Through The Wall (An Apple Trail Novella, 1) by Keri Ford

Author:Keri Ford
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, short, small town, contemporary, free, series, bargain, novella, friends to lovers

Chapter Four

Parker leaned around her and spotted the just-out-of-the-oven biscuit pan on the counter. He winced and clutched her to him, pulling her further away. "I'm so sorry."

"I'm going to say it was worth it."

God. See, no good could come of sex with Stephanie. Not yet. He'd been thinking of the future. Figured a year after the divorce, all right, eight months, he'd make his first move. Something slow like take her hand on the way home from the movies. Give her time to ease into him. This rushing was a mistake. Burning her ass was a sign to slow this down.

He carried her into the living room. Careful of the burn, he laid her on the couch and helped her roll over. A long strip of brilliant, swollen red curved under her ass from the round pan. Nearly like a smile under her cheeks that caused him to all but crumble. "Stephanie."

"Put some ice on it and it'll be okay." Her words were strained. Her bottom lip was held between her teeth and her eyes were squeezed shut.

He reached out to touch the mark but pulled his hand away. "I think we should take you to the hospital."

Her jaw dropped and eyes widened. After several seconds, she managed to shake her head and twisted around to look over her shoulder. "No. No way. This is no different than if I'd brushed the pan with my hand."

"Except you sat on the pan and it seared you. It doesn't look good."

She blew her hair out of her face. "And when they ask what happened, are you going to tell them we were about to get busy on the counter for a quickie and forgot about the biscuit pan?"

Point taken. He pushed off the couch. "I'll get the ice."

"Uh-huh." She lay back down, but he didn't miss the wince as she stretched her legs out.

He grabbed a couple cubes, threw them in a bowl and returned to her side. The bright red had faded to tan already, like her thighs had been cooked as meat on a grill. If blisters didn't rise up soon, he'd be surprised. He lowered to his knees and placed a cube on her leg.

A hiss whispered out of her with a jerk.

"Sorry," he mumbled and traced the mark, blowing on it and hoping it would help. A long breath seeped out of her as he dragged the cube back and forth. "I have some stuff at the garage I can put on it to take out the sting."

"By the time you got back, it'd be fine."

"I think mustard is supposed to help."

She shook her head. "Tried it. Won't make that mistake again."

The cube had melted, and water slid off her thighs. Chills covered her ass and skittered down her legs. Her eyes had dropped closed and a small smile was on her lips. The pain didn't seem to be much of a bother anymore.

He changed cubes for a new one and couldn't help rubbing the ice a little farther up her thighs than the burn mark.

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