Ready for Danger by Silk CV

Author:Silk, CV [Silk, CV]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2016-05-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Weeks passed and things went back to normal as far as Palmer was concerned.

That meant he returned to acting professional, as if he had never seen his principal having sex. As if he had never jacked off thinking about her. All he had to do was pretend he was protecting some Arabian sheik and his unholy feelings went away.

That’s what he told himself anyway.

Truth was, he caught himself thinking about her all the damn time. Fantasizing about her became a nightly ritual and he hated himself for it. He tried going back to thinking about gymnasts and cheerleaders and ballerinas – all redheads – but he involuntarily always came back to the aid worker.

If he hadn’t been on a job, he would have gotten it out of his system by seducing her. Here in the jungle, and given who her father was, that plan was out of the question. Besides, she clearly had no interest in him despite the doubts cast by Bryce that night.

So Palmer did his best to focus on why he was here in the first place. He turned a suspicious eye on everyone, evaluated threat levels, and mentally prepared for the worst. It helped that Kathleen was oblivious to him. It probably was because she still hated him and that was just fine. It created a natural barrier between them.

It was a Tuesday after lunch when she came up to him holding a set of keys which she jingled playfully.

“Tun is lending me his truck.”

“You’re going somewhere, ma’am?”

“No, I’m borrowing his truck so I can wash it. Didn’t you know, it’s a hobby of mine. And stop calling me ma’am.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

He grinned as he said that, unable to stop himself, and she had no choice but laugh.

“Come on” she said. “You’re driving.”

She had thankfully stopped arguing weeks ago about him coming along. She understood that he went everywhere she did. She tossed him the keys and they had a final word with old man Tun, the closest the village had to a merchant. A minute later, they drove away in his ancient Nissan pickup.

They were going to a medium sized city outside of Yangon to pick up medical supplies which Bryce said had just arrived. Deliveries from the UN were so random that they had to take whatever they could get whenever they could. And of course, this being April, it started raining.

“Great,” Palmer muttered as he turned on the squeaky wipers.

Normally, Kathleen was uncomfortable driving in the rain here in Southeast Asia. While there was never a lot of traffic, drivers were generally unsafe, not to mention how terribly uneven the roads were. But with Palmer at the wheel she strangely felt at peace.

That was a weird feeling to have. How had she gotten used to him? More troubling, how come did she feel safe when he was next to her? Sure, she could have said it had to do with his training, his experience. Anyone in their right mind would feel safe under his protection.

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