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genuine smile on his face. “To a certain extent but I gotta tell you that I am extremely attracted to you, Deirdre. I am thirty-one years old and I’m not getting any younger…you’re perfect for me because you’re worldly and intelligent. You have a good head on your shoulders and I know you wouldn’t be the type to cheat. All of those are very important qualities to me in a potential partner. Do you understand what I am trying to say?”
“Of course and I feel the same way, Drake, but I am very loyal to my friends and family. I can’t just cut people out of my life and I hope you can come to terms with that. If something happens between us then you have to allow me to be friends with Colin. He’s my ex-fiancé and though I don’t think we can be in a romantic relationship, I do treasure his friendship.”
“We’ll talk about this at another time, okay?” He leaned over and kissed my cheek. “You rest now and I’ll let myself out. I’ll call you tomorrow, okay?”
I nodded though his back was to me. “Night, Drake.”
“Goodnight, Deirdre.”
The moment I heard the door close, I stood and slid the deadbolt in place before I walked to my bedroom and changed out of the clothes I’d worn all day and into a pair of comfy pajamas.
I had absolutely no idea what the future held but I did know that if I decided to enter a relationship with Drake, my friendship with Colin would become a problem. What exactly did he find so threatening about my ex-fiancé? Perhaps it was just a male thing and he simply had no wish for me to be friends with someone who I had previously been intimate with though that just seemed a bit silly in this day and age. Our relationship had not ended amicably but we were both trying to make the best of a bad situation.
I wouldn’t worry about that now though. It was all too dreary and depressing and I merely wanted to concentrate on the present.
My eyes slowly closed and before I could think of another coherent thought, I had fallen sound asleep.
Chapter Nine
I didn’t expect to receive another visit from Liam and Caitlyn but they decided to stop by a day later on their way to the airport. Drake and I had a date planned for that night all the while Colin had work of his own to do between purchasing a new place to live and going over the paperwork attached to the business.
They both looked dashing and healthy. What the hell was I saying? They made the perfect couple because Liam was so masculine and tall against Caitlyn’s gentle feminine curves and Nordic beauty. She truly was a gorgeous young woman and next to her, while I didn’t feel exactly unattractive, I was merely good looking in comparison.
However by the way my future brother-in-law observed me, you would think he was looking over a delicious morsel that escaped his attention. Not that it was the truth at all; if we had never had our one night stand then there would have never been a baby and I wouldn’t have had to go through the humiliation of a pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.
Now that I thought about it, Liam had every reason to feel like the cat with the cream—he’d had us both and now had the proper woman on his arm. My sister was a dream come true and she would also make a great wife and mother.
I’d recently finished showering and had my hair thrown up in a ponytail while I wore a pair of black jean shorts that showed off my legs to the best benefit and a white halter top that covered my stomach fully.
“Looks like you are coming along just fine,” Caitlyn greeted as she and Liam sat down on the love seat. “No one would have known you’d spent the last few days in the hospital.”
I smiled in an ingratiating manner. “Try telling my nether region area that shit. I am still in a lot of pain and until I heal completely, I can’t do anything below the waist so I am miserable to be honest.”
My sister gave me a knowing look with cool blue-gray eyes. “Perhaps that’s best—it’s how
“Of course and I feel the same way, Drake, but I am very loyal to my friends and family. I can’t just cut people out of my life and I hope you can come to terms with that. If something happens between us then you have to allow me to be friends with Colin. He’s my ex-fiancé and though I don’t think we can be in a romantic relationship, I do treasure his friendship.”
“We’ll talk about this at another time, okay?” He leaned over and kissed my cheek. “You rest now and I’ll let myself out. I’ll call you tomorrow, okay?”
I nodded though his back was to me. “Night, Drake.”
“Goodnight, Deirdre.”
The moment I heard the door close, I stood and slid the deadbolt in place before I walked to my bedroom and changed out of the clothes I’d worn all day and into a pair of comfy pajamas.
I had absolutely no idea what the future held but I did know that if I decided to enter a relationship with Drake, my friendship with Colin would become a problem. What exactly did he find so threatening about my ex-fiancé? Perhaps it was just a male thing and he simply had no wish for me to be friends with someone who I had previously been intimate with though that just seemed a bit silly in this day and age. Our relationship had not ended amicably but we were both trying to make the best of a bad situation.
I wouldn’t worry about that now though. It was all too dreary and depressing and I merely wanted to concentrate on the present.
My eyes slowly closed and before I could think of another coherent thought, I had fallen sound asleep.
Chapter Nine
I didn’t expect to receive another visit from Liam and Caitlyn but they decided to stop by a day later on their way to the airport. Drake and I had a date planned for that night all the while Colin had work of his own to do between purchasing a new place to live and going over the paperwork attached to the business.
They both looked dashing and healthy. What the hell was I saying? They made the perfect couple because Liam was so masculine and tall against Caitlyn’s gentle feminine curves and Nordic beauty. She truly was a gorgeous young woman and next to her, while I didn’t feel exactly unattractive, I was merely good looking in comparison.
However by the way my future brother-in-law observed me, you would think he was looking over a delicious morsel that escaped his attention. Not that it was the truth at all; if we had never had our one night stand then there would have never been a baby and I wouldn’t have had to go through the humiliation of a pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.
Now that I thought about it, Liam had every reason to feel like the cat with the cream—he’d had us both and now had the proper woman on his arm. My sister was a dream come true and she would also make a great wife and mother.
I’d recently finished showering and had my hair thrown up in a ponytail while I wore a pair of black jean shorts that showed off my legs to the best benefit and a white halter top that covered my stomach fully.
“Looks like you are coming along just fine,” Caitlyn greeted as she and Liam sat down on the love seat. “No one would have known you’d spent the last few days in the hospital.”
I smiled in an ingratiating manner. “Try telling my nether region area that shit. I am still in a lot of pain and until I heal completely, I can’t do anything below the waist so I am miserable to be honest.”
My sister gave me a knowing look with cool blue-gray eyes. “Perhaps that’s best—it’s how
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