#Player by Cambria Hebert
(Hashtag #3)
Publication date: March
9th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Players gotta play.
So does doubt.
Even though I deny what I overheard, even though I insist it isn’t true, the seed of doubt has been planted. I can’t help but be tormented with the endless what-if’s that have taken over our lives.
Romeo and I were happy in love. The future stretched before us brighter than any star in the darkest sky. Now everything is broken. Literally broken. Romeo’s entire career is at stake, my entire future is threatened… and my past?
It’s coming back to haunt me.
To haunt us.
Romeo says we’re in this together and right now the only sure thing is us. But how far can a love so new be pushed? The lengths we will have to go to save each other puts everything at risk.
Romeo is a #player but how much of the game can one person play?
#Player
by
Cambria Hebert
The
azure shade of his eyes caressed me to my soul. I swear he looked at
me like no one else ever could. It was like there was nothing else in
existence except me. It was like he wasn’t just looking at me, but
in me, and I was the most precious thing he’d ever seen.
I
got caught up in that gaze. I got caught up in him. My chest felt
like it caved in, but not in a disaster sort of way. Like it was
sealing in everything he was saying even though no words ever left
his tongue.
“How
do you do it?” I whispered. My tongue felt thick against the roof
of my mouth.
“Do
what?” he asked. That look never once left his eyes. If anything,
it swept me in tighter.
“How
do you look at me like… like I’m everything?”
He
made a low sound in the deepest part of his throat. Sort of like a
growl, sort of like an agreement. “Because you are.”
“Romeo.”
I sighed.
“Rimmel,”
he replied. “Don’t forget.”
I
started to pull back from the moment, but his fingers tightened on my
hip. I looked back up.
“Don’t
forget this moment. Don’t forget the absolute truth in the way you
feel right now. I love you and I’m not going to stop.”
Emotion
welled up in my throat and tears rushed to the backs of my eyes. His
words were beautiful, but it was the reason he said them that had me
so choked up.
This
wasn’t the end.
Beyond
this moment, this quiet, whole moment with him, were many more. Many
more that weren’t going to be like this one.
We
were going to have to keep fighting to keep what was ours.
“I’m
not going to stop either,” I whispered.
A
smile stretched over his face and lit up his eyes. I leaned closer
and sealed my vow with my lips. The rush of heat I always felt when
we kissed tingled my toes and they curled into the blankets. I opened
my mouth so his tongue could venture inside, and I sighed, so wanting
to feel him.
But
the moment was cut short.
The
door opened and a man with graying hair, a white coat, and a file in
his hand stepped in.
“Mr.
Anderson,” he said, looking straight at Romeo. It was like he
didn’t even notice the intimate bubble Romeo and I occupied. “I
have your X-ray results.”
The
bubble burst abruptly and reality rushed back in.
Romeo’s
dad came in the room, his face concerned as Valerie hovered just
outside the doorway staring into the room like it was some forbidden
fruit.
I
scrambled up to sit on the mattress, ignoring the protests of my sore
body. Romeo did the same, moving a little more gingerly.
In
the space between us on the mattress, our fingers intertwined.
“How
bad is it?” Romeo asked. For once I heard fear in his tone.
I
glanced at him.
He
glanced at me.
Our
moment was over.
The
fight started now.
Will be found here come release day
Cambria
Hebert is a bestselling novelist of more than twenty books. She went
to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and
ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her
characters will always have good hair.Besides writing, Cambria loves a caramel latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching movies. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens). You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chorkie (the real boss of the house).
Cambria has written within the young adult and new adult genres, penning many paranormal and contemporary titles. Her favorite genre to read and write is romantic suspense. A few of her most recognized titles are: Text, Torch, Tryst, Masquerade, and Recalled.
Cambria Hebert owns and operates Cambria Hebert Books, LLC.
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Awwww must be really special to be someone's everything and you know it by looking at the way that they look at you. :D
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