Kissed at Midnight by Holt Samantha

Author:Holt, Samantha [Holt, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2015-02-18T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

A certain darkness had crept into his gaze as it skimmed down her body and back up to her face. Ivy gulped. She pressed a hand to his chin and lifted his head this way and that to eye his injuries. Why had he allowed himself to get in such a state? Surely boxing clubs had certain rules? Whatever the reason, the troubled haze to his eyes sent swirling dread into her stomach.

She kept smiling, however. After all, she was a performer. Smiling would do no harm and there was no sense in adding to his worries with her own. She wouldn’t confess how worried she’d been for him when he hadn’t returned or how her heart nearly broke in two when she saw him bloodied and beaten on the doorstep.

It had to be to do with the letter he’d received. Jamieson had said a telegram arrived before he stormed out. What could it have possibly said that would have made him want to get into such a state?

Letting go of his roughened jaw, she retrieved a damp cloth and dabbed away the blood from his lip and around his eye. Ivy fought the desire to press kisses to the cuts. He wouldn’t appreciate it. August had not tried to kiss her again since that night. Yes, he’d been pleasant indeed to live with and she enjoyed every mealtime with him, every little conversation, but the freedom to be able to touch him as she wished burned so hot in her chest, like a tiny spark just waiting to flare through her.

And if she let herself she feared it really would consume her and turn into something deeper than mere desire.

Like love?

Oh dear, how could she fall for her master? No, that wouldn’t do. She had too many plans to be waylaid with an emotion like that, particularly to a man who might be searching for a wife before long. A husband and a child were certainly not in her future, even if August did want her.

Which he did not.

Smile in place, she finished cleaning away the grime and blood from his face and drew over a tub of salve. She slathered generous amounts on his cuts and bruises and he let her, surprising her with his malleability. However, the turbulent mien to his expression remained. His jaw tensed with every touch and when she glanced down, she saw his fingers digging into the table.

Heat pricked her skin when she realised she’d seen to all the visible injuries. Ivy attempted to force down the lump in her throat and keep a quivering smile on her face.

“Let us get that shirt off.”

Two dark eyebrows rose but he made no protest when she began unbuttoning his waistcoat. She’d never undressed a man before. The little buttons seemed no bigger than ants to her fumbling hands. If he saw how nervous she was, he made no mention.

August’s breaths brushed her hair as she bent to undo the bottom few buttons. Every part of her blazed with awareness.

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