Enshrine
by
Chelle Bliss
by
Chelle Bliss
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~ Synopsis ~
EVERYTHING CHANGED IN AN INSTANT.
I thought I knew what was
important, but one phone call sent my life into a tailspin. Alone and afraid, I clung to the one
man I shouldn’t. I was warned about him and told to stay away. “He’s dangerous,” they said. But the man who could hurt me the
most, gave me the greatest comfort. "He's
not who they think," I told myself. But
just like an illusion, things are never what they seem.
Becca, my best friend, snaps her fingers
in my face. “Cal, are you listening to me?”
I smile and nod, but her words are
distant. I’ve looked at my phone at least
fifty times today. I’m on pins and needles waiting for an important phone call.
One that could change my life, and I haven’t told a soul about it—not even
Becca. Telling people makes it real, and
I’m not ready to face the possibility I could have more important things to
deal with than which pair of shoes to wear with my favorite Donna Karan dress.
“So what do you think?” Becca asks.
I blink a few times and pretend I heard
her question. “You should do it.”
“Okay,” she says and hops off the stool.
I grab her hand, holding her next to me so
I can find out exactly what I told her to do. “Where are you going?”
“I asked if I should try to fuck ‘The
Butcher.’”
My mouth drops open and my eyes grow as
wide as saucers. “Becca!” I yell and wrap my fingers around her hand. “Sit your
ass down.” I glance over my shoulder, following her eyes to where he sits.
“He’s always looking over here, ogling
you. I thought maybe he’d take the next best thing.”
I gawk at her, completely in shock. “You
can’t be fucking serious.”
Slowly, she walks backward toward her
seat. “I’m just kidding, asshole. You acted like
you were listening, but you didn’t hear a damn thing. I just thought I’d fuck
with you.”
“I’m sorry.” The guilt of ignoring her
eats at me, and even though I want to tell her what’s going on, I don’t dare.
“And for your information, Bruno isn’t ogling me.”
She fiddles with her cosmopolitan. “I
think you should get your eyes checked next time you’re at the doctor, Cal.
He’s always watching you. It’s sexy, but it also creeps me the fuck out. He’s
so dangerous.”
I laugh, playing it off, but I’ve noticed
it too. “Is he looking over here now?” I ask, refusing to turn around to look
for myself.
She leans forward, her eyes peering behind me. “He is. He’s not taking his eyes off
us either.”
“He probably thinks we’re trouble or
something,” I say and hope she drops the topic because I’d rather find out what
she was going on about before.
“You can pretend like you don’t think he’s
hot, Cal, but I’ve seen you flirt with him more than once.”
I shake my head and chuckle softly.
“Smiling and saying hello isn’t necessarily flirting.”
“He has a thing for you.”
“He probably has a thing for every girl in
this place.”
“Nope.” She shakes her head vigorously and
puckers her lips. “He wants you.”
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Chelle Bliss, USA Today Bestselling author, currently lives in a
small town near the Gulf of Mexico. She's a full-time writer, time-waster
extraordinaire, social media addict, and coffee fiend. Currently she's written
a dozen books in three different series. She loves spending her free time with
her boyfriend, 2 cats, and hamster.
Before
becoming a writer, Chelle taught high school history for over ten years. She
holds a master's degree in Instructional Technology and a bachelor's in
history. Although history is her first love, writing has become her dream job
and she can't imagine doing anything else.
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