Forked by Melanie Harlow

Author:Melanie Harlow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: romance, New Adult, Adult, Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9781502896636
Published: 2014-10-20T04:00:00+00:00

I ran hard, the soles of my Nikes stirring up dust on the dirt road. My body was bursting with trapped energy, fueled by frustration and adrenaline, which only seemed to replenish itself the harder I pushed.

“Jesus, Coco, pace yourself.” Nick easily kept up with me, although I was glad to hear he was breathing heavy. “You’re going to wear yourself out on the first mile.”

“Can’t keep up?” I teased, stretching my legs to lengthen each stride.

Instead of answering he took off at a speed I’d never attain in this lifetime, moving about a hundred

feet ahead of me and then jogging backward as I caught up. “Hey, cupcake. What took you so long?”

I punched his shoulder and he turned around, running alongside me again. “No fair,” I panted. “You have much longer legs than I do.”

He glanced down at my blue running shorts. “I don’t know, your legs look pretty long to me. Long and luscious and begging to wrap themselves around my neck. What do you say we stop up here for a breather?”

“No. Do you know how many calories I’ve consumed in the last twenty-four hours? I’m getting a run in if it kills me.” Ignoring a stitch behind my left rib cage, I pumped my arms harder and sped up again.

“It might, the way you’re going at it. Why don’t you save some of that aggression for later? It’s turning me on.”

“Everything turns you on.”

“True. At least where you’re concerned.”

We ran in silence for a few minutes, following the dirt road as it curved around a bend. On our left was a field of greens; on our right, land thick with trees.

“How far do you want to go?” he asked.

“Three miles,” I panted. “Same as always.”

“Perfect. We’ll go to that silo up there, turn around, and then head east through the trees when we get back here.” He gestured to our right. “The reservoir is that way.”

“Great.” I slowed down a little, breathing deeply in an effort to relieve the ache in my side. Eventually it dissipated, and my mind strayed from my body to my heart, which ached in a different way. I needed to ask myself some hard questions.

What was I really doing here with Nick? Yes, I needed him to do me a favor by catering for Angelina, but he and I both knew he owed me a favor without this weekend together business. I could have argued harder that being friends and getting to know each other again did not have to involve sleeping under one roof. And I should have. But the truth was, I’d wanted to say yes. I wanted to spend time with him under one roof. Alone. With others. Clothed. Naked. Cooking.

Talking. Drinking. Laughing.

Kissing.

Showering.

Fucking.

Christ. My shorts felt wet with something other than sweat, and my breasts tingled in my sports bra. It didn’t help that he was right here next to me, sweaty and shirtless and breathing hard, muscles flexing. Before thinking about sex could derail my introspection, I put it aside and tried to examine how I really felt about Nick.

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