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I’m shaking pretty badly as a silence clings thickly to the air, shuddering painfully while there is a thoughtful look on her face. She might have bid on the date with me, but that doesn’t mean she will definitely do it, and this moment of waiting for her answer is torturing me, killing me, tearing me apart from the inside out.
“Say yes!” someone yells from the audience. “You have to say yes.”
Other people join in, which is probably a bad thing because the last thing I want is for Gemma to only agree to go out with me because she feels pressured. But eventually her face breaks out in to a giant smile as she nods at me. Relief floods me as I discover that all of this has finally worked out and that me and her are going to get a much-needed shot at long last. We both deserve this, we both need this, and I can’t wait to make it right again. Because I am not going to fuck up again, I’m not going to make a mess of things this time around. Gemma might be an unlikely love for me, but she is the perfect woman and me and her will have a great time. Starting with tonight. I hold out my hand to her as I exit the stage from the front this time. I don’t want to waste any more time, I want to get started now, and thankfully I have a lovely date ready for us in the hope that this would be the outcome. I can’t wait to see Gemma’s face when we get there, I really hope that she loves it.Chapter 18 – Gemma“The view of the city is amazing up here,” I gasp as I stare out at all the city lights yet again. “I didn’t even know that this place existed and it’s so beautiful. I could look out at this view forever.”
I rest on my hand over the bowl of ice cream in front of me and sigh with happiness. I honestly didn’t know that this night was going to turn out so incredible, I had no idea that such a short time could change absolutely everything. It all makes sense now. Why Eve was so instant on getting me to the charity event, why the designer clothes, why I was left over by the bidding station all by myself… it was all Daniel’s plan to get me back.
I have to admit that I am flattered by all the effort that he put in. No man would go so far for a woman unless he truly had deep feelings, would he? I know that I haven’t ever had it before, and it feels wonderful. To be the center of someone’s focus, to have him feel so deeply about me, and for me to feel the same way about him too…
I have tried to fight it, I have tried not to feel that way about him, but I can’t help myself. I am head over heels, and I have been for far too long. I just hope that now we can make it work at long last.
“You are the most beautiful thing that I can see up here,” Daniel says sweetly. “Thank you so much for agreeing to come out with me tonight. It means a lot. I know that you didn’t have to.”
“Well, you made such an effort, how could I not?” I run my eyes all over his body, admiring how fantastic he looks in that tailored suit of his. “Throwing a whole charity event just to get a date with me.”
“I had to get your attention somehow.” He shoots me a wink. “You are a hard woman to impress, Gemma.”
I toss my head back and laugh. “Well, I suppose that’s why I’m so successful in my business.”
“Not quite as successful as me, of course, but I’m sure it helps you to do quite well…”
I’m glad that we can still banter about these things, that we can tease one another about work after the beating that we have been through together. I never want to lose that element because it’s what makes us so great, it’s what sparks the intense desire between us. Without that, things wouldn’t be quite the same.
“So, you have enjoyed the meal?” he asks me curiously. “You liked the food up here?”
“Oh my God, it was to die for,” I groan in agony. “And this ice cream is delicious as well.” I take a few more bites. “I just wish that this damn designer dress wasn’t so tight fitting so I could fit more in.”
His eyes twinkle with delight. “Well, I’m sure that we can do something about your dress.”
“Oh no.” I wiggle my finger at him. “I have learned my lesson when it comes to getting caught up in the heat of the moment with you. No more dangerous public nudity because it never turns out well.”
