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“You can’t hide it from me, Jamie.”

Sadie’s voice was low and husky. Intimate. Too close for his comfort and peace of mind. His willpower. “I know you too well. And I know something’s bothering you.”

“What if I want to try something else, be somewhere else?”

“You? You’re steady. Reliable. Dependable. Like…like…”

“A lapdog?” he asked quietly.

“More like the sun,” she said as if on a burst of inspiration. “Always up in the east, down in the west, burning bright no matter how many clouds are hiding it from view.”

“Poetic,” he said, his fingers twitching with the need to touch her, really touch her the way a man touched a woman.

Why couldn’t he have one thing, go after one thing he’d wanted, craved for as long as he could remember?

“And yet, as steady, reliable and dependable as I am, maybe I still want a change.” And he finally touched her, just his finger trailing down the softness of her cheek. “Maybe it’s time I made a change.”

What Happens Between Friends

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