Her Secret Bodyguard by Crews Misha

Author:Crews, Misha [Crews, Misha]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-12-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Sounds, distant and blurry, filtered their way through Caleb's sleeping brain to the consciousness beneath. He stirred, reluctant to wake. It had been a mighty long time since he had woken up in a strange bed after a night of passion, and he wanted to draw out this moment for as long as possible, as he had tried to draw out so many moments the night before.

While his mind moved grudgingly toward wakefulness, he stretched out his hand, moving languorously through soft linen sheets toward the woman he thought was sleeping next to him. When he discovered an empty space where warm, tempting flesh should be, he opened his eyes.

Pale light shone down from a skylight over the bed. From behind him came the soft rush of a shower running, and the rich, galvanizing scent of coffee wafted like vapor through the air. He started to sit up, then decided that motion could wait. Every muscle felt like jello, every breath was both a pain and a pleasure. He gave up and lay back in the soft bed with a sigh of contentment, taking in his surroundings from where he lay.

The room in which he found himself was medium-sized, with dark polished flooring and pale, creamy-green walls. The bed floated like a cloud on a dais in the middle of the floor, piled high with deep pillows and a thick down comforter. It faced a wall of French doors which looked out onto the long deck that stretched along the back of the house. The walls were graced by oil paintings of abstract scenes in natural tones: close-ups of grass and light on the water. The whole feeling was one of peace and tranquility, like sleeping outside.

This was Blake's room at the Entwistle Ridge house and, like many other things about the lady, her decorating taste surprised him. Of course, it now made perfect sense to him that she and Rube would have separate sleeping quarters. That mystery had been fully and completely solved last night. Lord but he felt sorry for the poor bastard who had to live with Blake and couldn't make love to her. That wasn't a life for anyone. On the other hand, if Rube was actually thinking about doing Blake harm, it wasn't like he deserved anybody's sympathy, let alone Caleb's.

And with that thought, the twin clouds of guilt and worry began to creep their way across Caleb's mental landscape. Blake had told him intimate things about herself, had shared herself with him in every way possible. And in return he had taken advantage of her vulnerability, and had ended up in her bed.

And that didn't exactly sit well with him.

There was only one thing for him to do, and he'd known it since she first kissed him last night. He had to resign from Steve's employ and tell Blake everything. He'd stay with her if she would have him: protect her, love her, but he wouldn't take money for it.

He heard a door

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