His Secret Desire (Atlanta Nights) by Verji Linda

Author:Verji, Linda [Verji, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

Emergency. Had to go. Took a cab.

There was no reply from Tay. He was probably face deep in some stripper's boobs, which worked for Marcel because he really didn't want his friend chasing him down. He wanted to be alone with his thoughts. There were cabs parked all around him but his odd mood required some walking off. Thrusting his hands into his pockets, he strolled down the street.

The city was alive with revelers and late-night stragglers alike. A few people threw Marcel smiles as he passed them. He returned their smiles with a distracted one of his own as he sank back into his thoughts of Olivia and the kiss.

Granted it'd been one for the books and having her in his arms had felt so right. But that kiss might've done irreparable damage to their friendship. Which only worsened his mood because (a) it'd never crossed his mind that he and Olivia were friends and (b) he hadn't realized how much he valued their friendship.

Keeping her at arm-length, treating her like she was some casual acquaintance, faking politeness... it irritated the hell out of him. He missed the easy friendship they'd established. When and how that friendship had happened didn't even matter. All that mattered was that they'd once had it and now it was gone.

"Free soda with your burger," a man dressed as a burger yelled out from outside an open diner, interrupting Marcel's thoughts. "Free soda with your burger, sir."

Marcel shrugged. Why not?

The diner was empty except for a couple snogging in a booth and a rough-looking biker who was ogling the flirty waitress. Marcel passed the couple and settled in a booth far away from them with his back to them. The last thing he needed to see was people getting it on.

"What can I get you?" the waitress asked.

He thought of getting the burger but wasn't in the mood for food. "Just coffee."

Watching the people passing by, he sipped his drink. A couple strode by hand-in-hand and giggling, drawing Olivia back into his thoughts.

Avoiding her had seemed like the best solution to their dilemma. After all, how could he go back to friendship when he'd already had a taste of her? It was like being forced to go back to black and white movies when he'd already had a glimpse of HD quality. But then again, this wasn't even black and white. It was before black and white, BBW, which was basically like having nothing.

And he hated it.

He liked having Olivia around him. After almost half a year of her being in his life it was strange for her not to be there. His days felt empty. It was what had pushed him to go to Body & Spirit despite his resolve to avoid her. Her pull had been too great. But those brief 'polite' glimpses had only worsened everything because now all he could see was her guard going back up whenever he came close to her.

No. This situation was unconscionable.

It was just a kiss.

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