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“Daniel!” she cried, but didn’t give him an answer.
“Why not?” he persisted.
“Because it’s you,” she declared with a wave of her hand in his general direction.
“What? You don’t think I could give you an orgasm?”
She nearly choked on the shock that bull-dozed its way down her throat. Hearing the word orgasm from Daniel’s mouth left her feeling oddly disturbed. She was perturbed to realize it was not an uncomfortable uneasiness. Rather, arousing instead. Turning from him angrily, she needed to end this conversation before
it got out of hand.
“I’m sure you would perform just fine,” she said very formal like so he wouldn’t get any ideas.
Though somehow she couldn’t prevent the throaty tone in her voice when she thought about that kiss they had shared. She suspected sex with Daniel would be spectacular. “But sex would only ruin our friendship. I wouldn’t want that.”
There was silence behind her, and she feared she might have insulted him again. She chanced a glance over her shoulder and saw him watching her with a softness in his eyes.
“What?”
“I thought we weren’t friends? Neighbors at best?”
“Oh.” Her brow creased and she sat down on the bed to stare up at him. “We are friends aren’t we, Daniel?”
“I like to think so.”
She smiled then. “Me too.”
The smile he returned her had her stomach doing funny things, so she quickly stood back up and changed the subject. “Listen, Maura is becoming suspicious. So will the others soon if we don’t do a better job of convincing them we’re a couple.”
“Then I suggest you make up your mind.”
She shot him a confused glare. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I’m either the devoted jealous boyfriend, or I leave you and lover boy alone. Which is it to be?”
“Well, certainly not the jealous boyfriend.” She bit her lip and looked away. “I think that would be pushing your acting skills a bit too far.”
He paused, staring at her hard then took a deep irritated breath. “Look, the truth is, I’m here to make him jealous.”
“No.” She shook her head. “You could never do that.”
“Gee, thanks.”
“That’s not what I meant.” She frowned and played with one of the spaghetti straps on her nightgown. “Didn’t you see him tonight? I’ve never seen him that way. So devoted.”
Silence from Daniel, then, “Is this about your career?”
“What about it?”
“You’ve been wanting to perform down at his bar for a while now.”
“Hardly,” she snapped. “I’ll have you know that I achieved this gig purely on my talent. I didn’t need to sleep with anyone to get it.”
She was puzzled at the look of relief on his face. “You led me to believe that if that was what it took you would be more than willing.”
“Then, my friend, you jumped to conclusions.” A flicker of disappointment nagged the inside of her.
“I guess I owe you an apology,” he stated, though looked less than sincere with a grin tilting the corner of his mouth. “Except with all this talk of sleeping with the guy only to dump him when you get what you want, it sounded plausible.”
