Chapter 34


    Even though she gulped half her water down, Spring''s mouth felt as if it was filled with sand. She sat


    quietly in his passenger seat as he maneuvered through the strip mall parking lot back to the shoe


    store. He didn''t speak either, but he did nce her way more than once.


    His words...what he said about her body was the most beautiful thing Spring had ever heard. Those


    words made it difficult to keep him in the dark about how they met. Liking him...made it ten times


    harder.


    (And I do like him.)


    Which made no sense. Spring broke it off with Troy because she wanted to focus on her career. She


    wanted to give modeling her all. If it panned out then awesome. But if it didn''t, she would know that she


    gave it hundred and ten percent.


    Spring turned to him just as he pulled the vehicle parallel to the curve, just in front of her job.


    "Dezmond-"


    "Spring-" Dezughed then said, "You go first."


    Spring shook her head. "It''s fine...you go first." Her stomach trembled and fluttered, causing her to shift


    in the seat. The ultrafortable seat. A totally random thought-that the car was really nice-seemed to


    melt away some of her fear. Telling another man that you wanted to just be friends, was stressful.


    "Alright," Dez said. He shifted in his seat.


    The next thing Spring knew...was the intoxicating taste of Dezmond Rey. When he pulled away, he


    asked her, "What is going on between you and Stanley Spencer?"


    "Nothing," Spring answered, still woozy from the kiss.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.


    "Good, because I want you all to myself."


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    Spring offered a slight nod to her coworker as she pushed through the door. The overhead chime was


    enough to end her haze-filled dreamlike state. Even though she was no longer floating on cloud nine, it


    was hard to let the kiss fade. If she thought that their chemistry, she felt that night was a fluke...that it


    was just her inexperienced sex starved mind making something that was moderate at best, into


    something explosive...she was wrong.


    "Wow! I guess he''s not gay." Sammy said.


    "Not at all."


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    A few weekster


    DEZMOND


    Pulling into his usual parking spot on Fallon''s property, Dez unplugged his cell phone then got out of


    the car. He sent Spring a quick text as he walked toward the front door. Her response was immediate.


    He smiled as he stepped up on the porch.


    The door was pulled open before he even lifted his hand to knock.


    "Dezzie!"


    Dezmond looked up from his cell phone when he heard the familiar voice. "Winter!" Dez wrapped his


    arms around the tiny woman and lifted her off her feet. Inside the foyer, he spun in a full circle as he


    hugged her to him.


    "Dez," she saidughing, "you''re going to make me vomit."


    Dez ced her on her feet then took a good look at her. Winter was small in stature and a small build


    so he didn''t notice her small round belly until now. "I forgot. Sorry." he ced his hand on her belly as


    he kissed her on the forehead. "How far along are we now, five months?"


    "Exactly," she said, pping his arm yfully. "If only my brother could remember the important stuff


    like you do."


    "Where are my girls?" Dez asked as he looked around the open living room to the kitchen.


    "Girls," Fallon said with a hint of yful annoyance as he entered the kitchen through the French doors.


    "Yes, girls," Winter agreed in the same tone as they made their way through the living room.


    Dez followed Winter up the few stairs that separated the sunken living room into the kitchen. "Need any


    help?" he asked Fallon as he headed for the kitchen sink.


    "Andy and Rhea are waiting for you. They know you have gifts." Fallon opened the fridge and pulled


    out a small covered aluminum tray.


    As Dez washed his hands, he smiled as he watched Winter grab a cherry tomato off the top of the


    sd that Fallon uncovered then hip bumped her brother. It was nice to see the two together again.


    Winter and Jacob, Fallon''s closest and dearest childhood friend, married young. When the man Fallon


    loved like a brother died, Fallon took it hard. When Winter started dating Jacob''s military friend, Fallon


    saw it as a personal insult to his friend''s memory and cut contact with Winter while keeping in touch


    with Andrea-Andy-their daughter.


    Dez hated ying the go between for them.


    It wasn''t until they almost lost Winter a couple of years ago that Fallon reached out to her. Now, it


    seemed Winter was happily married to Cordero, a standup guy, who brought his daughter Rhea and his


    dog Onyx into their fold.


    "So, you think we''re getting a boy?" Dez asked Cord as he walked through the patio doors, drying his


    hands.