Free The Sweet Spot (Sweet And Spicy) by Mary Eason

Aiden had kissed her in front of him. Aiden had been angry as well. And shocked. Aiden clearly wasn’t expecting Jason to be there and he’d obviously jumped to the wrong conclusion because of it. Cara had never felt more like a cheat, even when she’d slept with Aiden.
    She’d hurt Jason by not being completely honest with him. He’d given her the right opening; she just couldn’t walk through that door. They’d spent the night talking about where their relationship was heading, or rather, Jason had talked. She’d mostly pretended to listen. When they finally realized the time, it was almost five in the morning. Unfortunately she hadn’t expected Aiden to show up at her door today of all days.
     
    “I don’t know what you mean.” Yeah, that was the mature way of handling things. Deny their existence.
    Jason stepped in front of her blocking her escape to the bathroom. “Like hell you don’t. Since when do ‘friends’ kiss like that?” When she didn’t answer, Jason got angrier. “What’s going on between you? Cara, I want to know. What about the things you and I talked about last night? Our future? What was last night about?”
    “Nothing.”
    “Nothing. That’s all it was to you.”
    “No, I was talking about Aiden and me. There’s nothing going on between us.”
    “You’re lying, Cara. Last night, well I just thought it was because you were disappointed that I wanted to wait it was our first time together, but now… You weren’t there. Oh, you said all the right things,” he added when she was about to protest that point. “But emotionally you weren’t even close. Have you slept with him?”
    “ Jason, I’m not having this conversation with you?” Cara tried to hang onto her anger, but looking into Jason’s eyes made the magnitude of what she’d done to him seem terrible.
    “Yes you are,” he told her, reaching for her arm, preventing her escape. “You owe me that much. Since the beginning, you’ve talked about waiting until you were in a position to commit emotionally. I thought it was because of a past boyfriend. I never suspected it was your friend’s boyfriend.”
    “Jason, please. I don’t want to talk about this.”
    He released her as if she were contaminated as the truth set in. “You don’t have to.” Jason turned away, gathered the rest of his clothes, and headed for the door. “You just confirmed it. I can’t believe you did that to me. You’ll understand when I tell you I don’t ever want to hear from you again.” Jason slammed the door leaving pictures rattling against the wall in the wake of his anger.
    * * * *
    When Cara walked into two hours late, she was expecting questions from her assistant. What she hadn’t been expecting was Shelby’s anger.
    It took a full hour for Cara to work up the nerve to call Jason and apologize. She’d never felt more like a man before in her life. What exactly had she expected the outcome of her actions to be? That she could lie Aiden out of her system?
    What had she been expecting?
    She wasn’t sure if Jason would even return her call. Cara wasn’t really sure that she wanted him to.
    Midway through leaving a very detailed and very repentant apology, Jason picked up.
    “I hope you don’t expect me to forgive you Cara, because frankly I don’t see that happening. I’m still in shock. I can’t believe you’d do that to me. I’m beginning to think I don’t know you at all.”
    “ Jason, I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to say. I can’t take it back now. I know it was wrong.”
    “Wrong? Cara, it was way beyond wrong. It was unforgivable. I cared for you. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. Why do you think I was so patient, waiting for the right moment before we made love? I wanted it to be special with you.
    “ Jason…”
    “Don’t bother denying it. We both know it’s true. Forget about the fact that he is—was—your friend and roommate’s boyfriend. I mean, I can excuse that, knowing