Heartbreak Homestead (Hearts of the Outback Book 2) by Bellamy Susanne

Author:Bellamy, Susanne [Bellamy, Susanne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Alex?” Lizzy shaded her eyes as she looked into the yard, and wondered again how they were going to convince the DCS officer they were fit parents for Dan. They barely looked at one another directly and since their return to the homestead, Alex had kept a cool distance. Polite strangers interacted more than they had but then, she’d all but accused him of criminal activity. The look on his face when she’d asked that question—she knew she’d hurt him before his gaze shut her out behind a mask of indifference.

Stupid, but hindsight was a wonderful thing.

Biting her lip, she opened the screen door and walked towards the machinery shed. Two weeks married and already they were living separate lives beneath the one roof. She hated it. Whatever it took, she would put their relationship back on an even keel before their interview. She had to. Finding the teasing goodwill they’d shared before her accusation would be a bonus but she wouldn’t hold her breath.

She missed Alex’s smart quips and intelligent sense of humour. And God, she missed his body each night when she climbed into an empty bed.

‘I’ve moved my gear into the spare bedroom.’ The first night out of hospital at Trish’s place had set the pattern.

‘As you wish.’ He’d turned from her then and continued to sleep in the spare room since their return home. Did she really think he was engaged in criminal activity? Lying awake staring at the open bedroom door, her restless body yearned to cover the short distance to the spare room. She turned her face into her pillow and squeezed her eyes shut. But not even the moonless night could erase the image of his lean body beneath her hands, or his heavy-lidded gaze devouring her before he lowered his head between her thighs.

Gasping in the grip of a surge of lust, Lizzy pressed her hand to her belly. She wanted her husband, needed him in a way that frightened her senseless. Six months he’d promised her. And then he’d be gone.

I’m doing this for Dan. But was she? A tiny voice inside her head urged her to take a chance and see if the life she’d tasted all too briefly with Alex could become more. Five months remained.

And now they’d squandered the best part of one of their precious weeks together. Why had she allowed the detective’s insinuation to blind her to what she knew about Alex?

“Lizzy, are you okay?”

His voice cut through her memory.

Surprised to realise she was bent over, hands on her stomach, she dragged in a deep breath and straightened up. “I’m fine. Can we—talk when you have a spare moment?”

Alex wiped his hands on a rag and strode across the yard.

“Come inside.” As he slid an arm around her waist Alex’s hand grazed the bare skin between her shorts and the blouse knotted below her breasts. Calluses on the base of his fingers were rough against her soft skin and his grip tightened as he guided her towards the stairs and into the kitchen.

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