Her Wedding Escort: A BWWM Alpha Male Romance Read Online Free PDF
Author: Alexis Gold
made you uncomfortable. I’m sorry. Too much information?” he asked.
She laughed at him and the difficult moment dissolved. “It was your turn for a TMI moment.” She was quiet a minute and then she added, “You know, it’s not my business at all, but I feel sorry for you. I wouldn’t have imagined that it could be a lonely lifestyle, but now that you have explained it like that, I can see why it would be. I hope that you’re able to make something of your artwork soon so that you don’t have to keep dating for money.”
He nodded adamantly. “Me too!”
They stopped at little cafe on the beach for lunch and ate fish and chips and drinking lemonade. When they finished he looked at her and asked, “Would you like to walk on the beach for a few minutes and stretch your legs? We’ve been going a while.”
She nodded and smiled at him. “That sounds good!”
They left the little cafe and began to walk through the sand to the water. He looked around them and whistled. “Boy, this is beautiful, isn’t it?”
Julia sighed and agreed with him. “It is. I never can get enough of the ocean. There’s just something that draws me to it.”
Derek grinned and reached for her hand, holding it in his and drawing her near to him. “Me, too,” he said softly.
She felt her nerves begin to dance all through her body as he pulled her close to him and lifted his hand gently to her face. “I hope you don’t mind, but I thought maybe we’d have our first kiss here, so that we have that out of the way before we see your family. It might be awkward if we try to kiss for the first time in front of them. I don’t want to blow my cover right away!”
She hadn’t thought about a first kiss with him, and the idea of it made her heart began to beat swiftly. “Right... of course. We’d want to already have that figure out,” she agreed quietly.
He slid his hands around her cheeks and tilted her face up to his. “Just close your eyes and pretend it’s someone you’re really in love with,” he told her quietly. Then he touched his lips to hers softly, brushing them over hers with the barest caress, and it felt like her entire world twisted upside down. She drew in her breath and her hands closed over the muscles on his arms, holding him tightly as he leaned in closer and opened her mouth with his, running his tongue over the inside edge of her lips.
Her heart pounded in her and she closed her eyes and lost herself in the taste and feel of him, as his arms closed firmly around her and he held her close, his tongue moving over and around hers, as his hands slid from her face into her red curls. He held her that way, kissing her deeply for a long moment and then he let her go and there was something strange and electric in his eyes that hadn’t been there before. She felt that same electricity in her body, and all she could do was try to catch her breath and stand up straight.
She held to him for a moment and his serious expression gave way slowly to a smile. “Wow,” he said softly.
She raised her eyebrows. “Wow indeed,” she repeated.
“So, that wasn’t so bad,” he told her quietly, his hands moving slowly from her curls over the sides of her neck and just barely touching her collar bone before they dropped away from her, sending waves of heat through her as his touch drifted over her skin.
“No...” she sighed. “That wasn’t bad at all.”
He tilted his head slightly and turned away for a moment and then looked back at her. “I’d believe it, if I saw us kissing like that.”
She laughed a little. “Me, too,” she told him and then she turned in the sand and tipped her head at the car. “We’d better go. We have to get there in time to check in and get ready to have dinner with everyone.”
He nodded. “Dinner with the family. Okay, let’s do it.”
Chapter Three
They walked back to the car and got in, both of them unsure of how to go back to the easy friendship that had begun
She laughed at him and the difficult moment dissolved. “It was your turn for a TMI moment.” She was quiet a minute and then she added, “You know, it’s not my business at all, but I feel sorry for you. I wouldn’t have imagined that it could be a lonely lifestyle, but now that you have explained it like that, I can see why it would be. I hope that you’re able to make something of your artwork soon so that you don’t have to keep dating for money.”
He nodded adamantly. “Me too!”
They stopped at little cafe on the beach for lunch and ate fish and chips and drinking lemonade. When they finished he looked at her and asked, “Would you like to walk on the beach for a few minutes and stretch your legs? We’ve been going a while.”
She nodded and smiled at him. “That sounds good!”
They left the little cafe and began to walk through the sand to the water. He looked around them and whistled. “Boy, this is beautiful, isn’t it?”
Julia sighed and agreed with him. “It is. I never can get enough of the ocean. There’s just something that draws me to it.”
Derek grinned and reached for her hand, holding it in his and drawing her near to him. “Me, too,” he said softly.
She felt her nerves begin to dance all through her body as he pulled her close to him and lifted his hand gently to her face. “I hope you don’t mind, but I thought maybe we’d have our first kiss here, so that we have that out of the way before we see your family. It might be awkward if we try to kiss for the first time in front of them. I don’t want to blow my cover right away!”
She hadn’t thought about a first kiss with him, and the idea of it made her heart began to beat swiftly. “Right... of course. We’d want to already have that figure out,” she agreed quietly.
He slid his hands around her cheeks and tilted her face up to his. “Just close your eyes and pretend it’s someone you’re really in love with,” he told her quietly. Then he touched his lips to hers softly, brushing them over hers with the barest caress, and it felt like her entire world twisted upside down. She drew in her breath and her hands closed over the muscles on his arms, holding him tightly as he leaned in closer and opened her mouth with his, running his tongue over the inside edge of her lips.
Her heart pounded in her and she closed her eyes and lost herself in the taste and feel of him, as his arms closed firmly around her and he held her close, his tongue moving over and around hers, as his hands slid from her face into her red curls. He held her that way, kissing her deeply for a long moment and then he let her go and there was something strange and electric in his eyes that hadn’t been there before. She felt that same electricity in her body, and all she could do was try to catch her breath and stand up straight.
She held to him for a moment and his serious expression gave way slowly to a smile. “Wow,” he said softly.
She raised her eyebrows. “Wow indeed,” she repeated.
“So, that wasn’t so bad,” he told her quietly, his hands moving slowly from her curls over the sides of her neck and just barely touching her collar bone before they dropped away from her, sending waves of heat through her as his touch drifted over her skin.
“No...” she sighed. “That wasn’t bad at all.”
He tilted his head slightly and turned away for a moment and then looked back at her. “I’d believe it, if I saw us kissing like that.”
She laughed a little. “Me, too,” she told him and then she turned in the sand and tipped her head at the car. “We’d better go. We have to get there in time to check in and get ready to have dinner with everyone.”
He nodded. “Dinner with the family. Okay, let’s do it.”
Chapter Three
They walked back to the car and got in, both of them unsure of how to go back to the easy friendship that had begun