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surprise. “How did you know that?” she asked incredulously.
He shrugged. “I pay attention.”
She felt her insides go warm all over, and a smile spread across her face. She felt like she mattered to him, and that was one of the best feelings she had ever known.
Dinner with Anthony and Shane had been a prequel to the meeting. The day following their dinner out, Naomi and Jonathon met Anthony and Shane for their business agenda. Jonathon was interested in buying Anthony’s business, but Anthony wasn’t completely sold on the idea of letting go of a business he had worked so hard to build. Though Anthony could see the benefit, he was sentimental and leery of change.
When the meeting was over, it remained unresolved, and Anthony said that he needed more time to think about it all. Jonathon waited to hear from Naomi about possible dinner plans, and when he didn’t hear from her at all, he went to her room and was just about to knock on the door when she opened it and walked right into him. He caught her in his arms and looked down at her, staring into her sky blue eyes, feeling the familiar pulling in his chest.
She caught her breath and for a moment forgot how to breathe. As his hands loosened around her back and shoulders, he let her go and she took a step backward from him. Her scent was lambent on the air around him, and he breathed it in and didn’t want to exhale.
Jonathon looked down at her and saw that she was in a vanilla colored sweater dress; a thin fine material that did little to hide the body beneath the sheath. He could not help himself from dropping his gaze down the length of her and raising his eyes slowly back up, but as he caught sight of her breasts again, he saw that her nipples were hardened and pressing firmly against the soft fabric that covered them.
He swallowed with difficulty and raised his eyes to meet hers, feeling a heated stirring deep in him. She looked as if she wasn’t breathing very well either, and she looked as if she was hardly aware of anything around them for a moment; her lips parted slightly, her eyes locked on his. When she drew in a sharp breath, her breasts pressed even further against her dress, and Jonathon had to look away from her for a moment, for the desire that was trying to overtake him was becoming difficult to manage.
“What are you doing here?” she finally breathed as she found her voice and stared into his eyes.
He looked around himself, noticing the doorframe before he looked back into her eyes. “Well, I was thinking that we could have dinner together if you would like to.”
She bit her lip and he had to look away again, wishing that it were him who was biting her lip.
“Well, I can’t really. I’m going out to dinner with Shane,” she said quietly.
Jonathon stared at her in surprise. “You’re… you’re going out to dinner with Shane?”
She nodded subtly. “I am.” She could not place or explain the sudden ache in her heart.
He felt like all of the breath in him had been punched out of his middle. “Oh… is it… like a date?” he asked, hoping with everything in him that it was a fluke.
She nodded. “I guess it is.” She could see the pain that flickered in his green eyes and she felt horrible about it.
He tried to draw a breath into his chest, but it was difficult. It felt as if an anvil was crushing him. He nodded and gave her a half-smile, and then took a few steps back. “Oh… I didn’t realize that you two… were…” he paused and shook his head. “I’ll just let you get going then,” he said quietly. She nodded and grabbed the keys, heading out of her room.
“I’ll see you in the morning.” He looked at her with a pained smile. They were leaving to end their trip the next morning, and he had assumed that she would, of course, be having dinner with him. It had not occurred to him that she might not want to have dinner with him, or that she might have other plans.
She gave him a sympathetic smile and
He shrugged. “I pay attention.”
She felt her insides go warm all over, and a smile spread across her face. She felt like she mattered to him, and that was one of the best feelings she had ever known.
Dinner with Anthony and Shane had been a prequel to the meeting. The day following their dinner out, Naomi and Jonathon met Anthony and Shane for their business agenda. Jonathon was interested in buying Anthony’s business, but Anthony wasn’t completely sold on the idea of letting go of a business he had worked so hard to build. Though Anthony could see the benefit, he was sentimental and leery of change.
When the meeting was over, it remained unresolved, and Anthony said that he needed more time to think about it all. Jonathon waited to hear from Naomi about possible dinner plans, and when he didn’t hear from her at all, he went to her room and was just about to knock on the door when she opened it and walked right into him. He caught her in his arms and looked down at her, staring into her sky blue eyes, feeling the familiar pulling in his chest.
She caught her breath and for a moment forgot how to breathe. As his hands loosened around her back and shoulders, he let her go and she took a step backward from him. Her scent was lambent on the air around him, and he breathed it in and didn’t want to exhale.
Jonathon looked down at her and saw that she was in a vanilla colored sweater dress; a thin fine material that did little to hide the body beneath the sheath. He could not help himself from dropping his gaze down the length of her and raising his eyes slowly back up, but as he caught sight of her breasts again, he saw that her nipples were hardened and pressing firmly against the soft fabric that covered them.
He swallowed with difficulty and raised his eyes to meet hers, feeling a heated stirring deep in him. She looked as if she wasn’t breathing very well either, and she looked as if she was hardly aware of anything around them for a moment; her lips parted slightly, her eyes locked on his. When she drew in a sharp breath, her breasts pressed even further against her dress, and Jonathon had to look away from her for a moment, for the desire that was trying to overtake him was becoming difficult to manage.
“What are you doing here?” she finally breathed as she found her voice and stared into his eyes.
He looked around himself, noticing the doorframe before he looked back into her eyes. “Well, I was thinking that we could have dinner together if you would like to.”
She bit her lip and he had to look away again, wishing that it were him who was biting her lip.
“Well, I can’t really. I’m going out to dinner with Shane,” she said quietly.
Jonathon stared at her in surprise. “You’re… you’re going out to dinner with Shane?”
She nodded subtly. “I am.” She could not place or explain the sudden ache in her heart.
He felt like all of the breath in him had been punched out of his middle. “Oh… is it… like a date?” he asked, hoping with everything in him that it was a fluke.
She nodded. “I guess it is.” She could see the pain that flickered in his green eyes and she felt horrible about it.
He tried to draw a breath into his chest, but it was difficult. It felt as if an anvil was crushing him. He nodded and gave her a half-smile, and then took a few steps back. “Oh… I didn’t realize that you two… were…” he paused and shook his head. “I’ll just let you get going then,” he said quietly. She nodded and grabbed the keys, heading out of her room.
“I’ll see you in the morning.” He looked at her with a pained smile. They were leaving to end their trip the next morning, and he had assumed that she would, of course, be having dinner with him. It had not occurred to him that she might not want to have dinner with him, or that she might have other plans.
She gave him a sympathetic smile and
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