Complete.
He sighed and righted her in the water, then held her close against him. He didn’t want to move. He felt as though he would be content to stay here, right in this moment, forever.
Her mind was calm and quiet. He’d never sensed her like this. She sighed against his skin.
“I wish it could stay like this as well.”
As if on cue, he heard another mind slide inside his own. Jake. For a moment he fought it—he was powerful enough to keep any of them out if that was what he wanted. But life had to go on.
“Jake? What is it?”
“Sorry to interrupt, but we’re meeting in half an hour.”
He sighed.“We’ll be there.”He looked down into Kaitlin’s face, seeing the resignation. “You heard that?”
“Yeah. Looks like it’s back to real life.”
Taking her hand, he led her onto the bank. Then he gathered up their clothes and handed hers over.
“Ugh, I can’t face getting dressed. But I suppose we must. After all, we can hardly come up with a plan to save the world while we’re naked.”
“No, we’d be far too distracted.” He smiled. “But it would be fun.”
Chapter 30
As they reached the house, Kaitlin paused, then tried to pull away from him. “I’m going to see if Rose has any clothes I can borrow. I’ll die of heat exposure in these jeans.”
She’d dressed for winter in London, and her clothes were hardly suitable for Uganda. For a moment, his grip tightened, as though he didn’t want to let her go, then he gave a nod and released her.
“Okay. I’ll see you in the meeting.” He leaned down and kissed her lips; an all too brief kiss that re-awakened the desire inside her. Her whole body felt sensitive. She had never experienced anything like the feel of his mouth on her. She had an urge toreciprocate. To taste him, take all that raw male power into her mouth.
“Jesus,” he muttered. “You’re killing me. Why did you have to think that just now?” He pressed her hand against the hard length of his erection. “Have we time? Honestly, I’m guessing about thirty seconds will do it.”
“No,” Rose said, appearing at the door. “Keep it in your pants, big guy. We have a world to save.”
“Jesus,” he muttered again and Kaitlin almost giggled. He sounded so pissed off. She pulled her hand back; it didn’t seem appropriate with Rose leering at the two of them, an amused expression on her face.
“Can I borrow some shorts and a T-shirt?” she asked Rose. “And maybe some flip-flops.”
“Of course. We might just have time for that.”
Kane scowled. He clearly believed that the time might be better used giving him a blow job.
“Later.” She grinned.
He gave a sigh of resignation. “Go get your clothes.”
She went up on tiptoes and kissed him, then watched as he disappeared inside. Rose led her around the veranda that wrapped around the house to her room at the back of the building.
“You seem happy,” Rose said as she opened the door and hustled her inside. The room was cool after the heat of the day. “I don’t think you’ve been like this since...”
“Since before Sam died.”
“Yeah. I’m glad. I never liked Kane—”
“Me neither.”
Rose laughed. “But clearly, he’s good for you. I never would have thought it. But I guess you’re all grown up now.”
