Housewife Gone Wild

Loose 488

Chapter 488

Edward leaned back, looking lazy and unbothered. “I’ve been through a marriage, but I think this is the first time I’ve ever felt my heart race. That night in the club’s private room, you were lying in my arms, totally unguarded…”

“Stop,” I blurted out, so embarrassed my toes curled. “Don’t say another word. I don’t want to hear it.”

But Edward didn’t care how embarrassed I was–he just kept talking. “Compared to how fierce you usually are, when you’re asleep, you look so peaceful, like a child…”

“Edward!” I grabbed the coffee cup from the table and splashed the coffee right in his face..

The coffee was warm, and droplets trickled down his handsome features.

As messy as he looked, he just pulled out a napkin, wiped the water away with a graceful swipe, and looked at me coolly. “You’re really mad, aren’t you? Well, so am I. You’re the first person I’ve ever liked but couldn’t have. That frustrates me too.”

My heart was pounding, my chest rising and falling. ‘Is this guy even real?‘ I thought.

coffee cup. “If you weren’t with Ryan right now, I’d find a way to make

cold laugh. “Too late for

so worked up. You’re usually pretty rational, so use that smart brain

jolt as I

could mess with me. But then you showed up–your indifference, your calm, so vivid and real, it caught me off guard.

believe it. ‘This bastard actually likes me

how much trouble and awkwardness this kind of

have options just like men. I’m not like Ryan, always talking about love lasting forever. I’m pretty straightforward–if I want someone, I just want to have

was hands down the realest thing I’d ever heard from a guy–and Edward

off, my rational side couldn’t hold back my

would ever use a word like that about him–he was always so untouchable, so above

clenched. I had that sinking feeling like I’d just really

wasn’t like Jared–I could mouth off to Jared all I wanted, and he probably deserved it. But

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