I finished writing Betrayed a few days ago...not sure if anyone saw that...but it's finished. Done.
Now the fun part!!
Editing...ugh I really hate this part, but it's short of necessary yeah?
SO, since it is also Teaser Tuesday I thought I would do something extra special just for you!
How about a first look into Betrayed?
Yeah?
Well okay then.
Here is the Prologue. This is not edited yet, and pretty please with sugar on top, do not share this. I am trusting y'all with my second baby here.
Hope y'all enjoy!!
xoxo
Prologue
Karen
When
people say, “Those you love, and trust the most, hurt you more than you think
possible,” they are not lying. I trusted a man that I thought I knew. I also
gave him my heart. Like a fool I was, I had believed him. Had believed in him. Looking
back now, I should’ve known better. I should’ve done something…..
Now
it’s too late. I’m in way to deep to turn back now. He controls everything.
Every move I make he watches me. I feel his eyes on me everywhere. I can feel
his sexual desires with that smoldering look. Truthfully, I like that look. I
shouldn’t, but I can’t help that my body knows his. It’s like being pulled into
a fire, knowing you will get burned. I did my best to stay away….I tried to
run. But now…now everything has changed.
I
try not to think of the things I’ve seen him do. I try to ignore the blood on
his clothes and hands. I know he has darkness inside of him. One look into
those dark brown eyes and I knew. I chose to ignore my gut instinct telling me
to stay away. I don’t understand what is wrong with me. He has changed me
somehow.
I
feel broken……My life was not perfect before, but it was damn near it. I had my
own clinic. I was the best OBGYN in Southern California. I had my best friend,
Riley, and my two loving parents. He took me from everything.
I
think back to the night I met him, before Jake’s Bar was burned to the ground.
I still wasn’t sure who caused that. I saw him as soon as I walked in. As if he
knew I would be there, he turned toward me, with a shocked look. At first, I
didn’t pay him any mind. I thought he was like every other guy in the bar,
trying to get laid for the night. I was still surprised he even bothered to
come up to me.
“Can
I buy you a drink?” he asks. I give him an innocent smile, nodding my head yes.
What girl wouldn’t want a hot guy buying drinks? He seemed nice, and holy hell
he was good looking. Even though he was sitting I could tell he would be tall.
Dark hair fell over his forehead, making me want to run my fingers through it.
His eyes, oh, those eyes, I could get lost into those deep dark brown eyes. I
assumed he either worked out a lot or he did some sort of hard labor work. His
black shirt was tight around his biceps and around his chest. I noticed a
little bit of a tattoo showing, and I was curious to know what it was.
Shaking
my head at myself, I took a look around the bar while he got us drinks. I was
surprised to see Cammie there, and more surprised at that she wasn’t alone.
Good for her. I was glad Riley hadn’t fully turned her off from meeting new
people. I gave her a friendly wave, and turned back to the bar. I was glad the
bar wasn’t overly crowded. Granted it was a weekday, but it was nice not to be
filled with grabby men and their horrible pick up lines.
“Thanks
for the drink,” I told him as he set my beer in front of me. He didn’t say
anything in return. He took a long drink of his beer, and seemed to be thinking
of what to say. I’ve been told I was hot, but I didn’t think I was
intimidating. He swallowed a few more times and turned to me. I waited
patiently for him to say whatever he had to say. When he just stared, I raised
an eyebrow. “What? Cat got your tongue?” I teased. I was never the one to sugar
coat anything. If I had something to say, good or bad, I would say it. My parents
always told me I was born without a filter.
I got a smirk for that, and he said, “This
wasn’t what I was expecting.” I had no idea what he meant.
“How so? You normally don’t buy random
strangers a drink?”
“No,
that’s not what I meant….Ah…” he cleared his throat and asked, “What’s your
name?”
“Karen. And you are?”
“Josh.”
I realized “Josh” wasn’t much of a talker. I
took a drink of my beer and asked, “What do you do for a living Josh?”
A
woman walking by laughing with her lover brought me back to the present. I
sighed, wishing I could somehow go back to that night. Or would I? I still
wasn’t sure if I would change anything that happened that night. The moment
Josh had bought me that damn beer my life was changed before I even realized
it.
I lay back on my beach towel and try to forget
where I am and whom I am with. Yes now things are different, but I could still
feel him watching me. I close my eyes listening to the waves and tried to
forget everything for once. But forgetting has a price, and apparently, I
didn’t have enough money in the world to forget.
