Chapter Fourteen
Jesse
Charlie sat across from me, her cheeks flushed, the tension gone from her face, and her gorgeous hair falling down around her shoulders. Meanwhile, all I could think about was getting her back to the hotel and getting her bare n***d.
But I was a gentleman. I managed to get through dinner. I didn’t go all caveman and throw her over my shoulder on the way out. I caught her hand in mine, and we walked back to the hotel in the late evening.
The air was cool with a salty breeze gusting off the bay. The evening was quiet with the sound of waves rolling into the shore and seagulls calling in the distance. When we got to the hotel, once we were in the elevator, I glanced over to Charlie. Our eyes collided, and it was as if a flame spun to life, heating the air around us.
