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beautiful inside and out.
    Thirty minutes later they
were seated at the restaurant and looking over their menus. Well,
she was looking at hers. Cannon was focused on her, as were the
other males in the restaurant; from the waiters, customers,
busboys, and even the musicians in the band setting up their
equipment. They were all stealing glances just like him. Who could
blame them? Yasmine had the type of natural beauty that didn’t
require long hours in the mirror. Cannon felt his male ego get
bigger. She was his date for the evening.
    “ This is a really nice
restaurant,” he said, closing his menu after deciding what he would
order. “I’d heard about it, but haven’t had a chance to check it
out. I’m always on the go.”
    “ You need to get out and
relax sometimes. Enjoy life.”
    “ I know, but a brother’s
got things to do,” he jokingly replied.
    She laughed, sharing her smile again
with him.
    “ So, are you ready for
Christmas vacation?” he asked after the waiter took their
order.
    “ I’m definitely looking
forward to those two weeks off.”
    “ I bet. Are you going home
to Memphis to visit your mother?”
    “ No, my mom and her two
best friends from Atlanta are going on a girl’s cruise during that
time.”
    “ What are you going to do
for Christmas?” he questioned, his voice filled with
concern.
    “ My mother and I stopped
celebrating it after my father died on Christmas Eve when I was
ten. Christmas hasn’t felt the same since.” She shrugged her
shoulders. A wistful expression loomed over her face, and Cannon
reached over to caress her hand. She gave a weak smile.
    “ I had no idea.” He
squeezed her hand.
    “ He had a heart attack. It
was his second one. My father didn’t know how to slow down and just
relax. He loved his career as a financial analyst. He was always
busy, never home … when he was home, he was locked in his office on
the phone discussing business.”
    They were interrupted by the waiter
bringing their appetizer of spinach dip with pita bread.
    “ You don’t want to go with
your mother on the cruise?” he asked after they began to
eat.
    “ No. It’s for people her
age. You know, the grown and sexy crowd. Some of her teacher
friends who are divorced or widowed as well are going. I’ll be
fine. I’m thinking about finding a holiday job, like wrapping gifts
at a department store. I’m saving for a house.”
    “ Have you started looking
at houses?”
    “ No, but I want to begin
saving so I can have a down payment and money left over to decorate
it. I’m paying rent for an apartment when I could pay slightly more
for a mortgage and actually own my own home.”
    “ I’m impressed. That’s a
very good investment. My sister and I live in the house my parents
bought when they got married and began their residencies after
graduating from Meharry. They decided to keep it as rental property
when they moved back to Memphis, and I’m grateful that they
did.”
    The DJ turned off the music and
announced the blues band. Yasmine and Cannon halted their
conversation as they ate dinner and listened to the band play,
while glancing and smiling at each other the entire
time.
    Cannon’s eyes couldn’t stray from her.
Stealing glances at her side profile, since she turned to see the
band, he felt his breathing waver before starting again. His gaze
inched down to where he could see her small, yet perky, breasts
outlined on her dress. He wasn’t a man concerned with the size of a
woman’s breasts. They were all kissable, lickable, nibbleable and
delicious. His manhood tightened at the thought of tasting hers and
anywhere else she wanted him to. He straightened in his chair as
she placed her eyes on him and smiled with her succulent lips
before turning her attention back on the band.
    Those damn mouthwatering lips of hers
were downright sexy. They were painted with a light shade of pink
which shimmered on her tempting pouty mouth, forcing his gaze to
linger there. There was