Hot Commodity Chapter 19 Teaser!

It's not much, but .... I think it'll be enough to keep you curious. And happy? Perhaps? ;)

I leaned back and looked into his eyes. The words I wanted to say danced across my tongue and onto my lips. I wasn’t into fairytales like Alice. I knew there was no such thing as the “perfect time” to profess your feelings to someone. The atmosphere around us – the candles, the music, the look in Edward’s eyes and the feel of his skin on mine – made the moment seem perfect, however.

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Hot Commodity Chapter 16 Teaser

As soon as we were inside, Bella slipped her shoes and coat off and dropped her purse on the floor. She stretched her arms over her head and walked across the room, pushing the curtains back and leaning against the window. The lights of the city created the perfect backdrop for her small silhouette. I reached up and undid the first few buttons on my shirt, then kicked off my own shoes. I took a deep breath and sauntered across the room, stopping when I was just inches behind her.

I reached my hand out and pushed her hair away before brushing my lips softly against her neck. Bella sighed and placed her hands on the window, tilting her head to the side. I ran my tongue along the shell of her ear and nibbled her earlobe gently. Her skin peppered with small goosebumps and she let out a barely audible moan.

“May I?” I whispered, tugging lightly on the zipper of her dress. She nodded silently and I pulled it down...

Hot Commodity Chapter 14 Teaser

Here's a little taste of what's coming up in Chapter 14 of Hot Commodity...

I leaned down so my face was next to Bella’s. “Can I tell you a secret?”

She turned her head until our eyes met. “As long as you don’t expect me to keep it for very long.”

I wet my lips with my tongue and smirked. Her sass made my dick twitch. “There’s at least one member of the Swan Casualties Club present tonight as well.”

Her cheeks flushed a deep crimson color and she looked away. “I have no idea who you could be referring to.”

I slid my arm lower so it rested against her waist. I knew Irina and her gaggle were watching us, and I was almost positive we’d garnered the attention of at least a few other guests in the room, but their opinions didn’t matter to me.

“Want to get out of here?”

Her eyes met mine once more and she bit her lip. I reached up and tugged at it with my thumb, pulling it from the confines of her teeth and brushing my rough skin across it. Her breath skirted across my knuckles in an airy wisp as she said the one word I was hoping to hear.

"Yes."

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Hot Commodity Chapter 13 Teaser

Here's a little taste of what's coming up in Chapter 13 of Hot Commodity...

 

“Are you really planning on spending Thanksgiving by yourself, Bell?”

I shrugged. “I don’t feel like going to Rose’s and we’re well past the age of getting tanked all night like Mike wanted to. Chinese takeout and the TV are my only options.”

“Come to the Whitlock’s house with me and Jasper,” Alice said, looping her arm through mine.

“You’re kidding, right?” The last thing I wanted to do was cash in on the sympathy invite and spend the day with a family I didn’t even know. “I’ve hardly spent any time with Jasper and I’ve obviously never met his family. That would be supremely awkward and uncomfortable for everyone involved, Ali.”

“Oh, hush. I’ve never met his parents either, so we’d be in the same boat there.”

“Yes, but you’re his girlfriend. I don’t fit into the puzzle.”

“And you’re my best friend and I refuse to let you spend Thanksgiving holed up by yourself in your apartment.” Alice came to a stop in front of my building and turned to face me. “Jasper’s family is small, so I’m sure they’d be happy to have an extra face around the table. I know Jasper won’t object – he thinks you’re great.”

It would be pretty boring to sit at home by myself. Plus I loved the food. I wasn’t ashamed to say I usually stuffed my face, unbuttoned my jeans, and kicked back to watch the football game with my dad on a typical Thanksgiving afternoon.

Besides, this was the Whitlock family she was asking me to spend the day with. It wasn’t like she was asking me to spend it with the Cullens or something.

It didn’t take much to get me to give in. “I’ll come for dinner, but if it’s too awkward, I’m leaving right after.”

“Yay!” Alice hugged me and smiled happily. “Who knows, maybe mama Whitlock knows a single man or two that need New Years Eve dates next month!”

I held up my hands and shook my head. “No enlisting anyone to play matchmaker for me, Alice. I’m perfectly capable of securing my own dates.”

“You’re no fun,” she said with a pout. I laughed, walking towards the door of the building.

“How can you say I’m no fun?” I asked, turning around, as I was about to open the door. “I just agreed to go to Thanksgiving with you at the house of a family I’ve never met before.”

“I know, I know. I promise I won’t pester you about dating again – at least not for the remainder of 2011.” Alice winked and checked her cell phone. “Jasper is picking me up at ten tomorrow. Can you be ready by ten thirty?”

“Yes ma’am,” I said, giving Alice a pseudo-salute. She stepped off the curb and waved her hand in the air, hailing one of the dozen or so taxis crawling up the street.

“See you in the morning!” Alice waved and climbed into the back of the cab.

My stomach was twisted in nervous knots an hour later when I climbed into bed. I tried to shake the feelings of worry that had occupied my stomach, but I just couldn’t do it. Instead, I lay awake and stared at the ceiling. Sometime after two I managed to drift off into a restless slumber.

For reasons unknown to me, I had a feeling that tomorrow would end up being a Thanksgiving to remember.

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Hot Commodity Chapter 12 Teaser

A little sneak peek from the upcoming chapter of Hot Commodity...

“What is so important that you had to come all the way across town unannounced?” I was irritated; with myself for being so absentminded and with him for thinking it was okay to show up whenever he pleased.

“I…” He clasped his hands together and leaned his forearms against his knees. “I owe you an apology.”

“An apology for what?”

“I owe you an apology for bolting last weekend.” He grabbed a framed photo off my end table and examined it carefully. “Is this your mother?”

“Yes!” I exclaimed. I snatched the photo away from him and put it back in its place. “You don’t owe me anything, Edward. I knew what you were like before I made the stupid decision to ask you out. Honestly, I shouldn’t have expected anything less.”

TEASER - If You Only Knew, Chapter 2

I should have been in bed hours ago, but I can never resist my writing (or Twitter, LOL), so here I am!

The second chapter of If You Only Knew is going up tomorrow night (a bit later as I need to polish it off after I get home from work), but I wanted to give everyone a Christmas treat in the form of a teaser from the chapter ...

“Who is that?” Rosalie whispered as Edward walked by. Her expression was a mixture of disgust and surprise, and Jasper suddenly felt bad for his brother. He knew without having to ask that Edward had just been cast into the group of students Rosalie put her “mean girl” attitude on for.

“That’s Jasper’s brother,” Alice said matter-of-factly. Emmett turned around and looked at Jasper.

“That’s your brother? You two don’t even look related.” Emmett glanced over at Edward. “He’s so-“

“Grungy.” Rosalie said, finishing Emmett’s sentence. Emmett laughed and nodded in agreement.

“We definitely won’t be seeing him in the court after class I’m guessing.”

“What’s the court?” Jasper inquired. He’d heard it mentioned in a few of his other classes, but hadn’t taken the time to ask about it.

“The patio area behind the school,” Rosalie explained. “It’s where everyone eats lunch.”

“Everyone who Rose doesn’t chase away, that is,” Alice quipped. Rosalie reached over to swat Alice again but stopped when she noticed the stern look Mr. Molina was directing at her. She turned around and resumed her lab work, whispering something in Emmett’s ear that made him look over his shoulder at Edward and laugh.

Jasper scrawled a few final notes in the workbook and helped Alice clean up the supplies from their experiment. He glanced at his brother with concern. Bella was sitting at the far side of the lab table, putting as much distance between her and Edward as was possible given the small space. She was trying to maintain the chemical mixture in front of her while furiously writing notes in the workbook. Her expression was one of anger and embarrassment. Edward, in the meantime, was spinning his pen around on his fingers and starring at the oversized poster of the Periodic Table of Elements with boredom.

“Poor Swan. She’s doing all the work and her lab partner is a social leper.” Rosalie shook her head in disgust and clicked her tongue. Emmett got a wicked smile on his face and stood up. He walked over to Bella’s lab table and pulled up a stool, taking a seat right between her and Edward.

If you found any humor in that segment, just wait until everyone heads to the court for lunch. Plenty of angst awaits!

Happy Thursday (in approximately 35 minutes) and I hope you enjoy the full chapter when it's posted tomorrow!

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