Overruled by Love by Michaels Bella

Author:Michaels, Bella [Michaels, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Workplace, jan 2021, needs an amazon review
ISBN: 9781946510709
Google: U_oWEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Altiora Press
Published: 2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

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There is zero reason not to kiss her.

I’ve wanted to do it since the second she opened the door this evening. Actually, way before that. But my grandfather’s ridiculous words of advice before I left ring in my ears.

He got wind of everything I’d done for the date from Tris. It was my fault, really. I made the error of telling Tris that my mom had made a carrot cake—our famous family recipe, which she refuses to pass on to him until he opens his own restaurant—so of course he came over to tell me the food had been delivered, a message he could have easily communicated via texting. Then he proceeded to slice himself a piece of cake and tell my entire family everything.

My mother practically has me married to Zara at this point, and Pops decided it was a good time to rehash his birds and the bees talk. As if the first time wasn’t painful enough.

“When a man really likes a woman . . . ,” he started, but I stopped him there. Still, he managed to get one line off before I walked out the door: “The greatest gift you can give a woman is your respect.”

I find myself thinking about that now, as the urge to kiss Zara rises up. Because I do respect her, and I want her to know it. So instead of grabbing her, I take the bottle and her glass from her.

“Sure,” I say. “Sit over there?” I nod toward the end of the dock.

She’s surprised, but no more than I am. I’m no manwhore, but I’ve never hesitated to kiss a woman in my life. I’ve also never gone to this extreme for a date. I don’t believe in love at first sight. It’s ridiculous, really.

But something about Zara made me overthink this date. It’s making me overthink my every move tonight.

After pouring a second drink for myself, I set the bottle down on the dock. We’re silent for a moment, the sound of crickets louder now than I remember it from previous visits. Or maybe that’s just because my senses are heightened tonight. I can hear the sound of my own heartbeat.

“This is incredible.”

Don’t say it. Don’t be so cheesy.

But the words slip out anyway, because, dammit, I mean them. “You’re incredible, Zara.”

Having tossed her shoes at the foot of the dock, she swings her bare feet off the edge. Framed by moonlight, casual and not casual, she is the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen.

“You’re embarrassing me,” she teases.

“Just telling the truth. I knew it from the second we met.”

Her laugh, less nervous and more carefree than at the start of the night, fills the air around us.

“Why do you think I kept coming back?”

“Hmm,” she pretends to think. “Maybe because most women fall at your feet, and I was a challenge for you?”

“Ah, so you were playing hard to get?”

“No,” she says with a smirk. “I actually didn’t like you.”

“Ouch.”

“And . . .” She hesitates. “I don’t think it was your fault.

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