Free Taming Lo: A You and I Novel by Melissa Toppen Page A

whipped and blinded by a woman that I loved so much, I didn't
even see the shit going on all around me. It was there, screaming at
me and yet, I ignored it.
    I loved Christy. I loved her way too fucking much..... I
loved her, and it was with that love, that she gained absolute power
over me.
    I handed her the power to destroy me.
    I let her break me.....
    I won't make that mistake again.

Chapter
Fourteen

    Lo

    “ Fuck, you're so
hot.” Mike breathes, sliding his tongue between my lips and
teasing my mouth.
    “ What can I say?
You have good taste in women.” I purr, smiling against his
lips.
    I met Mike at Rips a
couple of months ago. He lives somewhere nearby as well so we run
into each other there from time to time, given it's the only bar
within walking distance. We've flirted a few times in the past but I
never saw myself bringing him back to my apartment, until tonight
that is.
    Home
visits really aren't my style. I am more of a bathroom, alley,
storage closet kind of girl. I have only had sex in a bed once in the
last year and that was with my too
hot for his own good boss
who has decided that he wants to avoid me like the plague. Well I
say, fuck him.
    Pushing
softly against Mike's firm chest, I pull away from his mouth just
long enough to hit the elevator button. The moment it lights up, he
pulls me back into his arms and drops his lips to my neck. Mike is a
good looking enough guy. A little shorter than I prefer but still
taller than me, which is a requirement. His blonde hair is short and
styled to perfection on top of his head. Totally metro .
He has deep blue eyes that have a softness to them and a light
dusting of facial hair across his chin.
    I have never been one for facial hair, typically
preferring a clean shaved man over a hairy one. But here recently, I
have a new found love for a man that sports just the right amount of
scruff. I wish I could say that Dax had nothing to do with it but
truth be told, he absolutely does.
    The elevator pings open just as Mike drops his face
lower, nipping at my collarbone, causing me to laugh out. I push
against his frame, amused by his eagerness to explore my body. “Up
we go.” He says smiling, kissing me one last time before
turning towards the open elevator doors.
    I laugh and turn at the same time, but immediately
freeze when I see Dax exiting the elevator car, a look I can't quite
pinpoint tightening the features of his entire face. I knew he had
moved into this building. I knew he was living here. I don't know why
I'm so unprepared to see him here, but I am.
    “ Sorry
dude.” Mike laughs, grabbing my hand and pulling me past him.
As Dax steps out of the elevator, we step on, but he makes no attempt
to speak to me. Then again, I make no attempt to speak to him either.
    My stomach twists tightly when I turn back and lock eyes
with Dax just as the door slides closed between us. I take a shaky
inhale, not prepared for the way his iced over glare pierces right
through me.
    “ Where
were we?” Mike nips at my earlobe and then spins me back around
to face him, before shoving his tongue into my mouth once more and
pushing me roughly against the elevator wall.
    Suddenly I don't want this anymore. I don't want to be
here with Mike. I want someone else entirely. Someone I can never
have again. Suddenly everything comes back. The way his eyes burned
my flesh. The way his hands slid down my body. The way he moved
inside of me so tame and yet so wild at the same time. I try to
convince myself it's the wine talking but I know that is not entirely
true. I have thought about sleeping with Dax again more times than I
care to admit.
    I have never really had the desire to sleep with someone
a second time but with Dax, I just can't stop thinking about how much
more I want to experience with him, explore. The thought sends my
panic skyrocketing and I immediately pull Mike flush with my body.
    “ Right
about here.” I moan against his lips, sliding my hand inside
his pants to