One Sweet Night by Marilyn Lee

Author:Marilyn Lee [Lee, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Red Rose™ Publishing
Published: 2009-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

She smiled and settled into her seat.

He started the car and drove out of the bed and breakfast parking lot.

They made the drive in silence. To her surprise, she felt comfortable with him and the silence.

In her apartment, she carried coffee into the living room. She sank into the loveseat while he sat opposite her on the only single chair in the room with his gaze trained on her face.

“So? You had something you wanted to tell me.”

She wrapped both hands around her coffee cup. “Yes.”

He smiled. “You have my full attention.”

“It’s not something I want to just blurt out.”

“Okay. What would you like to talk about while you work your way up to it?”

“You. I want to know everything about you.”

“What would you like to know?”

“What do you want out of life?”

“You mean besides you?”

She smiled. “Yes. Besides me.”

“You.”

“No. I mean really.”

“So do I. I have most of what I want already. I’m healthy, I earn a lot of money and I can afford to buy most of the material things I ever wanted. There’re very little limits on where I can live. I have nearly everything a man could want to consider himself successful. The only thing missing to make the picture complete is someone special to share my life with. That’s where you come in, Jule.”

How did she tell him that if he pursued a serious relationship with her, his picture wouldn’t be complete or perfect? “Wow. You know how to push my buttons, Dan.”

“I mean everything I say to you. You’re my idea of the perfect woman.”

Oh, how she wanted to believe him.

He rose and crossed the room to kneel in front of her. “What do you need to tell me, Jule?”

She gripped her cup.

He took her coffee cup from her fingers and placed it on the end table. Still on one knee, he took her right hand in his and placed it over his heart. “You can tell me anything.”

“I want to, but I’m afraid.”

“Of what?”

“That once you know my not so little secret, it’s going to be over for us before it’s really even started.”

“There’s nothing you can say that will change how I feel about you. So tell me what’s bothering you.”

The steady beat of his heart against her fingers combined with the guileless look in his eyes encouraged her. She took a deep breath and then spoke in a rush. “You’ve made me want to consider the possibility of a real relationship with you.”

He squeezed her hand. “What’s so bad about that?”

“Well…I’m older and—”

“No. Be honest with me, Jule. Your age is not a secret. I knew how old you were before I came to see you last night. And before you mention it, I also knew you were black. So be straight with me.”

“I…Oh Danny.”

He lifted her hand from his chest and brushed his lips against her fingers. “What’s bothering you? I promise you nothing short of your being a serial ax-murderer with several dead lovers in your past will make any difference to me.

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