Not More Than Friends

Chapter 72

Janet

I ran into the building, past Dani who was too busy enjoying the chocolates to notice how rattled I was, and into my office.

I sank onto my sofa, shaking with desire, feeling my skin burn where he had held me. Why had it been so hard for me to look him in the eye and tell him I didn’t love him? Why couldn’t I stop my heart racing when he touched me? Or stop the desire running through my body as he pressed against me.

Even now I was getting wet thinking of his body pressed against mine, and the look of passion in his eyes.

I held my head in my hands. I needed to get a grip! It was over between us. He was having a baby with another woman, she would always be part of his life. No matter what he said, everything had changed. We couldn’t be together. My mind had already accepted it so why not my heart?

I got up and filled a cup with water from the dispenser and drank it in one big gulp.

My phone rang, startling me. I dropped the cup.

Get a grip girl!

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