Prologue
Paisley woke up out of a dead sleep for the millionth time in the last 12 years. She was sweating and in a mild state of arousal.
All she could remember from that fateful night was a pair of firm yet gentle hands as they roamed over her body. Combined with a pair of soft but firm lips on hers.
It was late at night when there was a knock at the door of her childhood bedroom.
“Come in.” She whispers, not wanting to wake up anyone in the household.
A very tall, dark figure slowly closes the door behind him. This is something he has always dreamed of, but never thought would happen. Paisley was the vision of young men’s dreams, and tonight she would be his.
Slowly, he walks over to where she is lying in her bed, covered in just a T-shirt she had stolen from him years before. She has had a crush on this man for years, but they never dared to bring it to fruition. Tomorrow morning, she leaves for her European tour of undetermined length, and this was their last chance.
“Please, I have been dreaming about this forever. If this is all we have, then I want to spend this one night with you. “
“Are you sure this is what you want?” He whispers in her ear as he lies down next to her. Her bedroom is that of a pampered only daughter of a Texas oilman. A pink ruffled canopy bed with matching curtains hanging from the windows.
He is having second thoughts because he knows she has been saving herself for Mr Right, and he knows that is not him. He has wanted to have her as his own, but he is not ready to settle down and doesn’t know if he ever will. He doesn’t want to take something so precious to her, knowing nothing can happen between them.
She is in bed with her whole body shaking. She wants him to be her first, but she knows there is no future. If she can just have this one night, she will leave and do as her parents expect. They want her to do her society year in Europe and meet a suitable mate. She has another idea; she wants to travel and broaden her mind. She has no desire to settle down, get married, and have children. She has a travel bug, and that is all she has ever dreamed of.
He lay down next to her and took her into his arms. His lips claim hers, and she is finally receiving the kind of kiss she has always wanted. Not the scared kiss of boys in her class, but a real kiss. No boy dares to get too friendly with he; she has a very dominant big brother who will make them seriously regret even looking at her.
They kiss for what seems like forever, and she never wants it to stop. He runs his trembling hands all over her body. She is every man’s dream, at least she has taken up more than her fair share of time in his mind.
She starts to shake her head silently, she doesn’t think she can go through with this after all. She has always been very chaste when it came to boys, partially because of Dom and partially because she does not wish to disappoint her parents.
“I know we decided to do this, but I don’t think I can,” she exclaims. “I am scared, and I don’t want to do something I would regret later. “
He slowly starts to caress her back. Running his hand up and down her spine, slowly calming her.
“Babydoll, we won’t do anything you aren’t comfortable with,” states her mysterious stranger.
They lay like that for hours, just holding each other. Her head on his chest, his hands roaming her body gently. Occasionally, they share a sweet kiss.
She feels relieved; she had always wanted to spend the night with him, but she never expected it to be this way. She felt so loved and protected as she lay in his embrace.
When morning came, her would-be lover was gone. She awoke, stretching, and felt the cold side of her bed. He must have left before the sun came up. She is glad because she really didn’t want to get caught with him in her room when her mother came to wake her.
She will never forget her dream lover! This was a precious memory she will never share with another soul. The secret love of her young life.