legitimate part of Jasper’s life, not just a place for him to find physical comfort.
“I can still set up that double date you know,” Anna suggested brightly. “But you’d need to be quick. Robert’s friend is a handsome guy, and he’ll get snapped up soon if you don’t move on him.”
Kait dropped her gaze to her own salad and pushed the plastic container away. She had suddenly lost her appetite. Her blonde hair fell around her shoulders as she chewed her lip and tried to ignore her friend’s concerned look.
“I don’t like seeing you like this,” Anna said softly. “You don’t seem happy.”
“When I’m with him, I’m so happy,” Kait recalled Jasper’s last visit with a bittersweet smile. “In his arms, he has the power to make the whole world melt away. And I…I get lost in him. But then when we’re apart, it kills me.”
“Sounds intense.”
“It is!” Kait insisted fervently. “It’s almost…too intense. It’s either all or nothing, and I kind of want the in between stuff. The cinema trips. The meals out.”
“Have you told him how you feel?”
“What do you think?” Kait grumbled. Jasper was hardly easy to approach on matters of the heart. A part of her remained wounded from their encounter at his gym when he’d told her she would always come second to his training.
“Well, maybe you should,” Anna coaxed gently. “If you guys are like together for real, he’ll hear you out. He’ll want you to be happy.”
“You think so?”
“Sure.”
Kait’s phone buzzed noisily on the table between them. Reaching for it, Kait was unable to suppress the smile which pulled at her lips when she saw that the message was from Jasper.
Hey beautiful, can I see you tonight? Xxxx
“Ooh, from lover boy?” Anna asked teasingly.
“Uh huh,” Kait bit her lip and looked down at the message. She knew that what Jasper was really asking was if he could come round and ravage her. That was all they ever did. They had intense, passionate sex, and then they returned to their respective lives.
“So?” Anna prompted her friend.
“He’s going to come around later,” Kait was suddenly blushing like an embarrassed school girl.
“Ooh,” Anna mocked with a raise of her pruned eyebrows. “Will he be staying over?”
“No,” Kait sighed, already knowing the answer to that question. “He’s got a huge fight tomorrow.”
“That sounds like an excuse.”
“No, it really is a huge fight for him. One that will make or break his career.”
“You sound convinced.”
“I am,” Kait nodded furiously.
“Then why are you so upset about being a booty call if you’ve already made peace with it?”
“I’m not a booty call,” Kait ground her teeth and put the phone back down. “I’m his girlfriend.”
“So are you going to watch this big fight?”
Kait fumbled for a response. Jasper had yet to invite her to come and watch his latest big match, but surely that’s what a girlfriend would do? Go along to support her man?
“My advice for what it’s worth is surprise him at the fight. Turn up to support him. If he’s pleased you’re there, you’re his girlfriend. If he’s angry you turned up, you’re his booty call.”
Kait absorbed her friend’s suggestion, knowing that deep down Anna was right. She was just terrified that if she turned up at the fight Jasper would only be mad at her which would confirm all her fears about them as a couple.
Chapter 20
“So, are you feeling ready?” Carl asked, his voice fringed with concern. Jasper leaned forward, resting his elbows upon his knees. They were in the changing room at the venue for his next fight, and he could already hear the distant chanting of the eager crowd.
Jasper tensed the muscles in his arms. He certainly hoped he was ready. But despite all the hours he’d put in at the gym, each time
“I can still set up that double date you know,” Anna suggested brightly. “But you’d need to be quick. Robert’s friend is a handsome guy, and he’ll get snapped up soon if you don’t move on him.”
Kait dropped her gaze to her own salad and pushed the plastic container away. She had suddenly lost her appetite. Her blonde hair fell around her shoulders as she chewed her lip and tried to ignore her friend’s concerned look.
“I don’t like seeing you like this,” Anna said softly. “You don’t seem happy.”
“When I’m with him, I’m so happy,” Kait recalled Jasper’s last visit with a bittersweet smile. “In his arms, he has the power to make the whole world melt away. And I…I get lost in him. But then when we’re apart, it kills me.”
“Sounds intense.”
“It is!” Kait insisted fervently. “It’s almost…too intense. It’s either all or nothing, and I kind of want the in between stuff. The cinema trips. The meals out.”
“Have you told him how you feel?”
“What do you think?” Kait grumbled. Jasper was hardly easy to approach on matters of the heart. A part of her remained wounded from their encounter at his gym when he’d told her she would always come second to his training.
“Well, maybe you should,” Anna coaxed gently. “If you guys are like together for real, he’ll hear you out. He’ll want you to be happy.”
“You think so?”
“Sure.”
Kait’s phone buzzed noisily on the table between them. Reaching for it, Kait was unable to suppress the smile which pulled at her lips when she saw that the message was from Jasper.
Hey beautiful, can I see you tonight? Xxxx
“Ooh, from lover boy?” Anna asked teasingly.
“Uh huh,” Kait bit her lip and looked down at the message. She knew that what Jasper was really asking was if he could come round and ravage her. That was all they ever did. They had intense, passionate sex, and then they returned to their respective lives.
“So?” Anna prompted her friend.
“He’s going to come around later,” Kait was suddenly blushing like an embarrassed school girl.
“Ooh,” Anna mocked with a raise of her pruned eyebrows. “Will he be staying over?”
“No,” Kait sighed, already knowing the answer to that question. “He’s got a huge fight tomorrow.”
“That sounds like an excuse.”
“No, it really is a huge fight for him. One that will make or break his career.”
“You sound convinced.”
“I am,” Kait nodded furiously.
“Then why are you so upset about being a booty call if you’ve already made peace with it?”
“I’m not a booty call,” Kait ground her teeth and put the phone back down. “I’m his girlfriend.”
“So are you going to watch this big fight?”
Kait fumbled for a response. Jasper had yet to invite her to come and watch his latest big match, but surely that’s what a girlfriend would do? Go along to support her man?
“My advice for what it’s worth is surprise him at the fight. Turn up to support him. If he’s pleased you’re there, you’re his girlfriend. If he’s angry you turned up, you’re his booty call.”
Kait absorbed her friend’s suggestion, knowing that deep down Anna was right. She was just terrified that if she turned up at the fight Jasper would only be mad at her which would confirm all her fears about them as a couple.
Chapter 20
“So, are you feeling ready?” Carl asked, his voice fringed with concern. Jasper leaned forward, resting his elbows upon his knees. They were in the changing room at the venue for his next fight, and he could already hear the distant chanting of the eager crowd.
Jasper tensed the muscles in his arms. He certainly hoped he was ready. But despite all the hours he’d put in at the gym, each time
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