Captivated by You: A Crossfire Novel

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I sealed my mouth over hers. Lifting her off her feet, I took her to the floor. She struggled and I growled, “Don’t fight me.” The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened up old wounds . . . I could give Eva New York. I could give her the world. I couldn’t love her more than I did; it consumed me. And still, an asshole from her past was making strides on edging me out. Christ, Eva.” I pressed harder, flattening my body against her. “How am I not supposed to feel threatened by that?”

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She was wearing a red sleeveless shirt and a white skirt with strappy heels. A perfectly acceptable businesslike outfit that was elevated by the body inside it to understated sexiness. Electricity arced between us, the instinctive recognition that we had been made to fit together perfectly. She linked her fingers with mine. “Spending private time with friends doesn’t make us any less of a couple.” That’s a different kind of awesome.” Her fingertips tap-danced on my shoulders. She was . . . radiant when she was happy, and her pleasure brightened everything around her. Even me. “That was the best compliment, ace. Especially coming from the Gideon Cross. You meet fascinating people every day.” I want a recent photo of Anne Lucas and a detailed rundown of where she was last night on my desk by noon.” This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users.

She had been looking out the window of the Bentley, city-scoping with her usual eager interest. She turned her gaze to me. The city spread out before me, the view obstructed by taller buildings. From the penthouse, I could see for miles. But from the Upper West Side apartment I’d taken next door to Eva’s, the vista was limited. I couldn’t see the endless ribbons of streets clogged with yellow taxis or sunlight glinting off the many skyscraper windows.

Captivated by You - Crossfire Series, Book 4 - Sylvia Day

In the 2020 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's top manga for female readers, the manga ranked second. [7] The manga was also nominated for the 13th Manga Taishō in 2020. [8] At the 2020 Japan Media Arts Festival, the manga won the New Face Award in the manga division. [9] The manga also won the Short Work Prize in the 2020 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. [10] Captivated, by You is a manga collection of loosely-connected stories between two characters: Hayashi & Nikaidou, each getting three stories aimed at them. Hayashi is a guy who keeps to himself, but is known for his strange, random activities around campus. He would count the steps around the buildings, play shiri-tori, and dressing up in a panda suit while visiting a classmate. Despite his eccentricities, he brings a positive vibe to the people who interacts with him. In doing so, they feel more comfortable and often realize something about themselves while in his presence. Nikaidou, is much more different, he carries this creepy gloom vibe around him. Classmates start believing he is some kind of curse and do as much to avoid him. It takes one guy, who is paired up with him, to break through that exterior before realizing Nikaidou is not what he seemed. In fact, we get a weird friendship between the two in their stories, as Nikaidou begins to fail at keeping his creepy demeanor with Medaka. I lifted my head and my keystrokes slowed. A sudden rush of desire soothed the agitation I felt whenever I wasn’t with her.You’ll have to forgive me. Listening to my wife tell me she’s confused over another man doesn’t put me in a good mood.” That’s what you said when I advised you to sell it a few years ago and you chose to sink millions in renovations into it instead. An expense that you’re just finally breaking even on, and now you want to offload it in a still-shaky market to a guy who wants your head?” Scott Reid handled myriad tasks for me with quiet care, which led others to often underestimate him and allow him to go unnoticed. On more than one occasion, his detailed observations of individuals had proven extremely insightful, and so I overpaid him for his position to keep him from going anywhere else.