New Leaves, No Strings by C. J. Fallowfield Read Free Book Online Page A

I’m very
attracted to you, but I won’t be the other woman for any guy.’
    ‘And I’d never do that, it’s
dishonest and disrespectful. I believe if you choose to be in a relationship,
you should commit and not cheat.’
    ‘That’s very admiral of you Gabe.
Still I don’t want to be the cause of any break up, not with unrealistic
expectations of what I can offer.’
    ‘So if I were single, you’d want a
no strings relationship?’
    ‘I never said I wanted a
relationship,’ I reminded him. ‘If you’re really that unhappy with her, you
should leave. Don’t use me or anyone else as an excuse.’
    ‘I wasn’t unhappy, I thought I was
perfectly bloody happy until I saw you,’ he replied with another sexy frown. ‘I
knew the moment I saw you that I wanted you. Believe me Mia, women come on to
me a lot and I’ve never felt the need to follow up while I was seeing
someone, but this …’ He exhaled and gesticulated the space between us. ‘I’ve
never felt this sort of attraction to anyone before. I can’t stop bloody
thinking about you. I just needed to see if you felt the same, before I even
contemplate hurting her, she’s a really good person.’
     ‘Then stay with her Gabe, there’s
a lot to be said for really good.’ Did he just say he can’t stop thinking about
me? Him thinking about me? I looked up at him wishing he’d just
ignore me, dump her and rip off my clothes and have wild, hot, frenzied sex
with me.
    ‘What if I want more? What if I
want you?’
    ‘Attraction’s sometimes just
attraction and there’s nothing substantial to hold it all together. I can’t
promise you any more than that Gabe.’ I was cursing him internally, he’d just
said he couldn’t stop thinking about me and now he was telling me he wanted me.
Could this be any more frustrating.
    ‘Other than the mind blowing sex?’
he smiled.
    ‘Well that goes unstated,’ I said
as confidently as I could, while blushing at the same time. ‘Seriously though,
don’t jeopardise a perfectly good relationship, a lot of people would be happy
to have that. I’m really not worth it.’
    He stood staring intently at me, I
could see him trying to process our dialogue and come up with a response. Why
was I being so protective of his relationship and denying want I wanted? I did
want him, if there was ever a guy I wanted to lose my virginity to, to be
fucked by, he was the one. I needed him to know it, clearly and unequivocally
or I’d forever kick myself for the lost opportunity.
    ‘Gabe?’
    ‘Yes,’ he sighed.
    ‘If you were ever single at the
same time as me though, I’d really love to have sex with you.’ I stepped away,
embarrassed at my boldness and put my hand on the door.
    ‘Christ you’re infuriating. I could
throw you over my knee and spank you,’ he growled sexily behind me, making my
body quiver. I looked back at him, over my shoulder.
    ‘Now that I could definitely see
myself liking,’ I said with a smile and an wink, that came from nowhere and
even took me by surprise.
    I quickly walked through the door
into the English hall, letting it close behind me and left him outside, with a
complete look of astonishment on his face. I sat down besides Lexi with shaking
hands and quickly popped another dextrose tablet in my mouth. She raised a
questioning eyebrow at me and we both looked around as Gabe swung open the door
and walked over to his desk opposite. His cheeks looked like they’d been firmly
smacked their hue was so pink.
    ‘What just happened? You’ve been
gone ages,’ whispered Lexi. ‘He looks like he’s about to explode.’
    ‘I was playing hard to get, then
decided maybe I was playing too hard to get. So I channelled you and made it
clear I’d have sex with him, if he were available.’ Lexi looked at me impressed
and took a swig of her water. ‘And I may have just given him the impression
that I like to be spanked,’ I added casually. Lexi spurted the water out over
the desk.
    ‘Spanked?!