Chapter 18

Karl

I laid on my bed replaying that moment at the beach over and over again. Diamond looked so stunning in that dress, I don’t think she realized just how breathtaking she was. I literally couldn’t take my eyes off her no matter how discreet I tried to be. From the moment she came out of her room, all through the car ride, in the gallery, in the restaurant and on the beach.

She had only caught me staring at her on the beach. As the wind blew her hair every which way exposing her long neck which I itched to run my mouth along, I suddenly forgot about the act of being discreet as I was lost in my imaginations. It was only when she looked at me that I realized I had been caught dead. But there was no use trying to pretend I wasn’t just ravishing her with my eyes.

And when our eyes locked, I felt all the hair on skin stand—something I had imagined was mutual. And I tried to do the one thing on my mind at that moment, I tried to kiss her but then she pulled away. At first I felt deflate