Deliciously Obedient by Julia Kent

Author:Julia Kent [Kent, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BBW Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Fiction, Humorous, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Prosaic Publishing
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

Cliffhangers suck.

That was what Mike deserved, though, and he knew it.

And even a few days ago, he would have accepted Lydia’s desires and her departure with respect, thinking that holding himself back and doing what she asked was the right thing to do, under the circumstances. Even yesterday, he would have restrained himself and thought through, carefully, the options in front of him as he navigated this completely new terrain of being back in her life, however tangentially.

An hour ago, still, his approach to her would have been more refined and sophisticated, his willingness to comply with her wishes a difficult challenge, but one he would meet head-on and with determination.

Right now, though, that all went out the window as the vision of Lydia pounded through his eyes, his blood racing through his veins as if it were meeting some deadline that had been invented on the spot, the dull roar of his own pent-up need now becoming a loud thrashing in his ears as he stormed through his own open doorway and then ran, sprinting down the hall, the breath in his lungs pushing in and out like a heartbeat.

As if the rhythm would somehow get him closer to her if he could just get everything lined up.

Just so.

Too late! The damn elevator doors clicked shut with a half-inch to spare before he heard the ding! of the bell. Stairs.

Winding his way down, holding back from an ankle-snapping as he rushed to the ground floor, he was transported back in time to two other sets of stairs he’d fled down—the fire alarm, and the night they’d been caught on camera.

That night, that night, that night. The words chanted in his head as if planted there by someone else, the exertion from pumping his legs down and using fine muscles to coordinate surely enough to drive out his racing thoughts.

No such luck.

This was not how his first meeting with Lydia was supposed to work. Finding her in bed, naked, with his best friend wasn’t in his top ten scenarios under which they would have their reunion.

Not even in the top thousand.

And yet that fine body, so sumptuous in repose, spread across his bed sheets as if she owned the core of his personal space. Her tightly controlled reaction, which was too perfect. Too sarcastic.

Too much.

He’d hurt her so deeply, he knew. She’d frozen him out and he’d sought refuge in the one place that was supposed to be her sanctuary. More secrets. Too many lies.

He needed to come clean.

Now.

Right now.

Goddamn it. God. Damn. It. Whatever holiness he cherished in the world resided in that woman who, now, descended his building with Jeremy, the man he’d sent after her to protect, to listen, to—

And yes, to obey his directive.

“I want you to go to Iceland. I want you to find out how she’s doing. And I want you to discover why I don’t think I can live without her.” He had said those words a month ago.

Jeremy had obeyed, all right.

A little too well.

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