Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

Author:Melissa Brayden [Brayden, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781635553062
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Devyn arrived in front of Elizabeth’s home five minutes after she was scheduled to pick her up for their date. It was a tactic she’d employed when showing up to any negotiating table: keep them waiting on you. Stay just beyond their reach, and they’ll want the deal all the more. While she wasn’t sure it extended into her love life, or anyone’s for that matter, she’d arrived late out of habit. With a final adjustment to her jeans, white sleeveless blouse, and purple and peach Chanel scarf, she knocked on the door with confidence.

Which was short-lived.

When Elizabeth opened the door, she blinked. And blinked some more.

“Hi,” Elizabeth said, and waited. She inclined her head to the side and stared at Devyn. “Devyn? I said hi.”

“Right. Hi.” Devyn rolled her lips in and then remembered to smile. Everything about Elizabeth was beautiful and soft. She wore a blue dress that complemented the vibrant green of her eyes and showed off her bare shoulders. The strappy sandals she wore had a slight heel that made her legs look long and smooth and long again. Devyn tried not to stare but felt fairly certain she’d lost that battle. Elizabeth’s hair was down and parted on the side, and she wore shimmery lip gloss that begged to be kissed right off her face. The combined effect of all of the details, and Elizabeth herself, was mind numbing. “Shall we go?”

Devyn was apparently short on words.

Elizabeth quirked her head at Devyn’s silence. “We also never decided where.”

“Let’s go to a nice restaurant,” Devyn said, rejoining the program in progress. “A quiet one. Know any like that?”

“Well, there’s a new place at the edge of town that specializes in homemade pasta that everyone has been going on about. They have little candles on all the tables. Oh, and white linen tablecloths. It’s Seth and Carol’s restaurant. Remember Seth? He was the mascot in school. One grade ahead.”

“Star Studded Seth with the hair?” That was what they’d called him back in the day.

Elizabeth laughed, and the sight of that smile made Devyn’s breath catch. “Yes, that would be him. Now he’s elbow deep in pasta dough and pulling in money hand over fist. From what I hear, people from neighboring towns are even driving in. It’s been on my to-do list to check it out.”

“Okay, settled. Let’s go see Seth and eat pasta. But first this.” She couldn’t stop herself. She stepped in and kissed Elizabeth’s lips softly, lingering there and inhaling her fresh cotton scent for a moment before opening her eyes and exhaling. “There. I’m feeling better now, like I can breathe again.”

“Are you? I’m feeling…buzzed.”

Devyn chuckled quietly. “What does that mean?”

“I have no idea.” Elizabeth blinked. “But it’s what I am.”

She stole one last quick peck. “Shall we go to dinner?”

“Yes, please,” Elizabeth said, with a pleased grin.

Devyn wanted to kiss her again but refrained. Dinner was going to be torturous with Elizabeth in that dress, shoulders on display, cleavage slightly glimpsable.

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