Flicker: An Ahmalee and Cain Update
By Tina Martin
()
About this ebook
His eyes warm me like the flame of a candle...
Ahmalee and Cain are beginning their new lives as a married couple, but it’s taking Ahmalee more time to get adjusted to Cain’s millionaire lifestyle. She’s in love with her husband but struggles internally with her new identity.
*This is a look into the lives of Ahmalee and Cain after their whirlwind romance and marriage. For the best reading experience, you must read When I Needed You and When You Needed Me before reading this update story.
Tina Martin
TINA MARTIN is the author of over 80 romance, romantic suspense and women’s fiction titles and has been writing full-time since 2013. Readers praise Tina for her strong heroes, sweet heroines and beautifully crafted stories. When she’s not writing, Tina enjoys watching movies, traveling, cooking and spending time with her family. For more information, visit www.tinamartin.net
Read more from Tina Martin
The Things Everson Lost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Acquainted With Atlas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMr. Tall, Dark & Unavailable Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLeaving Barringer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Claiming You (A Lennox In Love, #1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Love Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Before You Say I Do Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When You Needed Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Weekend Fiance: A Jared and KeShana InstaLove Novella Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making You My Business (A Lennox in Love, #2) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Caught in the Storm with a Lennox (A Lennox in Love, #0) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Evenings With Bryson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wishing That I Was Yours (A Lennox in Love, #3) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Been In Love With You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCandy's Corporate Crush Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winter Wedding (A Lennox in Love, #6) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Winter Wonder (A Lennox in Love, #5) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Weekend (A Lennox in Love #7) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inheritance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForever Us: Barringer And Calista Blackstone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Baked With Love 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBaked With Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Flicker: An Ahmalee and Cain Update Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Man of Her Dreams Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For Ruby Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Baked With Love 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBrushstrokes and Love Notes (An Enemies to Lovers Romance) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets On Lake Drive Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Flicker
Related ebooks
Flicker: An Ahmalee and Cain Update Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Twelve Days of Thiccmas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCan I Love Again Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLove and Lyrics: Passonate Professors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Love That Remains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen You Needed Me Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Computer Love: The Andersons Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Almost There Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Spoiled Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWeekend Fiance: A Jared and KeShana InstaLove Novella Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love's Ballet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor Ruby Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Object of His Obsession: The Alexander Series, #4 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5No Love Allowed: a Novella: JustOneNight.com, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Games Allowed: a Novella: JustOneNight.com, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAstral Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeard It All Before Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Righteous Ways Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5His Premarital Ex: The Alexander Series, #3 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beach Thing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Undead Encounters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Year's Kiss: Away to Africa, #0 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTouched by Fate: Brides of the Lowcountry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExecutive Entanglememts: I Can Have it All Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsButtercup Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A McClendon Thanksgiving Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pretty Boy Problems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Blast Out Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Neighbor's Man: Tasty Trans Tales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBowish Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
African American Romance For You
It Happened Last Wednesday Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nanny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scot Appeal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMixed Emotions Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fat White Women And The Black Men That Love Them: Fat White Women and the Black Men that Love them, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Enjoying Mr. Hardwood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trophy Wife Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5God Don't Make No Mistakes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kilted for Pleasure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Three Little Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Her Insatiable Scot Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5God Don't Like Ugly Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Big Spankable Asses Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Across the River - an 1800s Black / Native American Novella: The Lumbee Indian Saga, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mechanics of Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Desperate Hoodwives: An Urban Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mixed Signals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Side of the Pillow: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Porgy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mixed Match Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Barnstorming: A Negro Baseball Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder His Kilt Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Lover's Vow Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweeter Than Honey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoner of Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shameless Hoodwives: A Bentley Manor Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fractured Diamond Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Fallen Star: A Small Town Romance Novel (Shattered Cove Series Book 1): Shattered Cove Series, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Flicker
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Flicker - Tina Martin
Flicker
An Ahmalee + Cain Update
Tina Martin
Copyright © 2021 Tina Martin
All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced or distributed in any format including photography, recording information storage and retrieval systems without the prior written permission of the author. With the exception of small blurbs for book reviews, no part of this book may be uploaded without written permission from the author.
This book is a work of fiction. Any similarities to real people, names, places, things or events are a product of the author’s imagination and strictly coincidental and are used fictitiously.
This eBook is for your personal enjoyment only and protected by copyright laws. It may not be resold or given away to someone else. Please respect the hard work of this author. If you would like to share this book with another person, purchase an additional copy. If you are in possession of this book and didn’t purchase it, please return it and purchase your individual copy.
Chapter 1
Ahmalee
I’m always hyper-aware of Cain’s presence. An all-encompassing feeling overtakes me whenever he’s near – my signal that he’s about to be somewhere super close to me. It’s a peculiar but welcome emotion that permeates the air of my personal space like a mist of fog on a damp morning before the sun shines. It’s an exciting feeling that reminds me of how fortunate I am to have crossed paths with such a brilliant, beautiful man. Cain and I – we share one of those everlasting, true loves. The kind that’s fleeting. The kind most people try to grab a hold of and latch on to, but can’t quite get a handle on it. It’s the kind of love my parents shared. Love most people dream about. I used to dream about it and to be honest, I never thought I’d find it. Now, I’m covered in an abundance of it because of him. Oh, what a feeling.
I’m standing at this fancy kitchen sink with a touchless faucet that’s located in front of a large, crystal-clear window that gives a splendid view of the backyard. After Cain and I married, I moved from Knightdale, North Carolina to Charlotte to live with Cain, so I’m still learning my way around his exquisite seven-bedroom mansion.
Today, we had our family and friends over for a barbecue – most of them have already left. Cain wanted them here to make me feel more comfortable in my new surroundings. He didn’t say that outright, but it’s the vibe I got. At any rate, I enjoyed every moment with them. My new life is going to be good, but I sometimes still find myself anxious. So, when our guests started leaving, I snuck away to rinse off empty food trays just to take a breather when I felt Cain’s nearness.
I don’t have to turn around to recognize he’s behind me. I know it. And then I feel his powerful arms envelop me in a tight squeeze.
Ahh…
The sensation swallows me. I melt into his mighty embrace. I was already warm all over, but when he touches me, I become a flame – a flicker of fire that’s ten times hotter than any heat my candles have ever produced. I’m as malleable as partially solidified candle wax. He can form me into anything he pleases.
What are you doing in here?
he asks, taking the glass dish out of my hand. I feel his beard brush against my face, tickling and teasing me. His touch, his warmth, has seeped into my body and taken over atoms, cells – the very DNA of me. He’s that much a part of my life.
I tell him, I was rinsing out some of these dishes.
Why, baby?
Just to pitch in and help out.
He leans in close to me. His lips flutter against my neck when he says, You don’t have to do that. You don’t have to lift a finger to do anything, Ahmalee.
He’s correct. He has everything under control. He hired a catering company to cook all the food for the barbecue – and I mean the food was out of this world good. As a part of the company’s service, they do a clean-up as well, but Cain has an estate management team who takes care of everything he needs – cooking, cleaning, scheduling functions – he runs his home like he does Immersive Media Productions.
I say, "Yes, I know I don’t have to do anything, Cain, but what if I wanted to help because that’s just the kind of person I am?"
"What if I don’t want you to?" he asks.
I turn around to face him. A pocket of air catches in my throat. Gee, I don’t know if I could ever get used to his stellar looks. His dreads are hanging loose just the way I