Whisper of Attraction by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2018-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

“Thanks for the dance?” Brynn repeated Axel’s parting comment after he walked her to the door and then left.

He left.

After the dancing, the almost kissing, the “accidental” arm brushes on the walk home (okay, those were mostly her). But still, after all of that…he left.

She stared down at the keys in her hand that had been shaking when she’d unlocked her door and walked in, thinking he’d follow right behind her. Thinking tonight was going to be the night that she’d be able to think back on as she toasted her friends to “good sex.” Thinking that her self-imposed celibacy was finally going to come to an end (pun intended).

But that’s what she got for thinking. Because instead of any of that happening, he’d thanked her for the dance and walked around the side of the house to the garage. She’d stood in her doorway in stunned disbelief and listened as his feet climbed the old wooden steps leading to his apartment before she’d shut her door.

She was in shock.

She’d spent the walk home trying to remember if she’d shaved her legs this morning and whether or not her bra and underwear matched. She’d been absolutely certain that her five-year dry spell was about to be broken and that certainty equally terrified and excited her.

But it turned out, it wasn’t so certain.

It seemed that at every turn she was judging the situation with Axel all wrong. Each time she thought things were headed in a certain direction with him, he’d make a sharp U-turn and take her completely by surprise. From the first night they’d met until tonight, that man didn’t do anything that she expected. And it was making her begin to wonder if it was her, if she’d been out of the game so long that she was really that bad at picking up on vibes—or was it that he was sending mixed signals.

Tonight did not bode well for her decision to start dating again. Maybe the saying was true that if you don’t use it you lose it. She’d been so concentrated on her education, career, and most importantly being the best mom to Ryder that she may have sacrificed her mojo.

That depressing thought hovered over her like a dark cloud as she made her way down the hall toward her bedroom. She untied her shirt and slid the material off of her shoulders. Her heart was still beating a mile a minute as adrenaline raced through her.

“I guess ‘do you want to go home’ doesn’t mean what it used to,” she mumbled to herself as her hand searched the wall for the light switch.

When she found it and flipped it on she heard Lucy let out a frustrated sigh. Her pug was clearly upset that her darkened slumber had been interrupted.

“Sorry, your highness,” she said sarcastically. “But believe me, things could’ve been much worse for you tonight. You could’ve ended up sleeping on the couch.”

Her princess pug responded with an even louder sigh than the first before nuzzling her head into the pillows.

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