rock concerts or stadiums with thousands of people in the audience. He wasn’t sure if a local country fete with a crowd of little old men and women was really what they were after. That wasn’t exactly their target customer base, but his PR team had promised him it would be more than that. Then again, if it wasn’t, that would only make it even more news worthy – anything that shocked would get more media coverage, and pretty much anything that Jake did in the U.S.A. got news coverage anyway!
But this was a surprising start and certainly an unexpected bonus! A bit of unpredicted cross-wind had blown Jake off course and instead of landing on the other side of the fete by the black promo-lorry as planned, he had nearly ended up on the rooves of a load of cars. Thankfully he had managed to navigate himself out of danger’s way at the last few seconds to land on a piece of open ground, even if he had only narrowly missed landing on someone. And what a someone that was!
Once Jake had managed to shake free from the uncomfortable restraints of his parachute and dusted himself off he looked up to see an absolute vision standing in front of him. He saw concern etched on her perfectly proportioned face and her dark red hair was blowing into her eyes and seemed to be fighting with her hands as she tried to hold it back whilst she looked down at him to see if he was hurt. He had hit harder than normal and he was sure he was going to have a few bruises to show for it, so he asked the beautiful woman for a hand to help him up. As Jake took Victoria’s hand it felt soft and warm inside his, and once he was up on his feet he was in no hurry to let it go.
Jake stood in front of Victoria realising she couldn’t quite see him as she squinted and shielded her eyes against the bright sunlight, so he purposely took a step closer blocking out the sun. She wasn’t that much shorter than him, maybe a few inches or so, and Jake found himself looking down into her soft brown eyes. As he introduced himself he admired the woman standing in front of him with her seductive clear glossy rounded lips. He wasn’t paying much attention to what she was saying, he was more interested in how desirable her mouth looked and he guessed it would kiss just as beautifully too. Then his eyes quickly travelled down her curvaceous body, he could see her full rounded breasts hiding non-too-convincingly beneath her colourful linen top and her white jeans showed off her slim waist and rounded hips with long slender legs to perfection. Quickly he pulled his mind back to what she was saying, and no, he had no intentions of letting her hand go because if he did then he might not get another chance with this rodeo-show of a media circus which was about to commence!
“Now you have me at a bit of an advantage.” Jake’s eyes twinkled in the sunlight looking like they matched the clear blue sky.
“I can’t see how that’s possible.” Victoria said as she squeezed their intertwined fingers indicating that he had her very much at a disadvantage with his arm around her holding her close the way he was.
“Is there any chance you might tell me your name?” He asked knowing that any second now at least thirty people were about to descend on them and it would be good to know something about her before he got whisked away in a whirlwind of reporters.
“Victoria.”
“Victoria?” He looked at her and raised an eyebrow in question. “Just Victoria or is there another part to that name?”
Victoria laughed despite finding the good-looking American quite annoying considering he hadn’t yet let her go. Amazingly gorgeous, but really quite annoying! “Pembrose. My name is Victoria Pembrose.”
Victoria wondered why on earth he was still holding her hand - her fingers were still intertwined with his as his arm rested around her waist. She knew she should have been shaking him off, but there
But this was a surprising start and certainly an unexpected bonus! A bit of unpredicted cross-wind had blown Jake off course and instead of landing on the other side of the fete by the black promo-lorry as planned, he had nearly ended up on the rooves of a load of cars. Thankfully he had managed to navigate himself out of danger’s way at the last few seconds to land on a piece of open ground, even if he had only narrowly missed landing on someone. And what a someone that was!
Once Jake had managed to shake free from the uncomfortable restraints of his parachute and dusted himself off he looked up to see an absolute vision standing in front of him. He saw concern etched on her perfectly proportioned face and her dark red hair was blowing into her eyes and seemed to be fighting with her hands as she tried to hold it back whilst she looked down at him to see if he was hurt. He had hit harder than normal and he was sure he was going to have a few bruises to show for it, so he asked the beautiful woman for a hand to help him up. As Jake took Victoria’s hand it felt soft and warm inside his, and once he was up on his feet he was in no hurry to let it go.
Jake stood in front of Victoria realising she couldn’t quite see him as she squinted and shielded her eyes against the bright sunlight, so he purposely took a step closer blocking out the sun. She wasn’t that much shorter than him, maybe a few inches or so, and Jake found himself looking down into her soft brown eyes. As he introduced himself he admired the woman standing in front of him with her seductive clear glossy rounded lips. He wasn’t paying much attention to what she was saying, he was more interested in how desirable her mouth looked and he guessed it would kiss just as beautifully too. Then his eyes quickly travelled down her curvaceous body, he could see her full rounded breasts hiding non-too-convincingly beneath her colourful linen top and her white jeans showed off her slim waist and rounded hips with long slender legs to perfection. Quickly he pulled his mind back to what she was saying, and no, he had no intentions of letting her hand go because if he did then he might not get another chance with this rodeo-show of a media circus which was about to commence!
“Now you have me at a bit of an advantage.” Jake’s eyes twinkled in the sunlight looking like they matched the clear blue sky.
“I can’t see how that’s possible.” Victoria said as she squeezed their intertwined fingers indicating that he had her very much at a disadvantage with his arm around her holding her close the way he was.
“Is there any chance you might tell me your name?” He asked knowing that any second now at least thirty people were about to descend on them and it would be good to know something about her before he got whisked away in a whirlwind of reporters.
“Victoria.”
“Victoria?” He looked at her and raised an eyebrow in question. “Just Victoria or is there another part to that name?”
Victoria laughed despite finding the good-looking American quite annoying considering he hadn’t yet let her go. Amazingly gorgeous, but really quite annoying! “Pembrose. My name is Victoria Pembrose.”
Victoria wondered why on earth he was still holding her hand - her fingers were still intertwined with his as his arm rested around her waist. She knew she should have been shaking him off, but there
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