The Arrangement by Delaney Diamond

Author:Delaney Diamond [Diamond, Delaney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Multicultural, Contemporary, United States, African American, Multicultural & Interracial, Literature & Fiction, streetlit3a, UFS2
ISBN: 9781936279579
Amazon: B00EMK8A06
Goodreads: 9543942
Publisher: Delaney Diamond
Published: 2010-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Alexa’s heart surged, slamming against her breastbone. There was no way her willpower could withstand the thump levied by his innuendo.

“So it’s tonight, then?” she asked unnecessarily.

“Was there ever any doubt?” Leonardo countered. His predatory smile left no room for ambiguity regarding his intentions.

“No. Not where you’re concerned.”

He lifted his hand and let his forefinger trace down the length of her narrow face. “Have I told you how beautiful you look tonight?” he asked, his voice low and filled with warmth.

Alexa shook her head, emotion piled high in her throat so that she couldn’t speak. It was difficult to resist him when he was so charming. It was one of the things that had made her fall so fast and hard in love with him. He could turn it on whenever he chose, and his charm was lethal, able to slice through her inadequate objections.

“You are very beautiful tonight, querida.”

He leaned forward. There was only the slightest brush of his lips across hers, yet the featherlight touch evoked an explosive response. Alexa felt her stomach muscles contract painfully, and her breath caught in her throat. She wanted him, and when he pulled back, there was no doubt he could see the truth in her eyes.

“We should leave now,” Leonardo stated.

“We’ve barely been here an hour. What will people think?”

“When have you ever known me to care what people think?”

It was true. Leonardo da Silva didn’t concern himself with social norms.

He wasn’t one to inconvenience himself at the expense of others. If someone else had a problem with something he did, it was their problem, not his. For him it was enough that he had come out in support of his friends’

celebration. He was ready to leave, so he would.

He took Alexa’s arm just below the elbow and started moving toward the door.

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The Arrangement

Delaney Diamond

Like a hot-blooded robot, she remained in step with him. Her body was responding to the proximity of his, his masculine scent, and the warmth of the long, firm fingers lightly pressed against the tender flesh of her arm.

It wasn’t hard to understand why she still wanted him so much, but she didn’t want to be so easy. She wanted to be tough and make it difficult for him to seduce her back between the sheets. Instead, it was glaringly clear he would not find seduction was necessary at all, because she was ready and willing to succumb to any of his demands.

On the way to the door, they said their good-byes to the hosts. The Simpsons expressed their disappointment that they were leaving so soon, but also their pleasure that the two had found their way back together. After a bit more small talk, they departed.

The Porsche ate up the miles of Highway 85, a main thoroughfare that ran through the heart of Atlanta and its surrounding counties. At first, neither one of them broke the silence in the car as they barreled toward home. The chemistry was still just as strong between them, and the pulsing ache in Alexa’s body increased the longer they were in the car.

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