Diamond: A Friend, #2
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Sequel to A Friend and A Lover
Diamond is wild and beautiful. Men flock to her side and she just can't seem to tell them no. As hard as she tries to change her reputation for being a slut, she fails again and again. Then Kanji walks into her life, giving her pleasure then taking it away. Never in her life has she enjoyed a man's touch so much. Yet, Kanji won't give in until he knows she really loves him.
But when Diamond goes back to her old ways, Kanji knows it's time to step up his assault on her senses. Alone together in a remote cabin, things heat up, that is until Diamond learns that Kanji has a few secrets of his own.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kanji and Diamond's story. I was a tad disappointed to find this wasn't a sequel to Colin and Asia's story, I loved them that much. I really liked Kanji, and didn't like Diamond for him. I didn't like how we had a very dark Diamond on the cover, yet she was described as being caramel skinned in the story! -a real bug bear of mine!
I don't know how many men would have Kanji's patience, and even go on to marry someone like Diamond. I couldn't like her, even with her back story. She was just over the top slutty, crass and RUDE for my taste. Even surrounded by people who loved her so much like Kanji and Asia. I didn't think she was very likeable, and although I sympathised with her, she's the sort of person I absolutely avoid in real life. As such, I didn't think she was a good match for Kanji. Eh, are we even sure those kids're Kanji's?!?2 people found this helpful
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Diamond - Tressie Lockwood
Prologue
Come on, Diamond, girl. Let me come over there,
he coaxed.
No.
Stop playing.
He chuckled to cover his confusion at me saying no—to a man. I’m on my way. And wear that red thing. You know the one with the tassels and the cut out—
I said no, Leon!
It was all I could do not to burst out crying right there on the phone. That’s not me anymore. My body is my own from now on, and you and every other loser out there are not going to treat me like the town whore.
All went silent. His breathing didn’t even whistle across the lines, but since I hadn’t heard the dial tone, I knew he was still there. Finally, he spoke. Everybody. And I do mean everybody knows what a slut you are, Diamond. That you put out. So don’t be pretending that you’ve turned over some new leaf or something, because you’re the same whore you always were and always will be. I’ll be over in an hour, and you damn sure better be ready for me!
Chapter One
I stood there in the shower, watching the water dribble down over my naked body. I’d done it again. Slept with a man I wasn’t in a relationship with. Why? Because he asked me. More like demanded. And just like every other instance, I threw up afterward, disgusted with myself and him. But I kept doing it. Over and over.
Diamond! Diamond, get out here and take care of this hard-on I got.
The latest ass, Leon, lay in my bed right then, ten-thirty in the morning, demanded I give him even more of my soul. He didn’t care, as long as he got his.
Stepping into the bedroom which was done up in a style so similar to the back room at the club, sometimes I woke wondering where I was. I planted my hands on my hips. This time I meant what I said. I wasn’t giving in to him. I’m not giving you another inch of my body, Leon. Not now, not ever. You can get the hell out and take that hard-on to some hootchie who’s impressed by that little—
He sprung up out of the bed and yanked me up off the floor, holding me tight against his chest. The air whooshed from my lungs so that my head started to spin. His rancid morning breath made me nauseous, but Leon still pressed in closer so I wouldn’t miss a word of his threat. You think you all that?
He leaned back and snatched the top of my towel down so that my breasts popped out. I can take you any time I want and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.
That scared me more than his actual attacking me would. Maybe it was because of my past, what I’d gone through with my father as a child. I don’t know, but the fear of it happening was worse. I began to shake. My eyes grew wide and I fought hard for control. The look of satisfaction in Leon’s eyes told me he knew he’d gotten to me. His type resorted to intimidation to get women to sleep with them. With that light of charm in his eyes the girls at the club found to be hot but I thought was weak, he bent his head down to run the tip of his tongue over one of my nipples. Bile rose in my throat. Kicking and struggling against his hold did nothing. The man was built like an ox, which was why he was a bouncer in the first place. Looked like I’d have to use the smart mouth Asia’s mother said I was born with.
Oh, so you’re so hard up you have to force yourself on a woman, right?
I forced a laugh in his face. Wonder what the girls down at the club will say about that.
He frowned, his hold loosening. Who’s going to believe you, Diamond? Everybody knows—
That I can have any man I want, and the man I tell no is . . .
The impact of me hitting the floor was painful, but I’d made my point. Leon would be even more of a loser if it got around that he had to force a woman like me to sleep with him. As I sat nursing my ankle with one hand and yanking on my towel to cover my breasts with the other, he was getting dressed and cussing me out. I’d heard it all before. This was nothing new, just more crap I could share with my psychiatrist.
As soon as my apartment door slammed and I heard Leon’s size thirteens stomping down the stairs, I scrambled for my phone. Before I pushed the last button, I was hiccupping from crying so hard.
Dr. Little, please,
I choked out. The man wouldn’t be surprised to hear from me. I called on a moment’s notice, every week. I danced extra just to pay his bill, if not for the times I called to sob in his ear.
Diamond?
I did it again,
I whispered. Waiting for his reply, I stood to climb on my bed, but hesitated. It seemed soiled now that I’d slept with yet another man in it. My inclination was to toss the mattress out in the dumpster and buy a new one. But how long would it be