Loose Ends by A.M. Hartnett

Author:A.M. Hartnett [Hartnett, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic contemporary romance, Erotic Contemporary, romance, erotic, erotic romance, Contemporary Romance
Publisher: A. M. Hartnett
Published: 2015-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“I didn’t know you had so many hot friends,” Yvonne told Sophie, her gaze casting a wide net across the condo. “Are they all writers?”

“Just one, and he’s married. The rest are all neighbors, friends, and relatives.”

“Can you maybe walk around and stick labels on them? I have no problem getting freaky with one of your friends and neighbors, but we get into a grey area with your relatives.”

Sophie leaned across the coffee table and picked through the bottles of wine on the table until she found one that still had a bit of white left, and shot her oldest friend a dirty look as she filled her glass.

“You know, trying to hook up at my divorce party is a little tacky.”

“You’re right. You should be the one trying to hook up and casting your leftovers in my direction,” Yvonne countered, and raised her glass to Sophie. “Congratulations on finally ridding yourself of that slob.”

Laughing, Sophie clinked glasses with Yvonne and took a sip. “Actually, I think I’ve got the hooking up covered.”

Yvonne’s brows flew up. “Oh? Do tell. Unless it’s about that bus driver you were dating, then keep it to yourself. I’m not interested in a horror story.”

“He wasn’t that bad.” Sophie glanced around, scanning her collection of guests for parents and eavesdropping friends-of, then leaned in. “Though in comparison to my divorce attorney, my love affair with Metro’s finest charioteer could be called a disappointment.”

“Oh, you dirty girl,” Yvonne hissed.

She couldn’t help her smile from widening, and Yvonne cackled.

Shameless. That was the only word she could think to describe her weekend post-Ben. There had been the Facebook stalking and aggressive Googling. Then came the gazing out the window and rewinding her brain on how good he looked once he was loosened up and again when he was disheveled and flushed as he saw her out. One of the benefits of working for herself was the ability to screw around when she felt like it, and she took full advantage of that perk as she kept on clicking to Ben’s profile on his website.

“Is he here tonight?” Yvonne probed.

“I invited him, but he hasn’t showed. I’m a little relieved. How much more awkward do you think I want this party to be? All I need is for my cousin K.C. to thrust her Florida-baked implants in his face while I’m trying to pretend I don’t still have a rash from his beard in places where there should be no rashes.”

“When did this happen?”

“Friday night, right after I got the decree.”

Yvonne set her glass aside and held her hands up. “It’s like I don’t even know you anymore. Divorced, getting wealthier by the day, banging your sexy lawyer--wait, he is sexy, isn’t he? You didn’t get freaky with some senior partner with saggy balls, did you?”

“What is the matter with you?” Sophie said through her giggles, then pointed across the room. “Actually, I bet if you oiled him up he’d look a lot like that.”

It was to the poster-sized print she gestured now: Bloody Bess and Sym.

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