his body and the open wounds were the first to catch the eye, then the unusual big biceps he had. His foot was bleeding severly, but it didn't seem he would give a fuck about that.
His lip trembled slightly, and he seemed to be wanting to scare me off without wanting to.
A skinny man appeared behind him in the cell as the strong one started to talk.
"I am a murderer.", he said. "Get lost."
"He isn't. His sister is." mumbled the skinny man.
All I could hear then was his scream, and all I could see was his bleeding nose after the strong-built man hit him with the fist.
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"I adore you, Ava.", I heard his muffled voice say in my neck. "I adore you so much"
When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith starts working for the handsome Lucas Hendrix, she quickly discovers there's something hot and untamed behind his cold exterior...
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When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith is offered a job as the personal assistant to the cold and handsome Lucas Hendrix, she's left wondering why. After all, she has no credentials to speak of, and working for a paranoid billionaire CEO who's impossible to please is far from easy. But a few weeks into her job, she begins to realize that she can't judge a book by its cover. Left alone to discover the mystery behind Lucas's cold exterior and to tame her uncontrollable desire to comfort him, she learns they have a lot more in common than she ever thought possible. Could their two lonely hearts share the same dream for happiness?
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque
Former title 'Coffee And Papers'