Beast of the Bay by Mia Pride

Author:Mia Pride
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-08-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

WHAT THE DEVIL was wrong with him? Why was he determined to avoid her one moment, then mauling her the next? Women threw themselves at him regularly, yet he always walked away, not even slightly tempted. Yet, Kat O’Malley, who was the one woman he should never touch, was the one who captivated him and drew him in. Every time Juan saw her, his stomach twisted and his cock twitched. But tonight, seeing her in that gown with her hair up in a twist looking so uncomfortable he wanted to smile, drove him mad with need. He wanted to rip her clothes off and taste every inch of her flesh. And now, she sat beside Niall, who hovered over her like she was a precious angel sent from God, sharing his trencher and serving her wine.

Possession gripped at him. He had not been done with Kat earlier and had Juan had his way, her gown would have been bunched up on the floor at her feet, her naked body sprawled across the bed and his head between her legs. He was done fighting how he felt about her. It was a losing battle and every time he was in the same room with her, he longed for her touch, and she responded. If she had to pretend to court Niall while here, Juan would put up with it, but as soon as they were back on that ship, he would make his true feelings known to Kat.

The guilt he had once felt over being with a woman other than Lucia felt diminished. Her face was a blur in his mind and when he closed his eyes, he saw a red-haired beauty with green eyes the color of the leaves in the spring. He had loved his wife more than anything, but Juan had realized something in the last few days. Loving another woman would never replace the love he once felt for Lucia. It was possible to love more than one woman in a lifetime.

Love. He loved Kat. The acknowledgment of that was both terrifying and freeing. She had freed him. His past no longer held him in shackles and his future, though uncertain, held promise. Laughter from the head table made Juan’s head pop up from his trencher. Though the food Niall had served him smelled savory and looked delicious, all he had done was stare at it, too distracted to enjoy it. But now, Kat’s apparent amusement at whatever Niall had said made Juan clench the knife he held in his hand. It was meant to cut his meat but he would rather cut off Niall’s bollocks.

Kat was not interested… was she? She was doing this to allow them to stay at Castle Dheomhan and to find more information out about the Spanish galleon. He had to continue to tell himself this repeatedly, or her wide smile and laughter would make him believe otherwise. She would not kiss him as she had earlier and then actually consider

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