Thirty Days_Book 4 by Bibi Paterson

Author:Bibi Paterson [Paterson, Bibi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspenseful Erotic Romance
Publisher: Bronwyn Paterson
Published: 2017-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

The Fifteenth

“Taylor?” I whisper. “Are you awake?” It’s four a.m. and I can’t sleep. Despite doing my best to banish the thoughts over the pictures, I wasn’t able to talk it through with Taylor before heading to bed. A last minute meeting with a new client had kept him in London until seven and when the client had suggested drinks and dinner, Taylor hadn’t wanted to refuse. I had been vaguely aware of Taylor slipping in beside me at around midnight but, as usual, sleep had overtaken me the moment he’d whispered goodnight in my ear and kissed me gently on my nose.

Taylor mumbles something unintelligible and rolls over so I take that as his answer. I doze fitfully for the next few hours, nightmares that I thought I’d long since banished resurfacing to torment my sleep. I don’t even realise that I’m screaming until Taylor is shaking me awake.

“It’s okay, Abs. I’m here. I’ve got you,” he repeats over and over until I’m finally able to open my eyes and vanquish the demons. Panting, I struggle to get my breath back as the terror recedes.

“Shit, Abs. You haven’t had one of those for a while,” Taylor murmurs as he looks down at me, his face filled with concern.

I shake my head feeling a couple of tears leak from beneath my lids, the ghosts not quite banished yet.

“It’s going to be okay, Abs,” Taylor repeats as he spoons his body around mine, his hands brushing circles over my skin as he tries to physically soothe my fears.

It takes a while but eventually the horror recedes and I’m able to start breathing normally. In due course, I’m able to turn myself over and when I do Taylor staring at me with confusion in his eyes. “What set that off, Abs? You haven’t had nightmares like that in a long time.”

I try to organise my thoughts into something coherent so that I can explain to Taylor why this has come out of the blue. But I forget that Taylor knows me so well.

“Was it the stuff from yesterday, Abs? With that Sam guy and then the websites?” Taylor asks. “Is that what set you off?”

I shrug my shoulders, the lump in my throat making it impossible to get the words out. Taylor runs a finger down my cheek before planting a soft kiss on my cheek. “It’s okay, you know. Adam called me last night. I’m so sorry I didn’t get home earlier. I wanted to but the clients just kept getting in the drinks.

“It’s okay,” I murmur not wanting to make Taylor feel guilty.

“No, I should’ve been here, Abs,” Taylor says full of unnecessary remorse. “I’m so sorry.”

“Taylor, it’s okay,” I say finally finding my voice. “Really. I didn’t know yesterday would affect me like it did. I guess going online and getting sucked into the stories just brought back a lot of the memories of when I saw those pictures after my… you know. And then knowing that you guys had all been trying to protect me from it, well, it just made me feel like a complete fool.

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