Inseparable

Blurb

She’s meant to be mine, and this time I’m not letting her go!

I’m done with gold diggers,

And growing my business is all that matters to me.

Until…

I spot her at the bar.

She ignites that passion in me…once again!

And I decide to claim her for good.

I’m gonna make sure she moans my name and begs for more.

And when life seems so perfect,

I discover more about her.

I can’t believe she kept secrets from me.

She’s a woman I never meant to hurt.

And now I am faced with a choice:

Do I let go of the past?

Or give our relationship a second chance?

Two lost souls, running from the pain of their pasts, find love, passion, and more than they could have imagined possible, but are they prepared to do the work to have it all?

Chapter 1

Amanda

The waiter glanced at the empty seat across from me at my table as he filled my water glass for the second time. I straightened the fork on the linen napkin in front of me and sighed, putting my hands in my lap. The restaurant was full, and there were people waiting at the front for tables. I felt slightly uncomfortable sitting there without ordering anything, but I wasn’t quite sure what was going on yet. I stopped the waiter before he left my table and requested a glass of chardonnay so that at least I wouldn’t be sitting there empty-handed. I was supposed to be meeting my best friend Lindsey to go over some wedding details.

Lindsey had been my best friend since before I could remember. We had grown up together and continued our lives in the same place, Los Angeles, California. We were LA girls and that would never change. Lindsey had met her fiancé Jordan Smith at a happy hour event at that very restaurant, and it was all history from there. I liked Jordan a lot, and the two of them fit together so perfectly. At times it made me jealous, but then I remembered what kind of assholes that men could be.

In any case, Lindsey was supposed to be there to talk about her upcoming wedding. I was the Maid of Honor, and the big day was only a month away with about a thousand things to get done. I loved her, but sometimes, it was like she thought these things would magically get solved if she just ignored them. The wedding planning had started out with a bang after her engagement, but the closer we got, the more exhausted I could see her getting with it all. We were all at the point where we just wanted the wedding to be there. I reached in my purse and pulled out my phone, which was buzzing wildly.

“Where are you?” I whispered with irritation.

“I’m so sorry, Amanda,” she said. “I have a photo shoot going on, and I thought it would be over, but things are taking way too long. I don’t think I can make dinner today. We will reschedule really soon.”

Lindsey was one of those girls with the perfect body, perfect complexion, and curves in all the right places. She was not just a could-be model but an actual one. She lived a luxurious life, and it always made me giggle seeing her on different ads through the city. She was so goofy in real life but so serious when it came to her job. I sighed and took a drink of my wine.

“It’s alright,” I said. “Call me when you’re done, and we’ll reschedule.”

“Thank you,” she said sweetly. “I love you to pieces. I gotta go. The photographer is coming back.”

I hung up the phone, and my smile quickly faded away. I tried to be understanding, but I was a little irritated. I had been sitting there on my own for over twenty minutes. I looked around, feeling my stomach grumbling and decided why not just eat there. I was already sitting there. I flagged the waiter down and whispered to him.

“My guest is not coming,” I said. “I’m going to stay, but I’ll move to the bar to free this table up for someone else.”

“Very good, ma’am,” he said with a smile and nod. “I’ll have your check transferred over.”

“I’m very sorry,” I said, standing up and grabbing my clutch off the table.

“It’s really no problem,” he said kindly, leading me to the bar. “It happens a lot.”

I smiled and stood to the side as he turned and headed into the back. I shook my head, slightly embarrassed about having to cancel a table like that, but the last thing I wanted to do was sit alone at a table and eat. I walked over to the bar and smiled, hanging my bag over the back of the chair and climbing up to sit down. I placed my clutch on the bar and looked down, doing a double take at the really handsome man sitting two chairs down. He smiled at me, and I blushed, looking back at the bartender as he handed me a menu. As I skimmed down the list of entrees and placed my order, I could see the hot guy moving over beside me.

“Do you mind if I sit down?” he asked.

“Not at all,” I replied, feeling the instant attraction between the two of us.

“I’m Nathan,” he said, reaching his hand out.

“Amanda,” I replied with a smile.

“What brings you here all alone today, Amanda?”

“I was supposed to meet my best friend, but work kept her away,” I said.

“Her loss, my gain,” he replied with a charming smile.

“How about you?”

“Drinking my problems away,” he said with a laugh. “I’m just kidding. I wanted to get away from the crowds, I guess.”

“I can understand that,” I said, laughing.

We sat, ate, drank, and talked through the whole evening. He was really charming, and he happened to own his own tech company, though I wasn’t sure which one. From the look of the Rolex on his wrist and the Louis Vuitton suit he was wearing, I suspected he didn’t do too bad for himself. The drinks were starting to go to my head, but I didn’t mind at all. I was enjoying this unexpected meeting.

“I had to talk her out of floral print for the bridesmaids.” I laughed. “It’s been a nightmare.”

“It sounds like it.” He chuckled, finishing up his drink and looking around the emptying restaurant. “Seems like we might have overstayed our welcome.”

“Oh, gosh,” I said, looking at the time. “Would you like to come back to my place for another drink?”

“I thought you’d never ask,” he said, flagging down the bartender. “I’ll take both our checks.”