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She rolled her eyes at her own thought. There was no doubt she wanted it to continue. If she’d written in to her own column, she knew the advice she’d give. Have you told him all of your secrets? Did you sweep all the skeletons out of your closet on the first date and let him examine each one? Just because he gave you your first good lay doesn’t mean you’re married. Lighten up.
Lighten up. And stop being scared. There was good news to be had here. Gabe had spent time around the sophisticated women of Manhattan. He’d hung out with models. Hell, maybe he’d even had sex with them. And he liked Veronica.
“Don’t be flattered that a man wants to have sex with you,” she said aloud.
She sunk her head under the water to wet her hair. “Yeah, right,” she sputtered when she came up. She was so flattered she was squirming.
When the water grew cold, she forced herself out of the tub. It was still early. She could get some work done.
“Sure,” she muttered, “I’ll work instead of getting fucked a few times. That’ll be great.” Yeah, the bath definitely hadn’t washed away that bitterness.
She put on her feeling-sorry-for-herself clothes: yoga pants and a big sweatshirt. Then she found her phone. Her heart skipped at the sight of two missed texts from Gabe, but it fell to the pit of her stomach when she read the first.
We’re going out tonight with some of my friends. Come with? The second one had arrived a few minutes later. Please?
She didn’t want to go. She could be weird and awkward around Gabe, but she didn’t want to be herself in front of his friends, and she didn’t have the energy to be edgy Dear Veronica tonight. But the idea of sitting around her lonely apartment without Gabe was too much to bear.
She wrote back before she could overthink it. You promised me drinks and orgasms. I doubt I’ll get the latter at a bar.
His reply buzzed within seconds. Drinks first, then orgasms, I promise.
You already promised that, and look where I am right now.She pouted at the phone.
Where are you right now?he asked.
She looked down at her fleece and the pink fuzzy socks she wore. I just got out of the bath.
Oh, God. You didn’t come yet, did you?
She laughed, imagining husky desperation in his words. Not YET, no...
Please, he wrote. Tonight.
With your sister in the next room?
The phone stayed silent for a long moment, and then his reply appeared. I’ll give Naomi and Monique my bed for tonight if you’re willing to share yours?
“God,” she sighed. She wanted that so much. Wanted Gabe in her bed, making love to her until she fell asleep and then waking her with more later.
My bed’s kind of small for a big man like you.
We’ll cuddle, he answered.
Laughing, she collapsed onto her bed and wished he were there already.All right. I’ll see you tonight.
As soon as he sent the details about the plans, her anxiety returned, but this time instead of indulging it, Veronica jumped to her feet and stormed into the kitchen. She jerked open the drawer, got out her marker and paper, and wrote a new note.
“Perfect,” she growled as she slapped it onto the fridge and used her last magnet to hold it in place.
#5—Have a little fucking confidence and enjoy yourself for once.
She was not going to be defeated by New York City. Not this time.
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“SHESEEMSPERFECT for you,” Naomi said. “Very sporty.”
