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Authors: Melinda Hunter
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sorry. You don’t need to be, but you don’t know me and I don’t want you to do something that you might regret.”
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Eve sat silent staring him down. Adam broke the gaze by getting up and moving the trays away from the bed to the round table near the window. She didn’ t know what she was thinking, she felt so st upid again, prac tically throwing herself at him. Eve had closed out everyone in her life for so long now that she had forgotten what it was like to be touched and enjoy someone else’s company. She d idn’t think that she was that undesirable, but she must be if she wanted to be touched by a complete stranger. And for him to reject her. Well, it felt like she’d been stabbed in the chest a hundred times over.
His phone rang. Adam grabbed it and looked back at Eve. “I need to take this. I’ll be right back.”
Adam answered the phone and walked out onto the lanai, closing the door behind him.
Eve took the opportunity to hide in the bed. She scooted herself under the covers and even pulled them up so that only the top of her head was exposed. She felt her eyes close quickly. Suddenly it was bright all around her. She let her eyes focus and she realized that she was in an emergency room. There was Mi chael, burned . His skin gone and muscle and other tiss ues melted. The smell was awful. The beeping from the heart monitor stopped pulsing and became one solid tone. She screamed as she dropped to her knees.
“Eve, wake up, it’s okay, wake up.” Someone was shaking her . I t took her a moment and then she remembered where she was.
It had been a dream.
Adam sat next to her on the bed trying to wake her. She lunged at him throwing her arms around his neck. She sobbed uncontrollably as he slowly wrapped his arms around her.
“It’s okay, I’ve got you,” he whispered and pulled her closer . He held her against him and she could n’t have asked for anything better to soothe her.
The next morning she woke up still next to him. Adam slept next to her, both arms still wrapped around her as if he were protecting her from something. She laid there staring at his body for quite a while. Her head rested on one of his biceps leaving her eyes in view of his chest. She remember ed how he woke her and held her and yet she was not embarrassed . She liked being in his arms and wanted to touch more of him .
Slowly moving her arm toward his chest, she gently r ested her hand his bare skin . His skin was smooth and his muscles hard , just as she had imagined. She slowly mo ved her hand over to his bicep and ran her fingers lightly over the curves of the muscles. Her touch must have woken him because he yawned and stretched.
Eve didn’t move at that point. She did not want to give away her idolizing actions. She could feel Adam move his head dow nward and she met his gaze.
“Hi,” she said quietly.
He smiled. It wasn’t a fo rced smile, but the genuine one that she’d caught a glimpse of the day before. H e might actually be glad that she was there.
“I’m very sorry about last night,” she said as she looked down again. Adam gently placed one hand on the side of her face and pulled it up toward his.
“I am too. I could not bear to hear you in pain. Even if it was a dream,” he told her. “I hope that I helped more than I inflicted,” he added.
“ I t was . . .” She wanted to say that it had felt nice to be held and to wake up in his arms but that we would be much too forward. She certainly felt c onfused as to why he thought that he inflicted anything on her.
“It was what?” he asked quietly.
“ I just meant to say , thank you,” she replied.
“Okay, well can I have my arm back for a minute?” he asked.
“Of course, I’m so sorry. ” She sat up in the bed as quickly as possible.
“Don’t be sorry, you apologize too much. You can apologize if you hit me in the nose, or stomp my foot, but no one should apologize f or having
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Eve sat silent staring him down. Adam broke the gaze by getting up and moving the trays away from the bed to the round table near the window. She didn’ t know what she was thinking, she felt so st upid again, prac tically throwing herself at him. Eve had closed out everyone in her life for so long now that she had forgotten what it was like to be touched and enjoy someone else’s company. She d idn’t think that she was that undesirable, but she must be if she wanted to be touched by a complete stranger. And for him to reject her. Well, it felt like she’d been stabbed in the chest a hundred times over.
His phone rang. Adam grabbed it and looked back at Eve. “I need to take this. I’ll be right back.”
Adam answered the phone and walked out onto the lanai, closing the door behind him.
Eve took the opportunity to hide in the bed. She scooted herself under the covers and even pulled them up so that only the top of her head was exposed. She felt her eyes close quickly. Suddenly it was bright all around her. She let her eyes focus and she realized that she was in an emergency room. There was Mi chael, burned . His skin gone and muscle and other tiss ues melted. The smell was awful. The beeping from the heart monitor stopped pulsing and became one solid tone. She screamed as she dropped to her knees.
“Eve, wake up, it’s okay, wake up.” Someone was shaking her . I t took her a moment and then she remembered where she was.
It had been a dream.
Adam sat next to her on the bed trying to wake her. She lunged at him throwing her arms around his neck. She sobbed uncontrollably as he slowly wrapped his arms around her.
“It’s okay, I’ve got you,” he whispered and pulled her closer . He held her against him and she could n’t have asked for anything better to soothe her.
The next morning she woke up still next to him. Adam slept next to her, both arms still wrapped around her as if he were protecting her from something. She laid there staring at his body for quite a while. Her head rested on one of his biceps leaving her eyes in view of his chest. She remember ed how he woke her and held her and yet she was not embarrassed . She liked being in his arms and wanted to touch more of him .
Slowly moving her arm toward his chest, she gently r ested her hand his bare skin . His skin was smooth and his muscles hard , just as she had imagined. She slowly mo ved her hand over to his bicep and ran her fingers lightly over the curves of the muscles. Her touch must have woken him because he yawned and stretched.
Eve didn’t move at that point. She did not want to give away her idolizing actions. She could feel Adam move his head dow nward and she met his gaze.
“Hi,” she said quietly.
He smiled. It wasn’t a fo rced smile, but the genuine one that she’d caught a glimpse of the day before. H e might actually be glad that she was there.
“I’m very sorry about last night,” she said as she looked down again. Adam gently placed one hand on the side of her face and pulled it up toward his.
“I am too. I could not bear to hear you in pain. Even if it was a dream,” he told her. “I hope that I helped more than I inflicted,” he added.
“ I t was . . .” She wanted to say that it had felt nice to be held and to wake up in his arms but that we would be much too forward. She certainly felt c onfused as to why he thought that he inflicted anything on her.
“It was what?” he asked quietly.
“ I just meant to say , thank you,” she replied.
“Okay, well can I have my arm back for a minute?” he asked.
“Of course, I’m so sorry. ” She sat up in the bed as quickly as possible.
“Don’t be sorry, you apologize too much. You can apologize if you hit me in the nose, or stomp my foot, but no one should apologize f or having
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