by Nana Malone
"But your job. Is this—"
"I know what I'm doing. Dad is unwilling to look at the truth. He wants to hide, to pretend. I wasn't willing to do that anymore, so I left. There was somewhere I wanted to be more."
"There was?" She sniffled.
"Right here. If you need more time, you can have it. But I will come here every day and ask if you need more. I will think of you every day. At least once a day, I will do things to make you smile. I love you. I have loved you ever since I first laid eyes on you."
Her chest tightened and it was difficult to breathe. She'd said the words, but saying them now meant she was willing to take the risk that he might hurt her. But she could do it. She loved him. And that meant trusting him. "I love you too."
"Good. Now maybe I can kiss you, because you look so achingly beautiful and I’ve been dying to hold you since you walked out this morning." And when she walked into his arms and he wrapped his big body around hers, she knew she'd never been happier in her life.
18
Cara checked her watch. Shit, she was late. She’d gone overtime with her class. If she wasn’t careful she'd miss her own opening night. On her way out of Club Prestige, she ran smack into Serena.
"Girl, aren't you going to be late?"
"I know but I wanted to have this graduation class for my group. And had a private lesson with Georgina. I couldn’t just leave them all hanging because this is opening night for my dance company."
Her friend rolled her eyes. "Everyone would have understood." Her friend wrinkled her nose. “We better hope King doesn’t find out. He’ll flip out.
Cara knew it. But Georgina wanted this and she was Cara’s friend, so King could shove it…"Well, I like to keep my commitments."
"Go, I’ll see you tonight. Front row. Oh and don’t forget we have that thing with Jaggar Jakes from TVN tomorrow morning." Serena smiled.
Cara frowned. “The pretty brunette that’s always fighting with the hot sports guy? I swear, those two have to be boning off camera. The chemistry is ridiculous.”
Serena nodded. “That’s the one. They’re doing a promo piece on us. A result of a called in favor.”
“Cool I’ll be here.”
“Okay. Go. Break a leg.”
Cara grinned and ran out. She still had to make it back to her apartment and grab the gifts she had for the dancers. In her rush this morning she'd completely forgotten them.
When she rushed out of Club Prestige, she stopped short and couldn’t help the wide grin that pulled across her cheeks. Tate was waiting for her outside with a black Mercedes SUV and a driver. "Tate, what are you doing here?"
He shook his head. "You forgot your gifts for the dancers and I knew you'd be running tight, so I figured I’d get a driver and drive you in style. Besides, this is our company so I want to make sure everything goes right."
She laughed. "You love saying that, don’t you?"
His smile was bright as he took her hand. "You bet I do. I pretty much love anything that involves you and me together."
It had been three months since he'd left Anders Financial, but he'd decided to put his inheritance to good use and helped her fund Move In Sound. She’d made sure the terms were something she could live with because she didn't want to take his money. So he'd gone ahead and made himself a partner and within weeks he'd had several job offers from not-for-profits doing the kind of work he'd always dreamed of.
"What would I ever do without you? I swear I'd be like a chicken with my head cut off."
Tate licked his lips. "Good thing you never have to find out."
That she liked the sound of. "C'mon, let's get out—"
Tate wasn't getting in the car though. Instead, he was sinking to one knee. Oh holy shit.
He smiled at her when her jaw dropped open. "Cara North, I have loved you since the beginning. And it is only fitting I ask you this in the same place you slammed back into my life. I want to do nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"
Must ... breathe. Must ... Her heart slammed at a rapid staccato beat and tears pricked her eyes. She was staring into his eyes and saw the love there. Unwavering, uncompromising love. "Yes. A thousand times, yes. Holy hell, yes."
He slid something onto her finger and she looked down at her hand to find the largest, most ostentatious diamond. The thing had to be five carats. "Now she looks at the ring," he muttered.
"Tate Anders, that is the biggest thing I have ever seen. I can’t accept that."
His grin only broadened and his gaze flickered to his crotch, then back to her face. "I know. But you seem to take it just fine.”
The laugh ripped out of her chest. "What am I going to do with you?"
“Love me forever.” He stood and kissed her softly. "We'll start with you kissing me. We'll take the rest from here. Now, if you don’t mind, my fiancée has a show to get to."
Two hours later, after tech rehearsal and sound check, as she was taking position center stage, Cara looked to the front row and saw Tate with his big cheesy grin. She knew that no matter what, she was happy.
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Teasing in Stilettos
COPYRIGHT © 2016 by Nana Malone
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
Cover Art by Minx Malone
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Proof Editing by Leah Guinan
Published in the United States of America
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling Author, Nana Malone’s love of all things romance and adventure started with a tattered romantic suspense she borrowed from her cousin on a sultry summer afternoon in Ghana at a precocious thirteen. She’s been in love with kick butt heroines ever since.
With her overactive imagination, and channeling her inner Buffy, it was only a matter a time before she started creating her own characters. Waiting for her chance at a job as a ninja assassin, Nana, meantime works out her drama, passion and sass with fictional characters every bit as sassy and kick butt as she thinks she is.
The books in her series have been on multiple Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble bestseller lists as well as the iTunes Breakout Books list and most notably the USA Today Bestseller list.
Until that ninja job comes through, you’ll find Nana working hard on additional books for her series as well as other fun, sassy romances for characters that won’t leave her alone. And if she’s not working or hiding in the closet reading, she’s acting out scenes for her husband, daughter and puppy in sunny San Diego.
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