Tess you have to introduce me to him.”
“Well, hello! You are going to be interviewing him; of course you are going to be introduced to him.”
“Oh, hell no. I mean introduce me to him.”
“Look, Susan. Let’s just get things scheduled. I really have a lot of work I need to get done.” The lie slid past her lips with ease, but Tessa couldn’t sit there any longer listening to Susan. She was about to go all spider monkey on her if she kept talking about Cade. She didn’t have to be a psychic to know that Susan was imagining all kinds of things she would like to do with him and Tessa didn’t want anyone thinking of him that way. Except for her, no one else was allowed to think of him that way, damn it.
Chapter 5
Cade sat in Rowan’s living room waiting for him to finish getting ready for their night out. He really needed to get out and relax. He hadn’t been out to the bars since his night out with Tessa and, honestly, he needed to put that whole situation behind him. If it weren’t for Rowan, he would be sitting at home alone sulking. He still couldn’t believe that he had left Tessa’s house the way he had and how things in general were left undone. He hadn’t gotten a chance to explain things to her and he really wasn’t sure exactly what he would say to her anyway; that’s why he hadn’t called her or gone over to her house again. He felt like the biggest idiot and just couldn’t face her. Usually when it came to women, he just didn’t put too much stock in the outcome of a night. He wasn’t egotistical; but if he worried too much about his relationships with women, he’d never get any rest. But Tessa wasn’t just any woman. Over the past two weeks, he’d felt an aching in his chest. He desperately wanted to spend time with her again; he craved her company. He just wasn’t sure what he was going to do about it. Everything inside his head screamed for him to walk away from her and not look back. However, his heart and body and soul ached for her. To hear her laughter, to smell that honey and lilac scent that was specifically Tessa, and to be able to just touch her if even for just a moment. He wanted to touch her in so many ways, but mostly just to feel the brush of her hand against his arm as she told a story, or to feel her breath on his skin as she laughed over a joke. He wanted her company more than anything he ever desired in his life. Cade had to pull himself from his thoughts. If he kept thinking of Tessa, he would drive himself crazy.
Realizing that Rowan was taking too long, he yelled from the living room, “What are you doing, Rowan? You are worse than a woman when it comes to getting ready.”
“Hey, perfection takes time. Just calm down.” After a short pause, Rowan yelled out, “So, Cade. When was the last time you talked to my sister?”
“Not since that day that we promised we’d never talk about it again.”
“Yeah, well about that…” Rowan began.
“No way, Rowan. I am not talking about that night or about Tess with you. You nearly broke my jaw, remember.”
“Hell yeah, I remember, but that was just because I wasn’t prepared for…you know… that whole thing with you and my sister,” he said awkwardly as he walked into the living room.
“Oh and you are now?”
“Not really, but I can tell that you both are miserable without each other and I was just thinking that maybe you should give her a call.”
“It’s not going to happen, Rowan. The last time you suggested one of us call the other, the outcome was not so favorable for me.”
“Cade…”
“I’m not doing it, Rowan, so drop it. Let’s just get out of here. I hear a cold beer and loud music calling my name and I need some down time.”
“Most definitely, let’s go.”
Twenty minutes later, Rowan and Cade arrived at The LaunchPad,
“Well, hello! You are going to be interviewing him; of course you are going to be introduced to him.”
“Oh, hell no. I mean introduce me to him.”
“Look, Susan. Let’s just get things scheduled. I really have a lot of work I need to get done.” The lie slid past her lips with ease, but Tessa couldn’t sit there any longer listening to Susan. She was about to go all spider monkey on her if she kept talking about Cade. She didn’t have to be a psychic to know that Susan was imagining all kinds of things she would like to do with him and Tessa didn’t want anyone thinking of him that way. Except for her, no one else was allowed to think of him that way, damn it.
Chapter 5
Cade sat in Rowan’s living room waiting for him to finish getting ready for their night out. He really needed to get out and relax. He hadn’t been out to the bars since his night out with Tessa and, honestly, he needed to put that whole situation behind him. If it weren’t for Rowan, he would be sitting at home alone sulking. He still couldn’t believe that he had left Tessa’s house the way he had and how things in general were left undone. He hadn’t gotten a chance to explain things to her and he really wasn’t sure exactly what he would say to her anyway; that’s why he hadn’t called her or gone over to her house again. He felt like the biggest idiot and just couldn’t face her. Usually when it came to women, he just didn’t put too much stock in the outcome of a night. He wasn’t egotistical; but if he worried too much about his relationships with women, he’d never get any rest. But Tessa wasn’t just any woman. Over the past two weeks, he’d felt an aching in his chest. He desperately wanted to spend time with her again; he craved her company. He just wasn’t sure what he was going to do about it. Everything inside his head screamed for him to walk away from her and not look back. However, his heart and body and soul ached for her. To hear her laughter, to smell that honey and lilac scent that was specifically Tessa, and to be able to just touch her if even for just a moment. He wanted to touch her in so many ways, but mostly just to feel the brush of her hand against his arm as she told a story, or to feel her breath on his skin as she laughed over a joke. He wanted her company more than anything he ever desired in his life. Cade had to pull himself from his thoughts. If he kept thinking of Tessa, he would drive himself crazy.
Realizing that Rowan was taking too long, he yelled from the living room, “What are you doing, Rowan? You are worse than a woman when it comes to getting ready.”
“Hey, perfection takes time. Just calm down.” After a short pause, Rowan yelled out, “So, Cade. When was the last time you talked to my sister?”
“Not since that day that we promised we’d never talk about it again.”
“Yeah, well about that…” Rowan began.
“No way, Rowan. I am not talking about that night or about Tess with you. You nearly broke my jaw, remember.”
“Hell yeah, I remember, but that was just because I wasn’t prepared for…you know… that whole thing with you and my sister,” he said awkwardly as he walked into the living room.
“Oh and you are now?”
“Not really, but I can tell that you both are miserable without each other and I was just thinking that maybe you should give her a call.”
“It’s not going to happen, Rowan. The last time you suggested one of us call the other, the outcome was not so favorable for me.”
“Cade…”
“I’m not doing it, Rowan, so drop it. Let’s just get out of here. I hear a cold beer and loud music calling my name and I need some down time.”
“Most definitely, let’s go.”
Twenty minutes later, Rowan and Cade arrived at The LaunchPad,
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