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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be constructed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.Then Came You (The Youngers Book 1)Published by Blue Violet Press LLCSeattle, WashingtonCopyright © 2018 by Iris MorlandCover design by Resplendent MediaAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 1
Violet Fielding grimaced when her phone started ringing for what felt like the millionth time that day. She didn’t need to look at the caller ID to know it was a creditor calling. Switching her phone to vibrate, she decided she’d earned a bit of denial time. If she didn’t hear or see the phone calls, then they didn’t exist, right?Violet felt her desk vibrate with another phone call. Swearing under her breath, she turned her phone off and was halfway tempted to throw it out the window for good measure. Except she couldn’t afford to buy a new phone just because she wanted to break her current one in a fit of pique.Her desk was currently covered in beads, wires, charms, and crystals, all part of her jewelry business that she’d started four years prior. A necklace she had begun for one of her favorite clients sat on her desk, only half-finished, and it seemed to be judging her silently.“Don’t look at me like that,” Violet muttered at the necklace. She pushed it aside. If she was talk
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Ash waited for her to reply. Usually when he used a line like that, the women either blushed or tittered. Most did both. This woman, though, just raised a blond eyebrow and looked him up and down like he was some kind of cretin.That made his smile grow wider.“How many times have you said that to a woman at this very bar?” was her reply. “I’m curious.”“Not as many times as you think.”“So, at least fifty times? One hundred? Give me a ballpark estimate.”He tipped his head back and laughed. “I’m flattered that you assume I’m so prolific.”She sipped her drink. “Or desperate,” she muttered.At twenty-seven, Ash knew two things: that he liked women, and that he liked to keep his relationships short, sweet, and with a lot of sex until they inevitably fizzled out. Sometimes the women wanted something more serious; sometimes they were just as uninterested in commitment as he was.It was rare, however, that any heterosexual woman between the ages of twenty and forty-five ever consid
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Violet knew that she should get up and leave. Ash was way too handsome and way too seductive for the likes of her. He practically oozed sensuality with his smile. She hadn’t had sex since William had died. To be honest, she hadn’t even thought about it—until this very moment.With Ash looking at her with a very obvious I want you gaze and his hair falling across his forehead, his jawline like that of a Greek god? How did he do that? It wasn’t fair. Violet wasn’t stupid enough to think she could combat such raw sex appeal.So, she did what she always did: she acted like nothing was happening.She sipped her gin and tonic, amused that Ash had noticed what she’d been drinking and had ordered for her. She decided right then that if he was so intent on getting into her pants, he’d have to put in a lot of effort to get there.Ash’s lips quirked as he watched her sip her drink in silence. “You sell jewelry?”“I make and sell it, yes. I have my own business.”“Really? When did you start
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Violet couldn’t imagine where Ash wanted to take her at one thirty in the morning that wasn’t to his place. When she said that she trusted him, her boring, logical side yelled, You don’t know him! Go home! You’re crazy!And yet...her intuition told her she could trust him. She trusted that when he said he wanted to have “good, clean, wholesome fun,” he meant it. At least, as much as Ash Younger could do anything wholesome.She followed Ash down the street and out of the small downtown area. Tipping her head back, she could make out a few stars, and she felt like they were the only two people in the entire world. The town was so quiet. The only sounds were a dog barking and a single car driving by.When they arrived at the playground, Violet let out a startled laugh. “This is what you had in mind?”“What, do you have something against swings?” Ash sat down in one of the swings that was so low to the ground—especially considering that he had to be over six feet tall—that Violet start
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Ash opened the door to his apartment and waited for Violet to follow him inside. She didn’t hesitate this time. Maybe in the morning, in the light of day, she’d regret what she was about to do. Maybe months, years, decades from now, she’d look back and say, “I should’ve stayed home. I should’ve done the safe thing.”She had a feeling the only regret she would have was if she didn’t embrace this chance to be with a man like Ash.“Okay?” Ash asked as he shut the door behind her. “You seem far away.”“I’m just amazed at how clean your apartment is for a single guy.”He snorted. “Haven’t I told you? I’m house-trained and everything.”“And you own a vacuum? My hero.”When he growled and started tickling her, she gasped between laughter. Only moments later, his hands held her still at her waist, his gaze no longer playful. It was intense, heated.Licking her lips, she waited.“I want you in my bed,” he said, and his words were like a seductive spell surrounding her.“I want that, to
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Violet stepped up to the brightly colored 1920s bungalow where Lizzie and Trent Younger lived and wondered if she’d lost her ever-loving mind.He’s not going to come over for a jewelry party. There’s no way. Just act cool, Violet.Easier said than done.After she took a deep breath, she approached the front door and didn’t even get to knock before Lizzie opened it with a wide smile, Bea on her hip.“I saw you walking up. Oh, Trent, can you take Violet’s things and put them in the living room? I would, but this one here doesn’t want me to put her down today,” she added as she looked pointedly at Bea. Right then, Bea had her fist in her mouth and seemed more than content to watch the proceedings.Trent took Violet’s boxes of jewelry, and the women followed him into the living room.“I told him he had to make himself scarce,” said Lizzie in a whisper, “and he’s grumpy he doesn’t get to watch the game on his new TV.”“I just bought it!” he said over his shoulder, grumbling.“I told
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Ash hadn’t seen Violet since she’d sneaked out of his apartment a month ago. He didn’t know how she’d managed to avoid him in a town this small—it was almost impressive, in a way.At the moment, she looked like a cat with its fur standing on end, her eyes blazing. He wondered for the thousandth time what the hell he’d done to freak her out. If the sex hadn’t been a big deal to her, why had she gone out of her way to avoid him?“Hi,” she said briskly as she opened her car door. “And goodbye.”He put out a hand to stop her from opening the door. “That’s it? What the hell did I do to warrant that kind of a greeting?”Her shoulders tensed before slumping. “You didn’t do anything,” she said, speaking to the car window. “But I need to get home.”Ash wasn’t about to let her leave without an explanation. He should’ve been pleased that she hadn’t tried to pursue something more serious. Wasn’t that what he always preferred? Violet was the opposite of clingy. She was practically a walking ad
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