One Mad Night by London Julia

Author:London, Julia [London, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Romantic Comedy, Collections & Anthologies, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781492609940
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Published: 2015-01-06T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Chelsea slipped into the women’s bathroom and gripped the counter edge, drawing deep, steadying breaths. She wasn’t really thinking what she was thinking, was she? She wasn’t seriously considering having sex with Ian Rafferty in the conference room…was she?

“Ohmigod, I am,” she said under her breath to her reflection in the milky bathroom light. “You have totally lost your mind.” She used her fingers to try to repair hair that looked wild after a day of wind and snow and running around with salary charts. Her mascara had smudged under her eyes, which she quickly swiped clean with a tissue.

She was not going back in there. She wasn’t. It was ridiculous! Not only was it inappropriate as hell, she should be using this time to go over her pitch, to review her ad. And besides, she was not the sort of person to have a one-night fling. She was a three-date girl—at least three real dates before she would even consider it. She was definitely not the type to have a one-time fling with an office mate who, until a few hours ago, she hadn’t even liked.

But to hell with all that, argued the devil that had overtaken her body and was trying to snuff out her thoughts. Ian Rafferty was a very handsome man. And she liked him. Against all odds, she really liked him. It was shocking to her, but there it was—she was very attracted to a handsome, likable man. What was the world coming to?

“But it’s such a bad idea, Chelsea,” she whined to her reflection again. “A really, seriously, stupendously bad idea. You know how it goes when these things happen in the office. Awkward meetings in the break room, gossip, sitting outside to eat your lunch day after day in the hope that you might see him? Because you know you will. You know how you are. You’ll act like it’s not a big deal when it is a very big deal to you. So yeah, no, Chelsea. Just no.” She shook her head at herself and walked out of the women’s bathroom.

And she kept walking, right around to the office foyer, where her things were still lying on the floor where she’d left them. The candy bars, her tote bag, her Very Expensive Shoes. Chelsea leaned down, untied the laces of her tennis shoes, and kicked them off. She took her new shoes from their protective sleeves and put them on.

“Who are you?” she muttered and began striding for the conference room. “When did you become this woman? When did you throw all your principles out the window for sex? Yes, okay, it has all the markings of being fabulous sex, but still.”

She reached the doors, took a breath, and put her hand on the handle. “You know what you are?” she said, and she yanked the door open, startling Ian as she walked in. He was still on the conference table, the highball glass dangling between his fingers. He’d pulled his shirttail free of his trousers and had undone a couple of buttons.

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