A Designed Affair by Cheryl Barton

Author:Cheryl Barton [Barton, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Barton Book Publishing
Published: 1964-07-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

In the morning, Loren woke with her back up against what felt like a solid wall. She looked over to see that Mike was still asleep. She didn’t want to wake him. She gently turned over and looked at his handsome face as he slept.

“What happens now Loren?” Mike asked with his eyes still closed. He could feel her when she woke up and turned towards him.

His speaking caught her off guard, considering she thought he was still asleep.

“Tell me so that I’ll know if I’m supposed to continue to act like we didn’t just have another marathon night of incredible sex. I also don’t want you to think this is just about the sex because it isn’t. I’ve been reserved for a long time holding my feelings for you in check and I don’t want to have to do that anymore, but I also know it’s not my call, it’s yours.”

Loren had been thinking the same thing before she moved around after waking. She knew how he felt because she felt the same way, but again in the light of day, the obvious was clear; there was no way she could think of to make this work without all hell breaking loose in their lives.

“What do you want me to say here?” she asked.

Mike wasn’t ready to hear her try to convince him again that they wouldn’t work. He turned so that he was facing the opposite direction. He didn’t want her to see the anger he knew his face would show.

“Mike, turn back around please.”

Instead of turning around, he sat up.

“You know what I want you to say Loren? I want you to say that you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you. I want you to say that you don’t give a damn what anyone else thinks about our being together. Are you ready to say that or are you going to tell me again about how this was a mistake and we can’t do this again? Are you going to say my friendship and partnership with your brother could be ruined if he found out about us? That’s beginning to sound like a broken record.”

When she didn’t answer, he knew he had his answer. He got up to leave the room, knowing they were about to have an argument.

Loren hollered after him.

“Can you come back in the room please and talk to me instead of making a dash for the door in anger? Don’t leave like this,” she pleaded.

Mike turned around, came back into the room and walked right over to her and waited. He’d said what he needed to say, but he wanted to give her the chance to have more of a say too.

“Mike, do you know I know you just as well as I know my own brothers? I have spent as much time around you over the years as I have with them. Just as I believe I know you very well, you know me also.

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