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“I know, right?” Mom says as she picks up a wreath and inspects it. “Are these homemade?”
“Yes, ma’am,” the woman behind the table says. “I made each one myself.”
Now, wehaveto buy one. I don’t like these places because I hate looking at the stuff on the tables and then walking away. The seller always looks so heartbroken. It feels like I’m insulting them to their face by not buying anything.
“He’s so cute,” Mom says as she puts it back and grabs another one. “And smart too. Did you know he’s already an executive at the marketing agency he works at?”
“Really?”
“Oh yeah. He takes after Brandon. Bunch of brainiacs those two.”
“Huh.”
“I’ll take this one please.”
“Seventy dollars.”
“Seventydollars?” Mom says, nearly choking. “For a wreath? Gawd, the world is out of control.”
Mom pays the lady, but she doesn’t look pleased as she shoves the money into her apron.
“He doesn’t have a girlfriend,” Mom says as we continue walking. “Do you have any nice friends you can set him up with?”
I stop in my tracks and shoot laser beams out of my eyes as I stare at her back.
“What is it, honey?” she asks as she turns around. “Did you see something you like?”
There’s something I like alright, and I’mnotsetting him up with a friend.
I’m keeping him all to myself.
* * *
“Wow,” August says when I walk into the kitchen in my fancy black dress. “Are you for real? You look like an angel.”
He looks pretty good himself. He’s standing by the counter in a black suit. I swallow hard as I look at his crisp white shirt and burgundy tie.
I have a strong urge to grab that tie and pull his mouth back onto mine, but I keep my clenched fists by my side instead.
Mom and Brandon are still getting ready upstairs. I should have waited in my room until they came down. I do not need to be alone with this heartthrob of a man right now. Not when he’s looking this fine.
“Looks like we’ll be sitting together,” he says with a sexy grin as he walks over.
My whole body tingles as he approaches.
“Alone in a balcony,” he says with a lick of his lips. “I hope we can find something to do to entertain ourselves.”
My back is as straight as a board as he approaches so close I can smell his cologne. It smells like a night to remember.
I close my eyes as he leans in close, smelling my perfume. He drags the tip of his nose up my neck and I shiver all over.
“What would be entertaining for you?” I whisper.
I should just keep my mouth shut, but I can’t seem to stop myself.
“Exploring this sexy little body,” he growls in my ear. I keep my eyes closed, just focusing on his deep voice, the goosebumps rising on my skin, and the feeling of my nipples hardening under my bra.
“There are endless things I want to do to you.”
