Every Little Promise: An Orchid Valley Prequel by Ryan Lexi

Author:Ryan, Lexi [Ryan, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781940832159
Publisher: Ever After, LLC
Published: 2020-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

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Brinley

Does he want me to drag him into a dressing room and jump him? Because the temptation is so strong that I’m considering it. But it has nothing to do with him buying me gifts and everything to do with the sweet things he’s saying . . . the old feelings he’s bringing to the surface.

I press my palms against his chest and push him back so I can see his dark brown eyes. “If I let you buy it for me, would you want to see it?”

His nostrils flare, but he pulls back instead of moving closer. “It’s not a requirement, if that’s what you’re asking.”

“That’s not what I’m asking.” I look him over as thoroughly as he was studying the mannequin in the window. “It might be worth letting you spoil me if you’re spending the night thinking about what’s underneath my clothes.”

“Done,” he says. He gets the attention of a svelte brunette salesclerk with little more than the lift of his chin, and she comes scurrying over like a puppy greedy for attention. He leans over and whispers in her ear. She nods and shoots me a smile. He tucks something in her hand—cash, a credit card? Hell, for all I know, he’s handing over his phone number, but . . . no. I’m beginning to realize that, for tonight at least, I don’t need to worry about other women.

“I’ll get a dressing room ready for you,” the clerk says.

When she disappears into the back of the store, Marston turns his attention on me again.

His eyes are so hungry as they skim over me that I feel five inches taller. I’ve dated on and off over the last decade, but my first priority has been and will always be Cami. Somewhere along the way, I stopped feeling desirable. I didn’t realize until this moment just how much I missed that feeling. Or maybe I missed him.

“And what are you going to do while I try on lingerie?”

He shrugs. “I need to go run an errand. I’ll meet you back here in fifteen minutes.”

It’s ridiculous, but my stomach sinks with disappointment. Never, ever would I think I’d be the kind of woman who’d model lingerie for a man in a public dressing room, but the way he was looking at me? The things he was saying? If he’d wanted to come back to that dressing room with me, I don’t think I would’ve denied him. Instead, he’s running an errand while I shop.

“Thirty-four C?” the saleswoman asks when she appears again.

“Wow. Yeah. How do you do that?”

She smiles. “Your husband. He had a few ideas, but he said you can get whatever you like.”

“Oh, he’s not—”

“Lucky girl,” the woman next to me says, and I follow her gaze to Marston’s retreating form. “A generous husband who looks at you like you’re the object of his every fantasy and is also that fine? You’ve found yourself a unicorn. Don’t let him go.”

I swallow hard and dare to imagine—for a few beats of my heart—that it could be that simple.

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