Snippet Saturday – Why can’t we be friends?
The make up scene! Is there nothing better than a good make up?
Claire was stalling. She’d shuffled the same papers over and over for the last thirty minutes. Dropping them back on her desk, she stared at the phone and dared it to ring. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go home and face Ryan—she did—but the fear of what would happen when she saw him held her in the office until after five. There was nothing left to do but go home. Why was it she never behaved normally where Ryan was concerned?
With a sigh, Claire straightened the pile on her desk and reached down for her purse. The sound of her door opening signaled the arrival of the cleaners.
“Won’t be a second, and I’ll be out of your hair.”
“I hope not.”
Startled, Claire jerked upright and bashed her head on the edge of her desk. “Ouch.” Rubbing the sore spot, she turned to face the man who’d just scared the life out of her. “Ryan.” His name whispered across her lips.
“Hello, Claire.”
Claire stared at Ryan. She soaked in the sight of him—the smell. God, she’d missed his scent. Missed seeing him every day. He leaned against the closed door, his body hidden from view by the jeans and shirt he wore. Claire wanted to tear every scrap of fabric off him and feast her eyes on all those muscles she knew lay beneath. Her body pulsed to life. Blood heated and swished through her veins to flood delicate tissue with a pounding beat that drove her a step closer.
“You’re here.” The stupidity of her words wasn’t lost on her, but she didn’t care as long as he didn’t leave.
“You wanted to talk.”
Claire took a deep breath and another step. “I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
He wasn’t going to make this easy, but then she didn’t really deserve easy. “For not trusting in us.”
Ryan’s eyes widened, and he pushed off the door. “What didn’t you trust about us?”
“What I was feeling. What you were feeling.”
He took a step. “And what was it we were feeling, Claire?”
She swallowed over the lump in her throat. Her mouth dry and her hands shaking she moved closer. “Love. I love you, Ryan.” Claire couldn’t believe how easily those words came. It was the first time she’d voiced them out loud, and the sound of them on her tongue made her smile.
Ryan closed his eyes. His nostrils flared as he sucked in a breath. He stood still, and Claire’s breath caught in her chest. Would he reject her?
He opened his eyes and held out his hand. “Come here.”
Claire launched herself at him, spanning the distance between them in less than a second. She clung to him like a burr. Arms and legs wrapped around him, she buried her face in his neck and breathed deep. “I missed you so much.”
“Missed you, too.” He squeezed her tighter. “I don’t ever want to be apart for that long again.”
“Me either.”
“Good. Now do I get all of you?”
Claire pulled her head back to look at him. “What do you mean?”
“I want it all, Claire. Body, heart, and soul, remember?”
She nodded.
“Yes, you remember or yes I get all of you?”
“Both. But it goes both ways. I want all of you, too.”
“Oh, Claire, you’ve had me from the second I saw you walk out your door.”
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Megan Hart:Read in bed!
Rhian Cahill
Eliza Gayle
Jody Wallace
Mandy M Roth
Lissa Matthews
Mari Carr
McKenna Jeffries
Myla Jackson
Taige Crenshaw
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Shiloh Walker
Lauren Dane
