Paradise Tempted: the Beginning (Paradise Stories)
“Holding me, he whispered as he stared at my lips, “Have dinner with me?”“I...” I paused. “I can't.” I wanted to say yes. He was so good at this. He had all the right words, all the right phrases. My body still vibrated from where he touched me and a trickle of moisture released from my thoughts of him. I wanted more. I desired him, all of him. My wayward imagination stalled my answer.“I have to work the bar again.”“Call in sick. Don't you have a in with the owners?” He tweaked his lips into tha...t half smile and the lower half of me fluttered with delight. I wanted that smile to be mine, to believe it was only for me.I couldn't do that to them. My grandparents. I'd already told him about my parents' death: a chance encounter, a random act of violence. My mother had been shot first. The police believe she was trying to protect my father. He was killed second. They were found holding hands in a dark alley behind a lower casino in Vegas.“Well, I can't leave you alone.”MoreLess
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