Chapter 43

Friday came and Laura couldn’t wait for the day to end. She was breathless with anticipation.

At 5:30 p.m., Angelo came to pick her up in his Jaguar. He wore a casual indigo blue button-down shirt and dark denims. His shirt was open at the collar, showing a bit of his dark chest hair. His thick hair was casually tousled. That and his hint of facial hair made him look at once model-handsome and sexy as anything.

He came over to give Laura a hug. His cologne was intoxicatingly masculine. He whispered in her ear, “I’ve missed you.”

She hugged him back, loving the feeling of being in his arms again. Time apart from him was now feeling like an eternity to her. “Me too.”

“You look beautiful,” he said, admiring her sleeveless, form-fitting dark red cocktail dress. “Very sexy, if I may say so.”

“Why, thank you,” she said, happy that he had noticed. She had wanted to make that impression on him tonight. Show him that she could be a little more va-va-voom when she wanted