The Fidelity World: Marked (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Dangerous Intentions Book 1) by Casey Hagen

Author:Casey Hagen [Hagen, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Beatrice needed a minute. A pause from everything exploding within her. When Micah said he forgot protection, she panicked. Everything had been going so well, she didn’t dare break it to him that she wasn’t on the pill.

So, she grasped for the lie. She only wished it hadn’t slipped so effortlessly from her lips.

She started doing the math in her head and after minute figured she was safe, since it wasn’t the right time of the month for her to conceive. It didn’t matter anyway; what was done, was done.

“I’m going to have to keep my eye on you,” Micah said from behind her.

His arms wrapped around her waist and tucked up under her breasts, and she closed her eyes. It had been less than twenty-four hours since her life had spun in a whole different direction—and as much as it should terrify her, his arms holding her told her it was all going to be okay.

Her reality had changed, and for the better. Days of mundane social events no longer loomed before her. Sure, there would still be parties and certain requirements, but she had taken control of her life and stumbled upon something life-changing and bursting with adventure. After twenty-six years, she was finally more than just Wallace Addington’s dutiful daughter.

“I’m a cagey one. You shouldn’t trust me,” she said with a laugh.

“Somehow I doubt that. Still hungry?”

“Ravenous,” she said, laying her hand over his.

“Well, why don’t you hop up right here,” he said as he took her hand and guided her onto a high-back stool at the kitchen island, “and give me a few minutes, and I’ll whip something up.”

He padded into the kitchen, a pair of plaid pajama bottoms riding low on his lean hips. She propped her elbow on the granite and rested her chin in her hand, enjoying the view before her. The muscles of his wide back flexed and jumped in a kind of choreographed dance with his movements. She’d relegated spectacular masculine bodies to the list of things near extinction. Or at least something reserved for movies and strippers.

Added to that, he cooked. She didn’t know a single man who could. She knew pampered rich boys who probably wouldn’t be able to make toast even in desperation. “I’m surprised you cook.”

He glanced at her over his shoulder. “Well, seemed like a wise course of action since I like to eat.”

He did that a lot, the throwing out of a statement to conceal a detail of his life here and there, but he seemed to forget he’d already revealed that he knew what it was like to lack food. The idea of him growing up without, going to bed hungry, trying to fall asleep with his stomach grinding, not knowing when he would get his next meal, hurt her heart.

Respect for the strong man he became, and for his privacy when it came to painful memories, kept her from showing it. He had his pride—she understood that. “I think it was more than that.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.