Do You Trust Me? by Desconhecido(a) Read Free Book Online Page B

which he
lived. To affirm that he was still among the living. And after the act was
completed, when the physical need had peaked and died, he had no trouble
gathering himself and walking away.
    But even an idiot
would realize this time was different. Nothing in his life had ever come close
to what he felt coupling with this woman. As exhausted as he was, as ferocious
as the act had been, he knew it wasn’t enough. It had only whetted his
appetite. She had taken to the introduction to his style of sex like a duck to
water. He wondered if she’d still be as eager when his demands weren’t so
simple. When he commanded instead of asked. And how in God’s name was he
supposed to keep his emotions separated here?
    Damn him to hell, this
was far more than need. Desire and emotion had intruded under his carefully
constructed outer shell. The sudden intensity of his feelings for Rina Devargas
scared him far more than the people he was after.
    What the hell was he
doing? What was he getting himself into?
    Big trouble, he told
himself, but his common sense seemed to have taken a vacation. The best way to
handle this would be to act like nothing had happened. Pull up that invisible
wall he always kept wrapped around himself. If that was even possible. Because
it shouldn’t have happened. Nor could it again. All he had to do was remember
his history. That should be enough of an ice bath.
    Yeah, right. Try
telling that to his body and the sensations he was trying to wish away.
    He was shocked to
realize how desperately he wanted this woman, wanted to be inside her, wanted
to swallow her with his body. Wanted to bury himself and his past inside her
warm, welcoming heat.
    Making this about more
than just sex would be a disaster for him. And for Rina. But it was happening,
like a runaway roller coaster. The trick would be keeping distance between them
when other people were around. And making her understand the necessity for it.
    As he finally drifted
off, listening to the soft puffs of Rina’s breathing, he realized this was the
first time he had ever wanted to actually sleep with a woman after sex. Getting
up and leaving didn’t even seem to be an option. And he knew he was in big, big
trouble.
    Damn, damn, damn.
    He was so screwed.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    “McCall?”
    Rina stretched out an
arm, expecting to feel flesh next to her but encountering only empty space.
    No. Please. Not
again.
    She sat up, the
sheets falling away from her naked body. Her gaze skittered around the room,
finding only furniture and the robe draped over a chair.
    Rubbing her eyes, she
blinked them wide open, as if trying to conjure an image. Had she dreamed the
whole thing? No. Absolutely not. Her sore and aching body told her the truth of
the matter.
    Then where the hell
was McCall?
    Gone, just like the
last time.
    No. Her brain finally
engaged. He was covering up, playing a part, so no one would know what happened
between them. I’ll take care of it, he’d told her.
    The connecting door
to the next room was open a few inches. She scrambled out of bed, slipped on
the T-shirt lying at the foot of the bed, pulled the robe off the chair and
shrugged into it, then opened the door wide.
    McCall sat at the
table where they’d eaten dinner the night before, mouth-wateringly dressed in
jeans and a polo shirt. He looked as good this morning as he had in the heat of
their passion. A coffee cup sat in front of him and as usual he was talking on
his cell phone.
    Rina shoved her hair
out of her eyes, smiled at him, and poured coffee for herself in the other cup.
    McCall finished his
conversation and snapped the phone shut. “You should get dressed. We don’t have
much time.” He handed her a bottle of aspirin. “Better take a couple of these.”
    His voice was so
remote and cool Rina blinked. Had she wandered into someone else’s room? Surely
this wasn’t the same man who had aroused her to such a pitch she had all