Friendship on Fire by Joss Wood

Author:Joss Wood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-04-03T17:39:05+00:00

Jules...

Ladies and gentlemen, the award for Best Actress goes to Jules Brogan.

Oh, why couldn’t sex with Noah have been meh and blah? Why did it have to be skin-on-fire, want-more wonderful? It had taken a herculean effort for Jules to turn her back on Noah and leave the office. Now at the bottom of the stairs leading to the reception area of the marina’s office, she ignored the burning urge to retrace her steps.

She and Noah didn’t have a future. They never had. He was only in town long enough to complete this project and within a few weeks, maybe a month or two, he’d be gone again. If she didn’t keep her distance she would be staying behind, holding her bleeding heart in her hands. This time she wouldn’t only be mourning the loss of her friend but also her lover.

She’d cried enough tears over Noah, thank you very much.

As more tears threatened to spill, Jules could only pray that Noah wouldn’t follow her in order to continue their going-nowhere conversation. And situation.

She couldn’t allow history to repeat itself; that was just stupid. They needed to keep their relationship perfunctory and professional. Two words that weren’t associated with sex.

What had she been thinking... Had she been thinking at all? Their kiss so long ago had knocked them out of the friends-only zone and had, admittedly, rocked her world. How could she possibly have thought she could handle sleeping with him?

Then again, when Noah touched her, when his eyes darkened to that shade a fraction off black, her brain exited the room and left her libido in charge. Her libido that hadn’t seen much action and couldn’t be trusted to make grown-up decisions.

Jules waved off the night manager, who offered to walk her to her car, and stepped into the warm night. Pulling in a deep breath, she waited for the night air to clear her head. Walking down the marina, reason and sanity returned.

Use that brain, Brogan.

She wasn’t living in Victorian times; this wasn’t a catastrophe. She was fully entitled to have sex with and enjoy a man, his skills and his equipment. This didn’t have to mean anything more than it was: a moment in time where they did what healthy adults did. It was sex, nothing more or nothing less.

A fun time was had by all up against the wall.

She wasn’t a poet, nor was she a liar... Jules sighed. Despite her brave words to Noah and her insouciant attitude, sex did mean something to her, sharing her body was a curiously intimate act. She never slept with men unless the relationship was going somewhere...and, because there hadn’t been many contenders to feature in her happily-ever-after life, she was a shade off being celibate.

Sleeping with Noah had been an aberration, an anomaly, a strange occurrence.

Jules pushed through the access gate to the marina, turned to look back at the double-story office building and blew out a long, frustrated breath.

She couldn’t sleep with him again. It was out of the question.

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