Forbidden_A Blakely After Dark Novella_Forbidden Series by Kira Blakely
Author:Kira Blakely [Blakely, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AG Media, LLC
Published: 2018-03-01T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 10
Holden
I couldnât be more fucking angry.
What was she thinking?
What is she even doing out here?
She couldâve fucking died, and I would never have seen her again. Only heard about it from Port Authority after the fact. My nanny, the woman Iâve fallen for, dead out at sea.
I stroke her back and use that soft brush of my skin on hers to calm the beast raging inside me.
Guilt sweeps through me.
And if she had died? Her last memory of me wouldâve been me telling her that I canât do this with her, anymore. That I have to leave. How can I love this woman and let her go so easily?
Simple, I canât.
I canât.
I kiss the top of her head. âDonât do that again.â
Sheâs stopped crying, at last. She pushes back from me, and I suck in a breath. A weight drops onto my fucking ribcage. She hasnât got the mask on, now, and neither do I. I didnât exactly anticipate any company out here.
Itâs the entire reason I left the island behind. I need time to think about everything thatâs happened.
How am I supposed to think with her here? Her beautiful face is exposed. Puffy eyes, red nose, and still sheâs stunning. My gaze drifts lower. She fiddles with the straps on the front of her lifejacket, shivering, fingers wrinkled.
I gently nudge her hands aside and rip the straps off, then slip her out of the life jacket. I inhale sharply a second time.
Sheâs lost her bikini top. It mustâve slipped out from under the vest, tugged free by the current.
Her breasts are exposed to the open air, drying in the breeze, baked by the sun, two white triangles against tan skin.
I look away and walk to the boatâs wheel, taking hold of it. I donât start the engine or turn it. Iâm just trying to hide the fucking erection tearing at the front of my shorts. âWhat are you doing out here?â I ask, again, and this time itâs arousal that snarls my words.
She hiccups but clears her throat. âI was on a banana raft thing,â she croaks.
Christ, sheâs hoarse, battered, afraid, and Iâm worried about my cock. The thought sobers me and helps the situation downstairs. I walk to the cooler beside one of the benches and flip it open, I reach inside and grab a bottle of water then take it to her.
She accepts it, still shivering, then unscrews the lid and drinks deeply.
Water snakes from the side of her mouth and down her throat. I track the droplet all the way to her collarbone then leave her above deck. I duck down and rustle around in the small cabin on board, finding a towel in one of the tiny cupboards beside a single bed.
I return to her then wrap it around her shoulders. âHere. That will help. I have candy bars. Youâll need sugar for the shock.â
âI donât want any,â she replies and sits down on one of the benches, clutching the bottle between her hands. âI donât want to eat.
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