The Hamiltons: Brock by Carole Brungar

Author:Carole Brungar [Brungar, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carole Brungar Publishing
Published: 2022-08-18T16:00:00+00:00

Adelaide sat on her bunk bed watching Brock as he placed candles on the window sills and table. With the flickering of the hut’s small fire, it felt warm and intimate.

“My mind is working overtime trying to work out how I could capture images of the bats or the kiwi. I think I may be able to pull it off. If I used—”

“Hey,” Brock said, taking her hand and pulling her up off the bed. “I think you’re incredible.” And then he covered her lips with his own. His tongue, sensually dancing with hers, swirled as his hands pinned her against him. When he eventually broke their connection, he leaned his forehead against hers.

“I don’t know what it is about you; you’re like a drug—the more I have, the more I want,” he admitted.

“I feel the same way,” she whispered, more to herself than to him.

He pulled her head into his shoulder and held it there.

“How will this even work?” Adelaide asked.

“I don’t know. All I know is that I want you in my life. You make things I thought were important, insignificant. Things that defined me yesterday, today suddenly have no relevance. I’ve never met anyone like you before.”

“I’ve never met anyone like you, either.” She looked up into his eyes. “What happens when I have to go home?”

“Do you really have to go home? What’s so important that you couldn’t live here with me? Make Jackson Bay your base.”

He was asking the impossible, despite how much she wanted it too. “I have responsibilities.”

“What responsibilities?”

“I have a job and a flat in Wellington. My friends are there.”

“So, get another job down here.”

“Doing what? Working on the fishing boats? I travel a lot on assignment, and I have an employer who lets me take off for weeks at a time. Wellington has an international airport and great public transport. It’s easy to leave and to come home to.” But as she reeled off the excuses for not moving to Jackson Bay, they sounded exactly like excuses, even to her ears.

“Use this place to come home to. Come home to me.”

“I wish I could—” But before she could finish, his lips were smothering hers, as if he had to try and persuade her to change her mind, that she was more important to him than anything else. And she wanted to feel the same way about him, but she hardly knew him, and he didn’t know her at all.

He was wearing her down, confusing her. She wanted to forget everything in her past and go with the here and now. Enjoy what was blossoming between them, and not worry about tomorrow. Forget about the past. But she needed this assignment to propel her back among the best of the best in the business, and if her plans worked out, she’d be traveling a lot more than she was now.

“Let’s just enjoy what’s happening now, take one day at a time.” That’s all she could offer him and she knew it wouldn’t be enough.

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