Page 56 of On the Line

LAUREN

Lauren

Holy shit. There’s only one bed here!

Sierra

BA HA HA HA HA! You remember how Vegas turned out when Beau and I had a hotel room with one bed?

Lauren

Yeah, SURE the one bed was why the two of you got together. Having two beds would have made a huge difference.

Petra

She’s right, Sierra. You were halfway to sleeping with him before you even left for Vegas.

Jackson

Gah! Please stop this conversation about my brother’s sex life!!!

Petra

Sierra and Beau have sex, Jackson. This isn’t news.

So ... one bed, Lauren. How you feeling about that?

Lauren

He offered to take the couch. Again. And then told me that he’s just waiting for me to be ready for more. I think his exact words were “There’s no world in which I want to be your friend. That world does not and has never existed.”

Sierra

Holy shit. That’s so hot!

I glance up at Jameson where he stands in the kitchen, staring intently at his phone, a cute little scowl on his face. Why does everything this man does turn me on so much?

Resisting him was easier when I thought he just wanted a casual hookup. But now he wants more, and I’m not sure I even trust myself to decide whether that’s a good idea or not. Am I ready for a new relationship? Should I be?

Petra

She’s not responding. Think she’s already in that bed with him???

Jackson

Maybe she’s just too busy tearing his clothes off to pick up her damn phone?

Lauren

You all are the worst!

Sierra

You know what’s the best? Hot sex with your hot pro-hockey player friend!

Lauren

You sound like Petra.

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