When Dreams Come to Life (7 page)

“Well, it was fun to watch you. You did a great job. Maybe if the acting thing doesn’t work out, you could be a chef instead of a stripper,” I say with a laugh. He laughs back at me.

“If you’re telling me what to do, yes.” Again with the damn wink and smile! I’ll have to tell him to knock that shit off. But, do I really want him to? He’s so damn sexy.

“What hotel are you staying at?” I ask.

“Hotel Chef. Your place, if that’s okay?”
Oh, really?

“Is that a good idea, Eoin?” Do I really want all that attention at my house?
Um, yes!

“If it’s going to be a prob-”

“No! Let’s get out of here, then.”

Well, that sounded desperate, Lea!
Luckily, he laughs and sets his coat back in the closet.

I take the long way home and show him around Denver, pointing out all the fun places to go. He asks if I’ve got time to show him the mountains and if maybe I have some friends that would want to come along. Oh, I bet Vicki and her man Derik would love to come!

“We can do that. I do have a friend that would enjoy to tag along with her man. He’s a close friend of mine that I hooked her up with.”

He smiles his huge grin, making me do the same. We pull up to my apartment on the 16
th
Street mall and park.

A car pulls into the garage behind us. Eoin hops out and walks over to it. It must be his assistant’s car because he opens the back door and pulls out his bags and talks to the driver, letting her know what apartment is mine, along with other chatter I can’t make out.

In the elevator, I tell him Floor 17. He hits the button.

“Does it have a good view?” he asks.

“You have no idea, Mr. Skye. Just wait ‘til morning,” I answer, smiling.

“A surprise then, Ms. Chef?” I wink at him as we reach my floor. Thank heavens he likes animals!

He welcomes Maxx with a hug, who gives him a slobbery dog kiss. I laugh and he falls to the floor and plays with him. Of course, here comes the girls, acting like, “Hey, who’s this?” He gives them some love as he looks around my apartment.

Noticing the black and white bunny in the corner, he asks with surprise, “You’ve got a rabbit, too?”

“Yes, I do. I love animals very much,” I reply with a smile.

“You just get better and better, don’t you?” I feel the heat rush to my face.

“I’m just an animal lover, like you. I’ve always had the passion as you do for the planet.”

He rises gracefully from the floor and pads towards me. 

“Do you have any beer?”
Ha, oh, my God.
Eoin Skye is asking me for alcohol.

“Yes, I do. I have bourbon, too, if you’d prefer that.”

“I’ll just have a beer please, babe.” God, I love when he calls me that.

I tell him I have to check some things online quickly, and he nods and follows me as I walk over to my computer.

Oh, hell!
I’ve got about a million notifications on my page. Shit. All the crazy Eoin stalkers know what I look like now and are all over my page, asking me the funniest questions. 

Eoin is looking over my shoulder, so I turn to him and say, “See how many women love you? A lot lust for you, too.” He takes control of my mouse, scrolling through my page and laughing.

“I love that you’ve taken so much interest in me, Lea. And not just to drool. Look at all these posts!” he says, indicating the ones where I’m praising him, his foundation and his show. Obviously, there’s
some
drooling but he doesn’t seem to mind.

“You have made women all over the world happy with mere pictures. Even if I can’t visit all of them, they at least get to see me on your wonderful page. I really admire you for that.” I blush and shrug my shoulders, explaining it’s my pleasure.

Closing the laptop, I put my music on.
Sideways
by Citizen Cope floats through the air. He immediately turns to me, a beer for both of us in his hands –
smooth!
– And we start to dance. He could melt anyone with that fucking face! Why is he so beautiful?

My phone rings. Kill joy! I answer it and it’s my BFF, hounding me for details. .

“I’m busy. I’ll get back to you when I can,” I say quickly, ending the call. 

I return to my wildest dream come true.  Oh, this is the perfect song -
Belong
.

We begin to sway in unison. He’s mine.
Oh, my God, he’s mine right now!
He pulls back a bit to look right into my eyes. Oh, damn, I love that!

“I feel so at home with you. Why do you think that is?” he asks.
Huh.
I wish I knew.

“That’s something you probably need to ask yourself but since you’ve asked, I think we both just have the same mind set. We care for the same things, we connect on that level.”

“Is your mind set to take me to bed and have mind blowing sex?” he replies. I’m blown away and my jaw drops open. He reaches forward to close my mouth for me gently with a chuckle.

Wide eyed, I reply, “I’m always game to please you-” I pause to drink in that look,
“-Mr. Skye!” I finish, biting my lip.

“Lead the way.” He gives me one of the million sexy looks he has. How does this man have so many different faces that could melt any woman?

I grab his hand and lead him to my room. He stops me at the foot of my bed and turns me to meet his gaze. He begins to slowly take my clothes off, tossing them to the side. Oh, the feel of his soft touch as he runs his long fingers across my body makes me tingle all over.

I lie on my bed and instruct him to take his clothes off slowly. He climbs up from the foot of the bed, kissing from my ankle to my neck. Once there, he bites softly. Oh, that drives me crazy.

I have my hands all over his deliciously hot body. Grabbing his perfect ass, I give it a squeeze. I can feel his smile on my breast when I do. I swear I could orgasm just by his touch and I may just let this continue.

Maybe I can finish him off with my mouth!
Yes! I like this idea.

I tell him I want him to continue just caressing, biting and kissing my body. He raises his head to meet my eyes and runs his fingers down the side of my face, continuing all the way down to my sweet spot. He begins
to run his fingers up and down me, stopping on the right spot and making circles.

He whispers into my ear, “I want you to come for me.” I sigh and he bites my earlobe, picking up the pace of the stroking and I feel myself on the brink of utter sexual bliss. My body quivers and shakes and he stills his hand on me, riding the wave.

“That was hot! I could do this to you all night,” he confesses.
I’d love that
.

I smile at him as I make him switch spots with me. I’m on top now. I bend down and kiss him with force, biting his lip and hanging on as I pull away.

Kissing from his sexy jawline down his beautiful body, I glance up as I take him in my mouth. He puts his hand in my hair as I tease the tip. I hear him groan in pleasure. I think I’ll surprise him by going all the way down and holding it there for a few seconds.

Pulling up, I look up at him, his head back and his eyes closed in ecstasy. Okay, time to really make him squirm like he does to me! I continue to go up and down, swirling my tongue around him.

I feel him jump and he lets me know he is about to let go. Letting out a rather loud grunt, he explodes into my mouth. I moan as he does. Something about a man letting go so hard is extremely fucking hot!

I sit up and go to grab something to drink. As I walk away, I turn back to look at him. He has a full-toothed grin on his face, so I wink and think to myself,
Mission accomplished!

When I get back to my room, he’s passed out cold. I throw some clothes on and take this time to catch
up on my pages, and with my best friend, Crystal, who’s probably going to disown me for taking so long to talk with her. I dial her number and wait for the storm to hit.

“Dude! Why the hell have you been ignoring me?” she blurts out, instead of saying hello.

“I know, I’m really sorry but-” She cuts me off.

“Sorry? You’re hanging out with one of the hottest guys ever, and you don’t even call and tell me?”

“Crystal, chill! I’m going to tell you now while he’s sleeping in my bed.” That should make her simmer down.

“No, he isn’t… Is he really? Send me a picture,” she replies, her tone brightening a little.

“Seriously,” I say with a laugh. “But I’m not sending you anything. I promise he’s in my bed, so you’ll just have to take my word for it.” It’s hard not to burst out laughing at her request.

“So, what the hell happened? How are you the luckiest woman alive?” she demands. I begin to tell her the whole story. She can only manage to say things like, “Oh, my God” and “That’s awesome” in reply.

“Is he going to be there when I come and visit this weekend?”

“Yes, he is. And yes, you’ll get to meet him,” I say, trying to hold back my giggle at her enthusiasm.

Suddenly, the phone’s no longer in my hand. I turn to see Eoin putting it to his ear.

“Eoin here. What’s your name?” Poor Crystal must be too shocked to answer because Eoin has to stand there, waiting patiently for a reply.

“Crystal,” I mouth at him.

“Crystal,” he purrs through the phone, and begins to talk to her.

I bet she’s choked up and all giggly, like she gets when she’s excited about something. God, I love her so much.

He hands the phone back to me and kisses my forehead, then heads to the kitchen.

“Okay, now do you believe me?” I joke.

“Yes, and I hate that you’ve got him there and I’m here!” she replies, mock hurt in her voice.

“He’s naked, too,” I tease. “I’ve got to go but let me know what time your flight gets in so I can be there to pick you up.”

“It gets in at 5am,” she replies. “I know, I know - early,” she continues, cutting off my noises of protest, “but you’d better be there!”

“I will. Love you and see you soon.”

As I hang up, I look in my kitchen and Eoin is standing there, drinking some water.

“Sorry about that, Eoin,” I say. He saunters over to me… Naked… Hot…
Fuck me!

“No worries. She could barely talk,” he says with a sexy smirk. “I thought I’d help you get back to me sooner.”

“Oh! Well, that wouldn’t take much.” I wink and smile.

“I’m going to shower. Care to join me?” he toys. I stand and yank him into the bathroom. I turn on the water and gaze at him, lust pooling in my belly...

The shower was amazing! He’s so attentive that he can make me orgasm by touching any part of my body. Touching, kissing, and just
him
make me wild!

We sit down in my living room and I scroll through my programs to pick something to watch. He grabs the remote and puts on a Discovery Channel series that I’ve recorded.

Laughing at him, I say, “All you had to do was ask me to stop and this is what we’d watch.” He pulls me into him, wrapping his arm around me.

I’ve dreamed of this so many times and now it’s actually happening. As I think this, I realize I need to let reality sink in. This
is
happening, so I need to stop dwelling on my shock. Easier said than done! I start to doze off, and eventually fall asleep in his arms.

Five

WHEN I WAKE up, I’m wrapped in him in my bed. He must have carried me in here last night. I try to picture that and smile so big, my jaw hurts. I let out a giggle and he stirs.
No!
I still and he falls back to sleep.

It’s 5:45am. Damn it, I’ve got to leave him and get to work. I’m already way behind. I write him a note and stick it to my vanity where he’ll see it. It simply says,
Be back by 5.
 

I rush to the farmers’ market to buy the day’s menu and am greeted by one of the fish guys with a big smile, laughing as he holds up a magazine with photos of me and Eoin splashed across the page.

“Ah, shut up and give me what I’ve been waiting for! I hope you got it in, Frank!” I say with a smile, knowing full well he has got me the fish I wanted.

“Here she is! The yellowtail tuna, chef. Isn’t it perfect!” he asks rhetorically.

“It looks great! Give me two flats please, Frank.” I pay him and head over to the meats’ to pick up my filets for tonight’s special. I’m going to do a great surf and turf: seared dive scallops with peppered filet and a parsnip puree. That reminds me… I head over to the fresh vegetables to pick up a list of produce. When I’m finished, I head to the restaurant.