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“I can’t believe you’re really going to leave. I never thought the Sapphire I knew was a quitter but I guess I was wrong. I know Brian will have a good time out there without you. Come on back home then and ring in the New Year alone on your couch with a bag of chocolate doughnuts and a cup of hot chocolate.”

The challenge had been thrown. Shauntie knew how much she hated being dared to do anything. She didn’t want to go back home at eat any kind of fried food. She liked it out here at the cottage. Turning around, Sapphire stared openly at Brian and she couldn’t disagree with Shauntie.

His tempting physique was the first thing she’d noticed about Brian when he first sauntered into her office. From where he was standing, Brian towered over Chance by at least four inches and Chance wouldn’t be considered a short man.

Brian was very powerfully built. Her pulse kicked up another notch when she noticed how his muscles rippled under the red polo shirt. God, how was it possible that the light dusting of hairs on Brian’s arms was turning her on.

Even his compelling eyes and rugged handsome face only added to his over all commanding air of self-confidence. What was wrong with her? Emerald would call her crazy as sin to let this chance pass by her. She was searching for a man to spend New Year’s Eve with and one had gotten dropped right into her lap.

Shauntie was right. Why should she spend the upcoming holiday alone? Brian was here and so was she. She wasn’t about to leave. If he wanted to leave then that was on him, but she was staying right here until the ball dropped.

“He is very good-looking. I only saw him from a distance at my office. I think you’re right. I should stay here. Why leave? I’ve already unpacked all of my things. I can’t promise you Brian will want to stay after I called the police on him, but I’m not going anywhere.” Sapphire dragged her eyes away from Brian as his head turned in her direction.

“Keep telling yourself that’s the only reason you decided to stay.” Shauntie laughed. “Okay...Enough about you my crazy friend. Can you give the phone to Brian? I want to make sure everything is alright there. I’m pretty sure Chance isn’t going to arrest him, but I want to be sure.”

“I’m not sure if he’ll talk to you, but I’ll see,” Sapphire answered.

Moving away from the wall, Sapphire made her way over to Brian who was still in a deep conversation with Chance. Once she was close enough to him, Brian stopped talking and looked at her.

“Brian, I have Shauntie on the phone and she wants to talk to you.” Holding out the cell phone, Sapphire held her breath wondering if Brian would take it or just stand there and continue to stare at her like he was envisioning her naked.

“Thanks.” Brian reached out and as he took the phone from her, the tips of his fingers brushed against hers. The moment her hand touched Brian's an electric tingle shot down Sapphire’s arm and continued down the rest of her body making her panties wet.

His beautiful gray eyes dropped down to her hand then back up to her face. He didn’t have to say anything, but Sapphire could tell that he’d experienced the same unexpected jolt she had when their hands touched.

“I’ll take the call over there by the kitchen door.” Stepping back from her, Brian turned around and walked away leaving her alone with Chance.

“Ms. Rhodes, can I speak with you for a moment while Brian is on the phone?” Officer Cutter asked her as he walked over to the front door.

“Sure, officer,” Sapphire answered following him.

Standing in front of her, Officer Cutter crossed his arms across his chest. “After talking with Mr. Terry, I’ve come to the determination that both of you have the right to be here. You got invited by Shauntie Kane and Mr. Terry’s invitation came from Mr. Wentworth who is Ms. Kane’s boyfriend. So, I’m going to leave it up to the both of you to figure out who stays and who goes. Do I need to stay around while you sort things out?”

“No, you can leave. I know Mr. Terry and I will be able to settle this without any more disagreements occurring between us.” Sapphire was pretty sure she and Brian could come to an understanding about their living arrangements. They were both adults and should be able to discuss this without any problems.

Officer Cutter glanced past her back at Brian who was still on the phone with Shauntie. “If you’re sure?” he asked.

“I’m positive. Thank you so much for coming all the way out here. I didn’t know who was downstairs. All I heard was on intruder and then I ran back to call the police,” Sapphire said.

“Ms. Rhodes, don’t ever doubt your first instinct. If you need me again don’t hesitate to call. I might not be the officer who shows up but another officer will be more than happy to assist you.”

“Thank you again for coming so fast.” Sapphire wondered how she and Brian were going to settle things, but one of them might have to end up leaving before the night was over.

“You’re more than welcome. Have a nice evening,” Officer Cutter said then left her standing there as he opened the front door and went out closing it behind him.

“Did I miss Chance leaving?”

Turning around, Sapphire stared at Brian standing behind her with her cell phone still in his hand. She was dying to ask him what Shauntie talked to him about, but it wasn’t any of her business. They were still practically strangers.

“Yes, he just left,” she replied. “I told him we would find a way to work things out between us.”

“Shauntie told me you were going to leave, but she talked you into staying at the cottage,” Brian told her as he came back across the room and gave her cell phone back to her.

“Yes, I decided to stay,” Shauntie answered. “What are you doing to do? Are you going to stay here with me or are you leaving?” Sapphire was surprised at how disappointed she would be if Brian decided to leave. She wanted him to stay here with her.

“I’m going to stay. I didn’t drive all the way here only to turn back around and go home. Seems like you’re going to be stuck with me for a little while longer,” Brian informed her. “I better to go upstairs and unpack.” Spinning away from her, Brian went over to his duffel bag by the side of the couch, picked it up and then made his way to the stairs at the other side of the room.

Sapphire stared after Brian as he walked away from her with mixed emotions. One part of her was excited that Brian decided to stay at the cottage with her. She would finally learn more about the hot mailman she’d lusted for since she’d laid eyes on him.

Another part of her was wondering would Brian live up to the picture she already had made of him inside of her head. Sapphire guessed only time would tell.

 

Chapter Eight

 

 

Why had he agreed to do this
?

Brian wondered what he had been thinking when he let Shauntie talk him into staying here with Sapphire. She knew nothing about him beyond the fact he delivered the mail to her office, but he had to be honest with himself. A huge part of him wanted to stay so he could spend the time with Sapphire for the New Year’s Eve holiday.

In his opinion, Sapphire didn’t come across like she needed or wanted a babysitter. She seemed like a pretty damn tough woman to him. He doubted anyone or anything would be able to harm Sapphire. She’d charged into the kitchen with only a can of pepper spray to defend herself against a total stranger.

What red bloodied man wouldn’t be impressed by her?

If he picked up his bag and walked out of the door right now, the drive back to town wouldn’t take him longer than four hours at the most. This meant he could get back home in time to catch TMZ.

Brian was torn.
Should he stay or should he go
?

A part of him wanted to keep his promise to Shauntie and stay here so Sapphire wouldn’t be alone. However; on the other hand, Sapphire wasn’t acting like she required or wanted his protection. Actually, Brian thought she didn’t care about what he did either way.

Honestly, she would be quite safe out here by herself if he hadn’t shown up unannounced because Sapphire came across like a very fearless woman, but against his better judgment he was going to stay with her.

He wouldn’t feel right about leaving Sapphire out here by herself. Yes, she could probably do just fine without him; yet, if he left he wouldn’t get to know Sapphire any better. He found Sapphire extremely attractive and something about her made him want to strip away all of her layers.

Sapphire’s personality was very intriguing which made it impossible for him to leave without finding out how deep things could grow between them. Nash hadn’t wasted a second going after Shauntie when he found out who she really was.

He had confidence in his abilities to win Sapphire over just like Nash had done with Shauntie. When Brian had first laid eyes on Sapphire at her office, he might have been intimated by her name being on the glass door, because she was on her own playing field and around people she knew.

Yet, out here in the woods with them being all alone put Sapphire on an equal footing with him which meant he wasn’t going to back down until he got to know her better. Over the years, he had decided to become more self-directed with the course he wanted to take his life in.

He was setting new goals for himself as he had gotten older. At the top of his priority list was quitting his job as a mail carrier. After he moved on from delivering mail, the extra free time he gained would get put towards becoming a professional web designer.

For the past six months, the thought of quitting his job had been dancing around in his head but he didn’t have enough nerve to do it back then. However, now was
his
time to build a better future for himself with the money he had saved up over the years.

Brian was no longer going to push his dream to the side. Before taking the job as a mailman, he used to be so self-confident and constantly set new goals for himself each New Year’s Eve. It suddenly stopped but he wasn’t going to allow it to occur anymore.

It was beyond time for him to take the bull by the horns and move forward on his new career path. He was done sitting by the sidelines and watching his friends doing jobs they loved. He deserved a career he loved just as much as them. His old job wasn’t fitting into what he had envisioned in his life. He had energy to burn. So, the more he got to do, the better he would feel at the end of the day.

The time he spent at the cottage would be used to outline his new job plan, but if he also found a way to get closer to Sapphire, Brian wouldn’t be upset at all by giving her some extra time too.

Unzipping the bag on the bed, Brian began removing his clothes and putting things away in his bedroom. He thought about inviting Sapphire to have dinner with him tonight, but then decided it might be for the best to give her some space. She didn’t need to get crowded by him so soon after Chance’s visit.

Normally, Brian tried his best to avoid confrontations and Sapphire’s call to the police shocked him; however, he got a lucky break that Chance answered the call and showed up instead of another police officer who might not be so inclined to take his word. Today could have turned out so much worse and right now he could be spending the night in jail.

Picking up the empty duffel bag, he placed it inside the closet towards the back and then closed the door. Going back over to the bed, Brian sat down and ran his fingers through is hair.

Brian wasn’t a 100% sure how exactly he would approach Sapphire when he finally made his way downstairs, but Brian crossed his fingers that she wouldn’t hold the experience from earlier against him. He was a pretty good guy when a person got to know him, and more than anything he wanted Sapphire to get to know him.

 

Chapter Nine

 

 

Sapphire tapped her fingers against the edge of her laptop. She couldn’t stop glaring at the stupid cursor that continued to blink at her against the white screen. Her mind was supposed to be on restarting her blog; however, a tall, handsome green-eyed man two doors away from her bedroom was preventing her from typing one word.

She still couldn’t believe her man was under the same roof as her. Well, Brian wasn’t really her man, but she had been lusting after him for weeks and now here he was.

What was she suppose to do now? How was she...

God, Sapphire couldn’t even finish her thought about him because her body was already dying to feel his touch, but that wasn’t going to be happening any time soon. She would be able to hold off. Jumping into bed with Brian on his first night here wasn’t something in their near future.

Could it be in tomorrow’s plan
. She pushed the thought away.

She and Brian were staying at the cottage for two different reasons. She came out here to get back in touch with her favorite hobby and honestly Sapphire wasn’t sure what the reasons were behind Brian taking the long drive out here.

All that mattered was she found a way to keep her attraction to Brian at a minimum. Yeah, that was easier said than done. Brian was so damn HOT! All she could think about was stripping him out of his clothes and finding out more about his gorgeous body, but she wouldn’t put play before work. She had never done it before and she wouldn’t start it now.

It didn’t matter that Brian was six feet five I inches of mouth watering perfection.

Pushing her hair back from her face, Sapphire pulled it away from her neck in a quick ponytail. Yes, Brian was hotter than John Stamos and Rob Lowe combined and might have most women dropping their panties in a hot second, but she could fight off the urge as long as she could. He would get pushed to the darkest part of her mind until she was ready to get personal with him.

Tonight was the night for her.

Sapphire was determined to get something typed into
Sapphire’s World
before the day was over. Posting her daily thoughts into her personal blog put her instantly at ease because she would rather do that than talk about her feelings most of the time.

Small talk wasn’t a huge part of her life and she would decide not to attend most social functions Sapphire got invited to unless Emerald or Shauntie was here to keep her company...
well
, entertained for the evening. Being around a lot of people outside of her friends, patients and employees at work made her uncomfortable sometimes.

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