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Amy swatted his hand away. “We can’t do that. Don’t you see? It would all get out of hand. We wouldn’t be able to control ourselves, and we’d sleep together, and the next thing we know, our friendship would be ruined.”
“You’d lose control?” Images of Amy lying naked beneath him, thrashing violently in the throes of a wild orgasm, crowded his mind, and he nearly groaned out loud.
“That’s not the point. The point is we’d have sex and then our friendship would be ruined.”
At least they were on the same wavelength now. Hell, yes, they’d have sex. Often. “How do you reckon it would ruin our friendship? If anything, it would make us a lot closer. Besides, it wouldn’t be sex.” His voice turned husky at the thought. “We’d be making love.”
Amy looked flustered. “No, we would not. Because it would never happen.”
“Why not?”
“Because you and I are friends. Nothing more.”
“We can make it into something more.”
“I don’t want to.”
“Your words tell me one thing, but your face is saying something different.” Her pupils were dilated, leaving only a thin emerald rim around huge black holes. Her mouth had softened, and her tongue darted out nervously.
Christ, he would give anything for her to wrap that mouth around his cock again. For her hot hands to caress his balls while she sucked greedily away, her tongue licking up and down his shaft. He wanted to come in her mouth and watch as she swallowed then wiped her lips in satisfaction.
She squeezed her eyes shut and sighed. “Look, I need to explain something to you. Could you please let me speak without interrupting and without contradicting me? And for God’s sake, stop touching me.”
Daniel smiled ruefully and pulled his hand back. He’d been about to wind it through her hair, pull her face close to his, and kiss her. Ravish her mouth until she whimpered and moaned like she had last night. Until her body was on fire and she was wet and begging for his touch, begging for release.
“Go ahead. I won’t say a word until you’re finished.”
Amy bit her lip. “See, the thing is, you’re my best friend. I can’t remember a time in my life when you weren’t. You’re always around when I need you. I love you, and I don’t know what I’d ever do without you.”
She loved him. That’s what he wanted to hear. “I—”
“I’m talking.”
“Sorry,” he mouthed.
“What I was saying is that I never want to imagine life without you. And if I…sleep with you, that’s exactly what would happen. You’d fuck me and then you’d dump me.” She grimaced. “I know you too well. I know how you work with women. I’ve been through enough breakups with you. You’re not capable of sustaining a long-term relationship.”
She held up her hands as if to placate him. “I’m not criticizing you. That’s the way you are, and it works for you. But that’s not what I want. If we got involved, it would be for a few weeks or a few months, and then you’d be off again, looking for another conquest.”
His heart filled with hope, and he couldn’t contain the smile that tugged at his lips. “Are you saying you want a long-term commitment from me?”
“No. I’m saying I want you to be my friend. Period. You’re unable to commit. You’d leave me and ruin our friendship. Because no matter how hard we tried, we could never go back to what we have now. A friendship unspoiled by sex.”
Daniel felt like he’d been punched in the gut. “I would never jeopardize our friendship. It’s as important to me as it is to you. And I would never leave you.”
“I know our friendship is important to you, but I also know how bored you get with women. Trust me, Danny. You’d leave.”
“Trust.” He rolled the word around in his mouth. “Funny word choice, since you seem to have very little trust in me.”
“I trust you with my life.”
“Just not with your heart.”
“Call me selfish, but I’m not willing to let you go for the sake of a little recreational sex.”
“You think that’s all sex between the two of us would be? Recreational?” He gave a cynical laugh. “Trust me, sweetheart, it would be a whole lot more meaningful than that.”
She eyed him warily. “I’m telling you this because I don’t want last night to happen again. Sex would destroy us.”