Not For Sharing (Romance with Sizzle) Read Free

that’s not what I meant.’ It
was then she realised that this oddball wasn’t about to reveal his true self
any time soon.
    His jovial
swagger was, in reality, concealing his fear of betraying Ben and committing
the most despicable of crimes between friends. However there was just something
about Pru that he couldn’t escape from.
    Pru, in
turn, found herself enjoying his brazen attitude, despite her initial apprehension.
She even began to appreciate his tall, tanned body with the most amazing arms
she had ever seen, on the right side of being toned but not bulky. She found
herself sinking into his ocean-blue eyes and one ever-so-cute dimple that all
came to life when he smiled, and a mop of wavy hair that glistened like iced-chocolate
in the sunlight. ‘ My God, his eyes .’ thought Pru. She had never experienced
an aphrodisiac before but right now those glinting marbles of blue seemed to be
snaring her into a trance, making her tingle in the untouched, intimate areas
of her body. She imagined that he would taste rather yummy but as quickly as
she acknowledged her thought as being absurd, she reprimanded herself for being
so lewd.
    “Hmm, I’m
not sure if that’s wise, swapping a drunk for a womanising thug? I wouldn’t
exactly be trading up would I?” she argued, cocking her head to one side as if
still sizing him up.
    Ethan
laughed, finding her frankness very refreshing. “Touché Prudence, you know if
you were my boxing opponent, you’d be disqualified for a low-blow like that. But
surely you’d rather have somebody that spends the night looking into your
pretty eyes than the bottom of a shot glass?”
    Pru’s
expression revealed an amused disdain for his smooth-tongued flirtations. “Oh
purlease, did you buy that line from the cheese counter?” she asked with a
pitying chuckle.
    She was well
aware that players like Ethan took advantage of gullible young girls and she
was determined not to be one of them. Ethan, on the other hand, had never
encountered such stubborn opposition and decided to change tactic from suave to
self-deprecating.
    “Surely
that’s reason enough to agree to a date then. Do you really want me putting
these awful moves on some other poor girl instead?” he asked candidly, opening
out his arms to exaggerate his ‘compassionate’ plea.
    She was
caught in a daydream as she watched his mouth moving but was deafened to his
words. ‘ Mmm, there’s that cute little dimple again , I wonder if I
could dip my tongue in it?’ She startled herself again, confused as to
where these ridiculous images were popping up from. She’d never had the urge to
lick Ben’s face.
    Much to her
dismay, his disarming manner was swaying her judgment and she considered it time
for a reality check. So on assuring herself that he was an undesirable, she
made plans to flee his shady company.
    “I’m sure
I’ll live with it,” she asserted with a coquettish smile, and then with a flash
of her nut-brown eyes, she turned her back on him.
    “You know I
can wait Pru,” he said aloud, very matter-of-factly.
    “Ok, it’s a
date. See you in the after-life then,” she called back cuttingly, as she
approached her car.
    A triumphant
grin hid beneath her lips. She had blown out the flagrant ‘Ethan Cassidy’ and
she felt quite perky about it. However, she did feel slightly remorseful that
maybe, just maybe, she had inadvertently used Ethan as Ben’s whipping boy.
    He crossed his
arms as he watched her strut away without giving him a second glance. He
thought how cute her hair looked, swaying in time to her steps, however, his
casual composure belied his inner exhilaration.
    He stayed
there motionless, astounded at this unprecedented response. No girl had ever
snubbed him before and he smiled wryly. Until now, hisonly interest had been in a woman’s cup-size but with Pru it
ran deeper. He was enthralled by her unworldly spirit and right there and then
he was smitten. He couldn’t rest until he had sipped