HEAVY: A Dark Taboo Romance (Neighbors of Sapphire Valley Book 1)

by M.L. Burns

“I hate when you do that,” he says while revving the bike to life. “What?” I shout, the sound reverberating around in the helmet. “Just nodding in agreement. I like to hear you. Now, do you understand, Cal?” My cheeks burn. “I understand.” “Good girl.” Instant clit tingles.

The chokehold this woman has on me is tight enough to suffocate and kill me. It’s pathetic that I wouldn't even fight for my life—I’d simply let it happen. Not because I want to die, but because she’d be the one doing it.

Yet when I look at her, it’s all brand new. Her hair isn’t blonde, it’s the color of the sun that I had sometimes forgot about sitting in prison. Those eyes of hers aren’t just green, they are the grass I would roll around through in the youth I wish lasted longer than ten years. That fucking smile isn’t the innocence it portrays it to be. It’s filthy, and I want it to be mine.

“You’re telling me our first kiss was while I was asleep?” My head tilts as he threads his fingers under my loose ponytail, gripping my hair and angling me back further. “Bad girl.” Then his mouth is on mine, ravenous and hungry, devouring me like I’m the sustenance he lacked for years.

“I like you too, Ronan. A lot. And I think you were right when you said we’re toxic—but not for each other. I believe our poison can create something beautiful, yet lethal to anyone who isn’t us.”