Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72647 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 363(@200wpm)___ 291(@250wpm)___ 242(@300wpm)
It had been years before. “It was my senior class trip. Look, I know when I rub a guy wrong. It’s cool. You don’t like me.”
“Never said I didn’t like you,” he replied.
Not in so many words, but she’d heard him loud and clear. “You literally called me selfish.”
“I was merely pointing out that if you stayed at Aidan’s, Brian wouldn’t have had to cut his holiday short. I could look after you.” He said the words casually, like it wouldn’t be the end of her world.
It wouldn’t be. Not the end of her world. But the end of her peace of mind because she was pretty sure she would make an absolute fool of herself if she was around this man for any amount of time. “Where would I sleep when Cooper eventually comes home?”
“Apparently you could stay in Tristan’s room since he hasn’t been back in months. You could move right in. It would make your dad feel better. It’s not like I’m doing anything.”
“Cool, then you can move into my place.” She stopped, taking a long breath because she hadn’t meant to say that. He was flustering her. “I didn’t mean that. I certainly don’t think you want to hang around me twenty-four seven. I’ll talk to my da. He’s being unreasonable.”
“So you’re going to be stubborn,” Nate grumbled.
Maybe he wasn’t so gorgeous. “It’s nothing you should worry about. Like I said I’ll be out of your hair the minute we get to the office. I’m sure my da will be thrilled to give me a ride home.”
And numerous lectures on how she was going to give him a heart attack.
“Maybe I should be the one to have a long talk with your da,” he muttered under his breath.
He was kind of an ass. At least she could trust her father to take her side. “You do that.”
A hush descended over the cab as he continued toward the office.
He’d been so sweet the night before, but she should know better. She wasn’t a naïve child. Men could be perfectly nice when they wanted to get into a woman’s thong and then jerks when they’d had what they wanted. Or they could seem nice because they meant to auction you off to some dude in Malaysia.
“I heard you were at the club last night. Did you have fun?” Nate asked.
Fun? She wouldn’t call it fun. She would call it life changing. A revelation. She could still feel this man’s hands on her. She’d sat up in Cooper’s bed waiting for the sound of Nate coming home. It had taken everything she had not to be sitting in the living room, ready to confess what she’d done and how she wanted to do it again. “I stayed in the locker room.”
“Really? I thought you were a member. Aidan mentioned it, though he did say you never seemed interested in playing. He said it was more of a social club for you.” Nate’s eyes stayed on the road.
It gave her a chance to study the hard line of his jaw. He was such a gorgeous man. “I wouldn’t say I’m not interested. I enjoy the lifestyle.” Why was she talking about this? It wasn’t any of his business. She wasn’t about to whine and cry about the fact that the only Dom she wanted to play with was the one she couldn’t have. Well, not the only one since none of them seemed interested. “So you went to the party? Did you have fun?”
“It was all right,” he said.
Wow. That hurt. She turned away from him. Had she been this stupid again? Thank the universe she hadn’t confessed to anyone. Not even Carys knew what she’d done. She hadn’t had a chance to talk to her this morning because Nate had been sitting there.
She wasn’t going to cry. “Well, maybe you’ll have more fun next time.”
How long before she could get out of the truck? Would he insist on walking her all the way up or could she ditch him in the lobby? Maybe in a few weeks she would be able to not want to cry when she saw him, but today she was a mess.
She had to get it together or her da would know something was wrong and she would end up in a session with Aunt Eve.
“I met someone. I thought we made a connection, but it was all one way,” he said quietly.
Daisy felt her heart soften. “I can’t believe that. I’m sure you misunderstood her. She’s probably going through some things.”
“Well, she left me sleeping after blowing my bloody mind,” he admitted. “She didn’t leave a number, so I have to figure it meant way more to me than to her.”
Of all the scenarios she’d gone through, she hadn’t thought about this one. Where he got hurt. She hadn’t meant to hurt him. No wonder he was acting like a wounded bear this morning. His heart was bruised. “I’m sure she had something else she had to do.”