Fix You by Lauren Gilley

Author:Lauren Gilley [Gilley, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Sagas
Amazon: B00C30TL28
Published: 2013-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

17

The next morning, Chris traded waves with Tam Wales through their windshields as they passed each other at the top of the drive. As he parked and headed for the main house, he ran a half a dozen scenarios through his head, wondering what sort of shape Jess would be in after their moment in front of the TV. He wasn’t expecting what greeted him: an empty kitchen and a locked door.

He had his own key to the mansion and let himself in, something very much like dread mingling with his curiosity. “Jess?”

The kitchen wasn’t just empty, but cold, too, and odorless: no coffee, no breakfast for Tyler.

Slowly, so the treads of his boots made no sound, Chris went past the walk-in pantry, ducked into the hall of the staff quarters and paused at the half-open door of Jessica’s bedroom. He put his fingers against the panel and eased it open a fraction, and then another. His ears buzzed, straining in the absence of sound. From the threshold, he took stock of the room: tidy as always, a butter-colored panel of sunlight falling in through the open drapes that reached just shy of the bed. And Jess, was, incredibly, asleep.

Before last night – before he’d found out what her mouth tasted like – he would have cleared his throat from the threshold and startled her awake. But after last night – this morning – he crossed to the bed.

She was on her side, the covers down around her waist, wearing the white bra he’d put his hand against last night. Her skin was soft white cream; he imagined what it would feel like in aching detail. His eyes tracked over the sleek contours of her stomach, her back, the deep inward flare of her waist, her lean arms, the swells of her breasts, rising and falling as she breathed. In sleep, her face was relaxed; she looked younger, sweeter, flawless roses and cream. Her hair streamed across her shoulders and the pillow, the color of spun gold.

It was a damn shame to have to wake her, mainly because he knew her face would harden and her eyes would shoot sparks and all this sleeping innocence would be gone. Chris just knew she would try to pretend last night had never happen. She wouldn’t let him so much as hope for a repeat performance.

He watched her, eyes willing the sheet to slip down over her hips so he could see what kind of panties she was wearing, when an idea occurred. With a self-satisfied smile, he leaned down, brushed the flat of his hand along her head and her silk hair, and kissed the corner of her mouth.

He meant to wake her. He didn’t mean to scare the hell out of her.

Jess leapt beneath him and Chris straightened, shocked to watch her bolt upright, clutching the covers over her breasts, eyes darting wildly. She sucked in a huge breath and pressed herself back against the headboard. She was terrified.

“Whoa, it’s me,” he said, and made a reach for her.

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