Friction (The Full Velocity Series Book 1) by Tracie Delaney

Author:Tracie Delaney [Delaney, Tracie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firefly Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

My fascination with the race strategy meeting edged my acute awareness of Jared sitting opposite into second place, something I assumed would have been an impossibility—a timely reminder that my career meant the world to me. But as the talks wound down, my gaze automatically shifted to Jared. The image of him striding toward me before those lips crashed down on mine crowded my mind. The way he’d taken control so easily with a simple kiss caused a swell of desire to crash over me.

A soft sigh escaped my lips, drawing Lewis’s attention. He glanced between me and Jared and then gave me a hard stare. I glared back. His silent message was clear: don’t go there. Well, too bad, cos if I got the chance, I was definitely going there. Again and again.

And again.

The session ended, and chairs scraped along the floor as everyone rose to their feet. Breathless, I waited for Jared to give me a sign he was ready to talk, but before he could, Dad cocked his head, indicating for Jared to follow him, and the two of them disappeared.

I wanted to scream with frustration, especially when I spotted Lewis making his way over, a determined expression on his face. I pretended I hadn’t seen him and headed for the door, but I wasn’t quick enough. He gripped my upper arm.

“Hold on there, little lady,” he said. “A word.”

I gave him my best innocent look, one I’d perfected as a teenager. It always worked a treat on Mum and Dad. Not so on Lewis, if the arched eyebrow he sported was anything to go by.

“What’s up, Lew?”

He waited until we were alone and then loomed over me. “We’ve already spoken about staying away from Jared, Paise. Now I’m telling you. Forget it. Forget him. He is not the man for you. I don’t want to rat you out to Jack, but I will. Either you quit mooning after Jared Kane with your big blue eyes, or you’ll give me no choice but to let your dad know what’s going on.”

I folded my arms across my chest and kicked a hip out to one side in what I hoped imitated a no-nonsense stance. “Nothing is going on,” I stated. “Jared and I are just friends.”

Lewis snorted. “And I’m the goddamn Pope.”

“Well, I ain’t kissing your ring,” I drawled, earning a bark of laughter from him. “And it happens to be the truth.” An opportunity to put Lewis off the scent arose, and I took it. “If you must know, yeah, I’m attracted to Jared, but he’s not remotely interested, okay? So please don’t poke at an open wound.”

Lewis’s eyes widened, and a faint tinge of pink colored his cheeks. “Shit, Paise, I’m sorry.”

“No, you’re not.” I grinned. “Still, now you know, stop giving me a hard time, okay?”

He gave my arm a squeeze. “The right guy will come along for you, Paise, at the right time.”

The right guy had come along. All I had to do was convince the man himself.

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