The Bears of Blackrock, Books 1 - 3: The Fenn Clan by Michaela Wright & Alana Hart

Author:Michaela Wright & Alana Hart [Wright, Michaela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartfelt Books
Published: 2016-09-07T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Despite a shower and the passage of hours, Kirk could still smell her on his skin as they climbed out of the truck in the Blackrock Middle School parking lot.

Josephine moved with a new, almost strange self-awareness, as though she was always half expecting to find him glancing her way. It was an appropriate expectation. He couldn’t take his eyes off of her.

He knew now how she moved in the dark, knew the taste of her. Instead of drawing confidence from their shared intimacy, she seemed to feel almost exposed by it, blushing and looking away whenever she caught his eyes on her. They spent the band concert in the back row of the auditorium, Joe clapping and hollering the loudest of all, despite shrinking under his gaze. He reached over and squeezed her thigh halfway through Hot Cross Buns. She blushed and he was sure her body temperature raised by at least two degrees.

Kirk listened to the cacophony of the Middle School band, showing their first notes, to their first songs, with errant, off-key notes peppered throughout. Each one drew a smile, but he watched appreciatively, waving back to Rory when she spotted them in the crowd, her nose crinkling as she waved excitedly.

Despite the trepidation of Joe’s demeanor, he caught her smiling to herself as well, her hand shooting to cover her face every few moments as a grin spread over her lips, and her nose crinkled in the familiar expression she shared with her daughter. He tried desperately not to imagine his own children making the same expression.

Cut it out, Kirk, he thought.

Still, he was a Fenn. The thought of having found the woman that might make him a father made his heart ache. Especially if his children turned out anything like the little girl on that band stage.

They’d made love more than once that day, each time growing more adventurous and easy with the other’s touch. Her tears ceased soon enough, giving way to laughter and comfort like nothing he’d ever experienced before. He couldn’t wait to get her back home. Yet, as they sat in the Middle School auditorium, watching Rory Little play her clarinet with focused determination, he wondered how he might steal a moment with the little girl’s mother and not betray the knowledge of their tryst to Rory. She was a smart girl. She’d figure it out soon enough – but would her mother want her to know?

He still harbored a fear that she’d up and leave – that this spell would be broken and he’d one day find the house empty, no sign left to betray the presence of this woman or the child he’d cared for. He was in over his head, and his heart was in constant flux as they stood up to applaud the end of Rory’s first band concert, Josephine’s hip brushing against his.

The crowds filtered out into the cold air, all oohing and awing as they arrived outside to find it had started snowing while they were in the concert, an inch deep blanket of new snow over everything.

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