Free Eternal Flame (Eternal Flame #1) by Sofia Giselle

definitely more physical, from the first handshake. She didn’t understand it. Not that she’d never thought either of them were attractive but she’d never looked at them like she looked at Roman and she’d never thought of going out with either of them.
    Even now, with her feeling the way she felt about them in the brief time she’d known them, she still wasn’t too excited about becoming involved with them. Roman was and would always be the one for her. Diego was sexy but he didn’t make her heart pound the way Roman was making it do now.
    Nick was sweet and an awesome conversationalist but during the whole time she’d been with him, her mind always wandered back to Roman. While talking to the guys back at the Deans’ house she’d enjoyed herself immensely but she kept hoping and praying Roman would come back. She wondered where he was, what he was doing and if he was okay. She’d almost cried with relief when Ms. Austin came outside to tell her Roman was on his way back to the estate to pick her up. She didn’t like the fact that he wanted to go out with her today instead of Saturday like originally planned but after pondering it for a while, she realized it was even better. She’d get to spend time with him sooner than she’d hoped. Now that they were together and the past couple of hours had been so bad, she couldn’t help wishing she was still at the studio with the other guys.
    “Heh. Heh!”
    Kristen jumped and looked over at Roman, who was obnoxiously snapping his finger in her face. “What?” she shakily asked.
    He silently looked at her for a moment and she squirmed as those wild sensations she always felt when she looked into his sultry bedroom eyes stormed through her lower region again. She wondered if he had any idea how beautiful he was.
    “We’re going to have to hurry it up because I have to be somewhere before the party starts.”
    “I know,” she crisply replied. “You already told me that.”
    “Well, I was telling you again in case you forgot.”
    “How can I forget when you keep reminding me every five minutes?”
    He looked over at her and gritted his teeth but didn’t say anything more.
    She blinked and fiddled with the buttons on her dress, slightly taken aback from the heated look in his eyes. She thought she saw him sneaking a peek at her breasts then imagined it was all in her head. This man was far from interested in her. The way he’d been acting all afternoon more than proved that.
    “Okay,” she said, almost too agreeably. “We’ll grab something right quick and leave. That’s fine.”
    His eyes held hers before he looked away from her again, sucking his teeth and slumping back in his chair. “Fuck. I wish they’d hurry up. This shit is taking forever.”
    He looked at his watch and sighed loudly. Kristen rapidly blinked again, feeling irritated by his attitude and those stupid tears that kept threatening to fall from her eyes.
    “You don’t have to do this,” she blurted out, before she could stop herself. “You can leave if you want. You obviously don’t want to be here.”
    “Nah, that’s okay. I made a commitment and I’m going to stick to it.”
    “I really don’t want to continue to spend time with you if this is how it’s going to be.” She picked up her fork and subconsciously scrapped it back and forth over the table.
    Roman blandly looked at her. “How is it?”
    “You’re-You’re being rude. You’ve been rude since I met you. Not just to me but to everyone.”
    He chuckled dryly. “Really? Is that what you think I’m doing? Being rude? You obviously don’t know me very well.”
    “Obviously you’re not trying to let me get to know you.”
    “For what? This isn’t a date.”
    She flinched at him, biting her lip hard. “I know it’s not.”
    “Trust me, rude is the last thing I’m being. Believe me, it gets worse. My friends and family know that because unlike you, they know me.”
    “I’m trying to get to know you but