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Authors: Ava Hayworth
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Hesitantly, I take a tentative sip. As the fiery stuff hits my throat and floods my nasal passages, I cough and sputter. “It’s a bit stronger than I am used to,” I gasp.
He lets out a bark of hollow laughter and takes my drink, throwing it back as well. “Care to explain that little scene I walked into?” He no longer sounds amused.
I look around as if for inspiration.
“Lainey,” he says in a deep voice that is somehow sexy and at the same time threatening. “You are just making my imagination run wild with your silence.”
“It’s just that I don’t know how to explain it. It would help if you knew Mark. He is very tenacious.”
“Has he been bothering you?”
“Do you mean like stalking me?” I look up at him in surprise. “No, no, nothing like that. I mean he has left me some voicemails that I usually just ignore or delete, but he doesn’t follow me or anything like that.” At the look of skepticism on James’s face, I hurry on. “Mark is a good guy. He really is.” Seeing that I am not influencing James’s opinion, I try again. “Mark and I should never have been together. I guess I shouldn’t speak for him, but for me the relationship was… convenient. It was easy to fall into a relationship with him. In the beginning it was flattering to have this handsome, smart guy paying attention to me. We went out on a few dates, and before I really knew what was happening, we were this couple… boyfriend and girlfriend. Before Mark, everyone was asking me, ‘why don’t you have a boyfriend?’ After Mark, everyone seemed happy… except for me… and probably Mark. It took me a long time to figure out that I didn’t love Mark, and that it is better to be alone than with someone you don’t love no matter what other people think.”
James shrugs out of the suit jacket and pulls off his tie. “I think you’re wrong. He does love you, and he wants you back.”
I shake my head in denial. “He says he wants me back, but James, he is not in love with me. He is in love with the idea of us... Mark and Lainey the adorable couple, the couple that was supposed to last forever,and he is… stubborn. He cannot possibly be in love with me… because he doesn’t even know me.”
Finally, I think that James believes me, because the tense look around his eyes disappears. “Lainey, when I saw you together with him tonight, I thought I might lose it.”
This is a huge admission coming from James, since he prided himself on his self-control. “I don’t blame you. I would have been angry and upset too if it had been me. Mark had no right forcing me into that confrontation.”
“Just tell me one thing. Why were you holding his hands?”
Now this is going to be tricky, because I’m not sure how James would react to the fact that Mark was forcing me to hold his hands. “I wasn’t holding his hands. He was holding mine, and I did not initiate any of it.” I look into James’s stormy blue eyes. “I swear it.”
He sweeps me into his arms and breathes into my ear. “I believe you, Lainey. I do. It’s just that I know that he has had your body, and the thought of his hands on you…”
I don’t really want to trot out my sexual history, but I think that I can ease James’s mind somewhat. “James… there is something that I should tell you.” James raises his head and looks down at me, waiting for me to continue. “I had a lot of trouble… you know…” I gesture with my hand, trying to think of the most diplomatic way to say it. Why is this so embarrassing? “achieving orgasm with Mark.” I finally manage to spit it out, and at the same time I feel a surge of heat rush to my cheeks.
“What? How is that possible? You are so responsive.”
I give a little shrug and feel myself blush even harder. “I have always chalked it up to a lack of chemistry.”
“Or him being a selfish bastard in bed,” James says with a hint of a grin.
Okay, I am not going there.
“You’re so
He lets out a bark of hollow laughter and takes my drink, throwing it back as well. “Care to explain that little scene I walked into?” He no longer sounds amused.
I look around as if for inspiration.
“Lainey,” he says in a deep voice that is somehow sexy and at the same time threatening. “You are just making my imagination run wild with your silence.”
“It’s just that I don’t know how to explain it. It would help if you knew Mark. He is very tenacious.”
“Has he been bothering you?”
“Do you mean like stalking me?” I look up at him in surprise. “No, no, nothing like that. I mean he has left me some voicemails that I usually just ignore or delete, but he doesn’t follow me or anything like that.” At the look of skepticism on James’s face, I hurry on. “Mark is a good guy. He really is.” Seeing that I am not influencing James’s opinion, I try again. “Mark and I should never have been together. I guess I shouldn’t speak for him, but for me the relationship was… convenient. It was easy to fall into a relationship with him. In the beginning it was flattering to have this handsome, smart guy paying attention to me. We went out on a few dates, and before I really knew what was happening, we were this couple… boyfriend and girlfriend. Before Mark, everyone was asking me, ‘why don’t you have a boyfriend?’ After Mark, everyone seemed happy… except for me… and probably Mark. It took me a long time to figure out that I didn’t love Mark, and that it is better to be alone than with someone you don’t love no matter what other people think.”
James shrugs out of the suit jacket and pulls off his tie. “I think you’re wrong. He does love you, and he wants you back.”
I shake my head in denial. “He says he wants me back, but James, he is not in love with me. He is in love with the idea of us... Mark and Lainey the adorable couple, the couple that was supposed to last forever,and he is… stubborn. He cannot possibly be in love with me… because he doesn’t even know me.”
Finally, I think that James believes me, because the tense look around his eyes disappears. “Lainey, when I saw you together with him tonight, I thought I might lose it.”
This is a huge admission coming from James, since he prided himself on his self-control. “I don’t blame you. I would have been angry and upset too if it had been me. Mark had no right forcing me into that confrontation.”
“Just tell me one thing. Why were you holding his hands?”
Now this is going to be tricky, because I’m not sure how James would react to the fact that Mark was forcing me to hold his hands. “I wasn’t holding his hands. He was holding mine, and I did not initiate any of it.” I look into James’s stormy blue eyes. “I swear it.”
He sweeps me into his arms and breathes into my ear. “I believe you, Lainey. I do. It’s just that I know that he has had your body, and the thought of his hands on you…”
I don’t really want to trot out my sexual history, but I think that I can ease James’s mind somewhat. “James… there is something that I should tell you.” James raises his head and looks down at me, waiting for me to continue. “I had a lot of trouble… you know…” I gesture with my hand, trying to think of the most diplomatic way to say it. Why is this so embarrassing? “achieving orgasm with Mark.” I finally manage to spit it out, and at the same time I feel a surge of heat rush to my cheeks.
“What? How is that possible? You are so responsive.”
I give a little shrug and feel myself blush even harder. “I have always chalked it up to a lack of chemistry.”
“Or him being a selfish bastard in bed,” James says with a hint of a grin.
Okay, I am not going there.
“You’re so
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