Cover of Lights Out

Lights Out

by Navessa Allen


Genre
Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Fiction
Year
2024
Pages
373
Contents

8. Josh

Overview

Told from Josh's perspective, this chapter covers the snowy drive home from the hospital. Josh communicates only by text to hide his voice, brings Aly snacks, and scares off catcalling men with his knife and mask. The sexual tension peaks when Aly initiates oral sex while threatening him with the knife, accidentally stabbing his hand as he climaxes. The encounter cements their mutual attraction and dangerous dynamic.

Summary

From Josh's POV, he watches Aly slide into the passenger seat with the gun trained on him. Unable to risk her recognizing his voice, he communicates by typing on his phone, telling her he'll take a back route and showing her the directions. Aly suggests he just remove the mask, but Josh deflects, sensing she actually wants the anonymity. Internally, he reveals he replaced her bullets with blanks and intends to swap them back later, unwilling to leave her unarmed in the city.

Josh has prepared a lunch bag of snacks for her. After eating an apple slice himself to prove it isn't drugged, Aly accepts the food. He drives carefully through a heavy snowstorm toward the suburbs, taking back roads. At a stoplight, men in a lifted truck catcall Aly. Josh parks, grabs the knife, exits the car, and silently scares them off with his masked appearance, then returns the knife to her hilt-first.

Tension between them builds as Aly admires his forearms and physique. She demands to see his erection and uses the knife to lift his shirt, teasing him about whether he's safe with her. She unzips his pants and begins giving him oral sex, using the knife pressed to his side as a playful threat, telling him this is for her, not him. She pauses to ensure he's STD-free, then continues.

When the GPS announces he made a wrong turn, Aly stops and scolds him as a "bad boy." After Josh corrects course, she resumes, biting and sucking him aggressively. As Josh begins to thrust and approaches climax, Aly accidentally stabs his hand with the knife. The combined pain and pleasure push him over the edge and he comes in her mouth. Afterward, Aly notices the bleeding wound and panics, saying he needs stitches, while Josh internally notes she's the one who actually injured him.

Who Appears

  • Josh (the Faceless Man)
    POV character; masked stalker driving Aly home, communicating by text, replaced her bullets with blanks, prepared snacks, scared off catcallers, climaxed during her oral sex.
  • Aly
    Exhausted ER nurse holding Josh at gunpoint; tests his snacks, admires his body, initiates oral sex while threatening him with the knife, accidentally stabs his hand.
  • Truck driver and passenger
    Middle-aged men who catcall Aly at a stoplight; flee in terror when masked Josh exits the car wielding the knife.
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