Love So Irresistible by Marquita Valentine

Author:Marquita Valentine [Valentine, Marquita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
Amazon: B00U9QUA4Q
Barnesnoble: B00U9QUA4Q
Goodreads: 24933426
Publisher: Valentine Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

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That evening, Skylar waited until she heard the sound of Mason’s boat before she walked to his house. She made her way to his dock and stood, waiting for him while he tied up.

Bomber jumped over the side and onto the pier, bounding toward her with his tongue hanging out.

She smiled at him and knelt down, “Hey buddy, how was the water today?”

“Sale on crabs again?” Mason asked. His footsteps were heavy and made the dock shake a little.

Glancing up at him, she almost swallowed her tongue. There he stood, in all his glory, bare chested and wearing a pair of board shorts that emphasized how cut he was. The wind blew his messy hair around, the pale strands glinting in the sun. Here and there, he had faded white scars and…oh sweet baby Jesus, tattoos. Surely, he had to have flaws somewhere. She glanced at his legs—tanned and muscled. Maybe really ugly feet.

Oh, dear Lord.

The man had sexy feet, hands…she tipped her head back just as he pushed his sunglasses back. Nothing on that man was a flaw. He was flawless.

Heat ran through her, desire for him nearly knocking her down.

“Don’t keep me in suspense,” he prompted.

“Steak, this time. Didn’t go as crazy, but I thought you might want the rib-eye I bought by accident. I would have returned it after I realized my mistake, but it seems weird to take food back to the grocery store,” she said.

“Is this your way of asking me out?” He crossed his arms over his broad chest. She couldn’t tell if he was happy or unhappy to see her again.

Shivering in pleasure as she stood, she tried to give him some half answer. “Just being neigh—”

His lips flattened.

“Asking you out,” she finished.

He didn’t say a word. Cold embarrassment invaded the heat of desire, turning her insides lukewarm. What had she been thinking? Just because they’d had a good time before, and he’d asked her to come out on his boat with him, did not mean he wanted to see her in the meantime.

Don’t be desperate, Skylar. Men didn’t like desperate, and since Mason was such an alpha type of guy, he really wouldn’t like it. He probably ate desperate for lunch.

“Ye-ah, I’ll go home now.”

“You don’t want to eat dinner with me?” he asked.

Confused, she wrinkled her nose at him. “Huh?”

“Me. You. Bomber. Steaks.”

“You want to eat dinner with me?”

“I like steak.”

“Just steak?” she asked hopefully.

His lips tipped at the corners. “Bomber’s pretty good company.”

Laughter bubbled up. “Anything else you like or think is good company?”

“Baked potatoes.”

“Didn’t bring any.” She shrugged a shoulder and his eyes followed the movement, making her completely grateful that she wore something a little sexier than normal. Okay, so a whole lot sexier than normal. But who else would she wear an off-the-shoulder top and flirty skirt for?

“Nice shirt.”

Score. He noticed. “It’s my favorite color.” Almost violet in color, it reminded her of his eyes.

“Suits you.”

Bomber brushed past her and bounded onto dry land.

“Did you just pay me a compliment?” she asked.

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