Romance: Her Fighter by Ward Penny

Author:Ward, Penny [Ward, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Run Free Publishing
Published: 2015-05-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

I scrubbed my skin from head-to-toe at least seven times and brushed my teeth nearly as many times before I left my bathroom.

Then I dried off and dressed again, telling myself I could handle anything Ryan had to say.

It was a lie, and I knew it.

All he’d have to do was look at me and I’d crumble.

I felt a mixture of embarrassment and horror that he’d been right.

I hadn’t listened to him.

If he hadn’t come when he had, who knows what might have happened.

At best, that man would have stolen my wallet and taken off.

At worst? I didn’t want to think about what might have happened.

Knowing Ryan, he’d have to rub it in my face as well. I had been preparing myself for such, but that didn’t make it any easier to handle.

I took a deep breath to prepare for the worst he could throw at me, and left the bathroom.

It was odd to see Ryan sitting in the living room on the couch.

He had one foot propped up on his knee and his hands resting on his lap, patting a beat I didn’t recognize. I couldn’t help it. The scene made me giggle at the ridiculousness of it.

He looked up at me, as if surprised he’d been caught in the act and gave me a smile.

Then it turned into a frown. “You could have been killed, Claire.”

“I know.” There was no denying the fact. It was something I’d already thought about. I sat beside him on the couch. “Thank you,” I whispered, looking down at my hands.

I wasn’t sure if I’d already thanked him. I was grateful for his help, after all.

He grunted in reply.

I took a chance and looked up at him through my lashes. His jaw was clenched and his eyes hard as he gazed at me.

“You had me worried sick, you know.”

Confusion filled me.

“Why is that?” I asked.

It wasn’t like we were dating or anything.

Heck, we hadn’t even known one another that long.

Why was he worried about me?

He looked away with a heavy sigh and ran his hand through his hair, what little was there atop his head.

“I don’t know. Just… The thought of you getting hurt drove me nuts, Claire. It really did. It scared me.”

That was understandable, I guess.

I didn’t reply to his words though.

What was there to say?

He grabbed my chin and turned my face so that I was looking at him. “Please promise me you’ll call a cab from now on, or at least let me walk you home.”

I nodded. There wasn’t anything else I could do.

He was right.

It was safer.

“Good,” he said, and then he leaned forward.

His mouth was warm on mine, his lips soft.

Part of me wanted to resist.

I worked with him, after all.

Another part of me didn’t care, and it was that part that leaned into his kiss, desperate for more.

I was tired of fighting my attraction for Ryan, especially when he had no qualms with his own attraction towards me.

All I wanted to do was touch him.

I wanted my hands on his slick skin.

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