Hope Falls: Passing Through (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Frances Elliot

Author:Frances Elliot [Elliot, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-08-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight – Monday Night, Part 2

What Alice thought was a shame was the way his shirttail hung down, hiding his ass. She’d watched him moving around her kitchen with a natural grace and sense of purpose that was making her tingle again. Every time he reached, bent or squatted on his heels to peer into the depths of a lower cabinet, she imagined the muscles stretching and flexing beneath those damn clothes.

If she weren’t so curious about the outcome of his project, she would come up behind him, slip her hands under the shirt and run her hands up the smooth skin of his back to hook her fingers over those beautiful shoulders. The next time they made love she would insist that all clothing be removed, she vowed -- while wondering at the same time if she’d be able to adhere to her own rule.

Why did he get the flour out? Was he baking a cake? I should have made a quick sandwich or something; we could be upstairs right now, she thought. At least he was stepping over to the stove, so it seemed they were approaching the finish line. She saw him ladling dollops of batter into the sizzling fry pan and a wonderful aroma began to fill the kitchen. Ooh, pancakes -- Alice forgot everything she’d been thinking and got up to fetch plates, forks and knives.

With a little-boy grin of pride, he turned with the pan and spatula to serve her and got a measuring cup of warm syrup out of the microwave. She started to eat like she hadn’t seen food for days. He joined her a minute later, but didn’t immediately pick up his fork and when she looked at him, he was smiling in approval. “Women who like to eat are incredibly sexy,” he said. “I’m always suspicious of people who pick at their food.”

Well, you’ve come to the right place, she thought. Her friends told her she ate like a field hand. “These are delicious,” she said.

“Eighth grade, the boys had to take Home Ec and I guess they decided flapjacks would be about all we could handle. So I have now exhausted my culinary repertoire.” He was speaking between bites. “On the other hand, I also learned how to sew on buttons.”

“Great. I’ll get out the mending after we eat and you can get started.”

“Certainly,” he said cheerfully, and then added, in a tone that made her heart skip a beat, “if that’s what you want to do.”

She looked over at him and those intense blue eyes made her pelvic muscles flutter and twist. Her fork clattered a little as she set it down on her plate. “I think I …”

Realizing she had no idea what she’d started to say, Alice trailed off. She felt captivated, held in a strange way, as if she’d been pulled into some kind of force field where desire clouded all her senses.

Everything about him struck her as almost unbearably erotic. The look of

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