Black Tie Optional by Ann Marie Walker

Author:Ann Marie Walker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter Fifteen

Cole’s muscles burned as his feet pounded the treadmill. He’d been at it for nearly forty minutes, and yet he was still aggravated and tense. And what was worse? He still couldn’t get Olivia out of his mind. Ignoring her wasn’t working. He’d tried that the night of the gala, focusing on his phone or other guests, anything and everything but how fan-fucking-tastic she looked in that dress. But that tactic hadn’t gone so well. In fact, considering he’d ended up propositioning her on the dance floor, some might have called it a complete failure. It had been a week since their “enemies with benefits” conversation had been interrupted, leaving him with a case of blue balls along with a stiff back from a night spent dozing in a chair. After that neither of them had mentioned it again.

It was just as well. Sleeping with Olivia would have been a colossal mistake. Because as history told him, one night would have turned into the next morning, which would have turned into a second night, and so on, and so on, and then before he knew it, he would have been knee deep into some complicated shit. His goal had been clear at the start: a marriage of convenience to satisfy a ridiculous ruling. That’s what he needed to focus on now. He had to play this smart. More brain, less dick.

Sexual frustration aside, the week hadn’t been too bad. In fact, it had gone much better than Cole had expected. For the most part, the two of them had kept to their respective wings of the penthouse. They’d settled into a routine of sorts—him working out in the gym before she was even awake, her eating dinner after he’d retired to his home office for the evening. Between their differing schedules and the sheer size of his home, they’d somehow managed to co-exist. Olivia was nothing more than a roommate who left her dirty dishes on the counter and her shoes strewn across the living room floor. So why the hell did he still feel like a horny teenager jonesing for his first lay? Because she was a roommate with the sexiest ass he’d ever seen and a rack that he knew firsthand looked amazing squeezed around his cock.

Cole groaned. The way he was acting, you’d think he hadn’t had sex in months. In reality, it had only been a little over a week. Nine days and eighteen hours to be exact, but who was counting?

He was so fucked.

And the situation was about to get much worse. Accompanying Olivia had seemed like a good idea when Rebecca suggested it. But now, nearly a week later, Cole wondered if they’d made the right call, and the closer they got to their departure, the more he questioned that decision. Navigating life in Chicago was one thing; going away together for the weekend was another. Which was why despite having already worked out at home that morning, he was at it again in his office gym.

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