Ready for Love by Jules Dixon

Author:Jules Dixon [Dixon, Jules]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Jace

I saw her talking to Jude, but I needed to get to class.

The whole day I’d been running behind schedule. I’d slept through my morning three-alarm system. I’d stared at the wall in the shower for forty-five minutes. I’d made no progress at work on a marketing proposal that was due in three weeks, but the pressure to get it done ahead of schedule rambled in my head. After a six-hour day Saturday at Wattier & Buchman, I’d driven to work out in zombie-manner, sitting in the parking lot of Triple R for twenty minutes before stepping from the vehicle.

But once in the gym, my mojo zipped back, and I rocketed into the yoga room. The fifty-five minute workout cleared the fuzz from my head. I grabbed my mat and water bottle, chugging a good half of it. I’d at least take the time to say hello.

But Kai wasn’t at the receptionist desk anymore. Probably off for the night.

I walked outside to find a tall brunette leaning against the back of my Jeep.

“Wanna get something to eat?” In the setting sun her short hair sparkled with diamond highlights.

“I’m all sweaty.”

“I have a change of clothes in my car. I could follow you to your place and then we could go out for dinner after we shower. I mean, after we fuck each other into a screaming state again.”

I slid to stop three feet from her and glanced around the parking lot. Everyone had earbuds in or was oblivious to the proposition and my thundering heartbeat.

“I’m sorry, what did you say?” My face flushed with heat and not just from the workout.

“That’s what this is, right? FWB. Nothing more, right? So why don’t we take advantage of it. From what I could tell last night, we’re very beneficial together in bed.”

True.

“Oh … okay,” I mumbled trying to process the overload of both desire and anxiety.

“I’ll follow you then.” She headed off to her car, and I fumbled my way into my vehicle.

What the hell did I get myself into?

****

We walked up the stairs to my apartment in silence. I’d grabbed the mail and fidgeted with the key when I got to the door.

“Something wrong, Jace?”

“No, but wondering what the change from last night is all about?”

“Guess I’d rather have you as a friend with something extra, than an acquaintance with nothing at all.” Her voice never waivered and her back straightened.

I opened and let her in first. She walked the hall with purpose and entered the bathroom. I stared into what seemed miles long, but was really only a ten-foot-long hallway. Water pinged off the shower and my ears tingled at the sound.

“Shower’s warm, feel free to join me,” she called out.

My heart had never pounded this fast. I wasn’t sure if I was having a panic attack or a heart attack. Either way, I needed the feeling to end before it sucked me under. I tried to calm myself with some deep slow breathing like in yoga. I could

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