Mr. Blue Eyes: Wild Night Dreaming 1 by Camiel Rollins Page A

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she could. She never liked it when the lights were turned towards
her and she had to posture for the camera. She had loved beauty,
though, and had a tendency to capture it as authentically as she
could by using her cameras. She loved playing with lights to get
more of the drama from her subjects as much as she could. She just
really didn’t like when those lights were turned towards her.
    In truth, Carla had been a very shy child. In
fact, Thera was the first to approach her before she had the
courage to do it. Although she had overcome this intrinsic behavior
of hers when she had finally mastered the art of smiling at people,
that seemed to always worked, there was still that part of her that
would doubt that if she had not been good to look at, would people
like her?
    “So, where’s your significant other?” asked
Carla to deflect the attention from her.
    Thera threw her a knowing look but did not
pursue it. Thera knew all about her hang ups, and that they had
their roots from the fact that her friend had been adopted. “Oh…
he’s coming. He lingered to collect our baggage from the conveyor
belt. I left him because I just couldn’t wait to see you!”
    They both laughed and hugged again because of
that. Then Thera exclaimed.
    “But… oh there he is! He’s coming.”
    Carla looked at the direction Thera was
looking at, taking her glasses off so that she can have a better
look at the approaching man who was easily pushing a stroller full
of two enormous suitcases and two smaller ones. She abruptly
brought the glasses back to cover her eyes as she felt her face
paling and her eyes popping out.
    She couldn’t help it. Even after all these
years, she recognized him. Thera’s boyfriend was one of the most
gorgeous man she had ever met – and in her career she had met many
– and her memories of him didn’t give him justice now. The man –
boy – that she knew had been a force to reckon with already, but he
was more so now. Everything had been amplified. His magnetic
personality was so palpable she could almost feel it heating her
skin. She had noticed that it wasn’t only her that was affected.
People couldn’t help but look at him as he passed. He moved
gracefully and powerfully. There were so many positive adjectives
she could still use, but that was the most appropriate. Power.
    He had become a walking Zeus, dammit.

Chapter Two
    “ H e doesn’t speak a
word of Greek, so we’ll speak English in front of him, okay?” Thera
whispered as Jake Winters halted the stroller in front of them and
stood by her side, smiling.
    On the other side of her glasses, Carla had
recovered enough sense to observe him. He was taller than her – not
surprisingly. He had been taller before. He would be about, if not
over, six feet tall. His tallness gave him a lean look despite
having an obviously muscular body. He stood casually in a t-shirt,
jeans and short boots – hardly the get up of a wealthy man, but he
gave the clothes power. She would guess that he would give old
faded capris an expensive look. His hair was thick, brown, and
curly. Most of all, he had the grin of a child on his face –
naughty and very attractive. And she just knew that he was
remembering, too.
    Thera was giving the introductions in
English. “Jake, I’d like you to meet Carla, my best friend in the
world! Girlfriend, this is my Jake,” she said in a loving
tone.
    Then Jake took his dark glasses off, and with
a smile that turned rueful and friendly, he stretched his hand to
greet her. His eyes had an intense, blue color. Not that she didn’t
already know that.
    “Hey, Carla. Nice meeting you at last .
Thera just wouldn’t stop talking about you on the plane.”
    His voice was a low baritone, full and
sensuous. She gave him her hand but as soon as their fingers
touched, she felt what seemed like an electrical current, which he
must have felt, too because they both pulled their hands away at
the same time.
    “Nice meeting you, too, Jake.”