Page 39 of Into The Rabbit Hole

She couldn’t help the smile that lifted her face. “Really?”

Henodded.

“You guys go and have fun.” Chloe looked at them both and her face brightened. Taylor was so different to when she was withRichard.

She knew she wasn’t with Wes, exactly. Although it felt like they were official when she was with him, she supposed they weren’t really. They were at that phase of a relationship where you’d keep seeing each other until exclusivity was discussed. She was there in her mind. Definitely. He was the most perfect man she’d ever beenwith.

Everything about him was perfect and she wanted him to feel the same way she felt too. Maybe for him that would come withtime.

“Thanks,” Wes said and Chloe leftthem.

Wes stood up and reached his hand out to take Taylor’s. She took it gladly and rose to meet his awaitinglips.

He kissed her softly, sending energy throughout her body. Making her feel as if she were walking on air. She pressed her hands onto the firm muscle of his chest and found herself wondering what the skin would look like there without the cotton t-shirt.

It wasn’t a superhero one today. It was just a casual long-sleeved t-shirt that made his abs look good. That was the first thing she noticed when he walked inearlier.

“Do you want to come to my house?” he asked against herlips.

“Yes.” She smiled into morekisses.

He pulled away with a truly sexy smile and took her hand to lead heraway.

A half an hour later she was transported to Wes’ magical world of wonder. They stood in his very large basement. Today it was the exact replica of Matira Beach in Bora Bora. She stood by what looked like the seashore on a perfect day with the bright sun beaming down on them, although evening was approaching. Taylor imagined the gentle swish of the sea at her fingertips, even though they were a few miles away from thebeach.

“You like it?” Wes asked in that nervous way that made him look even moreattractive.

She whirled around and gazed at him, allowing the ends of her hair to brush against the edges of herelbows.

“I love it. How is…” She giggled, thinking of what she was going to say. This sort of thing was what he was used to, but for her, she’d always be memorized. “How are you doing this, Wes? I know I’m in L.A. and I’m not on the beach, and it will be dark in a few hours, but this is Bora Bora. My favorite place onearth.”

Butterflies filled her stomach as she watched the corners of his sensual mouth turn up into an easysmile.

“That’s why I did it. You seen StarTrek?”

She almost jumped for joy. She actually had seen a few episodes of the series. “The holodeck,” she answered, and he lookedimpressed.

“The holodeck,indeed.”

“You have a real holodeck?” She widened her eyes at him. From what she saw on the show, that thing was amazing. It could project a hologram of anything, anywhere, and place you inside the simulation. This felt like that. If Wes had the technology to do something like that, then that would be phenomenal and she’d be expecting something like a Nobelprize.

“Not exactly, it’s not nearly as sophisticated or futuristic. But it’s good,right?”

“Wes, right now, I’m totally convinced that we’re in Bora Bora. Has Chloe ever seen this? I can’t believe she wouldn’t mention it, this is so cool.” She beamed, grinning withexcitement.

He’d been standing by a large rock formation and leaning against the tallest part of it. She watched as he moved away from it and smiled up at him as he camecloser.

“She doesn’t know about this.” Wes looked directly into her eyes. “I’ve been toying with the idea for awhile, and then I thought about how much you love Bora Bora, so that kicked me in gear to finish it. This is the only simulation it does at the moment. I did this foryou.”

No one had ever done anything like this for her before. Not even close. She could easily put it down to never being with anyone who was this super intelligent, but that wasn’t what this wasabout.

What touched her was that he listened to her, knew how much she loved the place, and did something that he knew would have meaning for her. That was the sentiment that shevalued.

Taylor was taken with everything Wes did. Everything. He’d presented himself at a time in her life when she needed to be saved. Saved from fear, saved from disappointment, saved from a broken heart. In fact, on that, her heart only started to beat again when she realized how comfortable she was with him. She liked being in his world and in his mind. And…she supposed there was also one important thing that was becoming very evident, and that was the swift development of her feelings forhim.

Just now her feelings went through the roof. “You did this forme?”

“Yeah, and look, the cologne brought you back to me.” He chuckled. “I’ve been buying it inmultipacks.”