Diane R. Jewkes by The Heart You Own

Author:The Heart You Own
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Kara woke and stretched leisurely as the morning sun shone in her bedroom window. She sat up, quickly realizing it was Saturday. They were going into town. She would see Hawke again.

Closing her eyes, she relived that searing kiss. She could feel his lips on hers, asking then taking. It was like his hands were tracing her skin again. She could feel the heat of his large palm cupping her breast. A tingling desire coursed through her. She wanted to explore these new feelings further. She wanted to understand this desire, this need to be with him. She leaned back against her pillows and thought about the past few days.

After Hawke and Alec left, she kept busy helping move the cattle to the summer pastures. On the long rides, she had replayed their last night over and over in her mind trying to understand what it had all meant.

His kiss had seared not only her lips, but her soul and she didn’t understand. Why him, why his kiss?

Other men, not many, had kissed her before, and she had fancied herself in love with at least one of them, but none had ever inflamed her senses the way Hawke had.

Colin.

She hadn’t thought of Colin for such a long time. They had met at her first cotillion in Virginia. She had been so excited that night. He was the son of a congressman, suave, sophisticated — at least she had thought so then, and very handsome. He had pursued her with a single-mindedness that was overwhelming to a raw country girl. She remembered the way he would look at her, making her feel like she was the most important thing in the world to him. She had fancied herself madly in love with him.

Kara rose from her bed, walked over to her vanity, sat and began brushing out her hair. Looking in the mirror, she let her mind wander back to that first kiss.

After a waltz, she and Colin had taken a stroll in the gardens. The night had been warm and the scent of the night-blooming flowers had perfumed the air. He had always been a gentleman, never teased her, or made suggestive comments, not like the bold Scotsman. He had even asked permission to kiss her. She had been thrilled to her toes at the first touch of his mouth on hers; the warmth of his lips and then he had gathered her gently in his arms and deepened the kiss. She had been shocked when his tongue had entered her mouth.

Laughing, she thought about how she had spent the rest of the night, wrapped in naive dreams.

It had been nice, but nothing like Hawke’s kiss. She shivered at the way he had not asked, but demanded, her lips. He held her so close it was like they were sharing the same heartbeat.

She ran her fingers over her lips, amazed at how sensitive they were.

Her door burst open and Alicia came dashing into the room.

“You’re not dressed yet! Gosh, Mama had us up at daybreak so we could get over here and then into town by midday.

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