Page 30 of Fall Into Temptation
“You smell okay, Evan,” Eva called after him.
He grinned and ducked out the door.
“I love that kid so much I want to hug him until his head pops off,” Eva sighed. “Is that murder?”
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“Where are we going?” Eva asked as Donovan eased down Beckett’s driveway. He’d traded the cruiser for his SUV. Eva couldn’t help but shoot a glance over her shoulder at the big backseat. Her blood was still pumping from that kiss. She wasn’t sure what had come over her, but it had been worth it to feel that heat. And so much better than worrying about it until the end of the date.
After Evan’s hasty entrance and exit, neither of them had mentioned the kiss or attempted to reenact it. But Eva was fairly certain she wasn’t the only one thinking about it right now.
“I made us reservations at a restaurant in Cleary,” Donovan told her, heading east.
“Fewer distractions in Cleary?” Eva asked.
He glanced at her, his smile crooked, dimple winking, and took her hand in his. “Maybe.”
She was holding hands with Donovan Cardona. He brought her flowers, let her kiss the hell out of him, and now he was holding her hand.What alternate universe had she stepped into?Eva wondered.
“Oh, no,” she breathed, her dreams and fantasies collapsing in on themselves in a black hole of reality.
“Oh, no, what?” Donovan asked, squeezing her hand.
“Uranus.”
“Excuse me?”
“The crossing. The stupid stellar apocalypse. This is all because of that, isn’t it? You asked me out because you’re going crazy,” Eva wailed, covering her face with her free hand. “I knew this was too good to be true.”
“Eva.”
But she was too busy lamenting her cruel fate. “Why does this always happen to me? I’m not a terrible person. I shouldn’t have all this bad karma—”
“Eva. Shut up!” he ordered.
Eva snapped her mouth shut.
“This has nothing to do with any kind of planetary alignment. I’ve wanted you from the first second I laid eyes on you.”
“Great. Now I know you’re crazy.”
He squeezed her hand hard, and Eva yelped.
“Don’t tell me what I do or don’t feel, Evangelina,” he said evenly. “These feelings didn’t start up just this week or last or even last month. They’ve been around for a while.”
“You’re being very… honest,” Eva told him.Honesty made her a bit squeamish.
“It’s the only way to be in a relationship.”
“So, we’re in a relationship?” her voice squeaked up an octave.
“We are if that’s what you want. I want to give you what you want.”
Her laugh was nervous and sounded borderline hysterical to her own ears. What she wanted at this exact moment was a naked Donovan Cardona cavorting around in her bed. “This is overwhelming… I thought we were just going to dinner. Not planning a future.”
“I want to be upfront with you. No surprises, no secrets. I want you Eva. And I think you might be it for me.”
She had definitely hit her head at some point today and was hallucinating all of this. The handsome sheriff that she’d lusted after from afar was telling her she wasitfor him? Concussion for sure. Possibly an aneurysm.
