Wanted Distraction by Ava McKnigh

Author:Ava McKnigh [McKnigh, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotica
ISBN: 9781419942402
Published: 2012-09-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

I knew what he meant. And I knew he was right. I’d made the call the second I’d stepped into his bedroom, after all.

I stared up at him. “I’m never going to regret this. It was too perfect, Carter. Too sensational. Too…meant to be.”

His eyes closed for a moment, then snapped open. “I don’t regret it either, sweetheart. Except that it complicates things even further.”

I shook my head. “No. You laid your cards on the table. You were honest and forthcoming. I accept your need to focus solely on our career. I’m not going to renege on this deal by begging you to give us a shot outside of this bedroom. As much as I want to, I can’t do that to you. I respect everything you said and the effort you’re making with the Rattlers. I’m committed to being supportive, not detrimental.”

My little speech made emotion well within me again, but I fought it. I wouldn’t cry in front of him ever again. I wouldn’t beg and plead. I’d willingly come up with this one-night-stand pact, and I would stick to it. I refused to force more upon him when he’d been so open about where he stood.

Even if it did appear he’d changed his mind.

Climbing off the hunky man of my dreams, I scooted off the bed and collected my dress, lingerie and shoes.

He sat up and swung his legs over the side of the mattress. “Hey,” he said. “What are you doing?”

“The right thing,” I said as I ducked into his bathroom. Though it took all the willpower I possessed, I not only tamped down my tears, I quickly freshened up and slipped into my clothes and peek-a-boos. He was heading into the bathroom as I was coming out and I jumped back, miraculously not stumbling.

With his arms folded over his expansive chest, he demanded, “Where are you going?”

“Home,” I said, though that one little word made my stomach plummet to my knees.

“What happened to the ‘one night’ part of our one-night stand?”

“It’s a figurative term, Carter.”

He shook his head. “No. I want you to stay.”

“Why?” I asked. “You said it yourself. We’ve just made our lives hell.”

“That doesn’t mean I want you to run off.”

“I’m not running off,” I insisted. “I just realized—as did you—prolonging the inevitable will only hurt us more in the end.”

The tension in his shoulders lessened and he uncrossed his arms, instead clasping my waist in his large hands. “Cherish, I don’t want you to go. Stay the night, please.”

“What would be the point?” I asked, though it killed me to think of leaving his hotel room. Ever.

“We have an arrangement. We both agreed. And I don’t want to end our evening together. Especially not like this.”

“It’s going to end badly, Carter, no matter what. It’s a fool’s deal. A bargain you’d make with the devil. It can’t be rescinded now, but it can’t progress either.”

Anger flashed in his eyes. “I can change my mind. I am allowed.”

“No, you can’t,” I insisted.

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