One Sexy Mistake (Chase Brothers) by Sarah Ballance

Author:Sarah Ballance [Ballance, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: category, enemies to lovers, fling, hookup, romantic comedy, stranded, Chase Brothers, snowed in, Sarah Ballance, Entangled, Lovestruck, forced proximity, contemporary romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-11-27T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Sleet or ice or freezing rain—Grady had never really understood the difference—smacked the window, echoing like the ticking of a clock. He wasn’t sure what time it was.

Or what he’d been thinking when he’d decided that more sex would be a good idea. Granted, it had been an excellent idea, but if he’d ever intended that it could get her out of his mind, he was wrong.

Stupidly wrong.

The second she said she wanted rough sex, he was in. Pathetically in. Because the idea that that woman wanted him to take her like that left his mind spinning.

Yeah, his mind.

Leave it to him to be handed everything he wanted—no-strings sex and a woman with zero desire to hang around afterward—and question it.

But he hadn’t expected to like Olivia, much less admire her.

He’d never dreamed they would connect outside of sex. Hell, he had only hoped they’d be able to function within it.

How could something going right make it all so unbelievably wrong?

And why did it matter? He’d never be the Prince Charming she wanted—or would want when she was ready for a relationship, judging by her taste in movies. He didn’t even want to be that guy. He already knew they were completely incompatible in the real world, so there really wasn’t anything to contemplate. And if all else failed and they were great on every other level, she’d be done with him the second she found out what he’d done.

So why the second thoughts?

And why the hell wouldn’t the snow melt so she could go home?

He glanced toward the window, seeing nothing but white.

“You’re frowning,” Olivia murmured, peering at him through thick lashes. He liked seeing her there, curled against his pillow, his comforter piled over her. They were under it together, and on the heels of his earlier thoughts, he made a point of causally moving his leg away from her.

Naked touching wouldn’t ease his mind.

But looking at her lying there next to him, eyes bright and warm, wouldn’t help, either. Then it hit him. “Espresso,” he murmured.

Her eyes widened. “There’s coffee?”

That was the second time she’d perked over the idea of coffee. Not exactly a distinguishing characteristic, but he could too easily see himself at a coffee shop with her.

Which sucked.

“Not without electricity,” he said. “Actually I was referring to your eyes,” he said. “I’ve been trying to think of the right word.”

“You’ve been thinking about my eyes?”

Instead of answering, he let the question linger, his gaze drifting after hers, his chest caught in a silly little squiggle when she pegged her attention on his lips. He didn’t exactly do squiggles, silly or otherwise, but there was something oddly warm about holding her this way. For a guy who usually considered sex a requirement of intimacy, the effect was startling.

Kind of like her eyes.

He needed to shake this shit off.

He needed to not need her.

“Please don’t look at me like that,” she said.

“Which is how?” Her words set him back.

“Like you want something. Like there’s more.”

“Why the hell not?” As soon as the question left his mouth, he wanted to take it back.

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