Consumed
Chapter One
"A few rounds of sex with some random hottie is not what I need, but thanks for
the suggestion. Look, I don't even know about going out tonight." Amber Grayson
spoke into the small phone wedged between her ear and shoulder as she squinted
down the platform into the evening sun. The train was late; she was hot and
tired. Weeding through the riff-raff in search of a date required effort and,
truth be told, she was experiencing a bit of an emotional and motivational slump
in the romance department. So tonight, Amber planned to settle for the kind of
satisfaction achieved through a party of one.
Distracted from the call, she looked over the smattering of black silhouettes
that milled back and forth, waiting for their own connection to retrieve them
from the workday grind and transport them home to the rest of their night and
life. A tired looking man in a gray suit shook off his fatigue, dropping his
briefcase as a young woman flung herself into his arms. The couple's gazes
locked and wide smiles spread across their faces. Love. Amber turned away. It
was a feeling she had never experienced and sometimes being ... read full excerpt from Consumed ebook
