Enough (Iron Orchids Book 1) by Danielle Norman

Author:Danielle Norman [Norman, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780984176618
Publisher: F Squared
Published: 2017-11-01T18:30:00+00:00

Kayson

At five o’clock, the sizzle of two steaks on the grill wasn’t the only hot thing outside, the subtle sway of Ariel’s hips as she walked toward me to hand me a beer was smoking. I snaked an arm around her waist and pulled her close.

She tilted her head back, and I licked her neck. Okay, weird I know, but damn, I couldn’t help it. “You look so fucking edible and your scent is intoxicating.” I wanted to discover if her skin was just as arousing.

“I need to go make a salad,” Ariel said with a laugh as she extricated herself from my hold.

“Baby.” I groaned.

I was stuck outside watching the steaks, but as soon as they were done, I flipped off the grill and headed inside.

“We make a great team,” I told her as I set the steaks on the table and nodded to the corn on the cob and salad in front of her.

She nodded and the smile she gave me didn’t quite reach her eyes. All through dinner, she didn’t talk, we ate in silence and cleaned the kitchen in silence.

“What’s up, sweet? You’re awful quiet?” I met her eyes just as a tear rolled down her cheeks. “Ariel, what’s wrong?” She didn’t answer me. She just flicked the drop away as if crying was no big deal. “What happened?”

“Nothing,” she said before standing and striding toward the stairs.

I went after her, but she wasn’t in our bedroom and she wasn’t answering as I called her name. I found her lying on my old bed in the spare room.

“What’s up?” I sat down next to her totally lost over what just happened as I ran my fingers through her hair.

“If it’s okay with you, I thought that I’d move in here.” Her words were muffled as she spoke them face first into a pillow.

“I’m okay with you moving into the house.” Misunderstanding her words on purpose.

“No, I meant in here, this room, I can sleep on this bed.”

“But our bed is in there.” I pointed back toward the master bedroom.

“That’s your bed.”

“Last night, it became our bed, and today, that became your closet.”

“No, it didn’t, Kayson. We’re friends. We aren’t a team, and those shouldn’t be our anything.”

“What’s your fucking point, Ariel? I’m missing something. You promised that you would let me keep you safe.” She reached over for the second pillow and piled it on top of her head. “This is utter bullshit, I don’t know what happened or what changed. Whatever it was, please change it back. I don’t want games, Ariel. I never have and never will. If you’ll just talk to me, tell me where this is coming from, then I’ll try to help. But you have to talk to me.”

“Don’t you get it?” she asked, turning her tear-streaked face toward me. “This is your wife’s house.”

“What wife?” I nearly shouted, exasperated by this freakish conversation.

“Your wife, the one you will someday have. The one that will give you babies.” She took a deep breath, trying to gain control.

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