Page 126 of A Dirty Business
I tipped my head back, seeing him studying my mouth. “Are we done messing around now?”
His eyes pulled up, meeting my gaze, and whatever he read in me, he cursed at seeing it. “Jesus Christ.” But he bent, his hands went under my ass, and he lifted me up to him.
This was what I knew would happen.
He was here. He was in.
His mouth found mine.
All that nonsense, and this was the one thing that was crystal clear for us.
I could quit him, but I wasn’t going to.
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
TRACE
I took her home that night and stayed.
I came back the next night.
The night after.
Then we switched things up, and she began sleeping at my place.
The night afterthat.
And after again.
We were both so screwed, but I couldn’t stay away.
I was done fighting.
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
JESS
It was a new day, a new dawn, a new era.
Just kidding.
I was back at another New York Stallions hockey game, but things had changed. I wasn’tonlyhere with Kelly. Justin was also with us. I’d evolved where the hockey stairway guy was now my secret boyfriend, and Kelly’s not-secret boyfriend was attending the game with us. Evolution. Right? I didn’t think that could be applied in this situation, but I was past caring about that too.
Also, I was going to be thirty next week. Ilikedthinking of Trace as my boyfriend. Made me feel young and fresh. Hip. That’s the word.
I was happy. And I shouldn’t be, but I gave in. Trace and me were Trace and me. I wouldn’t be going home to my apartment alone tonight. Who knew? I had all sorts of opportunities. Trace might meet me there, or snap, I might even go to his place. Because that wasalsoan option.
I had a life. Well, I had a life before ... actually, I had a pretty active life. Lots of friends, though half of that group was our bowling friends, but I had Leo. Val.
I didn’t know why I was going on about what I was going on about. “You seem good.”
There. That was it.
Kelly just went for beer, and Justin moved over to sit in her seat.
He was grinning at me, so I grinned back. “Thanks. Iamgood. You, too, by the way. You and Kelly seem happy.”
His grin deepened. “We are. There was some drama with my family, but we got through it.”
