Dance of the Heart by Lisa Kessler

Author:Lisa Kessler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780999464113
Publisher: Lisa Kessler
Published: 2018-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Tera followed Clio to a table by the window, trying not to notice her sexy shadow who took a small booth across the café. Her body didn’t seem to understand the sudden distance between them. Just glancing in his direction warmed her from the inside out.

Clio blew on her coffee and smiled. “Your bodyguard is hot.”

“Yeah.” Tera lifted her mug of hot chocolate and took a sip. “He’s also my Guardian.”

Clio’s eyes widened. “What? Wow… Did you tell him?”

Tera nodded and stared at the steam rising from her cup. “He knows everything.”

Clio sobered. “So why is he sitting over there alone?”

Tera met her eyes. “Because we had sex last night. Really amazing sex.”

“Huh.” Clio set her coffee back on the table. “I must be missing something here.”

“Me too. I don’t know what happened between amazing sex and sunrise, but this morning he’s Mr. All Business and ‘We need to keep this professional.’” Tera dropped her hands in her lap and immediately started picking at her fingers. “But that’s not even why I needed you.”

Her friend cocked her head and waited for Tera to go on.

Tera swallowed. “While I was melting down about Gavin, my mom called. And I took the call. Oh, and this is after she already showed up twice at the studio.”

Clio’s brow furrowed. “I thought you had a restraining order against her. What’s she doing in Crystal City?”

“Trying to figure out a way to stop me from teaching dance and get me back in the spotlight, as always. Supposedly, she’s been schmoozing with some wealthy patron of the arts in Crystal City and wants me to meet with him. I shouldn’t have taken the call…” Tera lifted her hands from her lap and showed Clio her fingernails in all their gnawed, red, and scabbed glory. “I’m unraveling.”

Clio shook her head. “No, you’re just human. Besides, would the old you have called a friend when she felt this way?”

Tera fought the urge to reach across the table and hug Clio for calling herself a friend. The girl had no clue how much that meant to Tera. She shrugged. “No. Old me would’ve taken a tranquilizer and skipped a few meals.”

“See?” She raised her mug in a mock toast. “You’re much stronger now. You won’t unravel.”

Tera wasn’t sure how true that was, but she had called Clio, and she had even shared her anxiety over the sudden emotional trauma. And Clio didn’t even know about Tera being shot at in the parking lot of the theater yet.

Gods, when had her life turned into an action flick?

Clio took a bite of her bagel and leaned in closer, keeping her voice hushed. “Do you love him?”

Tera almost choked on her hot chocolate. She cleared her throat, pondering the question. Would she even know if she did? It wasn’t like she had any experience. She definitely enjoyed his company and craved his touch, and she’d thought there had been something special growing between them. Before he’d crushed it like a bug this morning, that was.

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