Renzo (The Ciprianos of Kellington) Read Online Free PDF

the dragonfly…see. The blue
is an unusual color.” She walked over to him with lamp in hand. He should have
been looking at the lamp, but Renzo was too busy looking at her beautiful hair.
He had a sudden urge to touch it, run his fingers through it and take a deep
whiff to see just how it smelled.
    Steady,
old man, easy before you do something stupid.
    “Do you think this will
look nice on your desk?” she asked.
    “Since it’s as lovely
as you, Jaslyn, it will make a nice addition to my office,” he said watching a
silly smirk spread across her lips turn into a cute giggle.
    “I’m sorry for giggling.
Let’s go up front and I’ll write you up a ticket.” She walked away leaving him
there as he smacked his own head for saying such an asinine comment. Boy, did
he feel like the village idiot while walking back toward the front.

 
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    Jaslyn knew she was
wrong for laughing at his comment, but she couldn’t help it. She figured the
real reason for him coming to the store was to see her and she thought it was
adorable. She had been too busy with new clients, thanks to Mrs. Cipriano, she never got the chance to thank him for the
flowers. When he came into the shop, she had to compose herself. It seemed
since she last saw him, he had gotten more handsome. “I can box it up for you
and have it delivered to your place or you can just take it as it is.”
    “Umm, can you have it
delivered then?”
    “Address, please.”
    “Yes, it’s 9812
Thomason Way. Can you have it delivered around noon? I should be home by that
time. Anytime afterwards I won’t be home.”
    “Where are you going to
be?”
    “Family get together,
it’s been a long time since we’ve had one so it should be good.”
    She liked it when he
smiled. It made those eyes of his sparkle and the fact he had dimples made him
even cuter. Who the hell would fuck up the chance of being with this man?
What is his ex, a ditz or something?
    “How long has it been?”
The smile was gone and Jaslyn realized she had completely caught him off guard
by her line of questioning.
    “What do you mean by
that?”
    “Let me be a bit more
specific. How long has it been since your divorce that you’ve been with a
woman?” She watched his lips form a gorgeous grin.
    “It’s been too long,
I’m afraid to say.”
    “Well, I’m afraid to
inform you that even though you may have been without a woman’s affection, I’m
not the one to give it to you.”
    “But,
Jaslyn.”
    “I know all about you
and your brothers’ escapades. How you get with any woman you want. Ever since
I’ve been in this town, it seems like I’m on the single men’s radar or
something. I’ve had many guys come in here with flowers and such trying to woo
me. And then you come in here in your business suit, looking handsome as hell.
But I have to remember in the back of my head you are a Cipriano and can get
whoever you want. Honestly, do you think I’m easy pickings or something?”
    “No, I don’t think
you’re easy. Listen, I know how my brothers and I have a rep with women. But I
am nothing like that…maybe when I was younger and didn’t give a damn. I am not
that type of man anymore. Jaslyn, I’ve completely changed. Hell, I haven’t been
with a woman since my divorce. I just want to get to know you and let you know
me. Wait just a minute, did you say I was handsome?”
    His smile was so broad
she knew she’d opened up a big can of peacock-pride in him.
    “You must know that you
are handsome. I mean you have women swooning over you all the time.” She
watched him shake his head.
    “You have me all wrong,
Jaslyn, you are going by gossip and not by truth,” he said.
    She wasn’t hearing it
at all. “That will be one-hundred thirty-seven fifty-four.”
    “Can I at least take
you out to dinner sometime?”
    She ripped the ticket
from the book and put it down on the counter, sliding it toward him without
saying another word. He looked defeated, but she was going