Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 57499 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 192(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57499 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 192(@300wpm)
I’ve come to realize that he sees me, not as I see myself, but as some sort of ideal. It’s too complicated to put into words, but as best as I can tell, while I’ve been watching him all these years, thinking him out of my reach, he’s been feeling the same about me.
It’s a very heady feeling that, knowing that the object of all your girlish dreams and fantasies returned those feelings.
But this is a new element in our budding relationship. I’ve seen him mad at others, but this was the first time he’s been mad at me.
I’m surprised that there were no butterflies of worry parading in my tummy, but that could be because of his own actions.
He held my hand the whole way to the restaurant. Every once in awhile, he'd raise our joined hands and kiss my fingers sending shivers down my spine.
His behavior made me feel special and just a little out of my element. He’d been so passionate before when he told me I wasn't allowed to have any contact with Dorian. I don’t think I ever expected that kind of passion directed towards me.
The look in his eyes, and the power in his hands when he’d picked me up from the bed, so much heat outside the bedroom.
That little show of force had also proved something I'd suspected since we embarked on our physical relationship; my man was holding back on me. I'll have to do something about that later, after he calmed down maybe.
We went to a different place this time, this one a little outside the town limits.
It felt strange and somewhat surreal to be here with him like this. As fast as things seemed to be moving between us, it still hit me at odd moments during the day that this was really happening.
Even with the murder investigation and the whole Dorian thing, it seemed like we were moving full steam ahead, he wasn’t letting anything stand in the way of our love.
My life too had been full of twists and turns here lately. When I’d returned home to lick my wounds, I never expected this.
Though I'd been hurt by Dorian's betrayal, I can't say I was totally devastated.
That just goes to show what a colossal mistake marrying him would've been.
But to have gone from that straight into Donovan's bed seemed...I don't know, I can't express what I feel. It's like hanging on by a nail over a precipice, only to be saved at the very last second.
"You cold princess?" He frowned across the table at me in concern. I think my thoughts had made me shiver a little and he caught it.
Damn, having a man like him that focused on you is extremely exhilarating, even if he was just asking a simple question like the one he'd asked.
"A little, don't worry about it though the AC's just really high in here."
"Come here." I blushed as I moved around the table to sit on the other side of the booth right next to him.
He took his jacket off and wrapped me in it, and immediately the heat from his body warmed mine.
His arm coming around me had me melting into his side, and when he kissed the top of my head, I'd never felt so cherished by anyone in my life.
"Sorry, I went all caveman on you back there, baby. But you've got to know how I feel about you.
I can't say I fully understand it myself. I just know that I have this insane urge to bundle you up and keep you all to myself.
It doesn't matter who it is. Carter or whoever, the thought of anyone getting close to you bothers the hell out of me; do you understand that?"
I took my time answering him. I didn't want to just spout empty, meaningless platitudes.
"I think so-I mean I guess-I wouldn't be too happy if one of your many exes tried getting close to you; it's just that, in my heart I know he means nothing to me, no one else ever could, so I take it for granted that you know this."
"It's good to hear; doesn't mean I'm going to react any different the next time something like this happens though." He squeezed my shoulder and grinned down at me.
"Hey you two, fancy running into you here." Our impending kiss was interrupted by a couple of our friends who seem to have had the same idea as us.
Angela came over to our table with her husband Jack in tow. Right behind them was Jennifer More and some other girl whose name evaded me, since she'd been a couple years ahead of us in school.
"You remember Jennifer don't you Shania and this is Darla, she was a few years ahead of us."
"Hi, nice to see you again Jen, nice meeting you Darla, would you guys like to join us?" I made the offer but I wasn't really feeling it.