Captive: a Paranormal Romance by Marisol Logan

Author:Marisol Logan [Logan, Marisol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-23T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Rousing from sleep to Casey pulling me into his chest with his strong, lean arms, I realized that Carly was nowhere in sight.

As if reading my thoughts, Casey sleepily mumbled, “She went upstairs to get breakfast,” with his lips against my forehead.

“Mmm...” I purred. “So can we stay right here all day?”

“I like the sound of that,” he replied, squeezing me even tighter than before.

I pecked his chest and sighed.

“What?” he asked.

“And then what? And then we go home?”

“I—I don't know,” he stated, then echoed my sigh. “I suppose so. But I can't wait another week to see you.”

He stroked the back of my head, twirling strands of my hair absent-mindedly in his fingers as he did.

“I want you to be with Carly,” I whispered. “You're such an amazing father, and she loves you so much. Last night, I realized...she should get to have you in her life more often. All the time. I don't know what that means, but, I want to figure it out.”

Casey loosened his embrace and propped himself up on one elbow, angling his face over mine and looking down over me with a serious gaze. “Is that what you want?” he asked.

I surveyed his face, which was just as gorgeous and perfect first thing in the morning as it always was, and I was positive mine was a mess of slept-in, smudged makeup, bags under my eyes and pale, splotchy skin. I nodded my response.

“I want what's best for Carly,” I said. “And that's you.”

“I want what's best for you, too,” Casey said, taking my face in his hand.

“Maybe that's you,” I whispered.

“I hope it is,” he murmured and lowered his lips to mine for a gentle, affectionate kiss.

My chest whirred and went hot, like an engine igniting. Instinctively, I wrapped my hand around the back of his neck and pulled him in closer. His kiss was suddenly my air—if I didn't have it, my chest ached for it, and I couldn't breathe.

He pulled away slightly, and with his lips still slightly pressed against mine, he whispered, “I can leave.”

“What?!” I rasped, shocked enough to yell, but trying to keep my voice down so as not to alert anyone upstairs of our conversation.

He pulled away a bit more. “What I—what we said was wrong with me—why I can't leave,” he stammered nervously through the explanation, “it's not...it's not the truth.”

I shot up to sitting, throwing the sheets and blankets off in the process. “What the hell?!” I snapped, trying to keep my volume low still, but it definitely raised a bit. “You're not—you're not sick? You won't die if you—”

“No,” he answered plainly.

“Casey! Why would you lie?!” I whispered. “To me! To your daughter! To everyone!”

“Look,” he pleaded, “it wasn't my choice. This is all Ruby and Rex. I do have a rare condition, and they conduct research on me, and they get a lot of grant money for their research. Hence, they don't want me to leave.”

I stared at him in silence with my mouth gaping open for several moments before I could manage to speak through the shock.

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