Table of Contents
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Blurred Lines | ~ a Novella ~ | by | Tamsyn Bester
Please Note
Blurred Lines (The Line Between 1.5)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Prologue | Reid | November
Chapter 1 | Jade | March
Chapter 2 | Jade | Cabo
Chapter 3 | Jade | The Pool
Chapter 4 | Reid | The Hotel Room, Cabo
Chapter 5 | Jade | Little Feet
Chapter 6 | Jade | I’m gonna love her for both of us
Chapter 7 | Reid | Let Her Go
Chapter 8 | Reid | Catch My Breath
Chapter 9 | Jade | You stupid man
Chapter 10 | Reid | I’d Rather Fight With Her, Than Love Anyone Else
Chapter 11 | Jade | “Damn straight it’s my kid.”
Chapter 12 | Reid | “When are you going to realize that I don’t want to be just the father of your baby?”
Chapter 13 | Jade | You’re the man I can’t envision my future without
Chapter 14 | Reid | Forever Wouldn’t Be Long Enough
May
Chapter 15 | Jade | You love me, but I want to feel like you want me
Chapter 16 | Reid | “Welcome home, baby.”
Chapter 17 | Reid | 28 Weeks
Jade
Chapter 18 | Jade | 31 weeks
Chapter 19 | Reid
Chapter 20 | Jade | Siempre, Mi Amor
Chapter 21 | Reid | 33 Weeks
Chapter 22 | Reid | I was doing this for her, and for the safety of our unborn child.
Jade
Chapter 23 | Reid | 38 Weeks
Chapter 24 | Jade | 2 Months Later...
Chapter 25 | Jade | Daddy Really Wants To Practice Making Your Brother...
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Blurred Lines
~ a Novella ~
by
Tamsyn Bester
Please Note
Blurred Lines is a novella written for the two supporting characters from The Line Between – Jade and Reid. It spans over the period of a few months, as you will notice in the Chapter headings. This novella has been written for the enjoyment of the reader and not necessarily for review purposes. All medical facts have been verified, and are stated to be true.
Blurred Lines (The Line Between 1.5)
Copyright © 2015 by Tamsyn Bester
Cover Design by © S.K Hartley
PHOTO COPYRIGHT © Dollar Photo Club
Editing by Emma Mack of Tink's Typos
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I just want to send a shout out to the following people –
Sofie Hartley (better known as S.K Hartley), who did the cover for me, THANK YOU <3 Emma Mack, my editor, thank you for sacrificing so much of your time with your family for me, and Blurred Lines. To Tash Drake (Book Lit Love), Leanne Pearson, Summer Clark (Summer’s Book Blog) and Tammy Tru Blue, who all provided some feedback as I wrote this book in record time. You all played an invaluable part in keeping me going when I ran out of steam. To my two nurse Beta’s, Susan Davis Provorse, and Sirenda McNece, thank you for answering all my medical questions, I would have botched it up royally had it not been for your professional opinions ;)
Special thanks go out to my #SoulSister across the pond, Jodi Bibliophile, who I have been incredibly blessed to meet. Our daily emails mean so much to me, and I’m grateful to have found you. Never lose that foul mouth of yours, or your passion for books – that will be a sad day.
And of course, to the readers who fell in love with Jade and Reid while they read The Line Between and demanded I finish their book – THANK YOU for being so patient, and understanding while I finished Blurred Lines. It hasn’t been easy, but your support has meant so much to me.
I hope I haven’t left anyone out, and if I have, I apologize <3
I hope you enjoy Blurred Lines <3
Tamsyn
Prologue
Reid
November
Jade stared at me with her chocolate brown eyes, red and slightly puffy, and I fought the natural inclination to wrap her in my arms. We’d been friends all our lives, and she was always the one constant in my life when everything else seemed uncertain. But for the past few months, the dynamic of our relationship had changed, and it terrified the hell out of me. It went from being playful to sexual, sedate to intense, calm to electrical, and we were both fumbling around in the proverbial dark trying to figure out what it meant for our friendship.
“I want you to kiss me, Reid, like you did the first time weeks ago when you couldn’t fight this,” – she gestured between the two of us – “any more than I could.”
We were standing in her family’s Villa in Barcelona, and she was a mess after her grandmother’s funeral. I’d come with her because I knew how hard it was going to be, and I couldn’t not be here if my girl needed me.
My girl.
I’d been thinking of her that way for a while now, if only in my head.
“Jade, I - ” I hesitated, rubbing my hands down my face. She wasn’t thinking clearly, and I was aware of that, which was why, giving into her, was a terrible idea. Once I kissed her, I would be tempted to do more, and the last thing I wanted was for her to think I was taking advantage of her vulnerable state. Because that’s exactly what she was.
Vulnerable.
Split wide open.
Showing me everything.
“Please,” she begged softly, the hitch in her voice causing my chest to ache. She was hurting, and I wanted to do what I could to help her through it.
I ran my eyes down her body, and my body reacted the way it always had when I saw her. Something deep inside me stirred, and it was so much more than just lust. It was a fierce need to have her, to claim her...to love her.
And God did I love her.
So much.
But what would happen if I acted on it?
My fear of losing her far outweighed my physical need to be with her, and as far as my emotional need went to tell her how much I cared about her, I wasn’t sure if our friendship would stay the same if I did.
I stepped closer to her, resting my hand on the back of her neck, and pressed our foreheads together.
It was dark outside, but I could see the plea on her face, in her eyes. I wanted to give her the world, but I was waging a war on the inside because what she was asking of me right now, in this rare, unguarded moment was so much more than that.