Be My Valentine Chapter 1

Be My Valentine

Love is blind and desperate. Love needs no reason or motive. Someone is madly in love with Joe Morelli. And she's out to get rid of Stephanie and Ranger. Permanently.

Chapter 1

She sits behind the counter and smiles her pleasant smile.

She's not beautiful. She's not ugly. She's not extremely unattractive. She's not drop dead sexy. She's in her mid-thirties. She reads a lot. And sometimes she believes she's very smart. She likes setting moon and rising sun. She likes small animals such as cats, Chihuahuas and Pugs. She lives alone in a lovely cozy two-story house in a good and friendly neighborhood. She's polite and soft-speaking. She enjoys cooking and baking, and likes to try new recipes. She's a part-time librarian who loves her job. She's a woman secretly in love. She grew up on the same street with the man she loves. She hates the blue-eyed brown-haired woman the man she loves openly wants.

Yes, she's helplessly in love with Joseph Morelli. And she hates Stephanie Plum with all her heart.

She hates Stephanie's stupid smile. She hates Stephanie's crazy life. She hates Stephanie for not being good enough for Joseph, her Joseph. She hates Stephanie for cheating on Joseph with the tall Cuban. Yes, she knows all about Stephanie Plum. All those dirty little secrets. All those shameful scandals. All those kisses in that narrow alley. All those midnight trips to the seven-floored building.

And she also hates that dark-skinned thug. He's not one of their kind. Any decent woman should know to keep away from a man like that. She hates the way he looks. She hates the way he walks. She hates the way he talks. She hates the fact that he owns all those beautiful expensive cars. She hates the fact he is always there to help and save Stephanie Plum.

Yes, she wants something bad to happen to Stephanie. Women who cheat on the men who love them should be punished. She should be the woman who Joseph loves. She should be his Cupcake. She should be his sunray on a summer day. She should be his silver lining in a dark rain cloud. She should be his one and only. She should be the one to wear his ring. She should be the one to cook his meals. She be the one to bear him children. She should be his princess. She should be his happiness. She should be his fate.

And now she she has had enough. She will let nothing stand in her way. She will kill Stephanie Plum and that muscular Cuban. She looks at the picture of her sweet handsome Joseph with loving eyes. Her fingertip lingers on his smiling lips.

"Soon, Joseph," Emily Hasting whispers. "Soon I will make you mine."