The Complete Where Dreams - Volume 2 of 2

Chapter 7-3

“Perrin! You made it!” Bill wanted to devour her, she looked glorious and delectable. That same blazer as the other night, but without the t-shirt made him want to drag her down to the floor and pick up where good manners had stopped him last night. Had he even slept last night? Yet he felt energized rather than exhausted.

He spotted the second woman just in time. Bill slammed a brake on his libido and held out a hand to shake Perrin’s as if they were just two professionals.

She looked down at his hand, then rolled her eyes at the other woman, “What did I tell you about him?”

“You were right. He’s too damned decent.”

Perrin stepped into his arms and kissed him long and deeply enough to completely scorch any of his body’s responses that hadn’t already gone ballistic over the outfit.

Then she stepped back, “I, uh, may have already told her about us. Bill Cullen, this is Cassidy Knowles, my best friend in the whole world.”

“I know her, you just distracted me. We sort of met at the last board meeting, Ms. Knowles. You’re the one who saved Perrin’s life.”

Cassidy startled and turned to face Perrin even before Bill could shake her hand.

Perrin shrugged, “That’s all I told him.” But she appeared very interested in the tiling of the floor.

Then Cassidy turned back and took his hand, shaking it carefully.

“What did I just miss?”

Cassidy inspected him closely. “You had best be worth it, Mister Cullen. To the best of my knowledge, you are only the fourth person on the planet to know that.”

“Fifth,” Perrin offered without looking up. “I told Melanie a while ago. She kind of already knew. Forgot to tell you she was here this week, dating an opera singer, but she’s gone again. Back in five weeks for opening night.”

Again some inexplicable exchange occurred silently.

At length Cassidy turned to face him once more. She was perhaps five-eight, a good four inches shorter than he was. And very trim, though with fuller curves than Perrin. But he was left with no doubt that the woman before him, having somehow saved Perrin’s life once, would do absolutely anything she felt necessary to do so again.