to the party? Do you have any other plans this week?”
“Yeah, he said he’d come. He has to work most of the week so I probably won’t see him until then.”
“Bummer.”
“Yeah.” She yawned. “Hey I’m going to go to bed. I’ll call ya tomorrow, okay?”
“Okay. Take it easy.”
“You too. Night, Lynn.”
She set the phone next to her on the bed. Closing her eyes, she thought of Will. What she’d said to Lynn was true—she didn’t want to mess this up. But everything in her protested taking things slow. She knew if Mark hadn’t called, she and Will would have had sex. Damn her brother for that. Was it for the best? Maybe. Was it what she wanted? Nope. She’d much prefer to be basking in post-coital bliss right about now.
The phone rang and startled her. She chuckled. Lynn probably forgot to tell her something.
“Hello?”
“Hi, Emma.”
Twitch, twitch. Oh, well, it certainly didn’t take much to start her system humming again when it came to Will Calonen.
“Hi.”
“Did I wake you again?” Amusement colored Will’s voice.
“Nope. I just got home. Speaking of, I’m really sorry my brother interrupted…you know.” Her cheeks heated and she rolled her eyes at her stammering.
“I told you before not to worry. I meant it. There’ll be more time for that,” he murmured. “Plenty of time to shut the world out and just enjoy each other.”
Emma’s eyes slid shut as her stomach did a little flip. You’d think after the rip roaring orgasm he treated you to, you could stop, she scolded her body.
“I’m glad you called. I was just thinking of you,” she said in a rush.
“Hmmmm, I’ve been thinking of you too. I wish I could take some time off before Friday, but there’s just no way.”
She smiled at his apologetic tone. “I understand. You can call me at night when you get off work…if you want to, that is.”
He chuckled. “Sounds like a plan. You sound tired, go get some sleep.”
“Okay. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Night, Will.”
“Night. Sleep well, sweetheart.”
She hung up the phone and stared at the ceiling. Sleep well? Unlikely with him on her mind.
Chapter Five
“Quit messing with that and go see your guests. I’ve got it.”
Emma made a face at Ana. “I don’t know why you guys felt the need to invite all these people. A small get together would have been just fine. This big thing is just too much. And,” she smoothed the front of her blouse down, “I hate making small talk, you know that.”
Her friend smiled as she arranged hors d’oeuvres on a platter. “He’ll be here, Emma. He said he would be, so he will.”
Leave it to Ana to know exactly what she was fretting about. “I wasn’t even thinking about Will,” she lied. “Though he’s an hour late and hasn’t called. Maybe he changed his mind. Maybe this is his way of telling me he doesn’t want to see me again, ya know? Letting me down easy?”
Ana turned away from the food and grabbed both Emma’s hands. “Calm down. He could have had something come up at work or with family. From what you’ve told me and the information I’ve gotten from Hannah and Lynn, he wouldn’t just stand you up and never call again. Now…stop obsessing and go mingle. It’ll take your mind off Mr. Tall Dark and Hung.” She winked.
Emma snorted, grabbed her glass of wine and walked to the door. “I never said that.”
“No, but the blush on your face tells me aaaaaaall I need to know.”
She laughed and made her way into the living room, where most of the guests were congregated. Her friends had invited her family, more friends, even her neighbors. It was nice and she’d probably enjoy visiting and getting to know those in her neighborhood, if she wasn’t obsessing. She really had to stop doing that.
“Em.” Hannah approached with a petite, blonde woman. “This is Sally Wethman. She lives a few houses down. You know the big, blue house on the corner?”
Emma
“Yeah, he said he’d come. He has to work most of the week so I probably won’t see him until then.”
“Bummer.”
“Yeah.” She yawned. “Hey I’m going to go to bed. I’ll call ya tomorrow, okay?”
“Okay. Take it easy.”
“You too. Night, Lynn.”
She set the phone next to her on the bed. Closing her eyes, she thought of Will. What she’d said to Lynn was true—she didn’t want to mess this up. But everything in her protested taking things slow. She knew if Mark hadn’t called, she and Will would have had sex. Damn her brother for that. Was it for the best? Maybe. Was it what she wanted? Nope. She’d much prefer to be basking in post-coital bliss right about now.
The phone rang and startled her. She chuckled. Lynn probably forgot to tell her something.
“Hello?”
“Hi, Emma.”
Twitch, twitch. Oh, well, it certainly didn’t take much to start her system humming again when it came to Will Calonen.
“Hi.”
“Did I wake you again?” Amusement colored Will’s voice.
“Nope. I just got home. Speaking of, I’m really sorry my brother interrupted…you know.” Her cheeks heated and she rolled her eyes at her stammering.
“I told you before not to worry. I meant it. There’ll be more time for that,” he murmured. “Plenty of time to shut the world out and just enjoy each other.”
Emma’s eyes slid shut as her stomach did a little flip. You’d think after the rip roaring orgasm he treated you to, you could stop, she scolded her body.
“I’m glad you called. I was just thinking of you,” she said in a rush.
“Hmmmm, I’ve been thinking of you too. I wish I could take some time off before Friday, but there’s just no way.”
She smiled at his apologetic tone. “I understand. You can call me at night when you get off work…if you want to, that is.”
He chuckled. “Sounds like a plan. You sound tired, go get some sleep.”
“Okay. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Night, Will.”
“Night. Sleep well, sweetheart.”
She hung up the phone and stared at the ceiling. Sleep well? Unlikely with him on her mind.
Chapter Five
“Quit messing with that and go see your guests. I’ve got it.”
Emma made a face at Ana. “I don’t know why you guys felt the need to invite all these people. A small get together would have been just fine. This big thing is just too much. And,” she smoothed the front of her blouse down, “I hate making small talk, you know that.”
Her friend smiled as she arranged hors d’oeuvres on a platter. “He’ll be here, Emma. He said he would be, so he will.”
Leave it to Ana to know exactly what she was fretting about. “I wasn’t even thinking about Will,” she lied. “Though he’s an hour late and hasn’t called. Maybe he changed his mind. Maybe this is his way of telling me he doesn’t want to see me again, ya know? Letting me down easy?”
Ana turned away from the food and grabbed both Emma’s hands. “Calm down. He could have had something come up at work or with family. From what you’ve told me and the information I’ve gotten from Hannah and Lynn, he wouldn’t just stand you up and never call again. Now…stop obsessing and go mingle. It’ll take your mind off Mr. Tall Dark and Hung.” She winked.
Emma snorted, grabbed her glass of wine and walked to the door. “I never said that.”
“No, but the blush on your face tells me aaaaaaall I need to know.”
She laughed and made her way into the living room, where most of the guests were congregated. Her friends had invited her family, more friends, even her neighbors. It was nice and she’d probably enjoy visiting and getting to know those in her neighborhood, if she wasn’t obsessing. She really had to stop doing that.
“Em.” Hannah approached with a petite, blonde woman. “This is Sally Wethman. She lives a few houses down. You know the big, blue house on the corner?”
Emma
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