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A smile spread across her face. “Thanks for asking me. I didn’t realize how lonely I was until you asked me to dinner. This has been really nice.”
For the next thirty minutes, they finished their dinner, laughing and talking and getting to know one another. Tanner was enthralled by this woman. If only he hadn’t suffered that terrible time in Iraq, then he would not have this debilitating disease. Every day he prayed it would all just go away.
But it hadn’t.
Finally, the waiter brought the bill. She opened her purse.
“No, this treat is on me. It’s been such a lovely evening and I would’ve had to eat alone if you had not joined me.”
“No, I want to pay my part,” she said.
“I insist,” he told her and quickly left the bills on the table. He stood and walked around and pulled out her chair.
“Thank you,” she said, “for dinner, the dancing, and just having fun tonight. This has been a real treat for me.”
Taking her by the elbow, they moved toward the elevators.
Would she turn him down? She didn’t seem like the type of girl who jumped into bed with just anyone, but then again, he didn’t believe in booty calls as such, and yet here he was begging God to please let him have tonight.
“Can I walk you to your room?”
“Yes,” she said, smiling. “I would like that very much.”
They walked onto the elevator. Going up, the machine jolted and made a popping noise and fear spiraled through him.
Please not now! Squeezing his eyes shut, he tried to think of what the therapist had told him. A pleasant memory, not of war, but of something he enjoyed.
With a deep breath, he relaxed when the door slid open and they stepped out toward her room. When they got to her door, she turned to him.
“I had a really great time tonight,” she said.
“Me too,” he said and his mouth came down on hers. Her eyes widened and then slid closed as he kissed her. As his lips moved over hers, it was all he could do to keep from begging her to let him sleep with her, for the two of them to spend the night in each other’s arms.
She tasted of sweet ice tea and something else so refreshing that he pushed her against the door and pressed his body into hers, letting her feel his erection. Letting her know exactly how he felt about her. How much he wanted her.
It had been so damn long. And she was exactly what he wanted.
A moan escaped from her throat and he felt her fingers fumbling for the key lock.
Breaking the kiss, she opened the door and stared at him.
“Damn, it’s been too long,” she said as she pulled him into her room.
Joy overwhelmed him as he lifted her in his arms, his lips never leaving hers as he carried her to the bed.
“You’re right,” he said breaking the kiss. “Way too long.”
