Seduced on the Red Carpet (Mills & Boon Kimani) (Love in the Limelight - Book 3) by Ann Christopher

Author:Ann Christopher [Christopher, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, African American, Contemporary, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781408921784
Google: jtgIyl-g2ncC
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2010-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

“Pick,” Hunter said. “A or B.”

After a delightful lunch on the terrace, he’d loaded her into his truck for the second half of what she was already thinking of as a fairy-tale day. Possibly the best day of her life, although she hated to make that concession before the sun even set on the horizon. Holding hands in a wonderful silence, they drove down a peaceful road with valley views of orange and gold in every direction. Now they’d come to a dead end, and Hunter, who seemed to be brimming with a kind of smug excitement, expected her to select the next activity.

“B,” she said, grinning and hoping she hadn’t chosen between, say, a trip to either a mall or museum. Neither idea appealed to her. While she was here in Napa, she fully planned to spend as much time outside in the crisp air and sunshine as possible.

“B it is.” Shooting her a return grin, Hunter turned right.

They drove a little farther and then, suddenly, the trees gave way to reveal flashes of startling color and—

“Balloons.”

Clapping a hand over her frantically beating heart, she tried to keep some of her excitement inside lest they were planning to drive on past and head to an art museum after all. Four balloons, in various stages of inflatedness, stretched out in the valley before them, their baskets—gondolas, right?—waiting nearby. One was rainbow striped, one rainbow swirled and the other two were mostly blue with red zigzags. Did he know she’d always wanted to ride in one?

“Are we going on a balloon ride?”

Laughing, Hunter parked and cut the engine. “That’s the plan. Unless you’re scared of heights.”

“Of course I’m scared of heights! Let’s go!”

If she’d given herself more time to think about it, she’d have behaved with a little more decorum rather than leaping out of the truck and clapping and hopping like a two-year-old. She probably would have said her prayers and called her life insurance company to make sure she was paid up. But she was too excited and happy, and the sun was shining and she was free to play for once in her life.

Why not wallow in the joy?

“Thank you!” Racing around the truck’s cab, she launched herself into Hunter’s arms, nearly knocking him over with her Amazonian enthusiasm, poor guy. He was a good sport about it, laughing and holding her tight, and he didn’t even protest when she planted sloppy kisses all over his face. “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

“You’re welcome, angel.”

He set her back on her feet, staring at her with such glowing tenderness that she fully understood, deep in her gut, how much trouble she was in. This wasn’t about having a bittersweet vacation fling and taking fond memories with her for the rest of her life. This was about falling crazy in love with a man who didn’t belong in her world any more than she belonged in his. This was about her life changing into something unrecognizable, and if she was smart, she’d walk away now.

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