Bedding The Boss by Virna DePaul

Author:Virna DePaul [DePaul, Virna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bedding The Bachelors Book Eight
Publisher: Virna DePaul
Published: 2017-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

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Lexi lay in her bed just before dawn. She hadn’t slept well. Maybe it had been all the junk food from the drive-in. Maybe it had been the excitement of seeing one of her favorite movies again.

She sighed. Who was she kidding?

It was because of all the residual energy from sitting side by side with Eric all night. They hadn’t touched except for their shoulders. The way friends would casually touch. But she’d wanted so much more. She’d barely restrained herself from taking more.

Lexi turned her face into the pillow and groaned. She’d wanted to hold his hand. Wanted to tilt her head onto his shoulder or slide her feet into his lap. She’d wanted to do all sorts of couple stuff.

God. What was she doing?

Her mind flashed back to a few minutes after the boys had gone to concessions. Marina had just gotten back from the bathroom, something bright and cautious shining in her eyes as she’d climbed back into the truck.

“So, Lexi,” she’d said, crossing her legs and facing her dead on. “About this whole casual hook up thing you’ve got going on with Eric…”

Lexi had been intrigued, although she was pretty sure they’d covered this subject less than an hour ago back at home. “Yeah?”

“Nothing could change your mind about that?”

“What do you mean?”

Marina had bit her lip, a little bit of her initial excitement failing and her nerves coming back. “Even if you knew something else? Maybe about what Eric wanted? It wouldn’t change how you feel?”

Lexi had squinted her eyes. “What do you mean? Are you telling me you know something?”

Marina had taken a deep breath. She seemed to be weighing something in her mind. Unsure if she should speak up or not. She was just opening her mouth again when Eric and Dylan returned from the concessions, their hands piled up with junk food and beers. Lexi meant to press Marina further, but there were too many people around. Too many distractions.

Jake came back as well. Swiped a beer off the tray and kissed Eric full on the cheek. “Thanks for dinner, big boy,” Jake had said and the laughter that overcame the group had driven the conversation from Lexi’s mind.

Until now. What had Marina been about to say? Lexi was fairly certain that she was better off not knowing.

Needing to remind herself of her goals, Lexi flipped her feet out of bed and went over to the small desk next to her. She flipped open her laptop and opened the file. It was her latest screenplay. The one she was the proudest of. She picked a page at random and read a few lines. Instantly the characters warmed her. Centered her. Reminded her who she was. This was it. This was home. As a kid who’d never stayed in the same town longer than a month or two; this, her imagination, her goals, her skills, was the only home she’d ever known. That and her dad.

The sky was just starting to lighten at the edges and she knew she’d have to get up for work in a few hours anyways.

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