A Frickin' Fantastic Friday (The Zelda Dairies Book 3) by Olivia Gaines

Author:Olivia Gaines [Gaines, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Davonshire House Publishing
Published: 2017-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Thursday

Scott lay awake, listening to the gentle sound of Zelda’s breathing. Fear touched him several times during the night, whispering in his ear that she would freak out on him again. It didn’t take a genius to understand what that reaction was about. He didn’t need to know the details of her trauma.

Not today.

Not ever.

Unless she wants to tell me.

Bones of skeletons from horrors past filled a downstairs closet in his own home. He wasn’t one to judge what random bones hung about in someone else’s house. I want a life with her but I need to see the whole woman, not the sexy one who enjoys making love to me. Building a life with her means knowing who I am in bed with. The last thing I want is to not wake up because she’s freaked out and slit my throat in my sleep.

He shifted his legs, stretching to his full six foot two frame. Zelda felt his movements, slowly opening her eyes to look at him. She blinked a few times. Waking up next to him was still very new to her reality.

“Question,” he said softly, his index finger coming up to gently stroke her cheek.

“Nope. Too early. Not lucid enough to answer anything which requires deep thought or introspection,” she mumbled, pulling the covers half across her cheek.

“Simple question. Name something you can’t do,” he said to her half-shielded face.

Zelda turned her back to him, snuggling closer. There were lots of things she couldn’t do but most of those things included stuff she didn’t care to do. One of her biggest fears and darkest memories were of fresh water and swimming. Swimming in fresh water to her was worse than swimming in a pool.

“Swim. I can’t swim,” she told him. “I am scared of swimming in fresh water.”

Her words energized him. In his head he believed he’d found a way to show her he could be trusted. He was a great teacher and he was going to teach her to swim.

“Good! Today, I am going to teach you how to swim in fresh water,” he said.

“No. No you are not,” she told him, rolling over to her belly and pulling the pillow over her head.

“Yes, Zelda. Today, you will face all your fear, learn something, and trust your man to keep you safe. At the end of the morning, our relationship will enter a new phase and we can see the whole of each other,” he said with bass in his voice.

“Lowering the octaves on your voice ain’t gonna make me change my mind about jumping in a lake and trying to swim,” she said.

“That may be, but allowing yourself to be in a vulnerable state gives me a chance to see the entirety of you. Just as you wanted me to tile a back splash so you could determine what type of man I could be under pressure, I want to see what you are like when your guard is down and you are exposed,” he told her.

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