Love Reinstated E-Book

Shyla Starr

• Herausgeber: Revelry Publishing
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

Book 3 of the Persuasive Billionaire BWWM Romance Series

A BWWM Billionaire Romance Story

Just when Stacey thinks things finally might be in order, tragedy strikes. Stacey finds herself thrown off balance and losing control of her life.

***Due to sexually graphic content and language that some may find offensive, this book is intended for mature readers only***

Stacey is crushed when she sees Charlie with Adele. With her world spinning, she decides that she has to put him behind her and move on with her life. Easier said than done. 

As Stacey dates Tony and is pulled into his world, she slowly realizes that although she likes him, it might not be enough to brush aside her feelings about Charlie. But just when Stacey thinks things finally might fall into order, tragedy strikes. Stacey finds herself thrown off balance and spirals into a deep depression. 

Unmoored by her loss, she does what she thinks is reasonable in her grief. Leaving everything behind, including Charlie, Stacey lets herself get lost in the money and privacy that Tony brings to her. As her sister moves forward with her life and her relationship with Jacob, Stacey remains frozen among the fragments of her life.

Will Stacey be able to pick up her life and reclaim herself in time or will she lose herself forever?

Download the book and find out what happens.

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This book is Part Three of the “Persuasive Billionaire BWWM Romance Series”

1 - Love Invested

Stacey is trying to keep a handle on her life the best that she can. She is on the verge of losing her job and her apartment, while taking care of her sick grandmother. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Charlie, who works for the construction company that is attempting to persuade her to move out of her home.

2 - Love Divested

After discovering that Charlie has a fiancée, Stacey’s world has turned upside down. She cannot help but feel as if she is in over her head. Struggling with her job, her bills and her family, will Stacey be able to figure out how she can get her life straightened out?

3 - Love Reinstated

Stacey decides that she has to put Charlie behind her and move on with her life. As Stacey dates Tony and is pulled into his world, she slowly realizes that although she likes him, it might not be enough to brush aside her feelings for Charlie. Leaving everything behind, she lets herself get lost in the money and privacy that Tony brings to her.

4 - Love Confirmed

Stacey can’t believe the turn of events in her life. After losing her grandmother and running away to Tony’s private island, she was content to stick her head in the sand and forget her past. But a proposal from Charlie changes everything.

5 - Love Divine

Stacey must ensure she relaxes in order to keep her baby safe. But life is never that easy. Her new husband’s father is bent on sabotaging their fledgling investment firm. To make things worse, her brother-in-law isn’t content with just being in the background. Stacey finds herself wishing she could have the brothers patch things up.

Persuasive Billionaire BWWM Romance Series

Love Reinstated

Book Three

By Shyla Starr

Copyright Revelry Publishing 2019

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

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Chapter One

THE NEXT few seconds seemed to be a complete blur. As soon as Stacey saw Adele’s lips on Charlie, she had turned around blindly and left the room. She had to get out of there right that instant. The last thing she wanted to do was cry. There was no point in crying; she had broken up with Charlie. If he wanted to finally fool around with Adele, then let him.

Allison said something, but Stacey didn’t hear it. She was practically jogging down the hallway to the staircase. Allison was hot on her heels. Stacey didn’t want to turn around and see if Charlie had followed her or not.

Down the stairs she went. She spilled out into the party and started weaving through the crowd. She was halfway to the entrance when someone grabbed her arm. Startled, she let out a cry and turned around.

It was Tony. It took Stacey a couple of seconds to remember that she had come to the party with him.

“There you are!”

“Uh, yeah, here I am,” she mumbled and scanned the crowd for Charlie.

“Listen, come with me to the patio. There is –”

“I can’t. I’m sorry.” She shook her head. “I have to go. I have a massive headache and I’m in a lot of pain.”

Concern flickered across his face, along with something else that Stacey couldn’t put her finger on. Tony let go of her. Someone bumped into her as they walked by. The party seemed to have doubled in size in the short time Stacey had been upstairs.

“Thanks for inviting me,” she said quickly.

“Wait, how are you getting home?” Tony called after her as she left.

“I’ll call a cab!”

She pushed her way through the crowd and out of the front door. Even here the crowd was thick. Her frantic state was starting to mix with feelings of claustrophobia from the mass of bodies surrounding her on all sides. She was on the verge of either passing out or bursting into tears if she didn’t get out of this place quickly.

Stacey took off down the driveway toward the gate. Tears were pressing against her eyes. She cursed herself for acting so stupidly. How could she be so upset? She had opted out of dealing with Charlie and his family drama. She had no right to be so upset.

“There you are!”

Stacey froze for a second. But it was enough for Charlie to grab her arm exactly where Tony had. He turned her around. Her heart began to beat rapidly at the sight of him. Music was pouring out of the house. She could hear the heavy beats of the bass even out here on the driveway. The lights from the house seemed to illuminate Charlie from behind. He glowed softly.

“Stacey, let me explain.”

“You don’t have to explain. It isn’t any of my business.”

“I’m trying to move on.”

Stacey was brought up short. The words swirled in her head. She hadn’t been expecting for Charlie to say that.

Taking advantage of her silence, he said, “We’re over. I mean, you made it clear. Then Tony tells me you two are dating. I can’t really sit around and pine for you any longer, can I?”

“No. I guess not.”

“So, Adele was interested and I had never given her a chance before because of my father. So I thought I would.”

“Isn’t that falling directly into what your father wants?” Stacey asked.

Charlie shrugged. “Maybe. I guess so. I don’t care, Stacey. I’m tired. Fighting against my dad like this is downright exhausting. I don’t want to do it any longer.”

Stacey couldn’t keep the bitter tone out of her voice. “So, you’ll just date her because she’s around and your father already approves.”

“No, no, you don’t get to do this.” He shook his head. “You left. You left me, remember? Now that I’m moving on, you don’t get to be angry about it.”

“I’m not angry.”

“Yes, you are. Did you expect me to just be miserable for the rest of my life?”

“I expected you to reach out to me after I broke up with you!” Stacey snapped. “You seemed completely fine with the fact I had dumped you. And out of all the people to move on with, you pick Adele. The same woman you made clear that you had no interest in!”

“It doesn’t concern you, Stacey! What I do now isn’t any of your business! As for why I didn’t contact you, I thought that was what you wanted! You broke up with me! I wasn’t going to crawl around after you because you didn’t want me any longer.”

The two of them stared at each other. Charlie’s eyes were wide. He had shifted in the middle of his rant. Half of his face was covered in shadows now. Behind him, Stacey could see Adele breaking through the edge of the crowd.

“Maybe you were right,” Charlie whispered.

“About what?”

“Maybe we are just from two different worlds.”

Stacey felt the air get sucked from her lungs at Charlie’s words. She didn’t have a chance to reply. Adele had slinked up to Charlie. She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder.

“Everything okay?”

“Yes. I’m just going, actually. Have a good night,” Stacey replied stiffly.

She turned around and headed toward the gate, leaving Charlie behind.

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Stacey shoved the money for the cab fare into the driver’s hand and stepped out into the humid night. Above her, the apartment complex seemed to sag under the weight of its occupants. Without Tina living with her, the place seemed to have lost that little magic touch that had made Stacey feel so kindly toward it. She had once felt so victorious when Charlie had saved it from being knocked down and rebuilt. Now looking at it, Stacey wouldn’t have cared if the entire thing was smashed to the ground.

Up in her apartment, Stacey went directly to her bed and fell into it with what felt like all the exhaustion in the world. Her window had a view of another building. From here, she could see someone’s light on in the bathroom.

She was to go back to work on Monday. Tony had already given her more days off than she probably should have gotten. At the time, Stacey hadn’t thought much of it. She had been too involved with Tina and making sure she was okay. Now that she was thinking about it, however, she wondered if she had been taking too much from Tony. The time off, the payment of the hospital bills and Tina’s nursing home – she had been thrilled that Tony had been helping her so much.

But Stacey could practically hear Allison in her head. You sit there and lecture me for wanting to snag a billionaire yet have no qualms about taking money from Tony. The worst part was that Stacey had no argument back.

Everything she was starting to get on track had seemingly veered right off the rails. Stacey had somehow let Tony sweep in and start taking care of things. She wanted to date him. But she had to make sure he understood that she wasn’t dating him for the handouts.

Tomorrow, she thought sleepily, I’ll figure it out tomorrow.

Chapter Two

“You really didn’t have to get me this,” Stacey protested as Tony draped the necklace around her neck.

“Don’t be silly. Of course I did. When I saw it, I thought that it would bring out your features beautifully,” Tony said in a low voice, dragging his fingers gently across her neck.

The touch made her shiver. She closed her eyes for a moment before protesting feebly. But Tony didn’t seem to be listening to her anymore. He was moving over to the poolside bar.

It was the middle of the week. Stacey had returned to work on Monday. If her co-workers cared that Tony had given her the time off, they didn’t show it. For some reason, this bothered her more than it should have. Why were none of them, including Ms. Stark, bothered that Tony had given someone new so much time off?

“Want another?”

“No, I’m okay.” Stacey held up her own unfinished drink.

This was her first time at Tony’s place in the city. It was a penthouse suite, like Charlie’s, only it was on the other side of town. He had a pool to himself here, and they were currently lounging next to it. The sun had gone down. The sky had streaks of orange shooting through it.

When Tony had invited her over, Stacey had promised herself to talk to him about how she didn’t want him to spend any more money on her. Yet she hadn’t gotten a chance to bring it up. Tony had taken her on a tour around his place and then given her the necklace. It felt rude to turn it down.

She fingered the necklace again. It was beautiful, lined with sapphires. In the back of her mind, Stacey wondered what it would fetch if she were to sell it. She quickly pushed the thought out of her head.

“I’m going out of town this weekend,” Tony said as he sat down next to her. “I know I mentioned that before. I pushed it off to make sure you were okay, but I really must go this time.”

“Back to China?”

“Somewhat,” he smiled. “I own a very small island off the coast of mainland China. I have family that lives there. I’ll be tending to business in Shanghai and spending time with them.”

Stacey couldn’t imagine owning an entire island. “Wow,” she breathed, “that sounds lovely.”

“It is. My family can come and go as they please, but they enjoy the peace and quiet. It will be good to see them again.” He leaned back in his chair and looked out at the pool.

Somewhere in the distance there was a boom of thunder. Stacey studied Tony’s face. In the darkness, she could just make out the curve of his jaw and his lips. As if sensing that she was staring at him, Tony turned to look at her.

His eyes flicked up to hers. Their gazes locked. Then Tony leaned across the small space between the two of them and kissed her. Like every touch from Tony, a warmth shot through her body. Tony cupped the side of her face with his hand and his tongue slid into her mouth.

Their kiss grew deeper. Anything that Stacey had been thinking about was quickly washed away with Tony’s touch. His cologne filled her brain and she pressed her hands against his chest. His t-shirt curled around her fingers as she pressed her mouth against his.

Hungrily, Tony rubbed his hands down her sides. Stacey could feel her heart hammering against her chest. He pulled away from her suddenly. The two of them were out of breath. Something about Tony, being around him, touching him like this, always made Stacey feel as if her head was in a fog.

He took her hand and moved toward one of the lounge beds he had by the pool. It was white and had a sheet of fabric that shielded it from view. Stacey had commented about it when she had first come out on the patio. Tony had explained it was nice to tan or nap on. Now she could see it was going to be used for a different purpose.

When they got close to it, Tony pushed her down onto the lounge bed. Stacey fell down on it as he climbed on top of her. He pressed his mouth against hers. His tongue probed hers as they both yanked each other’s clothes off.

Stacey could feel how wet she was. Tony’s stiff cock pressed against her thigh. The humid night air weighed down on the two of them. There was another clap of thunder in the distance. Tony ran a finger down her pussy which made her gasp in pleasure. He grunted as he slid his dick into her.

Then he was fucking her. One hand was tangled in her hair, pulling on it. His other hand was propping himself up as he thrust inside of her. Stacey wrapped her legs around his waist. She wanted him to go deeper and harder. She wanted him to make her finish around his cock.

She liked the sound of their flesh slamming against each other. Stacey liked how Tony would close his eyes when he moaned. She liked feeling his hands pulling her hair. His mouth came down around her tits, sucking and biting on her nipples as he vigorously fucked her. She could feel her own orgasm mounting.

Tony let out a loud moan. He grunted – once, twice, a final third time – as he thrust his cock deep inside of her and came. Stacey could feel his climax roll through him. He was shivering with his eyes closed. His mouth was clamped around one of her nipples as he came.