Voyeur - Lacey Alexander [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
About the Author
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Alexander, Lacey.
Voyeur / Lacey Alexander.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-04193-2
1. Voyeurism--Fiction. I. Title.
PS3601.L3539V69 2007
813’.6--dc22 2006034771
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Chapter One
Laura Watkins stared at the blank computer screen, her mind spinning with desperation. Write something! Anything! The black cursor kept blinking at her. Nothing came.
She never had writer’s block—never.
Well, until her recent breakup with David. Even now, as she lifted her gaze to the gently falling snow out the window in front of her, she couldn’t quite figure out why ending the relationship had affected her so severely. She’d never seen David as a stimulant to her creativity—after all, he was all business, the quintessential suit and tie guy, the corporate icon, partner in one of Seattle’s most prestigious law firms at thirty-two. Had she loved him that much? Had she loved him at all?
You’re pathetic. Twenty-nine years old, and you still don’t know exactly what love is. And your promising career is going to die an early death because you’re not smart enough to sort out your emotions.
Maybe Monica was right. Over pizza and beer at Laura’s apartment two weeks ago, she’d said, “It’s sex. You’ve gotten used to it. Without it, you’re just sort of . . . clogging up or something. No sexual release