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So why was her heart telling her that she needed Antonio, that she should be with him?
She squeezed her eyes shut. She was shivering all over. She was still buzzing from Antonio’s sexually charged, passionate kiss. Her lips still tingled from his touch. Those soft, hot lips of his. His amazing tongue twirling. How did he do that? She was stoked by him. Captivated by him. She was…in love with him.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Antonio kissed me.
Lucy was reeling over that seductive kiss. She was still thrilled about Monday’s sexually-charged kiss with Antonio Romero. It was two days ago and yet the erotic touch of his lips remained as a phantom sensation. Ah, those lips of his. Soft, sweet, tender. She’d never met anyone like Antonio. His kiss could bring a woman to dizzying heights of sensual pleasure. What would it feel like to be even more intimate with him? Lucy's body was still pulsing over the naughty thoughts swirling in her mind. So there really was such a thing as sparks flying when you kissed the right person? Lucy had never felt that way before with Jeff. Never.
But the words that followed after her close and personal encounter with Antonio left a bitterness in the pit of her stomach. He said he didn’t want her passing out on him. It meant nothing to him, yet she was having these crazy whirlwind feelings about him. Her body desired his touch, his passion. What was wrong with her?
The Diamond Ball Fundraiser was the following evening and Lucy honestly didn’t know if she could handle seeing Antonio again. The thought was overwhelming in more ways than one. Then there was the decision regarding what to do about his grandfather’s wedding.
Oh, God! His grandfather’s nuptials. She was going to have to hurt one of the Romeros and the mere thought scorched her heart.
This was not going to be easy.
“Penny for your thoughts.” Maxine raised a brow coupled with a wicked grin. She and Lucy headed up the grand escalator of the Metro Convention Center towards the Bridal Show.
Lucy came out of her daydream and drew in a deep breath before answering. “I’ve just got a lot on my mind, Maxine.”
“I’ll bet you do. And I bet his name is Antonio Romero, the third,” she said, rolling the R in Romero.
“Maxine!”
“What? I’m just saying.”
“Antonio is the grandson of one of my clients. Nothing more.”
“Yeah, if you say so. I saw the look on your face when he asked to be alone with you on Monday. Come on. You must have gotten some.”
“Maxine! I would never just…I’m not easy. Besides, that would be just so unethical.”
Maxine grinned and rolled her eyes playfully as they both stepped off the escalator and walked towards the carpeted corridor towards Showroom A.
“Lucy, you’re a woman in love. You may not want to admit it, but I see the way you are around that dude.”
“And just how am I around that dude?”
“You’re always blushing and incoherent for one thing.”
Lucy stopped walking for a moment and turned to face Maxine. She could not believe her ears. “Excuse me?”
“You know what I’m talking about, girl. And then, you’re like, not letting anything around the office bother you as much. You’re always daydreaming and thinking about something and there’s that silly grin on your face.”
Lucy felt heat soar through her body, her face must have been cherry red by now. “Okay, Maxine. That’s enough. I don’t know where you got those ideas from-”
“Okay, you can run, girl, but you can’t hide.”
“Hide?”
“Yeah. You can’t hide from love.”
Just as they approached the entrance of Showroom A, music wafted out from the loud speakers. And as if some coincidence, the song was none other than "Love Makes Things Happen" by Pebbles and Baby Face.
Oh, hell no, Lucy thought to herself.
The words “love can pull you deep into a spell….” resonated loud and clear as a wedding bell in the hall.
Okay, why on earth do they have to play that song now?
Then Maxine, as if on cue, unsuccessfully stifled her giggle as she held her iPad up to her nose to hide her wide grin.
Lucy and Maxine explored the exhibit with the Fun Bird wedding invitations in the themed wedding section. Next to the Twilight themed wedding, it was the most popular there by far. They carefully selected items that would be more elegant and stunning for the various weddings they would be planning this year.
