I rested on my forearms. “In a way, does it make memoreattractive since you think I’m forbidden because I’m too young for you?”
He shifted in his seat but didn’t answer my question.
“Did I just make you nervous?”
“You’ve made me nervous from the moment I met you, Doris-Delores.”
“Because you don’t want to want me?”
“You’d be correct about that.” He began tensely shredding a napkin.
I looked to my left and froze at the sight of the waitress giving me a funny look. I realized she might’ve heard our conversation and was probably wondering why I was calling my fifty-year-old “father” out on “wanting me.”
Ugh.
I leaned in and whispered, “It might be time to leave.”
Chapter 5
TATE
Warning bells had been going off all night, but I kept ignoring them. I had no desire to leave this girl and go back to being alone again. I just didn’t know what the fuck to do with her. All I knew for sure was what Icouldn’tdo with her. That list seemed to be endless. But damn, I was having fun.
As we walked from the restaurant back toward the main building, I turned to her. “Where to, DD?”
She raised a brow. “DD?”
“Doris-Delores...”
“Oh.” She laughed. “You mean, you’re not ditching me?”
“My better judgment is nowhere to be found at the moment.”
Her eyes lit up. “Did I see something about a Wednesday late-night dessert bar?”
Yes. Good.Whatever we did tonight, it needed to be in public, so the dessert bar was perfect.
“Yeah, it usually starts at ten.”
“Usually? You’ve been already, huh?”
Many times over the years. I wasn’t about to admit my family owned this place. Not that I was ashamed, but I’d never lived off my parents’ wealth, and telling her the owners were my folks would give her the wrong idea about me.
“I heard someone talking about it,” I explained.
“Oh, okay. Let’s check it out.”
I nodded. “I think it’s this way.” I led her down a hallway to where I knew they set up the dessert bar. I also needed to continue walking in front of her because I couldn’t seem to stop staring at her pert little ass, which was torture. I hadn’t felt this feral over someone since I was a damn teenager myself, and I needed to get my freaking dick in check before I made a mistake I’d regret. But she made me feel young and carefree, and that was addicting as all hell.
She squealed in delight when she spied the giant chocolate fountain, and I had to smile. The fountainwaspretty cool, and it reminded me of coming here as a kid when my grandparents had owned the place, before they’d passed it on to my mother and father.
The resort had been renovated multiple times, but the dessert bar was always a staple. I hadn’t been back here for several years, but now I needed a dose of the nostalgia and peace it had once brought me. Thoughpeacewasn’t likely on the menu as long as I was with DD.Invigoratedwas a better word to describe the way I’d felt since the moment she entered my periphery.
“This is too good to be true,” she said as she plated some strawberries.
I couldn’t have said it better as I once again found myself standing behind her, with my eyes planted on her tight bottom. I supposed this was better than constantly getting caught sneaking peeks at her breasts. I’d been pretty shameless about that, convincing myself it was okay so long as I looked and didn’t touch.
She made herself a plate of strawberries with a huge dollop of chocolate sauce in the middle.
