Until I Found You: A Contemporary Christian Romance Novel by Victoria Bylin

Author:Victoria Bylin [Bylin, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2024-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

The instant Nick closed the door, Kate buried her face in her hands and relived every second of the kiss—the anticipation when Nick stared into her eyes, the awareness of what he intended, the control in his touch, and most of all the authority with which he ended it. The kiss was so full of Nick she had lost herself in it completely.

“No,” she murmured to the candles. “That’s not right.”

She wasn’t lost . . . she was found.

In Nick’s arms, she experienced a joining of hearts unlike anything she had felt in her life. A force like gravity had drawn them together, and it could only be stopped with an effort that ran counter to instinct. Joel wouldn’t have made that decision; neither did her first college boyfriend, the one to whom she’d given her virginity—willingly, yes; but with enough hesitation that she still felt vaguely used. A lump pushed into her throat, because somewhere low and deep she wished Nick had been the first, and she wanted more than anything to believe that marriage really could last a lifetime.

Eve would have laughed at the dream and called her naïve. Maybe she was, but by leaving after that single, careful, purposeful kiss, Nick had shown her how a strong man loved an equally strong woman.

Except Kate wasn’t strong. Not like Nick. She tried to be strong, but under the business suit and the professional tone, she was terrified of failure and death, loneliness, random accidents, and a world that didn’t make sense. She was tired of being a marble in a box, tired of struggling to be brave and in control. As for going with the flow, she was beginning to hate that phrase. What she wanted was stability.

And confidence.

And hope.

She wanted to live the way Nick did—with the courage to face life head-on, unswayed by impulse or fear. She wanted faith in a power greater than herself, a loving father who would take care of her.

“God,” she whispered. “Are you real?”

Raising her head, she focused on the candles. The flames cast a small but steady glow, and she thought of Nick staring at a dying campfire on top of Mt. Abel. Eyes wide, Kate waited for a sense of holiness or insignificance, a pinprick of God’s glory. Anything to tell her God was real. But she felt nothing.

Nothing at all.

The CEO of the Universe was out to lunch or not taking calls. She considered going outside to talk to Nick but dismissed the idea. The kiss was still fresh in her mind and reverberating through every cell in her body. Starring at the candles, she saw just one alternative. If she couldn’t phone a friend like on that game show, she’d leave a voicemail for the CEO himself.

“Hello, God,” she said in a small voice. “It’s me, Kate Darby. We spoke a few weeks ago. I still need to know if you’re real.”

She closed her eyes and waited. Nothing happened. She listened to the silence and smelled the candles, but there was no sense of a power greater than herself.

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