Acceptable Risks by Natalie J. Damschroder

Author:Natalie J. Damschroder
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-04-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

It took Lark a while to settle down. The house was so silent that every little sound made her leap to her feet and prowl until she found the source—the air conditioning hissing through the vent above her, the boiler heating the hot water in the basement, creaks of settling walls that she couldn’t trace but that made her sweep the house each time.

Finally, after making a cup of tea—and wasting time wondering why Jason had tea in his house, because he sure didn’t seem like a tea drinker—she forced herself to sit at the table with his laptop and the flash drive, resigned to reading each and every file.

Most of it was junk, easy to skip through. Maybe important stuff to Isaac, but not relevant to the Hummingbird situation. She waded through three years’ worth of security service invoices, but those were the only business-related files. All the rest were lists and random notes. She supposed they could be in code, but it all seemed too straightforward for that.

The information was so boring, she had to keep dragging her wandering mind back to what she was looking at. She wondered if Jason was faring any better. Nils probably wouldn’t be that difficult to turn. He was a pipsqueak and no match for Jason, mentally or physically.

She hoped. Jason had winced and hissed a lot when she touched him, and he’d alluded to undesirable side effects. She hated the idea of the RT-24 causing problems, but few treatments had no downside, and it was still experimental. They could probably modify the formula to mitigate the side effects in future patients. But that didn’t do Jason any good.

Then there was the cramping. She cringed, remembering the torment in his face when she’d found him on the treadmill. What if that worsened, and a morning workout stopped being effective? She needed to talk to Gabby about this. Maybe some mineral supplements would help. Or a massage every day. She smiled before she could stop herself, remembering this morning.

Such a thing had never happened to her in her life. An orgasm wasn’t that difficult to achieve, when things were done right. But a little more time and some nakedness were usually involved. She flushed, remembering how she’d rubbed herself against him, flung herself around. God, the embarrassment.

Of course, he’d been a little red-faced, himself. Maybe he didn’t like being vulnerable, hadn’t appreciated needing her help. That was probably why he didn’t want to talk about it. It wasn’t manly. So when had resistance become desire? She shivered, remembering the kiss, the way he’d fisted his hand in her hair and devoured her mouth. Something she’d done had triggered his need.

She wanted to do it again.

The chiming of the grandfather clock in the other room pulled her out of her thoughts. That meant forty-five minutes had passed since Jason left. He was supposed to call her fifteen minutes ago. She eyed her cell phone, then the phone on the wall. Being late might not mean he was in trouble.

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