Once a Father by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2002-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Adam wasn’t a man who ordinarily acted rashly. Common sense was his main hallmark.

Yet something impetuous had goaded him on at the very last second. If he’d stopped to think about it, he wouldn’t have gone through with it.

But he didn’t think, he reacted. Reacted to the scent of her perfume, to the sound of her laughter, which still hummed in his head like a distant melody. To the longing that had swept over him out of the shadows, reminding him that he was not a statue made of concrete and stone but a flesh and blood man.

And men had needs that sometimes took hold of them when they least expected it.

Tracy felt as if she’d been pierced by a flaming arrow.

Surprise faded in the face of heat that seared through her body like lightning traveling down a shiny metal rod. She felt Adam framing her face with his hands, felt herself leaning into the kiss, her perimeters swiftly melting into liquid, then mist.

He stole her breath away.

She didn’t remember encircling his neck with her arms, didn’t remember deepening the kiss that had begun as nothing more than a simple meeting of skin against skin.

Or had it?

Hadn’t some deep, distant part of her secretly hoped for an accident such as this? Secretly wished that Adam Collins would react to her presence, would open himself up to her just the tiniest bit?

Maybe she had, but she’d never expected the results to be like this. It was like dipping her toes into the oncoming tide and suddenly finding herself swept away by a huge wave that engulfed her, body and soul, pulling her away from the shore and safety.

Safety. There wasn’t any. Her skin tingled with excitement, with anticipation. Whatever this was, it definitely wasn’t safe. She felt herself quivering. Longing.

Wanting him.

And then it was over.

Tracy wasn’t sure who broke the connection, she only knew it was gone.

Blinking, she tested her lungs for air capacity before venturing a single word, unsure if she could even speak without her voice cracking.

One breath wasn’t enough. She took another. She looked at him, still stunned. “Well, I didn’t see that coming.”

He’d overstepped the line, Adam upbraided himself. What the hell was the matter with him?

Sucking in air as subtly as possible, he ran a hand through his unruly hair. His expression was contrite, almost sheepish. There was no excuse.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean—”

Before the sentence was out, she placed her fingers to his lips, silencing him. She didn’t want him to spoil it. “I said I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t say I didn’t like it.”

He had no idea why he felt as if everything inside of him was smiling foolishly, like some schoolkid who’d stolen his first kiss.

He hadn’t stolen, he’d taken, like a plundering Viking. Like some sex-starved animal. It was all he could do just to hold himself in check and pull away from her when all he’d wanted to do was continue. Continue and go on to the next level.

That wasn’t like him.

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