The Space Between Us by Megan Hart

Author:Megan Hart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780778313083
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Dinner and a movie. Nothing kinky or extraordinary about that, right? Not unless you consider that it’s two women and one man on that date, and that the three of them are going to end up in bed together.

Not that anyone watching us would’ve known it, of course. But we did. And that gave everything we said a little extra element of anticipation. At least it did for me—or maybe I was just trying so hard to forget about the fight with Vic, and thinking about what I was really going to do, that I focused too much on what would happen when I went back with Meredith and Charlie to their house.

“God, that movie was the worst ever.” Meredith tossed her purse on the counter. Kicked off her shoes. She left a trail of clothing, coat, hat and gloves as she headed for the living room, where she bent to rummage in the liquor cabinet.

“I’ve seen worse.” Charlie had taken my coat and hat from me and hung them in the hall closet before hanging his own.

I blew on my fingers. I’d worn my mittens, but the temperatures had dropped so fast that the short walk from the theater to the car had left them like ice cubes, and the car ride home hadn’t been quite long enough to warm them.

“Still cold?” Charlie took both my hands in his and chafed them gently, then lifted them to his mouth and blew on them.

I shivered for reasons unrelated to my chills. “Thanks.”

He kissed my hand and smiled. “No problem.”

“Who wants a mojito?” Meredith stood in the arch between the living room and kitchen holding a bottle of lime-flavored rum. “I have fresh limes.”

“It’s a school night,” Charlie reminded her with a glance at the clock. “And it’s getting late.”

Meredith pouted, and I was reminded with a pang of Simone. I hadn’t even said a proper goodbye to the kids. I was a shitty pseudo auntie.

“And I guess you have to work early?” Meredith said to me.

“Yeah. But I brought some things. So I can stay over…if you want me to.” I wasn’t sure what I’d do if one of them said they didn’t want me. Where I’d go. Cap would be happy to put me up, and Lynds wouldn’t mind, at least short-term. But I didn’t want to go there.

“Don’t be dumb. Of course we do. Right, Charlie?” Meredith put the bottle on the counter and came over to hug me. “Mmm. Tesla.”

She nuzzled my neck, which felt nice, but then stepped back too fast for me to really enjoy it. “No drinks?”

“Not for me. I’m going to take a shower,” Charlie said. “I’m tired.”

Meredith frowned again and looked at me. “Charlie…”

He paused. Glanced from her to me and back again. “What?”

She put her arm around my waist so we stood hip to hip. “I can’t believe you’re going to just abandon us.”

The last thing in the world I wanted was for Charlie to feel pressured into fucking me. As much as I wanted to lose myself in the physical, I could sympathize with him being tired.

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