Planned Seduction by Jess Dee

Author:Jess Dee [Dee, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance; Brazen; Entangled; Jess Dee; Friends to lovers; Secret crushes; Unrequited love; Australia; Samhain; Photo Opportunity
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Brazen)
Published: 2017-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

It wasn’t her usual practice to visit clients in hospital, but for Mary Stevens, Amy made an exception. The woman had been a patient at the clinic for over five years, and Amy knew her well. Knew the incredible lengths Mary had gone to in order to fall pregnant and the heartbreaking agony she’d experienced with each failed attempt. She had a pretty good idea how Mary felt after the birth of her healthy baby boy. For this one time, it was appropriate to visit the hospital.

Besides, it would do her the world of good to move away from the chaos of her disordered thoughts about Daniel to the chaos of the maternity ward where Mary lay, happy, content, and tired.

Amy was plain tired. Tired of wondering what the hell to do about Daniel. Of dreaming and fantasizing about him. Of wanting him and not wanting to want him. What a messed-up bitch of a situation. She wished they could go back to what they’d been before. Friends.

She wasn’t particularly thrilled by his request that she look at him in a different light. She’d been doing her best to switch that damn light off. There were suddenly too many unexpected dynamics happening in their friendship. Too many physical interactions. Whenever they touched of late, no matter how meaningless the gesture, sparks flared. The usual jokes and teasing were now supercharged with sexual tension. The air between them seemed to shimmer with unspoken lust and desire.

Lust and desire did not fare well with platonic friendship. Perhaps if Daniel had mentioned a shift in his emotions, or made her feel she was somehow different from the women he usually dated, she’d be less reluctant to become involved with him. But truthfully, she didn’t believe he could separate her from his long string of lovers.

She couldn’t help but remember his words on the Coogee promenade, when she’d tried to rationalize away their behavior at his exhibition. Couldn’t forget the laughter in his eyes, or the impish grin that teased her as he’d asked, “Are you saying you want a long-term commitment from me?” As if the very idea was hilarious.

In Daniel’s opinion, it was.

Was she willing to take the risk? No way.

It’s what made her situation so unbearable. While she wasn’t prepared to become his lover, fucking him was practically the only thing she thought about. Night after night, awake or asleep, she’d lie in bed dreaming about him. Images of him consumed her. Dressed, naked, wearing a towel, kissing her mouth, kissing her breasts, kissing her intimately. Making love to her.

Wherever she went, she saw him. She mistook strangers for her best friend. As soon as she blinked and her vision cleared, she realized she was being foolish. But it was how she lived at the moment—in a state of perpetual arousal, with her body a voracious pit of desire.

She didn’t want their relationship to change. Had no yearning for the added complication of sex. All she wanted was the same old friendship they always had.

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