The Calum by Xio Axelrod

Author:Xio Axelrod [Axelrod, Xio]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural, Multicultural & Interracial
Amazon: B00R0H1ARS
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2014-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Opening Doors

When he reached the first-floor landing, Duff closed the door behind him and cursed under his breath. Christ on the cross! He’d been back three days, and already he was in the middle of a mess.

He ran a hand through his hair and turned toward his room. A soft, musical voice halted him in his tracks. He’d warned Hamish about the latch on the bathroom door ages ago, and now it stood ajar.

The occupant, completely unaware of the exposure, continued her melody. The song was some annoying Christmas tune, but it sat sweetly on Lovie’s voice. She passed by the small crack, and suddenly Duff couldn’t breathe.

Her back was to him. Her skin a long pour of single malt that he wanted to savor. Duff’s eyes followed the slight curve of her hip as she dried off, obviously just out of the shower. He felt like a predator. Should’ve turned away and slipped into his room before she caught him peeping like a perv.

She was so goddamn gorgeous. He was so overwhelmed by the thought of tasting all of that fresh, dewy skin that his damned feet wouldn’t move.

Lovie wrapped the towel around her body and panic gripped him. Duff hustled down the hall into his room, holding his breath as he stood behind his closed door. His heart beat wildly against his rib cage, the pulse pounding in his fingertips. His lips. His cock. Only after he heard Lovie walk past, still whisper-singing the same tune, did he relax.

There was something about this woman that unnerved him. He’d told her things that he usually never spoke of aloud. Hamish would joke that maybe he’d finally met his match.

Duff snorted.

He’d never been down that road before and had no desire to make the trip. Besides, she lived three thousand miles away.

And then there was this thing with Hamish and Joana. He needed to get him to come clean. Tonight. The lad was like a brother to him, but damn if he didn’t drag him into some fucked up situations. He was supposed to stand up as his best man in little more than a week. If it weren’t for him and his inability to find his arse with his own two hands, Duff might not be hiding in his room from a woman like Lovie.

“Ah, God,” he chided himself. “Don’t be stupid man. Ye’d be clot-heided to get involved with her.”

A knock at the door sent him stumbling back. He recovered quick enough to answer and found - thank heaven for its sweet mercy - a fully-clothed Lovie on the other side.

“Hey.” She smiled, warming him from the inside out.

Fucking hell.

“Uh, hey.” Her sweater hugged her curves in the most distracting way.

“I thought I heard you in there. Are you coming down? Jo said something about food and I thought about trying my first Scotch.”

“You mean to say you’ve never had whiskey?”

“I’ve had some, but not real Scotch.” She shuffled from one foot to the other. Little tendrils of hair, damp from the shower, clung to her neck.

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