England
or Bust by Georgiana Louis
Blurb:
Michelle has had
the worst year of her life. Just when she thought things couldn't get any
worse, her flight to London has been cancelled.
Believing she must
endure another twelve hours alone, she makes her way to the airport restaurant
where Rob, the gorgeous doctor finds her.
Instant attraction between
the two of them makes it impossible to resist the temptation of a one night
stand, but is that all that is possible when Michelle's future is calling from
England?
Excerpt:
Michelle’s
eyes dropped to Rob’s full lips and she swallowed the saliva that had pooled in
her mouth. She shouldn’t even be thinking about how good those lips would feel,
but she was.
She
nodded. “I suppose you’re right.”
“How
strange is it to be caught in this sort of storm in December though? I thought
we left winter months ago.”
Michelle
nodded again, unable to match the happy, chatty tone of the person sitting
opposite her.
“To
fate.” Rob said and clinked his glass with hers.
Another
of those strange laughs bubbled up inside Michelle and she drank down a sip of
her wine in a hurry. Why was she so nervous?
She
forced herself to speak. “Fate? Really?”
Rob
laughed and ordered the same burger she had, then looked back at her.
“Yeah,
why not? We could have been on a plane crashing into the ocean at this moment.
I’m definitely one to believe in whatever happens, happens for a reason.”
Michelle’s
chest squeezed tight. “Really?” Her words choked out, tears welling in her
eyes. She dropped her head and went to clasp her hands in her lap, but Rob
reached out and gripped one of them in his.
“Hey,
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
Michelle
wanted to pull her hand away, her senses recoiling from the touch of a man she
barely knew.
“Tell
me what’s wrong.” Rob used his thumb to caress the back of her hand, which once
again calmed her nerves down. As he felt her relax, he withdrew his hand.
The
loss of that warmth made a pained sound rise in her throat and she grabbed her
hand back quickly. What was wrong with her?
“Nothing’s
wrong.” She picked up her glass and swallowed twice, most of the wine
disappearing down her throat.
Rob
waited until she set her glass down, then filled it up again.
“All
right. Where are you going and why?”
Michelle
twirled the glass in her fingers, the red wine seeping into her blood stream
and causing a hot flush on her usually pale cheeks.
“I
am moving to England, permanently. I have a few cousins over there - I need a
change.”
Rob
moved their drinks out of the way as the food arrived. In front of Michelle sat
one of the biggest burgers she had ever seen. Yellow melted cheese oozed over
the red meat. The egg, lettuce and tomato was threatening to slide out of the
bun and onto the plate.
“Wow.”
Rob breathed and picked up his burger with both hands.
He
opened his mouth wide and took a massive bite, moaning in appreciation as he
put it back down again.
Michelle
watched him acting without fear or thought. He was so artless, so hungry for
every little pleasure. Her cheeks flushed again at the thought.
In
all her twenty five years, she had only ever had two lovers and both were long
term relationships. She had never really enjoyed love making. Whether her lovers
were selfish (well her last one definitely had been), or she hadn’t learnt to
enjoy it, she didn’t know. Either way her starved body was aching for a real
man’s touch. A man like the one sitting
opposite her.
She
buried her red cheeks in her glass of wine once again. Was it the horrible year
that she had had? Or the unusual circumstances of being stranded for the next
twelve hours? Either way, something was happening to her.
“Try
the burger Michelle. It’s really good.” Rob brought the burger back up to his
mouth and took another huge bite.
Michelle
picked up her knife to cut hers in half. She needed to slice it into more
manageable pieces if she was even going to attempt to eat such a monster.
“No,
just pick it up.” Rob said even though he still had a full mouth.
Was he kidding? Michelle eyed the
burger once again and put both hands around it. She was about to make a fool of
herself in front of this gorgeous stranger.
“Here
goes nothing…”
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