New Blue (Blue Series Book 5) by Jules Barnard

Author:Jules Barnard [Barnard, Jules]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jules Barnard
Published: 2016-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Hayden

I have been a jittering jumble of nerves ever since Adam left me this morning. How dare he leave me a hormone-crazed mess?

That kiss. Kisses. And his hands. The way he looked at me. With warmth, and also like he wanted to devour me. Had he not pulled away, I would have done whatever he wanted. Because I wanted it too. But he did pull away, and now I’m confused.

Everything felt right. The playful way we’ve been around each other these last two days as he worked on my house. And before then, if I think about it. When we weren’t fighting, that is. My physical attraction for Adam has grown deeper and it muddles me.

I care about him.

I drop my head to my desk and knock it a couple of times.

“You’re going to give yourself a concussion if you keep that up,” Mira says, her voice ringing out.

I groan. “Don’t you ever knock?”

“Why would I do that?” She walks over and takes a seat across from me.

Her eyes narrow and her chin dips. “You look rosy. And flustered. Hayden, what have you been up to? You haven’t—Did you hook up with someone? I know we’re work friends, but I thought you’d share that kind of juicy detail.”

I roll my eyes. How does she read me so well? Oh, right, Adam said my emotions play out on my face like a book. Gotta work on that. “We are more than work friends, Mira. You’re one of my best friends in town.”

“Damn straight, so spill these horny details you’re hiding.”

I jump up and cross the room, sticking my head out the door to make sure no one overheard her. I close the door and swing around. “Keep your dang voice down,” I whisper loudly. “And there’s nothing to tell.”

“Of course there is. For one, who is he?”

I slump into my chair. And then I lower my forehead back onto the desk. “You don’t want to know.”

“Oh, I think I do.”

I look up to find her sitting forward. “I have a crush on someone I shouldn’t.”

Her eyes sparkle. “Those are the best kind.”

I shake my head and let out a sigh. “No, they’re really not.”

Mira’s warm brown gaze, a couple of shades darker than my own, drifts to the side. “Hayden, didn’t Adam come by this weekend to pay off his bet?”

I don’t say anything.

“Holy shit.” Her voice goes up an octave. “It’s Adam? I told you to get close, but I wasn’t suggesting that.”

I stand and walk around the desk, sitting in the chair next to her. I glance nervously at the door. “Keep it down already.” I take in her expression and cock my head. “You know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you stunned before. Is this what it takes?”

“You and Adam? Um—yeah. I mean, I figured you two would go at it eventually, but I thought it would be wild monkey sex and you’d get him out of your system. I didn’t think you’d fall in love.”

“Lo—What? Why would you say that?”

Ignoring my question, she rattles on.

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