Xavier: The Contract: by Miranda P. Charles

Author:Miranda P. Charles [Charles, Miranda P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MPC Romance Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Eve came out of the nail technician’s shop—her fingernails and toenails beautifully manicured—and made her way to the spot where she’d arranged to meet Xavier for their trip to The Entrance.

She hadn’t needed to get her nails done yet, but she’d used it as an excuse so Xavier could pick her up from the shopping mall, rather than her new apartment. She might believe him to be far from dangerous, but she hadn’t entirely lost her cautiousness. No need to provide him with her address at this point in time.

Her heart skipped at finding him exactly where he’d said he’d be, lounging on a waiting chair and playing with his phone.

She approached, aware she was already smiling. “Hi.”

Xavier looked up, a bright grin appearing on his face. He stood up and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Then he lifted one of her hands. “Let me see.”

She presented all ten fingernails to him. “You like?”

“Beautiful. Just like you.”

“Always full of flattery, aren’t you?” she asked dryly.

Xavier touched her face. “No. Just stating it as it is.”

She couldn’t help but sigh. Damn this man. Why was he so good at disarming her?

“Ready to go?” Xavier asked.

She nodded and took Xavier’s proffered hand.

Well, this really felt like a date, the two of them walking hand-in-hand to his car. If only she could completely switch off her journalist side and simply enjoy this day. There was nothing she wanted more.

But she couldn’t.

To her delight, though, their car trip to the Central Coast was fun and informative. Like always, Xavier was an open book, happy to answer her multiple questions about him, his family and his business. It did seem that he was treating this like a date where they were getting to know each other, for there were also lots of things he wanted to learn about her.

She hadn’t answered his questions as thoroughly as she could have, but she was truthful, nonetheless. And she found herself relaxing more and more. Xavier truly didn’t appear to be hiding anything.

By the time they reached their destination, she was struggling to put her walls back up. She even leaned against Xavier as they walked to the Forest Bay Restaurant, their arms around each other’s waist.

She’d truly missed him, and it was bliss being this close to him again. The possibility that he’d been at Forest Bay Restaurant with Barker had been scaring her since last night, but that fear was almost gone. He couldn’t have been here with Barker. There was nothing at all cagey with how he was acting.

Still, it was her job to make sure.

“You look lovely,” Xavier murmured, kissing her forehead as they walked along the foreshore towards the establishment.

She wanted to melt and felt embarrassed as two men wearing baseball caps appeared to switch directions to give them plenty of room.

They got to the restaurant, and a server led them to a window seat with a view of the ocean.

“This is wonderful,” she gushed, taking a photo with her phone.

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