Wild Thing: a steamy friends to lovers romance by Nicola Marsh

Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parlance Press
Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

‘When you said we’d be eating the best burgers in town, I had no idea you’d bring me here.’ Makayla stared around the rundown diner in the heart of Kings Cross, her eyes alight with joy. ‘It’s been at least six years since I last had one of Jonnie’s specials.’

‘That’s what I thought,’ he said, leaning back against the faded red vinyl seat in a booth at the back. ‘You rarely ate burgers back then anyway, always watching your weight.’

She crinkled her nose in disgust. ‘Yeah, it almost became an obsession, until Mom talked sense into me.’

‘Dancers need to be fit, not stick insects.’ He snagged her hand across the table and lifted it to his lips. ‘Besides, I happen to think you’ve got a sensational bod and I wouldn’t change a thing.’

‘Sweet talker,’ she muttered, grinning when he brushed a kiss across the back of her knuckles before releasing her hand. ‘I’m way too curvy for a dancer but I bust my ass working out in the gym and jogging daily to ensure I can still score the roles I want.’

Guilt lodged in his chest, as heavy as a stone, and he resisted the urge to rub it away. He still hadn’t mentioned the Broadway role Reg had told him about. The audition was a few days away and he knew he had to tell her. But he’d been looking forward to this date, to a stroll down memory lane, too much to spoil it.

Because he knew what would happen the moment he told Mak about the audition. She’d become obsessed, wanting to research the show, rehearse and focus on the biggest break of her career.

He didn’t blame her. He would do the same. But that small stubborn part of him deep inside resisted telling her, at least for another day.

He would lose her. Nothing surer. He’d spent a lifetime doing right by other people; he could be a selfish prick for a few more hours.

‘Is everything okay?’

He stiffened. He should be glad she could read him so well but it didn’t help the guilt eating away at him. ‘Yeah, why?’

‘You keep drifting off the last two days, like you’ve got something on your mind?’

‘Only you.’ This time, when he reached for her hand, he didn’t let go. ‘I’ve never had a real relationship before and it’s kind of distracting.’

‘I know the feeling,’ she said, giving his hand a squeeze. ‘I need to focus on opening night next week and making sure my footwork in the final samba is perfect, but sometimes at rehearsal I find myself thinking of other things.’

A cute blush stained her cheeks, making him want to haul her across the table and do wicked things to her.

‘Like?’

The blush deepened. ‘Like the way you take me in the shower every morning. Like the way you’re so eager we barely make it to your bedroom most nights.’

The tip of her tongue darted out to moisten her bottom lip, an innocuous action that shot straight to his already hard cock.

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