Sudden Danger by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala [Sala, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460342893
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 1999-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Scott had gotten the okay from his lieutenant to finish out the day with Kristie, but tomorrow would be another matter. He was going to have to go back to work and he wasn’t certain she was going to be able to stay alone. Whether she knew it or not, she was still in shock. There was a wide-eyed, almost-blank stare in her eyes and a muscle jerking at the side of her mouth that had yet to stop. He was a little uneasy about taking her out of the apartment in full view, but he figured that even if she’d been seen leaving with him, no one would ever imagine that he’d taken her home. It was his ace in the hole to keeping her alive until the stalker was caught.

He’d put her bags in his bedroom and decided he would be sleeping in the extra bedroom, which he used as an office/workout room. There was a twin bed in the corner of the room, though he knew from experience that his feet would hang off the end. However, discomfort didn’t matter as long as he knew Kristie Ann would be safe.

Now here he was, sitting in the living room in a chair opposite the sofa where she was sleeping, studying the shadows on her face and remembering when they were teenagers and the way she’d come undone in his arms when they’d made love.

When her lower lip suddenly trembled, his gut knotted. Damn the sick bastard to hell and back for scaring her this way. He didn’t want to think about what he would do when he caught him. For now, making sure she was safe was enough.

And then in the middle of his reverie, he realized that Kristie was awake and staring at him. He jerked, surprised that he’d missed the moment of her awakening and wondering what she’d seen on his face in the unguarded moments. It was when she sat up from the sofa and came toward him that he knew she’d seen all the way to his heart. She held out her hand without speaking and then pulled him to his feet.

“What is it, honey?”

“If I asked you a favor, would you grant it?”

“Anything for you.”

“Make love to me, Scotty. Today I thought I would die. Now I need to remember what it feels like to be alive.”

The shock of her request ricocheted through his mind as he opened his arms and pulled her into his embrace. There was no thought of refusing her or himself. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t dreamed of doing this very thing since the moment she’d walked back into this life, but he hadn’t planned it quite this way.

He didn’t talk, and neither did she as he took her by the hand and led her to his bedroom. She paused just inside the door long enough to see the king-size four-poster with the plain blue spread, before she started removing her clothes.

At that point time stopped and then began to rewind.

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