Ritual: A New Adult College Romance (Palm South University Book 5) by Kandi Steiner

Author:Kandi Steiner [Steiner, Kandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kandi Steiner
Published: 2020-07-29T23:00:00+00:00

I feel night and day better after an evening with Brandon.

Just like I suspected, we’d barely made it through takeoff before Brandon had me pinned against one of the leather couches on the private jet, and once we’d landed in Chicago, we’d spent all dinner staring at each other from across our intimately lit table, my heel tracing up and down his leg under the tablecloth, his eyes devouring me more than the meal.

By the time we get back to the suite downtown, I’m starving for his touch again. It seems I never can get enough.

I’ve never been to Chicago before, and I decide after just one day in the city that I love it. The architecture is unlike anything I’ve ever seen, buildings stretching up high into the sky and lining the river, the lake, filling the city with lights. But there are also dozens of parks and recreational areas, so while it’s a city, it’s somehow greener and fresher than Manhattan — at least, in my opinion.

I’m appreciating the view from our balcony and the crisp, cool air when Brandon joins me, wrapping his arms around me from behind. I rest my head back on his chest as he lets out a deep, content sigh.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” he whispers in my ear.

I nod, letting my eyes trace over the city lights glittering like stars, the river reflecting their glare and making for the most picturesque backdrop.

“You know, it’s been almost a year since the first time you took me on that private jet,” I remark.

Brandon chuckles, kissing my cheek. “It has, hasn’t it? God, I wanted you so bad. I’m surprised I made it that long before touching you.”

“You were trying to do the right, moral thing and not fuck your intern.”

“Looks like I sold my soul to the devil, then.”

I turn in his arms, threading mine around his neck. The way the lights reflect in his eyes warm my chest, and I trace his dark features, falling even more for him every second that we’re together. “I’m so happy we found each other.”

He nods, knuckles brushing my jaw. “Me, too. I can’t believe you thought we weren’t exclusive all that time, until you asked me in the spring after we told everyone at the agency about us.”

“It’s hard,” I argue. “When you’re my age, everyone plays games.”

His eyes are darker when they meet mine again. “Do you know now that I don’t?”

I swallow, nodding, leaning into where his hand frames my face.

“And do you know that I love you?”

I close my eyes, fighting back the tears those words drew from me the moment he said them. It’s nearly impossible, though, for the joy that strangles me, the relief, the terror and otherworldly ecstasy that consume me at once.

“I do now,” I say, opening my eyes and looking into his. “And I love you, too.”

Brandon’s lips are on mine as soon as I finish speaking, and I breathe in the kiss, the man holding me, the night around us, the moment I’ll never forget.

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