“She is magnetic to me. Every emotion she feels pulls me that much closer to her charm and energy. For reasons unbeknownst to me, I want her to know what she means to me.” ~Jake Evans
For Jake Evans, life was as it should be. No responsibilities. He was the master at embracing his reckless lifestyle whenever it presented itself. Surviving on his ability to expertly hustle, fight and womanize, Jake could do it all; lived it all.
Raised in a rundown city, filled with crime and drugs, he had survived the death of an abusive mother and a life with an absent father while only having his brothers to depend on. His lifestyle became fast and Jake had lived it the only way he knew how, until the day he met Delilah.
Delilah St. James was the epitome of flawless. Brought up in an affluent southern household, Delilah’s life had been planned from the moment she was born. She was raised to be the perfect socialite and daughter, and groomed to be the ideal wife. When a school internship moved her to Sulfur Heights for the summer, Delilah collided with the bitter reality of life outside her comfortable gated community when Jake Evans upset her perfect world.
Over the next two years, Jake and Delilah became best friends, embracing a friendship neither one was prepared to have, although they soon found it to be a relationship that neither one of them were willing to sacrifice.
A tragic turn of events brings Jake and Delilah together once again. Only this time, the feelings are different. Lines within their friendship are blurred. Everything they vowed never to do, becomes the very thing they cannot deny. Will Jake and Delilah’s relationship withstand the changes surrounding them? Or will the emotions sever the two year friendship they’d fought so hard to keep?
**Mature Content Warning** 17+ for language and sexual content**
Darcie
Suddenly,
I am transported back in time to three years ago. The feeling of being pinned
down by my arms and legs, the feeling of a man’s weight restraining me and the
inability to breathe flashes into my mind. I start to violently shake my head
from side to side. My breathing gets short and fast. Without even realizing it,
I start to scream; just like I did the night he planned to touch me.
Jake
freaks out and quickly releases my body from under his. “Shit, Darcie, I’m
sorry. I forgot how you get.”
I’m
still screaming, unable to move. I’m frozen to the carpet. I’m still in that house. Lying on that urine soaked bed.
Salvation
arrives.
Reggie
appears out of the nowhere. He kneels down beside me. His hands are wiping the
anger away from my face as he whispers into my ear, “Shhh, Darcie. It’s okay. I
won’t let him hurt you again, never again. As long as there’s breathe left in
my body, he will never harm you again.” His voice is all I need to hear. My
eyes begin to focus. My brain begins to register the only true protector I’ve
had in my life.
M.S. Brannon was born and raised in the Midwest. She still resides there today with her wonderful husband and son. When she is not writing or reading, M.S. Brannon spends time with her family, watching movies, and discovering new music. She writes romance because she believes love and heartache is the rawest emotion one can experience.
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