"Those two? They don't have anything on our love," Cam said.
She lifted her eyes to his, losing herself in humor and passion. "No competition at all," she agreed, then melted into in the arms of the man who was her past and her future, who knew her fears and her dreams. With Cameron, the future was safe, because whatever came next, she knew they'd handle it together.
Epilogue
Shelby Drake watched as Nolan stood on stage next to the newly crowned Mr. March, Cameron Reed, and told his radio audience that Cameron not only had big sparkly balls, he also had fine taste in women.
In the audience, the dark-haired girl that Cameron had singled out during the contest blushed again, and Shelby knew there was something between her and Cameron. But that's about all Shelby knew. Mostly because she hadn't been paying attention to the Mr. March contest at all.
She'd come to The Fix tonight for one reason, and one reason only--to make a new play in the battle of wills that had been going on between her and Nolan for weeks.
She pressed her legs together under the small table, remembering all the wicked things he'd done to her. The kind of things that she'd never imagined doing in a million years, but couldn't deny that she liked.
She knew that he believed he had the upper hand. That he thought she would never manage to surprise him.
Well, tonight she was just drunk enough to try.
Before she could talk herself out of it, she scribbled a note on the back of her receipt, then folded it over three times and added a twenty as a tip before handing it to the waitress she'd called over. "Make sure Nolan gets that when he comes off the stage, please. And if you would, tell him to read it right away. It's important."
"Sure," the girl said, then hurried away to take care of another customer in the jam-packed bar.
Shelby stood, knowing she was going to lose her table, but that was okay. She had only one more thing to do, and then she was leaving.
A little wobbly on the unfamiliar heels, she hurried to the back, then waited for a free stall to open up in the ladies room. She didn't need to use the facilities; she only needed privacy, and she emerged in less than five minutes, the wobbly feeling now upgraded to exposed and decadent and decidedly naughty.
She left the restroom, certain that all eyes were on her. That everyone in the place knew what she was doing. That they were all staring down her cleavage, now revealed by the fact that she'd opened the top four buttons of her silk blouse, revealing the lacy trim of her camisole.
As she'd hoped, Nolan had read the note, and he was waiting for her at the end of the bar, his expression concerned. "Shel? What is it?" His eyes dipped to her neckline, and she saw the confusion in his eyes and the furrow of his brow. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she said. "I have something for you." Then she reached into her purse and put the small ball of crumpled material into his hand.
After that, she drew in a breath and hurried past him toward the door, forcing herself not to look back to see if Nolan was following, or if he was still standing in the middle of The Fix, her
red La Perla panties held tight in his hand.
Yeah, she thought. Game on.
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A note from JK:
I hope you enjoyed Need You Now!
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Did you know that Cam also appears in Kiki and Noah's book, Wicked Torture?
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And be sure to grab Shelby and Nolan's story, Start Me Up, book 4 in the Man of the Month series!
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If you want your very own Man of the Month calendar, you can grab it now! (While supplies last!)
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Guess what? I have even more exciting things coming in 2018, including more Nikki & Damien Stark! Keep reading for details!