CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE – FIRE AND DESIRE

More than one diner turned to gape at them in abject bewilderment, their wide-eyed stares swiftly tracking from Alex's crisp white shirt – now thoroughly plastered against his chiseled torso in a way that left little to the imagination – to Sandra's form-fitting scarlet sheath, which had turned deliciously translucent in all the right places thanks to the lingering drizzle. Gordon caught the speculative flash of unmistakable interest in the eyes of a few female patrons, their assessing gazes sweeping over his broad frame with undisguised appreciation. He couldn't blame them, not really; Even soaked to the skin, his tailored slacks and open dress shirt showcased his physique to distinct advantage—all sculpted angles and taut, sinewy muscle. The blatantly appreciative once-overs would have been enough to stoke the ego of a lesser man, but Gordon found his attention utterly, incandescently, focused on the woman at his side. Jasmine was an absolute vision, her artfully tousled curls da