Wait for Always by K.A. Linde

Author:K.A. Linde [Linde, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.A. Linde Inc.

16

Charleston

Present

Nolan Holden shook my hand at the end of the meeting. “Thank you for meeting with me, Amelia. I like the proposal you laid out for including Ballentine in our brand-new luxury phase of Holden Holdings. I’m sure we’ll have more information in the coming week.”

“Thank you so much, Nolan.”

I could feel sweat on the back of my tailored skirt suit. Nolan Holden was somehow both pleasant and downright frightening. He was nearly as tall as Derek with dark hair and eyes the color of summer storms. His jaw was square and razor smooth with disarming dimples when he chanced a smile.

I had no idea how Marina had ever had a thing with him. He seemed like the kind of guy who would eat the girl next door for lunch. Then again … I’d dated Camden Percy. But he had chewed me up and spit me out like I didn’t matter. I’d never gotten the truth out of Marina about what had really happened between them.

We said our respective platitudes, and then I hurried out of the shiny glass building on the water. Part of me felt like I was feeding myself to the sharks by working with the company buying up everything charming about the Southern coast. But if I wanted my business to thrive, I needed to be in with the latest trends, and that meant Holden Holdings. I had a much better chance at success if I had the backing of a big corporation.

When I stepped out of the business and into the sticky spring heat, Ash was leaning against his Range Rover. My apprehension dissipated when I found him waiting for me. His eyes caught mine, and he lit up.

“How’d it go?” he asked.

“I don’t know. Good, I think.”

He caught me around the middle and whirled me around, pinning me to the side of his car. “I bet better than good.”

“We’ll see, won’t we?”

Then, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine, and I forgot all about my meeting. The anxiety about presenting in front of businessmen. The fear that maybe everything I’d worked for wasn’t good enough. The desire to prove myself. It all melted away at his touch.

“That’s not fair,” I whispered.

He laughed. “What isn’t?”

“How you can make me forget everything like that.”

He arched an eyebrow and then kissed me again. “Like this?”

I squeaked as his tongue brushed against mine. “Yes,” I gasped when he released me.

His fingers threaded up into my long hair. “I like that.”

“Making me turn into a puddle at your feet?”

“Yes.”

I choked on a laugh. “You’re certainly sure of yourself.”

“Is there a reason that I shouldn’t be?”

His eyes were wide and unassuming, but I knew there was fear in that question buried deep. He’d had every reason to fear, as the only other relationship he’d really worked at had bitten him in the ass. I never wanted to make him feel that way. If we were in, we were all in.

“No,” I told him truthfully. “You can always be sure of me.

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