Promised (The Promised Series)

lies underneath the lace at her chest and stretches down to the top of her thighs. The lace continues a few inches below the satin material. Her long, bare legs take over from there, stretching on for what seems like miles before you hit the delicate material of her black lace heels. I have no clue how anyone can walk in shoes that tall, but she does. And somehow, she does it gracefully.
    My eyes trail back up her body and I stop at the neckline of her dress where I notice the four leaf clover charm. “You wore it.”
    Her fingers lift to touch the fragile charm and she smiles at me. “I haven’t taken it off.”
    I lift the dog tags out from underneath my button up shirt. “Neither have I.”
    She sucks in the corner of her lip and releases it before asking. “Are you going to show me around, or are we going to stand in the doorway all night?”
    I take her hand in mine and tell her honestly. “Sorry, that dress distracted me from the surprise.”
    She giggles at my honesty and follows me towards the back of the house where the great room is located. The back wall of the house is made up of nothing but windows that show off the view of the lake and mountains. To the right side of the room is a huge stone fireplace that already has a fire roaring in its hearth. Directly in front of the fireplace, like I planned, is a table set for two: white linen table cloth, a bouquet of white roses in a vase at the center flanked by lit white pillar candles, and real silverware wrapped in cloth napkins.
    Wyn releases my hand and crosses to the table. She runs one manicured finger along the table cloth, and then lifts it to touch the petal of one of the roses. Turning to look at me over her shoulder, she asks. “How did you do all of this?”
    “I’ll never reveal my secrets.” I say as I join her by the table and pull out her seat.
    “I have ways of getting even the strongest man to reveal his secrets.” She teases, taking the offered seat.
    “Try your best.” I lean in and whisper close to her ear. The light hint of her perfume hits my nose and takes over my senses. It smells of blackberry with a little bit of vanilla mixed in.
    Good god!
    This girl smells like berry cobbler; my favorite freaking dessert!
    She’s making it hard to be a gentleman, wearing that dress and smelling like that. I want to peel the lace from her body and lick every inch of her to see if she tastes as sweet as she smells.
    Dammit! I have to get my head straight.
    “Umm…I’m going to get our food from the kitchen. I’ll be right back.” I step away from her seat to put some distance between her and my inappropriate thoughts.
    “Let me help.” She moves to get back up.
    I hold up my hand and practically shout. “No!”
    She stares at me, shocked by my outburst.
    “I mean, you just relax. I’m at your beck and call tonight, so let me serve you.” I try to smooth over my mistake.
    She eyes me cautiously, but nods in agreement. I move to the kitchen and as soon as I’m out of sight, I grab on to the edge of the counter and take a deep breath to clear my head.
    “Come on, Linc. You need to keep your cool.” Easy enough, if my teenage hormones would stop going into overdrive at the sight and smell of my dream girl. If I keep this up, I’ll end up humping her perfectly, tanned leg like a horny, little lap dog before we can make it through the salad.

Chapter 10 – Wyn
    ~Make You Feel My Love~
    As soon as Linc is out of sight, I get up and move over to the wall of windows that make up the back half of the house. I’m looking at the view, but I can’t stop myself from seeing an absurdly large diamond ring that’s hiding in my purse. I planned on telling him about the engagement tonight, but I can’t make myself ruin the evening he’s taken so much time to plan for us. I’ll wait till we’re back at school. Only a few more days of keeping this a secret and I’ll come clean.
    Goodness!
    What am I going to do? I don’t love Shay and I know I never will, just like I know I’m falling head over heels in love with Linc. How can I not fall for him though? He’s been nothing but sweet and understanding with me since the moment the counselor pushed us together. Most boys take one look at my over protective brothers and lose interest instantly, but not him. I think he’d fight them all if they tried to take me away.
    Oh, heck!
    They are going to take me away. Well, Shay’s going to take me away, in five very short months. I know