Dream Lover by Wright Aubrey

Author:Wright, Aubrey [Wright, Aubrey]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

15

PEPPER

We drove in silence. Not the weird kind of silence, but the nice kind where you’re just taking in the scenery and each other’s company, and everything’s nice and mellow. Which was surprising—in my experience that was the sort of vibe you only got after knowing a guy for a while…if ever. But with Noah it was right there, only a couple of hours into our first date—or whatever it was—and only a little while after nearly getting busted screwing in public.

And believe it or not, after having a little time to let the whole thing percolate, it was actually kind of hot.

“You ever done anything like that before?” asked Noah, as if reading my mind.

“Which part?” I asked. “The, um, sleeping-with-someone-I-barely-know part, or the getting-caught-in-public part?”

“Sleeping with someone?” asked Noah. “Someone’s being presumptuous.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“The second thing,” he said. “The in-public part.”

“Never,” I said, feeling a little silly right away about blurting out the word so quickly. “My sex life has been…pretty tame for the most part.”

“That right?” he asked.

“For the most part. I—”

I caught myself, very nearly on the verge of blurting out the whole thing about the ex and the wedding-day disaster and everything else. Things were going well with Noah, I thought, but that didn’t mean he’d be down for hearing about how I’d gotten totally humiliated on my wedding day.

And what if he got to thinking? Maybe wondering if he was doing such a smart thing by getting involved—or whatever was going on—with someone like me, someone who evidently was such an anti-catch that she inspired men to ditch her on the verge of nuptials and run off with a barely legal professional dress-up chick.

“Yeah?” he asked.

“Nothing,” I said. “Just pretty tame when it comes to this kind of stuff.”

If he had any thoughts on the matter, he kept them to himself. The towers of downtown LA grew larger and larger, and before too long the two of us were pulling into the garage of one of them, one that appeared to be a newer condo complex—pretty fancy from what I could tell.

Noah pulled the car into a private spot, and moments later the two of us were being whisked up to the top floor via a very silent elevator. My eyes flicked over to his, and for a moment the two of us were locked in a heated stare.

“Not enough time for that,” he said with a grin. “These new elevators weren’t built with what you’re thinking in mind.”

I was flustered—both at the mention of sex and the fact that he somehow had managed to read my mind.

“What makes you think I was—”

“Call it a hunch,” he said.

My face went fire-engine red, and the doors opened, revealing a massive, modern-looking penthouse.

“Nice place,” I said, stepping inside and looking around, my attention most captured by the sweeping view of the city, a view that stretched all the way to the water.

“Thanks,” he said. “I have some roommates. They’re out for the night, though.”

“Roommates?” I asked.

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