Harper took a long look at Quinton for the first time that night as they approached the drink station. His big gray eyes were filling in the scenes around him, his hand shoved into the pockets of his jean pants while his brown wavy chestnut locks dangled down his head. Harper itched to run her hand through the long hair.Her steps were slow and he seemed to have noticed as he moved even slower to match up with her speed. The first time she had met him at the bookstore, she hadn't known what to think. And how had she missed that he wasn't married? Maybe because her eyes hadn't strayed to his fingers.Quinton noticed her staring and when he turned his face around to probably talk to her or flash her a smile, she turned her head real quick and feasted her eyes on the Ferris wheel that had been set up at the other far end of the beach. She let out a small sound as she listened to the screams of the kids on the wheels each time the wheels made a spin which was every second.She had remembe
Cocking his head to the side, Quinton put his drink away too like they were going for an interview of some sort. “Thanks,” his lips lifted a little. “What are you doing back here?” He asked.“Here?” Harper frowned.“Here in Hawaii, I mean. I understand that you are one of the visitors.” He expatiated and she nodded, understanding where he was going.“My friends and I were going through stuff and we needed to unwind badly. Plus, another of my friends just got engaged and she was having her wedding early. Like quickly. We all need to be in the right headspace to plan a wedding which was why Tyler and Gabby suggested a vacation. And we hightailed it here all the way from LA.” She sighed.“Interesting,” Quinton nodded as he took his time to process her words properly. He had his curiosity turned up a notch higher. “So—”“My turn,” Harper cut in and he nodded, giving her room. “What do you do?” She thought of the first question she could think of. Picking up her drink, she took a slow sip
Harper didn't think that the night could get any more fun but she realized soon enough when they arrived at the Ferris wheel. Quinton had taken her to the ticket stands to get a ticket for them and even as she had told him that she was going to pay for hers, he had refused.“Two tickets, please.” He grinned as she dropped the bills on the stand in front of the man serving the tickets.Harper frowned as she stared at him, wondering what was wrong with men and their huge egos about not letting ladies sort out their bills themselves. But she didn't question it because even though she felt that way, she secretly enjoyed it when people did things like this for her. As she looked toward the man on duty, she noticed the lingering stare he passed them while he sorted through their tickets which was taking longer than expected. They had a queue right behind them and even though Harper didn't appreciate cutting lines, Quinton had done that for her and the people on the queue hadn't even compla
“Well, this place is beautiful.” Joyce commented before taking a swipe out of one of the ice cream she had with her. She turned around and handed the one with the vanilla toppings over to a stunned Sophie.“I can't believe we haven't been here.” Sophie shook her head. Why had she believed Alicia when she said that they were having a small cook-out celebration?This that was happening before her eyes were more than a small event. Every where had one activity or the other going on. The dangling rides that had children screaming their lungs out and different game sections made it look more like a carnival than anything Alicia had called it.“I can live here every day,” she mused before taking another swipe of her Ice cream. Sophie loved noise. Silence infuriated her especially when it was awkward. “I'm going to get drunk tonight,” she continued, making Joyce glare at her.“You don't have any issues boiling you over, ma'am. I see no reason why you should drink tonight and don't you dare
Sophie could feel it in her bones the moment the kiss turned into something more than a kiss. An insatiable feeling. Something filled with urgency that she couldn't even begin to bring her mind to understand or think about. But before she could even allow herself to have that moment, Tyler was breaking the kiss and detaching his lips from hers.“What?” she asked him, her breath coming out in short pants. Her body had come alive and she could feel the peek of her nipples pressing against her cloth."I just,” Tyler sighed as he tried to control himself. “I just want to be sure that you are ready for this because I swear Sophie, if I put my hands on you again,” he allowed his eyes to meet hers before he uttered the next sentence."I don't think I have it in me to stop.” He told her.“I don't want you to stop.” She told him, biting her lower lips with her eyes fixated on him. He got the memo and God, if those words didn't send a message to his dick.Sophie didn't know how he did it but wi
“Should we answer it?” Sophie asked, her voice raspy and breathless as she stared up at her man with hazy eyes.“Are you asking if I want to stop this for even a second?” he raised a brow while his fingers traced the skin of her arm teasingly. “No, Sophie. I don't.” He added.“Then we will just ignore it,” she decided there and then because that was what they were going to do. There was no way she was going to ruin something that was going on so smoothly. And since Tyler had no intentions of getting off her just yet, she didn't either.“Let's get rid of this, shall we?” a teasing smile appeared on her lips as she tapped on his shirt. Tyler sent her a wink that made her cheeks flame red…or pink as the seconds went by. He attempted to get off her but she stopped him by swiping her tongue over the skin of his face, exactly what he wanted to do before the knock came at the door.Tyler let out a short hissy breath, cocking his head to the side to let her lick him off. Each tease on his fac
For some reason, when Sophie woke up the next morning, she was convinced that everything that happened the night before was a dream. That was until she felt a hand sinking into her core to fully wake her up for the day. Of course, Tyler had woken her up in his own special way.She had almost fallen asleep again after that but he had gotten her a cup of coffee to start her day after she took a shower. Sitting half up on the bed while sipping her coffee steadily, his other hand bunched around her waist tightly, Sophie felt like it was time to talk about things. Everything. Lack of communication would only pull a wedge between them and she didn't want that. Not not, not ever again.But before she could say a word, Tyler beat her to it.“Everything still feels unreal, doesn't it?” he asked, his fingers digging into her hair as he ran his fingers through the silky strand of it. Tyler wasn't sure but her hair was among the top things he loved about her.“Yeah,” she breathed before taking a
Sophie paraded the length and breadth of the room, preparing for lunch which Joyce had insisted on hosting. A little while ago, they had returned back to their hotel room to rest. Well, she had taken a short nap while Tyler had settled down to work. And when she peeled her eyes open a while later, the sight of him seated at the work table, just focused on working was so blissful that it made her heart thump.How had she almost let him go?How had she denied herself this…Bliss? She couldn't even begin to wrap her head around why she had held back from him in the first place. He made her happy, there was no doubt about it. He made her feel so special. She wanted to feel everything and more with him.“What do you think about this?” she asked as she held up the new dress she had selected from her closet, her eyes anticipating what he had to say.An already dressed Tyler looked away from his phone from where he was lying on the bed to stare at his girl. He had no idea about the dress she w