CHAPTER 72

Darlene

Alexander returned just as soon as I was done dressing and putting on my makeup. He leaned on the doorframe with his both hands in his suit jacket. The man looked like a Greek god. He just stared at me without saying anything and I in turn, stared back. Despite the silence, it felt like a lot had been said.

“I wish I could show and not tell you how beautiful you are.” The words breezed out of his lips like a whisper bug I had heard everything he said clearly, so much that my heart jumped. “I want you out of that dress, Darlene."

“What?” I asked, confused. “I literally just finished dressing and you want the dress off?”

“I didn’t stutter.”

“You better do! Do you know what it took? I even had call Laura to he—”

“I’m not asking.”

Oh, with the way he said it, I knew it wasn’t asking. So I walked up to him and turned my back at him. He gently pushed my hair aside and undid my dress’ zipper. He gently pushed the dress off my shoulders and it pooled at my feet. He leaned in and kiss