When did you become such an idiot, Katie McCoy?
"Yes, I know." There he went with that sexy grin again, toying with her. Her blood boiled hot in her veins as she resisted the urge to grab that towel of his.
Kaiden disappeared back into the bathroom, chuckling. Katie scrambled into the bed and pulled the covers up over her head willing herself to fall asleep quickly or die.
Sleep refused to come, as did death. Her nerves hummed with unsatisfied desire and she couldn't calm them. She was supposed to be pissed at Nathan for ruining her life. Instead she wanted to call him up and thank him. Nathan's stupidity had brought Kaiden back into her life. Despite the odd circumstances, it felt like a second chance.
A second chance at what? Love?
Could she be in love with Kaiden? Had she been in love with him since that first night he appeared on her chart at the hospital? Did she even believe in love anymore?
Love was a pretty strong word and it didn't seem to match the feeling in her tense muscles and rapidly firing nerves. Every time she closed her eyes she saw Kaiden in that little white towel. Only, in her mind that towel fell right to the floor.
The bathroom door opened again and Kaiden stepped out. The towel had been replaced with athletic shorts. If only those shorts would go away.
Katie held perfectly still, hoping Kaiden would believe she had fallen asleep. There were sounds of him rummaging through his bag and then the covers of the other bed being pushed back. She heard the click of the lights. After waiting a full minute, Katie slowly opened her eyes expecting to see Kaiden in the next bed. Instead she opened them to tanned, muscular thighs standing beside her. Her heart skipped a beat, and then a second. Following the legs up, her eyes lingered briefly at his hips before traveling over the bare chest and meeting blue eyes that seemed to have darkened to match the twilight of the room.
"I just wanted to make sure you have everything you need before I crash for a bit."
NO! I do NOT have everything I need! I need that body in this bed right now!
"I'm fine. Thank you," she responded.
"Are you sure?"
Was he offering himself to her? Not likely. Kaiden was a gentleman and nothing short of her throwing herself at him on an egg covered kitchen floor would make him take advantage of their situation.
She groaned internally. "I'm sure."
"All right then." Did she imagine it or did he sound disappointed? "Let's grab a few hours shut eye and then I'll take you over to the hospital so you can report the missing ID." He turned and climbed into the adjacent bed. "Sleep well."
"You too." Her voice wavered a little and she almost changed her mind a hundred times in the next five minutes. Kaiden was so close and so nearly naked. She knew plenty of women who slept with men whose names they didn't even know. At least Kaiden wasn't some guy she picked up in a bar.
You have some serious issues, girl. Someone trashed your house, the feds think you are involved in a domestic terrorism scheme, and Kaiden is supposed to be keeping an eye on you while his case plays out and all you can think about is sex?
Not just sex. Sex with an incredibly hot man that made her blood boil just by looking at her.
She turned in her bed as she listened to the sound of his breathing in the dimness of the hotel room. A street lamp outside their window offered enough light around the edges of the window coverings that she could see the rise and fall of his chest. He had fallen asleep. Something she seriously needed to do as well.
Chapter Six
Kaiden woke four hours later to the sound of his cell phone buzzing on the night stand. A throbbing head and rumbling stomach reminded him it had been a really long time since his last meal.
The display on the phone read his mother's number. Jumping out of bed he took the phone into the bathroom. He didn't want to wake Katie but if he didn't take his mother's call she would just call again. And again. Dealing with
"Yes, I know." There he went with that sexy grin again, toying with her. Her blood boiled hot in her veins as she resisted the urge to grab that towel of his.
Kaiden disappeared back into the bathroom, chuckling. Katie scrambled into the bed and pulled the covers up over her head willing herself to fall asleep quickly or die.
Sleep refused to come, as did death. Her nerves hummed with unsatisfied desire and she couldn't calm them. She was supposed to be pissed at Nathan for ruining her life. Instead she wanted to call him up and thank him. Nathan's stupidity had brought Kaiden back into her life. Despite the odd circumstances, it felt like a second chance.
A second chance at what? Love?
Could she be in love with Kaiden? Had she been in love with him since that first night he appeared on her chart at the hospital? Did she even believe in love anymore?
Love was a pretty strong word and it didn't seem to match the feeling in her tense muscles and rapidly firing nerves. Every time she closed her eyes she saw Kaiden in that little white towel. Only, in her mind that towel fell right to the floor.
The bathroom door opened again and Kaiden stepped out. The towel had been replaced with athletic shorts. If only those shorts would go away.
Katie held perfectly still, hoping Kaiden would believe she had fallen asleep. There were sounds of him rummaging through his bag and then the covers of the other bed being pushed back. She heard the click of the lights. After waiting a full minute, Katie slowly opened her eyes expecting to see Kaiden in the next bed. Instead she opened them to tanned, muscular thighs standing beside her. Her heart skipped a beat, and then a second. Following the legs up, her eyes lingered briefly at his hips before traveling over the bare chest and meeting blue eyes that seemed to have darkened to match the twilight of the room.
"I just wanted to make sure you have everything you need before I crash for a bit."
NO! I do NOT have everything I need! I need that body in this bed right now!
"I'm fine. Thank you," she responded.
"Are you sure?"
Was he offering himself to her? Not likely. Kaiden was a gentleman and nothing short of her throwing herself at him on an egg covered kitchen floor would make him take advantage of their situation.
She groaned internally. "I'm sure."
"All right then." Did she imagine it or did he sound disappointed? "Let's grab a few hours shut eye and then I'll take you over to the hospital so you can report the missing ID." He turned and climbed into the adjacent bed. "Sleep well."
"You too." Her voice wavered a little and she almost changed her mind a hundred times in the next five minutes. Kaiden was so close and so nearly naked. She knew plenty of women who slept with men whose names they didn't even know. At least Kaiden wasn't some guy she picked up in a bar.
You have some serious issues, girl. Someone trashed your house, the feds think you are involved in a domestic terrorism scheme, and Kaiden is supposed to be keeping an eye on you while his case plays out and all you can think about is sex?
Not just sex. Sex with an incredibly hot man that made her blood boil just by looking at her.
She turned in her bed as she listened to the sound of his breathing in the dimness of the hotel room. A street lamp outside their window offered enough light around the edges of the window coverings that she could see the rise and fall of his chest. He had fallen asleep. Something she seriously needed to do as well.
Chapter Six
Kaiden woke four hours later to the sound of his cell phone buzzing on the night stand. A throbbing head and rumbling stomach reminded him it had been a really long time since his last meal.
The display on the phone read his mother's number. Jumping out of bed he took the phone into the bathroom. He didn't want to wake Katie but if he didn't take his mother's call she would just call again. And again. Dealing with
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