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Authors: Debra Kayn
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me.”
Rounding the back of the Porsche, he cussed under his breath. Frustrated with the inability to move things forward with Diana, he didn’t have a clue what he was supposed to do to fix the situation. Couldn’t she tell he liked her?
Hell, he was a walking hard-on since he’d met her. He paused outside his door, and laid his hands on the top of the car. They were both grown adults. What caused her to pull away from him?
What did she see in him that other women were blind to? It was as if life was playing a joke on him, and he couldn’t have the one person he wanted. He wasn’t learning a damn thing about how to fix his life, and he was taking penalty hit after hit with Diana. Life sucked.
Chapter Nine
After a silent ride home, Diana mumbled good night to Dominic and closed herself into her room. Exhausted and emotionally drained, she took off Dominic’s jacket, stripped out of her dress, and stood naked, eyeing his blazer.
Without letting herself think about what she was doing, she slipped his jacket back on, covering her nakedness, and lay down on the bed. She closed her eyes, wanting to forget the fact that Dominic was close enough for her to kiss.
He’d wanted her. The hungry glaze over his eyes showed her how much he wanted to kiss her. She wanted it too, but she couldn’t allow herself to go that far. She knew deep down if she kissed him, she wouldn’t want to stop.
Besides, he could have anyone he wanted. All he had to do is pick one woman from the club, and he’d be having sex in his bed right now. No one ever told him no. He was a player, and he’d played her right into his arms. The whole night while they danced, she’d let herself pretend they were on a real date. She’d let herself believe that something was happening between them, that his attempt at asking her out on a date all the time and not giving up, meant something.
Everything he’d done gave her a secure feeling that he only had eyes for her tonight. Even when the other women were dressed more scantily and more beautiful than she was, he’d focused on her. She sighed. He’d done everything right. There was not one thing she could cling to that proved Dominic as a player off the rink.
God, she was in trouble.
Once she’d stopped thinking about him as a big jock, she’d seen a side of him that she found impossible to ignore. He was down to earth, easygoing, and he had an almost innocent quality about him that mystified her. A man who had women fighting over him could not possibly come away without a long track record with the ladies. All jocks were the same, and she’d been made a fool of before. Even though she’d never loved her college boyfriend in the true-adult sense, his betrayal stung her self-esteem. She rather not put herself in that same position again.
She must be missing something.
At odds with her feelings, she leaned over and picked her purse off the floor. Finding her phone, she called Shauna. If anyone could talk some sense into her, it was someone who’d loved someone famous for her whole life.
“Diana?” Shauna mumbled on the other end of the phone. “What’s wrong?”
“Hey. I need your help.” She rolled over on her back and sighed. “Sorry to call at this hour. I don’t want you to panic, but I think I’m in trouble.”
Without stopping, she quickly filled Shauna in on what happened. She even explained why she took the job and swore her to secrecy. She had no doubt her plan to buy the Ferriday house would remain between them. She could ask for no better friends than Shauna and Kate.
“Then he asked me to kiss him.” She lifted the collar of Dom’s jacket and sniffed. “I can’t do that, although I want to. God, I want him in the worst way and it’s driving me insane. I’m freaking losing my mind. I swear, you wouldn’t even recognize me and the way I’m acting.”
“Why?” Shauna asked. “What’s stopping you from going for it with Dominic? He’s a good guy, babe.”
“I
Rounding the back of the Porsche, he cussed under his breath. Frustrated with the inability to move things forward with Diana, he didn’t have a clue what he was supposed to do to fix the situation. Couldn’t she tell he liked her?
Hell, he was a walking hard-on since he’d met her. He paused outside his door, and laid his hands on the top of the car. They were both grown adults. What caused her to pull away from him?
What did she see in him that other women were blind to? It was as if life was playing a joke on him, and he couldn’t have the one person he wanted. He wasn’t learning a damn thing about how to fix his life, and he was taking penalty hit after hit with Diana. Life sucked.
Chapter Nine
After a silent ride home, Diana mumbled good night to Dominic and closed herself into her room. Exhausted and emotionally drained, she took off Dominic’s jacket, stripped out of her dress, and stood naked, eyeing his blazer.
Without letting herself think about what she was doing, she slipped his jacket back on, covering her nakedness, and lay down on the bed. She closed her eyes, wanting to forget the fact that Dominic was close enough for her to kiss.
He’d wanted her. The hungry glaze over his eyes showed her how much he wanted to kiss her. She wanted it too, but she couldn’t allow herself to go that far. She knew deep down if she kissed him, she wouldn’t want to stop.
Besides, he could have anyone he wanted. All he had to do is pick one woman from the club, and he’d be having sex in his bed right now. No one ever told him no. He was a player, and he’d played her right into his arms. The whole night while they danced, she’d let herself pretend they were on a real date. She’d let herself believe that something was happening between them, that his attempt at asking her out on a date all the time and not giving up, meant something.
Everything he’d done gave her a secure feeling that he only had eyes for her tonight. Even when the other women were dressed more scantily and more beautiful than she was, he’d focused on her. She sighed. He’d done everything right. There was not one thing she could cling to that proved Dominic as a player off the rink.
God, she was in trouble.
Once she’d stopped thinking about him as a big jock, she’d seen a side of him that she found impossible to ignore. He was down to earth, easygoing, and he had an almost innocent quality about him that mystified her. A man who had women fighting over him could not possibly come away without a long track record with the ladies. All jocks were the same, and she’d been made a fool of before. Even though she’d never loved her college boyfriend in the true-adult sense, his betrayal stung her self-esteem. She rather not put herself in that same position again.
She must be missing something.
At odds with her feelings, she leaned over and picked her purse off the floor. Finding her phone, she called Shauna. If anyone could talk some sense into her, it was someone who’d loved someone famous for her whole life.
“Diana?” Shauna mumbled on the other end of the phone. “What’s wrong?”
“Hey. I need your help.” She rolled over on her back and sighed. “Sorry to call at this hour. I don’t want you to panic, but I think I’m in trouble.”
Without stopping, she quickly filled Shauna in on what happened. She even explained why she took the job and swore her to secrecy. She had no doubt her plan to buy the Ferriday house would remain between them. She could ask for no better friends than Shauna and Kate.
“Then he asked me to kiss him.” She lifted the collar of Dom’s jacket and sniffed. “I can’t do that, although I want to. God, I want him in the worst way and it’s driving me insane. I’m freaking losing my mind. I swear, you wouldn’t even recognize me and the way I’m acting.”
“Why?” Shauna asked. “What’s stopping you from going for it with Dominic? He’s a good guy, babe.”
“I
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