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Lucas lifted my hair and clasped the necklace around my neck, and it fell perfectly above my cleavage. He lifted my chin and placed a gentle kiss on my lips. “Nothing is too much for you.”
I rose onto my toes and kissed him deeply until we both gasped for air. “Thank you.”
He kissed my forehead. “Come on, your car’s waiting downstairs.”
I tilted my head to the side. “Car? Am I not going with you?”
He stroked my cheekbone with his thumb. “I have to go with the guys.”
What was going to happen tonight assaulted my thoughts, and I pulled away and bit out, “Oh, right. The auction.”
“Are you jealous, Killer?” His smirk told me he knew I was.
I rolled my eyes. “I don’t get jealous.”
“Sure you don’t.” He chuckled.
We held hands down the elevator and out the front doors to where a black town car waited.
He pulled me into his arms, kissing me soundly. “Save me a dance.”
I grinned. “Maybe.”
He groaned and nipped my bottom lip before opening the car door. “I’ll see you soon.”
I slid into the back seat, and he shut the door behind me. I watched as he jogged toward the parking lot.
“Oh. My. God. You look amazing,” Misty squealed from beside me, and I turned to her, a smile taking over my face.
I would get through the gala living on the knowledge of what I would do to that man tonight.
* * *
The hotel lobby was lavishly decorated with two rows of enormous bouquets made up of white and pink flowers that lined the path to the ballroom entrance.
Although this year’s main event was the auction, the host was the hotel itself. An Italian hotel family from Boston had purchased the building last year and completed renovating this past summer.
The double wide oak doors opened to the gala hall, where the auction was taking place. There was a black stage set up at the front of the room and countless round tables filling two-thirds of the floor, with the remaining third left open for dancing.
But it was the wall lined with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river and the Detroit skyline that caught my attention.
“Gorgeous.” A breath fanned over my ear, and a shiver tingled down my back when I turned to find Lucas.
“Shouldn’t you be backstage or something?”
He smirked and nodded. “Definitely, but I saw you come in and had to see you.”
“I’d wish you luck, but I’m kind of hoping no one bids on you.” I smiled when I said it, but I’d be a liar if I said it wasn’t true.
One of his eyebrows raised. “You’d rather have me up there embarrassed than have me go on a charity date?”
I could feel my cheeks pinken. “If I say no, will you believe me?”
“Not a chance.” He pulled me into his arms and kissed the top of my head.
Jax poked his head through the curtain beside the stage. “What are you doing?”
Lucas brushed his lips along my ear. “I’ll see you when it’s over.”
