Entice - By Ella Frank Page 0,99

the door and was treated to a fine view of Josh’s ass. She had forgotten how much she liked that part of the male anatomy.

When he heard the door close, he turned, and they locked eyes for the first time in over a month and a half.

“Well, hello, Josh,” she purred as she stepped closer in her red high heels.

“Evening, Shel,” he greeted, now turning around fully to look her over.

She’d opted for a blue blouse tucked in at the waist of a simple black pencil skirt that ended an inch above her knee. She had secured her hair into a waterfall braid around the crown of her head.

“You sure are a sight for sore eyes, Josh.”

She watched as he took a step toward her.

He asked in a voice as smooth as whiskey, “Did you miss me?”

Shelly knew he was testing her, checking to see if she would hesitate or deviate from the direct question that would make her reveal her true feelings.

Instead, she told him sincerely, “Very much so.”

***

Josh hadn’t been expecting that simple and honest answer, and just as he was about to tell her that, he heard Lena shout out her name.

With the moment now gone, he watched her smile at him with those sexy lips, and then she brushed by his arm to make her way toward her friend. Hmm, she even smells amazing.

As he turned around, he saw Mason standing over at the bar with a huge grin on his face. Josh shrugged and walked over to his friend.

“Hey, man. What’s up?” Josh asked as he settled on a bar stool.

“Not much, Josh. The business is great, the weather is supposed to be amazing, and tomorrow, I am marrying the woman I love.”

Josh chuckled. “Could you be anymore smug?”

Mason poured him a Goose Island Beer and shook his head. “Nope. Well, maybe. I could add to my list my prediction that you and Dr. Monroe would hit it off, but that would just be obnoxious or annoying, right?”

Josh lifted the glass to his mouth and took a sip.

As he placed the glass back on the counter, he nodded and told his good friend, “Or just annoyingly obnoxious.”

Mason laughed before asking, “How are things going between the two of you?”

Josh thought about that for a moment. “Good. We’ve kept in contact while I’ve been away. I think things are going well.”

Mason acknowledged that silently, and then looked beyond him to the table of women. Josh turned around just in time to see Shelly let out a loud laugh that then had Lena chuckling and Rachel frowning.

All of sudden, Josh found that he too wanted in on the joke.

***

“Super Domme? That’s my new nickname?” Rachel asked incredulously.

“Well, only in private, like in my head,” Shelly told her with a laugh.

Rachel did not look impressed. Lena was chuckling, and Shelly thought it was downright hilarious.

“Oh, come on, Rach, you took us completely off-guard. Who knew you had that in you?” Shelly asked her with a smile.

Rachel arched her brow. “Was I supposed to announce it?”

Shelly thought about that, and then lowered her voice. “Well, no, but hell, I didn’t even know you had any tattoos until that night.”

Rachel rolled her eyes. “I just like to keep that part of my life private. Is that such an issue?” She paused, looking over to where Mason and Josh were now staring at them. Then, she turned back to Shelly. “Kind of like you and Josh Daniels.”

Shelly thought about that as she turned and gave Josh a flirty wink before looking back to the girls.

“No secret there. I am head over heels for that man.”

Shelly watched as Lena’s face split into a huge grin, and Rachel’s mouth fell wide open.

“Does he know?” Lena whispered.

Shelly shrugged and then told her, “I’m pretty sure he has an idea since I’ve cyber stalked him every night since I don’t know where the hell he is staying. But, no, I haven’t straight out said it.”

***

“Said what?” Josh asked as he stopped beside the sexy doctor.

She looked over at him and smiled in a way that made every part of his body tense and achy.

“None of your business,” she replied with a smug smirk that he wanted to kiss.

Josh looked at the other two women sitting in front of him, and suddenly, he felt like he had been a large part of their conversation.

“If I had wanted to tell you, handsome, I would have. I’ll tell you when I’m ready,” she said as she reached out