Secret Surrender by Laura Martin
Author:Laura Martin [Laura Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459276376
Publisher: Harlequin
It was a new experience walking all alone with nature at this time of the morning. Christy made herself take deep breaths, made herself think of other things, mundane affairs that oozed normality.
She skirted the river for a while, clutching a change of clothes, her towel and sponge-bag, wondering if she dared risk a plungeâa very quick one, in the icy water. The shock would probably kill her, but surely it would be better than how she felt now, grubby and hot and extremely flustered? Besides, the cold water might have a very good effect on her; it might, if she were lucky, bring her to her senses, stop this continual obsession with Drew. And then of course pigs might fly.
She chose carefully, constantly glancing back, making sure that there was no way Drew could see, that anyone could see. Satisfied at last, Christy bent down, carefully arranged her things on the bank clear of the water and then hurriedly pulled off all her clothes. This section which she had chosen was quite a findâlike an outdoor jacuzzi, she thought. A place well-screened by trees, with easy access from the bank to where the water rushed and flowed on its journey towards the sea.
It was freezing. But she had expected that, steeled herself for the agony of ice on her smooth golden skin. She plunged in quickly, dropping to her knees, immersing herself before the shock of the cold changed her mind. It was glorious in a masochistic sort of way, she reflected, gasping aloud. Quite, quite delightful to feel cool and clean again.
Christy clutched hold of her body shampoo and squeezed a good blob of it on to her hair, worked it to a lather and then stood up a little and smoothed some over her breasts and stomach. Her anxiety that Drew might appear at any minute was beginning to ebb away. The water had a stimulating effect; she felt curiously uncaring suddenly at her unusually daring exposure. So what if he sees me? she thought. So what? Weâve made love. He knows more about my body than any man alive. Even so, she found herself washing quickly, ducking beneath the water to rinse herself as soon as she could.
The sun was beginning to feel quite warm. It was, Christy estimated as she lay on her back easing the bubbles from her hair, going to be a very hot day. Not a cloud in the sky even at this early hour.
âNeed anyone to scrub your back?â
He was standing on the bank, leaning nonchalantly against the trunk of a tree, surveying her with eyes that just sparkled with amusement.
Christy rose up out of the water a fraction and then with every ounce of will she possessed she forced herself to relax back. Her first, almost overwhelming reaction to the sound of his deep resounding voice had been to jump up in alarm, dive for cover anywhere, anyhow; it would have been a futile gesture, of course, because there was nowhere for her to go, not without being well and truly seen by Drew.
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