Break Even by Lisa de Jong

Author:Lisa de Jong [Jong, Lisa de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 2940152680621
Amazon: B019A7GNNG
Barnesnoble: B019A7GNNG
Goodreads: 26837008
Publisher: Lisa De Jong
Published: 2015-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

The morning light shines through the blinds when I lift my lids. River’s arm is wrapped so tightly around my waist, I couldn’t move if I tried.

In a few short hours, this will be over, even though I don’t want it to be. I’ll go back to the life I left behind when he picked me up Friday night. I’ll have the rest of the day and the week to decide what I’m going to say to Cole when he gets back into town. Sometimes, you can live a life by simply staying afloat, but that’s not what I’ve been doing; I’m drowning. My newfound happiness is like fresh air. I’m gasping for it, but it’s been impossible because the resentment won’t let me rise to the surface.

Cole was once the best thing that ever happened to me, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the best thing for me. The thought of being alone scares me too. The thought of hurting him scares me even more; even after everything he’s done to bring us to this point. Maybe there’s something I could have done differently.

Lifting my head, I adjust my pillow so it’s rolled under my neck.

“Up already?” River asks, his lips brushing my shoulder.

I smile at the sound of his voice. His raspy morning voice is my favorite. “I’m just used to getting up early.”

“That means we have time for some more fun before you have to go home. Can’t say I’ll complain about that.”

“I doubt you’ll be hurting too much. By next weekend, you’ll have found someone else to keep you company,” I say. The words pierce my chest. It was meant to be funny, but I guess I hate the thought of him having fun after I leave.

He rolls me onto my back, leaning over me. “There’s never been another woman in this bed.”

I don’t get him. I don’t get him at all. “Well, then what’s different about me?”

“I don’t know,” he says quietly, brushing a few strands of hair from my face. “I drove here without thinking Friday night, but even when I realized what I was doing I still wanted you here.”

It’s actually hurts to think about leaving and never seeing him again. He awakened me—at least temporarily bringing me to the surface.

I grip his head in my hands, pulling him in for a kiss. His naked body covers mine as he kisses me softly over and over. I slip into a world of pretend where this is my life—my average Sunday morning. Where I wake up next to a man who’d rather devour me than the newspaper or a cup of coffee. This is far from real life.

He hardens between my legs, creating friction as he reaches his forearms above my head to deepen the kiss. “River,” I moan against his lips, my fingers curling against the sheets. I feel his tip at my entrance as his tongue slips between my lips to tangle with mine. He slides up my body a couple inches, entering me.

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