Ethan by Leigh Loveday

Author:Leigh Loveday [Loveday, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

Kate

He doesn’t kiss me so much as possess me. His one hand is on my jaw, the other splayed on my back, and he pulls me in and probes my mouth with his tongue. As possessive as the kiss feels, it’s gentle and probing. More than mere lust.

“Take me to your place.” The words are out of my mouth, an urgent whisper beside his ear, before I even know what I’m saying. I feel him tense, and he takes me hand and pulls me back through the crowd, practically shouldering people out of the way in his rush.

My pulse is running a million miles a minute as I drop into the Aston. Truth is, I don’t go home with guys on the first date. Or even the fourth. I don’t know what the hell I’m doing but I know it feels right. Ethan closes the door behind me and gets into the driver’s seat in silence.

“Kate,” he says, and I can hear strain in his voice. He reaches over with one hand as we wind our way through picturesque roads—Brookshore really is a beautiful place— and clasps my hand in his. “This is crazy. It’s crazy fast. You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, but I’m not interested in a one-off fling with you. You know what I mean?”

My heart does some sort of backflip behind my sternum and I swallow, hard. Is he saying what I think he’s saying? Is he feeling everything I’m feeling, for real?

“So have dinner with me,” he says. “Let me show you how I’ll treat you. Stay with me tomorrow, too. And if you’re not all in by then, you can be on your way. Because one afternoon with you, one night with you… baby, I can already tell it’ll never be enough.”

My core clenches when he calls me “baby”, and I can barely breathe. I can’t believe it’s real. This man, so unbelievably hot, my knight in shining Aston who picked me up from the side of the road, is really into me? Me? Curvy little Kate from the Midwest?

“Okay,” I squeak out. I almost think he didn’t hear me, what with the roof being down, until he squeezes my hand and grins at the road ahead.

Speaking of the road, where the hell are we? I look around and it’s all nature and trees and meadows. We pass a small lake and take a right into a long, winding driveway lined with tall evergreen trees, and then the driveway opens up and my jaw nearly hits the floor.

The wide courtyard is nothing compared to the mansion behind it. And it’s beautiful, like it was modeled on some sort of English country house.

“You live here?” I ask, unable to believe my eyes.

The car pulls up, sliding a little on the gravel, and Ethan grins over at me. “Told ya I have a spare room.”

“Holy smokes!”

“Yeah. Took some getting used to when I moved in,” he says. He’s at my door in a flash, holding out his hand so he can help me out.

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