Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 1995-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

In the deep recesses of her dream-ravaged sleep, Lorren struggled to free herself from her dream, crying out at the fear holding her in its grip. Thrashing about, she kicked her covers aside.

“Lorren,” a gentle masculine voice called out to her. She felt strong arms engulfing her. Slowly her heart slowed its wild race. Forcing her eyes open, she saw that Justin was with her. He was half-kneeling, half-bending at her bedside. Tightening her arms she clung to him, her body ripped by uncontrollable spasms.

Justin’s hands stroked her hair, back, and shoulders. “It’s all right, sweetheart,” he whispered softly as she became calmer. “You were having a bad dream. It’s okay. I wasn’t far away.”

Lorren tried to stop trembling. Tonight she’d had a full-blown replay of that night eighteen years ago, when her world had come to an end. “Oh, Justin,” she whispered against his throat. “I relived that night.”

He kissed the tears from her eyes. “What night?”

“The night my parents left me.” Her voice broke slightly. “It was a night very much like tonight. We were having the worst thunderstorm I’d ever seen. I was eight years old and had gone to bed. My parents had gone out for the evening and had left me in the care of a baby-sitter.”

She paused to catch her breath. “The thunder couldn’t smother the sound of the doorbell ringing later that night. I got up and saw two policemen talking to my baby-sitter. I overheard them telling her my parents had been killed in a car accident on the way home.”

She trembled at the memory. “I screamed and, before anyone could stop me, I ran out into the storm.”

Justin tenderly stroked her hair. His heart went out to the child who’d overheard such shocking news. He could just imagine her emotional turmoil. “Where did you go?”

She shrugged. “Nowhere in particular. I just kept running and running. It seemed I ran forever before one of the policemen caught up with me.”

Justin held her tighter in his arms. “But tonight, when you ran out into the storm, you went somewhere, Lorren. You came here to me.” He made a move to stand. “You should try sleeping now.”

Lorren’s hold on him tightened. “Don’t…don’t leave me, please, I don’t want to be alone. Not now.”

Justin only hesitated a moment before slipping into bed beside her, gathering her into his arms. “Go on and get some sleep. I’m here with you.”

Releasing a sigh, she let her eyes flutter closed, feeling safe in the arms of the man she loved.

Justin forced himself to remain still while he held Lorren. Perspiration formed on his forehead. He was fighting a feverish desire to make love to her. The memory of the erotic dream he’d been having moments before she’d arrived didn’t help matters.

A moan got trapped in his throat when she shifted positions in his arms, bringing a firm flat stomach and full breasts against him. His fingers itched to lift up the T-shirt and explore every part of her body, beginning with the very essence of her womanhood.

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