Spark by Jennifer Ryder

Author:Jennifer Ryder
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I sashay through the crowd and hold my head high, my eyes fixed on his the entire time. It’s as if I’m walking in slow motion, like in the movies. He watches me as I approach. If he was trying to subtly eyeball me, he has failed miserably, much to my delight. I try to contain the beaming smile that is busting to come out.

His conversation stops.

I have his undivided attention. I’ve seen that look in his eye before, from the first time we’d met. Yep. Deer in headlights.

“Eevie … how are you?” Aidan smiles gloriously.

Smiling a little back, energy prickles beneath my skin, finding a resting place in my cheeks. Use your words, Eevie … Someone bumps me from behind, and I lurch forward, instinctively grabbing Aidan’s upper arm for support. His firm bicep flexes beneath my hand, and his other arm swings forward, ready to catch me. Not the kind of start I was hoping for. Might as well have thrown myself at him. We slowly lower our arms, but I find myself unable to step back. I’m either magnetised to the floor … or to him.

I smile, more eagerly than intended, trying to gloss over my embarrassment. “Great thanks, Aidan.” Yeah, I’m much better now. “I owe you a drink, I think. What can I get you?”

“Another Corona, thanks, but I’ll come with you.”

I lead the way, Aidan’s hand resting possessively on the small of my back, guiding me to the busy bar. Lord, give me strength not to ravish this man in front of everyone. I clear my throat, trying not to focus on the warmth of his firm touch, but on my surroundings. I need to remember this is not a dream.

We squeeze in close together at the bar, Aidan’s smile practically blinding me. I don’t think he’d be very good at poker. He removes his hand from my back, and slowly puts it in his pocket, taking his warmth with him. I hope my face doesn’t give away my disappointment.

I drink in every detail of his rugged, manly face as talk while we wait to be served. I don’t even care that the service is slow. The stubble, the faint scar through his eyebrow, and his delicious golden skin. I resist the urge to stare at those luscious lips, lips I desperately want to taste. I shift focus to his eyes, figuring they’d be the safest option, but it’s a billion times worse. I want what’s behind those sparkling jewels.

I. Want. In.

I want to discover the man that has tugged at a piece of me from the first time we met.

Our conversation isn’t forced. It’s comfortable … but different. A good different. The air between us is charged, my attention solely focused on Aidan. Gratefully, the butterflies in my belly are sedated somewhat, but they are yet to flutter away. They might just like Aidan as much as I do.

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Sometime around eleven, I reluctantly break from conversation with Aidan. Not that I really

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