Bigger Than the Sky (Serenity Point) by Harper Bentley Read Free Book Online Page B

and I scream bloody murder, the paper falling to the floor as I hold the brick up in one hand and retrieve the box of fabric sheets from under my arm in one smooth motion ready to throw either weapon at my intruder.
    Then a huge body steps through where the window used to be and I see it’s Kade.
    “Wh-what are you doing out so late?” I ask, the hand holding the box going to rest over my heart which is about to jump out of my chest.
    “Was on my way home from Jen’s and heard a crash,” he says, frowning and looking at the damage then bends down to pick up the note.
    I stare at him as I think who’d want me to leave town. Well, he of course does, I’m sure. Then there’s his little chippy of a girlfriend who’d definitely love to see me gone. And maybe Bruce Holbrook who runs the filling station on the other end of town because he doesn’t want the competition, but his station doesn’t have a full-repair garage, so it’s not like I’d be taking money from him.
    Kade walks toward me and takes the “weapons” out of my hands, raising an eyebrow when he does.
    “Plannin’ on doing the guy’s laundry?”
    I scowl at him. “It was the only weapon I could find at the time!”
    He barks out a laugh. “What were you gonna do, rub them on him and,” he turns his hand to read the box, “Summer Orchard him to death?” He sets the brick, box and note on the counter still chuckling.
    “Ha. Ha.” I’m still scowling.
    “You call Dwight yet?” he asks, serious now.
    “No. I just found the stupid brick when you came in.”
    He pulls his phone out of the inside of his jacket and calls the Sheriff’s department telling them they need to send someone out. When he hangs up, he looks around for a second, then moves to me so quickly that before I know it, he’s thrown me over his shoulder again and is carrying me toward the back.
    “Hey!” I say in a delayed reaction. “Are you kidding me?” I screech as he walks up the stairs with me. “This is two nights in a row, Kade!”
    When we get to the top, he sets me down. “Glass.” That’s all he says and I look at him like he’s insane as I tug my robe more tightly around me. “Didn’t want you to cut your feet.”
    “Well, you could’ve said something,” I snap even though that was really nice of him. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were a damned caveman in your former life.”
    His gray eyes suddenly seem to glow as he looks at me and I wonder why in the world they’d do that.
    “What?” I frown, looking up at him.
    “Seem to recall you saying something last night about that being a fantasy of yours.” He’s still looking at me in that way and now I’m getting hot and bothered because when Kade Kelly looks at you in that way, you have no choice but to be hot and bothered. Gah!
    I huff out a laugh trying to be flippant as I flick my hand out. “I was just saying that to be silly. What I meant was the whole alpha male thing is what really turns me…” Shit.
    He raises an eyebrow again and I can’t help but stare at his mouth as one side turns up slightly in a smirk. I lick my lips remembering how his mouth felt on me, sometimes rough and demanding, other times gentle and sweet then move my eyes to his to see they’ve gone molten and he’s now staring at my mouth. And, man, those SEALS did a great job training him because he again moves so fast I don’t have time to react. This time his hand is suddenly at the back of my head and he pulls me into him, bending as his lips come crashing down on mine.
    Oh, my.
    I can’t help the moan that comes out of me because it’s been so long since I’ve been kissed. So long since I’ve been kissed by him . We always had tons of sexual chemistry between us, and I find that that hasn’t changed, not one iota. I find myself winding my arms up and around his neck, snagging my fingers into his longer than usual hair, pulling at it and bringing him closer, loving the taste of whiskey on his