‘What about Martha?’ I lay my hand over his, stilling his progress. He looks momentarily confused.
‘What?’ Kai lifts his hand and mine falls away.
‘What happens if she comes back in?’
‘Then I expect she’ll be so shocked at the depths of our depravity, she’ll be forced to move back to India. Finally.’
‘Depths of depravity?’ I repeat, the pulse between my legs ignited by the obvious presence of his hard shaft.
‘I’m going to fuck you so deep you’ll be feeling me all week.’ Pulling the shirt from my shoulders, he slips his index fingers into the waistband of his boxer briefs—the boxer briefsI’mcurrently wearing.
‘Really?’
He doesn’t look up, sliding the material to my feet. ‘Hmm?’
I step from the pool of material and use my index finger to tip his chin.Hello, up here!‘You want me to be out of actionallweek?’ And for once, I sound passably coquettish.
Kai’s expression morphs from confused to cunning, then worryingly, settles on hesitant.
‘What is it?’ I ask, curling my fingers in his half-open shirt.
‘I’ve got to travel again.’
All of a sudden I feel stupidly exposed, which of course, I am, as I’m standing naked in the entrance hall. I feel vulnerable, disappointed, and very close to tears. But I knew this would happen, of course I did. Kai travels for business frequently, but the knowing and the experiencing aren’t the same.
‘Sweetheart.’ Just one quiet word as he pulls me into his arms. ‘I’m sorry it’s so soon. And that it’s going to be for so long.’
One lone tear trickles down my face as I lift my gaze to his. ‘When? How long?’ I’m sad and feel pathetic. I must look so, too, if Kai’s expression is anything to go by.
‘A few weeks,’ he answers sadly. ‘I’m not sure exactly. A couple of our bigger projects are under threat and I won’t know how big the issues are until I’m on the ground.’ Taking my face in both his hands, he wipes my tears with his thumbs. ‘And I have to leave today. I’m so sorry.’
My lips tremble under the effort of supressing how I feel, of keeping it all in. This is shit and it just isn’t fair. Words, when I’m finally able to form them, come out in a teary bubble. ‘Where are you going? Why didn’t you tell me before?’
‘South America, to begin with,’ he answers solemnly. ‘A whole host of countries after that. And I’ve only just found out. I saw Faris while I was out on my run.’
If this news didn’t douse our ardour, this revelation surely will... I feel like I’ve been drenched in cold water as I begin rubbing my arms. ‘What did he say?’
Kai doesn’t answer immediately. Instead, he pulls the shirt from the table and drapes it across my shoulders before he kisses my temple. ‘Come on, we’ll talk about it upstairs.’
