Beautiful Desire

Elle

My friends joke that I'm the forever bachelorette.

Men are for a good time, not a long time.

No names.

No numbers.

No repeats.

Three rules I live by.

And he broke every single one.

Dominic Lombardi.

Handsome and charismatic with eyes so blue I could drown inside their captivating depths.

The one-night stand that turns into two...

The two night stand that holds the promise of so much more.

Until I wake up with an empty bed... And a hardened heart.

I'm no longer the carefree girl he met, and that's how he finds me when he resurfaces...As my new boss!

The air between us is as electric as ever, and despite my resolve, I can't seem to stay away.

Could third time be the charm for us?

Or will the burden of his secrets and my half-truths be too heavy to bear?

Dom

My friends know me as a successful entrepreneur.

But they don't know the real me.

My life had been planned out for me since before I was born.

And I have never felt truly seen until I met her.

Elle Parker.

With her unrivaled beauty and zest for life, she draws me under her spell the first night we meet,

until to disappear with the dawn.

She said it was only one night. But after I had a taste of her, one night could never be enough.

However, fate had other plans, bringing us together in the most unlikely of places.

Until my past returns to haunt me, forcing me to break my word.

I can't shake off the demons of my past, and soon, secrets best left buried find their way into the light.

Can she look beyond the man everyone else sees to find the one she makes me want to become?