Dangerous Deception by Katie Reus

Author:Katie Reus [Reus, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-09-09T00:24:26+00:00

Dangerous Deception

Her eyes were red and glassy and even though water flowed down her face and

body, it was obvious she’d been crying. Instead of responding, he reached out and

stroked her cheek with his thumb. And that’s all it took. Her face crumpled and her

hands fell away from her chest to cover her face. She twisted away from him but there

wasn’t anywhere to go in the shower.

“Aww, shit,” he mumbled.

Crying women had never bothered him before. In his experience, women usually

turned on the waterworks when they wanted something. That wasn’t the case now. All

his earlier anger ebbed away to be replaced by an overpowering desire to take on her

pain.

He leaned over and twisted off the water, ignoring the spray of heat on his arm and

upper body. “Come on sweetheart.” He guided her by the shoulders until she faced

him.

Blindly she stumbled toward him, stepping over the small ledge. She wouldn’t

meet his gaze but her entire body shook as she buried her face in his chest. He wrapped

his arms around her, holding on to her as she silently cried. For a woman she was fairly

tall and he’d always thought of her as strong and lean, but naked and crying, she felt

delicate and breakable.

His heart clenched as she shook against him. Whoever had upset her was going to

pay. He stroked a soothing hand down her back until the trembling in her body slowly

subsided. It didn’t completely disappear though.

After a few minutes, she stepped away from him and wrapped her arms around

herself. Her cheeks tinged red. “I’m sorry. This is so embarrassing,” she mumbled and

wiped at her eyes.

“Here.” He grabbed one of the towels she’d laid out and wrapped it around her.

“Let’s go.” He started to steer her to the door but she motioned toward the pool of

water on the floor, then met his gaze. Her green eyes filled with tears, ready to spill

over again at the sight of the mess.

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