Chosen by Desire

Author:Kate Perry [Perry, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Paranormal Romance, FIC027120
ISBN: 9780446541015
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

She liked it. A lot.

Carrie grinned as she stretched in bed. She liked it so much she would have liked to do it again. But she had to get to work, so it was just as well that Max left to shower in his room.

She needed to get up and shower, too, but she wanted to revel in the memory of the past twelve hours. And—truthfully—she wasn’t ready to wash off the scent and feel of him. She didn’t know if she’d ever experience it again.

“No being sad,” she ordered herself. Mom always said it was better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Carrie had always scoffed at that, but now she got it. Because if last night was all she’d ever get from Max—well, she’d cherish it forever.

She grabbed her phone and scrolled through her recent calls until she found Gabe’s number. Glancing at the bedside clock, she groaned as she saw the time—Gabe would not be happy at being awakened so early. She almost disconnected, but the line picked up.

Some rustling and then a disgusted huff. “You realize what time it is?” Gabe said in a sleep-hoarse voice.

She meant to apologize, so she was surprised when she said, “I’m in love” instead.

There was silence and then more rustling. “Okay, I’m up. What did you just say? I swore I heard you say you were in love.”

“I am.” She curled into the pillow Max used and inhaled his scent. “Max spent the night with me last night.”

“And this morning you’re in love?” Disbelief colored her every word.

“I know! It’s crazy. Who falls in love after one night of incredible, mind-blowing sex?”

“Apparently, you do,” Gabe deadpanned.

“And next you’re going to ask me if I’m confusing sex and love, and if I’m just blinded by his incredible physique and hot birthmark—”

“Birthmark?”

“—and maybe this is the afterglow of being thoroughly pleasured in more ways than I knew were possible.”

“Is it?”

“No.” Shaking her head, she rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling. “I already asked myself that this morning, because who falls in love overnight? Only I don’t think it was overnight. I think it accumulated.”

“What? Over the week you’ve known him?”

“Two and a half weeks. God, you’re a sarcastic wench in the mornings,” Carrie said with a grin. “I bet Rhys loves waking up to that.”

“Rhys is long gone before I get out of bed. And we’re not talking about me here. We’re talking about you.” She paused. “Are you sure it’s love?”

“Absolutely. Down to the tingles in my fingers and toes.”

Gabe sighed. “Okay. I’m happy for you.”

“You don’t sound happy.”

“You can’t blame me for being worried. I encouraged you to get freaky with the guy—I didn’t mean for you to give him your heart. I feel responsible.” She gasped. “Wait a second. Does this mean you’re not coming back to me?”

“Of course I’m coming back. My position ends in a little over a week. And I have my career at Cal. I can’t just abandon that.

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