My First, My Last by Lacey Silks

Author:Lacey Silks [Silks, Lacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: relationships, family, contemporary romance, women's fiction
Publisher: MyLit Publishing
Published: 2014-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

“You look beautiful tonight.” Wearing his tux, Dan leaned against the door frame. It was already Saturday evening, and as much as I wanted to spend the time with Adrian, this fundraiser was important and something I’d committed to long ago.

“Thank you.” I regarded his confident posture and wide shoulders. Dan definitely fit the criterion of handsome men needed to raise the kind of money at the event we were going to tonight. When one of the organizers had called asking him to partake, I’d had no doubt he’d be one of the top prizes of the night.

“Need help with that?” He pointed to my hand, where I was holding my platinum necklace between my fingers. It was a birthday gift from a few years back and the most expensive piece of jewelry I owned. He’d bought it around the same time his real estate business was beginning to pick up, in our happier moments.

“Sure.” I turned around and lifted my hair to clear my neck.

His fingers were gentle, and I wondered whether he’d brushed my skin more tenderly on purpose before drawing his hands down my bare shoulders. We looked at each other in the hallway mirror. The reflection was one of us in the past when we had been a happy devoted couple. His gaze devoured me in that way that told me he loved the way I looked.

“It’s all for a good cause.” My voice quivered. I wasn’t used to dressing up for events like these, but tonight was important. Celia, one of the girls from our kids’ school, had been diagnosed with leukemia. The treatment bills had piled up for the family, who couldn’t afford the extensive care, and they were about to lose their home. The parent committee had organized this black-tie affair to raise money. They’d invited high-profile businessmen from the community to be auctioned off for a dance. Dan was among one of the prizes.

“Yeah, I know. If it were you standing on that stage tonight, I’d wager all my savings to have that one dance with you.”

“You can dance with me for free, Dan,” I said, feeling my cheeks drizzle with heat.

“But I can’t stand someone else dancing with you,” he growled in that low husky voice of his. The sound used to heat me to the core, but not anymore—perhaps because I wouldn’t allow it.

I lowered my head. There was no way I would encourage him. Our parental relationship was clear, and he knew I was dating someone else, but Dan liked to break the rules and cross that line I drew between us more often than I should have allowed—no matter what the consequence. Now that I was getting serious with Adrian, I had to find a way to make that line permanent and for Dan to accept it. If I could have, I’d have built a thick wall between us that would zap him with an electric shock the moment he had any lecherous thoughts about me.

“You’ve got those sinful moves that make a man crazy.

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