Love Is A Risk novel Chapter 5

As I got ready for the engagement party, I was thinking about how will I avoid Blake and his piercing eyes. Now that I have readily agreed to his help I couldn’t even avoid him. I walked to my bedroom window and looked across towards the Villa situated at the far end corner of the estate. It was gleaming with lights and it looked so beautiful. But I was frightened as well as excited to meet everyone there.

Six years ago on a late summer evening, the gardens were still smelling sweet, filled with flowers and Blake had taken me out to dinner. As it was my birthday a day before and he had promised me he will take me for dinner as a birthday present. He did not invite anyone except me and so I felt incredibly special. Blake always treated me differently. Always taking care of me more than my brothers but he bullied me as well.

I was already studying in college, and Richard had started running his business, Nick had gone to London to pursue his acting career. Blake was always around as Richard needed his help in running the business, so I saw him very frequently.

I had always been attracted towards Blake but kept my feelings under control knowing he was a grown-up man and was very kind and protective towards me as I was his best friend's sister.

At seventeen it was different I felt like a woman and he actually treated me like one very courteously and gently. I always made sure that I would be close to him whenever there was a party at home and looked at him with dreamy eyes and he simply smiled and disrupted my hormones.

We were seated at the restaurant having dinner and I was enjoying this company. I was giggling at a joke that he was telling me and in between, my thoughts wandered and I went to my dreamland.

But I tried to focus on what he was saying.

He asked me to dance with him and he took me by his hand and held me tightly in arms and started dancing gracefully with me. At one point of time, I felt like his lips had brushed my hair, but when I looked at him with wide dreamy eyes, he simply smiled and ask me if I was tired and told me he will drop me home.

I was not tired but simply mesmerized and entranced by his charms.

He had parked the car outside in the parking lot which had a beautiful view of the mountains and it spread across the lake.

As it was a beautiful summer night the moon swam through a perfect Sky and I stopped by the gravel drive and held Blake’s hand saying,” look Blake the moonlight is so beautiful.” I did not want to go home and wanted to stay there with Blake for some time.

“Yes, it's very beautiful,” he said standing close to me looking very amused.

It was a little bit hot and sweaty so I lifted my hair and tied it into a bun His eyes were following every moment that I was making and I swayed towards him my face filled with longingness.

"Jamie ! "he retreated back and said.