Forever's Embrace (Forever In Luck Series Book 2) by J. Darling Read Free Book Online Page A

both know
the Packer’s have a better team this year.”
    Yeah,
right, she almost snorted. Looking back at him, she said, “Okay, Jake, you’re
on, but be ready to send that bottle of wine. I’m finding I really like white
wine.”
    “Okay,
let’s make it official then, lets shake on it,” he said.
    That’s
it? Shake on it? Wouldn’t a kiss be more official? Lordy, lordy, she needed to
slow down with the wine. Next thing you know, she’d be dancing on the bar,
belting out show tunes and doing the can-can. Smiling, she held out her hand.
    Heading
back to the reception area, Jules couldn’t stop smiling. She didn’t say
anything, but he’d just been busted. It’d all been a ruse. He’d totally
forgotten about the scores he was looking for, and Linnie’s drink.

 
    *****

 
    Jake
was pumped! She’d agreed! Now those damn Packers’s had better pull a win out of
their ass or he’d personally go to Lambeau and beat the shit out of Favre. The
odds didn’t look good. The Pack had already lost to the Bear’s once this
season, and they’d lost six of the ten games they’d played, whereas the Bear’s
had won nine of their ten. But still, they had to win, they just had to. Just
in case though, he’d left a loophole. He’d told her he’d have a bottle of wine
delivered, then simply failed to mention he’d be the one making the delivery.
    Was
this night ever going to end? He was supposed to give her a ride home, and if
the time proved right, he was going to try and hold her hand. He didn’t want to
screw this up. He really, really liked her. He laughed to himself. That was a
joke, it went much deeper than that, he was way beyond like with her, and they
hadn’t even kissed.
    Holy
hell, where was that waiter? He needed a shot of some Jack. His mind was all
over the place. She’d been so unbelievably gorgeous coming down that aisle, and
he hadn’t been able to keep his eyes off her. The pale pink of her gown with
the imbedded gems, glittered and glowed about her shoulders, mesmerizing him.
Looking down the long table, he found her, and the sight of her had him damn
near drooling all over himself. Her neck was exposed, and the cut of her gown
provided him with a tantalizing peek of her cleavage. Man, she was hot.
Reaching up, he loosened his collar some.
    Then
there was that hair of hers, he couldn’t forget the hair. He closed his eyes
thinking about it. A thick mass of golden, gossamer-like strands, all piled
atop her head, and he wanted to take it all down and run his fingers through
it. Shit, he needed to loosen his collar some more. A heavy hand fell upon his
shoulder.
    “She
go for it?” Nate asked, as he sat down next to him.
    Jake
nodded. “Sure did.”
    “Go
for what?” Nik asked, leaning over.
    Jake
and Nate looked at each other, then Jake gave Nik, and a now interested Kris,
the details of his wager with Jules.
    “Nice,”
Nik said, nodding his head. “You lucky bastard. I still want to beat the piss
out of you though.”
    Kris
chuckled. “Make that two of us.”
    “Hey,
it can only be one of us, and if it hadn’t been me, it would’ve been one of you
then,” Jake answered, not feeling one ounce of remorse.
    “Yeah,
but I would’ve won,” Kris answered, holding up his beer. “To the stud.”
    They
all toasted his success.
    “Now
they’ve got to win,” Jake added, taking another drink of his beer.
    “That
they do,” Nate agreed. “Can you take her to the airport tomorrow? Linnie’s
worried she’s abandoning her by leaving for Lutsen in the morning.”
    “Yep,
already planned on going no matter what. Tell Linnie not to worry, I got it.”
    Nate
smiled knowingly. “Figured as much.”
    Clank,
clank, clank. “Can I have your attention please?”
    Jake
looked down to the end of the table, to where his dad was standing with a glass
in hand.
    “I
just want to let you all know how very happy I am today. Cheers to the
beautiful bride, my lovely daughter, and my new