Forever and Always by Beverley Hollowed Page B

after the accident. He had a broken arm but other than the bump on the head, his injuries seemed more minor then was first thought.
    Melanie was delighted Mark was coming back with Maggie. She always loved Mark and she thought he was perfect for Maggie. She hoped him coming to the beach house with Maggie meant they maybe they had sorted things out finally.
    But she was sad too because it meant tonight would be the last night she would get to spend the whole night with Sam. She was surprised how quickly she had become so accustom to waking up to him every morning.
    Sam helped her to give the beach house a good cleaning, not that it was that dirty but she wanted to make sure it looked nice for Maggie and Mark when they returned.
    At seven Sam headed into town to get some dinner for them both. Haven’t spent all day cleaning Melanie was so not in the mood to cook.
    While Sam was gone, Melanie ran a bath and picked out something nice to wear that evening. She wanted it to be special. She picked her favourite cream Lipsy dress. It was a knee length goddess type dress. With two little sequined straps and a slight gap at the bust. She picked her nude coloured dolly shoes to go with it. She laid the dress on the bed and quickly pulled her hair into a pony on the top of her head so it wouldn’t get wet, then stripped and climbed into the bath.
    She was soaking in the bath about twenty minutes when she heard her phone beep telling her she had a text message. She quickly climbed out of the bath wrapping a towel around her and went to check her phone.
    It was from Sam
    “Can u come over 2 my house, need 2 show you something”
    Melanie smiled and quickly typed back her response.
    “Be there in ten minutes x”
    Melanie quickly dried herself and pulled on her matching white lace underwear. Quickly she slipped her dress over her head and pulled the zip at the side up. She released her hair from its bobbin and ran a brush threw it. She decided to leave it down tonight. She slipped on her shoes and went to the full length mirror to check her reflection. All she needed to do was apply some lips gloss and a little perfume and she was ready.

Chapter 9
    When Melanie reached Sam’s place the door it was already open. She tapped on it lightly before she pushed it open and stepped inside.
    When she walked into the room her heart almost stopped. Sam was standing in the middle of the room wearing a black linen shirt and black trousers and looking heart stoppingly gorgeous. Around him he was surrounded by what looked like hundreds of tiny twinkling candles. There was soft music playing on the stereo and behind him the table was set for a candle lit dinner.
    “Wow” was all she could manage to say as she slowly stepped further into the room. He slowly walked towards her and took her by the hand pulling her closer to him.
    “You look beautiful Melanie” he whispered as he leaned in slowly to kiss her, his lips touched hers softly.
    “You scrub up pretty well yourself” she said with a smile. “The place is breath-taking ”.
    “As tonight might be the last night we get to spend the entire night together for a while” he explained and he gently stroked her face. “I wanted it to be special”.
    “Well so far so good” she replied. Suddenly “if I ain’t got you” by Alicia Keys comes on the stereo.
    “Dance with me Melanie” he whispers. She slid her arms around his shoulder and allowed him to pull her flush to his body and the y slowly move d in unison, their bodies almost becoming one.
    As they danced he softly kissed her neck. His touch mixed with his glorious scent made her heart race. She closed her eyes and wished that this moment would never end.
    “I love you Melanie” he whispered softly into her ear. “I have never loved anyone or anything more, and I doubt I ever will”.
    “I love you too” Melanie said her breath hitching in her throat. Finally the song ends.
    “Come” he said with a grin stepping back and