Hot To The Touch – Kate Meader

“Not saying you are. But after a few years of cohabitation, with a goal toward spending your lives together, he shouldn’t be bleeding you dry. He earns five times as much but you’re fifty- fifty? Fuck that.” I move on quickly. “It sounds like you were more invested in this relationship than him. You wanted marriage and he wasn’t willing to go that extra step.

You wanted kids and he didn’t. You’re doing all the work here, and he’s treating you like a roommate.” For a moment I wonder if I’ve said too much. No one likes to hear criticism of a venture they’ve invested years of their life in, especially when it’s related to the heart. Then I realize the word I’ve used in my head to describe this is very apt: venture. A business arrangement. I can’t believe this guy accepted the fifty-fifty expenses deal when they could have— should have—ratio’ed it out to something manageable.

Hell, if I set up house with someone who had a lower income than me, which is likely because I’m very fucking wealthy, I sure as hell wouldn’t be expecting equal contributions to the household. She’s turning it over in her head. “I can’t analyze it now. All I know is that when it came to the most important thing—parenting my sister’s kids— he told me that wasn’t what he had in mind for his future.

He said I should leave it to you and your family and go back to New York.” Back to our one true fight. Should I be thanking Derek? “Which you have no intention of doing.” “Not a chance.” The challenge I hear should piss me off. But no, it only cheers me right the fuck up. Is it possible I want Cassie to stick around and help raise these kids? What does that even look like? Because it couldn’t look like this.

Sitting in the kitchen, drinking wine and beer, chatting about the events of the day (even if the events involve her confiding in me about her useless boyfriend). As much as this connection appeals to me, it isn’t real. It’s borne of a mutual need to get through this soul-crushing time. Right?

“Are you guys truly finished?” That’s what she said when she walked in—and I’m strangely wishing it was true. But they’ve been together for a long time. One conversation shouldn’t be enough to end it. “I don’t know.” She rubs her eyes.

This novel is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 2023 by Kate Meader Cover: Lori Jackson Design Cover model and photographer: Zach M. by Wander Aguiar Editing: Kristi Yanta Proofreading: Julia Griffis ISBN: 978-1-954107-16-8 All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. OceanofPDF.com Contents Content Warnings Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Epilogue Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Kate Meader OceanofPDF.com Content Warnings This book deals with a number of sensitive topics including: death of loved ones (on page), grief, guilt, PTSD, and toxic relationships.

OceanofPDF.com One Cass Who brings a hot date to a three-year-old’s birthday party? At this point in my acquaintance with Sam Killian, nothing should surprise me. This is the guy who mooned the guests at his brother’s wedding. Who duct taped a harmonica to the grill of his sister-in-law’s car. Who changed the auto-correct in his mom’s phone so every time she texted “bye” it changed to “penis.”

You know, all the frat boy classics. The man is twenty-seven with the mental age of a fourteen-year-old boy, and that’s generous. No one brings a date to a kid’s party, not when the date is dressed like she thinks this is a night club. But then this is Sam, who I’ve known and happily avoided to the best of my ability for the last six years, ever since his brother and my sister tied the knot.

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