Burn for Me by Shiloh Walker

Author:Shiloh Walker [Walker, Shiloh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary Women, General, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781466858138
Google: BNpCAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00H0UT658
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The sun came up over them as he made love to her again.

She’d lost track of how many times they’d turned to each other during the night. This might have been the sixth—she had fuzzy recollections of it happening sometime in the dark, but that might have been a blissed-out dream.

Now, with her face pressed against the pillow and him stretched out, half-lying on top of her, half alongside, she tried to steady out her breathing.

Her heart beat like mad and she had a feeling if she looked in the mirror, she’d see a goofy grin spreading across her face.

It wasn’t a bad day, she decided.

Not a bad day at all.

She didn’t have to work.

The kids wouldn’t be home for a while and best of all …

“What’s the smile for?”

That was the best of all. Tate was here.

She cracked one eye open and saw him peering down at her. “I dunno. I’m suffering from oxygen deprivation so I’m probably delusional.”

“Uh-huh.” He dipped his head, kissing her behind the ear and then he rolled off, settling on the bed just a few inches away.

In the soft, golden glow of the early morning sun, he looked too beautiful. He was here. In bed with her.

He hadn’t up and left in the middle of the night. He didn’t look like he was going to take off running right now, either.

Swallowing, she laid a hand on his cheek. “I can’t believe you’re here.”

He covered her hand with his. “Ali.”

“Don’t.” She shook her head, wiggling closer and tucking her head against his chest. “I just. Hell. I thought about this. I wanted this. Didn’t think it would happen and I was ready to just…”

“You got tired of waiting.”

He stroked his hand up her back, his touch light and gentle, but she felt the tension mounting inside him.

“Not because I wanted to.” She rubbed her thumb across his skin and felt his chest rise, expanding on a sigh. “I just realized that waiting around and hoping things would change wasn’t going to make them change.”

“So we talk now.” He rolled her onto her back and stared down at her. “What do you need me to do? What can I do?”

“You already did a lot of it, Tate.” Studying his face, she shrugged. “You let me in. All you ever did was keep me on the outside, sharing nothing but … this. It was just sex. I know that’s all we talked about in the beginning, but I think we both know things changed for us along the way.”

He pressed his thumb against her lips. “I always wanted more than just this. I just didn’t think…”

His voice trailed off and the thick black fringe of his lashes drooped, shielding his eyes. She kissed his thumb and then squirmed, pushing against his shoulders until he let her up. Dragging the sheet up over her shoulders, she settled on the mattress with her legs crossed. “I know. I get it. You’re wrong.” She narrowed her eyes as he slid a look at her.

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