Gaining Miles: A Miles Family Novella (The Miles Family Book 5) by Claire Kingsley

Author:Claire Kingsley [Kingsley, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Always Have, LLC
Published: 2019-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

It was late, but I couldn’t sleep. Instead of continuing to toss and turn, I went out to my front porch and lit the candles in the lanterns Ben had made. I sat in the wooden chair wrapped in a sweater, the book he’d brought in my lap. The candlelight flickered, casting shadows across the porch. I decided I’d read a while and hopefully get sleepy.

Before I’d gotten more than a few pages into the book, I got a text.

Ben: Any chance you’re awake?

Me: I am. Couldn’t sleep.

Ben: Me neither. Did you light the candles tonight?

Me: I did. They’re beautiful.

Ben: Glad you like them. What are you doing now?

Me: Sitting on the porch with the book you brought me. Sorry if you wanted to talk earlier. The kids all just wandered over.

Ben: Can’t say I blame them. You did have scones.

Me: True. Those are hard to resist.

Ben: Mm, so hard to resist.

I bit my lip and read his last text several times. Was he talking about the scones? Of course he was talking about the scones. I was a good cook. He obviously wasn’t saying I was hard to resist.

Was he?

Me: Are we still talking about scones?

Ben: Maybe. You have quite a few things that are hard to resist.

Me: I do?

Ben: Oh, Shannon. If you only knew.

My heart fluttered and that sense of giddiness stole through me again. Texting him like this, late at night, made me feel a little bit brave. Brave enough to…

Me: Tell me.

Ben: I’ve had to resist you for a long time. Resist your eyes. Your smile.

Ben: And those lips. I’d die a happy man if I could taste them even once.

Me: It’s been a long time since these lips have been kissed.

Ben: Too long. Far too long.

Ben: Shannon, I’d kiss you so you’d forget ever having been kissed before.

Me: It would feel good, wouldn’t it?

Ben: So good. I’d put my hands in your hair and kiss you breathless. Remind you what it feels like to be desired.

Me: It’s been such a long time since I felt that, too.

Ben: Shannon, you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known. If you have any doubts that you’re desirable, I’d love to be the man to fix that for you.

Me: It’s hard not to have doubts. This body is… well, it’s not the same. And I haven’t… in a long time.

Ben: There are so many things to love about your body. And if you let me, I’ll show you each and every one. But the most important thing is that it’s you.

Ben: I find you desirable, Shannon. All of you.

I closed my eyes, imagining Ben’s lips against mine. His hands on my body. I’d been trying to tell myself I had plenty of things to fulfill me. That I didn’t need anything—or anyone—else.

But what if I did want more?

Me: Benjamin?

Ben: Yes?

Me: You’re desirable, too. In fact, I think you might be the sexiest man I’ve ever seen.

Ben: I’m a little bit speechless.

Me: You are. So sexy. So handsome and strong.

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