On the Job (Novella) by Kery Beth

Author:Kery, Beth [Kery, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-11-04T08:00:00+00:00

Five

Madeline awoke at four thirty in the morning. She inhaled and snuggled closer to Walker. The air was redolent with sex. Madeline smiled as she recalled their soulful, electric lovemaking. They’d spoken quietly to each other in the interims, laughing as they recalled old treasured memories—Madeline being sprayed by a surprised skunk when Billy took them camping at Crater Lake, attending the black-tie Christmas party Tony’s parents threw every year, Madeline whispering frequent reassurances to an uncomfortable, out-of-place-feeling Walker . . .

. . . their first kiss at the old Stateline Fire Lookout.

Walker stirred in his sleep and clasped her tighter. She rubbed her cheek against his chest, loving the sensation of power gloved in smooth, thick skin. He was so beautiful to her, with his narrow hips, lean torso and broad shoulders, all sleek and golden, with a walk that was sin in motion and just a tad predatory.

She kissed a flat nipple. She couldn’t see in the dark, but she knew it was copper-colored and came to attention whenever she played with it. Like now.

“Again, beautiful?”

She laughed when she heard his muffled, groggy voice.

“No. I don’t think even you are that good.”

“Oh, I’m more than good enough,” he mumbled. She could hear the smile in his voice. He moved his hand and cupped her tender outer sex. “At the very least, eager and willing. I was thinking more along the lines of how sore you must be.”

“I was actually thinking we should get back to the lodge,” she said regretfully. “Tony would have a fit if he found out I was missing.”

He went still. It was the first time the topic of Tony had come up during their stolen night.

“I’ll talk to Tony, Walker. About us. I wanted to tell you something in the boathouse. Tony and I aren’t engaged.”

His head came up like a hound catching the scent. “You’re not?”

She shook her head and did her best to describe Tony’s and her unconventional relationship, sensing his tight focus on her the entire time. “Something Tony said last night makes me think he suspects something is going on between us, anyway,” she said at the end of her explanation.

“Really?”

Madeline nodded, her cheek brushing against a smooth, dense pectoral muscle. Walker touched the back of her head, and she looked up in the direction of his face.

“Let me tell Tony,” he said. “I’ll do it sometime later today.”

“We’ll do it together,” she whispered.

He hesitated, but then he nodded. She kissed his chest and scurried out of the bed regretfully. “I’m going to take a quick shower. Do you have anything I could put on?”

He laughed and she smiled. She’d forgotten how much she loved Walker’s laughter.

“I don’t have much in the petite department.”

“I’m not complaining,” she said archly. She snorted with laughter and darted toward what she suspected was the bathroom when he leapt off the bed and lunged for her.

* * *

Walker tilted his ear, assuring himself that Madeline was still in the shower. When he heard the water running, he picked up his cell phone.

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