Damaged Love (Bound Series Book 2) (15 page)

To my Readers:

I want to say thank you so much for taking the chance on a new author. For all of you who have a major addiction to books, thank you for supporting my work. I have the best job in the world, and you are the reason for that. So thank you for being the wonderful, book loving people that you are.

Thank you to my amazing fans who send me messages telling me that they love my story.

Thank you to the fellow authors who have paved the way for me to do what I love.

Thank you to the friends who have supported me when I thought I’d never finish.

And thank you to my family who have listened to my characters talk, or scream in some cases.

Thank you to Stephanie Stacker who I could not imagine my life with-out, you are an amazing person.

Thank you to Patrice and Morey Krumm for believing in me enough to start our little publishing company Scilicet.

Thank you to my amazing, wonderful, kick ass street team Layla’s Ladies, you all are truly a class act.

Thank you to Lynn Palmer for believing in me and helping me.

Thank you Rachel A Olson for making the amazing cover for this and all my books.

Thank you to my best friend Jennifer Cook who will always be my Violet.

Crystal Lynn Booth thank you for helping me fluff my book. I can’t wait to meet you.

Sarah Lively thank you for loving my work. It truly means the world to me.

Kim King I can’t thank you enough for all you do for me. I could never repay you.

Jenni Crawford thank you for fixing my extra comma addiction.

Julie Mishler who writes kick ass poems thank you for giving me your words to put in my book.

To all readers young and old, thank you for loving to read as much as I love to write. I can’t wait to take this journey with you all.

Much love,

Layla Stevens

The poem in this book belongs to Julie Mishler. Thank you so much for giving me your words. I love you to the moon and back.

You did not know

Hell no one did

How could anyone know?

I kept it all hidden

Locked inside I ran away

As soon as I could

I hid from everything and everyone

Not looking back

Letting fear rule me I fought alone

The demons

That threatened to rip me apart

Running only masked

The reality

It never stopped

Any of the nightmares

From haunting me

Day and night I reinvented myself though

I came back stronger

All of it

Made me

Who I am today

And now this Why

Why couldn’t you give us a chance?

You could have seen

How far I have come

We could have moved past all of this

Had an amazing future together you robbed me of all of that

Reopened Pandora’s Box

And left me

Left me to battle alone

Again

You selfish prick It was not your fault

Damn it

Why couldn’t you just talk to me?

Now you are gone

And here I am

Facing the demons

I thought

I had conquered Time heals all

Or so they say

For me time only mends

The cracks of my broken soul

To truly be free

From all of this

I need to tell you I forgive you

I forgive them

I forgive me

I am closing the door

I won't look back

I hope that peace finds you

Wherever you may be

If you have experienced or are experiencing any of the abuses mentioned in this book, I’ve listed the websites you can visit for help.

Adoption Link –
www.adoptionhelp.com

Drug Abuse –
www.drugabuse.gov

Rape Hotline -
http://paar.net/

Domestic Abuse –
http://www.thehotline.org

Layla’s List of Lively Words.

Twatwaffle, Mansluts, Douchecanoe, Cuntcake, Cuntnugget, Two balled bitch

Asshat, Fucktard, Dicksmack, Toolbag, Buttdouche, Douchenozzle, Asswipe

Pussyassfuckboy, Numbnuts, Cuntscab, Whorebag, Hoebag, Cumguzzling slut

Son of a bean dip mother Frito, Fuck a duck, Cumbubble bitch, Skullfucked

Teabagging, Son of a C cupper, Pocket rocket, Whoremuffin, Cockgobbler

Asshampster, Assmonkey, Penisflicking Fucktard, Asspickle, Douchedog

Lady Nuggets, Sausage Gobbler.

A few of the lively words you will see in this book. Some of these were made up by Layla Stevens and her friends during late night writing sessions.

WORKS BY LAYLA STEVENS

Broken Love and Forever Bound – Book One

Damaged Love and Forever Bound – Book Two

Also coming this year

Searching for Love – Book Three {Novella}

Everlasting Love – Book Four {Novella}

Breaking Avery

Finding Finley

Forever Tripp

Teaching Kane

Terrani’s Redemption

Unlucky N Love

Once: A Collection of Sinfully Sexy and Twisted Tales (Anthology): Tonight Only (Release-May 28, 2015)

Chapter One

“Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.”

~Richard Bach

Addyson McNyte

The ringtone of Meghan Trainor’s- All about That Bass scared the shit out of me. I was not paying attention to my cell phone that broke through the silence of the quiet one bedroom loft apartment. It has an open floor plan with high vaulted ceilings. Clean and sleek lines go throughout. Stainless steel appliances that came with the space. It is furnished with black leather furniture, with glass tables and the 60-inch TV is mounted above the fireplace, and I love it here.

I was preparing for an evening out on the town in celebration of my new job as a police officer in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. I recently moved here from Topeka, Kansas and now my future is looking bright. So bright everyone around me will need sunglasses.

“Hello?”

“Hey hoe bag it’s me, Jasmine, What are you doing tonight?”

“Hey bitch, I’m going out to celebrate. I feel the need to cut loose and let my hair down. Because for the last several months I have not been a real woman, more like a woman in drag.”

“To celebrate what?” Jaz asked laughing.

“You’ll never believe it, but I got the job that I have been training for. I am so feckin’ excited!”

“Feckin’ Really. He he you crack me up with your word feckin’.”

“Bite me, ass, but yes, I sure did get my dream job. So, I’m going to check out this new bar at the end of Prospect Ave called “Bailed Out”. I hear that this is the place to find all the local smexy men, and since I am single and ready to mingle I am going to dance my toned ass off.”

“Awesome!  I bet you’re wearing your black and hot pink eight inch stilettos, huh?”

“Nope, just the sixes tonight. I don’t want sore feet tomorrow for my first day at the station.” 

“Okay, well, I was wondering if you wanted to go with a group of us to the movies. But seeing how you are going out I may have to talk them into going out with you instead.”

“Awe, thanks love bug for the invite, and I may catch up with you later, but first I’d really like to scope out this place. I hear they have kick ass drink specials and this may be the only night where I am not so damn tired from working, so I am going to take full advantage.”

“No doll, I understand .We might meet you in a little bit. I’ll call everyone and see what the ladies say. I’ll send you a short text when I know what the ladies are wanting to do.”

“Great doll face. Talk to you later!”

I pressed the end button and placed my pink phone beside the deep farm sink next to my brand new pink coach purse.

What can I say, I have expensive taste. I splurge on very few items, which consist of purses and shoes! I can walk into a shoe store and have an instant Shoegasm.

I look at myself in the big mirror and put the finishing touches on my hair and make-up. I stare at my reflection and think to myself damn the training has really made my body toned in all the right places.

My long, black hair cascades down in the back with beautiful bouncy waves, which makes my perfect olive complexion stand out even more. 

I apply a touch more of bronzer so that my skin would shimmer in the strobe lights causing it to give off a radiant glow. I apply a thin layer of mascara to give my lashes that lush look and make my blue eyes sparkle, and then I go over my plump lips with a nice shade of red lip stain.

Satisfied with hair and make-up, I stand up and walk over to my over-crowded closet and take out a simple, yet sexy, silver barely there dress. I slide it over my curvaceous body in an attempt to remove the smallest of wrinkles.

I spray some perfume in the air and simply walk through it. Not letting the fragrance over power my natural essence.

I take one last look at myself in full length mirror and grin with satisfaction.  I know I am a beautiful woman, some would even say I am conceited, and I am okay with that, I know I look good. 

I am a confident woman and know that I have curves in all of the right places. So far, not many men can resist my charms—at least none that I know of.  It was time to truly celebrate.

I have not had any intimate encounters in the past year and hell, my vibrator is getting its fair share of love but tonight I am looking for the real deal.

I have spent so much time studying for my exams and working out.

When I started in the academy, I had it in mind that I would graduate with high rankings in all departments, and guess what, I did!

Out of the 25 people who were in class with me I was the only female to pass, Hell, I even out scored some of the men.

And I know it chapped their asses that they were beat by a woman. I had a big ass grin on my face during graduation because I did it. So tonight I am going to live, no regrets!

My hope for the evening is not to find “Mr. Right” but I’m interested in finding “Mr. Right Now”.  I want a wam bam thank you mam type thing tonight.

Tonight I will be like a man, “I will fuck your brains out and then leave you wanting more.” I whisper to myself.

I have too much going on career-wise right now and a relationship would totally ruin that. However, the heat pooling between my legs had other ideas.

So, I grab my purse, and slip on those six-inch-fuck-me-now stilettos, and head out the door.

I am not what you would consider a very tall woman.  That is why the heels are a must, because being the 5’1 lady that I am I have to add something that makes the men grow hard.

My sexy as sin shoes always do the trick, I wear them with everything, and even in training I wore heels. They all thought I was insane, but I feckin love my heels.

I find that they add the height and command the respect that my attitude normally gives off with half of the effort.

I am determined to have a great night tonight and only a man who knows how to handle himself and how to handle me will do.