trying to move on with her life.
Twenty minutes later, Heidi wrapped herself in a towel and was ready to make a dash to her room to get dressed. Her eyes widened when she opened the door to discover Nathan was waiting for her and blocking her path. Shit, I should have brought clothes with me first. “Nathan? Is the pizza here already?” She stood on her tippy toes and tried looking over his shoulder while holding the towel tighter. Even though what she really wanted was to let it fall and feel him again. Damn it, get a grip!
“What if I told you I don’t want to go back to the way things were? That I changed my mind?” He closed the distance between them, and her breathing sped up. Nathan’s mouth was just inches from hers, and she could feel his warm breath against her skin, and it gave her goose bumps.
“I—I’d say I don’t believe you. Nothing could have changed in the last twenty-four hours, Nathan.”
“I thought we already established I was an asshole,” he whispered, and continued his pursuit. “I told you that already, and I’m going to prove this to you, make it up to you somehow...” His lips glided across her cheek toward her ear, and Heidi held back a curse when her nipples instantly puckered and her pussy became wet thanks to his close proximity. She wanted him, and probably always would. Shit, Heidi, you’re not helping yourself here. You’re letting him torture you.
He took her lobe into his mouth and sucked on it.
Heidi groaned and bit her lip as she pushed him away. “Stop playing with me, Nathan. I’m beginning to think you like to be cruel. What is it that you want from me? I’ve already promised to be whatever you want me to be in your life. We’re friends, and you made it clear last night that’s all it’ll ever be between us. I can’t offer you more without wanting it all, can’t you understand? You’re killing me here.”
“Tell me you love me.”
“What?” She couldn’t believe him.
“I said, tell me you love me. Please, Heidi, I want to hear you say it.”
She opened her mouth to speak, but then closed it, becoming angry. She shook her head no and backed up again. “Why, because it worked out so well for me the last time I said it? I can’t believe you, Nathan. You’re toying with my emotions, and I hate it.”
“I love you too, damn it! Is it so bad of me to want to hear the words back?”
“Of course not, but right now I love you differently than the way you love me, and that makes it cruel. I’m trying so hard to make things right again, and it’s so hard—” Her words were cut off by a knock at the door, and she looked away as Nathan cursed the pizza guy’s timing. “Enjoy your pizza, Nathan. I’m not very hungry suddenly.”
“Heidi, please wait...”
She rushed past him and slammed the door once she was safely inside of her room. She fell straight onto her bed and stared at the ceiling, praying for the strength to get over this and the determination to move on, but first it was going to be one hell of a long night to get through.
Chapter Three
A week passed by, and it was pure hell on him as he watched Heidi pretend like they hadn’t made love several times. He missed her, felt like a dipshit for hurting her, and was hell-bent on making things right between them. The problem was she didn’t believe him no matter how many times he tried to bring up loving her. He had to figure out a better way to prove it, and it was frustrating as hell.
“Please don’t go.”
“What?” Heidi turned to him and almost took his breath away. She looked amazing, especially then. She was getting ready for a date with Rafe, and he hated how jealous he was about it.
“Don’t go, please, Heidi. Just stay with me.” He gulped and then reached for her hand. “We can do anything you want.”
She turned her head and refused to look at him when she said, “Don’t be silly, Nathan. You could come with us if you’d like. We’re going back to
Twenty minutes later, Heidi wrapped herself in a towel and was ready to make a dash to her room to get dressed. Her eyes widened when she opened the door to discover Nathan was waiting for her and blocking her path. Shit, I should have brought clothes with me first. “Nathan? Is the pizza here already?” She stood on her tippy toes and tried looking over his shoulder while holding the towel tighter. Even though what she really wanted was to let it fall and feel him again. Damn it, get a grip!
“What if I told you I don’t want to go back to the way things were? That I changed my mind?” He closed the distance between them, and her breathing sped up. Nathan’s mouth was just inches from hers, and she could feel his warm breath against her skin, and it gave her goose bumps.
“I—I’d say I don’t believe you. Nothing could have changed in the last twenty-four hours, Nathan.”
“I thought we already established I was an asshole,” he whispered, and continued his pursuit. “I told you that already, and I’m going to prove this to you, make it up to you somehow...” His lips glided across her cheek toward her ear, and Heidi held back a curse when her nipples instantly puckered and her pussy became wet thanks to his close proximity. She wanted him, and probably always would. Shit, Heidi, you’re not helping yourself here. You’re letting him torture you.
He took her lobe into his mouth and sucked on it.
Heidi groaned and bit her lip as she pushed him away. “Stop playing with me, Nathan. I’m beginning to think you like to be cruel. What is it that you want from me? I’ve already promised to be whatever you want me to be in your life. We’re friends, and you made it clear last night that’s all it’ll ever be between us. I can’t offer you more without wanting it all, can’t you understand? You’re killing me here.”
“Tell me you love me.”
“What?” She couldn’t believe him.
“I said, tell me you love me. Please, Heidi, I want to hear you say it.”
She opened her mouth to speak, but then closed it, becoming angry. She shook her head no and backed up again. “Why, because it worked out so well for me the last time I said it? I can’t believe you, Nathan. You’re toying with my emotions, and I hate it.”
“I love you too, damn it! Is it so bad of me to want to hear the words back?”
“Of course not, but right now I love you differently than the way you love me, and that makes it cruel. I’m trying so hard to make things right again, and it’s so hard—” Her words were cut off by a knock at the door, and she looked away as Nathan cursed the pizza guy’s timing. “Enjoy your pizza, Nathan. I’m not very hungry suddenly.”
“Heidi, please wait...”
She rushed past him and slammed the door once she was safely inside of her room. She fell straight onto her bed and stared at the ceiling, praying for the strength to get over this and the determination to move on, but first it was going to be one hell of a long night to get through.
Chapter Three
A week passed by, and it was pure hell on him as he watched Heidi pretend like they hadn’t made love several times. He missed her, felt like a dipshit for hurting her, and was hell-bent on making things right between them. The problem was she didn’t believe him no matter how many times he tried to bring up loving her. He had to figure out a better way to prove it, and it was frustrating as hell.
“Please don’t go.”
“What?” Heidi turned to him and almost took his breath away. She looked amazing, especially then. She was getting ready for a date with Rafe, and he hated how jealous he was about it.
“Don’t go, please, Heidi. Just stay with me.” He gulped and then reached for her hand. “We can do anything you want.”
She turned her head and refused to look at him when she said, “Don’t be silly, Nathan. You could come with us if you’d like. We’re going back to
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