Her House Divided by A. J. Goode

Author:A. J. Goode [Goode, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
Amazon: B00IC4R2C0
Published: 2014-02-08T08:00:00+00:00

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Ethan awoke the next morning, slightly disoriented by the warm presence of a woman in the bed next to him. He blinked as memory flooded back, and he smiled at the sight of her wildly tousled hair splayed out on the pillow near him. Fatigue had claimed her long before it had overtaken him, but not before they had spent the long hours of the evening together, first in her room and then in his.

He thought about slipping out of the bed and letting her sleep, but then remembered her admonition about not treating her “like a china doll”. If she were any other woman instead of a woman recovering from serious injuries, he reasoned, he wouldn’t be worried about how much sleep she needed. He would be touching her here and stroking her there in hopes of waking her—

Her breathing changed, doing all sorts of wonderful things to the breast he was teasing. She stirred.

“Good morning,” he said softly.

“Mmmm,” she agreed.

They made love again, slowly this time, taking their time to fully enjoy each other’s bodies in the bright light of the morning sun. Ethan’s room faced the beach; the humidity was gone and the breeze coming through the window felt cool and moist. In the distance, they could hear the pounding of the surf on the shore.

“The Lake sounds wild,” she said drowsily.

He smiled. His grandmother would have said that “her” Lake was boiling on a day like this. As a teen, he would have been out there at the first hint of daylight, flinging himself into the waves for a bit of body-surfing while Bea stood on shore and bellowed at him to get the out of the water. By the time he finally dragged his exhausted, battered body to shore and followed her meekly to the Seashell, he would feel both depleted and invigorated.

Not unlike the way he felt at the moment, he reflected.

“What are you thinking about?” Tara asked. “You’re a million miles away.”

“Just listening to the waves. Wondering if I’m too old to body-surf.”

“Mmm. If you have to ask, then you probably are.”

“Hey!”

She laughed at the offended look on his face. He tried to think of a good comeback, but was spared when the phone began to ring. He leaned across her body to reach the phone on his bedside table.

“Ethan? It’s Ben Jacobs. Do you think you and Tara could come see me today in my office?” The lawyer’s voice sounded agitated.

“Sure. What’s going on?”

“It’s Jacqueline. She’s filed a motion to contest the will.”

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