Heart Robber (Lifestyle by Design Book 2) by Miranda P. Charles Read Free Book Online Page B

strode wordlessly to the shower.
    "Baby …" Will called to her.
    She was mad - and hurt - although rationally she didn't have a good reason to be. That was in the past. Will had since proven to her many times over how much he loved her. But she just couldn't stand the thought that he might have slept with another woman, even though at the time they were only in a casual relationship.
    Will caught her arm and she stilled.
    "Did you sleep with that Antoinette woman?" She shut her eyes as she waited for him to respond. She was scared of the answer but she needed to know.
    Will turned her around to face him. "Look at me," he commanded gruffly, tilting her chin with his finger. She opened her eyes to look into Will's intense gaze.
    "No, I didn't." His forceful delivery released the tension in her body and made her knees go weak with relief. She leaned against him and he put his arms around her.
    "Clarise, there has never been any other woman since I first laid my eyes on you." He caressed her cheek with a thumb. "And there will never be anyone else for me but you," he added softly, sincerity pouring out of him. "Baby, you know how much I love you, don't you?"
    "Yes. I do," she responded with misty eyes. "Sorry. Overreaction. I just get silly over you sometimes."
    Will chuckled and squeezed her tighter. "As long as you love me," he said huskily.
    "I love you, Will."
    As she melted in Will's arms, she gave herself a mental reminder to check up on Jessa later.

    ~~~~~~~

    "So how was last night, Jess?" Clarise tried to sound nonchalant, wanting to hide her worry from her friend.
    "Good, then disappointing, then sweet, then disappointing."
    "What do you mean?"
    "Well, it was good to see Rob again, then something urgent came up that we didn't even get to have dessert, then he kissed me near the lifts," Jessa said with a dreamy sigh, "then I left and I'm still frustrated. I should have slept with him on the first date, Clarise. I could be replaying my sexy night with a gorgeous guy in my head rather than being frustrated over what could have been."
    She laughed, her worry easing. Jessa did seem to only want the sexual experience with Rob and nothing more. "You'll live," she teased.
    "Seriously, Clarise, I now know what it's like to be seriously turned on by a man's looks. But how do I cope with this … sexual frustration? How do you handle it when Will's not around?"
    She blushed as she thought about how she and Will dealt with their need for each other when they were apart and how super hot they got when they were back together. She avoided Jessa's question with one of her own. "How did you cope with it before you met Rob, Jess?"
    "Well, I really didn't have to deal with anything as intense as this before. I can honestly say he's the first man I've truly, seriously lusted after."
    "So what happens next?"
    "I don't know. He said he's coming back here soon. I guess I'll just have to wait."
    Clarise decided to play devil's advocate and test her friend. "What if he doesn't come back for months? Or if he did come back soon, what if his sexual energy has already been spent elsewhere and … he's not as eager for you?" She hated herself as soon as the words came out, but she felt Jessa needed to hear it.
    "Ouch," Jessa answered quietly after a long pause. "But you're right. Rob's into casual sex and it wouldn't be hard for a guy like him to find someone else to play with. Maybe I should go to Melbourne and get him out of my system before his attraction for me dies down."
    "Jessa! Are you serious?"
    "That or go find a gorgeous Sydney man to have a one-night-stand with."
    "Wow, do you hear what's coming out of your mouth, Miss Allen?" she said in a tone that was full of wonder.
    "It's this damned sexual frustration! I tell you what, though, Clarise. If someone like Rob could want to have sex with me, then I'm sure someone else equally as good-looking could as well."
    Jessa told her about the dimpled guy she bumped into earlier in the day who