Mermaid's Tail by TJ Bell

Author:TJ Bell [Bell, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tami Lund LLC

Chapter Seven

Conall slipped his feet into his tennis shoes. He’d hoped Asia would have returned by now. He’d wanted nothing more than to eat away the early morning hours in bed together, ignoring the rest of the world and focusing on the intense pleasure they created together.

He'd wanted to lie in bed afterward and talk about seeing each other again even after they docked in Maine. Seeing each other again when her business trip was done.

He didn’t have to take that job in Portland; he could go back to A Coruña or wherever she was based. He wasn’t tied to any place anymore. His mom was gone; even if his father were still around, he didn’t give a rat’s ass about the man. Conall was an only child. Any relatives he may have on his mother’s side hadn’t been in contact since he was a kid, and he knew nothing about his father’s side of the family, which was fine by him.

All he wanted was to be with Asia, for however long she’d tolerate him. He hoped her tolerance didn’t have an expiration date.

Christ, listen to him. He’d sure fallen fast, hadn’t he?

Shaking his head at his own folly, he stood and headed for the door, abandoning his hope of spending the morning in bed. Asia had been gone for so long that now he was starving.

So, he’d head down to the dining hall, eat breakfast with her, then they could return to his cabin, bellies full, regenerated for another bout of exhaustive lovemaking.

Yeah, that sounded like a plan.

As he reached for the knob, the door flung open, and Asia stood on the threshold, eyes wide, pupils dilated. Her dark skin was flushed, and her hair was wind-whipped, strands tugged from her braid, as if she’d been running.

Automatically, he pulled her into the room and into his arms, holding her tightly, reassuring her without words that whatever it was, he’d help her deal.

“What happened?” he asked when her shivering finally began to subside.

Brushing her hair out of her face, she strode to the porthole, staring out for a long moment, before turning to face him. “Bad memories. Really bad. Caught me off guard.”

He nodded and hugged her again. “I get it. If you want the truth, the reason I’m even here is because of bad memories.”

She leaned back so she could look him in the face. “Really? Do you want to talk about it?”

Chuckling, he kissed her temple. “You’re the one in distress right now. Why don’t you talk about it?”

She shook her head. “I am not in distress. In fact, I’m much better now.” She said it shyly, like she wasn’t sure how he’d react.

He hugged her more tightly. Because he couldn’t get enough, didn’t ever want to stop touching her. “I’ve got you.”

He felt her smile against his chest. “Tell me your story,” she said.

“You sure you don’t want to go first?” He was only half-teasing. He honestly didn’t want to taint her image of him by letting

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