SEALed with a Vegas Kiss

By Lesley Ann

I'm in Vegas to stop a wedding. I've been in love with Molly ever since I could remember but I'm no good for her, so I've stayed away...when I could. But now her brother—and my CO—has found out the groom-to-be is a dick, and I have no intention of ignoring a direct order to take him out of the picture. My mission is to stop the wedding at all costs, but success hinges on whether I can keep my hands to myself and my heart under wraps...and a ring off my finger. But when a SEAL makes a promise? I go all the way, baby.

This is Tyler's short story in the Operation: Heartbreaker series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Midas Jinx
• Release date: Aug 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005955021

Lesley Ann

Lesley Ann is a British author, with a slightly weird sense of humour. She lives with her equally odd husband, her completely bonkers pre-schooler, and her four normal cats. The cats are the ones in charge, obviously. Slightly obsessed with caramel latte’s and relentless in her pursuit of the perfect muffin, she spends her life reading, writing and all that other crap that adulting requires.

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I'm in Vegas to stop a wedding. I've been in love with Molly ever since I could remember but I'm no good for her, so I've stayed away...when I could. But now her brother—and my CO—has found out the groom-to-be is a dick, and I have no intention of ignoring a direct order to take him out of the picture. My mission is to stop the wedding at all costs, but success hinges on whether I can keep my hands to myself and my heart under wraps...and a ring off my finger. But when a SEAL makes a promise? I go all the way, baby.

This is Tyler's short story in the Operation: Heartbreaker series. Sign up to my newsletter for new releases, sales and more!

Chapter One

Sunlight was already warm against my body as I took my early morning run along an almost deserted Las Vegas Boulevard. Cleaning crews washed down pavements and tended to the green grass at the front of expensive hotels while revellers staggered home from a night out partying.

It was 4:38 a.m., according to my watch, and I hadn't slept last night. Tired and stiff, I had travelled from the Middle East to get to the United States after my last assignment. I should be pleased to be on home soil—I was—but I wished it was on better circumstances.

Being asked by your commanding officer to stop his older sister from getting married was far from normal. But I was a SEAL and he was my buddy. Whether it made me feel uncomfortable or not, I'd do it because he couldn't.

Vegas was a great place to be, though. And normally, I'd be having the time of my life, celebrating making it back from another mission abroad. This time Sin City filled me with dread. I was about to see the one woman who could turn me inside out, and she had no idea I'd been obsessed with her for years.

Fun times.

I gritted my teeth as I ran up the long entrance toward the main doors to the hotel. Molly Tucker was the last woman I needed to see after four months away. I should be banging a beautiful, willing dancer and losing my shit at the tables. Not this. Never this.

I dodged a small family pulling along suitcases on wheels who stepped out from the main doors. I easily manoeuvred around them, slowing down as I reached my destination. Sweat trickled down my back, slickening my white t-shirt against my skin. It was good to move and push the fatigue from my body, but sleep was beginning to edge closer in my brain.

I stopped by the doors and rested first one foot then the other on a tall plant stand, stretching out my muscles and going through my normal routine, almost without thinking.

My fingers pushed through my dark short hair, feeling sticky and a little sore. I was ready for a shower, then bed. Maybe not in that order.

Once Molly arrived, the two days Alex—her brother and my best friend—had arranged for me to stay would be hard. In more ways than one. I cursed under my breath. It was a helluva favour Alex had asked of me. Anyone else, I would have told them where to go, but we were talking about Molly getting married to some prick who could see nothing but her money. And that