Total Immersion by Alice Gaines

Author:Alice Gaines
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers

Chapter Four

THE SUITE’S SITTING room had a good collection of books, so Susan selected a hardcover romance novel, settled into a wing-backed chair, and propped her bare feet up on an ottoman. Someone else had obviously read the story, because it fell open to a love scene. The rakish English lord finally making love with the woman who heated his blood like no other. She read for a while and had to chuckle. Neither Miss Farnsworth, the heroine, nor the author had any idea how hot sex could be. Thanks to Adam and Jeff, Susan had learned the lesson, and she’d have to spend some time processing the implications.

Immersion in sex as therapy. Who would have guessed it could work? It had, though, softening the kinks in her psyche. She still had work to do on herself and on her relationship with Adam—if he gave her the honor of a second chance. For one thing, they’d have to have a long discussion of the whore remark. But now, at least, she felt in a position to ask for forgiveness. After the incredible intimacy they’d shared, they couldn’t pretend that nothing had changed.

With a sigh, she set the book on the table at her elbow. She’d never be able to concentrate on it, anyway. The whole time that drug had circulated in her system, she’d been a creature of desires. Everything for pleasure with no thought about the consequences. Nothing wrong with that, really, unless someone got hurt. But how did she walk away from that when the night ended? Could she really leave Adam behind, losing him again? And what did she say to Jeff, other than a huge thank-you?

The man in question appeared at the threshold of the bedroom. Jeff’s hair was rumpled from sleep, and he ran his hands over his face and yawned. “Needed my rest. You about wore me out.”

“You performed brilliantly.”

“Be sure to tell the management,” he said.

“I think your manager knows.”

“Yeah, Adam,” Jeff said. “He’s out like a light.”

They’d both fallen asleep right after their total immersion experiment. She’d drifted off for a while, too, but when she’d awakened to find herself between two male bodies, her mind had started racing.

Jeff took a seat in the chair opposite hers. “I owe you an apology.”

“For what?”

“My aborted attempt at therapy,” he said. “Dumb idea.”

She smoothed her palms over the silk robe. “My fault. I shouldn’t have become emotional like that.”

“How could you not? It’s an emotional subject.”

“Can I ask you some questions?” she said.

He studied her face for a moment, and his usual congenial expression became more serious. “You can ask anything. I’ll only answer what I want to.”

“Fair enough.” She paused for a moment. Such sensitive questions. She’d never managed to ask Adam. But then Adam’s answers would have carried so much more baggage because she’d cared about him. Cared? Idiot. She’d loved him. She still did.

“How did you get into this line of work?”

He laughed. “Everyone asks that one.”

“You wouldn’t find your job in a help-wanted ad.

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