Fade to Black by Fade to Black (mobi)

Author:Fade to Black (mobi)
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2001-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Rock bottom was an interesting place. Sitting in a hellhole, drunk off your ass with a heart that’s been torn in two, you tend to get a new perspective on life. Rich had promised everyone—Kate, Jesse, and himself—that he was going to walk away. He’d promised to leave her alone, pull himself out of the picture.

Things change.

He had big plans for tonight. There was no way he was going to allow Kate to hole up in her room and hide from their friendship. If he couldn’t have Kate’s heart, he would gladly have her as his friend. Although, until the day came that she devoted herself to another man, he would fight for her, show her how happy he could make her.

They’d barely stepped into the lobby before she headed toward the elevator, and his hand flashed out to grab her arm. “Huh uh, Kate, no room service tonight. Let’s sit down and have dinner in the lounge.” There was skepticism in her eyes. Her mouth, however, didn’t offer a protest. “Just dinner, Kate,” he assured her with a smile.

“Can I at least freshen up first?”

He led her toward the elevators, leaning down to breathe deeply with an exaggerated sniff. “You definitely need to freshen up. You smell.” Delicious, his thoughts amended.

She slapped playfully at his chest. “You could use a shower too, Stinky.” She continued to tease him by holding her nose and making gagging noises as they rode up the elevator toward their rooms. Chuckles turned to full-fledged laughter by the time they reached his room.

She leaned in and took a deep breath. Her eyes drifted shut and an intoxicated look passed over her face before she camouflaged it with a scowl. “I expect you to smell so much better when you come out of this room in thirty minutes.”

He raised a brow. “Thirty minutes?” Never in his life had he met a woman who could get ready in only half an hour.

Her lips lifted at the corners. “Unless you need longer. I’ve always thought you were kind of a pretty boy.”

“Stinky? Now pretty boy? If I didn’t know better, I might worry that you were hiding your true feelings for me behind insults.” He didn’t wait for her to respond, just walked into his room and shut the door. Let her stew on that for a minute—thirty, actually.

Rich didn’t need the full thirty minutes. A quick shower and a change of clothes, and he was ready to spend the evening with Kate—as friends. He smiled at his reflection as his hands smoothed out the shirt. Was it wishful thinking to hope she’d take it off later?

There was a light knocking on the hall door.

With shoes in hand and his heart pounding out of his chest, Rich hurried over to the door, jerking it open. His breath rushed from his lungs in a whoosh. “Kate, you look…” His tongue stopped while his brain searched for the appropriate word.

Her hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail, wisps already falling down to frame her face.

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