Protecting Lyndley by Amanda Bennett Read Free Book Online

struggling to do so. I was half way through my shower when I heard a small knock on the bathroom door.
    “Yeah.” I half shouted.
    “Hey, I’ve gotta leave soon. How much longer do you think you’ll be?”
    Was he serious right now? I literally had only b een in the shower for all of ten minutes. “Maybe another ten minutes.”
    “Do you want me to wait for you?”
    “Well, yeah. I need a ride to work. I have no idea where I’m even going.” I no longer had to worry about any impure thoughts running through my mind, because the minute he spoke, all attraction to him flew out the window. I heard the door crack open and his voice suddenly became too close for comfort. “What are you doing in here?” I shouted.
    “Calm down, princess. It’s not like I’m jumping in the shower with you. It’s just easier than yelling at you through the thick wood door. So, you want me to wait for you then?”
    “Um, yeah. Like I said, I don’t know where I’m going.”
    “Okay, well can you speed it up? I’m supposed to be to the office before eight.”
    “Yeah, Jesus. Just give me a minute.” I could hear him walking towards the door when it dawned on me that I had absolutely zero clean clothes to put on when I got out. “Oh my god, Ky?”
    “Um, yeah?”
    “I don’t have any clean clothes.”
    “Yes you do. There are some clean clothes on your bed for you.”
    “Oh.” The room was silent, and I wasn’t sure if he was still in the bathroom with me. “Thank you.”
    There was a long pause, and I figured he must’ve left. “Sure. Now hurry up.” I heard the door shut loudly behind him and like the immature baby I was being, I stuck my middle finger out the shower curtain in the direction of where he had just walked out. “Dick.” I whispered as I flung the curtain open. My mouth dropped along with my hands, scrambling to cover up my exposed body as he stood leaning against the bathroom counter, arms crossed over his puffed out chest.
    “Tell me how you really feel.” He smirked.
    “GET OUT!” I scooped up my towel off of the toilet seat and quickly wrapped it around my dripping wet body.
    “It’s nothing I haven’t ever seen before.”
    “Well nobody asked you to look. What the hell are you still doing in here?”
    A wicked smile tugged at the corners of his mouth, as I stood there beet red while he tried to have a conversation with me. I could hear his voice, but I couldn’t comprehend a single word he was saying while he was looking good enough to eat in his three-piece suit. Every ounce of material emphasized his amazing body, and the pale pink and grey striped tie was beckoning me to straighten it out.
    I hadn’t realized I was staring until he cleared his throat. “Does something about me interest you?” He joked.
    “Not in the least.” I snapped back as I made my way past him and into my room. I turned and gave him a menacing glare as I closed the door behind me.
    I ge ntly fell back against the door as I tried to clear my cluttered mind. I wasn’t sure how much more of this back and forth I was going to be able to take. His devilish good looks were already pushing me past my breaking point, and it had only been two days since I had been around him. What would another couple months do to me?
    I walked over to the bed to inspect the outfit he had picked out for me, and I smiled as I realized he had really good taste. In front of me sat a long sleeveless navy blue maxi dress, and a small white and navy striped cardigan to go with it. When I caught sight of the small navy blue thong, I could feel the blush rising up my entire body. How embarrassing to have a complete stranger picking out my panties.
    I pushed my towel to the floor, and quickly slid on my new panties and dress. I was reaching for the cardigan when the sparkle of the diamond on my left hand caught my attention. With everything that had been going on, I hadn’t even stopped for a second yesterday to notice it.
    The ring was abso