Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 83970 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83970 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 420(@200wpm)___ 336(@250wpm)___ 280(@300wpm)
Transportation was provided from the couple’s home where the wedding took place to the reception. Shadow is the only one who rode with us today. I talked to Diego earlier and explained that Kid was getting me something to eat when Wrench came into the room. He says he understands, but his sour mood over the subject tells me he’s still pissed about Kid not being there to protect me.
“Do you dance?” Diego asks me as he hands me a flute of champagne.
“Not really,” I tell him. Bobby would always tell me that women who dance in public are whores and should be ashamed of themselves, so it’s something I haven’t done since the few high school dances I attended years ago. What I don’t tell him is that I would dance around the house all the time when I knew for certain Bobby wasn’t around.
“Not really is good enough for me,” he says tugging on my hand as I set the champagne glass on the table.
I smile as he leads me out to the dance floor. I know there’s no chance I’ll run into Bobby at this swanky hotel, but that doesn’t keep me from looking over my shoulder.
Diego turns my head, so I’m looking up at him. “I’ve got you darlin’. I’m all you need to worry about right now.”
I wrap my arms around his waist under his suit jacket. I’d thought Diego was handsome in jeans, a t-shirt, and his leather cut, but Diego in a dark suit? I was dumbstruck when he walked out of the bathroom back at Ian and Lorali’s house. He looks like a million-dollar business mogul, but with a flagrantly devious edge to him.
He saw me lick my lips and then he did the same looking at me. The dress his cousin’s fiancée picked out is tight and short and makes me feel beautiful and incredibly underdressed at the same time. I tried to entice him to take it off of me, but he refused, promising me he’d love to do it tonight.
I’m ready. I realized it on the way to the wedding and again to the reception when all I wanted to do was strip naked and have him take me in the back of the town car. The urge was even worse after watching Josie and Kaleb get married. There’s just something about seeing two people so in love that makes you wish for the same.
Diego hasn’t taken his eyes off of me all night and has barely kept his hands to himself. I haven’t really talked to anyone since arriving. They’ve all been courteous, but they all have a lot going on. Thankfully I’m not being put on full display. I have a feeling that Diego has done something or said something to keep them from bothering or interrogating me.
I’m a sweaty mess thirty minutes later when Diego finally gives us a break so we can grab a drink. I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face if someone tried to force me to. I felt so free on the dance floor as he led me around. We danced to every song no matter the pace or tempo. Diego moves like a god out there, and it makes me wonder about the rhythm of his hips while he’s on top of a woman, me in particular.
I peek over a large glass of iced water at him. I think he may be having just as much fun as I am. His smile grows wider when he sees Josie and Kaleb waving goodbye to people from the front of the room. They haven’t been here long, and I can guess where they’re heading if the looks they’ve been giving each other all night is any indication.
“They look really happy,” I say watching a beautiful redhead give her a tight hug.
“They’ve been through so much in such a short period of time. They deserve every happiness in the world.” He places his glass on the table, takes mine from my hand, and does the same with it. “You deserve every happiness in the world as well, Emmalyn.”
I avoid his gaze because deserving something and getting it are extremely different things.
Cold chills run up my damp spine when he bends his mouth near my ear. I can feel the heat of his breath on my skin when he whispers, “I cannot wait to get you out of this dress.” I feel his fingers run along the bottom hem of the garment at my thigh. I’d never wanted to leave an event so much in my life.
Chapter 30
Kincaid
I’ve been in a perpetual state of arousal since the very first time I saw Emmalyn in the bar so many weeks ago. I would assume that spending so much time with her that the feeling would go away or at least subside some, but it hasn't. I've kept her practically connected to my hip. This wedding is only close friends and family, but I’ve seen the men give her appreciative looks. They’d have to be blind not to notice her; she’s stunning.