Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher

Author:Lauren Gallagher [Gallagher, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2015-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

After dinner, dessert, and a million stories about the various dick-bags we’d worked with, it was almost closing time. So, finally, we paid our bill and made our way out to the dark parking lot with Scott and Jeremy strolling behind us, hand in hand. We stopped beside her car while they hung back by their cars, giving everyone a little bit of privacy but still keeping Jeremy reasonably close to me.

Natalya unlocked her car and opened the door, but didn’t get in yet. We locked eyes, and I couldn’t even pretend I didn’t have butterflies swarming in my stomach.

“I had a really nice time tonight,” she said.

“Me too.” I smiled despite my sudden nerves. “I’m still . . . you know, not quite sure what we’re doing, but—”

She cradled my face and kissed me gently. “It’s okay. We’re just hanging out and sleeping together. It doesn’t have to be anything more than that.”

But what else is there?

“It works,” I whispered. “I do like it.”

“So do I.” She kissed me again, then inched toward her car. “Let me know about going riding? I’m looking forward to it.”

“Me too.”

One more smile, and she got into her car. As she drove off, I stood there with my heart in my throat. I was overthinking this, wasn’t I? Just because she was interesting, and laid-back, and hot, and adventurous . . . that didn’t mean we couldn’t make this work as friends. It didn’t mean I’d get too emotionally tangled up in her for my own good.

But really, it was hard to imagine a woman who checked more boxes for me. Our relationship—whatever it was—hit all the right notes without all the migraine-inducing stress of my last relationship. It was . . . it was everything I’d been missing before.

And if I can have this with a friend, then I’ll definitely have it with my soul mate whenever she comes along. Doesn’t mean this is getting out of hand.

I watched until her taillights were gone, then headed back toward where my bodyguard and his boyfriend were saying good-bye. They glanced at me, then shared a long kiss. As Scott drove off, Jeremy met me beside his own car and unlocked the doors.

I scowled. “Sorry you couldn’t leave with him. Looked like the two of you would’ve preferred to keep your date going.”

“It’s okay,” he said as we got in the car. “We’ll meet up later.” He pulled the door shut and turned the key. “He can wait a little while.”

I scowled. “I’m sorry you can’t just—”

“Don’t worry about it.” He flashed me a smile. “This is the job I signed up for, and working for you is the reason I met him in the first place. Trust me—we can both cope with a few extra minutes before we see each other again tonight.”

“Okay. But if it gets to be a hassle, I can try to talk the studio into hiring someone for the evenings. Even if it means he stays overnight at the house or something to justify having him on the clock all night.

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