Broken Beginnings (Citrus Cove, #1)

by Clio Evans

He lifted his beer and dumped it straight over my head.

Wtf i would have punched his ass

I pulled my fist back and punched him straight in the face.

Hell yeah! It's like i knew it was coming!

I needed Citrus Cove and its safe, quaint, quiet ways. No matter how hard I tried to hide it, my roots were still here, drenched in the sweet tea and bible verses I’d purged from my mind.

I needed a good fuck, a good beer, and a massage.

Always been good for the most part. Except to Haley Bently.

I looked hot. I knew it, felt it, and let the confidence slide over me like chainmail.

Without another word, I scooped up the girl who hated me more than the church ladies hated Satan. I moved toward the back of the house, taking her kicking and shouting through the doors.

“Cameron Harlow, you put me fucking down before I kick you in the balls! Put me down!”

My grip on her tightened. “Easy, darlin’. I just want to get you patched up.”

Darlin!

It was about to be. Something about her had always riled me up—back then it was a lot of things but now that I was an adult, I recognized what it was. Lust. Pure and simple and dangerous.

I looked up at her. If I were a good man, my cock wouldn’t have hardened in my blue jeans from looking at her from this angle. But maybe I wasn’t a good man. My zipper felt like it was about to burst, and I prayed she couldn’t tell from where she was.

Second dress I’ve ruined. I’m sorry for both. I don’t know how to make it up to you, but hopefully this can be the start. - Cam

Giving gifts and being prepared for anything were two of my love languages. Not that I was in love with her.

Fuck. I had to win her over. I had to keep trying. I’d taken a step forward today with her, and now I just had to make sure I didn’t trip and fall.

“Right,” I said, moving toward the bar. “Show me the ropes, cowboy.”

“As you wish, sunshine.”

“I do want you. I want you like a garden wants the sun. When I see you, I can’t see anything else. I want you and no one else. Maybe I’ve always wanted you.”

When I finally got to kiss the woman of my dreams, it was going to be perfect. Because after tonight, I’d realized two things. One, Haley was meant to be mine. Two, I was going to spend every waking moment showing her that I was meant to be hers.

“Morning, sunshine,” Cam said, offering me a smile. He held two to-go cups of coffee in his hands. “Got a little caffeine for us.”

Bless him

“Are you going to keep speaking in caveman or say, ‘Hi, Haley. Would you like to go on a date with me?’”

He barked out a laugh, stealing a glance at me. His grin was wicked. “Hi, Haley. Would you like to go on a date with me?”

What a sweatheart

There was a giddiness running through me that made me want to kick my feet because god damn it. He wants me.

!!!

I didn’t need someone’s approval or desire, but it felt damn good having it. Especially from him.

“You let me drive your car. Just once.”

“Not a chance in hell,” I snorted.

“What if I beg for the c...

“You’d have to get down on y...

The banterrrrrr

“On my knees, sunshine. I’m begging you to let me take you on a picnic and spoil you and for you to let me take a ride in that Corvette.”

The entirety of the last few weeks had been a nightmare, but my old enemy was the ray of sun striking through the darkness.

“You keep looking at me like you want to eat me,” she teased.

God, that was closer to the truth than further. All I could think about was laying her back on my bed and tasting her, hearing her pretty voice get louder as she came. Fuck.

I’d never felt this way before about a woman. When I wasn’t with her, I wanted to be with her. And when I was with her, I never wanted it to end. I never wanted her to leave.

“Mmhm. What kind of things are you into in bed?”

“Fuck,” I hissed,

“So you want me to be honest, then.”

“Yes,” she said firmly.

I glanced around us, making sure no one was within earshot. Because the thing was—I had kinks. I had things that I enjoyed that would make half this town gasp and say prayers. And I didn’t have any shame in it. I wanted what I wanted.

We love that

“I love spanking. I love playing with things like blindfolds, handcuffs, any sort of restraint. And I’ve taken classes on how to do it properly so no one is harmed. I enjoy fucking outside. The idea of taking you tomorrow at our picnic is going to keep me up tonight. And I love eating pussy. I fucking love it. I’d die between a woman’s thighs happily.”

Check

“Fuck,” she whispered. “I didn’t think…”

“Think what? That a country boy cou...

“Yes. Exactly...

“More than you can imagine, sunshine. I might be easygoing, but I’ll put you on your knees and make you beg for my cock like a good girl any da...

“Jesus fucking Christ,” he huffed. “We’re on Main Street, and you’re sucking my cock.”

“I’ve wanted to be with you since the first day you came to Citrus Cove,” he said, still looking at my pussy. “I’ve dreamed about you. Touched myself thinking about you. I’ve felt guilt over how fucking mean I was to you. How much of an idiot I was.”

“Cam… I told you we can leave that in the past.”

“You can,” he said softly. “But now that I have a second chance, I’m going to spend every moment I can worshiping you. Mak...

“We’ve got to get dressed, and I need to get you to my bed, sunshine. I’m not done with you yet. Unless you have plans today.”

Even if I did have plans, I’d be canceling all of them. “I think all my plans are with you, Cam.”

But I didn’t care. Fuck, I wanted the whole world to know that she was mine. Mine. It was possessive. Maybe a little crazy. But now that I finally had her, I wasn’t going to just let her go. That would make me an idiot, and I did my best not to be one.

Holy hell. That pleased me more than it should have. If I hadn’t known before, it was clear now that I had a breeding kink. Or maybe Haley was my kink. Either way, I was satisfied knowing my cock would be filling her again soon.