Thorns (The LeBlanc Family #1) by Bella Scott

Author:Bella Scott [Scott, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarlet Lantern Publishing
Published: 2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

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Luke sighed as he climbed the stairs, one of the two black cardboard boxes his mother had had delivered in his arms. She’d never been one to do anything halfway.

She could’ve mentioned it was a masquerade. We probably would’ve had time to go pick something out ourselves…

He paused outside the door to Rose’s room. It still felt strange to think that she had her own area and he had his. She was like a housemate who shared his bed now and then, and he was eager to get past this strange phase of their relationship. The longer he spent in her presence, the readier he became to have things return to how they’d been before he’d lost her. To go back to planning their life together. But he reminded himself that he needed to take one step at a time and that right now, the priority was for everyone to make it through his mother’s party in one piece.

He knocked on the heavy wooden door.

“Come in,” Rose called from within.

Luke shifted the bulky box somewhat uncomfortably and managed to turn the doorknob. He nudged the door open with his foot, and as soon as he entered, he froze.

She wore a floor-length red dress that hugged her hips, and the neckline plunged low enough to show just a bit of cleavage. Just enough to make Luke’s grip tighten on the box he held as he forced his thoughts to move elsewhere. Now wasn’t the time to let himself think about how absolutely exquisite she was. He’d taken her home to retrieve more of her clothes and personal items shortly after his mother had left, and thankfully, Alex hadn’t been around. But Luke hadn’t seen much of what Rose had retrieved until now.

That dress was certainly a good choice. The same color as the corset from last night…

“Well, that answers what I was going to ask,” he said with a smirk. He moved closer and laid the box at the foot of the bed before removing the lid to reveal an array of masks in a rainbow of colors. Blue, green, black, white, yellow, purple, orange, red. The red mask was covered in small jewels and little satin flowers. Luke lifted it from the tissue paper lining the box and passed it to Rose, who stared at it.

“You’re kidding.”

“Nope. Mom left this part out when she told me about the party. But she had these sent over, along with a matching set for me.”

Rose smiled. Luke’s heart missed a beat at the sight.

“Do you have a tie that matches?” she asked. “I can put on something else, if—”

“Don’t you dare.” He chuckled and leaned close to kiss her cheek. “Red is your color.”

She turned to face him and slid her arms around his neck, and his hand moved on reflex to her waist. As she leaned up to meet his lips, he closed his eyes and savored the vanilla-cinnamon scent he knew had to be her perfume as he kissed her tenderly. After a few moments, he pulled back to rest his forehead against hers with a sigh.

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