Love Came Just In Time Box Set by Morris Fenris

Author:Morris Fenris [Fenris, Morris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Changing Culture Publications
Published: 2017-11-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

She felt the tears run over her cheeks and drip onto her chest. “I…Peter…”

Peter couldn’t stand to see her so upset, and he slowly approached her, pulling her into his arms when she didn’t put up any resistance. It had been years since he’d last held her in his arms, but the old feelings he had for her hadn’t faded one bit. I still love her!

“Brooke, what’s going on here?” He started to run his hands up and down her back, and then realized the entire back of her dress was missing. Instead, he simply wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close for a moment, relishing the way she leaned into him after a few seconds pause. They stayed that way for several long heartbeats, but then reality returned.

“I’ve been such a fool,” she told him, pushing away from his chest to pace the small distance of the bathroom. “He’s going to come looking for me if I don’t get back out there soon.”

“Who’s going to come looking for you? Your husband?”

Brooke nodded nervously, “Yeah. Zachary doesn’t like it when I’m out of his sight for very long.”

“Sounds like he’s a controlling jerk,” Peter said before he could stop himself. He started to apologize, but then her murmured words registered.

“You don’t know that half of it.”

Peter looked at her and then asked her, “Brooke, do you want to stay here? In New York? Is that why you were trying to contact Tyler? Are you in trouble?”

Brooke wrapped her arms around herself as another bout of shivers wracked her body. Zachary hadn’t given her any advance notice of tonight’s little party, or the fact that she was expected to entertain his guests and then pose for some photos with them later. The man who’d pulled her to the dance floor was running some sort of political campaign, and seemed to think that having a beautiful woman hanging on his arm would help his chances of winning an election.

Brooke disagreed, but then again – she hadn’t been asked for her opinion. Since she hadn’t been forewarned, she’d gone all day long without taking anything, and hadn’t had a chance to grab even half a pill, not with Zachary watching her every move. As far as he knew, she should have taken her vitamins with her lunch and there should have been plenty of the drug still in her system for tonight’s event.

She shivered again, and Peter noticed right away. “Are you cold?”

She shook her head, and then regretted the motion. Great, now my head is going to get in on the action. If my stomach decides to get involved too, Zachary will know something’s not quite right, and my chance of getting away from him…

She looked up at Peter and then walked to him, taking his hands in her own as she searched his eyes. “How did you get here?”

“A taxi. I had it follow you from the apartment. He’s waiting for me a block away.”

Brooke smiled, her heart feeling a glimmer of hope for a brighter future for the first time in weeks.

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