Adam's Apple (Touch of Tantra #1) by Morris Liv

Author:Morris, Liv [Morris, Liv]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-07-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Holding Kathryn’s wedding picture in my undeserving hands seems wrong to me. I am an uninvited guest on her memories. I slowly return the picture frame to its rightful place. However, my eyes don’t want to let it go. They stubbornly stay focused on the picture of pure wedded bliss until I finally manage to turn my head.

Sitting close to the picture is a magazine-sized shadow box that catches my attention. I hadn’t seen it before, but there is no overlooking it now. A shiny silver Olympic medal is displayed inside the wooden encasing. It lies proudly on a backdrop of black velvet.

Jean-Paul’s medal. A piece from her past and housed prominently.

Feeling haunted by this ghost from Kathryn’s late husband, I retreat from where I’m standing. Distance is needed. I can’t help but wonder: Has she moved on? Or does she still grieve his loss?

In the short time we’ve been together, I’ve never noticed any sorrowfulness in the way she acts. In fact, exactly the opposite. The best way to describe her disposition would be serene, assured, and confident.

Sadness doesn’t seem to be part of her make-up. Which gives me hope she’s moved on from this man she obviously loved deeply. Besides, Kathryn had mentioned being in an off-and-on-again relationship with Frenchie, the man we met at the Nectar Café.

Knowing her relationship with Frenchie is currently in the off position gives me reason to hope I might have a chance with her.

I feel like an awkward schoolboy, an unusual place to find myself in. Especially since I’ve stopped counting how many women I’ve fucked over the years. But tonight, when I can’t seem to remember another woman’s face but Kathryn’s beautiful one, my previous behavior is nothing to be proud of.

I’ve never needed or wanted a woman to like me in the conventional sense. I never encouraged those kinds of relationships. Ever since I was a teenager, women were drawn to me with no effort on my part. The only requirement from me was showing up. Nothing more, ever.

But Kathryn’s appeal to me is much different She’s more than a sexual conquest or a pretty face on my arm for the night. The one thing unknown to me: Does she want me?

All I have to go on are her actions so far tonight. She didn’t turn me away at the sidewalk when she came out of her apartment building. There’s no denying she looked shocked to see me leaning against my Escalade. Maybe a touch annoyed I was stalking her, but still she let me into her private world. Which is more than I could’ve asked for considering she’d been warned against me. And those warnings were all sadly based on the truth, too. The rumor excuse doesn’t work tonight. I’ve pretty much confessed to being a roguish bastard intent on my own pleasure.

Even knowing my carnal nature, she allowed me to hold her hand as we walked the streets. She chose to stay with me after Frenchie tried to persuade her to dump my player ass.

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