he’d pass out? And she still didn’t get it?
“You don’t understand,” she said softly, her eyes clouding with tears.
At the sight of her unhappiness, his belly clenched and he forced himself to calm
down. “What’s really the problem, Hailey?”
“I’m the same woman I was before I met you. And now things are different.”
“How?”
“I have never, ever, had an orgasm with a man every time we made love. But with
you, I haveat leastone every time.” She threaded her hands through her hair and
nervously gripped close to her scalp. “You’re making me different at work. People are
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listening to me, actually becoming friendly. And the obnoxious creeps are suddenly
leaving me alone.”
He shook his head. “You’ve always been intelligent, gorgeous, and driven. But
you’ve been so caught up in caring what others think of you that you’ve closed yourself
off to everyone but your friends. Now, Hailey, you’re seeing yourself the way I do.
That’s why people are taking notice.”
She stared at him in shock. “That is the longest, most normal conversation we’ve had
yet. And you sound like a psychologist. You, Mr. Hard Ass, are actually talking about
feelings.”
He flushed and glared. “I told you my mother’s a shrink. It’s hard to suppress, but
lately you’ve been pushing my buttons.”
“Me?”
“You.” He snorted and leaned back against the counter, ignoring the pots boiling
over on the stove.
“Ah, Gage?”
“Shut up, Hailey. We’re going to have this out.” Anger fumed and built inside of
him. He couldn’t believe they were having this discussion, when he’d envisioned a much
different way to spend the night.Fuck.“You clam up when you become angry or hurt,
