“You know what would feel even better?” I murmur, giving him a cheeky smile.
“What?”
“If you’d help me get in position so we can cuddle.”
“Say no more.”
Dean helps me roll onto my side so my head is cushioned on his arm. Lifting my top leg, he drapes it over his, adjusting it until I let out a soft sigh of contentment.
“Good?”
“Great.”
His lips find the top of my head. “Thank you, beautiful.”
“Shouldn’t that be my line?” I tilt my head up to look at him, my hand coming up to stroke his cheek.
“Nah. You gave me a gift. And I will always treasure that. Just like I’ll always treasure you.” His hand takes mine, and he lifts it so he can press a kiss to my palm. “I love you, Riley.”
I feel my eyes brim with happy tears as I look at the man who I just know will be by my side forever.
“I love you, too.”
Seduction and Song
Julia Jarrett
Contents
1.Emma
2.Nash
3.Emma
4.Nash
5.Emma
6.Nash
7.Emma
8.Nash
9.Emma
Chapter one
Emma
Sweet Caroline…bah bah bah….
My head bounces from side to side as those familiar lyrics fill the air. The music comes from a cover band currently performing on the stage set up at one end of the large grassy field that is home to the Dogwood Cove summer solstice festival. So far that stage has hosted a kids’ dance school performance, an honest-to-God barber shop quartet, and now this band from Victoria who has played all kinds of covers, from U2, to Neil Diamond, to Garth Brooks.
The small-town fair is everything I imagined it would be when my best friend Allie invited me to come on vacation with her for a weekend on Vancouver Island, just off the West Coast of Canada. Kids are running around with balloons and cotton candy, music and laughter fills the air, and the unmistakable aroma of fried food is making my mouth water. Allie taps me on the shoulder, leaning in so I can hear her over the music.
“I’m gonna grab a lemonade, you want anything?”
