Driving Her Wild by Maguire Meg

Author:Maguire, Meg [Maguire, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373797776
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-22T07:00:00+00:00

7

THEIR DATE WAS FAR TOO FUN. Far too easy.

Steph had imagined being taken to a gallery opening by some polished young man Jenna might find for her, and she’d been worried. She wasn’t great at small talk and knew squat about art. But her time with Patrick at the open studio was a blast. She got a little tipsy on the boxed cabernet, and Patrick charmed everyone without even trying.

By the time they headed back to her place, she was torn between two completely different sensations—an easy, happy feeling, and a curdling dread.

Dread about the date she’d be on, this time tomorrow. Dread that maybe she didn’t want what she’d thought she did... All that fancy stuff. A fancy man. Patrick was messing with her priorities, but she couldn’t abandon her trajectory with Dylan just because some hot contractor was dismantling her common sense with his big hands and deep kisses.

Patrick said good-night to her at the couch. She saw that invitation in his eyes again. She saw his hope there, asking if they could maybe enjoy a repeat performance of their earlier entanglement.

But Steph was a lightweight when it came to both alcohol and sugar, and in the wake of the fun, the wine had left her strung out and punchy. That plus the voice of her better judgment let her resist the bait. The same bait that had turned too many supposedly no-strings one-night stands into friends-with-benefits imitation romances with too many guys like Patrick.

It wasn’t easy, though. She could still feel those hands on her body, still hear those dark, heavy breaths against her skin. Still smell him. Still taste him.

But with his invitation blocked, instead of a spirited manhandling, Patrick offered a kiss on her cheek. Dutifully sweet and patient, as though he’d just walked her to her door after a trip to the malt shop, and she climbed the little ladder to her loft feeling strange and bashful and confused.

She woke the next morning still confused.

The smell of coffee had roused her and she squinted across the apartment at the kitchen. Patrick was leaning on the counter with her laptop open, watching something with the sound turned way down as the coffeemaker did its job.

“What time is it?” she asked, stretching and hoping she sounded totally casual and unfazed.

He checked her screen. “Eight twenty.”

“And my brother’s coming at nine?”

He nodded.

Steph clambered from the loft and dressed for work in the bathroom. Funny how she’d flashed this man the other week, but now that they’d gotten each other off, she felt weird stripping down to change in front of him. He made her vulnerable, a sensation she wasn’t used to. And a sensation that made no sense, considering how utterly non-threatening he was. Well, physically. He posed plenty of threats to her best-laid plans.

As she joined him at the counter, he handed her a mug of steaming coffee, cream already added.

“Thanks.”

“Sleep well?”

She nodded, eyes on the news he was streaming. “Fine. You?”

“Your couch is a bit hard, but not bad.

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