Free Surprised by Love: A Contemporary Romance (The Armstrongs Book 4) by Jessica Gray Page A

normally appreciate, but she didn’t compare to Toni.
    When he approached Toni, she looked like she was shining from the inside out. Her smile was bright and warm, and his heart did a little flip when she greeted him with her soft voice.
    “Hi Douglas.”
    “Hello, yourself. You look absolutely stunning.” Douglas’ heart flipped as her smile broadened and then a thought struck him. Is she actually happy to see me? He didn’t even dare to believe it.
    He felt his manhood stirring, just from looking at her. When he clasped her hand in a greeting, tingles had flown through his body and his mind wandered off, right back upstairs and into his bedroom, where he’d rip her clothes off and do deliciously dirty things to her.
    His hands longed to touch her bare shoulders; to feel her shiver in reaction as he traced his fingertips down to her bust line. She was wearing a gorgeous décolleté, neither inappropriate nor distasteful, but simply enough to accentuate her firm breasts. Breasts his hands were dying to touch.
    “Okay. Let’s go.” Tricia’s voice cut through his thoughts bringing him back to reality after a moment of stunned silence on his part. I can’t believe I let my mind wander so far.
    The company driver was already waiting for them and a few minutes later dropped them off at the Starlight Tower. Tricia had secured reservations at one of the hottest nightclubs in the city, Sunrise Bar, at the tip of the skyscraper. Douglas wasn’t quite sure how she’d pulled it off, but it didn’t matter. Tonight was about having fun and that was all.

Chapter 13
    Toni breathed a sigh of relief as they exited the company car and mentally cautioned her body to calm down. The ride had been sheer torture for her, and her traitorous body was out of control. They had let Trish in the front, so she had been squeezed in the back seat between two of the hunkiest men she’d ever seen.
    She could appreciate Patrick’s handsomeness with a cool mind, which was not the case with Douglas. The nearness of his body to hers transformed her brain cells to mush and every small movement of his body against hers stole her breath away. It was annoying and stimulating all at the same time.
    When she was forced to lean into him when the vehicle took the turns too fast, her heart sped up, and she felt the heat of his body radiating from him.
    Tricia looped her elbow in Patrick’s. “This way.” That is just like her. The poor man doesn’t stand a chance. But then, he doesn’t look unhappy at all. Why can’t I be more like her?
    Toni had been at the Starlight Tower before, but never to the new nightclub. The classic elegance of the huge hall never ceased to amaze her. Kuala Lumpur definitely was a hyper-modern, flashy city.
    They entered the elevator and then settled in for the ride up to the one hundred and second floor. The elevator door opened to a dark room that must be the nightclub portion of the space. It was early, so there wasn’t anything going on yet. Instead of dallying in the almost vacant space, they turned to their right. A short set of stairs led the way from the dark nightclub up to the dining area.
    Toni was the first one to step out from the cool air-conditioned room onto the rooftop terrace. She gasped and then heard Douglas hiss in appreciation behind her.
    The air was still warm, but with a refreshing breeze, and it was astonishingly quiet up here, which made a welcome change to the constant noise of the city. But the view was simply spectacular: a 360-degree view over the city of Kuala Lumpur. The entire space was surrounded by a clear glass railing that from a distance, gave one the impression that nothing stood between them and the skyline with the sparkling lights of the skyscrapers and the red and white lights of the cars in the traffic hundreds of yards down.
    Large booths, lit up on the outside with incandescent blue lights gave a magical quality to the space, and the small tables and seating arrangements