Finding Serenity by Eden Butler

Author:Eden Butler [Butler, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B00JIIUGB8
Published: 2014-04-05T23:00:00+00:00

Vaughn doesn’t know what to do with himself. He’s tried pushups. He’s tried distracting himself with something mindless on the television. He even dug in his duffle and got out his phone, hoping something loud and full of fury would keep his mind off of Mollie and the deflated, hopeless tone of her voice.

Nothing worked. Pushups only pumped his blood until he had to stick his head under the sink in the kitchenette. He didn’t care about some rich rednecks making duck calls, insulting each other on television and Slipknot only made him want to punch someone.

When the bathroom door clicks open, and Vaughn hears the racking sound of coughs, as if Mollie is choking on something, all his frustration, anxiousness dissipates, replaced with fear, with the quick thunder of his heart. It does not slow until he bursts into the room, but when he enters, sees Mollie, the jackhammer of his heart speeds for a different reason.

An instinctual wild flash of lust moves right through him. Mollie is bent over the bed, her suitcase emptied on the mattress and a water bottle on the floor. With her free hand she holds a towel against her breasts, but it is not large enough to conceal all of that skin or wipe dry the small drips of water from her back.

Her head whips in his direction and Vaughn tosses out a half-hearted excuse. “Sorry, I thought you were dressed. You were… um, coughing.”

So not sorry, he thinks.

“Drank too fast.” Mollie’s hold on the towel tightens and she turns away to glare at Vaughn from the mirror on the other side of the room. He can’t help it. There is so much skin, too many lines of muscle, toned curves that keep his eyes on her. He is frozen by the round curl of her ass, barely covered by the towel. A small slip of that terry cloth that Vaughn doesn’t think is accidental and he steps behind her, gaze locked with hers in the mirror.

They watch each other and Vaughn doesn’t think that Mollie’s anger is still present. Not the way she’s looking at him. Not how she doesn’t tell him to leave. Not how her lips part and her breath accelerates. He’s been cruel, he knows that and if he is honest with himself, lashing out at her has as much to do with how that asshole stood too close to her as it does with her safety. He knows the look the guy gave her. He himself has looked at Mollie the same way more than once. Even more frustrating is how she has held on to her anger with him. He wants to see her smile again. Despite himself, despite everything that shouts at him to keep her at arm’s length, to keep things professional, Vaughn wants to put that smile back on Mollie’s face.

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you.” She blinks once when they continue to watch each other in mirror. Her skin calls to him like

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