Page 18 of Five Midnight Moment
Her words were music to his ears. “Ditto, baby.”
She started unbuttoning his shirt. “So, about those plans I mentioned during dinner…”
“I’m all yours.”
“Yes, you are.”
Dwayne groaned as her tongue made a path across his chest. He agreed. He wanted to start every day of every year in just this way. For the rest of his life.
Chapter 6
“What if his family doesn’t like me?” Valencia said as she applied lipstick.
Leah rolled her eyes. “Girl, they’re going to love you. Quit being so dramatic.”
She glanced at Leah’s frowning face on her iPad. “I’m just nervous. We went from dating in secret to meet-the-parents in a blink of an eye. I still can’t believe how he charmed my parents.” And she laughed every time she thought about her mother’s response.
“In my opinion, the guys have a harder time because they have to win over a girl’s father. All you have to do is smile, offer to take a couple of dishes to the table or help clean up and you’re in.”
Valencia laughed. “Anybody with home training would offer to do that, so I don’t think that’s a good measure.” She picked up the iPad and went back into the bedroom for her shoes. Dwayne had told her to dress casually and, after a good thirty minutes of discarding one outfit after another, she’d settled on a pair of ivory jeans and matching off-the shoulder sweater, and her brown ankle boots.
“Hey, it can’t hurt. What time is the get-together?”
“Dwayne made it sound like it’s an all-day kind of thing. He should be here to pick me up in about half an hour.”
“By the way, I looked him up andLawd, have mercy! The man is fine, fine,fine. You said he had a brother.”
“He does. Anidentical twinbrother.”
Leah’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped. “There are two of them?”
Valencia smiled and nodded. Her doorbell rang. “Hang on. There’s someone at my door,” she said walking toward the front. “It’s probably my neighbor. She promised me some of her 7-Up cake.”
“Ooh, the one you let me taste last Christmas?”
“Yep.”
“Girl, you’d better save me a piece.”
She laughed. “You know I’ve got—” She looked through the peephole and saw Dwayne standing there and quickly opened the door. “Dwayne. You’re early.”
“I know. I couldn’t wait to see you.” Dwayne slid an arm around her waist and crushed his mouth against hers in a greedy, demanding kiss.
“Hellooooo!I’m still here.”
Valencia tore her mouth away. “Oh, my goodness. I forgot I’m on FaceTime with my friend. Sorry, Leah.”
“Yeah, yeah. All that moaning and groaning is making a sistah jealous.”
Dwayne laughed and eased the iPad from Valencia’s hand. “Hey, Leah. I’m Dwayne. It’s nice to meet you.”
“Same here. I heard you have a brother. He’s not married, is he?”
“Leah!Really?” Valencia snatched the iPad back.
“What? I’m just asking.”
Dwayne leaned over. “He’s single and so are a few of my cousins. The family is having a little something at my parent’s house today and you’re welcome to join us if you don’t have any pla—."
