Chapter 5The next few hours passed in a whirlwind of activity and Paige found herself riding an emotional roller-coaster from which she could not disembark, nor did she wish to do so.
In all of her fantasies—or rather, in all the ones that didn’t have her and her former teacher rutting like s*x-starved maniacs in a variety of outlandishly romantic locales—Vince Martinelli had acted the supreme escort, and tonight, he did so in the flesh. Several times during the four-course dinner, Paige actually contemplated pinching herself to make certain she hadn’t drifted into some euphoric dreamland. She just couldn’t bring herself to believe that the handsome gentleman of her deepest desires stayed by her side the entire evening, joking, reminiscing, and finally whisking her across the dance floor
