Aphrodite's Delight (Protectors (Superhero Series) Book 0) by Julie Kenner & J Kenner

Author:Julie Kenner & J Kenner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Erotica, Comedy, Fiction
Publisher: Julie Kenner
Published: 2014-10-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

NIKKO THOUGHT THAT she was even more beautiful asleep, and he would have been content to lie there for hours beside her, watching her dewy lips and the slow rise and fall of her chest.

That, of course, was impractical. Instead, he pressed a soft kiss to her cheek, then went off to explore her kitchen. Not badly stocked, actually, and he took his time, figuring that she could use the sleep. They had, after all, stayed up late.

Cooking had always been his favorite way to relax and, in fact, his house in the mountains had a fabulous kitchen. There was something relaxing and engaging about the process. Edible chemistry. And when he hit upon the perfect combination, there was very little joy more poignant than sharing it.

In Colorado, he’d had no one to share his meals. No one he cared about, anyway. And without consciously thinking about it, he prepared a simple breakfast for Lydia with extra care, imagining what it would be like to serve her in his huge bedroom. Or, better, to take her onto the redwood deck and eat with the sky above and the trees below, suspended there with the world spread out beneath them.

It was an image that was far too appealing, frankly, and he tried to shove it away, forcing himself to instead concentrate on French toast, sausage and freshly squeezed orange juice.

He took a tray in to her and found her waking. She blinked at him, the corners of her mouth curved up; whether from happy memories or because she was glad to see him, he didn’t know. Both, he hoped.

“Hey,” she said.

“Hey, yourself.” He slid the tray onto the bed beside her. “I thought you might want breakfast in bed.”

She laughed. “Because I’m too weak to walk, thanks to you.”

“I’m terribly sorry,” he said, lacing his voice with false sincerity.

“I’m sorry, too,” she said, seeming genuinely contrite. She propped herself up on one elbow. “About that Silver Streak thing. I never meant—”

He hushed her with a soft finger on her lips. “I overreacted. It’s a sore subject with me.”

“How come? I mean, I get that you’d rather not be compared to a comic book guy but—”

“I am the comic book guy,” he said, then told her the whole sordid story. She was, in fact, the first person he’d told it to, other than the Council investigators. When he finished, he managed a grin. “When the Silver Streak appeared as a guest in an X-Men comic, the Council was more than a little miffed. And then when he got his own comic book . . . well, all Hades broke loose.” He shrugged. “Let’s just say it caused me all sorts of problems,” he concluded, the soft skin of her shoulder so distracting under his fingertips. “You know how the Council is.”

How the Council is?

“Oh, yeah, sure,” she said automatically, then frowned. The truth was, she didn’t know how the Council was, and although in the alley she’d been perfectly content to

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