Mr. Right Now: Vol. 5: New City. New Club. New Begininngs Read Online Free PDF

with Birdy, but not after yesterday. Dax drew permanent lines in their relationship.
    “Hey, baby.”
    Cole looks up into Kami’s gorgeous face. She’s dressed to the nines with lots and lots of sexy skin showing. He only nods back to her.
    “I’m heading out. Want to do dinner tonight?”
    “Nah, I have a full day.”
    She perches both hands on her hips, letting her designer purse dangle from her wrist. “Are we okay, Cole?”
    He hears the question, but it’s the couple that was just seated across from him that holds his attention. Cole studies Jax as she takes the seat next to her fiancé, and he notices how she pulls of
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her simple beauty with no designer fashion or loads of make-up. Her smile lights up her face. Cole stares too long, and before he knows it, Jax makes eye contact with him.
    He immediately pulls Kami down into his lap and wraps her up in his arms.
    “We’re fine, baby.” Cole lays his lips on hers and does the most painful thing he’s ever had to do. He finally kisses Kami with no hesitation, and it’s a bittersweet moment while his lips burn with pain, but his ego soars high, knowing Jax is watching the whole show.
    “Thank you,” Kami whispers against his lips.
    Cole pulls back a bit farther. “For?”
    “Finally kissing me and giving me Rhett.”
    Cole places his palm on her cheek. “Kami, you’ve been here for me when no one else was and have helped me through countless sleepless nights. If you want Rhett…”
    Her finger covers his lips before he has the chance to finish his sentence.
    “I want you for now, Cole.”
    He slaps her on the ass, breaking up the emotional scene about to spew from them. “Go have fun with the girls..”
    “Need me to pick up anything for you?”
    “You know what I like, and hell, surprise me.”
    Kami presses her lips to his forehead, then she gets up and begins to walk away, but before she exits the restaurant, she turns back to him. “Cole Sterling, you’re one of a kind.”
    He shakes his head and waves her off. When he finally looks back over to Jax, her eyes are full of tears, and he only smirks at her. Jax bolts from the table and runs from the restaurant. He almost feels for her, but the keyword is almost .
    ***
    Cole’s day is an easy one, business-wise, but everything else constantly swirls in his gut. He feels like a dick for ignoring Dax and Birdy this morning, and an even bigger dick for the little show he put on in front of Jax.
    Waiting in line at the Apple store, his thoughts torture him, and he knows he has to make a decision and clean his shit up. His head has throbbed all day long. The pain usually leaves him around ten in the morning, but not today. He hands tremble and he knows the only fix is a couple stiff drinks.
    “Excuse me? I have cash and know exactly what I want.”
    The sales associate, who has an incredibly long line, looks over the top of her glasses at him, clearly not amused.
    “Seriously, I’m in a fucking hurry.” Cole throws his hands up in the air. The trembling sensation in his body heightens and he knows he’s about to lose it.
    “Go ahead.” The elderly man who couldn’t decide on what size phone he wants steps to the side. Cole struts past the other customers straight up to the counter and rattles off the exact phone he needs. The associate doesn’t give him any spiels on rebates or warranty plans, rather just rings him up.
    Cole snags the white box from the counter and turns to leave, but before he does, he sends a hundred dollar bill gliding across the counter in the elderly man’s direction.
    “You may have money and looks, but you sure don’t have much else going for you, son.”
    Cole stops dead in his tracks looking back at the man.
    “Your heart is ugly. You should find a way back to the genuine part of you.”
    Cole’s left hand begins trembling so bad he has to tuck it in his pocket as he stares into the man’s eyes and is haunted by his message and the honest vibe drifting from