ther case. She celebrated her su
nly noticed her lifelong rival in the next booth-Bryan Michaels, a celebra
college. He remained aloof despite her
he rose. With unsteady ste
ching his tie with one hand while daringly
rouble in the bedr
the couch, his expressi
re incompetent in all respects?" she go
s as he gently but firmly removed her hand
your image? Your colle
peting firms looked
an ro
ing left for me to uphold?" Visibly inebriated, Jillian spo
ugh college had seen her spend lavishl
he left the country, determined
, she too became a celebrated at
k as he attempted to pull her back, his eyes intense yet controlle
yanked at his tie, her voice f
ted his tie. He silently grasped he
ues' eyes bul
l aware of their strained r
n's neck and kissed him, her other hand daringly reaching hi
y back. In a raised tone, he remarked, "Don't
with someone off the street," Jillian declared firmly, dismissing his word
r actions. Firmly lowering her hand, he opene
directl
h other's clothes, sharing fervent kisse
head slowly-beside her was a man reclining la
ell-defined lips sketched a visage of allu
napped int
she finally slept wi
tas
rawing the blanket up as she sat up, reclai
y," Bryan remarked, snuffing out h
y today," she responded crisply, pulling
snatched her phone from the nightstand,
his moment with a ph
ed the camera. She leaned against his firm chest,
eir bodies remained just out of v
best friend, intentionally
to pay up soon, and don't forget
She was determined to re
intrigue lighting up his eyes as
against his solid form. Her fingers pla
know? Why the surprise? Besides, consider last night a causa
dly, and he had left her heartbroken time and ag
haring a night with him had b
to be such a player." Bryan la
y unsettle her, every fleeting lo
as a maste
hands on the bed, arching her back provocatively. Her
her, his pulse quickeni
eelings for me?" Jillian spoke nonchalantly as she tossed her wavy hair.
ement was a de
you?" Bryan glanced at her, h
his cool demeanor. This time,
ications. Peering at the screen, she sa
ally hook up
nage it after a
od? What moves did
punctuated with
swiftly. "I'll shar
Bryan's phone vi
heir high school and college gro
really slee
n tensed for a moment, not antic
of her closest friends, totaling jus
sual fling, nothing serious. Thos
e smile curling his lips, though hi
look, feeling a shi
e Bryan again. This tim
up echoed the dare, es
third. Ready your wallets if you're in!" Jillian dec
ing with a predatory intensity as if
ryan just locked a lawyer away for twent
glanced at the man on the bed who lit another c
ently, "Oh really? I relish the prospect
ve to the man on the bed, and said, "I'm off now. Thanks f
he pressed the cigarette into the