Three's A Crowd
by Zee Shine Storm
(Book 1 of the FORBIDDEN series)
Table of Contents
Three's A Crowd
Copyright
Blurb
Playlist
Dedication
Prologue
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
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Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Three's A Crowd © 2020 by Zee Shine Storm
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
October 2020 Edition.
Blurb
Skye
When I first fell for him, the man of my dreams, I never imagined for a moment that he could be in love with someone else. I certainly did not imagine that someone else would be his long-term boyfriend, the same man who had been eyeing me like he wanted to eat me alive mere weeks ago.
Cole
I have been in love with Jasper Wells since I first laid eyes on him. It felt like we were two halves of a whole. We were perfect together. So then, why did I find myself yearning for her?
Jasper
From the minute I found out about her, I hated her with a passion. I wanted to destroy her for being the reason Cole decided I was no longer enough for him. But what I was not prepared for was the way she ended up destroying me.
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Note : This story is an MMF romance and contains mature themes meant for 18+ readers only.
Playlist
*Becky G : Shower.
*Selena Gomez : Hands to Myself.
*Ashlee Simpson : Pieces of Me.
*Ellie Goulding : Beating Heart.
*Taylor Swift : Blank Space.
*Brick N Lace : Love is Wicked. (Danley Remix.)
*James Arthur : Say You Won't Let Go.
*3 Doors Down : Kryptonite.
*Sam Smith : Fire on Fire.
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(Find the playlist on my YouTube channel : Zee Shine Storm)
Dedication
For my ZeeStormers!
Forever grateful.
Prologue
Finale Ligure,
ITALY.
Skye
Feeling the gentle lapping of pool water against my skin brought on a strange sense of peace. It was quiet up here. The morning sun was the only thing keeping me company. If you did not count my loneliness.
One of my good friends from college, Olivia, had invited me over to spend the weekend at her mountaintop villa in Finale Ligure, just a couple of hours drive from Milan, complete with a rooftop pool and all.
It was only seven in the morning but I had gotten up early because inspiration had knocked and I had been only too happy to answer. The result of that inspiration now stood at one corner of the patio. A dewy, yellowish Italian dawn painted using bold, confident strokes. My lips curved up in a smile before I rose from the pool and picked up a towel to wipe my hair.
The paintings kept me company too. I had been doing it for as long as I could remember but I never imagined I would be so good at it that people would actually pay me for my pieces or pay for me to teach them the basics of painting. I had a few, very wealthy private clients in Milan and it helped support my lifestyle in a European country after having moved here from London two years ago.
A prickle of awareness made me look up from my task and musings. Frowning slightly, I searched the rooftop area before my gaze shifted upwards and I froze, feeling more than a little creeped out.
Adjacent to the villa, was a small hotel and I could see a man on one of the balconies, leaning against the railing.
Watching me.
A tall, blonde guy with bulging muscles. I glared at him but he did not seem fazed as his eyes ran over my bikini-clad body. His hands were actually cradling a camera. Shit. Did he just...?
I couldn't be sure if he had been standing there taking pictures of me or if his gaze simply happened to land on me as I looked up but I sure as hell was not interested in finding out. Perv.
Shooting him another fierce look since he still would not stop ogling, I wrapped the towel around myself and strode inside the house. A subconscious part of me argued though that ogling was not the most fitting term to describe the way he had been looking at me.
He had also seemed curious. Interested even. I rolled my eyes. Yeah. I had been swimming out there for all of five minutes. The only thing he probably found interesting was my size 8 body which I had proudly put on display.
"Skye, you up?" Olivia's voice rang out from downstairs. "I'm going for a run, you want to join?"
I grimaced. Olivia was most definitely a morning person.
"Er...you go ahead, Liv," I called out. "I have to make a phone call!"
The front door closed while I instinctively turned towards the patio entrance and peeped from behind a curtain. The man was still there but
