*~*Love Notes: Jay to Mia – Bend by Kivrin Wilson*~*
MIA
Jay Bradshaw. My boyfriend’s best friend.
He was never supposed to be anything more—until he was.
When my college boyfriend betrayed me and left, breaking my heart, Jay picked a side. He chose me. He stayed, and for the past six years, he’s been my rock, my anchor, my compass…
Now we’ve grown up, finished school, and have careers. Me as a nurse practitioner; Jay as a doctor. He’s been everything I needed, but now I want more. I can’t stop thinking about him, and I’m done hiding it.
It’s time to find out if he wants me, too.
JAY
A friend. Not a lover. That’s who Mia Waters is to me.
I’ve tried damn hard to make sure our relationship stays that way. I’m the shoulder she leans on, the last one to talk to her before she goes to sleep at night… And after six years, she means more to me than my own family.
The moment I met her, I wanted her. But she belonged to someone else, so I pushed the need down. I didn’t take what I wanted. I’m not that guy. Her happiness meant more.
Until now. Until she asks me a question that shatters our unspoken boundaries. Have you ever thought about having sex with me? Six years of keeping her at arm’s length, and I can feel myself starting to give in and lose control with her.
I can’t let it happen. There are reasons I didn’t get close. She hasn’t let go of her ex-boyfriend, not really. And she has no idea about the lies I’ve told her.
What if she finds out about me? What if she finds out who I really am?
And what will she do when I leave?
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PAIGE
Logan McKinley. My ex. I knew he was trouble from the first moment I laid eyes on him.
Fresh out of law school with a new job at one of San Diego’s biggest firms, I was supposed to focus on my career. No distractions, no men, and especially no office romances.
Then I met Logan. He was cocky, smooth-talking, and gorgeous—a hotshot associate on the fast track to a partnership and exactly the kind of guy I needed to avoid.
But he was relentless. He pursued me, intrigued me, and seduced me. And when I had no defenses left, my ambitions shifted, and I only wanted him.
For a while, that was enough.
But no one’s perfect. The man who put a ring on my finger isn’t who I thought he was, so I left.
Now he’s back in my life, and he’s pushing me into a corner. It’s time to show him how hard I can push back.
LOGAN
“It’s over.”
When those words came out of her mouth, I wasn’t surprised. What I didn’t expect was how damn near impossible it’s been to move on.
The first time I saw Paige Waters, the new associate at my firm who was as intelligent and self-confident as she was stunning, I wanted her. I wasn’t used to women rejecting me, but she did—or tried to, anyway—which made me even more determined to have her.
I had no idea that when I finally got her, I wouldn’t want to let her go.
But I screwed up. She doesn’t even know how badly I screwed up, and everything still went to hell.
Now, one year after our split and with so much still unresolved between us, we’re suddenly going head to head on the same case. Seeing her at the office again, where it all started, I realize that this is far from over.
She’s still mine.
And whether it’s in the courtroom or the bedroom, I always win.
Jay’s love note is super swoony – I love it!
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Hey baby,
I’m leaving this by the cereal bowls, so I hope you find it in the morning. I could tell you were disappointed when I agreed to pull this double shift at the hospital, even though you put on a brave face. I’m sorry this nasty flu season is ruining our first Valentine’s Day as a couple. I want to say it won’t happen again, but you know that’s probably not true, not unless I find a different job. I had big plans for us, but I’m not going to tell you what, because I’m going to make it up to you — soon.
I keep remembering last year, when we were still just friends. Neither of us had a date, so we went out together. You wanted to dress up and go somewhere nice, and I noticed us getting looks and smiles at that restaurant. People obviously thought we were together. I figured it was because of the occasion, but maybe they saw something we didn’t? Maybe they could tell by looking at us that we were meant to be more than friends.
Next V-Day, you’ll be my wife. Pretty crazy, huh? And in a couple of years, we’ll be in Africa and so busy we might not even remember the day. That doesn’t matter, though. Every day with you already feels special. Every day I’m amazed and grateful that you’re mine. I want to say I’m so happy I’ll be pursuing my dreams with you by my side, but the truth is, you’re my dream. Everything else is just gravy.
I love you more than I could ever have room to express on a greeting card like this. So I’m just going to have to show you, every day, for the rest of our lives. You’re my best friend. The love of my life. My Mia.
♥ Jay
P.S. I hope you at least have a fun day of wedding planning and shopping with Paige, and please try not to bug her too much about why she’s not spending the day with Logan?
P.P.S. I’ll be going on almost 30 hours of no sleep when I’m finally off tonight, but if you’re naked when I get home, you’ll definitely still get lucky. Even better, naked and in the shower? You know I can’t resist you in the shower…
Kivrin Wilson writes her books in first person point-of-view, so Kivrin thinks it only makes sense to write about herself in third person.
Kivrin learned as a teenager that she liked writing and that she liked romance novels. She first tried her hand at writing them in her early twenties, and then she tried for a while to get published, but when that didn’t work out, she spent the next decade or so dithering around (though that’s not quite the word she would use) before finally getting her act together enough to finish another manuscript. (Read more about that here.)
Kivrin is a mother, wife, unabashed cat lady, avid reader, Netflix binge watcher, proud introvert, and a passably good cook. When she’s not writing, she’s usually busy with her self-employed day job, though she tries to do that as little as possible. She enjoys exercising forces herself to run on her treadmill (while watching Netflix) because it allows her to eat chocolate.
Kivrin grew up in Norway, but she’s lived most of her adult life in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she currently shares a roof with her husband (who’s pretty amazing, according to him), their daughter (who’s definitely amazing, according to everyone), and two young male cats who behave very much like teenage boys and of whom she shares too many photos on Instagram.
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OMG! I new I had to read Bend soon, but THIS note … this note…. honestly, now I need to read Bend very very soon <3 LOVE this note and I wish some day I get one of those myself!