Chosen By My Mate's Father-in-law novel Chapter 68

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Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Hands of an Artist

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On the car ride back to my house, Axel and I continued to talk and connect. He held my hand the whole ride there. Even though his touch didn’t give me butterflies in my stomach, his hand still felt nice and warm around mine.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After I said goodbye to his Beta—who hadn’t seemed as chatty on the ride home—Axel opened my car door and walked me to my front door. Ever since I scolded him about flirting with our server, he had been the perfect gentleman. It meant a lot to me that he would walk me to my door because when Elliot and I were dating, he would kiss me goodbye in his car, then drive away before I’d even entered my house.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When Gareth dropped me off at my house, he hadn’t even walked me to my doorstep. Although he had given me his jacket when I was cold. My cheeks burned when I thought about how, on nights when I couldn’t sleep, I still wrapped his jacket around me and breathed in his comforting scent.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I shook my head and reprimanded myself for thinking about Gareth when I was holding hands with his nephew. Besides, Gareth would never have romantic feelings for me. He was one of the most powerful men in the world, and he could have any woman he wanted.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Unconsciously, an image of holding hands with Gareth popped into my head. What if he were the one I was dating? Would Gareth walk me to the door and press his strong lips against mine to kiss me goodnight? My stomach swooped as I recalled the feeling of his addictive mouth on mine.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“You’re so adorable when you blush,” he murmured, his blue eyes roaming slowly over my face. “But you don’t have to be embarrassed around me, beautiful.” His warm fingers trailed softly down my cheek.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His sweet words made me smile. But as he continued to study me, I really did become shy. I let out an awkward cough but met his gaze and told myself to make Mindie proud and put myself out there.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Thank you, Jasmine,” he replied and continued to gently stroke my cheek. “Did you have a good time tonight? Again, I’m sorry about my behavior at the beginning of our dinner, but I hope you enjoyed the rest of our date.”

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“My schedule is full tomorrow.” I sighed, my heart lowering slightly in disappointment. It would be nice to see him again. “I have classes throughout the day, and tomorrow afternoon through the evening I’ll be tutoring Michelle.”

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“What about after you’re done tutoring my cousin?” Axel suggested, not easily dissuaded. “There is a laser light show opening tomorrow night near the museum. I actually had a hand in helping design it.”

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">His eyes glinted with excitement, and there was a wide smile on his face. It seemed like he was looking forward to showing me his personal work, and that meant something to me. If I agreed to go on the date, I could really see the true Axel. Not just the humorous side he showed most of the world.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I knew that I’d be tired during our date tomorrow, and there was a large pile of homework I still needed to get done. This would only add to my workload. But I was glad I had agreed. Besides, if Mindie ever found out that I said no to a second date with Axel Laken, she would never let me hear the end of it.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I opened my door, and Axel didn’t leave my doorstep until I was safely inside my house. As I watched him walk back to his car through the window, my heart fluttered at the fact that he was a true gentleman. freēwebnovel.com

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