Take A Chance On Me by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled as Dave stepped out of the cab. A quick dash into the building meant he didn’t need to open his umbrella, but it didn’t stop him from getting wet enough to be uncomfortable. Brushing water from his hair and clothes, he walked into the elevator and emerged on the fifth floor, smiling at the receptionist on his way to Emma’s office. The proofs for the novel were ready for his review, and he had needed to get away from his apartment and out of his head, so he happily agreed to come in and work from the office for a while. He’d do the rest at home, but there was little time to dawdle, and he and the freelance proofreader they hired for his novel could work seamlessly together anywhere. He was confident that there was very little left to do before printing, but it always paid to be careful.

The door to Emma’s office swung open and Dave froze. Jake stepped out, followed closely by Emma, his hand outstretched. He was smiling, and Dave shuddered at the sight of the upward curve of his lips, the flash of his pearly whites, the tattoo that he could glimpse peeking out from beneath the sleeve of his shirt. Jake’s jeans fit him like a glove, making Dave’s mouth water as he imagined what it might have looked like had he managed not to panic and run away from Jake and any possibility of a relationship of any sort with him two days ago.

He stepped into a cubicle to his right, glad it was empty, and waited for the sound of Jake’s footsteps to disappear. Then he waited some more until the ding of the elevator told him Jake was gone before he emerged and walked the rest of the way to Emma’s office, feeling like the biggest idiot, and hoping no one had seen that ridiculous byplay.

“Would you like to work in here?” Emma asked after greeting him.

“If it would be okay with you, yes.”

She put the manuscript on the work table in front of him as it would appear in final printing and he set to work. He could almost recite the words by heart, a testament to how often he had gone over it in recent weeks. He hoped the work would distract him from the bitter recriminations that had plagued him for the last two days. But seeing Jake had made that difficult at best, and eventually he gave it up, faking a forgotten appointment as his reason for leaving. Technically, he didn’t need to be there to review the proofs, anyway.

What the hell was he going to do about the man who had completely taken over his thoughts by day and his dreams at night? He’d never been so thoroughly loved before in his life. The things Jake Pratt knew how to do to a body…and Dave knew they hadn’t done everything they could have done to each other. The thought of all he had missed out on with Jake made his throat ache.

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