Some Kind of Wonderful by Maureen Child

Author:Maureen Child
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Foster Children, Man-Woman Relationships, Birthfathers, General, Romance, Fiction, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780312987275
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2004-01-04T22:00:00+00:00

Backlit by the moonlight, his silhouette was dark and huge. Sitting on her abdomen, his weight pressed her down into the mattress, and Carol realized that she was way out of her depth. But still, she wasn't scared. Not of him. Never of him. "Jack," she said softly, as soon as she got her breath back. "It's me. Carol."

His grip on her shoulders loosened slightly, but he made no move to get off her.

"It was a nightmare, Jack," she said, her voice softer now, soothing, as she tried to ease him down from whatever visions were still clinging to the edges of his mind. As she watched, breath caught, his eyes cleared, slowly losing that wild, almost feral gleam.

"Carol?" He shook his head. "What the hell... ?"

"I heard you shouting—"

"Dammit." He let her go and sat back, still straddling her hips.

"I had to make sure you were all right."

"I'm fine." His voice sounded like a tightly strung wire close to snapping.

"Yeah, I can see that."

"You shouldn't have come in here," he said and eased off and away from her. He rolled to one side, then slipped off the edge of the bed in one smooth action. It was only then she noticed he was naked.

He grabbed his jeans off a nearby chair and tugged them on, keeping his back to her as if he couldn't bear to look at her—or for her to look at him. But naturally, she couldn't take her gaze off him. Carol sat up on the mattress, pushed her hair back and out of her eyes, and told herself to breathe. Just breathe. Not an easy order to follow when Jack turned around again to face her. Chest bare, his jeans unbuttoned at the waist, he braced his feet wide apart and faced her with his chin up as if daring her to take a punch at it.

Moonlight slanted over his skin and spotlighted him like an actor on a stage. His broad, muscled chest looked as though it had been carved in marble by a master sculptor. And even in the dim light, she saw the shadows in his eyes. Felt the chill of his ghosts still haunting the room.

"I scared you."

"Surprised me," she corrected, needing to let him know she hadn't been scared. Worried about him. Concerned. Startled, when he flung her over his body onto the mattress. But not scared.

He reached up and shoved both hands along the sides of his skull as though trying to keep his head from bursting. When he let his hands fall to his sides again, he just stared at her. A long, heavy sigh slid from his lungs as he hunched his shoulders and looked at her steadily. "Did I hurt you?"

Carol's heart twisted. Was there anything harder to see than a strong man brought to his knees? Guilt shimmered in the air between them, but she wouldn't let him suffer over this. Whatever else was happening here, he was trying to keep his private demons from touching her.

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