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TITLE:
AND SO SHE
WAITED
AUTHOR:
Shakuita
Johnson
SYNOPSIS:
**Mature audiences only 18+…contains
darker elements and no
HEAs**
This is not a story about love, but a
story about how love can
consume you. Heart, body, and soul. A story of loving
someone so much that the
love you feel harms you.
Have you ever loved someone so much, that
before you realized
it, they owned half of your soul?
Raven Sinclair’s first love had always
been ballet until she met
Remy Peters. She fell hard and she fell fast and never
looked back. He was
everything she always believed she wanted but he had other
plans.
Remy Peters didn’t believe in love and he
wasn’t looking for it.
He just wanted to have a good time in between classes and
swim team. He’s been
seeing Raven for over a year and a half and he’s not sure
how it’s lasted this
long. It’s not like he’s made any commitments but when he
stumbles on the
prettiest girl he’s ever seen, he knows it’s time to let
Raven go.
Matthew Masterson has loved Raven since
he first saw her in
ballet class when they were five. They have been best
friends ever since and
he’s not content to stay there. He sees Remy for who he
really is and wastes no
time in telling Raven every chance he gets but is Raven his
happy ever after or
does fate have other plans?
Love, lies, and obsession…three lives
bound by twisted desires
for what they can’t have.
EXCERPT:
Remy Peters
felt her arms wrap tightly around him, and a playful
nip on his shoulder. He smiled to himself but made no
indication that he was
awake. A cute little growl sounded behind him and he could
no longer hold in
his laughter.
"You
think you're so cute, dontcha, Remy
Peters?" Casey Summers scolded.
Casey was a
gorgeous little blonde with bright
blue-green eyes. She was petite and extremely laid back. She
knew what the
score was and didn't mind Remy being himself. She also
didn't try to make him
do any more than he wanted to. She never asked him to
commit, and didn't hound
him. Just the way he liked it.
His
laughing ended when he heard his phone
chirp from the nightstand. That sobered him right up.
Raven. It couldn’t
have been anyone but her. It had always
been her, for the last year and
a half now. He sighed and snatched the phone. He didn't know
what her deal was.
They just hung out from time to time. Nothing more. At least
he hadn't led her
to believe that there was anything more than when he had
time to stop by.
Morning
babe. Have a great day! XOXO Miss you…
"Let
me guess. It's Raven,” Casey said.
“Why don't you just tell her the
truth?"
"There’s nothing to tell. She's not my
girlfriend," Remy said.
"It's
been a year and a half. Either just
be with her or let her go. Stop jerking her
chain."
"Oh,
you're concerned now? Doesn't stop
you from coming over, so mind your own
business."
"Whatever,
I'm going to shower.
Asshole."
Remy didn't
need a damn lecture. He hadn't
made any commitments. He was a free
bird.
Ding.
He picked
up the phone again to read the
message.
Hey
babe…you awake yet?
Well, if he
hadn't texted her back the first
time, what the hell did she think? He placed the phone back
on the dresser and
decided to catch a shower with Casey. The phone started
ringing on his way in
but he ignored it. It was just Raven, and he didn't feel
like talking right
now. He had other plans and they involved Casey,
naked.
***
Remy
emerged from the bathroom fully dressed,
in a comfortable pair of faded blue jeans and a cool graphic
tee. Casey had
rushed out of his apartment with the promise to call later,
but it didn't
matter if she did or didn’t. That was the great thing about
no expectations and
no commitments.
Remy picked
up his phone and noticed a
voicemail from Raven. He would see her at school no doubt,
so he didn’t bother
calling or texting back. He was sure she would be sending
another message
shortly anyway. If he didn't have the occasional feelings
for her, he would
have ended it months ago. She was getting way too clingy. He
honestly didn't
know why he hadn't stopped talking to her
yet.
He checked
his watch and realized he had
lingered too long. Damn. Late again. He was glad that he had
no classes with
Raven this year. He liked to keep their contact to weekends,
preferably when no
one knew. There was no way he’d ever take her out during the
day, let alone at
night. Sometimes she’d approach him when he was with his
friends, and that
would really set him off. He wasn't ashamed of her but he
didn't want people
thinking they were serious. Nor did he want to be leashed
and collared. He was
a free bird, and Raven was too clingy. She hadn’t started
off that way, but she
definitely was now.
"I've
got to stop this before it blows
way out of control," Remy said out
loud.
Problem
was, he had no idea how to get out of
the mess it took him a year and a half to get into. He would
have to ask his
buddies what they thought he should do.
As Remy
locked his apartment door and headed
to his car, his phone went off again.
Ding.
Please call me. I'm starting to worry. You
never came over last night, plus we need to
talk.
Remy
grimaced. What had he gotten himself into with this girl?
It never got to this point with anyone else. Did she not
know how to keep
things causal and fun? He did not want a girlfriend, ever.
He'd never had one
and he didn't plan on having one any time soon. He was only
a sophomore in
college, for god’s sake. He had years ahead of him before he
was ready to
settle down with one girl. Only until grad school would he
even consider
getting serious with someone. The two of them were just
going to have to sit
down and have a long talk. She would either get on board or
find someone else
to obsess over. It could not be
him.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Shakuita Johnson is a 30-year-old
Psychology major. When she
isn't going to school or working, she is doing what she
loves most. Writing.
She started writing in middle school. She would write poetry
in her room or the
middle of the night. Then she was introduced to short
stories in a creative
writing course her senior year. Her love for paranormal and
supernatural
started with R.L. Stine Goosebumps books and TV shows, Anne
Rice Vampire
Chronicles, and Christopher Pike books. She is an avid
reader with over 100
books on her bookshelf and 1000 plus on her iPad. She also
loved to watch
Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with her
mom.
Dark Indiscretions is her first novel
and is a Paranormal
Thriller. She has followed it up with Dark Indiscretions:
Monster Unleashed,
Dark Indiscretions: A Prequel, Dark Indiscretions: Seer
Destined and Rumspringa
(Dark Indiscretions
#3.5).
She also released her Dark Romance
which has a bit of suspense
entitled And So She
Waited.
She is currently working on her first
erotica serial Kiss and
Tell: Encounters of a Prostitute and the final two Dark
Indiscretions books.
CONNECT WITH
SHAKUITA:
Take a look
at the blurb on my blog http://www.dark-indiscretions.com
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/sljay1184
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/shakuitajohnson
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