Page 30 of Embraced in Ink
She was hot for her fiancé.
That was good.
She wanted to know what it felt like to have his hands on her, what it would feel like to have him inside her.
She closed her eyes, knowing her cheeks were bright red, and she tried to slow her suddenly quickening breaths.
Before she could get too introspective, the doorbell rang, and Bristol rolled her shoulders back. Today was going to be a good day. Because she was getting to the next step of this whole engagement thing.
The girls were coming over, and they were going to gossip about it.
Thank God. Because she really needed to talk it out.
She slipped her hands down her sundress and made sure her hair looked at least somewhat decent. Then she ran to the front door.
She opened it without looking first and froze.
“Zia?” Bristol asked, her mouth dropping. “You were in London. I told you not to come. Why are you here?”
Her ex-girlfriend and friend sauntered into the room, looking as gorgeous and put-together as ever as she rolled her eyes. “One of my best friends doesn’t all of a sudden get engaged toherbest friend out of nowhere and not think that I’m going to show up.”
“I barely followed any of that,” Bristol said, laughing.
Zia threw her arms around Bristol’s shoulders, hugged her tight, and then kissed her square on the lips. “I missed you, baby girl.”
“We’re the same age. I’m not your baby girl,” Bristol said, hugging Zia tightly. “And you were in London.”
“And now, I’m not,” Zia said, a sad expression skimming over her face.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. I’m fine. However, I am going to be staying in the US for a little while longer.”
“Oh, no. Do I need to go beat his butt?”
“You need to do nothing of the kind. All you need to do is tell me exactly what happened, and then tell me all the delicious details about Marcus. I’ve been waiting to hear them.”
“I’m not going to tell you everything.”
“Wait? Then why are we here?” Arden asked from the doorway. Bristol laughed.
“Hey, you,” Bristol said as she turned toward Liam’s woman.
“I’m being serious,” Arden said, grinning widely. She was leaning on her cane, one that she didn’t always need to use, and Bristol quickly brought the other woman in.
“I’m being serious, too. Do you need to sit down? Are you doing okay?”
“I’m fine. A bad pain day is all. Liam dropped me off, but I wouldn’t let him come in and grill you. Mostly because you’ve been hiding from the family, and I figured there was a good reason.”
Zia quickly took the bag of goodies from Arden’s hands and introduced herself. “By the way, I’m Zia.”
“I’ve seen photos of you, and Bristol talks about you often. Congratulations on the new line.”
“Thank you. And congratulations on landing a Montgomery.”
Arden laughed, and Bristol rolled her eyes.
“Oh, shush, you. And, Arden, go sit down. Liam is going to hurt me if I let you tire yourself out too quickly.”