Page 35 of Seducing my Best Friend

“That’s ridiculous.”

“No it’s not. It’s a real thing, and I don’t know if you’ve thought about it, but I just wanted to know if you’re just- I don’t want to say using me but-”

“That’s a really fucked up thing to ask me, Lucy.”

“I think it’s a fair question.”

“I don’t. Not at all.”

“I’m not trying to offend you or anything. I’m just trying to figure out if this thing or- that thing we did on Saturday- if that was all just for fun or if it was-”

“More?”

I nodded.

Aiden sighed. “Have I done anything to make you think it’s not?”

I pursed my lips. “No, but-”

“Lucy, I care about you. I always have. You know that.”

“Of course I know that, but you haven’t always cared about me the way you-” I swallowed. “Cared about me on Saturday.”

“I know,” he said, licking his lips so the chocolate disappeared. “But that doesn’t mean my feelings aren’t genuine.”

I took a deep breath.

“I like you a lot,” he said. “And I’m attracted to you.”

I pursed my lips.

“And I’m not done trying to convince you that we’ve got something here, something we’ve been sitting on for too long.”

“I guess I just want to know why now? After all this time?”

He shrugged. “I don’t know. But isn’t it better late than never?”

“Maybe,” I said. “I just don’t want to lose you as a friend.”

“Don’t look at it as losing a friend,” he said, leaning back in his chair. “Look at it as gaining a skilled lover.”

I rolled my eyes.

He leaned across the table and lowered his voice. “You do want to have another night like that, right? Please tell me I’m not sitting here making a total ass of myself.”

I smiled. “You’re not.”

“Thank god,” he said. “Cause I really need more of that side of you in my life.”

“Well, if you play your cards right, maybe that can be arranged.”

“Good,” he said. “I would be devastated if we couldn’t do that again.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, Luce. I don’t think you get what you do to me.”

“No,” I said. “I guess I don’t.”

“Well, I’m going to show you as many times as you’ll let me,” he said. “And don’t even get me started on what I’m going to do to you.”

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