Love Takes Time (Christian Romance) by Kaci Hart Page A

heard he leaned forward and dipped his head to kiss her.  It took
everything she had to turn her head to the side and give him her cheek.  She
could tell he wasn’t expecting it.   
     
    “Everything
ok?”
     
    “Yeah.
. .  I just.  I kinda have a few rules that
going out with a guy as cute as you make difficult.”
     
    “What
are you some kind of super religious person or something?” He chuckled.
     
     
    “I
wouldn’t say I’m a saint but I am a practising Christian.”
     
    He
fumbled over his words. 
     
    “I-I’m
sorry.   I didn’t mean to make light of what you believe.”
     
    “Don’t
worry, I’m used to it.”
     
    “Good. 
Then in that case, thanks for a wonderful night Chelsea.  Can I call you
for another date maybe?”
     
    Chelsea
was surprised.  After what just happened, she definitely didn’t think he’d
want to see her again.
     
    “Really? 
Even after what I just told you?”
     
    “What? 
That you’re a Christian?  I mean I’m not a saint but I’m not the devil
either.  Besides, I like that you have your principles.  It’s nice to
meet a woman that respects herself.  As they say, anything worth having is
worth waiting for.  I’ll settle for a hug and a second date if that’s okay
with you.”
     
    “I would
love that Ryder.”
     
    She
leaned forward and hugged him.  She was glad he hadn’t given her the
normal response from most guys.  He pulled away and looked into her
eyes.  He was still all there with her and that made her smile grow more than
ever before.  She really liked him.   
     
    “Call
you tomorrow?”  
     
    “You
better.”
     
    Her
shaky fingers stuck the key into the door and turned the knob to go
inside.  She felt his eyes on her right up until the moment she closed the
door behind herself.  She walked over to the window and waited until she
saw him get back into his limo.  Chelsea pivoted away from the window,
floating on cloud nine.  She kicked off her heels and walked towards her
room when Sasha called out to her from her bedroom.
     
    “Is
it safe to come out there?”
     
    Silly
Sasha.
     
    “What
do you mean?”
     
    “Don’t
play coy with me Chel .  I saw you guys just
now.  Did he kiss you?”
     
    “None
of your business—Wait a minute!  Were you
watching me through the front door?  I’m living with a peeping tom. 
Or whatever the female version is.”
     
    “Hey,
nothing good was on television.”
     
    “Yeah
right.”
     
    Sasha
was just being nosy and Chelsea knew it.  Right now she didn’t care in the
least bit. She looked at her roommate who had sat on the couch with her laptop
in hand. 
     
    “Well
I’m going to go take a shower now.”
     
    “Oh
no you don’t!”  Her roommate’s almost shout surprised her.  “You know
you are sharing.  Tell me about your last minute date.”
     
    Sasha
jumped back off of the couch and came around.  She grabbed Chelsea’s arm
and dragged her back to the couch beside her.
     
    “Well
since you are asking. . .”  A smile came across Chelsea’s face as she got
ready to talk about the night she’d had.  “It was really wonderful.”
     
    “No
kiss and you are home early.  It must not have gone that well.”
     
    “You
say that because I didn’t kiss him?”
     
    Sasha
responded very matter of factly .
     
    “Yep.”
     
    “Wow.  Well excuse me but there are still a few of us out
there that are not as free as you are with our bodies.  I happen to
believe that a good relationship does not need all that.  At least not in
the early going.”
     
    “I
keep forgetting that you’re all into all that
he-needs-to-love-you-for-your-mind, and no sex before marriage stuff.  I
didn’t believe girls like you existed before we met.”
     
    Chelsea
laughed as she responded to her. 
     
     
    “Well
we do.  And if it makes you feel better, he did try to kiss me but I gave
him my cheek.”
     
    Now
she saw Sasha give her an exaggerated eye