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By R.K. Lilley
June 11th, 2013
BLURB:
Danika hasn’t had an easy life. Being insanely attracted to bad boys has never helped make it easier.
One look at Tristan, and every brain cell she possessed went up in smoke. This man was trouble with a capital T. It was a given.
She knew better. Bad boys were bad. Especially for her. Considering her history, it was crazy to think otherwise. So why did crazy have to feel so damn fine?
For as long as she could remember, Danika had been focused on the future with single-minded purpose. Tristan came along and taught her everything there was to know about letting go, and living in the present. She fell, hard and deep. Of course, that only made her impact with the ground that much more devastating.
Teaser
“I have an idea,” Tristan said, moving around the kitchen
counter, and into the dining room.
He opened up a drawer of the desk that ran along the far
wall.
“That sounds ominous,” I said, following him.
“On a scale of one to ten, how much do you like the last guy
that you slept with?” Tristan asked me with an arched brow and a crooked smile,
flashing those dimples at me. He used
those things like a weapon.
“My ex? Negative five,
since I’m feeling mellow right now,” I said instantly.
He nodded. “Exactly. The last girl I hooked up with threw a drink
at another chick for smiling at me, and the one before that started nagging me
about my drinking after we’d hooked up one time. Sex turns women into nagging psychos, and it
turns men into straight-up assholes.
Now, how much do you like me?”
I wrinkled my nose at him.
“Right this second? Well, this
little speech is kind of annoying but I do kind of like you most of the
time. I’ll give you a solid five.”
He just grinned, not at all offended. I don’t think he would have known what to do
with me if I wasn’t giving him shit.
“Well, I give you a ten, which averages our friendship out to a solid
seven, making you one of my favorite people of all time. I’d like to maintain our average, so I say we
make a list.”
He had actually gotten a pen and paper out, and I made sure he
saw me roll my eyes.
His grin just widened.
“That’s what I love most about you.
I never have to wonder what you’re thinking. It’s all right there on your lovely face.”
My scowl just deepened as I saw what he was writing.
‘THE FRIENDS DON’T LIST’ –
Because I like you too much to sleep with you
I sighed loudly. “What is
the point of this? We don’t need to
write it down.”
He straightened, giving me a look that made things low in my body
clench in the most delicious way. His
gaze was borderline obscene as he eyed me, top to bottom.
He swallowed hard. “I
need to. God, Danika, even your feet are
fucking sexy to me, and I like you too fucking much to screw it up. I want to be around you. I’d be sad if you we didn’t see each other
anymore, and I’m batting zero at the relationship thing. I’m a good friend, though, so yeah, I need a
real clear ‘don’t’ list, so I don’t screw it up.”
I smirked at him. “My
feet, huh? My feet are really that
sexy? You crazy horn-dog.”
I didn’t want a relationship with him, either. I knew that it would mean the end of us as
friends, but knowing that he found me that sexy made me warm all over. It didn’t make me feel dirty to have him look
at me like that, it made me feel special.
It was a novelty for me, to be sure.
He laughed and nodded, giving me really good eye contact. “Yes.
It’s a problem. I’m a man-whore,
and you would tempt a saint. Let’s find
a way to keep our friendship safe.”
I liked that, liked that he valued my company more than my
body. I nodded, finally giving him smile
for smile. “Yes. That makes sense. Sex isn’t worth it anyway. It never leaves me with anything but a need
for a date with my vibrator, and that’s if I’m lucky.”
He groaned and slapped his forehead. “I need to get that image out of my
head. That was cruel. Do you mean that your last boyfriend didn’t
make sure you got off?” He asked the
question like he just couldn’t help himself.
I knew him well enough to know that he couldn’t.
I laughed, trying not to make it sound as bitter as it actually
was. “No. I’m saying that none of them did. They couldn’t find a clit with a map. Selfish pricks.”
He ran a hand over his face, and it went a little slack before
he looked at me again. “That hurts me
deep in my soul, Danika. I wouldn’t do
that to you. I’d make sure you came,
first and last. I’d go down on you every
time, if that’s what you like. I’d
lick—“
I held up a hand, giving him an arch look, though I was far from
unaffected by his little speech. I
wanted badly to see if he was really that good, but I shook myself out of it.
He grimaced. “Sorry,
sorry. That was out of line. You can’t tell me stuff like that. It makes me want to punch somebody and, well,
do things to you that do not need to be spoken out loud. But it does prove my point about me needing a
‘don’t’ list.”
I nodded. It was becoming
apparent that we both needed one.
“Yes. Don’t you worry about poor
old me. I like my vibrator just
fine. Better than any cock that’s ever
come near me, in fact.”
He closed his eyes, lowered his head, and held up one finger as
though he needed a moment.
I giggled, because I had been trying to torment him, and I saw
by the oversized bulge in his jeans that I’d succeeded.
I snapped my fingers at him.
“Okay, okay, let’s get on with it.
Get started with your list.”
1. No sex, no making out, no kissing.
“No getting off and thinking about you?” I asked. Yes, I was trying to torment him.
He held up that finger that made me giggle again. He looked like he was thinking hard for a
long moment, finally shaking his head.
“Nope. Can’t do that. Sorry.
It’s like saying I won’t get hard when I see you wearing a bikini. It would just be a lie. But I won’t torture you with the details, I
swear.”
I nodded, still smiling.
Teasing just never got old with him.
He made it so much fun. He made
absolutely everything fun. “The same,” I
told him. “I’ll try not to be too loud
when I cry out your name as I get myself off.”
He shook his head, looking pained. “So jacked up,” he muttered under his
breath.
After a long pause, he started writing again without another
word.
2. No getting jealous or complaining about who the other one is
dating or hooking up with.
“That goes for you too, right?” I asked archly. “No hitting guys in bars for looking at me
funny.”
“I didn’t hit him. I just
choked him a little.”
“Um, yeah, that sounds worse than punching. Not helping your argument.”
He completely ignored that, writing.
3. We can hang out whenever we want, but we won’t call it a
date, even if we’re doing date-like things
“Would oral be considered date-like?” I asked, just messing with
him, as usual. I’d never been able to
have sexual banter with a man that didn’t end up making me feel like shit. It was just the opposite with Tristan. For some reason, it made me feel warm and
fuzzy every time.
He sent me a twisted grin.
“I’m pretty sure that would be breaking the no kissing rule.”
“Pretty sure leaves wiggle room.”
He gave me a look that could only be described as longing. “I do love the way you wiggle.”
I giggled.
He went back to writing.
4. No nagging.
“That counts for you, too.
No telling me when I’ve had too many shots. That’s for me to decide.”
He sent me an exasperated look.
“Well, if you drink enough shots that you climb on the bar to dance, and
some guy grabs you, don’t nag me for beating the shit out of him.”
“That sounds like a clear violation of rule number,” I pointed
out.
“That’s not jealousy.
That’s me being protective of my buddy.”
I rolled my eyes. It was
a fine line.
He started writing again.
5. Always remember that we like each other too much to sleep
together, and that sleeping together will ruin EVERYTHING.
6. If the words ‘I love
you’ are ever mentioned, it will be assumed that it is in a friendship type
context.
7. No talking dirty, or talking about dates with your vibrator.
He sighed, immediately crossing #7 out.
7. No talking dirty, or talking about dates with your vibrator.
“That one is just no fun at all,” he explained.
I giggled. Only Tristan
could make me giggle.
He sent me a warm smile.
“I named my vibrator after you,” I told him with a smirk. “He’s small, but he makes up for it by
working hard.”
He straightened, moving a little close to show me just how small
he wasn’t. I backed up to the edge of
the table, and he followed.
He gave me his sinful smile.
“I’m big like this everywhere.
Don’t make me prove it to you.”
I rolled my eyes. “Every
guy says that. It would be refreshing to
meet a guy that just admitted to being average-sized, or God forbid, small.”
He shook his head. “You
want me to do something crazy. I see
your game now. Not falling for it.”
I couldn’t hold back a smile, because I had been egging him
on. The man was so outrageous, he’d do
anything on a dare. I shrugged. “I’ll never know, but in my imagination it’s
very clearly average, bordering on small.
No way to change it.”
He pursed his lips, his fingers going to the button on his
jeans.
I slapped my hands over my eyes, running away and giggling like
a kid.
He overtook me in seconds, picking me up easily. He flung me over his shoulder, heading to the
back door.
I knew where this was leading.
“Put me down!” I screeched between giggles. “I just washed my hair!”
“Every time you make me want to pull my dick out for you, for
any reason, I’m throwing you in the pool.
This is for the sake of our friendship, Danika.”
I was already flying through the air before he’d finished
talking. I heard him say Danika right
before my head went under.
The bastard. A quote from
Danika not long after...
“It wasn’t a don’t list, you douche bag! It may as well have been a fucking to-do
list!”
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