Hunks: Opposites Attract (10 page)

They both had been so busy with work and hadn’t been spending a lot of time with each other except an hour or two here and there during the day when they could grab it which was the main reason they’d decided to take the trip.

Getting up off the bed, Shauntie removed the rest of her clothes until she was standing totally naked in front of Nash. “If you’re up to it, I would like to show you my appreciation in the shower. Are you up for some fun?”

Nash jumped up off the bed and stripped out of his remaining clothing in record time. “I have never been a man who turned down gifts and I’m not about to start doing it today. I would be out of my mind.”

Reaching out, Nash wrapped his hand around her wrist yanking her to him. “How about that shower now; I mean you did offer and I don’t see any reason to wait.”

“I thought you’d never ask Mr. Wentworth,” Shauntie replied as Nash swung her into his arms and made a beeline for the bathroom.

Chapter Twelve

Pushing her empty plate away from her, Sapphire glanced over at her laptop on the other side of the room. She’d been putting off checking out her blog while eating. She wasn’t too sure what kind of comments she might get, but the suspense was killing her. A cynical inner voice taunted her that her followers hated it and would make sure she got the message loud and clear.

Moving away from the table, Sapphire shoved away her unfounded fears. She wouldn’t let bad posts to her blog stop her from continuing with it. Everyone wasn’t going to like her posts and others might love it. People’s opinions were different.

She made her way across the room and picked her laptop up off the table. Carrying it back over to the bed, Sapphire arranged a couple of pillows behind her back and then got more comfortable before she logged on to her blog.

Instantly, she spotted six new comments had been added under her blog. Great! This is what she had wanted to see, but she wasn’t sure if they were good or bad. There was only one way to find out. Taking a deep breath, she clicked on the six and all of the comments appeared in black and white right before her eyes.

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Sapphire’s World

6 Comments: (new)

Blog lover said
: God, I am so happy that you’re back. I’ve missed reading about the adventures you have going on in your life. Please post more soon. I want to find out if you and Emerald get lucky as Shauntie. Really, this was a great post after your hiatus.

Hello Kitty 1172:
I think Emerald needs to stay out of everyone’s personal life and get a man of her own. I wouldn’t do this if I was you. It would be a waste of your time

Tina Michaels:
Are you looking for your hunk? I love men who work with their hands. My boyfriend is a plumber and I couldn’t have a sexier man. I say go for it! You know that opposites attract. If you aren’t happy with the men you’ve been dating it’s past time you changed.

Anonymous:
I agree with Tina. Emerald’s idea wasn’t bad. See if you can find a hot man to celebrate New Year’s Eve with. Men do stuff like this all of the time. Why shouldn’t a woman? Please continue to tell us how the search goes. I think that New Years Eve is almost here

Justin Lennon:
As a man who follows your blog, I think as long as you’re up front with the guy who you are interested in, he shouldn’t care. I know that I wouldn’t be upset. I love dating black women. I’ve already considered myself a black man in a white man’s body.

January Adams:
I think it’s cool Emerald wanted to do something so outrageous, but remember in the end it will still be your decision. So, I agree with most of your other posts. Go for it and have fun. Don’t keep us hanging with your next update. I’ll be back to tomorrow to see if you’ve written anything new.

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Closing her laptop, Sapphire couldn’t keep the excitement from racing through her body after reading the latest comments. Shauntie was right. Coming out here had gotten her over her writer’s block.

Tonight turned out better than she could have ever hoped for. She had only one negative comment, but that came with the territory when you posted something on the internet. All in all, she was extremely pleased and couldn’t wait until she posted something new tomorrow.

Stop acting like your blog is the most important occurrence in your life right now.

Sapphire tried to ignore her inner thoughts, but she couldn’t push them away. The man she wanted to hook up with before New Years Eve was downstairs watching television. It was just so incredible. Brian, the man she had been fantasizing about, was best friends with Shauntie’s boyfriend Nash.

How could that ever be possible that two best friends hooking up with guys who were also best friends?

Well, actually she hadn’t ‘hooked up’ with Brian yet, but after their connection in the kitchen earlier getting together didn’t seem that far out of reach. So, the biggest question was who was going to make the first move?

If Emerald was here, she would tell her to stop playing it so damn safe and go after what she wanted. What in the hell was she waiting for? Yet, Shauntie would have a totally different prospective. She would tell her don’t chase after a man under any circumstances

Shauntie thought it was a man’s job to pursue the woman; however, her thought process had changed a little after Nash came into her life. Shauntie might actually agree with Emerald now, which would be a rarity.

Decisions. Decisions.

Sapphire knew she had so much to think about, but she needed to get some sleep first. She placed the laptop on the night stand. She always had a clearer head after a good night’s sleep. Things always looked so much better in the morning no matter how badly the day before might have gone.

Sapphire turned off the lights before crawling underneath the covers. Tomorrow couldn’t come fast enough for her. She might not be ready to completely admit it to herself yet, but she was ready to take the next step in getting what she wanted from Brian.

Chapter Thirteen

Reading over the short grocery list one last time, Brian secretly hoped Sapphire would make an appearance downstairs before he left for the long drive into town. Last night after he’d gone to bed, he still couldn’t get the alluring, sensual scent of her perfume out of his head. Sapphire was a very attractive woman and her fragrance matched her captivating personality.

It haunted him pushing him to get another sample of it, but he fought back the urge to get out of bed and make the short trip down the hall to her bedroom. He could tell that Sapphire wouldn’t appreciate him showing up at the bedroom door late at night for no apparent reason.

Nevertheless, how was he supposed to get to know her any better if she spent most of her time locked away in her bedroom? Brian knew this trip to the grocery store would be the perfect way to make them communicate more with each other. There was no way Sapphire wouldn’t talk to him on the long way there.

Brian had to get Sapphire out of the cottage for a few hours at the most. How could he not want to spent time with a gorgeous, intelligent woman like her? He’d thought about the best way to do it. Now, he just needed to make sure Sapphire fell nicely into the trap he was trying to set.

The sound of footsteps coming towards the kitchen made him glance away from the door and back at the slip of paper in his right hand. That was a close call. Sapphire couldn’t catch him staring at the door like he was sitting here waiting for her. He had to act cooler around her if this was going to work to his advantage. Sapphire didn’t seem like she would be into overly clingy men.

“I thought you’d be gone into town by now,” Sapphire said as she stopped in her tracks and stared at him from the kitchen doorway. “Why are you still here? Did you forget something?”

Walking past him, Sapphire walked over to the cabinet, opened it up and grabbed a glass from the middle shelf.       

Making her way to him, she picked up the orange juice container off the table and poured herself a glass. She sat the container back down and took a sip of her juice.

From the corner of his eye, Brian watched how Sapphire’s throat moved as she drank the morning beverage and he couldn’t get over how sexy the movement looked.

Damn! Had it been that long since he was this close to an attractive woman that the sight of one drinking orange juice was making his cock hard? He either needed to get a life or get laid whichever one came first.

“No, I was going over this list one last time,” Brian answered as he reached for his orange juice and took a sip.

Her hair looked unbelievable too this morning. Instead of being pulled back into a high ponytail like it was when he first met her, today Sapphire wore it long and it brushed the top of her breasts. He liked how her thick red sweater formed to her body showing off her perky breasts and slender waist. She looked absolutely beautiful.

“Do you have your part of the list for me?” Brian asked. His plan wouldn’t work if Sapphire had actually done hers like he requested last night. He was crossing his fingers that it had slipped her mind yesterday.

Sapphire lowered the glass away from her mouth. Brian could tell that she hadn’t done a grocery list from the perplexed look on her pretty face. A tiny frown had formed on her forehead as her eyebrows pulled down over her eyes.

“I forgot all about that darn list.” Sapphire sighed as she sat her glass down on the table. “Give me a few minutes and I’ll write some things down for you.”

She reached for the pen and notepad in front of him, but Brian’s hand shot out stopping her from picking them up.

“I have a better idea.”

Her eyes looked at his hand on top of hers then back up at his face with one perfect eyebrow arched. “What is it?” she asked, easing her hand away from his.

“Why don’t we both go into town together?” he suggested. “I mean aren’t two heads better than one and besides, I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to go with me. I’m a fun guy to be around.”

“I never said that you weren’t,” Sapphire replied. “But I did have other plans this morning.”

“Oh, what were they?” Brian inquired. Turning around in his chair, Brian crossed his arms across his chest. “Were you planning on hiding away in your room like yesterday? I thought we were going to start over. Is there a reason you don’t want to hang out with me? Let me know now, so I can fix it and move on. We’re going to be here a while with each other and I don’t want us avoiding each other at every turn.”

Her lips parted in surprise as Sapphire stared blankly at him a few seconds. “I’m not scared of going anywhere with you, Brian. In addition, I wasn’t hiding from you yesterday; I had some personal stuff to take care of. Why do you care anyway?”

“Prove you aren’t trying to avoid me,” he taunted. “Go to the store with me. I might even let you push the cart if you’re nice to me.”

The beginning of a smile tipped the corner of Sapphire’s pretty much. “Fine, let me grab my purse and coat. I’ll meet you outside at the car.” Spinning away from him, Sapphire walked out of the kitchen.

Relaxing more in his chair, Brian watched Sapphire leave as triumph flooded his veins. Yes! He had talked her into going out with him. Not that he was considering it as a date or anything, but Sapphire had an air of calm and self-confidence that he liked and was interested in finding out more about.

She was on a different level from the females he picked up at the bars. There was a hint of defiance in her tone as well as a subtle dare. For some reason, Sapphire was testing him. Why, he didn’t know, but he was more than ready to take her up on any challenge she might toss in his direction.

Finishing off the last of his orange juice, Brian got up from his seat and snatched his car keys off the table. If the roads were bad or slick then they would have a better chance getting into town with his SUV.

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Upstairs in her bedroom, Sapphire grabbed her jacket out of the closet. She couldn’t believe how she allowed Brian to talk to her into leaving the cottage with him to go grocery shopping, but she wasn’t going to let him get the better of her.

He was so wrong about her hiding from him yesterday. She had things to do up here that didn’t have a thing to do with him. Why was he even up in all of her business in the first place?

She even proved it to Brian downstairs by agreeing to help him shop for supplies. Maybe the trip would give her more insight into what made him tick. Brian had to be more than a handsome face and fantastic body.

Since Shauntie seemed pretty fond of Nash’s best friend she would use this time to find out why. Her plans to go ice skating on the pond could wait until she came back from her trip with Brian. It wasn’t like the pond was going to go anywhere.

Moving away from the closet with her thick fleece jacket in her hand, Sapphire picked up her purse off the bed before she headed out the bedroom door. Who knew, maybe this drive to town with Brian would turn out in her favor? Brian seemed like he was in a very talkative mood, he might reveal more about himself to her.

Chapter Fourteen

“Care to tell me why you’re out here all by yourself instead of with your boyfriend planning something romantic for ringing in the New Year?”

Sapphire glanced away from the road and stared at Brian who was watching her from the corner of his eye. She was trying her best not to get lost in how good he smelled inside the truck. Ever since they’d left the cottage all she could think about was running her hand across his hard thighs.

God, why was she so horny
?

It wasn’t like she was in need of sex, but Brian sure in the hell made it hard for her not to think about it. Why had she decided to take a break from it for a while? Oh yeah, that’s right. Her last couple of boyfriends had fallen asleep before she had a chance to get her own release.