Flirting with Temptation - By Kelley St. John Page 0,102
hands beneath her shirt. His palms skimmed her skin, touching her, exciting her. “I want you now, but it won’t be just sex. It hasn’t been just sex in quite a while.”
Her tears slipped free. He’d felt it too, the change between them that had occurred sometime over the past few days, or perhaps whatever had always been there, but they’d finally set it free. The emotional pull of one person to another that said that this wasn’t merely mutual satisfaction, but a bonding of the souls.
“I know.”
Chapter 21
Babette had always suspected if she had a double wedding, it’d be with her sister. But Clarise had married six years before, so that wasn’t a possibility. However, she was still having a double wedding, and a beach wedding, too.
The brides wore matching antique ivory dresses, except one of the dresses was altered for curves, and the other was altered for none.
Their rings varied as well, with the older of the two brides wearing a rock that would almost warrant a wheelbarrow to help her carry it down the aisle. Granny Gert held it up in the sun as they neared the preacher, and it made Babette (and everyone else around) squint from the glare. Paul was into big and flashy, he said, but Babette suspected he was merely trying to cater to Granny Gert’s spunk.
The ring Jeff slid on Babette’s finger was much, much smaller by comparison, but it meant the world to Babette to have it, and it meant the world to Granny Gert to give it to her. The tiny diamond that had adorned her grandmother’s left hand for the majority of her life, the one Grandpa Henry had given her shortly after her day of extreme gumption in his barn, would grace Babette’s hand now.
With all of their friends and family surrounding them, including the residents of White Sands and Sunny Beaches, the two couples married on the small strip of beach that centered the two resorts, which was only fitting, since they would all be residing there as soon as their honeymoons ended. Granny Gert and Paul had bought a condo at Sunny Beaches, and Babette and Jeff would live in his place at White Sands.
Babette had already set her Love Doctor business into place in Destin, letting all of the seniors at Sunny Beaches spread the word to their neighboring retirement condos that her services were now available, and that they could pay with cooking lessons (anything but cinnamon rolls).
When the last “I do’s” were said, Babette accepted a hot and heated kiss from her husband, and it lasted nearly half as long as the one Dr. Stovall distributed to his new bride.
The crowd laughed and cheered with both sets of newlyweds, and Babette took the opportunity to whisper to the man that she’d loved for as long as she remembered, “I’m so glad I found my gumption.”
“I’m so glad I found you,” he responded.
Then she held her hand out and was tickled to see that it captured nearly as much light as Granny Gert’s new rock. Undoubtedly, love made everything shine a little brighter. Babette’s world was sure shining bright now.
About the Author
KELLEY ST. JOHN’s previous experience as a senior writer at NASA fueled her interest in writing action-packed suspense, and she also enjoys penning steamy romances and quirky women’s fiction. St. John is a two-time National Readers’ Choice Award winner and was elected to the Board of Directors for Romance Writers of America.
St. John’s media appearances include the CBS Early Show and NBC’s Daytime (WFLA). St. John and her novels have been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Publishers Weekly, Pages magazine, Quick and Simple magazine, Foam magazine, Accent on Tampa Bay magazine, and the Writer’s Digest Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Visit her Web site at www.kelleystjohn.com
Dear Reader
If you’re one of the many readers who sent the request for Jeff and Babette’s story after meeting them in REAL WOMEN DON’T WEAR SIZE 2, thanks! I hope you enjoyed reading about their wild journey to love in FLIRTING WITH TEMPTATION.
And if you haven’t read about Babette’s sister, Clarise, you still can! REAL WOMEN DON’T WEAR SIZE 2 will let you in on how Clarise learned to stop hiding and start flaunting those Robinson Treasures at Tampa’s Gasparilla Festival. Naturally, you’ll learn a bit more about Babette, Jeff and Granny Gert along the way. So pick up a copy, and enjoy!