Playing with Power - Book 3: New Adult Office Romance by Adele Huxley Page B

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    “You are so disgusting. I’m perfectly happy with mine, thanks. He’s all I need right now.”
    Ali chewed her lip as she studied Lauren’s face. “Still not banging Nick?”
    She shook her head. “No. It just complicates things. We did once, a couple weeks after we got back together, but it wasn’t the same. I kept picturing...”
    “Landon.”
    “Yeah.” Lauren’s nerves spiked. She wasn’t an adept liar and here she was, walking that fine line again.
    After a moment Ali spoke. “Did I ever mention how big Dane’s cock is? I mean...whoa.”
    “God, yes, you’ve told me!” Lauren laughed. “This heat is doing something to your libido woman! I don’t need to know.”
    “No, you do. The whole world does cause I should be getting a medal or something for the things I did with it. I wasn’t kidding about walking bow-legged.” She leaned back against the railing, her eyes flashing and a devious smile spreading across her face. “What about Landon?”
    “Oh come on.” If I keep drinking to avoid her questions I’m gonna be hammered in no time.
    “You come on! It might help to talk about it, get it out of your system. We haven’t had a decent sex chat in forever.”
    Lauren was surprised to hear herself speaking. Between the frustrating sexually charged day with him yesterday and the overwhelming heat, it was probable her internal filter had melted. “It was good. It was really good,” she said with an embarrassed grin.
    “Yeah? Go on, what about his—”
    “Nice! Thick, not too long, uncut surprisingly, which was a first!” Ali grinned at that but stayed quiet, silently urging Lauren to continue. “It was different than with Nick. Like, sex with him is just...sex, ya know? Good, but just sex. But with Landon...there was genuine passion and feeling. We only had that one night at the beach but everything leading up to it had that same connection.”
    “Right...”
    Lauren gazed off to the far distance, her eyes unfocused as she remembered. “It was the way he looked at me. You know that night in the hot tub? After you guys left and we were in the pool, we almost did it but I freaked out and stopped. He was such a good guy about it. Didn’t pressure me, didn’t make me feel guilty, nothing like that. It’s probably just because what I have with Nick is so familiar and Landon is new, but I felt an instant attraction to him that I’ve never felt with anyone else. He could make my heart race with just a glance from fifty feet away and when he touched my back...ugh, seriously.” She went quiet, remembering the look in his eyes as he stood in her bedroom the night before. Taking a fortifying drink, hoping the flush in her cheeks wasn’t obvious, she looked to her friend. Ali stood nodding appreciatively.
    “Well then...” A low, faint rumble echoed strangely against the buildings. Their eyes met and looked to the sky. “Just a big truck, stay put.”
    “Doesn’t that mean something? I felt more emotional connection with someone I’d known for a day than my boyfriend of four years?”
    Ali shrugged. “That’s up to you to figure out. Maybe you’re right. It was just the novelty of it that made it more intense. I suppose the only way to know for sure would be to see him again, but that’s not going to happen.”
    Lauren’s heart lurched. It had been just as intense, if not more. Thinking in silence for a moment she continued, “Alright, your turn. If Dane was so big, how is it you were so quiet? I thought you were a screamer.”
    It was Ali’s turn to blush. “He, uh...he liked to used accessories.” Lauren’s eyebrows shot up. “He must’ve seen it in a porno or something but he actually took my panties off and...stuffed ‘em in my mouth. Before you judge, I know it sounds weird, but it was really hot. Really, really, hot.” Ali’s eyes rolled into the back of her head as she fake swooned.
    “No judgment here, lady. I’m thinking of sending him a thank