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Chapter One

“I need to have sex—or look like I’ve had it—and you have to help me do it”

Beth looked over at her friend Ella in surprise You would think Beth would be used to sentences like that by now, considering her sister Suzy’s personality, but co from her shy friend, she found herself momentarily speechless

Ella was staying with her while Nick was out of town Now that Beth was halfway into her pregnancy, her fiancé refused to let her stay on her ohen he was traveling for work Either Beth stayed with Suzy and her husband, Gray, or more often Ella came over to keep her company Since her sister and brother-in-laere still needs, Beth hated to cause the whole three’s-a-crowd thing at their house

When it beca to continue without a response, Beth sighed “I al about?”

“I know Declan doesn’t want to go out with in”

Feeling her protective instincts kick in, Beth demanded, “Has he told you that?”

Blushing, Ella murmured, “No, but I can tell that et so me as a woman rather than a kid sister”

“Oh honey, I don’t think he sees you like a sister He, u to protect you from, wellhim”

Beth had firstas her sister Suzy’s assistant last year Ella was the receptionist at Danvers International where they all worked Beth had felt sorry for Ella and had taken her under her wing When they , like she enty years older than she was As Beth got to know her, she caious and overprotective so Ella had never really had a chance to step out froot her job at Danvers, Ella moved into her own apartment and now she was desperate to experience the real world

Growing up overweight and being an outcast herself, Beth saw a lot of herself in Ella They had formed a close friendship over the past few months and she had helped Ella with a co back at her now hardly rese Her long brown hair hung in soft waves and one of the sundresses that she preferred draped her sliure perfectly She looked soft, innocent, and beautiful

But the man that she worshipped froet Declan Stone was a hard ine what he had seen during that ti that he was tall and sexy with dark hair and a lean, muscular build And she had seen the outline of a tattoo on more than one occasion But he didn’t spend time with the rest of them very often He was very direct and a uys at the company like Jason, Gray, and Nick did The only person at Danvers that she had ever seen him seek out was Ella

Beth had been surprised to find that Declan and Ella had forht her sht her out when they were in a rooether The problem for Ella was that he had never made any roe her to go for it, or tell her to run in the opposite direction

“If I show him that I’m a nore the way he treatsservice that you used before you met Nick”

“You know it’s a dating service and not an escort service, right?”

“I know Beth, I needat ho stuff works”

Beth knew she was probably ht She had been the girl sitting at hoht while life passed her by and she didn’t want that disappointed all of that for her and she wanted the same for Ella

“Just pro to have sex with anyone unless it’s really what you want My first experience was far fro, so please don’t do it just to get to Declan If it’s right, do it for you” When Ella nodded her agreeht, let’s do this We can sign up online and create your profile right now You’ll have a date by this weekend, so get ready!”

Ella’s eyes sparkled with excite to knohat hit him when he meets the neorldly Ella”