Seems Like Old Times by Joanne Pence

Author:Joanne Pence [Pence, Joanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B0068WXGB4
Goodreads: 16086396
Publisher: Quail Hill Publishing
Published: 2012-09-09T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

They stood on the landing at the top of the stairs that led down to the parking lot. She ran her hand over her hair, trying to push loose tendrils back into her chignon. "It was quite warm in there."

"The breeze feels good."

"Excuse me." A middle-aged couple stood before them. "Aren’t you Lee Reynolds?" the man asked.

"My name's Lisa," she said.

The man looked skeptical. "But "

"Give her a break," Tony said, taking Lee's arm and leading her away from the two. "Don't you know all blondes look alike?"

Embarrassed, the couple backed away, muttering an apology.

Lee did all she could not to laugh aloud.

"I'm sorry," Tony said. "I couldn't help myself."

"It's all right. You did just fine."

He smiled at her. "Are you enjoying this, Lisa?"

"I can't begin to tell you " She began enthusiastically, then stopped. "Are you?"

"It...it's good. It's..."

"Yes?"

He shook his head. "Nothing. Is it too cold for you out here? Evenings in Miwok--cold wind and fog, just like always."

She folded her arms. "It's scarcely chilly at all."

He wrapped an arm over her shoulders and pulled her against his side. Someone swung the door to the gym open all the way so that it caught and didn't close again--apparently others were also feeling the heat inside.

She glanced back at the door, then at the man beside her, and let herself lean against him, enjoying his nearness.

"It's strange to be here again with you, Tony. It's as if seventeen years of my life didn't really happen, and I'm here, and this is what's real..."

"Don't, Lisa!"

Startled, she hid her hurt. "It's not that I want to have such thoughts. I can't help it. I spent so many years not letting myself think of those days. And then I came back."

He touched her jaw, his thumb under her chin as he lifted her face toward his own. Her pulse raced at his touch. The distant sound of "Since I Fell For You" reached them.

His arms circled her, and he slowly drew her closer to him. She didn't draw back as their eyes met.

"Dance with me?" he whispered.

She nodded.

His fingers started at her shoulders then traveled the length of her back, to her waist, her hips, molding her to him as they danced.

She could feel the raw desire that had teased them all evening, making her hot, cold, and wound tighter than a top, suddenly let loose and gnaw at her insides.

Still holding her close as he swayed to the music, he said, "Come home with me, Lisa."

She stopped and drew back.

"Not for old times." His gaze was penetrating. "For now."

"But..." She could think of a thousand reasons not to go, and only one reason that she should. She wanted him, wanted to be with him, wanted to love him. And with this feeling so strong, what did they tell her about all the reasons that kept her away? Reasons like Bruce, like the life she now lived? But then, didn’t she know right from the beginning where this night would lead? And

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