Bridesmaid for Hire by Nancy Warren

Author:Nancy Warren [Warren, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ambliside Publishing
Published: 2015-05-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Eric pulled away, cursing himself for a fool. What was the matter with him? Why did he keep hitting on Tasmine?

She'd been acting strange ever since that kiss. He knew he shouldn't have done it, but when she snuggled up against him, with her head on his chest, he had the feeling that she saw him, saw through his usual bluster and his class clown persona, to the brain he usually either tried to hide, or used to think up increasingly stupid pranks. He had felt a moment of intimate connection. He could not have prevented himself kissing her any more than he could've prevented those hikers from showing up right when things were getting interesting.

He’d hoped against hope that she would invite him up for a cold drink of water, suggest a beer, anything that would give him hope that she liked him. But she hadn’t. Instead, he’d felt her growing more distant. He’d made it obvious from that kiss that he had a crush on the woman they jokingly referred to as his parole officer. In return, she had made it pretty clear that she wasn’t interested.

And yet, the way she’d responded had blown his mind. He felt as though he were losing his edge, losing the cheerful confidence he’d always had around women. Between Ashley dumping his ass and Tasmine saving it from jail, he’d really started to question a lot of his assumptions about himself and women. If he drove Tasmine away, he didn’t think he could handle it. He needed her in his life, even if only as a friend.

He made a vow to himself to stop pushing himself at her, at least until she gave some definite sign that she was interested. Sure, she hadn’t exactly pushed them away today, and the way her body had responded against his had him feeling like he needed to hike up another mountain just to get rid of this excess energy.

Maybe he'd offer to drive her to the Cron wedding they were both attending. Of course, she probably had to be there hours before he did, but at least he’d get to spend time with her and he'd be able to drive her home at the end of the party. It was the kind of move that if she wanted only friendship, she could accept his friendship, a guy doing her a favor. And if she wanted to give him any sign at all that she was interested in him he'd be all over it.

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