All The Right Reasons (The Seduced Series) by Jackie McMahon Page A

Kathleen said. I blushed and smiled back at her. She whispered something into David’s ear then said her goodbyes and walked away.
    “Can we talk?” David asked Dennis and he nodded.
    “Go and relax a bit, I’ll be back soon okay?” He said turning to me and I nodded.
    He kissed my forehead and he walked away with David. I walked over to an empty gazebo and relaxed on the one of recliners and closed my eyes. It was a little after dusk and Dennis still hadn’t come back yet. I sighed to myself, I was getting lonely without Dennis here by my side.
    “Is this seat taken?” A woman asked. I opened my eyes to see a redhead, probably my age and that her vibrant red hair was not her natural color, smiling down at me.
    “No ,” I said with a smile and she sat down on the recliner next to me.
    “Hi, I’m Anastasia ,” she said extending her hand out to me. I noticed her accent, she definitely was a Jamaican resident, and she looked very classy too.
    “Angelina, ” I said shaking hands with her. “It’s nice to meet you,” I added.
    “Likewise . Ah an American?” She asked noting my own accent. I nodded. “Yeah I figured, I’d never seen you around here before. You look important so I thought I’d hang out with you,” she said smiling. I laughed at her for calling me important; shit, she’s the one who looked important. I’m just a simple girl from Virginia I thought to myself. “You’re on vacation right? How is Jamaica treating you?”
    “Oh, it’s amazing. I love it here,” I said truthfully and she smiled widely. We talked for a while, about me, about her and the ball later tonight; my temporary loneliness from Dennis was cured by her presence.
    “I’m going to the ball tonight, you’re coming right?” She asked and I nodded, she’s very talkative so when she stopped talking, I abruptly looked at her and mentally told her to keep talking. I hate talking about myself; I’m not rich or special…well not in that kind of way. I couldn’t go around and blab to everyone I saw and say, hey I have a ring that gives me special powers. “Oh my, that’s a beautiful ring,” she says catching me off guard. I sat there stunned for a second on what to say.
    “Um, thank you. It’s an um…family heirloom.” I didn’t know what else to say. I mean, I’m not technically lying, my grandfather did hand the ring down to me.
    “Well it’s absolutely beautiful,” she said as she grabbed my hand to take a closer look at it. “I love it, and the stone placement is amazing. It must be worth a fortune,” she added. I was just about to acknowledge her on her remark till she startled me with her half screech. “Holy Fuck!” She breathed. “Excuse my language hun, but I think Greece has lost one of its gods,” she said. Her eyes were fixated ahead; she looked at me then pointed towards the beach. “Get a load of that handful of sexiness,” she said as I looked to where she was pointing. It was Dennis and he was coming out of the water, running his hand through his wet black hair as the water trickled down his hot body. “Woo!” She swooned fanning herself. “A man like that doesn’t get any more perfect than that.”
    “I know ,” I added in the same enthralled tone. Not bothering to let her know that he was my Greek god. We both stared shamelessly at him while he sauntered towards us.
    “Oh my god, is he coming over here?” She asked frantically while fixing her hair. “There’s nothing in my teeth right?” She asked smiling at me.
    “No ,” I said stifling a smile. Dennis came over and sat on the edge of my recliner. I sat up as he leaned towards me and kissed me on the lips.
    “I missed you,” I whispered to him.
    “I’m sorry, I needed to cool off as you can tell,” he murmured. “I’m going to have a meeting with those business associates from earlier in a few minutes, so I’ll have to leave you for a little while,” he said as he rested his forehead against mine.
    “It ’s