Destroy Me
Her Best Friend’s Father #2
by Ayden K. Morgen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Two weeks.
No strings attached.
No messy emotions.
Those were the terms Mila Lawson offered Roman Gregory when they found
themselves living together in Santa Cruz. Now that the ATF agent has
his daughter’s twenty-two year old best friend in his bed every
night, he’s finding it more and more difficult to deny what he’s felt
for her since the day they met.
With a drug cartel threatening to go to war and his daughter becoming
increasingly suspicious, the last thing Roman should be thinking
about is keeping Mila by his side. He’s never wanted much, but he
wants her…and he’s willing to break more than a few of his own
rules to convince the feisty little blonde to put her heart in his hands.
For Mila, falling for Roman might just be the most terrifying thing she’s
ever done. Trusting him with her body is one thing, but with her past
still hanging over her, she knows all too well that the scary-hot man
who drives her wild has the power to destroy her.
As their time in Santa Cruz draws to a close and the world beyond their
little stretch of beach closes in on them, Roman and Mila will be
forced to confront the truth about their relationship and make
decisions neither could have imagined.
But who ever said falling in love would be easy?
Destroy Me is the second of three steamy
novellas featuring Mila and Roman.
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“You still haven’t called Brady,” Finn snaps as soon as I have the phone to my ear.
“Nope, I haven’t.”
“Goddammit, Roman,” he curses. “Do you ever fucking follow orders?”
“You know I follow orders,” I snap, grinding my teeth together. For ten years, I’ve followed Finn’s orders. I’ve lived and breathed the rules, doing everything humanly possible to help close cases. I’ve given up a hell of a lot to do it, too. It pisses me off that he’s questioning me now. I do my fucking job, and I don’t complain.
But I’m not calling Brady. Because of him, I had to kill a man to keep his son safe, making myself a target for Jose Guerrero, el Demonio, and Pedro Francisco’s cartel. I don’t give a shit if they find me. But if they find Talia? Mila?
I will destroy Francisco’s empire singlehandedly if that ever happens.
Finn rattles off a string of curses.
“What the fuck is up with you?” I demand. He’s on edge, more pissy than usual.
“We may have a situation,” he says with another curse.
Shards of ice stab into me as soon as the words are out of his mouth. I push off from the counter, fear pounding through me. Mila is here, asleep in my bed. If Guerrero’s found this place—if he finds her—fuck. Panic like I’ve never fucking felt before shudders through me.
“Tell me,” I say, clenching the phone in my hand so hard, I’m worried I might snap it in half.
“Some of Francisco’s people kidnapped a DEA agent in Seattle.” Finn curses again. “They blew up a fucking club with him inside. He barely made it out alive.”
Panic begins to recede, allowing me to pull in a breath. My grip on the phone loosens.
“They were able to round up most of those involved, but another agent was shot in the process. From what we know, at least one subject with connections directly to Francisco got away. He’s on the run, with what could be millions worth of some new drug they concocted.”
“Jesus Christ,” I swear, stunned. I knew the DEA had people on Francisco, but this is all news to me. And it’s not the good kind of news either. The last thing anyone needs is some new drug in Francisco’s hands. With that kind of leverage, he could corner the market on the drug trade, not just in Mexico and the United States, but everywhere.
His rush to get his hands on the guns Brady cost us makes a whole hell of a lot more sense now.
He’s preparing to expand his empire.
“How the fuck didn’t we know this?” I growl into the phone, frustrated.
“They weren’t aware of the connection to Francisco until recently.”
“Fuck me. It’s too early for this shit.”
“Yeah, well, had you called Brady like I fucking told you to do, you would have known about this three days ago,” Finn says, still pissy about it.
“Are you calling me in?” I ask instead of taking that bait. As far as I’m concerned, it’s the only important question right now. A few days ago, I would have welcomed him telling me to get back to Los Angeles. A few days ago, I was looking for any excuse to get the fuck out of here, away from temptation. Now though? I’m not ready to go back to work. I’m not ready to leave Mila.
Finn hesitates for a long moment and then sighs. “No,” he says, allowing me to pull in a deep breath. “We’re going to sweep up as many of them as we can and pray like hell we slow them down. There’s no reason for you to come back.”
He doesn’t say the word yet, but I hear it anyway. I know how this works. If that drug makes it to Guerrero and el Demonio in Los Angeles, it’s going to be an all hands on deck situation. I won’t have a choice but to go back because we can’t afford for him to gain any ground, and he will do whatever it takes to get that drug safely across the border. Even if he has to start a war to do it.
I stopped praying a long fucking time ago, but the urge hits hard and fast, throwing me off-balance. Only, I don’t pray to slow them down or stop that war. No. I fucking pray to God that I don’t have to leave Mila sooner than planned. Because that? That’s what I’m fucked up about. Leaving her.
My entire adult life, I’ve been focused on my job. I gave up everything for it. I’ve had Mila in my bed for a week, and suddenly…nothing else seems to matter.
She’s ruining me. Completely obliterating me. And God help us both, but I don’t want her to stop.
Devour Me
Her Best Friend’s Father #1
Don’t get caught.
Never fall in love.
And steer clear of his daughter’s friends.
The rules were easy enough for Roman Gregory…
until Mila Lawson set out to break every single one of them.
When the twenty-two
year old lands on the ATF agent’s doorstep after a nasty breakup, he
knows all too well that she’s off-limits. At thirty-eight,
he’s almost twice her age, she’s hurting, and the blonde
bombshell is his daughter’s best friend.
Mila knows all
about wanting what she can’t have. For four years, she’s lusted
after Talia McPherson’s scary hot, terminally single father from
afar. After walking away from her cheating ex and what she thought
was her happily-ever-after, the last thing on her mind is
jumping into a new relationship.
Until she find herself living with Roman in Santa Cruz…
Now all she can think about is making all those dirty fantasies come to
life. With nothing left to lose, she makes him an offer he
can’t refuse: Two weeks of no-holds-barred sex. No strings. No
commitments. No messy emotions.
Roman has no business agreeing
to her insane proposition. He can’t have her. He shouldn’t even want
her. But he’s going to take her anyway… and he has no intentions of
stopping until she’s his completely.
If there’s one thing Roman knows for a fact,
it’s that he doesn’t lose.
Ever.
Devour Me is the first of three steamy
novellas featuring Mila and Roman.
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Ayden is the Amazon Bestselling author of the Ragnarök Prophesies series.
She lives in the heart of Arkansas with her childhood
sweetheart/husband of fourteen years, and their furry minions. When
not writing, she spends her time hiking, reading, volunteering,
causing mischief, and building a Spork army.
Ayden graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Science degree
in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychology in 2009 before going on
to complete her graduate degree in CJ and Law. She currently puts her
education to use in the CJ and Social Services field.
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