Happy Release Day Cassia
Leo!
Today
we're celebrating the release of Forever
Ours.
Forever
Ours
is the highly anticipated prequel to the New
York Times
and USA Today
bestselling Shattered Hearts Series. This should be before
Relentless.
Sometimes, it takes more than love to
mend a shattered
heart.
After
eight years of
being tossed around from one home to another, never forming
any meaningful
friendships or bonds with her foster families, Claire's caseworker
gives her an
ultimatum: Behave or your next home will be a halfway
house.
When
fifteen-year-old
Claire arrives at the home of Jackie Knight and meets
Jackie's fifteen-year-old
son, tattooed guitarist Chris, she fears she'll be seeing
the inside of that
halfway house soon. But Chris isn't like any other guy
Claire has ever
encountered and he soon gains her trust through his music
and unwavering
patience.
Claire
has finally
found her forever home and she and Chris soon find
themselves falling in love.
But
Chris’s dreams of
musical stardom and Claire’s need for a stable home soon put
their love in
jeopardy. Chris struggles deeply with his plans for the
future, entirely
reluctant to leave Claire behind; until Claire does
something that may break
their love — and the only home she’s comes to know —
forever.
Chapter
Eleven
Chris
Forever Addicted
I tumble
out of bed and drag myself out of my
bedroom and into the hallway. When I push open the bathroom
door, my eyes widen
at what I’ve stumbled upon. Claire is standing next to the
toilet, holding her
new cell phone over the toilet bowl. Her lips are pressed
together in a hard
line across her delicate face.
“What
the fuck?” is the first thing that slips
out of my mouth.
“I don’t
want this thing anymore.”
“Please
don’t drop it in the toilet.”
“What is
the point of having a cell phone if you
never answer
it?”
Oh, shit. She’s had
this phone two months and it’s turned her into a crazy
person. I don’t dare say
this out loud, but I’m beginning to wish I’d gotten her
something else for her
birthday.
If I
don’t call her back within a few minutes,
she accuses me of playing games. If she doesn’t call me back
right away, it’s
because she was busy. I don’t think she even realizes how
insane this sounds.
“What do
you want me to do? Just tell me what
you want and I’ll do it.” I inch closer to her and she
smiles when she realizes
she has my attention. “You want me to promise I’ll never
wait more than five
minutes to call you back? Would that make you
happy?”
She
loses the smile and purses her lips. “This
phone has turned me into an addict. I look at it every two
minutes to check for
missed calls and texts from you. It’s
sick!”
I reach
for her wrist and slowly move my hand
down until the phone is in my hand. I place it gently on the
bathroom counter,
then I look her in the
eyes.
“Babe,
you’re not addicted to your phone. You’re
addicted to me.”
“Shut
up!” she smacks my chest and I try not to
laugh too
loud.
I wrap
my arms around her waist and pull her
against me. She’s breathing hard as my lips hover over hers.
“Don’t you have to
get ready for school?”
“It’s a
late day. I don’t have to be at school
for two and a half
hours.”
I smile.
It actually makes me happy that I can’t
remember what day is a late day anymore since I quit school.
The only regret I
have about quitting school is that Claire is alone now. With
Jake and Rachel
graduated, and Tristan hanging out with his new girlfriend,
Ashley, Claire says
she spends most of her time outside of class
reading.
“Good,
‘cause I have plans for you…. I gonna
text you for two hours
straight.”
“You’re
such a jerk!”
She
tries to push me away and I lean in to kiss
her. At first she closes her mouth, but she laughs when I
plant a loud kiss on
her cheek. And I seize the opportunity to kiss her
hard.
Seconds
later, we’re lying on my bed, the sheets
bunched up beneath her and my hand easing down her waist to
her hip. She grabs
my hand to stop me and I smile as I move my hand up. I trail
my lips over her
smooth jaw and plant a soft kiss on her neck. I hear a
sniffing noise and I
quickly pull my head back, afraid she’s
crying.
“Oh, my
God. You smell so good,” she says,
leaning forward so she can sniff my
shoulder.
“Really?”
She
grabs fistfuls of my T-shirt and brings them
to her nose as she inhales. “Yes! Is that some kind of
cologne or something?”
“No,
it’s laundry soap and you use the same
one.”
“No, it
has to be something else.”
I reach
up and lightly drag my fingertip across
her jawline. “Yeah, it’s laundry soap and my pheromones,
which you obviously
can’t get enough of. Addict.”
“Shut
up.”
“What?
There’s nothing wrong with that. I can’t
get enough of your scent either.” I bury my face in the
crook of her neck and
she lets out a soft gasp when I lick her skin. “You smell
sweet and salty at
the same time, like raspberries with a hint of the beach.
It’s fucking
intoxicating.”
“Really?” she breathes. “That’s what I smell
like to
you?”
I nuzzle
my nose against the sensitive spot
behind her ear and she giggles softly. “See what you do to
me? I can’t get
enough of
you.”
I kiss
her neck and her skin is so soft, I want
to devour her. But I respect her boundaries. So minutes
later, we’re on my bike
on the way to drop her off at school. As
usual, she plants a kiss on the front of my helmet, leaving
a kiss mark on the
glass. Then she bats my hand away when I try to grab her ass
as she walks away.
Something about this feels too perfect. I keep
waiting for my mom to tell me that Claire’s being moved to
another foster home.
Or that my mom will find out about us and Claire’s
caseworker will have her
removed from our home.
Something bad is coming. It could be next week or next year.
All I
know is that this can’t continue the way it has. It’s too
perfect. Nothing in
my life has ever been this good or
easy.
FOREVER
OURS will be on sale for 99¢ on May
27th and 28th. After
that, the price will go back to regular price of
$2.99
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/
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PIECES OF YOU:
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BRING ME HOME:
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iTunes:
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New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author Cassia Leo grew up in California and
has lived in three different countries. She loves to travel
and her dream is to
one day score a record deal based on her awesome shower
singing skills. She is
the author of the Shattered Hearts series
(Relentless,
Pieces of You, Bring Me Home
) and the Luke and
Chase series.
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