No Strings Attached by Harper Bliss

Author:Harper Bliss [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ladylit Publishing
Published: 2016-07-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“Jesus, Amber, I’m so stupid.” Amber was the only person in the world Micky would admit something like that to. But it was exactly how she felt. Utterly stupid. “I should have just kept my mouth shut.”

“I disagree. You should say what you feel. What was the alternative?”

“Er, amazingly hot sex.” Micky could barely look her friend in the eye.

“But at what cost?”

“Cost? I have no price to pay here. I have so many years to catch up on, and I had the most exquisite, experienced, enthralling woman in bed, just mere hours ago, and I let her go because of my feelings.”

“Come on, Micky. We are not animals. We can’t just make love and move on.”

Having Amber as a best friend was a blessing and a curse. Amber never—ever—slept with anyone until their chakras were aligned. “You were the one who told me to do this, if I may be so frank as to remind you.” Micky opened an expensive bottle of wine, which she’d snatched from Darren’s collection after he’d moved out, and drank greedily. “You encouraged some mindless fucking.” Micky also hadn’t had breakfast or lunch. She knew as soon as she said the word Amber wouldn’t react well to the f-word.

“I did no such thing. All I advised you to do was to be open to possibilities, which you were. And I applaud you for that. I also think you did the right thing. So did Robin. These things happen, Micky. People have different expectations of one situation most of the time. But this was your first. It would have been pretty naive to believe you were going to fall in love with the first woman you met who tickled your fancy, and end up happily ever after. This is life, not a fairy tale.”

“I know.” This was the blessed part of her friendship with Amber. “I just really, really like her.”

“Which is the problem,” Amber stated matter-of-factly.

“I think she likes me too. I think that’s the problem.”

“I know this is not what you want to hear right now, but you’re going to have to move on.”

“I know.” If only Micky knew how. Then she imagined Robin moving on. The thought of running into her with another woman by her side made her stomach roil.

“Either way, I would advise you to play the field, Micky. Your first steps into this brave new world”—only Amber would ever call what Micky had done by that dramatic name—“were glorious. It would be so easy to put a positive spin on it. Remember my first time with Annette Fielding?” Amber fixed her green gaze on Micky. “You’re lucky.”

“Wasn’t your first time with Steven What’s-His-Name?” Micky said, knowing full well she would rile Amber greatly with that comment.

“My real first time.” Amber didn’t even raise her voice. Maybe she’d been doing yoga all weekend and she was so Zen nothing Micky said could rattle her.

“I just feel…” Micky was starting to get sick of feeling sorry for herself. What was it that Amber always said? Introspection is fine.

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