Twice Upon a Roadtrip by Shannon Stacey

Author:Shannon Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc.
Published: 2014-02-12T05:00:00+00:00

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“Are you insane?” Ethan waved his hand at the windshield. “I’m not letting you abandon me in the middle of nowhere.”

“I signed for this car. I paid for this car. And I want you out of this car.”

“I was only teasing you, sunshine.”

“Well, I’m not teasing you, little black raincloud. Out.”

She couldn’t be serious. After all she’d done to him? No way was he letting her ditch him on the side of the road.

“All you’ve done is insult me since we left the motel—since we met,” she continued. “I am not a bad person and I’m sick of you trying to make me feel like one.”

Guilt wormed its way into his thoughts. He’d been a jerk all morning, and taking out his frustrations on Jill wasn’t really fair. Even if his most recent problems were her fault, she was stranded, too.

“I’m sorry—”

“You said that about ten minutes ago, then you started right in again.”

True. But he meant it this time. “You’d really leave me here in the middle of nowhere with no car, no money, no identification?”

“Flighty, stupid people do that kind of thing all the time.” He could tell she tried hard to hide behind a jaunty tone, but he could hear the hurt behind the words and it made him feel about two feet tall.

“I never said you were stupid.”

“You implied it.”

Ethan groaned and leaned his head back against the seat. He’d been married long enough to know he couldn’t argue with what he hadn’t said.

“How about we make a deal?” he said, ready to brace himself if she tried to shove him out the door and drive away. “If you don’t dump me here—lost and penniless—I promise I’ll be nice. And I’ll ask my mother to give you your job back.”

That got her attention. Jill stared at him, gnawing at her lip, until he was convinced she wanted him gone more than she wanted to pay her rent.

Ethan cursed the new sneakers he wore. If he had to walk, the blisters would be hell. “Well?” he prompted.

“I don’t want my job back.” But she did. He could see it in her eyes.

“You told me on the bus that you did—that you need it. Why did you change your mind?”

“Because…because we had great sex.”

He frowned, letting her words tumble around his brain, hoping they’d line up in some way that made sense. “So, you would want your job back if the sex was lousy?”

Jill’s cheeks burned and for one second Ethan was sure she was going to push him backward out of the Taurus. “Of course not.”

“Then what exactly does incredible, mind-blowing, super-hot sex have to do with your job?”

Jill blushed, but she didn’t look away. “It might seem like I was trying to get my job back by having…delicious…breathtaking sex with you.”

He watched her mouth—watched her lips draw each syllable—and for one insane second wished they were still stuck in that motel room. His plans be damned. That mouth had brought him to knees.

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