Blissfully in Love (Blissful, #2) by Red Phoenix Page A

eyes. “Jen, it was a stupid fling. This
was all a mistake. I don’t believe it for a second that you love
him. Let me take you home and we can work this out.” Jenny expected
him to fly off the handle; instead, he was trying to fix it. It was
one of Ryan’s most endearing qualities.
    “Oh Rye,” she whimpered. She looked at the
love reflected in his eyes and felt a wave of regret. He took her
hand and led her out of the cabin towards his car. Jenny resisted
at first, but part of her wanted to run away from the painful
scene.
    “Don’t,” Dan called out. She looked back,
drawn to him like a magnet. His blond hair covered his eyes, but he
didn’t sweep it back as he waited for her decision. “Don’t leave
me, Jenny.” Her heart contracted. Although her love for him was
new, it was intense - unlike anything she’d felt before. Jenny
stopped in her tracks, ready to fight for him until she looked into
the eyes of her best friend. The hate radiating from Kelly was
palpable.
    “Get out of here, bitch!” Kelly snarled.
Jenny could see the intense pain her actions had caused etched in
Kelly’s face and it shattered her resolve to stay.
    Ryan pulled on her arm. She looked one last
time at Dan, tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn’t do it. She
couldn’t hurt Kelly and Ryan more than she already had. Jenny
reluctantly followed Ryan out of the cabin and out of Dan’s
life.
    This love was doomed from the start… Jenny stared out the window of the car as they drove away from the
little cabin. Smoke drifted up out of the chimney, beckoning her to
come back - to revel in the warmth she had enjoyed alone in the
cabin with Dan.
    Ryan pulled Jenny out of her daze with a
pointed question. “I have to know. Did you really fuck Dan?”
    As bad as it was, she was determined not to
make it worse by lying. “We did everything but traditional
fucking.”
    Ryan turned his head towards her with a
raised eyebrow. “You kept your pussy away from him?”
    She blushed. How much was too much
information? “He took me anally, Rye.”
    Jenny didn’t miss the shudder when he
replied, “Dan did you that way? Ugh, I guess when you’re
desperate...”
    She ignored the feeling of rejection his
shudder wrought. Ryan was grossed-out by massaging her feet, so the
idea of taking her anally was way beyond his comfort level. It
would have been easy to let him think it ended there, but he
deserved to know the whole truth.
    “Ryan, I was going to make love to him
today.”
    “But you didn’t,” he said, slamming his
hands down on the steering wheel, “because I came and rescued you
in time.”
    “Ryan…”
    “No, this was just a set of unfortunate
circumstances. You do not love Dan. We are more important
than five days spent in a cabin.”
    She leaned against the window. In typical
Ryan fashion, he’d already found a logical way to handle the
situation. It was simply a mistake; it was not going to change
their relationship. She sighed. Until Jenny knew what was happening
between Kelly and Dan, this was the easiest route to take. If those
two stayed together, there was no point in breaking up with Ryan.
Even though he didn’t compare to Dan, he was a good guy. Better
than I deserve.
    When Ryan arrived at the apartment, he took
her by the hand and led her inside. “I am grateful to have you back
home. I have missed you, Jenny Boo.” His use of her college
nickname softened her heart. He’d given it to her at a Halloween
party shortly after they met. Ryan grazed his hand against her
cheek lovingly. It was easy to slip back into the way things were.
Maybe he was right; a string of chance circumstances ignited an
unusual situation. In the real world, the love affair would never
have happened.
    The two spent a quiet evening together. Ryan
cooked a simple meal and kept the discussion light. When it came
time for bed, he started undressing and said huskily, “I want to be
close to you tonight.” Jenny felt she owed it to Ryan and