Rose meets Ambergris
"Ambergris, have you and Rose been introduced?" The host asks. Rose has ended up at a dinner party, and for once she hasn't cooked a morsel of the food that the seven at the table are putting into their mouths. Sitting across from her, looking devilishly handsome is a man Rose has never laid eyes on before. He has a noble grace about him and seems quiet, yet when he speaks everyone seems compelled to listen. His eyes are the colour of a pale sea, his lips are full and when he smiles, which is often, he has the whitest teeth Rose has ever seen. "I have not had the pleasure" Ambergris flashes a killer smile and Rose almost swoons.
Later, after the food, Ambergris sidles up to Rose on the sofa in the living room. Rose notices the rich smell that seems to embrace her as he sits down. Subtle and at the same time catching her in the pit of her stomach, first one butterfly, then another, completely taking Rose by surprise. Rose can feel herself melting, maybe it's just the food she thinks. Then she looks up into Ambergris's eyes as he turns to face her. He smiles again, his eyes have changed colour, still the sea, but now a deep aquamarine with flecks of gold. Rose finds herself blinking, as if in slow motion, she breathes deeply. At once Rose feels a flood of heat rising through her body and without a shadow of a doubt she knows she wants this man.
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