A Hero to Hold by Sheri Humphreys

Author:Sheri Humphreys [Humphreys, Sheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944262181
Amazon: B01GW3JSJW
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Published: 2016-06-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

David woke early, aroused and wanting Charlotte. He lay spooned against her relaxed and sleeping body, and he wished he could stay here, in Rose Cottage—in its bed—all day, but he couldn’t. They’d agreed to leave for their respective homes early, before daybreak.

Slowly he adjusted the position of his arm so he could enjoy the gentle rise and fall of her ribs as she breathed. He hadn’t before doubted his ability to work beside her without revealing their personal association, but now he wondered. Since his injury he’d discovered a not insignificant talent for concealing his emotions, but he couldn’t imagine being able to hide what he was feeling now.

He loved her. There was no mistaking it.

He’d been a fool to think he could engage in an affair with Charlotte and not fall in love. He hadn’t even made it through twenty-four hours without succumbing. He should have guessed. He’d been enamored even before the sex.

But oh, how sweet. Right now, lying beside her, the world could not get any sweeter.

Still, this moment would end, he reminded himself, as eventually their liaison would, too. It was fated to end just as he was destined to be alone. Charlotte deserved only the best of men as the husband and father of her children, and he was crippled.

He’d suspected he’d be hurt when the affair ended. Now he knew the pain would exceed every battlefield injury he’d ever sustained. He squeezed his eyes shut. He had borne pain. He could bear it again.

Somehow he knew she’d never before shared all she’d confided last night. Did she even realize how much she trusted him? If she did, she could rest easy. She might not acknowledge her faith in him, but last night it had become the cornerstone of his love.

He took a deep breath, inhaling Charlotte’s distinctive rose and jasmine cologne mingled with the musk of their lovemaking. It had to be the most divine scent he’d ever smelled. He’d awakened hard, and this made him even harder.

Pressing against her lush buttocks, he swept aside her hair and dragged his tongue across the pale, delicious skin at her nape. So tender and so vulnerable, God, but he loved that spot. His hand moved leisurely up her chest, coming to rest with one nipple nestled in his palm. She rewarded him with a sigh, a languid shifting of limbs, and her body pressing into his.

For a minute he enjoyed the contours and textures of her breast before sliding his hand down to the juncture of her thighs. As if he’d commanded it, she quivered.

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Afterward, watching Charlotte dress enthralled him. He wouldn’t have thought it would be so. After all, she was covering up all that tempting flesh rather than revealing it. But David found that, having traced her curves with his hands, he regarded her in a totally new way. He now knew the fine shape of the legs hidden under all those layers of skirts and how they gripped his hips. He

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