Alluring Surrender by Skye Turner

Author:Skye Turner [Turner, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Erotica
Publisher: Skye Turner
Published: 2014-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Tifanie

As we get out of the car, the family and guests pile onto the porch and I can clearly see them staring, gesturing, and whispering. I can’t imagine what they’re saying about Cruz. It automatically pisses me off and I kick myself for subjecting him to the hell he’s about to encounter.

What was I thinking asking him to accompany me here? These people are hateful and shallow and stuck up.

Ugh, I can’t believe I’m doing this to him. This is my family. I HAVE to be around them occasionally, but he doesn’t, and I brought him straight into the lion’s den… like fresh meat on a platter… Son of a bitch.

Ty just strolls up the steps and heads straight to Grandma Clarabelle in her chair. He kisses her cheek and she reaches up to hug him as he says something that makes heads turn sharply toward them. Then, they both laugh and glance at Cruz and me. Ty winks and snags a glass of what looks like bourbon from a passing tray. He downs the entire thing and signals for the waiter to hand him another one.

Good thinking, Ty. I want one, too. Or ten.

Cruz mutters under his breath, “Everyone is staring at me. And your sister is glaring.”

I look to the right of the porch. Yup, AnnaBeth is indeed glaring and the scowl on her face is almost comical. The perfectly pressed idiot next to her is glaring too and I don’t miss the clenching of his hands at his sides.

Fucking seriously.

Scouring the porch, I see my parents encircled by their friends and they are all staring with looks of blatant disapproval at my hand grasped in Cruz’s.

Get over it!

Gently pulling Cruz along with me, we make our way to the porch. Grandma Clarabelle calls out to us, “My favorite grand-daughter is here.” Everyone gasps. She continues as if she didn’t hear them. “Come here, Tifanie. Ty tells me this is your gentleman. Let me have a look at him. He looks mighty nice from this distance.”

I chuckle. Cruz pulls back against my hand… And the whispering escalates.

Winking at him, I say out of the corner of my mouth, “Grandma Clarabelle is a mess.”

He nods but looks completely uncomfortable.

We head across the painted wooden beams and people purposely step out of the way to make certain they don’t touch us. The whispering follows closely behind. My back is ramrod straight and I can feel the unmistakable burn of rage pulsing down my spine. I try to ignore it and push it down. I don’t want Cruz to see my fury unleashed.

Grandma Clarabelle focuses her dark brown gaze on us as we approach. Her face gives nothing away.

Leaning down, I kiss her leathery cheek. Her hand reaches out and traces my cheekbone. “Bonjour, ma belle-fille.” As she smiles at me, her face is instantly transformed and you can clearly see what a beauty she once was.

Leaning back, I smile back. “Bonjour, grand-mere. C’est Cruz… Mon petit ami.” I glance at him and see him staring at me.

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