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“What. Are. You. Doing. Here. Barrett?” I enunciate between gritted teeth.
“I came to talk to you and pay my respects to your family.”
We’re standing in front of my parents’ two-story house. Both of us dressed in our lavish holiday outfits. Me in a sexy as all get-out fitted little black dress, with long sleeves made of lace, and a daring, plunging open back my father shook his head at when I walked out of my room. I gave him a huge, angelic smile and a kiss on his cheek before swirling past him under my mom’s amused gaze.
Barrett is dressed in all black. Like a fucking marauding pirate. He has on a fitted button-down that hugs his strong biceps at each movement of his arms, and impeccably cut slacks that outline his slim waist and thick thighs.Lord have mercy, the man looks hot as sin.
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Barrett
She looks absolutely magnificent. All I want to do is throw Mia over my shoulder and lock us up in a room until the new year.
She’s alsofuckingmad… My mother warned me, you don’t leave a woman alone to straighten her affairs without being clear about your intentions. I wanted to give Mia time and space, but it looks like Ifucked up.
“Mia, I know you haven’t heard from me but—”
She interrupts me, “but what, Barrett? You were too busy smoldering other women all over London? I don’t know who you are. I haven’t seen you or spoken to you in five years, and here you come, all smooth and intense, like some sort of gentlemanly playboy.”
Oh shit…
“If you’ll just let me explain—”
“Explain what, Barrett? You saw an old acquaintance in a city where we’re far from our family and friends, and thought I could become your new plaything?”
Mia’s voice is harsh and my own temper starts rising…
“Stop calling me a player. You said it yourself, you don’t know me.” I take a step closer, towering over her medium height. My nostrils flaring at the assault of her delicious perfume. I utter between gritted teeth, “I was waiting for you to break things off with that bloke you were seeing, and contact me.”
She harrumphs, crossing her arms over the full tits I’ve been trying to ignore, but there’s a definite sparkle of doubt in her gaze.
“I’m here to ask for your dad’s blessing,” I finish, realizing we unconsciously closed the distance between us and are now standing nose to nose.
Mia’s eyelids flutter in apparent confusion, before she asks in a whisper, “w… what?”
A cocky grin wipes off my thunderous expression.
“You heard me. Now tell me, is it over with him?”
Mia nods, herfuckingfull, tempting lips parted. Apparently still under the shock of my declaration.
“Good. I’d be honored to express my intentions to your father.”
Mia looks at me with wide eyes, my words slowly penetrating the fog of the past ten days she must have spent cursing me to hell.
When she finally speaks, her voice is calm, almost soft, “what do you mean Barrett? we only just got reacquainted.”
I feel my mouth crook up on one side. “You really have to ask?”
She nods, just once.
“Mia, you’ve never left my mind. Ever since we were kids.”
Her mouth falls open again. “But… but you never even spoke to me when we were younger.”
“Yeah, I was morbidly timid around you. Lifelong crush and all that.” I finish, smiling tenderly.
Looking into her beautiful eyes and trying to convey all I that can’t express.
