Lawyer Up by Kate Allure

Author:Kate Allure
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2015-06-04T16:00:00+00:00

Scene 6

HOURS LATER, SAME OFFICE

“Would you like more wine?” Hawk asked.

“Sure,” I responded, holding my glass up for more of the lush, woodsy burgundy.

We were snuggled together on the old couch, its smooth, worn leather now covered by a sheet Hawk kept for the nights he slept over. The bottle was almost finished, and I felt a pleasant buzz as I nestled closer into the curve of Hawk’s strong arm.

“Stay the night with me? I know it’s a tight fit on this sofa, but I want you to stay,” he urged. “Anyway, it’s too late now. It wouldn’t be safe to drive forty miles alone.”

“Sure,” I murmured again. I was so sated and relaxed that it seemed to be the only word I was capable of saying.

That had been the most amazing sex in my life by a wide margin, but reality was beginning to intrude into my comfortable bubble. What does he think of me after all that? I wondered. I didn’t feel slutty—felt great really. I pulled a little away from him, sitting straighter.

“Hawk, I need to tell you that I’ve never done anything like this in my life. I mean, sleep with a virtual stranger…have a one-night stand.” I looked away, embarrassed, wondering if he believed me.

Giving me a tender squeeze, Hawk gently pulled me back into the crook of his arm. “I believe you,” he responded with quiet sincerity. “And I was telling you the truth earlier too. I have never done this before myself, or brought a woman here. Trust me,” he continued. “I’ll never see this office the same way again, especially not that desk over there, which now holds a very special memory for me. And that chair and this couch…and you.”

I snuggled closer to him, feeling warm and happy inside. In truth, I barely knew this man, but it didn’t feel that way. I couldn’t put it into words exactly, and certainly not out loud to him—no quicker way to send a man running for the hills—but it felt like we were friends, close ones. Maybe it was our shared history in this old town or simply a form of love at first sight. Whatever it was, I sensed it was a mutual feeling—the way Hawk kept looking at me with that gentle smile and the way his hand softly caressed my shoulder gave his feelings away. We might only be sharing our lives for one night, but Hawk obviously liked and respected me as a person, and I liked him.

He was watching me closely, but now was not the time for deep revelations. So instead, I just quipped, “Special memories, yes…scorching, red-hot ones.”

Laughing, he squeezed my shoulders lightly. “It may be harder to close this old place next year than I had thought.”

He kissed me lightly on the nose before taking my empty glass and putting it on the side table. Lying down, he pulled me next to him and we dozed wrapped in each other’s arms for a few hours until the first rays of morning sunshine filtered in through the blinds.

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