To Have and to Hold by Gina Robinson

Author:Gina Robinson [Robinson, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Kayla

My heart pounded. My pulse raced. My world lit up. If my life had been a movie, I would have started dancing and singing. Instead I stood and hugged him. "Lazer!"

He smiled into my eyes. His hands went to my waist. Friendly. Intimate. On the edge of decorum. And positively thrilling. I felt them as if they scorched. His face was inches from mine. Up close, his eyes were dark and dazzling. His smoothly shaved face sensual and crying out to be touched. I had to bunch my fist to resist stroking his cheeks.

He was dressed in a custom-made suit with lines so classic and simple it had to have cost thousands. The fabric was fine, soft high quality beneath my fingers. The way it moved was pure poetry written in summer wool. The shirt beneath the suit coat tapered to show off his trim abs and waist in a classic Italian silhouette. The buttons were mother-of-pearl and handsewn in invisible stitching, a hallmark of a certain Italian designer. He looked as if he'd just stepped out of a men's fashion shoot. He rattled me in ways I didn't want to admit to. I could barely think.

"Funny running into you here, princess-maker." I felt intoxicated and breathless in his presence.

His eyes danced. He seemed charmed that I was flirting with him. "They're working on it. You got your nondisclosure? I haven't seen you online playing."

My pulse fluttered. My heart and ego danced. He'd been watching for me online! "Not yet. I thought you got busy and forgot all about me." I couldn't have been more obvious if I'd batted my eyes at him. I couldn't help myself.

"How could I? You and Justin have been all over the news."

Was there an edge of regret in his voice? Whatever he felt, his comment brought me back to myself and the reality of my situation. I shouldn't be flirting with him. Especially not in front of Britt. I simply smiled.

"I'll follow up this afternoon. They've been swamped. Give them a few days. If you don't get an invitation by Monday or Tuesday, text me." He leaned in and whispered, "I've missed our gaming. The red room of game hasn't been the same since you left."

His comment made me ridiculously happy. "That's only because you beat me handily. I'm glad we ran into each other. What brings you here?"

He hitched a thumb over his shoulder toward the main campus of one of Seattle's biggest businesses. "Picking up a pizza to go. I had business with the everything store. It ran into my lunch hour. Such is the life of a businessman. Always eating on the go. What are you doing here? Besides the obvious?"

Britt cleared her throat.

I blushed. I'd been so captivated by Lazer, I'd screwed up my cover in front of Britt and her watching eyes. "Oh, sorry! I'm lunching with my best friend." I stepped out of his embrace, which had lasted longer than appropriate. "Lazer, this is Britt. Britt, meet Lazer Grayson.

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