Tempting a King (King Family Romance Book 1) by Isla Drake

Author:Isla Drake [Drake, Isla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

Finn takes me to a little family-owned steakhouse about a half hour away. I’d half expected him to take me to Mack’s. While I love his brothers’ restaurant, I’m glad he chose somewhere we’re less likely to be recognized. It’s not that I care if someone sees us on a date. I just don’t want any interruptions. I’m not ready to explain anything to anyone. Not until Finn and I decide what this is ourselves.

The lighting is soft inside the restaurant and it lends a sense of privacy to each table, which I like. The place is elegant without being too upscale.

“I’ve never been here before,” Finn says, taking his seat across from me. “I’ve heard good things though. I hope this is okay.”

I smile. “It’s perfect.”

We spend the next few minutes studying the menu without much talking. Our server arrives with glasses of water and we order our drinks.

After he leaves, Finn and I go back to studying the menus. The silence between us borders on awkward, but it’s as though neither of us is ready to break it. Or maybe we’re not sure how. I’m just about to open my mouth to speak when I hear Finn let out a loud sigh. I look up from my menu to find him looking at me.

“What?”

He sets his menu down on the table and leans toward me across the table. “I need to say something.”

“Okay,” I say, wondering where this is going.

“I’m sorry,” he says, surprising me. I thought we were past this. I feel the heat of anger flare through me. If he apologizes one more time for what happened between us, I may scream. I open my mouth to tell him just that, but he holds up a hand to stall me.

“Wait,” he says, smiling. “Hear me out.” When I close my mouth, he goes on. “I am sorry, but not for the reason you think. I'm sorry that I did things out of order."

A rush of memories floods through me and I have to fight off a blush. I’m pretty certain he’d done everything in exactly the correct order the other night. At my look of confusion, he explains.

"I should have asked you on a date years ago.” His voice is low, and he doesn’t look away from my eyes. “I should have sent you flowers and told you how beautiful you are. How amazing and funny and smart and sexy you are. Because I’ve noticed all those things for years, Hannah.” My breath catches in my throat. I can’t see anything but sincerity in Finn’s eyes as he looks at me. I don’t know what to say to that, but Finn goes on, keeping me from forming a response.

His expression shifts to something darker, possessive. I’m reminded of the way he looked at me in his office before that first kiss.

“I should probably tell you that our first time shouldn't have been up against the wall in my office,” he says with a grin. “But I'm not sorry about that.

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