if she had time to straighten the curls. She wished she could have sleek, sophisticated hair instead of this mess of craziness.
“I had my assistant make reservations,” he came back and pulled out his phone, said something terse and a moment later, walked to the front door. When he came back into her bedroom, he was carrying a wardrobe bag which turned out to contain a dark suit and all the items he needed to dress, including a razor.
“Wow! That’s service,” she laughed and fluffed her hair into order as she started to put on some makeup.
She’d been expecting to dine at one of the small, local restaurants by her house, but he surprised her. His driver took them to one of the most exclusive restaurants in Washington, D.C. and they were seated at the best table, on a balcony overlooking the tables down below. The meal was incredibly delicious with a remarkable bottle of red wine complimenting the amazing food. She laughed and argued with Damon, told him about things she’d never told anyone else. He still didn’t reveal too much about his childhood, but he listened to her stories and prompted her with additional questions.
Gabby was exhausted on the drive back to her house several hours later. She felt perfectly content just laying in his arms and didn’t even realize it when she fell asleep until he woke her up by lifting her into his arms.
Damon looked down at the woman using his shoulder as a pillow and smiled. She really was beautiful, he thought as he looked at her long lashes laying against her perfect skin. Then he noticed the small freckles, liking the fact that her skin wasn’t actually perfect. The freckles gave her character and he was surprised that he hadn’t noticed them before now. Maybe she was just wearing less makeup which didn’t cover them up as much, but he liked it. She was fresh and funny and made him feel good in more ways than he could count.
“I can walk,” she replied sleepily and started to try and get out of his arms.
“Shh…just relax,” he told her as he carried her through her house. “I like carrying you. You barely weigh anything.”
Gabby thought about it for a moment, but it felt too wonderful to be coddled like this. And he smelled so good! She leaned her head against his shoulder, sighing happily as he laid her down on her bed. “You’re not leaving, are you?” she asked sleepily.
He took off his jacket and laid it over the back of a chair before he started loosening the knot of his tie. “Not yet. Tomorrow I have to leave.”
Gabby didn’t like that answer, but she was too tired to reply. She wanted him to stay forever, she realized. The man was a whirlwind, but she now thought of him as her whirlwind and he made her feel so incredibly beautiful and sexy.
She felt him slip her shoes off and the zipper of her dress tickled her back, but after the past twenty four hours, she was just too exhausted to care about anything. When she felt him climb into the bed with her, she sighed contentedly, curling up against him, using his body heat as her blanket.
Gabby woke the following morning just as the sun was coming up over the horizon. She smiled, feeling Damon’s arm on her waist, his hand actually holding her breast in his hand. He’d only woken her once last night and he’d been so gentle, she’d cried as he brought her to fulfillment. Afterwards, he’d curled up again with her in his arms and they fell back to sleep, his kisses soothing her back to unconsciousness.
She slipped out of bed, careful to not disturb his sleep. She pulled her robe on and tied it at the waist, looking down at the man who had completely changed her weekend. It had started out so horribly at the dance club Friday night, but meeting him had made her weekend into an adventure.
She looked for her slippers, wondering where they’d been kicked but spotted them sitting in her closet next to all of her other shoes. That was odd, she thought. She knew she’d worn her slippers on Friday evening while getting ready for the bridal shower, but was pretty sure she hadn’t had the time to clean up afterwards.
Looking around, she realized that everything else was also put away. And dusted! She walked out of her bedroom and noticed that all the