Just Between Friends (O'Rourke Family 4) by Julianna Morris

Author:Julianna Morris [Morris, Julianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Marriage Of Convenience, Charade, O'Rourke Family, Silhouette Romance, Classic, Bachelor, Single Woman, Best Friends, Childhood, Best Bud, Husband Material, Just Friends, Matrimony
ISBN: 9780373197316
Goodreads: 2440512
Publisher: Silhouette Romance Classic
Published: 2014-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

On Monday Kate typed away on her computer, lost in her tale about an intrepid girl called Little Stuff. Little Stuff had shown up in previous stories and was so popular Kate’s editor had asked for a new series with her as the lead character.

The story was rolling along, so when the telephone began ringing Kate decided to let the machine pick it up…then heard Dylan’s voice.

“Kate, it’s me. You’re probably not in…”

She ran for the phone.

“…but I needed to let you know I won’t be home tonight.”

Kate snatched up the receiver and was stunned to hear a dial tone. He hadn’t even said goodbye, or see you in the morning, or explained why he was spending the night someplace else.

A sick feeling hit her tummy, and she sank onto a chair. Was it another woman?

Surely not.

Dylan knew it had to appear they were happily married. He wouldn’t just casually go out with another woman when he thought so much was at stake. Would he?

Her heart instantly denied the possibility, but her head kept chewing on the question. Dylan was a man who had needs, physical needs. Of course, they’d only been married for a few weeks, so it wasn’t as if he’d been deprived of sex for ages. She’d gone her entire life without sex, so she knew it was possible, if not comfortable.

Talking to someone else would help.

Kate tried to think of who she could confide in and was more depressed than ever. The social circle she’d grown up in didn’t lend itself to close friendships, and most of her college friends had moved away in search of bigger and better jobs. As for her parents, they’d have heart failure if she tried to discuss something more important than the weather.

Dylan was her best friend.

He wasn’t good at opening up to her, but he’d always been there when she needed someone. Over the years she’d talked to him, laughed with him, and cried on his shoulder, which didn’t leave many options when it was Dylan she needed to talk about.

With an effort Kate dragged herself back to the computer, her story no longer the least bit interesting. Little Stuff might be able to solve any problem, but Little Stuff’s creator was swimming in the dark.

When Kate heard Dylan put his key in the door the next evening, a feeling of both relief and despair swept over her. At least he wasn’t spending two nights away, but that didn’t explain why he’d stayed away in the first place.

Well, she wouldn’t ask.

If she started acting like a jealous shrew he’d never want to stay married.

Yet a recurring thought nagged at her…did she want to stay married with things like this? Even if Dylan decided to make their marriage real, could she spend the rest of her life in a limbo where the man she loved was as close as the sun’s warmth and more distant than the stars?

Ice condensed in Kate’s stomach and she bent over the sink, washing her salad makings and trying not to cry.

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