Loving the Senator (Capitol Affairs #1) by Mia Villano Page B

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    About a minute later, I noticed Alex had followed me. He had on a tuxedo that looked so good it made my pulse skyrocket.
    “The boyfriend is becoming a handful tonight. You have him all worked up,” he said. Alex sat next to me, holding two glasses of champagne. He handed me one, and my fingers touched his, making me flinch. He smelled delicious, as always.
    “What do you want, Alex? You are usually running the other way when you see me. Shouldn’t you be doing that now?”
    Although happy to see him, I was in no mood to be enticed, only to have him run off like a scared little boy. My limit for little boys had been reached.
    “I wanted to see you. We haven’t talked in a while.” He looked gorgeous and the sight of him made it hard for me to think straight. I took this moment to drink him in while I could do so without anyone noticing. I didn’t know when we’d be that close again.
    “That’s not my fault. Shouldn’t you be inside with your girlfriend before she comes looking for you? I see you two got together again. Must be love?” I asked. His warm body seared up against me. His thigh, pressed up against my bare leg, sent warmth up to the place I longed for him to be inside. I dared not even look into his eyes.
    “You look so damn amazing tonight. I hoped you would be here,” he said, sipping his glass of champagne and ignoring what I’d said about Jade.
    “Why, so you can tell me I make you too horny and you can’t handle it? I don’t need that again.”
    He once again ignored my snide comment.
    “That immature frat boy is not for you. I can tell you are bored and embarrassed,” he said.
    “The guy that is right for me doesn’t want me. Every time we are together, the guy I want leaves me and won’t tell me why. I wish you wouldn’t sit here next to me and speak to me. I don’t have much to say to you anymore. I had to forget you after that night and after my party when you walked away from me. Every time I see you, the feelings return, and there is nothing I can do about it.”
    “Prudence, I wanted you that night, and I still want you. Your body, your scent, everything, is still in my memory. I thought going to your party I might think differently, but that only made it worse,” he said.
    I was speechless, thinking he’d forgotten me because he and Jade were still a couple.
    “It was too much for me. I couldn’t get past the fact that you were not sixteen anymore. The way you made me come alive every time I got near you, scared me. It felt wrong.”
    “So if you can’t get past that, why bother coming out here wasting my time and yours, telling me these things?” The breezy air and thrill of his body so near to mine sent a shiver through me.
    “I don’t see you as a young girl like I did that night. I don’t know. It’s something about the way you look tonight. Something’s different, Prudence. I have missed you so fucking much” Closing my eyes, and enjoying his presence, I wanted to curl up next to him and melt. This was the only man I loved, and the pull he had on me was intense. We were like two magnets trying to stop the inevitable.
    “Not contacting someone for so long because you were ‘scared’ is ridiculous. Pushing me away the night of my party was hurtful. You said to give you time. I did, and you still never came back. I wasn’t a young girl then, Alex. How am I any more desirable tonight?” I crossed my legs so my dress rode up higher. He noticed.
    “You were always desirable to me, Prudence. Dear, God. Don’t you think it was torture for me that night I walked out? I got in my car and drove all night long trying to get you out of my head. I wanted to call you so many times or turn around and come back to you. Finally, I called and you didn’t answer. When I drove by, someone was in the driveway so I left. You are in my thoughts every waking hour. Every night before I go to sleep I picture you standing in front of me with no shirt on and those jeans, and