Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 79462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 397(@200wpm)___ 318(@250wpm)___ 265(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 79462 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 397(@200wpm)___ 318(@250wpm)___ 265(@300wpm)
Ever since I met my best friend’s handsome Dad Viper Beckett, things have been weird between us. He avoids me, snaps at me, and takes any opportunity to tell me off.
Now it’s December, and both of us are alone for the holidays. When Viper reluctantly agrees to let me stay with him, I see the full extent of his darkness.
He’s not just a recovering addict and ex-con. He’s still doing bad things, and he says no one will stop him.
Until I run into him at a strip club.
I’m looking for a job, and he’s looking to forget.
Viper has no idea he just slept with his daughter’s best friend. He’d kill me if he knew.
So how the heck am I supposed to tell him one wild night turned into two positive lines on a pregnancy test?
Daddy Sees Snakes is a standalone dark Christmas romance written by USA Today Bestselling Authors, Elizabeth Knox and Isabella Starling. This is intended for mature audiences only.
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PROLOGUE
Viper
6 months ago…
My life was never a bed of roses.
It was a life built on the blood and bones of others. I was born in the slums, and I'd never known a home.
My mother was an addict who sold her body for cash. She was always so high that she never even bothered to get to know me. When I was nine, she overdosed and died right in front of me.
The only person who took care of me after that was my best friend. We grew up together. At the time, she was the daughter of the only good guy I ever met.
When her father got caught up in a gang, I had no choice but to join them. I was young, angry, and had no hope.
He was my father, too, and I was a fool for trusting him. After his only daughter died in a shootout, the bastard had it pinned on me.
I was a good guy, but I was framed, and it ruined my life.
I had a daughter and a wife, and because I was a wanted man, I could never go home.
That's what broke me.
That's what made me the monster I am.
But now, I'm a free man. Fifteen years behind bars, and I came back home to a daughter I'd never even met. Allegra hates my guts, I can tell.
I'm trying my best to win her over, but she's her mother's daughter.
Iris, though, she's another story.
Allegra's best friend, and the girl who makes me question all the vows I've ever taken.
I can't have her, but God knows how badly I want her.
I stare at Iris across the dining table, barely holding back my anger as she speaks.
"Can't you even pretend to care?" Allegra asks, crossing her arms.
"About what?"
"My future."
I roll my eyes. "You're eighteen, Allegra. You've got a whole life ahead of you. You got accepted into college, and you're going. You don't need my permission."
"Yes, but..."
"No, no 'buts,'" I say. "Your grandfather paid for college, and you're going."
"Iris isn't," she says, glancing at her best friend. "Why is it that she can stay with you, and I can't?"
I glance at Iris, showing her how displeased I am that she's here.
My daughter is eighteen, and her friend is a few years older.
She's got the kind of body I want to sink my teeth into.
Her curvy thighs are thick, and her waist is impossibly small.
The way she's sitting now, her skirt has ridden up her thighs.
Her hair is up in a ponytail, and she looks so innocent.
But I know better.
I can see her, the real her.
She's got a dirty little mind.
She wants me to bend her over and take her like a whore.
Her eyes are begging me to do it.
I look away, focusing back on Allegra. "None of my concern. And she doesn't live here, Allegra, she's staying for a few days."
"Yeah, and then she'll move out, and I'll be gone to college. That's a long time, Dad."
"It is, and it'll fly by before you know it. Now, eat your breakfast."
Iris's eyes find mine, and I see the mischief in them. She's got something up her sleeve, and I have a feeling I won't like it. I finish eating and get up, going straight to my office.
"Viper," Iris calls, following me.
"What do you want?"
"You could try and be nicer to your daughter. You're being an ass."
"And you should mind your own business," I growl. She closes the door behind her, and I see her shiver. I bet her panties are wet right now. She loves being close to me.
She loves seeing the monster, and I bet she'd love it if I took her right here, right now.
"I know you don't want me here, but Allegra asked me, and I can't say no to her."
"You should have said no," I tell her.