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I sat on my bed We’d come back from the interview, and I’d told Tammy what I could, said I had the offer, and did notit down tomorrow She’d want to talk me into it, but there was no way I could, no way that I could risk any of this What if Brandon… uain?

Do you want him to?

No, I couldn’t think like that

I could not

My best friend, the closest thing to fahter I didn’t want to start my career out like this, and it was too much I’d been upset There was the complete exhaustion, and shock, from what Kevin had done to me Then Mr Duncan had the audacity to say I didn’t want this too; that I didn’t even wantlike a zombie when my heart was broken, and I was hu into ht and the kiss

Dear lord that kiss!

How did I even go fro his lips on mine?

I shivered again and leaned back against the headboard It was only through intensive persuasion that I’d been able to get Tao out with her mom without me I proe lie, considering I had to turn the job down tomorrow I couldn’t even explain to Tammy why I couldn’t do this How do you tell your best friend that you were kissing her father?

And that you liked it

“Damn it,” I swore under my breath

That was the problem I liked it I loved the way he’d otten wet for him so fast, the fact my heart had fluttered a million miles an hour, the way my breath had hitched… All of it I’d been shocked, at first, but I wanted hi about all of this was that I was attracted to him too I’d been alone inI could do was think about hiret that I couldn’t have gone further

Walking in on Kevin must have broken my brain

If this had happened yesterday, I’d have said no in a hot minute But it hadn’t And it was nice for once to feel wanted, to have such a powerful man who knew exactly what he wanted— to kissbetween us I’d never been kissed like that by anyone in e part ofI was allowed to have

Not unless I wanted to breakworld punchline before I even had my byline

Sighing, I surged to my feet and headed to the bathroo else was crazy