Phoenix Flying by Kaitlin Maitland

Author:Kaitlin Maitland [Maitland, Kaitlin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: contemporary romance
ISBN: 978-1-941692-40-0
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2014-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Gabriel couldn’t wrap his head around the puzzle that was Anne. She thought she’d just walk home, in the dark, after midnight, by herself? Worse, she thought he’d let her? If he hadn’t been so certain she didn’t mean anything by it, he’d have been insulted.

The night was dark and still with only the pale light of a crescent moon. He inhaled deeply as they crossed the small paved parking area behind the Phoenix and headed for the sidewalk. The heavy scent of the river overshadowed the city smells in the humid air. Other than the muted sound of the jukebox in the bar, there was no noise.

“You didn’t have to do this,” she told him.

He watched her wobble on the uneven cobblestone street before stepping onto the level sidewalk. “Yes, I did.”

“Don’t you have to get back to work?”

“I took the rest of the night off.” He followed her in what he could only assume was the direction of her building. Half a block would put them right in front of the park where he’d seen her that morning.

The memory of touching her soft, fat pussy for the first time gutted him. It was worse now that he’d known the sweetness of being inside her. He knew the sounds she made when she found her climax and the way her body felt in the throes of passion. In short, he knew too much.

“I’m sorry.” In the glow of the streetlamps, her expression was disproportionately horrified. “I’ve ruined your plans for the rest of the night.”

If he hadn’t known better, he’d think she was truly mourning the idea. Except that would have made no sense. Didn’t the daft woman understand that she had been the sum of his plans for the rest of the night?

“My ex would tell you that I have an uncanny knack for screwing up other people’s plans.” She chuckled bitterly, eyes glued to the concrete in front of her.

Gabriel took her elbow to help her step off the curb and onto another stretch of uneven cobbled street as they crossed. The reminder that she’d obviously married some plonker the first time around rubbed him the wrong way. “You’re divorced right? That’s the end of having any plans together, innit?”

He grimaced at the thick layer of Britain coating his words. Too much more of this and he was liable to go off on a rant and demand the tosser’s phone number or something equally dodgy.

She didn’t seem to notice though. Her shoulders slumped as she gave a deep sigh. “Divorce isn’t a reset button, and Paul never wanted to get divorced anyway. I screwed up his plans because I refused to look the other way while he…”

Her confession engrossed him enough that he didn’t catch the telltale movement in the shadows until three men stepped out of the mouth of an alley. They were younger, perhaps early twenties, dressed in dark clothes. They had cruel expressions and an air of desperation about them. Addicts, if past experience was anything to go by.

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