Keeping You Forever (A Harbor Love Series) by Jaclyn Marulanda

say now is a good time to get out of here.”
    “Come on beautiful, I will lead the way home this time,” he said taking her hand in his as they walked out of the door and into the cold night.
     He pulled her close up against his body and slid his arm around her waist keeping her warm as they walked down Main Street. It was a windy night and he felt her shiver and he pulled her closer and gave her a quick kiss. Public displays of affection were not usually his thing but being with Grace made him feel different. She made him feel alive again, like he could finally breathe after what seemed like a lifetime of trying to find his way out of the dark. She found that light for him and showed him things could be different and he wasn’t ready to give up just yet because of her fear of getting close to someone.
     “So are you still avoiding me or is it safe to say I can call you and maybe take you out for a real dinner sometime,” he said.
    “I think you just asked me now and my answer is yes I would love to go out with you for a real dinner. But our last dinner together was one I will not forget anytime soon.” She smiled as she thought about the last dinner she had with him.
    “I  would really love to know what you are thinking about right now because that smile you’ve got going on is telling me it is something I would really enjoy doing again with you,” he said and stopped, turning her to face him and slid his hand behind her neck and pulled her closer until their lips were inches apart. His lips tipped in a sexy smile and he leaned in kissing her slowly as his fingers wound themselves in her hair pulling her closer to his body.
      “Your lips always taste so good, like strawberries,” he said as he smiled and tugged on her hand as they continued their walk home.
     It was only a short walk, but the time she did spend with him, especially moments like these made rethink giving up on love. For the first time in a year she was ready to try, and Tyler had made his way into her heart without her even knowing it.
    “This is me,” she said, as they stood in front of her house.
    “Come home with me tonight Grace. Stay with me tonight, I want to spend all night with you and wake up next to you and take you out for breakfast.”
     His words sent her heart spiraling. The thought of spending all night with Tyler and waking up next to him was enough to make her insides clench in the most delicious way. One night with him wasn’t going to be enough and she knew that, but right now she was happy to take that one night and leave her fears behind and do what made her happy for once. And right now, Tyler standing in front of her looking at her like she was the world and was about to eat her up like he was the big bad wolf was making her more than happy.
    “Ok, let me just get some things and leave a note for my sisters.”
    “Wait! I want to do something real quick before you go inside,” he said and smiled. “I want to kiss you again right here. It was the first time I got to kiss you and we were being watched by your sister and I didn’t get to kiss you the way I wanted to.”
    “Really? Because it seemed like a damn good kiss to me, can you do better than that?” She whispered.
     He stepped in closer, his thigh moving in between her legs as he gently pushed her back up against the door and pressed his body up against hers. “I can definitely do better than that and I am going to show you right now.”
     His lips were on hers before she had time to react and his hands were on her hips, holding her in place and pulling her closer to his body as he parted her lips with his tongue. He kissed her like she had never been kissed before. Her lips tingled and her legs were weak. He was right their first kiss was nothing like this. His hands were all over her now, running down her arms, up her side as he fingers touched the sides of her breast. She moaned at the feeling of his hands on her again and shivered as his hands