‘I feel like I haven’t been inside you in forever.’ His warm breath puffed against my ear as his hands pulled the back of my shirt into his fists. ‘Okay,’ I acquiesced, hating myself for it, but loving the feel of his lips whispering across my jaw. He put his hands on my waist and drew me to him. He scratched his jaw, a question in his eyes.

Tension seemed to melt from the line of his shoulders. He sat forward, reaching for the remote to switch off the television. It loved that he was in my sitting room, waiting for me. It liked the stubble on his handsome face, and the gleam in his gorgeous, dark chocolate eyes. It liked his lean, muscular form on my couch. It was understandable, then, that when I got home from work that night I didn’t know how to react to the fact that Nate was sitting on my couch, drinking my coffee and watching my TV. ‘It’s not fun.’Įllie’s news that Joss and Braden were okay and Ben’s obvious interest in me brightened my day a little, helping me to bury the increasingly excruciating hurt and uncertainty I was feeling over the whole Nate situation. I don’t want you to have to wait five years, Liv.’ She patted my shoulder. ‘I’m just helping along a courtship that was going as slow as mine and Adam’s. ‘Yeah, maybe.’Īs soon as he was gone I turned to her. Understanding flashed in his eyes and he grinned at me. ‘You know,’ Ellie said, ‘a group of us will be hanging out at Club 39 on Saturday night. ‘I suppose I better get on,’ he said, seeming reluctant. We stared at each other a moment too long.īen cleared his throat. I think we must just keep missing each other,’ I lied. ‘Have you been on holiday?’ he asked, his focus entirely on me, which was really nice considering that Ellie was a tall, stunning blonde. I felt the heat of Ellie’s burning curiosity on my face. ‘Call me Ben.’ He smiled at me before turning to shake Ellie’s hand.

‘I haven’t seen you in a while.’Īnd for the first time in weeks I wasn’t sure I should. He grinned down at me, his friendly, gorgeous smile flickering to Ellie and then back to me. ‘Olivia?’ Benjamin stopped, towering over us. One of those students caught my eye and the laughter fell from my lips as he began to make his way across the foyer toward me. I laughed, glancing around us to find students smiling in bemusement at us. I’m going to be an auntie!’ she squealed as if it had just suddenly hit her. They’re sorted and Joss seems tentatively excited about the pregnancy, so I’m going to seize upon that. That is a couple that can do mad at each other and do it well. ‘Jesus, you should have seen them when they broke up. That is not a couple who can be mad at each other for long.’Īpparently I was wrong, because Ellie laughed. I just happened to be there at the right time. ‘I think they were close to fixing things themselves. ‘Braden mentioned you to Adam, so I think you did something.’ ‘But I didn’t do anything.’Įllie shrugged.

Before jamaica lane by samantha young