Black as Ebony - Elizabeth Elias (best business books of all time txt) 📗

two songs”
“that makes then are songs then” he says pulling me in for a kiss he searches for my lips I tilt my face toward the ceiling it feels almost as if I’m dreaming I can’t help but hold him to me with all my might as I start to cry. “What’s wrong” “nothing” I say refusing to let him go.
“love your cutting the blood flow and crying if it was nothing I would feel my legs what’s wrong did I do something” he tries to sooth me by joking and stroking my hair “I just – I just feel like you’re going to disappear like you’re a dream and I’m going to wake up and you won’t be here anymore”
“I’m not going anywhere love i'll stay here all night”
“Ok I love you”
“I love you too”
“You can open the window and have a smoke if you want while I go get ready for bed there’s a dish under the night stand”
“Ok love go get ready for bed” Allen says wiping the tears from my cheeks and kissing each eye lid.
When I come back into my room I find Allen sitting on my bed next to the window elbows on his knees smoking and looking out the window at the moon as he puts the cigarette out on the plate I clear my thought “oh there you are love”
“What are you thinking about?”
“Just how at the same time the sky is so dark and the moon is so bright ‘it’s a wonder how it’s as dark as ebony but the moon cannot compare in beauty to my love’”
“That was nice”
“You like it”
“Yes it was a very lovely poem’
Later that night after Allen had taken a shower to get the hairspray out and gotten his pajamas on we curled up in my bed and I fell asleep to the sound of his heart beat I really do love him I really do with all my heart.


Ch.7 secrets revealed
I woke to the smell of waffles. I walked down the sun lit stairs to the kitchen as I walked in to the kitchen I saw Allen standing next to a stack of fresh and hot waffles. “Morning love” he says as he pulls me in for a hug and kisses the top of my head. “Your brother went to get chocolate chips”
“Mmm do we have to wait for him?”
“Go head the waffles with the strawberries I made for you”
On the table was two hello kitty waffles with little strawberry hearts in it. “Where did you find the waffle makes I haven’t seen it in years?”
“your brother found it in the basement and you like strawberries so I thought maybe a little bit of love would make you feel better also I made you a white chocolate mocha caramel on ice just like you brother said you liked but he put the foam heart in I don’t know how to do that”
“Thank you I feel better all ready I think just looking at you all messed from bed would have done it though”
“Well thank you love but your cute yourself in your B-o-t-d-f pj’s”
“Yes very sexy right good try though you only like it cause the short shorts” I say as I stand up to hug him.
“You know you’re turning red” he says as I turn around to hug him as he kisses the top of my head again. When I look up “MOM!”
“Ebony”
“I didn’t know you got back from your business trip that’s why Nat was making breakfast”
“Ya last night where were you last night and where were you and why does your room smell like cigarette smoke?”
“Oops that was both me ebony was with me last night helping me study and I had a smoke sorry”
“Oh well next time have it outside and ebony have your inhaler with you”
“Mom I don’t need it anymore”
“Well that’s not what the doctor said in the ER last year when you decided to have a smoke”
“Ok Mrs. Richards”
“That’s ok Allen just be careful around ebony”
“Mother”
“No its ok love you didn’t tell me you used an inhaler or smoked”
“Because I don’t do either anymore”
“And when did you two become a thing” my mother asked
“Does it matter mother”
“Ya it does or I look like a tard” my mother says trying to look cool
“Like two weeks ago god mom” I say putting my face to Allen’s chest as he laughs under his breath. “It’s not funny”
“Yes it is you sound like a three year old it’s pretty cute and funny”.


Ch.8 the proposal
Its been 11 months sence allen moved in with my family and 10 for us dating .
“happy aneversery love”allen says cuping his hands over my eyes.
“so this is why nat wouldn’t let me up stairs all day”I say as nat leads my to the stairs.
“allen I cant walk up the stairs with my eyes closed”
“ok fine keep your eyes closed” Allen says as he picks me up.
“okay ahh holly crap allen god damn”
“well you cant walk with your eyes closed so i'll be you eyes and legs for the journey” he says as I try to kiss him.
“I cant find your lips”
“that’s ok”
He says as he kisses me on the cheek.
***
Allen reaches the top of the stairs and walks to my room. He sets me down on the bed and I feel the softness of silk, the smell of roses and the sound of tokio hotel in the backround. “open your eyes love” I open my eyes and im speechless all around theres red and pink velvet and roses on every surface.
“do you like it”
“yes”
“good cause theres more”
“theres more you didn’t have to get me anything”
“well when I saw it I couldn’t help myself there for both of us one more so for myself but hope you like it. Okay hold out your hands and close your eyes”I do as he asks “its something you love and you have always wanted to go”
“okay okay” I say as he puts a piece of paper in my hands.
“okay open your eyes – but don’t scream”
I open my eyes and un rap the paper on try not to scream but if I try much longer the inside of my lip is going to bleed. There in my hands are a pair of tokio hotel concert tickets.
“you like it love”
“yes”
“good now look outside”
“anymore and I might explode” I look out the window and there in the drive way is a motorcycle. “oh my god can we go for a ride”
“yes we can lets go” he says whisking me around the corner and down the stairs and outside. “I had one of these back in London but it was so much money to get it out here to America”
“Ah so you did live in London I was wondering why you said love all the time”
“what did you think I was faking a British accent”
“no I just figured you lived over there for a while”
“pretty much love, my neighbors hated my bike”
“ok lets go” I say hoping on the bike”
“not so fast love do you know how to drive the bike”
“no then you drive” I say sliding back making room for him to get on. “besides I like to back more“ I say hugging him around the waist and lay my head on his back I wish we could stay like this forever the stars shine and the night air is moist and cool. Allen hangs a left to one of the back roads.
“I wish we could stay like this forever the night is perfect”
“me to love the night is perfect and you shine as bright as the stars”
“that was sweet” I say as he pulls to the side of the road. “what are you doing” “I cant kiss you while im driving can I” he turns around and pulls me into his lap to kiss me. “I love you allen”
“I love you too ebony I love you too”
***
I wake up the next morning not remembering how I got home or what even happened then It all hits me the motorcycle and the tickets then I open my eyes to blood red silk dress and velvet blancets oh my god what happened last night and my head is throbbing. “allen allen”I say getting out of bed.
“Yes love what is it” he says a little groggy from sleep and to my very thankful eyes hes wearing a matching pair of silk pants.
“What happened last night” I ask really confused “just to be clear did w-“allen cuts me off
“no no we did not” he says a little to fast “not yet love you get to wait”
“ok good so we’re cool right”
“we’re always cool” he says kissing me. “you fell asleep before we got home last night”
“So what did happen last night?”
“I just you know told you about me and how in my family we don’t really age the same way as most people and all that jazz”
“So you’re a vampire”
“You can call it that but I do age and die just slower I could live like for 200 hundred years and most people will live till like 90 or 100 at most”
“So just to be clear we didn’t and you didn’t like bite me or anything like that”
“No I don’t have to and no we didn’t”
“So we’re cool right”
Yes we’re cool we are always cool”
“So how does it work the whole odd ageing thing in your family?”
“We will discuss that over breakfast”
“Ok before that why are we wearing matching pj’s”
“I gave then to you last night and you made me wear the pants”
“Ya that sounds like me ok let’s go down stairs and get some food”
“No no I have a reservation over at st.charles hotel”
“Ha ya right you need to get a reservation like 6 months in advance”
“Ya I called up hoping for a opening and to my luck they had one so got get dressed.” he says with a smirk
“You do not”
“Oh but I do”
“Is there a dress code”
“Yes were a nice skirt”
“How about this one” I say pulling out a mini
“I didn’t know you owned such a skirt I like it but I don’t think they’ll like it as much as I do”
“Ok be out in sec.”
I come out in a little red dress that comes just above the knee and has a matching hand bag. I walk into Allen’s room he just got done getting a 3 piece suit on. “Oh I like that dress