The Bride's Unexpected Change in Plans by Rachel Clark

Author:Rachel Clark
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781622412525
Published: 2012-08-06T18:12:08+00:00

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Kimberley lay in bed and tried not to listen to the conversation in the next room. It was good news that Dayved’s presentation had gone smoothly, but since she wasn’t really part of the family or a part of the current conversation, eavesdropping just seemed wrong.

When they fell silent, she used her imagination to fill in the blanks. For the past seven weeks she’d been listening through the wall to them make love to each other. She’d never even considered a physical expression of love between two men until she’d arrived on Descon, but her education had caught up quickly once she’d had access to the information Desconians took for granted.

She’d seen them kiss and hug affectionately, but unlike what she understood as common Desconian behavior, they didn’t walk around naked or invite others over to share their voyeuristic tendencies. She was fairly certain they had those. Why else would they have three large beds in a single room? They’d been quick to move her bed out of there, so she had to assume that the guest bed was very literally for guests to watch them make love to each other.

She was definitely curtailing their natural behavior simply by being there.

Feeling restless and out of sorts, Kimberley climbed out of bed to use the bathroom. She tiptoed so that she wouldn’t disrupt their time together. She was concentrating so hard that she couldn’t control the startled scream when she slammed into Ewin coming out of the bathing area.

He pulled her close, steadying her for a moment—a long moment—before stepping back and giving her a concerned smile.

“Are you okay?”

“Sorry,” she said, trying to hide her embarrassment. “I thought you were in the bedroom.”

“Everything all right?” Dayved asked from behind them. He stood at the end of the hallway, a blanket from the bed wrapped hastily around his hips.

“Sorry,” she said again, not certain what to say. So much for staying out of their way. “Just startled. I didn’t mean to interrupt.” She tried to inch away so that she could run back to her bedroom. “I’m really, really sorry.”

“Hey,” Dayved said, moving toward her, the blanket dragging behind him. “Kimberley, it’s okay. Dinner will be here soon. We probably didn’t really have time anyway.” He looked at his lover, a wry smile forming on his lips as he shrugged.

“Oh,” she said, feeling even more wretched. They wouldn’t have had to retreat to their bedroom if she hadn’t been under their feet. The worst part was that, with her immigration status still undecided and deportation a real possibility, she didn’t even have the choice of giving them some space. The only reason she was still on the planet was because these two men had fought hard for her to be able to stay. Trouble was that it made her their responsibility until they could find a suitable Desconian couple to take her off their hands. “Maybe I should go h–home.”

“No!” Ewin said immediately. Dayved stepped closer, cupped her chin with his hand, and lifted her face.

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