I Wish You Were Mine: An Oxford Novel by Lauren Layne

Author:Lauren Layne [Layne, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-02-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

When Mollie woke up, she was entirely focused on the most basic of human needs.

Coffee.

She opened one eye. Then the other. Sniffed, just to be sure. Yep, definitely coffee.

Mollie rolled onto her back, wondering why she felt so deliciously loose and…She bolted upright in bed and glanced down.

Naked. She was naked.

Last night came back in a rush of images and sighs and…

Mollie flopped back on the bed, throwing her arms over her head, burrowing her face in the crook of her elbow.

She’d slept with Jackson Burke. She’d slept with her ex-brother-in-law, and the sex had been positively epic.

Which normally would be worth celebrating. Hell, normally it would be worth repeating.

But Mollie felt a stab of regret, hot and low in her stomach. How could she ever face her sister again? Hell, how could she face Jackson?

“Well, that’s a pretty view.”

Her eyes flew open. Jackson. Very slowly she lowered her arms to tug the sheet upward, heart pounding as she wondered how they were going to play this.

She sat up, tucking the sheet under her armpits, as Jackson walked into the room. He looked far better than any man had a right to, considering he was wearing a basic white tee and blue checked pajama pants, but that could be because her mind was addled by the two coffee cups in his hands. Mind-blowing sex, plus coffee in bed the next morning? The man was a keeper.

Well, your sister certainly thought so.

Mollie’s arm jerked just as she was about to take the coffee from his hand, and he lifted an eyebrow. “You okay?”

“Yeah, of course!” she said brightly, wrapping two hands around the mug.

She took a sip and sighed. Caffeine. Then she glanced up at him. “Actually, no,” she blurted out. “Everything is not okay.”

He sat on the bed beside her, giving Mollie a steady look over the rim of his own coffee cup as he took a sip.

She bit her lip and stalled. “Are you okay?”

He gave a slight smile. “After last night, it’s hard not to be a hell of a lot better than okay.”

“Right. Because of the sex.”

She glanced down at her cup again, watching the steam rise, because it was easier than making eye contact.

“Mollie. Jesus. Just spit out whatever’s got you all muddled.”

“I don’t even know where to start,” she said with a little groan. “It’s complicated on so many levels. I slept with one of my best friends. Complicated. I slept with my roommate. Complicated. I slept with my sister’s ex-husband…is there even a word for that?”

She glanced up on that last one as her voice went all shrill.

“All true,” he said quietly. “But maybe we start by focusing on the parts that aren’t complicated. Did you enjoy it?”

She looked away.

“Mollie.”

“Yes, of course I enjoyed it,” she said, meeting his eyes once again. “You know I did.”

His eyes seemed to darken. “Do you want it to happen again?”

“It’s not that simple—”

“So make it that simple, Mollie. Either you want to do it again or you don’t.

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