[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
play his cards right with this first date, well&
Nerves ate at his gut just thinking about her possible rejection. The lease papers were in
negotiation. She was eager to push it through, but his lawyer had balked at the terms, and Nick went
ahead and let him balk all over the place. She wouldn t walk, not with the fine details still hanging in
the balance. It was manipulation in its purest form, but he was a desperate man.
More than anything, he had a feeling she wanted him as badly as he wanted her. She just wasn t
ready to admit it yet.
This blackmail scheme had felt like the right thing at the time, but being away from her made him
second-guess himself constantly. Being out of their attitude-riddled rhythm was throwing him off, too.
He d been practicing intensely for the last three days. He hadn t spoken to Willow the entire time
beyond a text message letting her know she needed to prepare for tomorrow s date.
She d replied with a simple: looking forward to it.
Funny how those four words still dripped with sarcasm despite his not hearing her actually say
them.
Dates? Sheridan frowned, wrinkled her nose. Damn, she was cute. Not nearly as gorgeous as
Willow in his eyes, but he could see why Jared was so crazy about her. Willow doesn t really go on
dates.
What do you mean? All single women as beautiful as Will go on dates. There must be twenty
dozen jerkoffs standing in line who would kill to go out with her, Nick muttered, shaking his head.
If he had his choice, he d already be at his little condo, passed out in bed. After a long afternoon of
practice filled with drill exercises that had quite frankly kicked his ass, he was beat.
But here he sat at some place close to the stadium, Jared having asked Nick to join him and
Sheridan for dinner. He d been outside the restaurant on his cell with his agent when Jared had come
out to join him, also yakking away on his phone to God knows who.
Seeing his opportunity, Nick went for it, ending the call and hurrying back into the restaurant to drill
Sheridan for information.
You like her, don t you, Nick? It s okay, you can tell me. Jared isn t around. Sheridan flashed a
knowing smile, one that made him want to confess all of his feelings for the woman who twisted him
in knots.
I do. I like her. I ain t gonna lie. His accent got thicker when he was nervous, and he cleared his
throat, trying to get a grip. She hates me, though. I did her wrong years ago, and I hate that.
The knowing smile grew. I think she likes you more than you know.
You know something I don t? He peered at her, wishing he could see inside Sheridan s brain.
Women. They were sneaky creatures most of the time, and he rarely could figure them out.
Sheridan shrugged. As if I d tell you all of Willow s deep, dark secrets. I could never do that.
I m not asking for deep, dark secrets. Though he was intrigued. I m asking what your friend
likes to do on a date.
I don t know. The usual date-type stuff? But like I said, she s not one who goes on lots of dates.
She& hangs out with guys. They go to dinner, she goes to his house, he goes to hers&
Whew, for a minute there I thought you were saying Willow goes out with multiple guys. He
slumped in his chair with relief. He remembered she d been a hot little number in bed who could
forget? but hanging out with guys made him think she might like being with multiple guys.
And he just couldn t wrap his head around that idea. The mere thought of sharing Willow with
anyone else literally made his skin crawl.
Well, look at that. He just turned into a caveman.
Sheridan laughed. You have an overactive imagination now, don t you?
More like I m a jump-to-conclusions sort of idiot, if you know what I mean. Nick scraped his
hand over his stubble-covered cheek. I want to do something different. Not get all dressed up and
take her out to some fancy dinner where I drop a couple hundred on food and drink and watch her
scowl at me while she pushes food around her plate. No thank you.
That had happened during their dinner meeting, and he didn t want a repeat. Talk about a bust. He
wanted to dazzle her. Talk to her. Make her fall head over heels for him again.
[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]