Kiss Me Kate by Mari Carr

Author:Mari Carr [Carr, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 2017-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Kate stretched like a lazy cat the next morning. She and Rick had spent most of the previous day—after they’d managed to leave the bedroom—strolling around Harrisburg. The visit with Wes ended rather quickly when it was apparent the patient was no longer in any mood to be hospitalized or, as he phrased it, “imprisoned”. After an hour of listening to Wes’s nonstop grumbling, Rick’s patience ran out and he grabbed her hand, saying a hurried goodbye.

Afterward, she and Rick ate a lovely late lunch then explored the shops along Main Street. When they returned home, Rick brought her back upstairs to his big bed and made love to her so sweetly she thought she would cry.

Smiling, she looked next to her in the bed and studied the slumbering giant who had invaded her world. She loved Rick’s size as she realized that for the first time in her life, she didn’t feel huge. In fact, she felt rather tiny wrapped in Rick’s arms. Unlike her sister, Kate inherited her height from her father’s side of the family. She was five foot nine barefoot and considerably taller in heels. Not that she owned heels any more. Those had all been thrown away during her first year of marriage to Zack the Rat. He was only an inch or so taller than her and didn’t seem to like having what he referred to as an Amazon for a wife.

Shaking her head, Kate tried to push the memories of Zack away but for once they refused to leave. For years she’d swallowed her pride right along with his insults. The thought of the other night crept back in and before she realized it, Kate’s body betrayed her as well as her mind and she started to shake. What would have happened if Rick hadn’t shown up when he did? Would Zack have raped her?

Her mind protested the thought she could have willingly given six years of her life to a man capable of such a horrible act of violence, but she couldn’t dismiss the terrifying idea that he would indeed have hurt her. And hurt her badly.

“Kate,” a gruff voice said beside her. “Are you crying?”

Kate’s hands flew to her face. “Am I?” Tears were streaming down her face.

“Sweetheart.” Rick rose up quickly and pulled her shaking body into the safety and comfort of his large embrace. “What is it? What happened?”

“B-bad dream.”

Rick, however, wasn’t fooled. Pulling away, he placed strong hands on her shoulders and waited until she had no choice but to look up into his eyes. “You’re a terrible liar.” His voice was so kind, Kate lost control and her quiet tears became a steady sob.

“Zack.” She forced her ex-husband’s name through the constriction forming in her throat and Rick pulled her even closer, settling her shivering form on his lap.

“I wondered when it would hit you.” He wiped her eyes with his fingertips when her crying began to calm. “Delayed shock.”

“He was going to r-rape me.” Her words sounded hoarse and Rick’s arms tightened even more.

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