Tease

Laynie Smile when you're happy, cry when you're sad and don't ever be afraid to try something new. These are the words I live by. We only get one shot at this life, and I intend to live the best one I can. I had it all growing up. Popularity, beauty, great friends and a perfect family. But then one day, it all changed - now I'm blind. I've never let that stop me though. Life is an adventure and I believe in making the best out of every moment. I spend my days with a job I love, online friends and a sexy new book boyfriend every week. I know in my heart that someday, my own prince charming will come along and appreciate me for exactly who I am - I won't settle for anything less. Meeting Tease seems like the beginning of my fairy tale ... until he opens his mouth. Tease I don't trust people - ever. Every single person I've ever loved has contributed, in one way or another, to the shit show that is my life. Keeping everyone I meet at arm's length, I work hard at being the star of most people's nightmares. People think I'm a monster and honestly - they're right. Laynie's beauty is what caught my eye, but her personality is what held it. Laynie's the only person to ever see past my appearance and break down the walls I've worked so hard to build. I'll do whatever it takes to keep her. When things heat up with a rival club, and Laynie gets caught in the crossfire, I will unleash hell on earth to protect the woman who makes me want to trust someone again. When bullets start flying and bodies start piling up, keeping her safe may be the last thing I ever do.

Laynie Smile when you're happy, cry when you're sad and don't ever be afraid to try something new. These are the words I live by. We only get one shot at this life, and I intend to live the best one I can. I had it all growing up. Popularity, beauty, great friends and a perfect family. But then one day, it all changed - now I'm blind. I've never let that stop me though. Life is an adventure and I believe in making the best out of every moment. I spend my days with a job I love, online friends and a sexy new book boyfriend every week. I know in my heart that someday, my own prince charming will come along and appreciate me for exactly who I am - I won't settle for anything less. Meeting Tease seems like the beginning of my fairy tale ... until he opens his mouth. Tease I don't trust people - ever. Every single person I've ever loved has contributed, in one way or another, to the shit show that is my life. Keeping everyone I meet at arm's length, I work hard at being the star of most people's nightmares. People think I'm a monster and honestly - they're right. Laynie's beauty is what caught my eye, but her personality is what held it. Laynie's the only person to ever see past my appearance and break down the walls I've worked so hard to build. I'll do whatever it takes to keep her. When things heat up with a rival club, and Laynie gets caught in the crossfire, I will unleash hell on earth to protect the woman who makes me want to trust someone again. When bullets start flying and bodies start piling up, keeping her safe may be the last thing I ever do.

I didn't mean to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire-it just slipped out. In my defense, I'd had a really bad haircut, a really strong drink, and I was trying to save face in front of the Mean Girl at my high school reunion. Lucky for me, I happen to know a hot billionaire. Hutton French and I have been friends forever, and even though big social gatherings are not his thing, I called him from the coat closet and begged him for a favor-show up and play my fake fiancé for the night. Except that word of our engagement spreads like wildfire. Our families are ecstatic. We're front page news. My little food blog is launched into the stratosphere. Of course, I offer to set the record straight right away, but Hutton wants to give it a little time-the phony engagement will keep his matrimony-mad mother and every matchmaking granny in town off his back. He even suggests I move in with him to make the ruse more real. And we don't stop there. We practice kissing. Undressing each other. Saying things-and doing things-we'd never dare if we weren't pretending. Because it's all for show, right? We're just role-playing. Hutton doesn't want a real relationship, and I don't want to get hurt. But the more time we spend faking it, the more I start to wonder. Could Hutton French and I actually be right for each other, or is it all just one big tease?

I didn't mean to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire-it just slipped out. In my defense, I'd had a really bad haircut, a really strong drink, and I was trying to save face in front of the Mean Girl at my high school reunion. Lucky for me, I happen to know a hot billionaire. Hutton French and I have been friends forever, and even though big social gatherings are not his thing, I called him from the coat closet and begged him for a favor-show up and play my fake fiancé for the night. Except that word of our engagement spreads like wildfire. Our families are ecstatic. We're front page news. My little food blog is launched into the stratosphere. Of course, I offer to set the record straight right away, but Hutton wants to give it a little time-the phony engagement will keep his matrimony-mad mother and every matchmaking granny in town off his back. He even suggests I move in with him to make the ruse more real. And we don't stop there. We practice kissing. Undressing each other. Saying things-and doing things-we'd never dare if we weren't pretending. Because it's all for show, right? We're just role-playing. Hutton doesn't want a real relationship, and I don't want to get hurt. But the more time we spend faking it, the more I start to wonder. Could Hutton French and I actually be right for each other, or is it all just one big tease?