Desire: A Cariad Romance Three Book Bundle by Lucy Felthouse & Jenna Bright & Jeff Cott

Author:Lucy Felthouse & Jenna Bright & Jeff Cott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Anthologies, Collections & Anthologies, Contemporary, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2014-06-16T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

GEMMA’S DAYS AT THE Green Man settled into a comfortable routine almost before she realised it. They opened at eleven thirty, usually to find a couple of older men already outside, waiting for their first pint of the day. They served bar snacks and drinks to a small but steady stream of walkers, locals and cyclists throughout the afternoon, before business picked up around teatime. They called time at eleven, packed up, fell into bed exhausted and woke up late the next day, ready to start again.

The weather didn’t break, despite the forecasts; if anything, it grew hotter, stickier, and more unbearable. By the Friday of their first full week there, after a morning of snapping at each other over tiny things, Gem reached breaking point.

‘I’m going for a walk,’ she said, tossing a damp bar cloth over the back of one of the stools that lined the length of the serving area.

‘Now?’ Dan glanced up from where he was cooling his head inside one of the fridges.

‘I need some air.’ Gem waved an arm around the practically empty bar. The old man she’d spoken to the other night was ensconced at his usual window table, but otherwise the place was empty. ‘We’ve had one customer all morning. It’s too hot for anyone else to trek out here today. You’ll be OK on your own for half an hour.’

Dan looked as if he wanted to say something more, his brow creasing into a frown as he got to his feet. But Gem wasn’t in the mood to argue, or even discuss. Turning on her heel, she stepped towards the entrance, feeling her shoulders lift as the door slammed shut behind her.

The woods were blissfully cool, and Gem picked up her pace, the breeze at her back hurrying her along. She wanted to be in her glade, feet in the river, icy water rushing around her ankles.

She wanted to see if he would be there again.

The pub had been too hot, too busy, too demanding, for sex, since the night in the bar. But that didn’t mean the thrumming in her veins had died down, the vague feeling of need that had haunted her since their arrival. She wasn’t herself, she knew that. But she couldn’t dislike the person she was, the person who felt so much, wanted so much.

Still, at the back of her mind, a nagging thought had persisted all week, pushing its way forward until she couldn’t ignore it any more.

If this new her was real … what if her dream man was too?

She needed to find out, before the question drove her crazy. So, pulling at the front of her blouse to let the air hit her skin, Gem stepped into the glade and looked around.

For a moment, it seemed like the clearing was empty. The only noises were the rushing water of the stream, the only scent that of fresh, green leaves. But there was something … a feeling, a sense not covered by the usual five.

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