Falling For Him by alisha rai

Author:alisha rai
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: alisha rai
Published: 2021-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Mason couldn’t quite stop glancing over at the small figure in his passenger seat. She was equally affected. Their gazes would catch, and they would share a goofy smile. He’d been excited all day, since he’d put his deepest fear to rest in his kitchen this morning—that she thought of him as a son or brother—but it was nothing to how he felt right now. In his heart, he felt like a schoolboy who had just gotten a flower from the pretty girl in biology.

He shifted in his seat and winced. His body, though, felt like a man’s. Fuck, he needed to not look at Leyla. Her lips, her eyes, her hair, her legs…a glimpse of any of those features and a little more blood rushed out of his brain.

She’d donned a simple blue sweater thing, so at least her top was covered up, but there was still that long expanse of toned leg to look at. The dress would have been modest on any other woman, but since Leyla didn’t usually wear anything cut above the knee, she might as well be naked in his overwrought mind.

He wondered if this was how men in the Victorian period felt when they caught a glimpse of an ankle. It was the forbidden, the hidden exposed, and there was something erotic about it.

He tried to focus on the road and off her creamy skin. He would have blown dinner off then and there. Or perhaps he could have cooked the meal himself and fed her bites in bed—

Mason cut off that line of thought. No. He wasn’t a ravening beast. She deserved romance and all that other stuff women liked. Just because they’d known each other forever didn’t mean they should hop into bed.

A relationship. He savored the word. Most men probably would go running for the hills at the thought of a woman who wouldn’t have sex without some promise of commitment, but not him. Not with Leyla. Their life together was inevitable, as far as he was concerned. He was actually relieved he wouldn’t have to worry that she wanted him just for sex. Thank God for her direct and straightforward nature. The last thing he wanted was for there to be doubt or mistrust between them.

The silence in the car was broken when Mason turned into the parking lot of the deceptively small brick restaurant. Leyla gave a low whistle. “You need reservations at Jackie’s.”

“I might have called and made one.”

“Weeks ago? Because that’s how exclusive they are.”

He hunched his shoulders, a bit embarrassed. “Maybe.”

“What would you have done if I had turned you down or had plans?”

“Gone by myself and cried into a plate of spicy basil chicken,” he replied solemnly.

She snorted a laugh. “This place is expensive.”

“I know I’m not raking in the big bucks yet, but I can afford a night out.” He waggled his brows at her as they parked in front of the entrance. “Stick with me, kid, and in a few years, we could be eating here every night.

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