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SINS OF SEVIN
EXCERPT
As he gulped down
the water, I watched his Adam’s apple moving up and down. I used
the opportunity to glance over his sweaty body up close. The top of
his underwear was sticking out of his jeans. The smell of him was
intoxicating, a mix of cut wood, sweat and cologne. I thought about
our talk the other night, how he’d confessed his sexual history. As
much as it disturbed me, knowing he’d used that body to give a
woman pleasure made me weak with desire. I could only imagine what
that would feel like with him.
Elle would find
out.
I was still looking
down at his abs when he said, “Thank you.” My eyes immediately
shot up to meet his incendiary stare.
He’d caught me
checking him out.
“You’re
welcome.”
His mouth curved
into a smile as he handed me back the glass. “How have you been? I
haven’t seen you much this week.”
“Yeah. I’ve been
busy.”
“I have something
for you,” he blurted out in a way that indicated he was anxiously
waiting to say it.
“For me?”
“Yeah. Wait here,
okay?”
Sevin ran over to
where his truck was parked and grabbed something out of the open
window.
He returned to where
I was standing and handed me a CD.
“What is it?”
“If you like the
Smiths, you’ll like some of the songs on here. I included a few
Smiths songs—the ones from your favorite album, but there’s also
The Lemonheads, The Pixies…and Pulp.”
“You made this?”
“Yeah. I made it
for myself and burned you a copy.”
“Thanks.”
He looked me
straight in the eyes and said, “Number ten is my favorite.” Then,
he walked away.
I immediately took
it back to my room and dusted off my old portable CD player.
Lying down on my bed
with the sun streaming in, I drowned out the world and listened to
every song. When it got to number ten, I paid special attention,
knowing he’d specifically called that one out.
The name of the song
was Like
a Friend.
I later found out it was by Pulp. With each lyric, my eyes became
heavier until they welled up in tears. The words described to a tee
exactly how I’d been feeling about him. The singer was shouting out
all his feelings about his friend, that she was everything he
shouldn’t want, everything that was bad for him, but yet he
couldn’t stop wanting her. He’d take what he could get even if
that just meant being friends. Every single line spoke to me. It was
the first time I realized that maybe I wasn’t alone in my torment.
This situation—whatever was happening between us—was taking a
toll on him, too.
I must have listened
to the song five times before I went over to the window and looked
down at him. At one point, he finally looked up and noticed me. He
squinted his eyes to see me through the glare of the sun. I still had
my headphones on. He knew I had heard number ten. The look on his
face when our eyes locked only confirmed that number ten wasn’t
just a
song. It was his way of speaking to me.
Blurb
What
happens when the one you want is the only one you can't have?
My
name is Sevin.
Homeschooled
and sheltered by my ultra-religious family, I was always taught that
lust was a sin.
Elle
was the girl who'd been carefully chosen for me.
After
a long-distance courtship, I'd be moving into her family's guesthouse
so that we could get to know each other in the months before the
wedding.
Boundaries
were set: no inappropriate touching, no kissing, no sex before
marriage.
I'd
accepted those rules and my fate.
Until
I met the one I wanted to sin with.
That
was when restraint became a problem...especially since THE ONE wasn't
Elle.
It
was her sister, Evangeline.
You
know what they say about best laid plans.
My
name is Sevin, and I have sinned.
Told
in alternating points of view, Sins of Sevin is a full-length
standalone novel. Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language.
Only appropriate for adult readers age 18+.
Meet Penelope
Ward
Penelope Ward is a
New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author.
She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her
twenties as a television news anchor, before switching to a more
family-friendly career. She is the proud mother of a beautiful
10-year-old girl with autism and a 9-year-old boy. Penelope and her
family reside in Rhode Island.
Other books from
Penelope Ward
Cocky Bastard
Stepbrother Dearest
Gemini
Jake Undone (Jake
#1)
My Skylar
Jake Understood
(Jake #2)
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