New Year's Kisses by Rhian Cahill

Author:Rhian Cahill
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857990051
Publisher: Escape Publishing

Chapter Six

Wade sipped his champagne and wondered if he’d understood Emily correctly. Was she willing to take the next step? Willing to give them a chance to see where all this amazing chemistry took them? He could just ask her to clarify, and normally he would, but a healthy dose of fear stopped him. He’d never wanted anything so much in his life. His whole future rode on the small shoulders he wanted to get his lips on.

There he went again. He could tell himself a thousand times to cool his jets, only to come up against the overwhelming demands of a libido that wouldn’t be happy until he claimed Emily as his. He’d do it in a heartbeat, except his gut instincts were screaming to go slow. She’d barely opened herself up. Bombarding her with overzealous amorous desires and needs would only cause her to back away. At least he thought it would. He was on new ground where she was concerned.

“What’s wrong?” Emily asked.

He jolted from his circling thoughts to find her watching him.

“You’ve got little furrows between your eyebrows.” She used the pad of her thumb to smooth them out. “They usually mean you’re contemplating a difficult problem.”

That brought a smile to his lips. She may have been rejecting him all these months, but she certainly hadn’t been oblivious to his existence. “Not difficult. More unknown elements I’m not sure how to deal with yet.”

“Me.”

It wasn’t a question. And it proved how in sync they were. He could only image how close they would become with both of them trying. Suddenly Wade wanted a guaranteed yes from her. “We’re doing this. You’re not going to push me away again.”

“No. I won’t.” Her mouth curved up on one end. “But I don’t really know how to do this either. I’ve been focused on my education and then my business for the last eight years. There’s been no serious relationship in that time.”

“You haven’t dated in eight years?” Wade was flabbergasted by the thought.

Emily laughed. “I said no relationship, not dates. I’ve dated plenty over the years.”

“Right, okay, well we’re even then.” He took her hand in his. “My life has been dateless since I lost my parents, and before that there was never anyone worth getting serious with.”

“Is this serious?”

“Emily, I’ve been serious from the moment I set eyes on you.” Wade bought her hand to his lips and placed a kiss on each of her knuckles. “It just took you a little while to catch up.”

“I’m not usually slow on the uptake, but I am guilty of tunnel vision. Although once I set my mind to something, I don’t give up until I succeed.”

“Then put your mind on making us work.” He tapped his glass to Emily’s. “To new beginnings.”

“New beginnings.”

He led her over to a floor cushion. Positioning himself with his legs apart, Wade pulled Emily down to sit in front of him, her back to his chest. From where they were, the view of the

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