Beauty and the BOSS (Billionaire's Obsession Book 1) by R. S. Elliot

Author:R. S. Elliot [Elliot, R. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Luke

The parking lot of a value grocery store wasn’t exactly an ideal place for a heart-to-heart, but that’s where Emily and I found ourselves, taking deep breaths in the hot, quiet interior of a car. Her face was still red from crying, but now her eyes were shining with some other emotion that I couldn’t place: wonder, maybe, or fear. I was surprised to find that I was actually nervous, as nervous as I might have been taking my first date to prom. I had no idea whether Emily was upset with me for keeping this from her or not. I debated telling her countless times, but every time I convinced myself that there was no way to do it that didn’t come across as invasive and inappropriate. Then again, I suppose I had been plenty invasive and inappropriate with her in the short time that we knew each other, as Olivia could testify.

Now I reached across the armrest and took her small hand in mine. It was clammy from fear, but she warmed under my touch as I rubbed small circles into her skin with my thumb.

“I should have told you sooner,” I said quietly. “You deserved to know.”

Emily fixed me with those huge blue eyes, and the sight took my breath away. Then she leaned over and kissed me sweetly on the mouth.

Her lips were warm and flushed from crying, so gentle and exploratory on mine. This was nothing like the passionate kisses we shared in my office. This was a tender, almost chaste, a kiss of forgiveness, and I didn’t bring my hands up to touch her face for fear of ruining how perfect it was. I should have known this would happen from the moment we got into the car together, but I was still taken aback. Somehow, in all my dreams of Emily, I had never imagined her like this, so giving and so open and so absolutely vulnerable with me.

“Emily,” I said softly, with her breath still in my mouth and her nose nudging against mine.

“I’m not mad at you,” she said. “You were just doing what you felt was right. And honestly, I don’t know what I would have done if I had known before now.”

“I didn’t want you to feel like I was stalking your or that I had singled you out. I tried to give you your space.”

“I appreciate that,” she said, drawing back into her corner of the car. She had a light dusting of pink across the tops of her cheeks now like her boldness scandalized her. I loved her like this, earnest and honest about what she was feeling.

“What were you even doing out there in Queens in the middle of the night?” She asked. “That run-down neighborhood is the last place I’d expect to see a guy like you zipping around on his fancy motorbike.”

I leaned against my side of the car as well and glanced over to her. She wanted her space now, but she also wanted to know more about my story.

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