The Deadbeat Next Door by Katharine Sadler

Author:Katharine Sadler [Sadler, Katharine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Carrie

Cody’s mouth crashed onto mine and the last bit of reason and sanity I’d been holding onto fled. I’d done such a good job ignoring my lust for Cody, but then George had reminded me of all the jerks and losers I’d dated and I just wanted…I wanted a fun fling before I died alone an old spinster with fifteen dogs. I was allergic to cats, so I couldn’t even get spinsterhood right.

I pulled at his shirt and slid my hands under it. I explored his hard, warm muscles. They felt really, really good. I was slowly beginning to think maybe I’d been wrong in writing off overly-muscled men. I pushed his shirt up and dropped my mouth to his chest, exploring the valleys and ridges of his pecs as I went. He moaned and the knowledge that I’d been the reason he’d made that sexy sound set me on fire. I’d only ever been with two men and it was so long ago I’d almost forgotten what it was like. Even so I was pretty sure it hadn’t been like this. My every nerve ending was alive and electric and I couldn’t get enough of him.

I flicked my tongue over his nipple and then sucked it into my mouth. “Holy fuck,” he said, his body vibrating.

He wrapped his big arms around me and lifted me with him as he stood. “I’m stating for the record that this is a mistake,” he said.

“I like you better when you don’t talk.” For once in my life I was going to make the wrong choice, and I was going to enjoy the hell out of it.

He chuckled and carried me down the hall to his room. He set me down on the bed and took two steps back. His expression shuttered and he put his hands behind his back, as though he was trying to remember not to touch me. “We shouldn’t do this.” He took another step back. “This is only going to complicate everything. We should stick to the plan and keep this platonic and business-like.”

Damn it. He was supposed to be a party boy, a good-time guy, he wasn’t supposed to worry about my feelings. He wasn’t supposed to be the sensible one. I just wanted to enjoy him. I just wanted…I told myself I wanted to feed my lust, stoked by an eternal dry spell, but the truth was, I was lonely.

With Cody, I could pretend, just for a bit, that he was my everything. I could push my loneliness away and know my heart would be safe at the end of it. I wouldn’t get the real thing with him, but I wanted a taste, I just wanted to pretend for a little while that I wasn’t alone, that I had someone in my bed and at my back. I just wanted to pretend…“What if it’s not a bad idea?” I said. This was either the craziest idea I’d ever had, or the best one. “What

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