Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101619612
Google: kZFl73IudlMC
Amazon: 0425253457
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Published: 2013-03-04T23:00:00+00:00

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DINNER WAS . . . UNREMARKABLE. OH, THE FOOD WAS fine, but Alicia barely remembered eating it.

Refusing to let the conversation she intended to have with Garrett be pushed to the side, she’d made a list in her head of all the points she wanted to discuss with him.

After dinner, though, just in case it resulted in upsetting him. No sense in ruining the meal.

And okay, she was stalling because it was going to be uncomfortable. But at some point tonight the two of them were going to talk.

When they finished, they did the dishes. She’d no more than hung up the dish towel when she turned around to find Garrett had disappeared. She flipped off the light and found him flopped on the couch channel surfing. Alicia hovered nearby, ready to crawl out of her skin. She made some notes about today’s pitching session until Garrett finally found a movie and stopped flipping channels.

She grabbed a glass of wine and fished a few pieces of chocolate from the bowl on the coffee table, all the while watching. And waiting. And waiting some more.

She didn’t want to interrupt his movie, but it was an old one, and she was certain he’d probably seen it before.

Now was the time.

“Garrett.”

He ignored her. She tried again. “Garrett.”

He frowned. “Yeah? What?”

“We need to talk.”

His gaze jerked from her to the television and back again. “Can it wait? I’m watching this movie.”

She sighed. “Sure.”

An hour and a half later, she’d polished off two glasses of wine and more chocolate than she’d intended. She’d also read half a book and the movie was over. Garrett grabbed a drink and resumed channel surfing.

Oh, no. This wasn’t happening. He couldn’t avoid her forever. She moved over and grabbed the remote from him.

“Hey. I was—”

“Avoiding having a conversation with me.”

He rolled his eyes. “Fine. What do you want to talk about?”

“What happened earlier. In the workout room.”

“Nothing happened. You made it clear you didn’t want anything to happen. I’m no rocket scientist, Alicia, but I hear the word no when it’s stated.”

“Okay. That’s good, and I appreciate it.”

“But you know as well as I do that the no from your lips isn’t what your body is telling you.”

She shuddered in a breath. “What I want and what I’m going to have don’t have to be mutually inclusive. I’m your therapist. This is my job. You’re my patient. Your recovery is paramount. Getting involved with each other would alter our client/patient relationship and might end up hurting both of us—professionally and personally.”

He stretched out on the sofa, looking lazily sexy. “We don’t have to get ‘involved,’” he said, using air quotes around the word. “But we can ease some tension and have fun at the same time.”

“I take sex very seriously, Garrett.”

He pushed off the sofa, coming over to her side. His breath was warm on her cheek as he tucked one of her curls behind her ear. “Oh, believe me, Alicia. So do I.”

Oh, God. She shouldn’t have said that.

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