Love Finds A Valentine – Violette Mason

I told you about the food; now imagine me at ten years old. A dark-skinned, chubby child growing up in the Caribbean. You think girls found me handsome? “I had to learn to be funny and charismatic in order to have friends. That helped me a bit. Then I went to university and started exercising to manage my stress, and I lost all my baby fat.

It was like overnight, dark- skinned men became handsome to women. Girls who wouldn’t even look at me were sliding into my DMs wanting to hook up. “All my life people have tried to make me ashamed of my skin, and now suddenly I’m handsome? I can’t even enjoy the attention because it feels gross. Those women don’t want me for who I am; they want me for what they think I can give them: a night with a ‘black stallion’.

“People assume that because I’m a man, I’m supposed to enjoy this kind of attention, but I honestly don’t. I feel sexualized and dehumanized. I meant what I said earlier—I don’t do casual women. If I sleep with someone, it’s because I really like them and want commitment. So if you’re looking for a quick hookup, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not your guy.” His face looked so open and earnest that it broke my heart.

I had to give myself a mental reprimand for judging him harshly before, and what was worse, he saw right through me. He knew I was judging him and was kind anyway. “Since you were honest with me, I’ll be honest with you. I was interested in a hookup, but it wasn’t because I was sexualizing you.

It’s true, I think you’re hot, but there’s more to it. It’s only been a few hours, but I really like being around you. There’s something calm and welcoming about your energy. The dating scene is so messed up that I genuinely never considered that there was a possibility for more than a hookup between us.” “More radical honesty. I like you enough that I was considering settling for just a hookup.

Isn’t that sad? Here we are, two lonely people willing to compromise our desires just for the chance at human connection.” “Well, all the cards are on the table. I think I’d like to hang out with you, Gareth.

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. OceanofPDF.com Description The best date of my life turned out to be with the a-hole who stole my promotion.

Did I mention he’s also my new boss? I’ve spent years clawing my way up the corporate ladder, only to get passed over for an outsider. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Valentine’s Day was around the corner and I was still painfully single. Then I met Gareth Holder. Charming. Brilliant. Way too hot for my sanity. One hot night with electric chemistry was enough to make me believe in true love again.

Until Monday morning, when I realized the man I met was the jerk who stole my job. I’d finally met my prince and he was.off.limits. So what if he let me crash at his place when I lock myself out? So what if he planned the most romantic Valentine’s Day date I’d ever had?

That job had my name on it. And no amount of toe-curling chemistry is going to make me forget it. OceanofPDF.com Introduction This book was written with snippets of Caribbean dialect. Similar to AAVE, it has its own vocabulary and grammatical rules; it is a language unto itself. My characters are of Caribbean descent, and it makes sense for them to use dialect with each other.

I hope you enjoy. I do not use any form of generative AI in my writing.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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