Walk On The Wild Side by Jami Alden Read Free Book Online

for a second. “Please, he’s been sniffing around you since he first laid eyes on you. And it’s obvious to anyone with eyes that the feeling is mutual.”
    Molly mustered up a look of offense. “How can you say that, I was engaged!”
    “I didn’t say you would have done anything about it. But now that Josh is out of the picture, you can.”
    Uncertainty tightened her chest. Flirting and dancing a little too close to make herself feel better while giving Brady a taste of his own medicine was one thing. But following through…
    If you need someone to fuck you hard all night long…
    The memory of Brady’s words, uttered months ago in a growl dripping with sexual promise sent a pulse of heat that settled in between her thighs.
    “I don’t know,” Molly said. “I’ve been out of the game so long, I don’t even know how it works anymore.”
    “Looks like you were figuring it out just fine out there. And I don’t think Brady’s going to play hard to get. Seriously, after what Josh did to you, a little rebound sex might be just what the doctor ordered,” Sadie said.
    In fact, Molly’s therapist, Dr. Stewart had encouraged her to avoid any romantic entanglements for at least six months.
    But she highly doubted anything that happened with Brady could be classified as romantic.
    “As long as you know what you’re getting into,” Sadie continued, “as long as you have realistic expectations about the future,” she added meaningfully.
    Molly nodded. “I don’t have any illusions that what happened with you and Dylan wasn’t a statistical anomaly.”
    “Uh, thanks?” Sadie laughed and took a sip of her drink.
    Earlier that summer, Sadie, who, like Molly had always been more conservative when it came to dating and sex, had thrown all caution to the wind and signed herself up for a no strings attached summer of hot sex with Dylan Decker, her long time crush.
    Of course, it had turned out differently than she had expected. Instead of the two of them parting ways when Dylan returned to the army and Sadie moved back to San Francisco, Dylan was now living the life of a civilian and shacking up with Sadie.
    And Molly fully expected to repeat her bridesmaid duties within the year.
    “You know what I mean,” Molly said and gave her a playful nudge. “You and Dylan started out in a completely different place. You had been in love with him for years—“
    “And he couldn’t stop thinking about me as the nerdy loser who was only good for helping him with his homework,” Sadie said wryly even as she caught Dylan’s eye across the room and gave him a sly smile.
    “You were friends at least.” Molly said. “Brady—"
    “Oh, Brady likes you. There’s no question about that.”
    Molly wrinkled her nose. She couldn't see much in Brady’s behavior that indicated friendship.
    But the sexual chemistry was off the charts, and maybe right now that was all Molly needed to care about.
    “But I just wouldn’t put much hope in him being around for the long haul.”
    “Who says I would want him to be?” Molly replied. “I may not have realized Josh wasn’t long term material before it was way too late, but I’d like to think I’m smart enough not to pin any future hopes on a guy like Brady. Short term hopes, though…” she trailed off with a little shiver of anticipation.
    “If that’s all you want, I think there’s a lot worse guys than Brady who could help you get back in the saddle.”
    Unfortunately Brady proved frustratingly elusive, constantly partnered up on the dance floor or deep in conversation. Any time she did manage to get near him he seemed to find someone else he needed to talk to or remembered that he’d promised to deliver a drink to one of the guests.
    Until it got to the point that she wondered if the reactions she thought she was getting from him were all in her head.
    Or worse, that now that she was in a position to take him up on all those inappropriate innuendos and flirtations, he was