Desire
Marie Rochelle
Published by Phaze Books
Also by Marie Rochelle
All the Fixin’
My Deepest Love: Zack
Caught
Loving True
Taken By Storm
A Taste of Love: Richard
Taken by Storm
Closer to You: Lee
Crossing the Railroad
Lucky Charms
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Desire
A novella of sensual romance by
MARIE ROCHELLE
Desire copyright 2009 by Marie Rochelle
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To Jim:
Maybe I should have said yes to your question instead of no.
Marie
Chapter One
“Love is for fools. I don’t know why you even bother dealing with the way she treats you,” Nick Lavery complained, glaring at his best friend across the room. “Just dump her bossy ass and move on with your life.”
“Man, you shouldn’t let what Carrie did to you make you hate being in love,” Richie, his best friend of twelve years, told him. “Carrie was a gold-digger. You deserve better than that. Maybe if you leave this damn apartment more, you might find someone new. Anyways, Kristy doesn’t treat me badly. We are in a relationship. People in love fight, but it passes. It always does.”
“You keep that notion, and you will come home to find a note taped to your fridge saying ‘I didn’t mean for this to happen, but I’ve fallen in love with someone else,’ ” Nick bit out.
“Carrie left you for a personal trainer who owns a chain of workout gyms. How long do you think their relationship will last?”