To the Stars and Back: A Smart Romantic Comedy (First Comes Love Book 4) by Camilla Isley

Author:Camilla Isley [Isley, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pink Bloom Press
Published: 2019-06-13T22:00:00+00:00

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“Join me for a drink?” Christian asks as we step out of the limo at his house. “The view is amazing at night.”

“Sure,” I say.

“Wait here.” He guides me toward the plush chairs lining the pool. “I’ll be back in a sec.”

I gladly take the chance to sit and give my feet a rest. True, I’ve spent most of the evening seated, but these shoes are real killers. I massage my ankles and take in once more the massive house, glittering pool, and landscaped garden… Could this really be my life? Would I want it to be?

I don’t know. The argument about Jonathan added a sour note to an otherwise perfect night, reinforcing my theory that I’d like Christian better if he weren’t a famous actor.

The stress from paparazzi trailing our every move. The thought that, for him, having a legal team buy the silence of my ex is par for the course. It’s all just so outside my quiet life as a professor. Could I ever get used to this lifestyle? No, I’m pretty sure I’ll never find this life normal. But for him, I can try to cope.

“Want a glass of champagne?”

I look up to find Christian towering over me, a dark green bottle and two glasses in his hands.

I smile. “What could ever go wrong with that?”

Christian grins back. “Oh, several things.”

“Like what?”

“I could pull a ‘Sabrina’ on you.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Sabrina—the movie, with Audrey Hepburn?”

“Sorry, I don’t—”

“—watch TV,” he finishes for me. “But Sabrina is a classic; you have to see it. At least once.”

“All right. So, what happens that’s so terrible to this Sabrina that involves champagne?”

“To her, nothing. But the poor fella forgets he’s put glasses in his pockets, and sits down on the tennis court, and…”

“Ouch!”

“But no tennis courts here, so we’re safe. Come see the view?”

I push off the chair and, as we come face to face, I have to steady my legs—and not because of the heels. Even in the semi-dark, Christian’s eyes are so intense…

Too soon to feel so much, Lana. Definitely too soon.

But when I’m around him, my heart swells in my chest until my rib cage seems too small, while a dark snake of fear coils in my stomach and hisses a silent question over and over again:

How much are you going to hurt me?

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