Razing Kayne by Julieanne Reeves

Author:Julieanne Reeves [Reeves, Julieanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780615671031
Publisher: Hellsgate Publishing
Published: 2012-11-17T08:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-ONE

Jess pulled onto the long paved driveway after the school board meeting the following Wednesday night, surprised to see a dark sedan parked along the driveway near the house. When she slowed down to try and get a better look, the driver flipped its lights on high, nearly blinding her, and sped away.

Her gut clenched with disappointment. Kayne had obviously had someone here who hadn’t wanted her to know their identity. Though the last week-and-a-half hadn’t been perfect, it had seemed like they were making progress. Obviously, she’d been wrong.

When they arrived home last Saturday, Jess had shown Kayne the bedroom she'd prepared for him. He'd simply smiled and said, “Thanks,” then proceeded to move his clothing and personal items into the room. Since then, he’d been a quiet presence in the house, interacting with the children, claiming responsibility for them—all of them—on his days off, being helpful and polite, and maybe even a little flirty with her. But he had kept his physical distance. Except for those moments after they’d tucked the kids in when he kissed her goodnight. Each kiss started out chaste and ended with them breathing hard until Kayne finally bid her ”Sweet dreams, Jess,” and disappeared to his own room, leaving her hot and achy, wanting and wondering.

Intent on locating Kayne and asking him about the strange vehicle and his visitor, Jessica accessed the security screen and discovered he was in the nursery with Gracie and Isabelle.

She made her way upstairs, wondering what she’d say. When she reached the nursery and heard the little girls splashing in the bath tub, Jess's heart tapped a frantic beat against her ribcage. She silently peeked around the corner, and the sight before her nearly broke her heart.

Gracie and Isabelle were happily splashing away, while Kayne sat on the floor next to the tub, his back to the wall, his forearms resting on his up-drawn knees. He had a towel bunched up in his fist, squeezing it so tight his white-knuckled hand shook.

“Hi, short-stuff.” Kayne didn’t take his eyes off the little girls. Though the room was cool he was covered in a fine layer of sweat. It broke Jess’s heart to see Kayne battling his demons.

“Yay, Mama's here!” Isabelle shouted. “Now can we put more water in?” she asked indignantly.

Jess slowly made her way forward and looked in the tub. There was maybe two inches of water in the bottom.

She shook her head. “I think that's plenty of water for tonight. Are you guys all scrubbed up?”

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