Angel Eyes: A Love at First Sight Romance in Paris (Paris in a Heartbeat Book 1) by Ellie Jennings

Author:Ellie Jennings [Jennings, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inverlea Press, LLC
Published: 2024-05-24T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Seven

Gabriel

At eight o’clock sharp, I rapped on the door to Juliet’s apartment. Dressed in black tie and sweating bullets, I took a solid breath, clutching the bouquet of roses in my fist so hard that it was a wonder the stems didn’t snap.

Were the flowers too much? Should I have gotten pink instead of red?

Fuck, probably.

Needless to say, it had been a long time since I’d been on a date. Not that this was a date. At least, that’s not the way I had presented tonight’s charity gala at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild to Juliet when I’d met up with her earlier, tickets in hand and heart in my throat.

As soon as I’d stepped inside Café Procope, I spotted her at her usual table in the corner, huddled over her laptop and staring intently at the screen. For a moment, I lingered in the doorway, drinking in the sight of her. I could picture her cinnamon-sugar freckles from across the room when she wrinkled her nose, and when her lips hooked up in a smile, a dangerous thought careened through my head.

Mine.

No, not yet. I still had to earn the right to call her that.

So much had changed since my conversation with James, and now I was looking at this whole thing with Juliet in a new light. I hadn’t forgotten what she’d said about wanting to be just friends, and before now, I hadn’t been willing to fight her on it or give her a reason to believe this thing between us could be something real.

But that was all about to change, starting tonight.

The door opened to reveal Juliet in a midnight-blue evening gown that trailed over her figure, clinging to every elegant curve of her body. My eyes swept up to her face, and my Adam’s apple got caught behind my tie when I saw her usually rosy lips were painted blood red.

By all the saints.

How was it this woman was custom made to fit every one of my desires?

“Hi,” she breathed.

I wasn’t sure if I was imagining the warmth in those pretty green irises, but I would take it, real or imagined.

“Hey.”

God, I had missed her. I’d spent every minute since the dinner party worrying about her, and it wasn’t until she finally texted me back yesterday that I’d been able to inhale properly again.

She smiled, following my gaze to her dress. “Is it too much?”

I bit down on my knuckles, weighing my desire to impress her tonight against the sudden urge to cancel all our plans, carry her inside, and strip her right out of that dress.

“No,” I said, my throat raw. “You look exquisite.”

She nodded toward the roses. “Are those for me?”

“What? Oh yeah, they are.” I passed them to her, my eyes catching on a sapphire bracelet hanging from her wrist as she took them.

“Thank you. I’ll just put these in water.” She turned her back to me, and I nearly cursed a blue streak when I saw her dress dipped to the base of her spine, revealing a flawless expanse of bare skin.

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