Knocked Up by the CEO (Office Romances #2) by Annie J. Rose

Author:Annie J. Rose [Rose, Annie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

Duncan -

Maybe friends.

Chapter 23

Duncan

It took everything in me not to check the email on my phone every thirty seconds throughout the day. The silence from Chloe was insufferable. The longer I waited for a response to my email, the more I wondered if I’d made a mistake by sending a message that offered friendship. Maybe that was way off anything she even considered between us. Her saying it was too tangled for us to work together could have been her way of telling me it was too tangled for us to have anything to do with each other at all. Not that it would be so far off something I could understand. We didn’t seem capable of being near each other without something explosive happening. Either we broke into a massive argument that resulted in us screaming at each other, or we couldn’t keep our hands off each other.

Either way, it wasn’t conducive to much of an ongoing friendship. At least, not until we got that under control. With relocating into a new city, building up a new office and team, landing contracts and establishing those business relationships, and raising a little girl on her own, I could absolutely see where Chloe wouldn’t feel like she had the time or emotional capacity to try to maintain anything with me. Our history could be too much to overcome. I wasn’t willing to just let it go. It was that history, that intensity between us, that kept me going back to her. I couldn’t just ignore what I felt when I was with her. Even when she infuriated me. Even when she pushed me to the very edge of my control and I felt like I would snap, I was still drawn to her, intrigued by her.

The truth was Chloe wasn’t like anyone I’d ever known. When I told her that in the bar, I was being absolutely truthful and sincere. It might have come across as cheesy or like a platitude, but it was far from it. I fully meant what I said to her, from the apology for the way I treated her and the accusations I hurled at her, to revealing my deep feelings for her. She was the most astonishing and unforgettable woman I’d ever encountered, and no matter how badly I thought of her, no matter how angry I was at her, it didn’t take away my attraction and longing for her.

That left me in a strange state of limbo. One half of me couldn’t resist her. I didn’t want to let go of any potential for contact and the eventual possibility of forming a friendship. But the other half still hung on to how deeply it hurt when she just ran out of my life and never bothered to get in touch with me. Then the renewed pain when she moved to Chicago without talking to me and immediately started linking up with my competitors before telling me our night together was a mistake.

I wasn’t used to feeling this way about anyone.

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