Hiding by N M Catalano

Author:N M Catalano
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781544025537
Published: 2017-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

Maria

CHAPTER 13

How is your day, kitten? a smile comes unbidden as I read Rico’s text.

The cacophony of my mixed emotions rattle around in my brain like a marching band out of tune, one just as loud as the next. I’m not normal, and mine is no normal circumstance.

And Rico, by far, is not your guy next door.

I can’t date.

I can’t do regular.

But I can’t stop.

Not with him.

I’m leery of relying on him.

I hate that I want to, and love that I just might be able to.

It’s a fucking mess.

I was overwhelmed with gratitude he’d called Officer O’Sullivan. And I’m content with what he’d told me. Although, it wasn’t much more than what the officer had said when I first met with him six months ago.

It’s good. How’s yours?

When he calls me that, I get all tingly all over. Whenever I hear it, that’s exactly how I feel.

Thinking about you and last night is the best thing about it. The things I’m going to do to you, Maria.

My heart rate accelerates as my entire body thrums in heated lust. The man has me programmed with only a word or a look to become aroused on command. I hesitate before replying, deliberating on what to say. Do I play it safe or do I say what I feel? I don’t even know what I feel. Should I tell him, I loved how you fucked me, or, You scare the hell out of me but I want more.

I type out my response.

I’ve been thinking about it too.

My heart’s pounding as I wait for his reply.

I want to tie you to my bed and ravish you for days. That still wouldn’t be enough.

“Oh my God…,” I murmur as heat seeps through me and flares throughout my body.

What do I say to that? YES, PLEASE!

I’ve been thinking about him nonstop. He’s consumed my thoughts since I met him. Always passionate, at first furious, but constantly a little bit dirty. I catch myself imagining him as he goes through his day, where he’s at and what he’s doing. His possession of me has gone beyond just the bedroom, and if I were totally honest, it started the first time we met, I still feel the power of that look. He’s completely filled my mind. And coming close to filling my heart.

I can’t let that happen.

He replies before I can think of something safe to respond.

I don’t think I told you, but I love the ink on your back.

The compliment makes me blush.

Thank you. I designed some of the work myself.

Really? You’re an artist?

I don’t like talking about that part of my life. I buried it when I left New York. I miss it, and what it could have been for me.

Yes, I studied fashion design.

Does Elsie know?

That’s a little strange to ask.

No. But why is your day bad?

Just work.

I can almost feel his tension with those two words. I want to kiss him and take his mind off of it, comfort him, soothe him, and remind him that the ugliness he faces every day is not what life really is.

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