Tackled by the Girl Next Door by susan scott shelley

Author:susan scott shelley [Shelley, Susan Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Best Friends
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2014-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Wednesday

The buzzing of the bedside alarm jarred Sam out of dreamland. She reached out to hit the alarm, but the warm body curled around hers held firm.

Jason shifted over her and silenced the alarm. He propped himself on his elbow, and his lips curved in a lazy, sexy smile. “Morning.”

Sam rose to meet his descending lips. She wrapped her arms around the strong muscles in his back. Waking next to Jason split her world into two, as cozy as flannel pajamas she wanted to sleep in every day and as electrifying as a firestorm that threatened to destroy everything it consumed.

He already owned a large piece of her heart, and by giving in to their attraction, she allotted him even more. Not smart. Jason kept his romantic entanglements carefree, casual, and brief. She couldn’t approach relationships that way, especially one with him. She didn’t want to be the next in line, the current interest that burned hot and bright and then faded in a flash. With him, she wanted forever.

The realization knocked her back against the mattress. Where had that come from? He never got serious with anyone, and she was as far from his preferred type as Pennsylvania was from California.

“You okay?” His brow cocked and his fingers traced her cheek.

Not ready to share the direction of her thoughts, she tugged at the sheet tangled around their legs. “Fine. Just debating about leaving you to go running.”

“I brought sneakers and sweats with me.” He pointed to the bag by the door. “Thought I’d join you.”

“Really?” Surprise coaxed out a laugh, and she leaned into him for another kiss. “I’d love it.”

“We can save time when we get back by showering together. I’ll drive you to work again.”

How perfectly he’d settled into her routine. But yearning for more wasn’t wise. She needed to squelch the fantasy of being his wife and guard her heart before she lost it completely.

Seven hours later, Sam’s workday dwindled to an end. Closing early for the holiday meant compressing eight hours of work into four. She waded through a sea of never-ending emails and client concerns, feeling as effective as a hamster spinning in a wheel. The sun glinted off Kevin’s graduation photo on her desk. She sighed. Her husband’s death followed by her mother’s death had gutted her. Taking care of Kevin had helped pull her out of her grief. She’d never regretted her choice to come home, but some days, she really missed the excitement of her former career and life in the city.

As one o’clock approached, she pushed away from her desk. Craving a change of scenery and a stretch of her legs, she wove through the maze of dull gray cubicles on her way to the water cooler.

“Hey, Sammie.” Larry Goodman’s voice rang out behind her.

Irritation crawled along her skin. She waved over her shoulder and increased her pace. The office slacker used his senior status to dump accounts and projects into her lap, and her friendship with Jason to score autographs of his favorite football players.

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