Black Regrets by C.J. Thomas

Author:C.J. Thomas [Thomas, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CJ Thomas Books
Published: 2018-01-18T06:00:00+00:00

27

Kelly

After receiving Maxwell’s call, I had to see it for myself.

Kendra couldn’t be gone.

I’d explicitly told her she couldn’t leave. But Kendra had a mind of her own.

All I could think about on my way back from Parker’s was how, if anything happened to her, I couldn’t live with myself. She was opening my heart to things I hadn’t felt for so long. I needed her as much as she needed me. And it destroyed me to know there was too much going on around us for me to guarantee her safety. But that didn’t mean that she would listen.

With control and a little bit of hesitation, I opened the front door to my apartment with a racing heart. Casting my gaze to the floor, Kendra’s heels were in the doorway, kicked off to the side.

I bowed my head before stepping further inside.

Her opened tote bag rested on the kitchen island counter and relief swept over me when I found her sitting quietly on the couch.

Shutting the door behind me, my dick hardened and pressed against my zipper I was so happy to see her. Immediately turned on, I wanted to make love to her for the rest of the afternoon, taking advantage of every minute we spent together. I wanted to feel her body pressed against mine, taste her lips on my tongue, forget everything that threatened each of our existences.

Not bothering to remove my shoes, I moved further into the house. Kendra never once turned to acknowledge my arrival. It was like she was deaf, lost inside her head and paralyzed by her thoughts.

My mind raced through the possibilities. Anything could have happened since I’d seen her last. The Madam. Angelina Davis. Sylvia Neil. Oscar Buchanan. Timothy Parker. Anyone one of them could have gotten to her—filled her head with lies.

It wasn’t until I passed the dining room that I realized she was hugging her knees to her chest, nursing a glass of white wine. With my blood pressure still high from my conversation with Parker, I didn’t know what to think of Maxwell’s warning.

Slowly, I sauntered over to her, cautiously approaching her as I thought about what might have happened. My gaze moved over the messy bun she had tied on top of her head, down to her shoulders covered in one of my bathrobes. Her hair was damp from the bath she must have taken and she smelled of fruity fragrances that did little to calm my arousal.

When I saw what she was doing next, I came to a stop, holding my breath with fear.

I wanted to say something. Tell her to stop. But all I could do was stand there and think, not her, too.

Over and over, Kendra followed the red line on her skin with her sharp fingernail. Her pulse ticked in her wrist, but the intention and thought were there. One slice. One cut. And she’d bleed out, never to come back again.

I understood the all-consuming darkness better than anybody. I had been there many times myself.

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