ES_ebook_8.2.19 by Kell Sheila

Author:Kell, Sheila
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cunningham Publishing
Published: 2019-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

19

With great effort that occasionally wavered, Ken bit back the aches in his body. Weak from blood loss, dehydration, and hunger, he wouldn’t allow it to topple him. Putting light weight on his leg and limping around the room had been successful. It hurt like hell, but he could manage. For how long at a time, he could only guess.

Full of fear for Sam, he stood at the door. Even with the warmth from inside the eight-by-ten space of his prison, the steel bars felt like ice in his hands. His gut twisted with worry and how her meeting progressed. She’d asked him to trust her and, in their predicament, he had no choice but to do so, even when his heart lurched at the way she’d greeted Beverly.

He didn’t trust Beverly. If she’d convinced Sam of the validity of that damn intel report, would the crazy woman believe Sam still believed it and stood with her?

Calling himself all kinds of stupid, he should’ve been smarter and more stubborn about their sleeping arrangements. Anyone could’ve looked in on them and fed Beverly their cuddling position which Sam would’ve had to talk fast to justify.

Concern on whether Beverly would go nuts—more than when they’d left her—and hurt Sam had him shaking with a terror that emanated from deep within his heart. Although not wanting to admit it, a pang of outright fright tried to bubble up within him that Beverly might bring Sam around to wanting him and Jesse dead. The passing of their husbands had strengthened the bond between them, surely.

Closing his weary eyes, he leaned his forehead against the inescapable cell door and wanted to slap himself for thinking such thoughts about Sam. She’d admitted how she’d fallen for Bev’s faulty info and couldn’t get aboard the crazy train. She may’ve had a moment or two of weakness, losing her focus, but it’d only been a few days that she’d been fooled. He believed her, heart and soul.

In the months since she’d moved to Baltimore and they worked together, they’d tightened up their friendship and become closer day after day. That growing bond helped soothe his bruised heart, as he knew the woman she was. The Sam he’d fallen in love with. The woman who’d smiled and a glow of happiness and contentment surrounded her. This is the woman he’d given his heart to, even though she hadn’t been aware of his love. Until now.

As for her heart, she may not love him—and he’d been prepared for that—but she did deeply care for him. In fact, he’d seen a raw, true desire in her gorgeous blue eyes—as well as he could see in the near dark. The small window, sitting up high with square bars, allowed very little light to spill into the room. She wouldn’t’ve been able to kiss him with so much passion or relax in his arms if he hadn’t stirred something deep within her. And he would continue to stir up her emotions until she either made him the happiest man on earth or finally crushed his heart.

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