Never a Bride by Caridad Pineiro

Author:Caridad Pineiro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: beach romance, summer romance, wedding romance, bride, romance, romance series, wedding series, jersey shore, friends to lovers, portuguese, multicultural romance, contemporary romance, contemporary romance series, beach read, new jersey, wedding planner, caterer, chef, cooking romance
Publisher: Caridad Pineiro
Published: 2020-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

CARLO STOOD STOCK STILL, processing her words over and over. How many times had he wished for a moment quite like this and yet, not like this with her not really herself.

“I don’t think that’s such a good idea,” he said as he heard the rustle of fabric that warned that she was getting undressed. To keep from turning to look at her, he focused on the wall in front of him with its feminine wallpaper of pink roses in a stripe pattern.

“You said to trust you. I do,” she said, her words still a little slurry and accompanied by yet more rustling. The bedspread he hoped as he peered over his shoulder and found her with the covers tucked up to her chin, her arms and shoulders bare.

His cock twitched and tightened at the thought of her all bare beneath the bedspread.

“I should go,” he said, but her words came again, blurred with sleep this time.

“Please stay.”

“I warned you before, Emma. I’m not a saint,” he replied and waited for her response, but all that followed was a long inhale and a soft snore.

He turned to find her fast asleep, one hand tucked up to her cheek and the other spread out on the empty space beside her, as if she was reaching for something. Someone. Him.

His brain told him to go. That nothing good could come of his staying.

But his heart . . . the heart that had longed for so long to be with her made up thousands of excuses for why he should remain in the blink of an eye. Everything from what could happen if she woke up ill to her falling out of bed and cracking her head open. And with all those dire scenarios running through his head, he gave in to his heart’s desire.

He walked over to a wing chair placed invitingly before a gas fireplace in her bedroom. The remote for the fireplace was on a small table by the chair. There was a hint of damp and chill in the air thanks to the snowy night and since he planned on sleeping above the covers as a safety precaution, he snapped on the fireplace.

The warmth was instantaneous and welcome as he slipped off his shoes, socks, suit, and shirt. The heat warmed him as he stood there in his briefs and carefully folded his shirt and pants, and hung his suit jacket over the chair, delaying. Hesitating as he considered what might come of his decision not to leave.

But with the decision made, he returned to the bed and gently picked up the arm flung out over the empty space beside her, careful not to wake her. He slipped into that space and as soon as he did, she shifted closer and flung her arm back over him and nestled her head on his shoulder.

It was torture being so close to the person he wanted most and wasn’t sure it made sense to have. But as the warmth of the

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