Forever My Love: A Contenporary Romance (The Armstrongs Book 2) by Jessica Gray Page A

as if his body had a mind of its own and had reverted back to being a teenager all over again. He held back a rueful grin as he propped her up so she could dig her key out of the sling pack she’d insisted wearing on her back.
    He let his eyes take in her appearance. Her figure was worth admiring. Toned legs. A great ass. His fingers itched with the need to touch her someplace besides her waist. He let his eyes drift upward, and he could make out the hard tips of her nipples as they pushed against the confines of her sports tank. Get ahold of yourself! She's injured you idiot!
    Once she had the door unlocked, he didn’t wait to be invited inside. He simply helped her over the threshold and supported her as she made her way to the couch sitting in the middle of the large open space. He didn’t want her putting too much weight on her ankle, and would have preferred to carry her, but he figured it wasn’t worth the fight that would ensue.
    “Are you hungry?” he asked her as she pushed his arm away from her waist and dropped heavily onto the couch.
    “Yes. Starving.”
    “How about we order in?” Ryan suggested, pulling his phone from his pocket and bringing up the list of delivery restaurants in the area.
    “Sounds good.” Kendra was leaning back against the couch cushions with her eyes closed, and she looked beat.
    Ryan knew he should order her something and then leave. He was so turned on, he wasn’t sure how much longer he could be in her presence and not act on what he wanted to do to her. The woman has power over me that I didn’t even know existed!
    Shaking his head, he dialed the number for his favorite Thai place, “Do you Thai food?” he asked while the call was connected. He watched her nod, but she still didn’t open her eyes. His heart filled with love for her. The constant pain in his chest whenever he'd thought about her during the last years, slowly transformed into another emotion. Love? No way!
    After ordering two of their special Thai curry meals, he turned back to Kendra and let his eyes take in her appearance once more. She looked exhausted and the sharp lines around her mouth indicated she was still in pain. He’d gone by the local drugstore after leaving the hospital and had her pain prescription filled, but a glance at his watch told him she couldn’t have a pill for at least another hour. They’d given her something at the hospital and had warned him to make sure she didn’t take another pill too soon.
    “The food is going to be a while coming. Why don’t you go take a bath and try to ease some of the pain out of that ankle and your sore muscles?” he softly suggested, walking over to squat down in front of her.
    “I’m fine,” she answered tiredly, opening her eyes and pushing herself up into a more upright position with a grimace of pain.
    “Yeah. I can see that. You need to soak for a while.”
    Kendra looked at him as if she intended to argue, but then waved her hand in the direction of the hallway, “Whatever.”
    Ryan hid his grin as he stood up and headed down the hallway. Finally, she's got to her senses.
    In the bathroom he fought hard to keep his mind focused on the task at hand. Start the water running in the tub. Find bath salts to relieve stress. Dump a good portion into the tub. Checked the temperature.
    The bath salts filled the room with a relaxing scent of lavender. Thoughts of Kendra and him lying in the grass, kissing entered his mind. He quickly shook his head and went into the living room, where he silently picked her up and carried her back to the bathroom. She felt so perfectly in his arms and he thoroughly enjoyed carrying her around. I could get used to having her in my arms.
    She was already half asleep and he wanted her fed and comfortable when she finally crashed for the night. He helped her balance in front of the sink and then backed away, even though  every part of him wanted to stay with her, “Are you going to be okay in here?”
    Kendra