Key To My Heart: Stay Read Online Free PDF

knew that her sister was trying to make her feel better. So she
continued to try to ignore her feelings for the youngest Black
brother, knowing all the while that she would have to face them
eventually.

 
    Garett
    When Garett woke up one morning after
having had a vivid dream of making love to Acasia, he knew that
there was no point in fighting his feelings anymore. It had been
almost a month since he’d stepped foot in the diner, but he knew
that she was working that night and he knew that he would go to
her. He was drawn to her like a moth to a flame, and the thought of
seeing her again and ending his period of careful avoidance was
enough to put a more genuine smile on his face than he’d worn all
month.
    He was so distracted at work that his
father made the comment that he looked like his mind was a million
miles away, but he was excited too. He was so damned excited that
he knew that finally asking Acasia out on a date had to be the
right thing to do. He just hoped with all his heart that she would
say yes.
    He took a shower, and then pulled a
pair of jeans and a nice t-shirt out of his closet. He’d originally
planned to dress up, or at least dress up more than he normally
did, being a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy; but he had decided
against it, feeling silly for even considering dressing up not to
go out on a date with Acasia, but to ask her out on a
date.
    He rehearsed over and over again what
he was going to say to her, having the uncomfortable feeling that
if he didn’t he was going to end up sounding like a fool. But when
he walked into the diner, and as if magic Acasia turned and looked
right into his eyes, any rational thought flew out of his head.
Yep, he thought as he went through the door, to what may well be
his destiny, I am most definitely falling in love.

 
    Acasia
    When she looked up as the bell above
the door at the diner chimed and looked right into Garett’s eyes,
Acasia’s face lit up as if it were on fire. He hadn’t taken his
eyes off of her as he’d walked to his usual table, and she’d made
her way to him as if he was a magnet and she were made of metal,
unable to move anywhere but towards him. Her throat went dry. Her
palms got sweaty. She couldn’t say a damned word to him when she
reached him. She just stared at him, her face still bright red,
feeling like the world’s biggest idiot. Or more likely, a fool in
love.
    “ Acasia.”
    The way he said her name sounded
different somehow. Something had changed when their gazes had met
across the room. She’d felt it and she knew that he had felt it
too. She was breathless with anticipation, finally willing to let
go and feel what she felt for him. She looked into his eyes and met
a lover’s gaze, full of promise. The noisy diner faded around her,
and he was all that existed in her world. His hair, his eyes, his
lips. She drank in every bit of him with her eyes, memorizing the
face that she knew she would grow to love, the face that she was
dangerously close to loving already.
    He was every bit a man, no trace of the
boy that he had been existed. He no longer looked like Gavin to
her, only Garett. And he was so damned handsome that he almost took
her breath away. She realized that she hadn’t yet responded to his.
. . She wasn’t sure what exactly he’d meant when he had said her
name, whether it was a question or a promise. She stifled the urge
to touch him, suddenly aware again of the public space they were
sharing what felt like an all too private moment in, and forced her
hand to her side.
    “ Garett.”
    His name felt different on her lips,
and she almost didn’t sound like herself, even to her own ears. She
knew that whatever his next words to her were, that something had
changed between them.
    Garett bit his lip, a habit he had
carried from childhood. But to Acasia it was suddenly erotic. Every
move he made now seemed erotic. She was glad for the first time
that they were in a public place, afraid of what she might