Heartbreak Holiday by C J Laurence

Author:C J Laurence [Laurence, C J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C J Laurence
Published: 2016-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

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Just after nine, Brady reappeared. He’d gotten changed into a smart, light blue shirt and faded denim jeans. The curve of his jeans hugging all the right areas made me want to investigate. Now.

He held his hand out to me. “Come here,” he said, a sly smile pulling at his lips.

I bit my lip as I ventured towards him. I’d dressed in a simple pair of jeans and t-shirt but looking at him, already felt underdressed. “Do I need to wear something else?”

“You’re perfect as you are.”

He stepped towards me and took my hand, leading me outside. The ranch had descended into night time quiet, only the lights from guest rooms and the main house telling of anyone’s existence. I glanced up into the night sky, surprised by how beautiful the evening sky was tonight. The clear jet-black background with the twinkling bright white stars was just breath taking.

Stepping behind me, he whispered into my ear, “Do you trust me?”

Goosebumps chased over my skin. His warm breath floating over my neck had me liquefying into a pool of nothing. How could one man affect me so much?

“Trust you? Why?”

He slipped his hands around my waist, making me jump. “I can’t say. It’ll spoil the surprise.” He brushed a feather light kiss over the base of my neck. “So do you trust me?”

Using my last ounce of willpower to suppress the groan from his single kiss, I pondered over his question. Trust. Hardly something I’d been giving out in abundance lately. Ben had had my trust and broken it into thousands of pieces. Would it ever repair? Brady was an incredible man who I’d barely known for more than ten days, and he was asking me to trust him. I had no reason not to, but I also had no reason to either. I feared where it concerned trust, it would be a difficult thing for me to wholly give again.

However, I was on holiday, and here to enjoy myself. Sometimes a little risk was worth it, right?

“Yes,” I whispered. “I trust you.”

He kissed my ear and told me to close my eyes. My heart began pounding against my ribcage. Adrenaline pulsed through me, making me edgy. Before I could think anything else, a soft, velvet fabric laid across my eyes.

I gasped and reached up, panic already taking over.

“Shhh,” he said, taking a hold of my flailing hands. “Just trust me.”

A violent shudder ran down my spine. I took a deep breath and concentrated on counting to twenty in odd numbers. By the time I’d done that, the blindfold was on and my gut was a churning mess of excitement and nerves.

He settled his hands back in the curves of my waist and helped me walk for the next couple of minutes. When he stopped, he stroked a thumb over my lips and kissed my cheek.

“I’m going to lift you up onto a horse now. There’s no saddle.”

I shrieked in surprise. “Blindfolded? Are you kidding?”

He chuckled. “Trust me.”

My heart hammered inside my chest.

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