Misguided:Short Erotic Romantic Suspense (Adult Erotica for Women) by Kenzi Costello Read Free Book Online

behaviour.”
    I turned
back to light the grill, put it on medium and then sidled back up to Ethan. I
was feeling a little bit randy by the thought of Ethan in pilot attire.
    “How about if tomorrow morning,
you put that uniform back on, I climb aboard your jet engine and you fly me to
heaven and back?” I cringed as soon as I heard back my own double-entendres.
Still, it was too late to retract them so I overlooked my embarrassment and
tip-toed my fingers up his t-shirt, gazing up at him from beneath my lashes.
    “Erm, I’m not sure, I’ve got to
get up early tomorrow to drop Bert off at the airport and then I’m popping to
mums to fit a wardrobe. I may be gone for most of the day,” he replied, taking
my hands and holding them down to his side.
    I felt my eyes begin to fill up
and I fought against allowing the tears to fall. I pulled away from him in
humiliation and frustration, but with female hormones set on default, I try to
conceal my pain with anger.
    “I never see you anymore Ethe.
Our sex-life seems to have been adjourned, and did you know that’s the second
time you’ve turned me down in six months? Did you think I’d forgotten?” My
voice wavered and I felt the lump in my throat choking me. “What the fuck is going on?”
    He stood there shell-shocked at
my outburst. I didn’t even give him a right to reply before I off-load more
paranoia onto him.
    “Why have
you been acting so cagey for months? One day you want to tear my clothes off,
and then the next day you disappear out the house or you’re asleep by
tea-time?”
    I knew my
eruption would only bring limited relief to my anguish but right there and then
it felt cathartic; I even quite liked how the word ‘ fuck ’ felt on my
tongue. Ethan remained speechless and devastation bit into his face. I almost
began to empathise with him as I saw his shoulders slump. He shook his head,
reached out his hands to lie flat on the central worktop and looked me squarely
in the face. His frown was absorbed and serious. My God even his frown was
just unbelievably sexy. I had to mentally divert my attention back from the
seductive tenseness. What was wrong with me? I felt like my sexual abstinence
had turned me into a horny tramp.
    “Pru, just leave it there please,
you’re being silly, you know I’m crazy about you,” he said in a quiet, agitated
tone. Then he rubbed the back of his neck, as if stalling for time.
    I knew he was itching to
un-burden himself but my bruised ego seemed to want to make him squirm and hurt
as much as I did. “You say you’re working late, or your second cousin’s
brother-in-law’s friend wants you to check out a new car, or you have to take
Jim to the loo.”
    A cautious smile crept on to
Ethan’s lips so I knew he’d picked up on my tongue-tied gaffe. “Did you mean
that I take Lou to the gym?” I knew he was trying to lighten the grim mood but
his frivolity was met with an icy glare.
    “So, what will be your next
excuse Ethe?” I was being very animated at this stage, with arms flying
everywhere and sarcasm on stand-by. “Maybe you could help the postman deliver
his fucking mail? Or will you be too busy testing out bed-springs with the
strippers from Libertines ?!”
    I saw him try unsuccessfully to
repress a snigger, bemused by my nonsensical chatter. This just upset me
further. If I wasn’t so familiar with his carefree nature, it could appear as
if he was intent on antagonising me.
    “Why is everything always a big
joke to you?” I snapped back.
    Ethan’s complacent mood switched
to anger. “Well right now, I’d say this joke isn’t at all funny. So come on
Pru, what the fuck is the punch-line?”
    “I’m just
not in denial anymore Ethe, I’ve been too stupid to realise that you’re back to
your philandering ways. Was your dick due for release after eleven years good
behaviour?”
    He looked
shocked at my coarse phrasing. To be honest, I was quite surprised myself at
how easily the profanities tumbled