Winning Dawn by Thayer King Page B

rigid. She could feel his cock swelling and stiffening inside her, preceding the hot blast of his seed hitting her womb.
    She rested the side of her face on the cool countertop, wondering how she’d ended up in this position. Her pussy was full of Evan’s cock and his cum. She’d come in here for some respite from having to pretend that his having a date didn’t bother her. Somehow, she’d ended up being fucked in the bathroom on Thanksgiving during a dinner party. She shook off the sluggishness of her orgasm and tried to stand. Evan got the hint and peeled himself off her back. She straightened her clothes swiftly. She needed some time away from Evan to think about what she wanted from him. But first, she had to get out of here. “I’m going home.”
    Evan did up his pants. He stopped her when she would have left. He cupped her cheek and stroked his thumb over her lips. “About Paige. She means nothing.”
    Dawn flinched. He couldn’t have chosen any other words more likely to make her detonate. She’d heard those words a thousand times. She slapped away his hand. “Men! You’re all the same. I hope you enjoyed what just happened here, because it’s the last time you’ll get it from me.”
     
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    Evan stared at the empty doorway, confused as hell. What had come over her? One minute she was pliant and loving in his arms. The next she’d looked like she was tempted to slap him. Women! They were so confounding.
    He’d explained about Paige and that seemed to only make her furious. Did she want him to have feelings for another woman? Shouldn’t she have been relieved that he didn’t? He ran his hands through his hair and sighed. What the hell was he going to do? What would it take to get through to her?
    He no longer considered giving up on her. He hadn’t been able to forget her, stop wanting her. His head kept telling him she was only going to hurt him. But his heart and his body wouldn’t stop yearning for her.
    By the time he returned to the den, Dawn had left. He sat beside Paige until he couldn’t take it anymore. He said his goodbyes to Josh and Kayla and drove Paige home. She had agreed to this date with him as a favor to a friend. Plus, she really didn’t have any family in town. Yet at her door, she invited him in for coffee. He declined and thanked her for spending the evening with him.
    “So did it work?”
    When he said Paige didn’t mean anything, he really had meant it. He’d met her for the first time earlier today. She’d agreed to help him make Dawn jealous. He shook his head in answer to her question. If Dawn had felt any envy, she’d hidden it well. “And it’s no more than I deserve. I hate playing games, but for her…” It had been worth it to try.
    She bit her lip and looked up at him through her lashes. “And you’re sure you don’t want to come in?”
    She was very attractive with a flawless peaches and cream complexion. But she wasn’t Dawn. She didn’t have the sweet brown sugar skin he craved. She didn’t smell like his woman. She didn’t have the fire and sass that he loved so much about Dawn. God, he had it bad. “I’m sorry.”
    She sighed. “Ah, well. You can’t blame me for trying. If things don’t work out, you know my number.” She stretched up on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek.

Chapter 13
     
    The day after Thanksgiving, Dawn and Kayla went shopping at the Cary Towne Center. Though it was Black Friday, they decided that getting up in the predawn hours was not worth the trouble of fighting their way through crowds over limited deals. The mall was still bustling with people when they arrived at eleven.
    Wandering through the mall, seeing all the sparkling decorations and hearing the festive music, Dawn began to feel the excitement that came with the Christmas season. This year would be different without Reggie. And she didn’t anticipate having Evan in her life, but Christmas was her favorite holiday. She would allow nothing to ruin that.