Just Friends to Just Married? by Scarlet Wilson

Author:Scarlet Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-06-05T13:23:08+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

THE TENSION IN the house had lifted and Vivienne finally felt as if she could concentrate on her job and enjoy it. She was learning as much as she could about the health of the people in Hanoi and getting more in tune with the specific conditions here that could affect pregnant women.

Duc had started humming again. That meant he was more relaxed.

She should be happy. She should be delighted. She should be able to write off what had happened between them as just a blip.

But somewhere deep inside it felt like so much more.

One kiss had stoked a whole lot of illicit thoughts about her best friend that she was trying really hard to lock away in a box somewhere.

Every now and then they would brush against each other or she would find herself looking at him in a different way. And either of those things would send a whole host of tingles down her spine. It was as if someone had just flicked a switch in her body.

Before, Duc had stayed safely in the ‘friend’ category.

Could she really ever feel that way about him again?

Part of her was hurt that he clearly hadn’t wanted things to proceed between them. No. Strike that. Part of her was devastated.

It hurt to know that he’d been the one to stop. He’d been the one to reject her.

She couldn’t even explain it to herself. But the fact that it had been Duc who had pushed away. It hurt more than ever.

With the rest of the guys she’d been involved with, there had been no real expectations. Sure, she’d thought she’d had her heart broken a few times, but the truth was there had been no promises. No happy-ever-afters. All the break-ups had been inevitable. She’d gone into the relationships knowing none of these were the guy to capture her heart.

But Duc? That was different. That was a whole host of emotions and hormones for a guy she already loved and respected. A guy she laughed with. A guy she didn’t hesitate to throw her arms around. This wasn’t some random pick up in a club. This was Duc. The one solid relationship she actually had with a man.

And he’d kissed her then backed away.

She was trying so hard to put on a brave front and pretend that her heart didn’t feel as if it had been ripped clean out of her chest.

But in order to keep things in check, she pushed all those thoughts away and jammed them in a box in her head, somewhere out of reach. She’d learned to live like this a long time ago. When her adoptive parents had gently tried to push her in certain directions. When they’d both died in quick succession and the rest of her adoptive family had kind of faded into the background. When she’d tracked down her birth parents and realised there were no happy endings. Not for her anyway.

For the most part, she tilted her chin up and smiled.

She had to.

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