Kiss From a Rose by Fontaine Bella & Gray Khardine

Author:Fontaine, Bella & Gray, Khardine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bliss Romance Publishing
Published: 2019-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

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I wished I hadn’t closed my eyes.

I shouldn’t have. But I was so exhausted I started seeing two of her.

The exhaustion reminded me of one of the worst missions I’d gone to in Afghanistan where I had to take the night watch. It wasn’t that I hadn’t done it before; it was just that particular mission because it felt like none of the guys in that team slept, ever. The guy we were tracking was clever. He’d wait for us to set up camp and settle before he struck. Someone died every night. I was lucky to make it out unharmed.

I knew this wasn’t that, and it was crazy for me to compare, but the worry was the same. If I fell asleep, the night would be over. It would change, whatever it was.

It for me was this need I had for her.

It was what created that disappointment when I did eventually wake to find that she’d left.

The house felt empty, like it never happened. Like she never happened, and I didn’t like it.

I didn’t like that hollow feeling that worked its way into me.

It made me jump on my bike and head straight to the motel.

She was in the office looking exhausted as she looked over some paperwork.

In a simple T-shirt, shorts, and her hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun, she looked every bit the goddess she was last night.

She was writing down a list of expenses. I saw what she’d written before she noticed me come in. It said What I have to pay.

She looked startled when she saw me and clutched her hand to her chest.

I didn’t give her a chance to talk. I marched around to her and captured her lips, kissing her with everything I felt before she could tell me what I feared.

“Caine,” she breathed against my lips, pulling back.

“No, whatever it is you’re going to tell me, it’s no,” I spoke quickly.

“How do you know what I’m going to say?”

“I know you. You’re still wary about me. Why’d you leave?”

She looked away, embarrassed. “I thought you’d want me gone.”

I went to ask her why in the hell she would think that, but then it dawned on me. It was me…

I’d given her reason to think that. I’d told her I wasn’t a relationship guy, and I… wasn’t.

I still wasn’t. Or… at least I didn’t know if I could be. What I did know was, I wanted her. I wanted to be with her.

“No, don’t leave me again.” She looked surprised by the comment. “One night wasn’t enough. It wasn’t, but if that’s what you want, I respect your wishes.”

“I don’t. I shouldn’t want more, but I do.”

I didn’t miss the quiver in her voice.

“I do too.”

“What do we do?”

I had a wild idea. “Room twelve’s still free, baby, and room eleven.”

She giggled, and the spark returned to her eyes.

“We should go.”

I tugged on her hand and smiled. “Come on.”

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