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  Cole pushed his glasses up his nose. “Jax wouldn’t have offered it if he didn’t want to.”

  “How can I thank him?”

  “He’s going to call me when he gets settled. I’ll let him know.”

  “So are you going to take it?” Dee asked.

  “Yes,” I said and Dee bounced in her seat then reached across the table and hugged me.

  I might not have had a plan, but Jaxon had one for me.

  NINE

  Dee and Cole helped me move my stuff into Jaxon’s old apartment and when the last box was brought in, I gave them both a hug and promised to see them off tomorrow at the airport.

  I shut the door and my hand rested on the hardwood, remembering only a night ago, being pressed against it as Jaxon ran his strong hands up my back and into my hair. I closed my eyes and recalled the feel of his lips on my skin and the way his breathing picked up when I dug my fingers into his shoulders.

  My mind was filled with him and I needed to distract it. I started unpacking the necessities, knowing I only had a month here. No point in getting too comfortable. Whatever I didn’t need stayed in a box.

  I didn’t have a bed, so Cole gave me his saying he wanted to buy a new one when he got to Michigan anyway. He had looked at Dee when he said that and I wondered if he was upgrading from a full to a Queen because he knew she’d be spending most nights with him. One day I would pay him back just as I would Jaxon.

  I thought about what it would be like to see him again. If the sexual tension that was always so strong between us would still be there since we finally succumbed to it.

  No matter how hard I tried to keep Jaxon out of my head, he kept finding his way back in. I opened another box and took out my bedding.

  Luckily, the sheets I had fit Cole’s bed. I pulled the fitted sheet into place and then the comforter. Next, I tore into the box marked kitchen. I took out the most important item and went to the kitchen to put away my corkscrew.

  I opened the kitchen drawer and a white piece of paper stared back at me. I picked it up and was about to throw it out when I noticed the writing on the other side. I flipped it over and read.

  Lyla,

  It was a night that’ll last an eternity.

  Jax

  A smile spread across my face, and so many questions popped into my mind.

  Did he really feel that way? Or did he write that in response to my note? A way to make me feel better about having a one night stand. Was he planning on giving that to me? Or did he leave it there, knowing I’d take his offer and eventually find it myself?

  I had no idea and I had no way of asking him.

  The mysterious Jaxon Reed just became more of a mystery.

  Unable to push the curiosity aside, I picked up my phone and dialed, grateful exchanging numbers was a requirement in class.

  My heart raced as the phone rang.

  The End

  Look for the next book in the Tryst Series

  NOW

  available May 20th, 2015

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Marie York is an American writer who works the corporate circuit by day but come nightfall transforms into a steamy writer. She loves the city life and a good cocktail.

  You can find her on her Facebook page.