dinner. She wants nothing to do with him.
“Speaking of the devil,” Minnie cooed.
“Hello Father,” Bobby said shaking his father’s hand then giving him a hug.
“Hello Son,” James nodded.
“Hello Mother,” Bobby crooned and leaned in to hug and kiss his mother’s cheek.
“Hello handsome,” Minnie beamed up at her son.
“Hello Paige,” Bobby said smoothly with a sexy grin leaning in to brush his lips against her cheek. “You look ravishing as always.” He whispered next to her ear sending a shiver up her spine. “We’re you ladies talking about me?”
“Oh no dear,” Minnie said with a mischievous smile. “We were talking about our dear Nathaniel here. I was telling Paige how handsome he is. I think they’ll get along quite nicely on your little trip.”
Bobby stiffened. He eyes flickered between his mother face and Paige’s. Paige looked at the tall man standing next to Bobby and he was gorgeous. Tall dark and handsome, were the words that came to mind. Nathaniel was just a few inches shorter than Bobby but still over six feet tall. He had dark brown skin and silky smooth short black waves. His full lips were in perfect proportion with his nose and his oval shaped chocolate brown eyes.
Black best friend interesting , Paige thought to herself. Sexy black best friend at that, his black suit was tailor made and fit like a second skin around him muscled legs and arms. Definitely not hard on the eyes, two weeks looking at him would be no hardship.
“Bobby you’re being rude. Introduce Nathaniel to our Paige,” James said with a grin.
“Oh yes, excuse me,” Bobby cleared his throat. “Paige this is my best friend, more like a brother, Nathaniel. Nathaniel this is the woman I was tell you about, my Paige.” Bobby said the last part with emphasis on the my.
“Paige, it is a pleasure to finally meet you. I hear you keep this guy on his toes in the office. However, I do believe he did forget to tell me how beautiful you are,” Nathaniel said in a rich velvety voice.
“It’s nice to meet you. I wouldn’t expect him to tell you such things. We have a strictly working relationship,” Paige said pointedly.
“Working relationship or not, it would be impossible to miss how beautiful you are Paige. I think I left out that detail to keep Nathaniel from coming to hang around the office,” Bobby said as he stared into Paige’s eyes.
“Well there’s no keeping the cat in the bag now. Nathaniel, why don’t you take Paige out on the dance floor? I’m sure she will find you just as charming as I do,” Minnie beamed.
“Mother, I don’t think you should be matchmaking. Paige is a beautiful woman she can find her own dates,” Bobby said trying but failing to hide the tension in his voice.
“Oh nonsense,” Minnie waved Bobby off.
“If you don’t mind Nathaniel, I would love to dance,” Paige said shooting Bobby a smug grin.
“Call me Nate or Nathan,” Nathaniel said holding out his arm to Paige, “I could never refuse a beautiful woman.”
Bobby stood watching them make their way to the dance floor with a scowl on his face, lip pressed, cheeks red and brow furrowed. It was driving him mad to see any man with his hands on Paige even his best friend.
She looked absolutely breathtaking tonight in a black backless dress that molded to her perfect curves and stopped just above her knees show off her shapely sexy toned legs. Her hair was up tonight in an intricate curly style. He wanted nothing more than to let it down and run his fingers through it.
The platinum heels on her feet were sexy and thought provoking. Thoughts he was sure he shouldn’t be having standing next to his folks. He shifted hoping to rearrange himself but if he didn’t stop looking at her nothing was going to help.
Bobby was well aware of how good looking his best friend is and how the women love to flock to him. He’s noticed the way Paige looked Nathaniel over and she didn’t seem to object to him at
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