Built to Last by Camellia Tate

Author:Camellia Tate [Tate, Camellia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Rose

It felt like something had changed between us. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it was that Austin actually tried to listen to me. His interest in what I said seemed genuine. It was probably the reason why I let Austin move on to the promised dancing instead of continuing with the conversation.

We could always come back to that. If I was perfectly honest with myself, the idea of teaching Austin to dance was not unappealing . Having his hands on me, having him pull me close...

“Do you know how to dance?” I asked, rather than letting myself get lost in thoughts about how strong Austin’s hands might be.

He grinned, and it made something in my stomach flutter. When he wasn’t making my life difficult, he was handsome.

“Not the kind of dancing you mean,” he answered, getting to his feet. He held out a hand to help me up from the chair.

“I took a deb to cotillion when I was sixteen, but we pretty much just swayed in a circle.” I must have looked confused, because he clarified. “A debutante ball. Her family was much fancier than mine was.” He laughed at that, shaking his head. “At least, they were until I became a duke.”

That actually startled a laugh from me. The way Austin grinned at me laughing was nice. Like he enjoyed making me laugh. At least I liked to assume it was that. Besides, it was funny, because yeah, being a duke made Austin pretty fancy.

“We’ll start with something simple, then,” I decided. “You are probably going to need to go to dance classes, though.” I doubted he’d love that, but knowing how to dance at events was important.

Getting my phone, I set it to play some simple waltz music before taking the hand he’d offered. I hadn’t quite expected the way Austin pulled me close, my breath catching when my breasts pressed against his hard chest.

His other hand spanned my waist. Even wearing work clothes, I could feel how strong his fingers were. It made me feel delicate in his arms. For a moment, he just looked down at me, neither of us saying anything. His eyes were so bright as they stared into mine. I could feel the heat of his breath against my skin.

Austin’s tongue darted out, brushing over his lower lip. My gaze followed the movement, wondering how it would feel to trace the shape of his mouth with my tongue.

Almost as if he could read my mind, Austin pulled me even closer. My eyes closed a second before I felt the brush of his lips against mine.

I knew I should’ve pushed him away, should’ve told him that this was not happening. But my body wanted it so much. He felt like fire against me. My lips parted to let his tongue lick its way into my mouth. At first, the kiss was soft, almost surprisingly so.

But then, the heat took over. I kissed back. His mouth was so hot and his big hands pulled me tighter against him.

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