A War Like Ours by Saffron A. Kent

Author:Saffron A. Kent [Kent, Saffron A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Published: 2017-02-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

James

The next day, I got a text from Tim inviting Katie and me to have dinner with him and his wife, Anna, at an Italian restaurant.

We walked to the quaint-looking restaurant in the middle of Main Street, tucked away in the corner, a red brick one-story cottage. We stepped inside the fairly crowded establishment, which had wood-paneled walls and red and white cloth-covered tables. Tim and Anna were already seated toward the back.

Oak floors squeaked under our feet as we navigated through the room and took our seats at the table. I sat next to Katie, facing the front of the restaurant.

“I understand you’re like my husband. When it comes to boxing, don’t let him suck you in. He’s a lunatic.” Anna laughed, and the tinkling of it hit me in the gut. She laughed like Nat used to. Her eyes held the same shine, her face the same glow as Nat’s. My muscles hardened at the onslaught of memories.

Tim threw his arm on the back of his wife’s chair. “My wife tends to exaggerate. Obviously.”

I swallowed and choked out, “Tim’s really been helping me a lot. I admire his passion.”

Katie broke in. “Did you see my daddy punch that bad man? It was so awesome. My daddy’s a superhero. He saved Maddy.”

Tim threw me a glance at Maddy’s name. I shifted in my chair. Even now, I felt guilty over how easily I ignored her indirect apology to Katie. She’d been trying to do a nice thing, as surprising as that might be, and I’d ruined it with my anger and regret over what happened between us.

The waiter came, and we placed our orders, and then made small talk, meaning Katie talked and they laughed. My brain tended to freeze up in situations like these. I could never come up with anything clever to say. Even so, I managed to scrape out some questions about their jobs and life back home.

Anna asked about Nat, and before I could think of an appropriate response, Katie jumped in and filled in the gaps. She complimented Katie on her bold red lipstick, making her giggle. I shifted on my seat, growing uncomfortable. Tim shot me a glance but didn’t say anything. He could see my struggle, but he kept his silence. I was grateful. Maybe we really were friends.

The waiter arrived with our food, and for the first time since we got here, I let my gaze wander. The crowd was filled with unremarkable faces.

But then I saw her. Madison.

My body lurched forward in my seat as I stared at the mass of black hair draped across her shoulder. The image of her hair around my cock darted through my mind, too quick to memorize but slow enough for a peek to last a long time.

Game on.

I hadn’t been able to get her words out of my head since yesterday. My anger had turned into a need so desperate and uncontrollable that it scared me. Like an incessant drone in my head.

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