To Hold and to Heal (BWWM Interracial Romance) by Lecroy Naomi

Author:Lecroy, Naomi [Lecroy, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The first five minutes of the car ride to the restaurant was spent arguing over the radio. After a heated discussion regarding who was actually in charge and what the other could stand to listen to they finally settled on the local pop station. Nice rolled her eyes and made gagging noises in her throat. Alden laughed. “This was the agreement!”

The cold air-conditioning blasted against her skin. She shivered slightly and rubbed her hands over her arm. Alden reached over and touched her bare thigh. “Too cold?”

Heat shot through her, radiating from his fingers to her center. He ran his hand over her leg slowly, keeping his eyes on the road. She shivered more from his touch than the cold this time. “It's a bit chilly in here for me.”

He nodded and moved his hand away to turn the air down. She immediately missed his touch. “Where are we headed?” he asked.

“To a Chinese place,” she said, reaching forward and changing the channel on the radio.

He smiled down at her hand before grabbing it and kissing her knuckles, “Do you really want that? We'll go wherever you want. What's your favorite place?”

“We're already driving! And I don't know. I don't really eat out much.”

“Well there has to be somewhere you want to go.”

She shook her head. “No, I've never really thought about it. Never had time to think about things like that. Always been too busy taking care of Dad and the bar.”

His hand returned to her thigh. “Then I'll pick. We're not getting Chinese.”

“Where then?”

“It's a surprise,” he said, looking at her out of the corner of his eye. Her stomach grumbled again. “Don't worry it's not far.”

Half an hour later they were pulling into a large parking lot. “This place? This is your surprise? Somehow I was expecting something a little different.”

He grinned. “What's the matter? Don't you like games?”

She looked out the window at The Arena, a multilevel game-filled complex. She had been there only once, just out of high school but not since. She slipped out of the car into the heavy night air. Alden met her on her side of the car and reached for her hand.

“This is our first date. I'm going to buy you dinner and then I'm going to attempt to win enough tickets to get you a stupid stuffed animal,” he whispered into her ear.

She looked up into his smiling face. His green eyes were alight with mischief. “The last time I was here, I went bowling,” she said, looking back at the building.

He started walking. “We can do that. I'm afraid I’m not very good. But,” he turned to her. “I would love to watch you play. I can keep score.”

She felt the heat of a blush run up her cheeks. Damn it! She was always forgetting about his leg. Shaking it off she asked, “How did you even know about this place?”

“Found it when I was looking for somewhere to have a drink the other night, but I thought it was a little rowdy for my mood.

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