The One by Danielle Allen

Author:Danielle Allen [Allen, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01D0Z73QA
Published: 2016-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 12

I was glad that I put on a jacket as the breeze was a little chilly. I stuffed my hands in my pockets as I quietly followed Julian to the gazebo. I spent most of the walk in my head, trying to figure out how to approach him about what Mya said. I wasn’t trying to throw her under the bus and I wasn’t trying to start anything, but if it was true and someone with knowledge of the show told her that, I wanted to know.

Once we walked through the narrow walkway to the fence, Julian reached for my hand.

Intertwining our fingers, I felt that familiar pull to him, that immediate connection to him. I sighed.

As soon as we get inside, I’ll talk to him about it, I assured myself.

“The closer we get, the quieter you get. Are you having doubts about sneaking out of the house?” His playfulness pulled a smile out of me.

I looked up at his handsome face and my stomach flipped. “When we get inside, can we talk?”

He looked at me, clearly unnerved by those three little words. “Is everything okay?”

He opened the door and gestured for me to walk through the door. I had only taken two steps before stopping in my tracks.

My eyes swept over the dimly lit room. Moonlight poured into the room, cascading light through the glass windows. Rose petals surrounded a small table that was placed in the middle of the gazebo. Three big white candles sat on the table, fire flickering at the wicks. Slow R&B music played lightly through speakers hidden in the walls. The smell of chocolate wafted through the air.

I spun around just as Julian closed the door behind us. Even with the beautiful layout before me, he was the reason my heart skipped a beat. In a pair of sweat pants and a tight t-shirt that showcased his muscles and the half-sleeve of tattoos on his arm, he was gorgeous. And knowing that the gorgeous, amazing man before me might have put together the most romantic layout for me was almost enough to make me cry.

“What’s this?” My voice was so light that it lost itself in the music.

“This,” he said, stepping forward. He cupped my face. “This is the date you deserve.”

He planted a sweet, lingering kiss against my lips. When he pulled away, he gazed down at me. My heart thumped between the kiss and the way he looked at me.

I wrapped my arms around him. “You are an incredible man.”

“And you are an incredible woman.” He pecked my lips and then spun me around. Wrapping his arms around me from behind, he kissed my neck as he guided us to the table. He pulled out my chair for me and I sat.

The expensive looking bottle of wine he poured from was beautiful, but I’d never heard of the brand before. He filled our glasses and upon tasting it, I knew it was the most delicious thing I’d ever tried.

I looked around in awe.

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