Fortunately, I've always been immune.
Mostly.
So when my chance to give the keynote in Vegas comes up, asking him to join me is the most natural thing in the world. Chase and me, a few days in Sin City … harmless fun.
Then one drunken joke about how easy it is to get married in Vegas turns into something neither of us remembers doing.
The kissing comes later.
So does the sex.
Finding out we're actually husband and wife? That takes a little longer.
We could panic. We could get an annulment. Instead, we decide to ignore the marriage for a while and enjoy the benefits. After all, we're still Chase and Cassie. Best friends. Nothing has to change.
Except Chase doesn't seem interested in pretending nothing has changed.
And the harder I fight to put us back on our respective sides of the line, the more I have to wonder whether crossing it was really a mistake at all.
Previously titled Bad Reputation
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicole Edwards spends her days stringing words together to make complete sentences. Sometimes not. Her best friend is coffee, and she has a love/hate relationship with sarcasm. She’s been accused of having a filthy imagination, which she admits is true.
Nicole lives in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. She proudly claims one husband, three grown children, and two bosses (better known as the dogs). When she isn’t writing, watching football or hockey, or keeping her bosses happy, you can probably find her with a book in hand.