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He ainst hers as he lifted his cocktail from the bar ‘Well, I think it’s a beautiful dress I have no idea how old it is, but it looks brand new’

Her heart gave a little soar The dress was definitely a hit She’d need to buy Alice a thank-you present A Christ the rest of the people in the room to let out a loud cheer The dance floor filled quickly Grace sipped her drink

‘Do you want to dance?’

She shook her head ‘Not to this I prefer to spectate when it’s so wild I prefer slow dances’

She hadn’t aze connected with those blue eyes the expression on his face made her suck in a breath

She could practically feel the che this She just wasn’t

It wasn’t possible for the buzz she felt every time he looked at her, or touched her, not to be real

‘I’ll take you up on that,’ he said hoarsely, before turning back to the barman ‘Can we have some more cocktails?’

His senses were on overload Her floral scent was drifting around hiled where they’d touched her silky skin The throaty whisper of her voice had sent blood rushing through his body as if he were doing a marathon His eyes didn’t knohether to watch the s her succulent lips, the shiainst her curves or the way her curls tumbled around the pale skin at her neck As for taste? He could only iine

What was more, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t shut his senses down

It wasn’t as if he hadn’t spent time omen since Anna had died On a few occasions, he had But those encounters had been courteous, brief and for one purpose only

There had been no attachment No emotional involvement

But with Grace? Things felt entirely different

He wanted to see her He wanted to be around her He was interested in her, and what she thought He didn’t want to see her a few times and just dismiss her from his life

It had been twelve years since he’d really dated One date with Anna had been enough to know he didn’t need to look any further And right noith his sto upside down, he wasn’t sure he knehat to do any more