Lost Without You by Ava Olsen

Author:Ava Olsen [Olsen, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2023-05-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Rachel

Rachel felt Ethan’s body shaking and she reared her head up to look at him. Laughing softly, his brown eyes were warm and filled with a kind of happiness that made her tingle all over.

Please, God, let her not be the only one falling hard and fast here.

“Trouble, eh? What kind of trouble? Because I think I’m having the same issue,” Ethan murmured as he ran a hand down her back, stroking her skin in a way that made her want to stay in bed with him all day. Maybe forever.

“Really? And how are you feeling?” she asked hesitantly.

Rachel would never talk about her feelings with her lover unless she was already certain of his, so she was completely out of her depth here. But she was a risk taker at heart, and she was ready to gamble it all on Ethan.

“Happy. Deliriously happy. Satisfied, but still hungry,” he winked. Then Ethan’s expression morphed from flirty to serious as he reached up and cupped her face. “Overwhelmed, overjoyed, over the moon.”

“I feel the same way,” she nodded in agreement as they shared a soft kiss.

One full of all the feelings that Ethan just described. Relief and a rush of happiness suffused her as she smiled back at him, unable to do anything but stare into his dark eyes.

Unfortunately, the romantic moment was broken by the sound of a ringing phone. Ethan’s. His body tensed up as he reached over and picked it up. Uh oh. She had a feeling about who was calling, but didn’t want to ruin their happy bubble.

“I’m going to have a shower and give you some privacy,” Rachel gave him one last kiss and wandered off to the bathroom.

Just before she turned on the shower, she heard Ethan answer the phone and she knew exactly who it was given the change in his voice.

His ex.

A nagging doubt rushed to her mind, but she put it firmly away. Everyone had baggage of some sort and she wasn’t going to worry over it now. And she wasn’t going to let her feelings for Ethan get waylaid by anything—not the investigation, not her family, and certainly not his ex-wife.

She stepped under the steaming spray and grabbed the bottle of body wash. Pouring a generous amount of the lavender-infused gel into her palm, she worked the lather over her skin, taking a deep breath and letting the scent calm her. Suddenly the glass door swung open, and Rachel gasped in shock as Ethan slid in behind her, taking the bodywash and helping her finish the job. The feel of his wet, naked skin against hers had her thinking about all the dirty things they could get up to in the steamy enclosure.

“Everything okay?” she asked cautiously as he leaned in and kissed her shoulder.

“I told Lara to stop calling. We have nothing more to say to each other.”

Rachel turned and glanced up at him. “And what did she say to that?”

“She yelled at me and hung up. It’s the same old routine and I’m done.

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