Time of Possession (Seattle Lumberjacks) by Jami Davenport

Author:Jami Davenport [Davenport, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941260272
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Published: 2014-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Ineligible Receiver

Estie said goodbye to Brett and ran inside her house, not lingering for a moment, not gazing into those pale blue eyes, not saying one word beyond good night. Because one word—one little word—would put her over the edge. And over the edge meant horizontal in his bed with no clothes and a lot of sweating and panting.

Damn, it’d been a long time since she’d wanted a man enough to be sweating and panting. With Richard she had sterile sex if there was such a thing, not sweaty or scalding hot and bothered. In fact, Richard got the job done in his usual efficient manner, rolled over and went to sleep, leaving Estie to wonder why everyone thought sex was such a fucking big deal. As far as she was concerned, she could live with or without it.

Until she’d met Brett.

Now she got it. She imagined a dozen different ways she’d like to screw his brains out and a hundred different positions. She’d never been like that before. In fact, she’d never considered herself a passionate woman until now.

Brett might be quiet, but under all that deceptive calm she suspected lurked an equally passionate man waiting for the right woman to unleash him. That was another trait they shared.

Just one night. One night to know what it would feel like. Would that be so bad?

With a sigh, Estie stripped off her clothes and pulled on a pair of flannel pajamas. They were perfect—she wasn’t feeling sexy tonight, just confused and frustrated. She crawled into the bed she shared with Marilyn, Spock, and Jim, while Dozer chose to snore his little heart out on the dog bed nearby.

Estie snuggled deep under the covers and closed her eyes, only sleep didn’t come to her. She tossed and turned for what seemed like hours, but a glance at the clock revealed it was only midnight.

A veterinarian? Leave it to Brett to unearth something so closely personal to her.

Somewhere deep, down inside, she’d always yearned to be a vet, but her practical side scoffed at such ridiculous notions. She had a challenging career she was damn good at. Strike that, make it used to have a challenging career. Sure, she was still taking care of Tyler’s finances in her conservative manner, but was she really the best person for the job? Maybe he’d be better off elsewhere and so would she.

Brett’s smile swam in front of her, always tinged with sadness, and she wanted to make his sadness go away, but she feared she’d add to it. In the bedroom below hers, he was probably sleeping soundly, surrounded by his own menagerie and lulled to sleep by Bongo’s obscene lullabies.

Outside the wind rustled through the old cedars surrounding the house, a comforting sound, bringing back memories of family camping trips in the woods, camping trips she’d always assumed she’d repeat with her own family someday.

Estie froze. A noise. An almost inhuman noise. Like a wounded animal whimpering to be put out of its misery.

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