Keeping You Forever (A Harbor Love Series) (6 page)

 She heard the hitch in his breath as his eyes found her lips and watched as her tongue slid over her bottom lip. He looked back into her eyes before lowering his lips to hers and losing himself in her.

   She felt soft and he loved the way she fit perfectly up against his body, like she was meant for him. He knew that this one kiss wouldn’t be enough, but for right now he took what he could get, and slid his tongue across her soft lips, parting them, and slid his tongue into her mouth.

 She felt her knees go weak as his tongue slid over hers, sending delicious waves of pleasure down her body to all the right spots. His kiss went from soft and sweet one moment to hot and sexy as he slid his hands down her body, feeling every curve and dip as he cupped her soft ass and pulled her even closer. A soft moan escaped her lips as she put her arms around his neck, sliding her fingers into his hair and tugging gently. The world around them stopped moving. The only thing on his mind at that moment was Grace, kissing her was blowing his mind and other things too if this kiss got any deeper. He wanted more and he wanted to feel her soft body underneath his, as he lost himself in her, forgetting the heartache of his past. He broke the kiss, leaning his forehead against her

 “I have wanted to kiss you from the moment I first laid eyes on you. I don’t know what you’re doing to me, but you make me lose it, I can’t stop thinking about you and kissing you,” he said, his voice a harsh, ragged whisper.

 His lips were still close enough to hers that if she tipped her head up an inch closer and they would be kissing again. She looked into Tyler’s eyes seeing the desire and passion mirrored in his eyes, and she knew at that moment there was no going back now, kissing him made her feel things that no other man’s kiss had, and she wanted more.

    Lifting her head to close the little space between them, she pressed her body and her lips against his. He groaned and gripped her ass tightly, holding her against him and kissed her until they were both breathless. Her world was spinning, and her body was reacting to his kiss, wanting to feel his lips on her again, all over her. She knew this shouldn’t have been a thought in her mind. She was too busy still getting over Denny’s heartache to be thinking of her and Tyler naked, and in his bed. She pulled away from him, taking a step back to get some space in-between them as she ran a finger over her lower lip that was swollen and wet from their kiss. “Tyler we…”

“Grace.”

 He cut her off before she could finish, he didn’t want to hear her say that the kiss shouldn’t have happened.

“Don’t say anything alright, just come have dinner with me tonight. Let’s just spend some time together.”

 He took a step closer to her and slid his palm across her cheek, letting his fingers touch the soft skin on her neck as he looked into her eyes. “Please, you did walk out on me at lunch the other day, I think you at least owe me a dinner,” he said, smiling.

 It was impossible to resist his sexy smile, and she knew there was no point in trying to say no, because deep down she knew that spending time with him is exactly what she wanted, she just wasn’t ready to admit it.

 “My sister just got here I can’t leave her alone her first night back.”

  Just then Paige opened the front door, poking her head out. “I’m a big girl Grace, I can find something to do, and don’t you dare turn down dinner with a man that looks like that.” Paige said before shutting the door and disappearing back inside.

Grace looked at the door and back at Tyler who was grinning now.

“You heard what she said; you can’t turn me down for dinner. Be at my house at eight,” he said, giving her a quick kiss before he walked away leaving her standing there still feeling the effects of his kiss.

  “
O
k Grace spill it, I want to know every detail what has been going on, because obviously I have missed a lot.” Paige said as she sank into the couch.

  “There is nothing to tell, he just moved in a couple weeks ago. It was your sister that made me talk to him when he came into Geddys for a drink one night.” It was Autumn who started their conversation, but there was no denying the chemistry. One look at Tyler and Grace felt her stomach flip flop and her insides quiver. She couldn’t help but stare at him at the restaurant that night, and now after he just kissed her like no other man had she didn’t know how she was going to keep her hands off of him, let alone her eyes. Grace walked into the kitchen, setting her keys on the counter as she turned to look at Paige. “If someone has anything to talk about here it’s you.” She said pointing at her sister, who sank deeper into the couch.

  Stretching her arms and yawing Paige looked around her old house. “All of the sudden I am so tired, I think I am going to bed.” She was getting up as Grace walked over to her. “Paige sit down, something is going on I know it.” They both sat down together and Paige shifted uncomfortably, trying to find the words to tell her sister what was going on in her life.

  “It’s your turn to spill it sister.” Grace said nudging her sister’s knee with hers.

  It was now or never thought Paige and she started from the beginning.

     “Dominic broke up with me. He said that he needed to explore other options right now in his life, that timing was off and the relationship wasn’t working anymore.” Grace felt her heart squeeze. She knew exactly how it felt to be dumped and it was something she never wished any of her sisters had to go through.

  “Was this recent?” She said as she scooted closer to Paige.

  “About four months ago, I wanted to call and tell you but I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want to tell you because…well I didn’t want to hear I told you so. Everyone that knew how we met told me it wouldn’t last. Oh but that’s not the best part of everything.” Paige took a deep breath as she thought of the last couple of weeks and the disaster her life had turned into. “My apartment building burned down and I lost everything, I have been living in a hotel room up until now.”

  She heard a small gasp come from Grace and she didn’t dare look up, she could feel the shame on her face for allowing her life to fall apart. A life she worked so hard to build away from Bar Harbor Maine, but now there was no other place she would rather be.

  “Paige you should have called me when this happened. I would have told you to come home that same night. There is no reason for you to be living in a hotel room! This is your home, just as much as it is Autumn’s and mine.” She hugged Paige, and her heart ached for her sister, because she knew how much she loved Dominic and her life in New York. 

  “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I was devastated when he left. I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t want to tell anyone. I hoped he would come back, but he never did.” Paige wiped a tear from her eye as she hugged her sister a little tighter. Grace was like a mother to her, she always took care of her and made sure she and Autumn had everything they needed. But most importantly, she was always there when they needed a shoulder to cry on.

  Paige wiped her tears and turned to Grace. “Enough about the mess I call my life, how are you doing? I take it Denny is out of the picture, since you were obviously tongue wrestling with Mr. McDreamy down the street!” She said in a mocking voice.

  Grace could feel her face heat up from embarrassment and she grabbed the pillow behind her and threw it at her sister. “Denny has been out of the picture for a while. I don’t want to talk about him right now; it will just end up ruining my night.” That was something Paige could understand, because she was suffering from the same heartache 

“Enough about men who aren’t worth our tears and heartaches Grace, we need to get you looking absolutely gorgeous for your date. Let’s go, I might have something in my suitcase that will work.”  Paige said as she dragged her sister down the hallway to her bedroom.

  “Sit; let me get a look at your underwear drawer. You do own at least one pair of sexy lingerie right?” Paige was the queen of sexy under garments. Her closet and credit card had exploded several times from her trips to Victoria secrets and fancy lingerie boutiques in the city. One look at her sister’s underwear drawer would send Paige into heart failure for sure because Grace did not splurge on much of anything, especially underwear.

        “For the love of all panties this is not going to work Grace,” Paige said, holding up a pair of what she would have called ‘granny panties’ and shook her head.

  “I haven’t had a date in a long time so there was really no need to invest in sexy panties, give me that please.”

  Grace got up from the bed and snatched her ‘granny panties’ out of her sister’s hand, tossing them back into her drawer. “Let’s just forget it, I’m going to call Tyler and tell him I can’t make it that something came up.”

  She was walking toward her phone when Paige pulled her back by her jeans pocket.

  “No so fast lady. That man is into you! I saw the way he was kissing you and how his hands were grabbing onto your ass. You are not calling anyone. You are hot Grace, you have a great body, a very nice ass, but that has been established already by Mr. McDreamy.  Now, sit down and let me work my artistic magic on you.”

   After two hours of primping, and playing dress up Paige stood at the door way looking at her sister, who looked amazing.

  “Perfection darling, you look like one hot sexy babe. I’d totally do you… If I was into girls and you weren’t my sister of course.”

  Grace shook her head; her sister always had a way with words. Paige was the racier, lacier go get ‘em’ before someone else scoops up that sexy man kind of girl. Grace wished she could be more like that, but could never find the courage. Even as she looked at herself in the mirror she didn’t feel the same confidence Paige would have.

 Grace looked beautiful, stunning and absolutely sexy. Her hair was blown out straight and full, falling around her face and down to the middle of her back. She managed to convince Paige that less was more and went for a more natural, but sexy makeup look. Keeping it to only brown eyeliner, with some mascara and a mauve pink lipstick, finishing off with some peach blush. Paige insisted on her wearing her black skinny jeans with a cream colored sheer tunic and a white camisole, finishing off the outfit with a pair of her brown leather riding boots.

  “You look amazing, he is going to be eating you up in this outfit,” she said, grinning. “He is going to especially love what you are wearing under it. Why didn’t you tell me you kept a secret stash of sexy lingerie…there is hope for you yet Grace!”

  After thirty minutes of arguing with Paige about why it was so wrong to even think about sharing her sister’s underwear, she gave in and let her sister have a peek at her secret lingerie drawer. She bought a few pieces after she met Denny, to keep things sexy in the bedroom. A lot of good that did her, she thought as she picked out a white lace bra with a matching white lace thong.

  “You really do look beautiful Grace. Don’t let your past ruin your future happiness. You more than anyone deserves to find someone to love you and only you.”

   They both stood in front of the mirror for a few more seconds looking at each other and feeling one another’s heartache.

“It’s good to have you back home Paige, don’t go rushing back to your artsy city life anytime soon.”