herself.
Her cell was where she had left it the night before. On the kitchen bar just like Sam had said. And true to his word, she had one missed call. The number would be familiar to her, she knew this. As she looked at her missed calls, there at the top of the list was a name she thought she’d never see again. Even after all this time, she hadn’t been able to completely delete him out of her life.
CHAPTER 10
After Sam left Lil’s house she decided to go into work and wrap up a few last minute projects she had been working on. With Christmas nearly a week away, people were depending on her to have their pictures ready for the holidays. Nothing screamed Merry Christmas quite like a family picture. Several of Lil’s clients had called for extra prints as gifts for those relatives that decided to come to town at the last minute, or those they had left off of their shopping lists.
It was quiet in the office without Ellie around. Lil was able to be more productive without her pecking away on her keyboard or gossiping about people they once knew.
Lil typically avoided answering phone calls when she wasn’t working under normal business hours. So when her cell phone rang she considered ignoring the call without even looking to see who it was. But then she thought of Sam and how he had her number and what it would be like to see his picture flash across her screen.
Lil picked up the phone and her gut clenched. She felt stupid for getting her hopes up that it was Sam. Instead, the photo of Ellie and Lil at the beach stared at her. She knew why Ellie was calling and it was useless to postpone the call. She had to face the inquisition sooner, rather than later.
“Hello, dear friend,” she said in greeting.
“My, you sound positively chipper today!” Lil could only picture the smile Ellie had on her face.
“If you call waking up and being alive reasons to be chipper, then consider me downright giddy.”
Ellie laughed. “Oh, someone has something to tell. Let me guess, Sam stayed the night and the two of you rekindled that old spark and shot flames into the night sky?”
Now it was Lil’s turn to laugh. “You’re right on one account.”
Ellie gasped loudly in Lil’s ear. “Oh my gosh! You slept with him?”
“Good God, Ellie. No!”
“He stayed the night? Why? If you didn’t get it on like Donkey Kong, what was the point?”
Lil rolled her eyes. Leave it to her best friend to be crass.
“Because it was obvious he hadn’t been sleeping.”
“Yeah, I could see bags under his eyes last night. Poor guy looked like hell. But on that same note, he’s still hot as sin.”
Lil didn’t need reminding. “You should have seen him this morning,” she muttered.
“What was that?” Damn. Lil should have kept her mouth shut and those thoughts in her head where they needed to stay. “You had wild monkey sex with him this morning? You go girl! The two of you always had undeniable chemistry.”
“Ellie, remind me again why I kept you over Kane and Abe?”
“Because I have better fashion sense than Kane and I’m not as big of a bitch as Abe? Spill the details. What happened this morning? That sounds like the juicy part. We’ll get to last night in a minute.”
Lil sighed. Images of Sam shirtless in her kitchen still danced in her
Her cell was where she had left it the night before. On the kitchen bar just like Sam had said. And true to his word, she had one missed call. The number would be familiar to her, she knew this. As she looked at her missed calls, there at the top of the list was a name she thought she’d never see again. Even after all this time, she hadn’t been able to completely delete him out of her life.
CHAPTER 10
After Sam left Lil’s house she decided to go into work and wrap up a few last minute projects she had been working on. With Christmas nearly a week away, people were depending on her to have their pictures ready for the holidays. Nothing screamed Merry Christmas quite like a family picture. Several of Lil’s clients had called for extra prints as gifts for those relatives that decided to come to town at the last minute, or those they had left off of their shopping lists.
It was quiet in the office without Ellie around. Lil was able to be more productive without her pecking away on her keyboard or gossiping about people they once knew.
Lil typically avoided answering phone calls when she wasn’t working under normal business hours. So when her cell phone rang she considered ignoring the call without even looking to see who it was. But then she thought of Sam and how he had her number and what it would be like to see his picture flash across her screen.
Lil picked up the phone and her gut clenched. She felt stupid for getting her hopes up that it was Sam. Instead, the photo of Ellie and Lil at the beach stared at her. She knew why Ellie was calling and it was useless to postpone the call. She had to face the inquisition sooner, rather than later.
“Hello, dear friend,” she said in greeting.
“My, you sound positively chipper today!” Lil could only picture the smile Ellie had on her face.
“If you call waking up and being alive reasons to be chipper, then consider me downright giddy.”
Ellie laughed. “Oh, someone has something to tell. Let me guess, Sam stayed the night and the two of you rekindled that old spark and shot flames into the night sky?”
Now it was Lil’s turn to laugh. “You’re right on one account.”
Ellie gasped loudly in Lil’s ear. “Oh my gosh! You slept with him?”
“Good God, Ellie. No!”
“He stayed the night? Why? If you didn’t get it on like Donkey Kong, what was the point?”
Lil rolled her eyes. Leave it to her best friend to be crass.
“Because it was obvious he hadn’t been sleeping.”
“Yeah, I could see bags under his eyes last night. Poor guy looked like hell. But on that same note, he’s still hot as sin.”
Lil didn’t need reminding. “You should have seen him this morning,” she muttered.
“What was that?” Damn. Lil should have kept her mouth shut and those thoughts in her head where they needed to stay. “You had wild monkey sex with him this morning? You go girl! The two of you always had undeniable chemistry.”
“Ellie, remind me again why I kept you over Kane and Abe?”
“Because I have better fashion sense than Kane and I’m not as big of a bitch as Abe? Spill the details. What happened this morning? That sounds like the juicy part. We’ll get to last night in a minute.”
Lil sighed. Images of Sam shirtless in her kitchen still danced in her
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