What He Craves
you wouldn’t hesitate to get in touch with him?”
    My stomach rumbled. Shane had offered me some breakfast but
I’d passed. I’d been too excited and nervous to eat. I wasn’t too excited or
nervous to eat now. “I suppose I might’ve said that.”
    “So…?”
    “You don’t know if he’s single. Do you?” I grabbed a bag of
bagels and shut the door.
    “Well…actually…”
    “Did you speak with him?”
    “I did.”
    Tucking the phone between my ear and shoulder, I shoved my
hand into the bag and grabbed a bagel. “Tell me you didn’t outright ask him!”
    “Of course not,” she scoffed. “I couldn’t be so rude. No, I
checked his ring finger. No ring.”
    “That doesn’t mean anything.” I snatched a knife from the
block and cut the bagel in half.
    “Maybe not by itself, but paired with him reading a book
about divorce, I think it’s a pretty blatant sign that his marriage is either
over or about to be over.”
    Despite having spent last night screaming in pleasure in
Shane’s pleasure palace, I found my heart getting a little pitter-pattery over
this news.
    That scared me.
    Once again, my timing with Drake was off. Way off.
    A couple of years after he broke up with me, he appeared on
my front porch and told me he was ready to settle down. I was seeing someone
else at the time.
    Then, I broke up with that guy and went back to Drake. He
was engaged to someone else.
    Why did it seem fate was messing with us? Here we were once
again.
    Shane and I were still very new. And we hadn’t defined exactly
what our relationship was. I wasn’t the type to juggle two men at once.
Especially if I was sleeping with one. I shoved the bagel into the toaster
slots and hit the button.
    “I think you should get in touch with him. He still works at
MultiTech.”
    “That’s nice. But I don’t think it’s such a good idea to
hunt him down right now.” I went back to the refrigerator and dug around on the
shelves for the cream cheese. I found it in the back.
    “Why? Because of Mr. Whips and Chains?” Her voice was
dripping with sarcasm.
    “Him and the fact that there’s a lot we don’t know about Drake’s
situation.”
    “Bullshit. Drake was the best guy you’ve ever met. Hands
down. He puts Whips and Chains to shame, girl.”
    “But he might not be in the position to get involved right
now. Even if his divorce is in the works, he might not be emotionally ready to
get involved.”
    “I mentioned your name. He seemed very excited to hear about
you.”
    The room was filling with the smell of toasted garlic.
Salivating, I pulled a plate out of the cupboard. Then I opened the cream
cheese container. Empty. “I’m not going to chase him down. No.”
    “I suggested you two should get together and have coffee,
and he said he’d love it.”
    “Stop it.”
    “I don’t like Shane.” I could hear her sneer.
    “You don’t have to. I do.” I returned to the refrigerator,
digging around for more cream cheese. The toaster popped.
    “He’s going to hurt you.”
    “That’s for me to decide.”
    Silence. “Drake won’t ever talk about sharing you with his
friends.”
    “Stop it.” I threw the empty container into the garbage. “I
said, I’m happy with Shane. Discussion over.”
    “Fine.” More silence. “You know, I’m just trying to help.”
    “I know. Thanks. Now, I need to jump in the shower and get
going. I’ll talk to you later.”
    “What’s on the agenda today?”
    Scowling, I stared at the dry bagel in the toaster. “I need
to get some groceries. Then, I’m not sure.”
    “Want some company?”
    “Sure.”
    “See you in a few.”
    “Bye.” I tossed my phone onto the counter and tried to eat
my cream-cheese-less bagel. After a few bites, I gave up and scampered into the
shower. I steamed and loofah-ed and shaved and soaped myself to silky smooth
cleanliness. Then, wearing one towel around my body, another on my head, I went
into the kitchen to get the coffeemaker going. I was
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