High-Risk Fever by Lea Bronsen

Author:Lea Bronsen [Bronsen, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2014-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“Anne!” Brian hurried inside and closed the door, face lit with a giant smile like a child’s in a candy store.

Her whole body sizzled. Any second, her affair with Mica would be revealed. Her throat closed as she walked into his arms, hoping to stall him for a moment. At least long enough for the two boys in the kitchen to calm.

He smelled of fresh bread and coffee, having probably, as customary, been offered a cup at the local boulangerie.

“Dear God.” The big bear of a man hugged her with his free arm before planting a hard kiss on her mouth. His moustache tickled her upper lip. “I’m so glad you made it home. I worried about you. The weather’s crazy.”

Her thoughts raced. She needed to keep her cool and give him the right answers, all the while pretending to be the loving wife she definitely had not been, lately.

“Yes.” She faked a smile and gave his lips a peck. “But a tree blocked the road on the way home from Montargis. We had to leave the car behind.”

“Shit! We’ll have to—” He frowned. “But why Montargis?”

“That’s where the doctor was.”

“Oh?”

“Long story.”

“Uh-huh, you’ll tell me about it later. How’s our sick guy?”

“Good.”

Better than good, judging from the way he just treated me.

Shouting from inside the kitchen interrupted her thoughts.

Brian lifted a brow. “Who’s that? What’s going on?”

Oh God.

Footsteps neared.

She slipped out of his embrace and pivoted, bracing for the worst.

Todd strode into the living room, looking behind him. “I loved you, asshole! I loved you from the first time I saw you!”

She held her breath. Her pulse pounded in her ears. He couldn’t possibly be aware of Brian’s presence. Now all of their secrets would be revealed and their lives forever destroyed.

Brian raised his voice. “What the fuck is this? Anne, who is he talking to?”

Halfway into the living room, Todd froze and turned to them, features invisible in the dark. He slapped his forehead. “Fuck, just what I need.”

Behind him, Mica appeared in the doorframe.

“Jeee-sus.” Brian’s eyes widened. “Is this what I think it is?”

Her lungs emptied of air. “Brian, please.”

With a snap, the power came back, lamps in the ceiling and on the walls bathing everything in shiny white light. She gasped, her heart jumping as if lightning had struck, and looked up to the ceiling. Blinded, she closed her eyes. Dots of white danced behind her lids.

When she reopened them, Brian glared from one guy to the other. She took a moment to study him, having not seen his features so brightly in the last three days.

Face flushed, he looked incredulous, a nervous tic at the corner of his mouth making his moustache twitch. “I’ll be fucking damned.” He dropped the baguettes on the dining table. “Did you just say you loved him?”

Dressed in the same sweatpants and pullover as yesterday, Todd leaned against the banister and crossed his arms, glowering green eyes fixed on the floor. Mica stood in the kitchen door, hands on the frame, studying his shoes.

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