Call Her Mine (Harmony Pointe #1)- Melissa Foster Page 0,81
“Girl, you look scorching hot, and Ben deserves five flames. He adores you, and you should feel empowered. You’re a gorgeous, smart woman who is caring for his baby! Now it’s your turn to be pampered in all the very best ways. And that dress? That’s going to seal the deal.”
“I’m not used to dressing like this for anyone, especially Ben. He sees me in jeans and sweats all the time.”
“Which is exactly why it’s perfect,” Remi coaxed. “If you sent a picture of yourself to his sisters, they’d lose their minds. Willow would be like, ‘Go, girl!’ Piper would probably have to sterilize her eyes, Talia would blush a red streak, and Bridgette would say something like, ‘Ben will not know what hit him.’ I, on the other hand, think Benny boy will know exactly what hit him, and you’ll never make it out the front door.”
“So, no part of you is cringing inside? Thinking I look like I’m trying too hard?”
“You are supposed to try hard when you’re in love,” Remi said. “Not that I would know. I’m pretty sure Aiden’s going to put a location collar on me.”
Aurelia laughed. “You said he wasn’t that angry, just worried about you.”
“He was. Is. But I have to be in LA Tuesday, and Aiden’s coming with me, of course. We’ll be back for the grand opening, but I’m sure going to miss you.”
“Me too, Rem.” A knock sounded at the door, and Aurelia’s heart skipped a beat. “He’s here, and he knocked. He doesn’t ever knock. I gave him a key.”
“It’s a date, doofus. Like Flossie said, he’s a mensch. Go.” She blew Aurelia a kiss and ended the video call.
Aurelia tried to calm her nerves as she went to answer the door, but when she peered out the peephole and saw Ben’s handsome face, his scruff manicured to perfection, his dark eyes glimmering back at her, her pulse skyrocketed. She squeezed her thighs together in anticipation of what those sexy whiskers promised for later.
She opened the door, and her stomach tumbled. She was used to seeing Ben dressed nicely, but his dark dress shirt hugged his biceps, his slacks accentuated his thick thighs, and the way he was looking at her, like he wanted to tear her dress off with his teeth, brought a whole new level of hotness.
“Damn, babe, you look incredible.” He swept his arm around her, hauling her against him in a heart-stopping kiss. “Maybe we should stay in tonight.”
His reaction made her body flame. Yes was on the tip of her tongue, but she loved his reaction so much, she wanted to see more of it. There was power in dressing like this after all. If tonight were a chapter in a book, she would title it “Enticing Ben.”
“Big Ben is going to have to wait until later. This girl needs to eat before we play,” she said, because who knew when she’d get the courage to dress like this again.
“How about I eat while we play?”
His devilish grin almost had her relenting, but instead she used it to fuel her desire to drive him even crazier. She grabbed her purse, hooked her finger into the waist of his slacks, and stepped outside, closing the door behind her. “Come on, Benny boy. Let’s go light the town on fire.”
Ben wasn’t the only thing that took Aurelia’s breath away tonight. He’d gotten a private booth at Temptations, the hottest new nightclub and restaurant in Harmony Pointe. She’d never seen any place like it. The restaurant was on the second floor, with hundreds of inset white lights in the domed ceiling. Private booths and tables were set up along the perimeter of the restaurant. Glass walls around the center created the appearance of a loft, overlooking the nightclub below. Music from the band serenaded them. Buffered by the extra-high first-floor ceiling and glass walls, it added ambience without overpowering their conversation. They shared appetizers of crab and shrimp fondue and dinners of steak and chicken in a savory wine sauce and roasted vegetables. They talked and laughed, as they always had, but it was so much better as a couple. They fed each other tastes between steamy kisses, and Ben couldn’t seem to keep his hands off her. By the time their server brought dessert, Aurelia couldn’t remember why she’d been nervous in the first place. She loved turning him on!
Ben was sexier than ever, and at the moment he was trying to feed her another strawberry