Flying High by Barbara Dunlop

Author:Barbara Dunlop
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

8

WHEN ERIN WOKE up, her headache was back. It could have been her despondency over Striker’s rejection. Or, she had to admit, it might have been the brandy.

There was a light knock on her bedroom door.

She pulled the covers up over her chest and struggled into a sitting position in case it was Striker. She combed her fingers through her tangled hair and ran her tongue around the inside of her sticky mouth. She sure hoped it wasn’t Striker.

“Yes?” she called

“It’s Julie,” Julie’s voice floated through the door.

“You alone?”

“Yeah. And I’ve got coffee.”

“Come in. Please.” Erin crossed her legs under the covers, trying to rub the shaft of pain out of her temples.

Julie pushed open the door, transferred one of the cups of coffee into the other hand, then closed the door with her hip.

The aroma of fresh-brewed coffee hit Erin like a wall of sensation and suddenly the pain didn’t seem quite so bad.

“Will you marry me?” she asked as Julie handed her the hot cup.

“You bet.” Julie sat down on the end of the bed, twisting so that one leg was folded beneath her and she could face Erin. “Well, only if Allan says no.”

Erin took a grateful sip, feeling better already. “You mean I can’t beat out a hunky guy who owns a diamond mine?”

“Afraid not.” Julie took a sip of her own coffee. “How’re you holding up?”

Erin shrugged. “My ego’s a little flattened, and I’m pretty sure I have a hangover, but it’s a brand-new day.” She winced at her own forced cheer.

“Good. Glad to hear you’ve got lots of energy for phase one.”

Erin sighed as the caffeine hit her bloodstream. “Phase one of what?”

“You know, the part where you knock Striker’s socks off…along with anything else he might be wearing at the time.”

“Did I agree to this?”

Julie nodded. “Sure did. Along about 3:00 a.m.”

“I must have been drunk.”

“Nope. You were thinking perfectly clearly.”

“Then why can’t I remember?”

“Denial.”

“Then how come I can remember the humiliating part?”

Julie shook her head. “I don’t know what went wrong there. But he wants you. I can guarantee it. And you want him. And you’re both consenting adults.”

“You mean one of us is a consenting adult.”

“He’ll weaken. We’ll weaken him.”

Erin wasn’t so sure she wanted to put her ego out there again. Sure, Striker was a gorgeous, sexy guy, but if he didn’t want her, he didn’t want her. “Explain to me why I should even try?”

Julie gave her a secretive smile. “Because it’ll be totally worth it.”

Erin grinned in return. “You are so bad.”

“That’s why you love me. I talk you into doing the things you really want to do anyway.”

Erin paused to run that statement around in her brain.

Julie leaned forward, tapping herself on the chest. “I’m your wayward alter ego.” Then she sat back. “Hey, maybe you’re schizophrenic and I don’t even exist.”

“Then who made the coffee?”

“See. That’s why you’re the rational one. Now. Back to what we do to get Striker’s attention. I know you can do sexy.

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