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

from my lips but I was confident that I had
used them in the appropriate context. Although, quite frankly, I didn’t give a
damn whether I’d been appropriate or not, I was feeling quite rebellious, or
perhaps, just deeply wounded.
    “Surely you don’t really believe
that,” he exclaimed. His voice revealed indignation.
    “How dare
you look hurt. It’s not you that’s been ignored for months!” I paused, waiting
for his reaction but the silence was deafening.
    The only thing to fill the air
was the savoury aroma of grilling bacon. How unfortunate that with my stomach
feeling like it was on spin cycle, I had lost my appetite for any food. Suzy
would be very disappointed; her culinary skills would be wasted on me.
    Ethan
scrubbed his hands up and down his face, and then grunted in exasperation. He
seemed desperate to talk but uncertain what to say.
    “My God
Ethe, am I not even worth a heated row anymore? Well don’t bother; they say
silence is worth a thousand words!”
    I heard the
hoot of the taxi and I felt grateful for an excuse to escape this dreadful
mess. I grabbed my hand-bag and rushed to the door, my fingers stumbling to
open the lock. I squeezed my eyes shut to clear my watery vision and with Ethan
in pursuit, I finally managed to fling open the door and marched to the waiting
taxi.
    “And I hope
you burn your bacon!” I shouted inanely as I slammed the door shut.
    As I drove
away I glanced back to see Ethan on the door-step, yelling for me to return. He
looked pretty incensed by now. How could I have not seen it before? The day’s
events had just confirmed my biggest fear; he was having an affair, he hadn’t
even denied it outright. It was all there, his lethargic moods, his noticeable
absences from home and most telling of all, his sporadic snubs of affection.
Then it suddenly dawned on me, the surprise gifts, of course, a classic token
of his guilty feelings! Yes, signs so standard that they could have been
extracted straight from an agony aunt page.
    My thoughts were consumed with
anger while an agony besieged my heart. I sat staring out the window; the pools
in my eyes were forcing themselves down my cheeks as my world crumbled around
me. With all the smiles that Ethan had bought me, I never thought he would
cause me so many tears. The taxi driver very kindly asked if I was ok and I bit
my lip, forced a smile and nodded my head strenuously. I pondered over asking
the taxi-driver to just carry on driving, to take me as far away as possible,
preferably near a cliff-top. I felt pathetic for being so fragile, but if
anything, this episode would just make me stronger. Easy. Now all I had to do
was convince my heart to follow suit. Easier said than done.
    My new composure floundered as I reached
Suzy’s house and hear my mobile-phone ringing incessantly with Ethan’s calls. I
switched it off in defiance and as Suzy opened the door I began to sob and
collapsed into her arms.
    My friends
knew that I had been tee-total for many years and so, later that evening, they
tried to limit my cocktail intake to an absolute minimum. I mistook their
concern for party-pooping and began to find fun and solace in my escalating
drunkenness. Why had I deprived myself of this amazing buzz for so long? Little
did I know that by the morning, I would ironically answer my own question.

Chapter 5 – Temptation
    So, there
you have it; the events that led to me being in this appalling situation, in
bed with a stranger.
    I feel him
growing bigger and pressing into my lower back. No, this can’t be happening. My new best friend, Ms Rebel, assures me that due to Ethan’s dubious
behaviour, I would be fully exonerated for any misconduct. My conscience on the
other hand, condemns my weakness.
    He sweeps
over the margin of my hips and waist and reaches the cheeks of my behind,
stroking and grasping at my flesh. Then his hands slide around to my stomach to
circle my belly-button and my skin rises up in goose-bumps, tingling with