Up All Night Long: From Lust to Love (Romance Anthology) by Ali Parker Page A
Authors: Ali Parker
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friends finished ordering and messing with their adorable waiter.
The basket of fried goodness showed up just moments before Keith left them, Lisa growling softly before reaching to get a long fried pickle spear. She bit into it and yelped at the hotness.
"It just came out of the fryer, Lisa," Sicily reprimanded her, reaching for a mushroom and putting in on her plate before carefully cutting it into several pieces.
"I know that, but your mouth is supposed to handle hotter things than other parts of your body," Lisa responded, reaching and taking a long drink of her beer.
"This is a conversation I've always wanted to walk up on." A guy moved to stand in front of their booth, his suit and tie telling of his corporate life. Dark sandy blond hair sat messy on his head, his hazel eyes intriguing, his voice deep and almost commanding.
Lisa took the lead without hesitation. "Oh yeah? What part of the conversation grabbed you most? Me talking about putting something in my mouth or the hotness that my body can handle?"
He chuckled and looked around the table before setting his gaze on Lisa. He was built, the suit fitting him well. His looks put him in his forties and his confidence meant that he was married or quite successful. He was looking for something to do after dinner.
"Both, beautiful vixen." He looked over his shoulder and nodded before looking back at the girls. "I have a few friends with me. You ladies looking to have company for dinner?"
Sicily scoffed. "Um, we have company, each other’s."
Lisa reached over and swatted at their friend. "What she meant was that we're having a girls’ night out, so maybe some other time?"
He winked at Lisa and pulled a card from his pocket, offering it to her and then looking over at Kari. "We'll be across the room and would love to buy your meal either way. Not too often that you find so many beautiful women at one table."
"Everyone gets lucky now and again." Lisa reached over and touched his arm. He smiled at her before turning and walking toward two other men who looked similar to him.
"Damn... he was hot." Lisa turned her head toward her friends and sighed. "Why couldn't I have found him earlier this week?"
"Lisa, he's probably homeless and trying to score with some well-to-do chick so he can lie around and do nothing but suck off your wealth," Sicily said knowingly.
"I'm not sure it's your wealth he wanted to suck on." Kari laughed as Sicily turned toward her.
"Oh no! Not you, too. She's bleeding vulgar onto you."
Lisa lifted her hand and Kari slapped it in a high-five, the two of them laughing. The mood in the room was light and fun, the music low, and the conversation fast and energetic. The greasy food dipped in Ranch dressing was just what the doctor ordered, and between the handsome waiter and the sexy businessmen across the room eying them, Kari began to realize that the future held options.
Options as to her business opportunities. Options for what color the house would be and how it could easily represent the broad strokes of her and her friends’ personalities. Options on where she could traverse and wander in the beautiful countryside and small cities within New England. Options where love was concerned...
"Earth to Kari." Sicily waved her hand across the table and Kari came to.
"Oh, sorry. I was thinking about all of the great adventures we're going to have in Maine. I was looking at the pictures of the city we're going to, and it honestly looks like something out of a painting."
"It's gorgeous." Lisa pushed her small plate of half-eaten appetizers away. "You remember when Sicily and I went up there last year?"
Kari nodded and sat back, lifting her beer to her lips.
"We scouted everything out, and honestly just fell in love. The scenery was to die for, the people so nice, and kind and the atmosphere just very communal. It felt like a dream come true." Lisa looked over to Sicily. "You thought so, too?"
"Yeah," Sicily whispered, her eyes getting a
The basket of fried goodness showed up just moments before Keith left them, Lisa growling softly before reaching to get a long fried pickle spear. She bit into it and yelped at the hotness.
"It just came out of the fryer, Lisa," Sicily reprimanded her, reaching for a mushroom and putting in on her plate before carefully cutting it into several pieces.
"I know that, but your mouth is supposed to handle hotter things than other parts of your body," Lisa responded, reaching and taking a long drink of her beer.
"This is a conversation I've always wanted to walk up on." A guy moved to stand in front of their booth, his suit and tie telling of his corporate life. Dark sandy blond hair sat messy on his head, his hazel eyes intriguing, his voice deep and almost commanding.
Lisa took the lead without hesitation. "Oh yeah? What part of the conversation grabbed you most? Me talking about putting something in my mouth or the hotness that my body can handle?"
He chuckled and looked around the table before setting his gaze on Lisa. He was built, the suit fitting him well. His looks put him in his forties and his confidence meant that he was married or quite successful. He was looking for something to do after dinner.
"Both, beautiful vixen." He looked over his shoulder and nodded before looking back at the girls. "I have a few friends with me. You ladies looking to have company for dinner?"
Sicily scoffed. "Um, we have company, each other’s."
Lisa reached over and swatted at their friend. "What she meant was that we're having a girls’ night out, so maybe some other time?"
He winked at Lisa and pulled a card from his pocket, offering it to her and then looking over at Kari. "We'll be across the room and would love to buy your meal either way. Not too often that you find so many beautiful women at one table."
"Everyone gets lucky now and again." Lisa reached over and touched his arm. He smiled at her before turning and walking toward two other men who looked similar to him.
"Damn... he was hot." Lisa turned her head toward her friends and sighed. "Why couldn't I have found him earlier this week?"
"Lisa, he's probably homeless and trying to score with some well-to-do chick so he can lie around and do nothing but suck off your wealth," Sicily said knowingly.
"I'm not sure it's your wealth he wanted to suck on." Kari laughed as Sicily turned toward her.
"Oh no! Not you, too. She's bleeding vulgar onto you."
Lisa lifted her hand and Kari slapped it in a high-five, the two of them laughing. The mood in the room was light and fun, the music low, and the conversation fast and energetic. The greasy food dipped in Ranch dressing was just what the doctor ordered, and between the handsome waiter and the sexy businessmen across the room eying them, Kari began to realize that the future held options.
Options as to her business opportunities. Options for what color the house would be and how it could easily represent the broad strokes of her and her friends’ personalities. Options on where she could traverse and wander in the beautiful countryside and small cities within New England. Options where love was concerned...
"Earth to Kari." Sicily waved her hand across the table and Kari came to.
"Oh, sorry. I was thinking about all of the great adventures we're going to have in Maine. I was looking at the pictures of the city we're going to, and it honestly looks like something out of a painting."
"It's gorgeous." Lisa pushed her small plate of half-eaten appetizers away. "You remember when Sicily and I went up there last year?"
Kari nodded and sat back, lifting her beer to her lips.
"We scouted everything out, and honestly just fell in love. The scenery was to die for, the people so nice, and kind and the atmosphere just very communal. It felt like a dream come true." Lisa looked over to Sicily. "You thought so, too?"
"Yeah," Sicily whispered, her eyes getting a
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