Once Upon a Project by Bettye Griffin

Author:Bettye Griffin [Griffin, Bettye]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

After they ate she offered to do the dishes.

“You wash, I’ll dry,” he said.

She turned the tap to a light but steady stream of moderately hot water and rinsed each utensil, glass, and plate before placing it in the drain board. “You keep such a neat apartment, Charles. Even back in the day when you didn’t really have a whole lot in here.”

“I still don’t have all that much, just better quality. That’s the key to neatness, not having a lot of junk. That . . . and having your mother live upstairs,” he added with a laugh.

“And here I was hoping you would say you did this all for me,” she said with a smile. It surprised her how comfortable she felt, even with his mention of his mother. But then again, she’d always felt at ease with Charles.

He sprayed the stovetop with disinfectant cleaner and wiped it while she washed the dishes. He moved close to her to place the Teflon-coated skillet, which he’d already filled with water after he finished cooking, in the sink. “This is real easy to wash; the grease comes right off.”

“No problem.” Susan used the handled sponge to wash the surface of the skillet, and, as Charles said, the food particles and grease came right off. Suddenly she became aware that he was standing mere inches from her. She didn’t want to look, but instinct told her he was watching her. Her earlier nervousness returned as she ran the sponge over the outer sides of the skillet. She managed to rinse it and place it atop the dishes in the drain board. “Looks like my job is done.” She shut off the tap and reached for a paper towel from the hanging dispenser over the sink.

Charles took a step to the right, now standing directly behind her. She felt his palms on her upper arms. “Whatever will we do now?” he asked softly.

She swallowed hard. He certainly wasn’t wasting any time. Even as she had the thought, Susan knew she wasn’t being fair. A school day was short, and it would take her over an hour to get home. It was already after ten.

Still, that didn’t mean she was ready. In spite of how badly Bruce hurt her heart, that didn’t change his status as her husband, and she didn’t take cheating on him lightly. Even with her being all but certain that he had someone else it didn’t make it any easier.

But Charles stood so close that she could feel his breath on her neck. He ran his palms down her arms until he reached her waist, then embraced her from behind, his arms encircling her middle. She caught her breath and leaned against him, suddenly feeling lightheaded. He began to nuzzle her neck, at the same time undoing the buttons of her blouse from the bottom up.

“No!” she said suddenly, clenching her shoulders, pushing his hands away from her blouse. “I can’t do this, Charles. I’m sorry, I can’t.”

He made no attempt to step back.

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