What I've Done by Jen Naumann

Author:Jen Naumann [Naumann, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: At or With Me Publishing
Published: 2012-03-02T06:00:00+00:00

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“Are you ready to tell me who that man was?” Eli asks once my crying has let up.

He had held me against his chest and stroked my hair with the greatest of compassion as I shed the tears that were finally able to fall. It reminded me of how it felt to cry on my mother’s lap when I was a little girl. It feels so wonderful to be held by his large, muscular arms and I don’t want him to let me go.

I lean back to look up at him. “How did you know he wasn’t my father?”

The moment between us is so intimate and intense I want to bury my hands in his sandy hair and bring my lips up to meet his. My body tingles happily at just the thought of it, even if he is still a stranger.

He grins with a hint of playfulness. “Someone that unattractive couldn’t possibly have made something as beautiful as you. That and he didn’t quite seem to be the fatherly type. Not the kind of father someone like you would have, anyway.”

My cheeks grow warm with his hidden compliment. “My father was a wonderful man. He died when I was little.”

A weak smile plays on my lips and Eli reaches up to put his hand on the side of my face. There is a flicker of hope that wants him to take the initiative to kiss me at this moment, but I remember that I am falling into a crazy fantasy with this guy I have known for less than twenty-four hours.

“You are obviously running from something, Tasha, and I know the documents you want are for you. What does this guy want from you? Whatever it is, I will do everything I can to help protect you.”

He searches my eyes with his, a pent up anger gleaning behind them. Eli seems the type that would physically resolve things with anyone that had done him wrong. My lower lip trembles when I am overwhelmed by his determination to help me.

“Why is it you want to help so badly when you don’t even know me? You don’t know what you’re dealing with. I wouldn’t be too quick to step forward if I were you.”

“I want to, but it’s…complicated.”

Surprisingly, there is apparently something more involved behind his intentions. He pauses like there is more he wants to say but doesn’t know how to tell me. He finally opens his mouth to speak but no words come out.

“Hell-o? Anyone working here today?” a woman’s voice calls impatiently from inside the shop.

Eli takes his hand from my face. I sigh deeply, deciding the customer has the worst timing ever. Whatever it was that Eli was about to confess will have to wait for another time.

I wipe my tears from my face. “I need to go help her.”

Eli shakes his head with firm movement. “You’re staying here. I can muster my way through it for a while. Are you here by yourself all day?”

“My boss had to run to Ocean Beach.

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