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celebration
at Moors was nearly two hours old by the time Tommy made his way into the
private dining hall.   Grace had been
looking for him ever since she and Nayla arrived, and it pained her that he had
already consumed that much of her attention.   But she couldn’t help it.   She was
anxious to see him again.
    She
was the first to see him when he walked through the side door.   He was once again dressed to the nines, this
time in a light-brown sports jacket, dark-brown slacks, a blue dress shirt and
a gold and white ascot around his neck instead of a tie, a minor addition that
made him look tantalizingly gorgeous to Grace.   She hadn’t planned to display such pleasure when he arrived, but she
couldn’t help it.   She was pleased.   As soon as he walked in she was making her
way to his side.  
    “I
was just about to give up on your,” she said over the blare of the music and
the loud conversations.   “I wasn’t sure
if you were coming.”
    “And
miss your not-so-surprising birthday celebration?” Tommy asked as she
approached him.   “Not a chance.”
    Grace
smiled and extended her hand.   Tommy
shook her hand but felt compelled to do more.   So he pulled her gently to him and kissed her on the cheek.   A kiss that seared her.   Grace could only hope that her blush wasn’t
showing.
    Tommy
tried not to show his own blush as his lips pressed into her tender,
creamy-chocolate skin, rubbed against it, and then sucked off of her in a
tender kiss that left him wanting more already.   Even his cock was beginning to throb just from his close proximity to
her.   And by the time they began to pull
apart and he was able to see the golden brown of her sensual eyes as they
drowsily reopened, and could smell her soft, sweet scent, his throbbing was
slowly becoming a full-fledged erection.   He knew he wanted to see her again, but not until now had he realized
just how badly.
    “Let
me introduce you to my friends,” Grace said and was about to turn away.   But Tommy pulled her back toward him, his
hand clasping her elbow.  
    “First
I want to know how you’re doing,” he
said.
    Grace
looked at him.   He was a first things first man and she liked
that.    “I’m doing great.   Thanks for asking.”
    “Cam
Birch hasn’t been bothering you again, has he?” he also asked her.   He’d already had his man look into that
relationship.   Dated for a few years,
became engaged, and then broke up for good after she caught Cam in bed with not
one, but apparently two females.   Cam
took the breakup hard and had been trying to get back with her ever since.   But Tommy was pleased to learn that not once
since Grace kicked Cameron to the curb did she ever try to pick him back up
again.  
    Grace
was kind of surprised that he would ask about Cameron, and then she realized he
witnessed their little scene last night at Jillian’s.   “Cam gets on my nerves,” she said, “but he’s
got more sense than to try to bother me.”
    Tommy
smiled.   “Good.   I’m glad to hear it.”
    “What
about you?   How have you been doing?”
    “Since
last night?”
    “And
in general, yes.”
    Tommy
exhaled.   “I’ve been working,” was about
all he could say about it.
    “Yeah,
me too.”   
    “I
can see that.   You look tired.”
    She
agreed.   “I am.   But I figure you only get a birthday
celebration once a year, so tired or not, I’m going for it.”
    “You
looked tired last night, too.”
    Grace
was a little embarrassed to hear that.   What woman wanted a man to tell her she didn’t look her best when she
thought she’d looked fine?   “I didn’t
realize I looked tired last night.   At
least not enough to notice.”   She also
noticed how Tommy was actually looking at her, rather than past her.
    “Are
you taking care of yourself?” he asked her.
    “Probably
not,” she admitted.   “Not like I should,
anyway.”
    “That’s
going to change,” Tommy said flatly.
    His
bluntness