A Dangerous Affair by Jason Melby

Author:Jason Melby [Melby, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781614173311
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Published: 2012-08-03T00:06:43+00:00

Chapter 40

Lloyd straddled the Triumph with the kickstand down and watched the sun fall toward the horizon. The glow cast his shadow on the ground near the wall of plywood sheets that formed a drive-in movie screen. Behind him, speaker posts protruded from the sandy earth like giant match sticks in battalion formation, staggered forty yards deep in rows of ten.

He read the handwritten note scribbled in haste on the dollar bill Jamie slipped him at the car wash. He couldn't sleep. He couldn't eat. His world revolved around a woman he hardly knew, a woman he yearned to touch. To smell. To taste.

He found more than a physical connection with Jamie. He found a woman who understood him; a woman who accepted where he'd been and what he'd done; a woman long on heart and short on judgment; a woman not afraid to be herself.

He broke no laws. He made no excuses for his actions. He had the right to live his life the way he wanted. The state still owned him, but his future was his alone to decide.

He checked his watch and dismounted the bike to inspect the vacant grounds. He found the abandoned concession stand with the old-time popcorn machine caked in dust beside a cash register with an empty change drawer. Popcorn kernels dotted the floor beneath a spilled container on the counter.

The outmoded theater conjured memories of a time when he snuck through the entrance and hid between cars to catch a low-budget horror flick. He loved the movies, which fueled an early desire to be an actor until his father poured water on the flame. "Actors starve," his father had preached. "Real men earn a living the honest way. Chase your dreams on your own time. You can't support a family waiting tables in a Hollywood dive."

Lloyd picked up a rock and threw it toward the setting sun like a touchdown pass to an open receiver down-field. His heart jumped when he saw the red Volvo exit the highway and double back toward the giant screen. He waited impatiently for his lover to reach him, kicking his boot at the ground.

"I wasn't sure you would come," he said to Jamie, who emerged from the shiny sedan in a sleeveless top and miniskirt. Her perfume carried in the breeze.

Jamie threw her arms around Lloyd and hugged him in a warm embrace. "I can't stay long..."

Lloyd pulled her tight, holding her body next to his. He framed her face with his hands and gazed through her glasses at her beautiful eyes. "I missed you..."

Jamie opened her mouth to him, craving his touch, his warmth.

Lloyd swallowed her with a fervent kiss, his tongue wrapped with hers as he slid his hands down her back and felt her firm, naked flesh beneath her dress. He nibbled at her lower lip, kissing his way along the side of her neck with a satisfying moan.

"I can't do this," Jamie gasped as she pushed Lloyd away. But there was no conviction in her voice.

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