ESPRESSO
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Last published Thu, Jan 9, 2025
"Tell me to leave," he said, his voice a low, dangerous whisper that sent shivers cascading down my spine.
My breath hitched as I met his piercing gaze, my heart racing in my chest. "And if I don't?"
His lips curled into a slow, wicked smile, his eyes dark and consuming, laced with something that made my pulse quicken. He leaned closer, his voice dropping even further. "Then don't blame me for what happens next."
"You're playing a very dangerous game, Leo," I managed to say, though my voice trembled as my eyes flicked to his lips.
"Am I?" he murmured, his tone soft yet devastating. "Because from where I'm standing, you're the one pulling the strings." His smirk was ever-present, and the amusement dancing in his eyes told me he was thoroughly enjoying this-and it was dangerous for both of us.
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They were both hiding, but neither expected to be found.
Calista Carlisle, Hollywood's sweetheart, escapes to the sleepy town of Mendocino after a public breakup turns her life into tabloid fodder. She's traded red carpets for creaky coffee shop chairs, hoping to stay invisible. But nothing stays quiet for long-not when Leo Donovan, the maddeningly smug owner of the café, keeps finding ways to break through her defenses.
Leo isn't just any barista. Billionaire by birth, recluse by choice, he's traded boardrooms for espresso machines, running his late mother's café chain under the radar. He's done with the high-stakes world of fame and fortune-until Calista waltzes into his café and flips his carefully curated life upside down.
Their connection is magnetic, but the secrets they're running from might pull them apart. In a town too small for pasts as messy as theirs, one thing becomes clear: they're either each other's safe haven-or their ultimate undoing.
"They were supposed to be each other's escape-until they became each other's greatest temptation."
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His hands found way to my waist, encircling it softly, as by a movement of hand, he pulled me closer leaving an inch between our lips.My hands went to his broad shoulders as he towered over me. " Can I kiss you Cathedral?" A amused gasp left my mouth as I felt a string of emotions, love, respect and a crazy drive, what did I ever do to cross my paths with such a man! " Ye-yes" I stuttered as butterflies exploded and fuzziness took over as his lips touched mine. Kissing him felt like the purest thing to do, the warmth and the softness killing every inch of insecurity,angst and frustration. All I knew was that kissing him was the right thing to to do. It revived me, cherished me and worshiped me. One girl, can one girl turn your whole world straight 180? Who can change you? Love you? Cherish you? And then forget you? The ruthless most heard and respected name in the world of business, Jason Blake. Has the deepest shade of mystical forest eyes. Six pack abs sizzling his well built figure. A smile that will drive you insane by the thought of wanting. Every girl in Seattle, wants him. But the old playboy, drowned in the beauty of one and only, Cathedral Weston. Cathedral Weston, the hidden heiress of the Weston INC, freshly out of college with a double degree. The oceans in her eyes hold the waves of her emotion, love for family, affection for friends and oblivion, but of what? The confused beauty rummaging for answers that will ruin her, destroy her peace. * What are the questions?* All the questions will get answered, destroying peace and creating new questions yet again, Will the peace blossom or is the destructions strong enough to crumble her from within? Along the answers, *truth* sits along the, something that will make her question everyone's words she had heard yet. What happens when they meet, *or have they already met?* *What does the future holds?* *Or what did the past bring?* *Why does his forest eyes,* *Put a bell to ring?*
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