Daring to Love: A Contemporary Romance (The Armstrongs Book 3) by Jessica Gray Page A

arranging her so that her head lay over his heart and then he closed his eyes on a sigh of contentment. „I love you too, darling. I want to spend every day of the rest of my life with you!“
    I’ve never felt so satisfied in my life! Yes, their love-making had been earth shattering before, but his heart and soul were fulfilled by the look in her happy and exhausted eyes.
    When she moved her head up to rest it against his shoulder, he squeezed her close for a moment, but their cuddling was interrupted by the sound of the phone ringing.
    He let his fingers travel down her naked back, answering her unspoken question when she raised her head, “Time to get up Wonder Woman, we have dinner reservations.”
    "Aren’t you going to answer the phone?" she inquired as she turned to see where the noise was coming from.
    He shook his head at her, "No, that was just the alarm so we wouldn't miss dinner."
    She tried to give him a stern look, "So you had all of this planned?"
    He grinned at her, a grin that came from deep within his heart, and gently patted her naked butt. She makes me so happy! I can’t believe how much I love this woman! He’d have no problem to stay in the room and make love to her the whole night through, but it would be a shame to skip dinner. The restaurant located in the hotel got raving reviews and he wanted her to experience everything this place had to offer.
    To answer her question about the phone, he kissed her on the temple and told her, “Let's say I had the slightest idea we might lose track of the time."
    Charlene threw him a happy smile, „You are incorrigible, Mister. What else do you have up your sleeve?“
    He couldn’t resist the temptation and showed her his naked arms. „See, nothing up my sleeves.“
    „Not quite true, I can see a provocative tattoo up there.“ With these words she slid off the bed, before he could catch her and headed for the bathroom. She emerged a few moments later, looking adorable in the cuddly towel wrapped around her body.
    Evan was almost dressed, and she hurried to catch up to him. Several minutes later they were headed downstairs to the restaurant, hand in hand. The maÎtre d’ showed them their table in a secluded corner of the restaurant and asked them for their choice of wine.
    Charlene gave him a confused look and Evan responded, „I’ve ordered the surprise menu for us. Everyone is raving about it.“
    „Oh.“
    The menu included seven courses. He was pleasantly surprise, the raving about the chef’s ability was indeed justified. Course three and four was pasta. But not just any past, the most delicious pasta he’d ever eaten.
    He almost choked on his bite, when Charlene licked her lips and fixed her eyes on him, saying, "Please, let me dive into this pasta and stay there forever."
    Her words sparked a vision of her naked body swimming in a pool filled with the delicious pasta, giving him a hard-on and he shook his head at himself. You have the whole night in front of you.
    “This is fabulous,” she told him as the waiters prepared to deliver the last course. A decadent chocolate cheesecake with raspberry and white chocolate sauce.
    After they had finished dinner, Evan escorted her up to the glass-roofed winter garden. Actually the term „winter garden“ didn’t do it justice. The entire roof of the building was encased in a glass dome. Small seating arrangements were scattered here and there in the dark room, lit up solely by a single candle on each of the tables.
    He sat down on one of the comfortable love seats and pulled her down next to him. A waiter brought them a complimentary mulled wine, that smelled of cloves and cinnamon and set the steaming cups onto the small table in front of them. Before leaving he asked them to ring the bell should they need anything.
    They reclined there, watching the most amazing night sky develop with its brightly shining stars. Evan loved the way how the stars out in the mountains were much more intense, than