5 Reasons To Love Again

Chapter 67

Uh, oh! Did I make the update within the 24 hour cliffy rule! I dread to think of the punishments that have been brought up! This what I think that Preston looks like. Enjoy...

I turned my head to see a very, very tall and muscled teen looking very amused. He had olive toned skin with dark hair and brown eyes. Preston was looking at him too and grumbled under his breath as he pulled away from me and hit the button to roll down my window.

"What can I help you with Korba?" he asked the teen.

"You are parked in front of a kids school and making out in the car. Just wanted to remind you of that." he said with a shrug and knowing grin. I could detect a hint of an accent.

"We just dropped off our little girl here and we weren't making out! It was only a kiss." Preston said defensively.

"Ok, so you two weren't making out. Yet..." he said laughing.

I smiled. It was kind of funny. I reached out a hand to Preston's and held it.

Preston seemed to remember right then that I didn't know who this person was. "Delphine, I'd like to introduce you to Silas Korba. He is part of the Blackbourne team. Silas, this is our Delphine."

Silas stuck out his hand and I shook it. "It's nice to meet you." he said to.

"It's nice to meet you too." I said to him.

"Are you headed to the hospital?" Preston asked him.

Silas nodded and said, "Yeah, it's my turn to brush up on my CPR."

Preston gave him a thoughtful nod, "That's a good thing. Well, we shouldn't keep you. If Dr. Roberts senior is teaching the class, he might give you an hour for being late."

Silas nodded and waved goodbye to us as he walked towards the hospital. I waved back and Preston put his seatbelt back on and started the car. Before he shifted out of park, he picked up my mug and took a sip before I could part my lips to warn him.

The look on his face was comical. Without saying any words, the expression screamed "This isn't coffee!" He swallowed and gave me a questioning gaze. "Soda Delphine? I thought that you broke down and got coffee."

I shrugged and put on innocent expression. "I never said that it was coffee. All I said was that I needed caffeine. Soda has caffeine."

Preston grudgingly agreed, "Very true. I just made an assumption. However, I can see that you are going to keep me on my toes."

I smiled at him and batted my eyelashes as I took the mug from him and took a sip. A slow smile spread across his face and he shook his head and pulled away from the curb. Driving towards downtown Charleston, we chatted about what I might need other than a dress and shoes. I didn't think that I needed anything else. Preston disagreed and I sensed a theme with the guys. They were constantly wanting to buy me things. The last thing I wanted, was to be labeled a gold digger. I just wanted their love, not their money.

Preston pulled the car into a parking garage and found a spot on the second floor. As usual he came around the car and opened my door for me. They always had little fits if I got out before they could do it for me. To be honest, I really liked it. Even when I was 8 months pregnant with Lexine, Rick expected me to get in and out of the car without help.

He held out his hand to me and I took it. We walked through the parking lot and into the mall. I looked around in awe. The place was upscale and lovely. All the display windows were tastefully decorated. I didn't realize that I had stopped walking for a second until Preston tugged my hand.

"Let's pick the dress out first so you know what kind of underwear you will need." he said to me.

I nodded and he tugged me into a store that sold ladies clothes. There was a whole wall section filled with beautiful cocktail dresses in all different colors and styles. I started browsing and pulled a dress out to look at it closely. It was a shade of dark pink and had a few ruffles on the skirt. I didn't think that it was going to be flattering to me and I put it back. Instead I found a fuchsia wrap around with clean simple lines. I liked it but I thought that I needed a little fancier dress for the fundraiser. I set it back down and kept looking. Preston immediately picked it back up off of the rack and draped it over his arm.

"You are going to at least try it on." he told me. I smiled at him and decided that I would try it on if it would make him happy. I would kick up a fuss if he tried to buy it later. I picked out a classic little black dress, a strappy silver/grey number, a silky long dark green dress with a very high slit on one side, a cream lace and lastly a peacock blue sheath strapless number.

Preston had a saleslady hang them up in a fitting room for me and sat on a chair right outside the door. "Go on. I want to see every single dress on you, so make sure that you come out and show me."

"Alright. Then we can choose the best one for tomorrow night." Going into the dressing room, I stripped off my clothes and tried on the fuchsia wrap dress. It was a flattering cut and the color was lovely on me. I came out and Preston nodded his head. "That looks great on you. Try the next one."

I tried on each dress and Preston liked all of them. Saving the peacock blue sheath for last, I had trouble zipping it up. Holding the dress up against my chest, I poked my head out of the door and asked Preston for help. He stood up and had me turn around. My back was bare since I took my bra off to try this on. His fingers left a trail of heat as he slowly zipped it up for me. The dress fit perfectly and I knew that this was the one I wanted to wear tomorrow.

"This is what I want to wear to the fundraiser. I really like it!" I told him.

Preston held up his index finger and moved it, telling me to turn in a circle. I did and he nodded his head. "That looks lovely on you. Let's get it." He helped me unzip it and then I shut the door and changed back into my clothes.

Opening the door, I opened my mouth to ask for the salesgirl to put away the ones I wasn't going to buy but Preston reached in and grabbed all the dresses and marched them over to the counter. I followed him and reached his side just as he told the cashier to ring them all up. The lady did with a big smile and I tugged on his arm.

"Preston," I hissed. "Why are you buying them all?"

He pulled out his wallet and selected a card to hand over. "Because we will have various functions to go to and can't go shopping all the time. This way you will have some on hand just in case there is a last minute thing." He said it so matter of fact that I couldn't argue. It did make sense.

Next he took me to a lingerie boutique and had me select different fancy things to wear under the dresses. Glancing around the different things on display, he walked over to a black nightie set. It was made out of silk with three lace panels sewn in vertically in the front so that the person wearing it would show both nipples and the money shot. It came with a tiny black silk thong with a tiny strip of lace going down vertically in the front further exposing the goods. He added that to our purchase pile.

"I want to see you wearing that tonight." he whispered in my ear. I gave an involuntary shiver and his eyes turned darker with desire. I took a deep breath and tried to calm my out of control hormones. After paying for the things in that store, he took me to a shoe store where I found a pair of nude/tan heels that would be perfect for the dress I was wearing tomorrow night. Of course, Preston insisted on buying more than one pair and got one for each dress. One pair of heels caught his attention. It was a high heeled slip on sandal with black lace band across the toes and another band of lace higher up. He grabbed a pair in my size and made me sit down in a chair to try it on. He knelt in front of me to slip it on my feet. They did make my feet look extremely feminine and dainty. We bought that pair too. We both hauled tons of bags back to the car and loaded all the bags into the back.

"Are you hungry? It's about lunch time and they do have some nice cafes around here."

"Yes, let's try one." I said and held his hand. We walked off and he let go of my hand to put his arm around me instead.