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bed.”
    “Peter!”
    “Good old Alex is always available and if she isn’t she will be if I ask
her to be.” Peter said mockingly.
    “Peter please! I won’t listen to this again. Believe me I know you think
I’m foolish where Ian’s concerned. I know I’m foolish but…I don’t have
to explain myself to you Peter! That’s it. I will not discuss my relationship
with Ian with you any more. Could you please leave before we say things we
can’t take back?”
    Peter had immediately regretted getting into this topic with Alex again
but he just couldn’t help himself. He loved Alex and had seen her spill too
many tears over Ian. He didn’t want to argue with Alex. He just wanted to love
her.
    “Lex honey I’m sorry. I’m leaving but I want you to know when Ian hurts
you this time I’ll be there as always to comfort you because I love you Alex.
Enjoy your evening.”
    Peter stomped from her office and she heard the door to his office slam
shut. Peter was right and she knew it. Ian was no good for her but she wasn’t
ready to end their relationship. She was enjoying a naughty, scintillating
affair with a gorgeous, successful attorney at the top of his game and that
excited her. Until that excitement waned, and it hadn’t waned one bit over the
last ten years, Alex was content to take whatever Ian offered her. She had been
very careful to never make any kind of promises to Peter or lead him to believe
there could ever be any more between them than friendship. But it didn’t stop
her from agonizing over the pain she caused him.
    Alex glanced at the clock on the wall. Six o’clock. Time to get out of there and prepare to knock the socks…and pants off Ian Foster.

Chapter 2
    Alex rushed home to prepare for her evening with Ian. The anticipation of
the evening to come had her on an unbelievable high. A high she was really
having a hard time trying to understand. She professed to not even like the man
yet why was she looking so forward to this evening? She knew she wasn’t shallow
enough to only be anxious because of the wild, unbridled sex they would share.
Alex was really looking forward to spending time with Ian. She enjoyed his
sense of humor and the way his eyes sparkled when he laughed. God how she loved
it when he laughed. His laugh was deep and husky...sexy. So damn sexy, just as
every part of him was.
    Alex undressed and ran her tub. She laced the water with her favorite strawberry
fragranced bath oil and settled down for a nice long soak. Ian Foster. He had
been such a huge part of her life now for the last ten years. She had known the
gorgeous rascal since kindergarten and had long admired his talent in the
courtroom despite their tumultuous relationship the past decade. They had been
great buddies through grade school. They shared a quick kiss once in junior
high that had never lead to anything. They had drifted apart for several years after
junior high when Ian suddenly quit coming around to see her. It wasn’t until
their senior year in high school that she developed the unexplainable crush on
Ian that she still carried today.
    Ian was the most popular boy at Jefferson High School and Alex had
admired him from afar during their high school years. As much as she longed to
continue their friendship Ian didn’t seem to share those feelings. Ian was only
ever seen out on dates with the most popular girls. He had a reputation for not
staying with any girlfriend for too long. Just when you got use to seeing one
girl by his side he’d toss her aside for someone new.
    But during their senior year Ian bumped into Alex in the hallway after
school one day. Literally bumped. He dumped her books and folders everywhere.
As he apologized and helped her pick up the mess he asked her how she had been
all these years and they struck up a lively conversation about old times. Ian
walked her home that afternoon and they had a wonderful time remembering their
younger years and that quick kiss in junior high. They